The doors opened for the quintet, and they slowly entered into the torchlit room. Three thrones were at the end of the room in the center.
Bella had once in Carslile's office, seen a painting of the three Voltouri Kings, it also included the good doctor as well. He had explained to Bella about the ruling class as well as the few rules governing the immortals, and they were absolute.
Slowly the immortals came into view on the thrones.
Bella stumbled slightly taken aback.
'My love what is it?' Ed questioned
Bella rolled her eyes at the term of endearment, 'umm just wasn't what I expected.' She mumbled in reply. Bella knew if the picture and stories told by the elder Cullen were not correct there was a deeper story to be told. She would not show her hand at the deceit told to her previously.
They finally stopped in front of the thrones. There in front of them sat a calculating blond, she was dressed like a warrior from another time, fierce and seemed to be calculating battle strategy at every turn, a scowl permanently placed on her face. Next sat a light brunette, slight slim frame about her, an almost giddy bubbling slightly off kilter personality. The last throne was occupied by not one woman but two. The one sitting properly was a black haired woman all smiles, she was a stocky frame of what would be classified as a field hand, she was beyond beautiful like most vampires but had an innate strength about her, her eyes held a depth to them like they could look into your soul. The woman had a smaller vampire in her lap cuddled, oblivious to what was going on around her she was obviously kissing her mate, her dark brown/reddish hair a wild mane around her head as she also had her hand inside the seated woman's robes, causing the smiling woman to let out a low moan.
The sight was something Bella had not expected to see.
'Mistresses, we bring you the Cullen boy and company.'
'Felix, faithful as ever. Thank you my boy.' The off kilter woman replied. ' I see they brought a human with them, I wonder…is this the young supposed mate of the mind reader?'
'She is, as you can see your services will no longer be needed, we will take our leave..' Edward began
'SILENCE!' The blond yelled out, her scowl deepening
'We, ahem invites you all here today to make sure the business with you is settled, but as we see one of our finite rules so blatantly disregarded here, by your..ahh supposed soul mate…?' The light brunette asked. She walked slowly up to Edward and reached for his hand, 'may I?' Not bothering waiting for a response she took his hand and closed her eyes.
'She can read your every thought with a touch.' Alice whispered to me
The brunette opened her eyes and began giggling, 'oh this is too good'.
'What is it Sulpicia? What did you see?' The blond asked curiously
Sulpicia waved her off, 'all in due time, it seems the fool doesn't plan on changing her…it is curious how you can stand to be around her, her blood calls to you so much, I believe I am thirsty for a taste.' She leveled an almost sinister smile my way.
Edward released a low growl and at the same time the taller brute guard Felix gripped his shoulder shaking his head in the negative. This stopped Eddiekins in his tracks momentarily.
'Be that as it may, it seems she is a curious human, your mind reading gifts do not work on her?'
'No, she is the only one I cannot read.' Edward replied
'Fascinating indeed… I wonder if she is immune to other gifts as well…may I?'
Bella looked to Alice for confirmation and at the affirmative she walked forward and took the greedy outstretched hand. After several long moments the brunette vampire began giddily laughing, '…I wonder, Dimitri bring in Jane'
At this Bella was confused and looked around to Edward whose eyes had begun to resemble the size of saucer plates. That could not be a good sign…
A side door opened and a small figure walked through, and Bella began feeling a tug in her heart…very curious she thought…
The feminine figure had their hood still up as she stopped and before she Bella could comprehend what was going on Edward had broken free and placed Bella behind him facing the opposite way, he was yelling 'noooo!' All forward momentum stopped as he dropped to the ground and began writhing in pain.
Since Bella had been turned around, she did not see the figure lower her hood and leveled the human figure with a glare focusing everything on the fragile human softly speaking one word
'Pain'
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Nothing
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The small vampire focused more intently, and Bella felt all eyes on her and so she turned around to see what was going on and why nothing was happening, wasn't she supposed to be in pain?
She turned and immediately was met with the deepest crimson eyes she had ever seen. Her breath caught in her throat, she felt like she just learned how to breathe, her life finally had purpose, this beautiful creature was her everything her reason for being, she was tied irrevocably to this blonde goddess.
Jane had felt this weird tugging in her chest since she entered the throne room. The queens were doing their usual shtick, but Jane was always happy to serve and inflict pain on anyone deserving.
The idiot brooding Cullen moved her human target out of the way, as she rolled her eyes under her hood and brought him to his knees, sending the feeling of pain from being burned alive. She let out a sadistic smile and looked up the the human form still facing away and spoke the word and focused on the most pain she could send…
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The human turned around and locked eyes on hers, Jane was met with deep chocolate brown orbs and a single word in her mind that she never thought she would think
'Mate!'
It would seem the human felt the pull to, as she began walking towards the little blonde terror extending her hand, 'Isabella Swan, but you can call me Bella sexy, what's your name.'
'….uh…' was all Jane was able to get out before they were interrupted by the woman in the lap of the third royal vampire's lap speaking out
'Bells? Oh my god Bells is that you?'
Bella shook her head and looked over at the voice she thought she would never hear again
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'Mom?'
