AN: Warning and Disclaimer:
This story popped in my head one day, and I couldn't get it out, All characters belong to SM I'm just playing with the plot.
There may be triggers of abuse for some; please take care when reading.
The rating is for a reason; please take into consideration. Language and Lemons.
CPOV
"Enough! You call your coven a family, and yet you are ruthless and uncaring against those who cared for you. You have lost two coven members already, at this stage you could very well regard your lives as a forfeit. As the coven leader, you are the one that is meant to enforce the laws, and yet you disregard them for your first companion in this life, you were meant to regard the laws above all, yet you let a coven member expose our world to a human, and do nothing about it." Aro surprised me, he cared for Carlisle above most and yet he sounded like he was making a ruling on just another regular Criminal. To say that the guard was surprised was understated. The Cullen's were forbidden to create another Vampire ever again, and would never see the current members of their coven, as well as all of their assets and accounts, are to go to Emmett Cullen, and him alone to do with as he perceived fit.
I called over Felix and whispered loud enough for only him to hear me, asking him to go after miss Swan and escort her to my study and to stay with her un I had finished here and came to relieve him.
I watched as he left after her, before I turned to my brothers, silently contemplating what to say. I had wanted Carlisle's death since he stayed with us centuries ago, Aro always seems to curb my bloodlust and want to torch the vampire. I stood and walked over to the man that I have despised since I first laid my eyes on him. I couldn't help the smirk that graced my face as I gave my ruling.
"I call for complete isolation from their coven as well as being prohibited from ever making another vampire for as long as he or his mate exists." Marcus ruled. As much as I know I will be outvoted, I was honest in my ruling, but it would not surprise Carlisle in the slightest. He already knew that I have wanted him dead for centuries.
"I call for his Death," I informed my brothers. As much as I wished to know this poor excuse of a Vampire's final ruling I decided to leave, I had been feeling a pull toward the human since she arrived, but not realizing what it really was, after thinking about it I had decided on going to find the one I had come to know was my mate. We had a few things to talk about, and I had a beautiful woman to get to know, I could only hope that she would want to know me also. As I made my way towards my study, I couldn't help but wonder if she would accept someone like me. I saw Felix standing guard outside of my office.
"How is she?" I asked as I attempted not to sound so annoyed.
"The young lady was upset when I found her heading towards Master Marcus' study," Felix informed me, at my nod I dismissed him and entered my study, to find my young human mate drifting off to sleep on my sofa. I waited for her to fall into her slumber before picking her up and taking her to my bed, where she would be more comfortable in her sleep.
I had been waiting, pleading with myself to be a little more patient, telling myself that if I could wait several millennia, then I could wait a few hours for her to wake up.
I had many women vying for my time and affection, just because I am one of the things, the women of our race all knew that there was no hope of any woman catching the eye of Marcus, if it weren't for Chelsea, he would have walked into a pyre centuries ago. As for Aro, everyone knew he was happily mated, and if any woman looked at him while his wife was in the room or even in ear-shot, they would be ash before they could register what was happening, Sulpicia was a very jealous woman, especially over her mate. So that left lucky me, I swear they only want me for what my position would give them, most couldn't even fuck well enough to keep any man interested. Yet here I was watching a young human woman sleeping in my bed, and I could not care less about any others that were trying to sway my affections. Sighing and shaking my head, I smiled at the beautiful predicament I found myself in, I could only hope that she would accept me.
Walking over to the stereo system Dora gifted me last week. I turned down the volume and played my one of my favourite albums of the moment on my iPod, I just discarded the headphones that came with the device, I despised anything in or covering my ears, making myself comfortable, I waited for the beauty gracing my bed to wake. Five hours later, she started to stir, not even ten minutes then an infernal ringing sound started, which annoyed Bella also. She turned and picked her cell phone up from the side table when I had placed it when I put her to bed.
"Hello." She answered, her voice tired.
"Bella, where are you? You best not be with that Cullen boy. Jake told me you left with Alice Cullen. I'm telling you now Isabella; you get your cess back home now, do you understand me, young lady!" I heard the male on the phone yell.
"Dad, calm down, I was with Alice, I have no idea where she or Edward is now, and I don't care. I needed to leave. Sorry I didn't call." Bella informed the caller, who was her father.
"Where are you?" He sounded like he was getting angrier.
"Texas, I just landed. Look I couldn't stay there with all those memories of the Cullen's, I'm sorry, I call when I can, I love you, dad." Bella hung up as he started yelling again.
"Sorry, dad. You can't know." she sighed before getting out of the bed, she woke during the night long enough to take my shirt off and fall back to sleep, as she walked towards my bathroom. I was able to have the most outstandingly beautiful view of her body while I tried to justify to myself why I didn't make myself known to her at the beginning of her phone call. I walk out of the room after the door to the bathroom closes, and I just wait in my study. I plan out more of what I want to say to my Mate, I hope that we can come to... Who am I kidding? I just want her and want her to accept me. I hoped that I could get her to understand the person that I am and hope that she can understand why I am the way I am.
"What has you thinking so hard? Your Highness." I heard the smirk in Bella's voice as she asked from the doorway, I had been so wrapped up in my thoughts that I didn't listen to her come out of the bathroom.
"You have. Please sit, we need to talk, you and me." I smiled at the beauty in front of me. As she sat in front of me, she raised her beautiful mahogany eyebrow and waited for me to speak.
"How much did the Cullen's tell you about our world?" I asked, thinking this may be a better way of telling her about us.
"That your race existed I discovered on my own, but Edward told me that you are all have unbelievable strength and speed, that you use your looks and smell to lure in your prey, that some have gifts, but not all, he also informed me that you have Mates, and I was his.
Something I find myself not wanting any part of I would rather not have a mate. Can you deny your mate is your mate?" She asked me.
The boy had told her that she was his mate. I was furious. Carlisle should have been teaching the basics of how to discover ones mate. He had not.
"No, you cannot, you cannot refuse them anything, they become your whole world, especially once they are found," I informed her. She stood immediately and ran out of my study. I just let her go. An hour later, I had two murderess women standing in front of me. I let both Athenodora and Sulpicia rant and yell. Letting them finish what they had to say before I walked out of my office, making my way to Aro. Letting him know that was going to take care of the issue with Maria once and for all since she is acting up, the reports of the unusual activity in her area are more than just a coincidence, so I made my way down to the parking lot below the castle. I called the Elite Guard to me so I could take care of Maria once and for all.
Not thirty minutes past and we were all in the air and heading to eliminate the threat that was the Southern Armies. I had instructed the guard that we were going to be destroying any of the Newborn armies once we landed.
Aro called me two weeks later asking when they could expect me to return. The response of when all the newborn armies, were exterminated was not what he wanted to hear. I had given the guard a nightly reprieve from our task sending them to find some much-needed relief and food; I had gone to the closest large city to find someone for both my dinner and who could warm my bed for the night. Nothing seemed to distract me long enough. The pull that I felt to return to my mate was the only thing that kept me going, kept me from returning until my task was complete.
I had found an average looking woman who had felt the need to tell me her whole life story. She had married young, had a child. Divorced, taking said child with her. Her child, a daughter, was wise beyond her years, she married again and her daughter left to live with her father to give the newly-weds space and yet her new baseball-playing husband left her for a baseball groupie, ten years younger than she. She was looking for someone to take away the pain temporarily. I took her back to my hotel room. I had convinced the woman not to question anything about me and to forget me as soon as I walked out of the room, the stunned look on her face as she nodded her head in compliance was enough to satisfy the Volturi's laws, not that I would likely leave the woman alive that was. She didn't need to know that.
"It looks like we want the same thing. I, too, am wanting to be distracted; I find myself not wanting to return to my home and my responsibilities as well as my love." I said to the woman in front of me as she got on her knees in front of me, undoing the jeans I had on. She pulled my cock out of my jeans, stroking me as she licked her lips. Before she placed me in her mouth, grabbing her hair I helped guide my entire length down the woman's throat, the more the woman sucked on my cock, the more the feeling of her wet warmth reminded me of my mate, of my Isabella even though she was not mine. Not that I had informed her of the fact.
The woman was somewhat passable in her job of getting me off. I could feel myself getting closer to my release; the woman began rolling my balls in her hands. I grabbed more of her hair and started to speed her up. I could hear her becoming more afraid the faster and harder I pounded into the woman's skull. I roared out my release, as I came down the woman's throat. I heard her skull break under the force of my ministrations. Despite being able to climax the experience was very unsatisfying, checking the woman for any identification and finding only a half dozen bills in her purse along with her driver's license.
"Well, Mrs Rose-Marie Davis, you have been most disappointing. I had hoped that you could have been the distraction that I needed." I took the money that the woman had and walked out of the room. Glad I had used my usual pseudonym to book this room as well as a disguise, technology was getting better at spotting our race. I had nothing against killing all who saw me, but we didn't want to disappoint our darling brother now do we. I thought sarcastically.
I met up with the guard at the designated spot, and we continued to our next destination. There had been a report of a female creating an army in the middle of Seattle, Washington. Making our way towards the airport, I gave the order to head out and make our start.
As time passed, I heard the guard whisper once again. Gossiping among themselves curious as to why I was on this rampage against the newborn armies, Felix and Jane were assuming it was to do with my lack of sex life, Demetri thought it was to do with the human that had entered the castle, none of the guards was willing to approach me and find the real reason.
I was not prepared to give them an answer, regardless if I could hear them or not this was not of concern.
BPOV
It had been nearly three months since Caius left Volterra, I had no idea why he suddenly disappeared.
Athenodora and Sulpicia had helped me get set up in a room of my own, and helped me get settled. I missed being in Caius' places; I often found myself waking up in his bed or his study.
I didn't know the man very well, but when I was around his possessions at the moment, I felt more at peace.
"So again young one, we find you in the quarters of our missing brother. Why are you here, Bella?" Aro asked me, I sat up on the sofa, not realising I had been laying down.
"I'm not sure why I keep finding myself here, I feel more peaceful being in here, I never got a chance to get to know him, not like I have gotten to know both you and Marcus. For some reason, this bothers me." I told him honestly. Aro just smiled at me.
"Did Caius ever get around to talking to you before he left?" He asked.
"He just asked What I knew about your race, so I told him what I knew," I answered.
"May I ask what it was you told him, it might shed some light on why he left so suddenly," Aro asked, but it came across all very innocent, something I had learned that he was not.
"Just that I had found out about your race on my own, that Edward told me about your strength, speed as well as let me know that some vampires have gifts and some do not, he also told me about mates and let me know I was his mate. I asked Caius if I could essentially deny being a mate to one of you, as I had no desire in becoming a vampire's mate, he said no, there was no way, you cannot refuse them anything. I got upset and left. I came back later to try and explain why I left so suddenly, but he had left already on this mission." I said softly. I watched as Aro sighed and nodded.
"Isabella, you were never the Mate of young Edward. Edward, knew this, knew that you were not his mate, and he kept you from him. Being a Singer in our world means, you are destined to become one of us. That the one you are destined to be beside. Is out there, and that he, or she, is alive. You do have a Mate, your mate usually, resides in the castle, but Caius can be, how to put this, Caius can be as stubborn as a mule. But as this new information has come to lite, I will try and contact him, if not I believe it will be most prudent for you to call him yourself, I can guarantee as angry as he may sound at your call, he will be delighted to hear from you. He is one to wear many masks. But none know what the true mask looks like bar a very select few. you will be one of those, give him time, and give him patience." Aro said with a smile. Before he left, he walked over to the desk and wrote something down the fact he was using human speed did not go unnoticed by me. He passed me a price of paper he tore off the pad on the desk, and told me to call that number, and gestured to the phone on the counter.
I waited, debating with myself the merits of actually calling Caius. Not sure if I should, I found myself sitting at his desk still discussing what I should do. Taking a deep breath, I picked up the phone and dialled the number given.
"What is it you want now, brother?" Caius spoke.
"It's Bella. Aro gave me your number I hope that's okay." I said I hadn't realised I had missed the sound of his voice so much.
"Relay the message. I then suggest you forget this number." Caius sneered at me.
"I have no message to relay, I just..." He had hung up; I looked at the receiver in my hand. I don't know how long I sat there just looking at it.
The receiver, as taken out of my hand and placed back on the cradle.
"When am I going to be changed?" I quietly asked Aro as I looked up to him.
"That was to be decided by Caius," Aro said softly. I nodded and excused myself, making my way towards my quarters. Sitting at my desk, I pulled out the stationary I had purchased when Athenodora and I had gone shopping three days ago. I wrote all the people that meant something in my life, asking for their forgiveness, I thanked Sulpicia for telling me about the pull I had felt, letting me know that it was the pull of a mate, at the time I had thought it to be to Edward. I thanked Aro and Marcus for taking me in and becoming like the brothers I had always wanted. I had praised Athenodora for being the sister I always wanted also. I tried to write to Caius, but couldn't find the words.
I placed all of the letters in their envelopes and left them on my desk, reassured they were delivered. I had written in my letter to Aro that their law would be upheld. And I had once again thanked him. I grabbed my wallet and my passport, as that was all I had brought with me, took one last look around, one final walk through the castle, one last look, through the room I felt the most comfortable within. It was when I was sitting on his bed that it hit me, hit me like a ton of bricks.
What Sulpicia had said, what Aro had told me, the pull was too ones mate, Edward wasn't my mate, my mate usually resided in the castle, he may often live in the castle, but he was doing all he could to get away from me.
Making my way out of the room, I resigned myself to my choice. I was still going to leave; I was sure that Victoria must even want me, so I left the castle. Calling a cab, I asked to go to the closest international airport; thankfully it wasn't that far to drive to Pisa, on the drive I booked the next flight out to Seattle, Washington, I was going home. Not that I would ever return to Forks. Even though the trip was long, I took the trip to make a plan, hoping it would attract Victoria, but only if she was still in Washington.
Once I landed at SEA-TAK, I made my way towards the industrial district and hoped that I was right. I walked around for hours, hoping to garner the attention of the crazed redhead.
Unfortunately, this did me no favours; I ended up thinking about Caius, asking myself why couldn't he have just told me if he thought I was his mate, why couldn't I have just shut my mouth about how I felt about the whole male thing.
"Well, well, look at what we have here, the human who killed my mate." I heard from behind me.
"I came to find you, to let you know Edward was never my mate. Not that it will matter." I said to her, hoping that she would at least make my death quick.
"Your right, it doesn't matter. Where are your precious Cullen's?" She asked me as she circled me.
"I don't know; I don't care either. Do what you must Vikki, I ask if you can be quick about it. Please." I asked.
As she speeds to me, she grabbed my throat, picking me up to throw me into the wall of a warehouse that was close.
"No, I'm going to make sure that you suffer for what your precious Cullen's did to my James. I have waited for this day." Victoria sneered at me. As she stalked towards me, I indeed became afraid, and she looked every bit the Vampire I knew she was. I heard a low rumble coming closer; the closer Victoria came to me. Once she was standing over me, I looked around to see easily fifty new-born's standing around us; it was like they were waiting for an order or something.
"Meet my new friends. I made them just for you. They are going to help me kill you, but only once I have had my fill." Victoria smiled. I felt the tears I could no longer hold back start to fall. She picked me up once again throwing me, again, over to the warehouse on the other side of the road, where I shamed into the wall, I could feel the bones of my ribs breaking, felt a sharp pain at the back of my skull. I could vaguely hear my cell phone ringing in the background, just as I heard Victoria answer my cell also.
"I'm sorry, Bella can't come to the phone right now, she's a little preoccupied." I heard her say to the caller, I also listened to her laughing, listened to her footsteps as she came over to me.
"It's for you." she laughed.
"Bella, you stupid girl, try and hang on, my brother is on his way." I heard Athenodora say.
I wanted to laugh, why would Caius be on his way? I wanted to ask, but my mouth didn't want to co-operate. Before I even made a sound, Victoria pulled the phone away from my ear and hung up on Athenodora. By the time Caius arrived, I most likely would be dead.
"Suckered another one in eh? Does his mate know that you're going to end up getting him killed? No matter by the time this brother arrives, you will be nothing but skin and bone, I will make sure there is nothing left of you even to turn. You will die by my hand, human." Victoria growled. She seemed to want to play with me for a while. Yet all I could do was wish for death she pulled a knife from her pocket and proceeded to tell me all the ways she was looking forward to making me scream, before she tied my wrists with rope, she gave the other end to a newborn who helped her hang me up from the ceiling of the warehouse.
She seemed to find her rhythm of causing my pain quickly and discovered she could take me to the brink of passing out without me doing so. She kept this up for what seemed like a few hours. As much as I tried to get free from the ropes, she had me hanging by. She seemed to prefer that I put up a fight. She stabbed, sliced and cut. All I wanted was for her to end it already. She ran her knife down my thigh and felt the blood ran down my leg as I struggled to stay lucid and awake. I heard a roar then that chilled me to the bone, I wanted was to cover my ears, the roar must have scared Victoria, there was recognition on her face, she stabbed her knife through my thigh and disappeared before I blacked out.
CPOV
After I hung up the call that I received from Bella, I changed the direction of our flight; we were now to land in Portland, Oregon where there was a coven who had broken the law by creating an Immortal child, they all needed to exterminated. I would turn the child to ash before sending the rest of the coven back to Volterra for judgment.
I had ended up having to send all the guard back with the offending coven as they had to be difficult once the child incinerated to ash. But I expected nothing less. I took my leave as the guard left and sat down on the sofa pulling out my phone and a pack of cigarettes, a habit I had picked up from Aro funnily enough, who had tried it around the time Carlisle came to us and asked me to try it also.
It's not like it was going to kill me, and it did help release some stress. As I looked at my phone I sighed, it had been close to twenty hours since I heard Isabella's voice and what did I do? Like the ass that I was, I was rude and didn't even say that I missed her. The pull in my chest wasn't as strong as it had been these past weeks, so I counted myself lucky.
About to put my phone back in my pocket it rang with the number of my study, I prayed it was Bella again.
"If you hang up, I'll rip off your Cock and balls and burn them to ash, so you never have another chance to use them again!" My sister shouted she was upset.
"Calm down Dora, has Santiago thrown out a pair of your shoes?" I laughed.
"I wish this was as trivial. No, we think Bella has returned home, to the Americas, after Bella called you. Aro said she seemed in shock, she made her way back to her quarters, she seemed to stay there for a while before Picia, and I saw her sitting on your bed. We left her be for a while before going back to find her gone. We went to her room; we just found letters addressed to everyone. She was saying goodbye." I could hear my sister sobbing dryly, and I could feel as my dead heart broke.
"I rang her; a woman answered telling me she couldn't come to the phone as Bella was pre-occupied. Brother, I heard new-born's fighting in the background. I told Bella to hold on that you were on your way. Bring her home to us, please." She ended the call, by the time she hung up, I was already following the pull in my chest knowing it would lead me to my Mate.
Not even thirty minutes later I was watching the scene before me as I had found the last newborn army I had come to destroy, I could not see their leader anywhere, nor could I see my Isabella. As I started towards the group, my phone alerted me to a text, one I was thankful. Dora had organised a private Jet to be ready to leave as soon as I got to the private airfield here in Seattle, I would know what I was looking for apparently.
I made my way down to them. I began to tear them all to pieces and throw them into the fire that was conveniently there already. There seemed to be only one exit that was in use still so as I killed the last of the newborn's. I roared as I threw it into the flames, seconds later a redheaded woman bolted out of the warehouse looking frantic and I took off after her, she wasn't hard to catch, and I quickly disposed of her before running back to find my Mate.
As I entered the warehouse, the site I saw destroyed my very being. My mate, my Isabella had been hung up and tortured, she still had a knife sticking out of her upper thigh, yet by my estimate, she hadn't been back in America's for more than two hours, five, depending what flight she had taken. Making my way over to her, I had removed my belt, placing it above where the knife inserted, thankful that it didn't seem to be located close to the main artery in her leg. The building looked like it was about to come down at any second, but I had to get her out of there, making my way up to the top of the rafting I untied the rope and generally lowered her to the ground.
Removing my cloak, I covered her body as much as I could as her clothes had been ripped and were nearly holding together before I tried to assess the damage. She was at least still alive, even if only just. There was no choice, as much as she was alive, I was losing her fast.
"I'm so sorry, and I wanted to give you a choice to decide when you wanted to be changed. I must take that choice from you, for I cannot bear to lose you." I whispered as I sunk my teeth into her soft flesh, the small taste of her blood that I got was heavenly, I was able to bite into all of her major arteries so that she could begin her change.
Picking her up and using my speed to get us to the jet. I was surprised that she had yet to start screaming and thrashing about, as I rounded the corner moving to where we would typically have the Volturi Jet sitting I saw the three Callen's that we had let go waiting by a jet.
"We are here to escort you both back to Volterra." The blonde female spoke to me as she bowed her head.
"Thank you." I looked over at the major and just raised an eyebrow in his direction.
"I got informed that there was a possibility that she would be changing on the flight, I'm just here to help in any way I can." Major Whitlock stated.
"Thank you. Again." I made my way towards the jet and went to make her comfortable. There in the back corner was a pseudo-bed all set up for her so that she lay in somewhat comfort. Soon after we settled in the large Cullen made his way towards the cockpit and started the plane so we could make our way home.
"With your permission, I can clean her up and get her into some comfortable clothes for when we arrive." The female asked me. I growled out but then heard my mate whimper, so I stopped. Taking a deep breath and trying to calm myself before I ended up ripping the females head off.
"Your name," I demanded without really looking at her.
"Rosalie McCarty," she stated. I looked at her, assessing the possible threat that she could be towards my mate, giving in I sighed and gave her my permission to care for Isabella.
"If I may speak freely?" The Major asked, waiting for my reply. I nodded and waited.
"Rose will take care of Bella; she won't let any harm come to her." The Major stated. She was looking towards where the woman left with my Mate.
"She's your Mate, isn't she. Bella never deserved Edward; he was too much of a child, never should have been turned, I'm only saying this because she's my sister. But she needs someone that can look after her for a change. I know you will, I don't care that you're my King, she's my blood, just like she's also Rosalie's blood. We look out for our own." Major Whitlock stated. He didn't care that I could have him turned to ash.
After an hour Rosalie came out carrying my Bella I was still to hear a single sound fall from her lips.
"How are you both related to Isabella?" I asked once Rosalie sat down.
"Her mother is my youngest brother's daughter, I had tried to keep track of my family as much as I could," she said as she smiled down at my mate. I looked at the Major and waited for him to let me know how he was related to my mate.
"Her father is my grandson. I may have lied about my age to enter the war, but I had married only six months before I left, yet my wife was pregnant when the call to service was made, like Rose, I kept track of my family, I never trusted Edward or Alice with my grand-daughter, the deceit I felt from them was always there. Rose and I suggested to the family that we should throw Bella a birthday party for her eighteenth; I'm sure you know how that ended." The Major said with a roll of the eyes.
The rest of the flight was rather quiet after that; there was little small talk, the Major let me know that Isabella was feeling the burn of the charge, but somehow she is as remaining silent through it.
Once we started our descent to the privately owned airfield, the Volturi own I called ahead and made sure there was going to be a vehicle large enough for the five of us, reassured that there would be one waiting for us the second we landed. I was pleased to see my sister and Santiago waiting for us when the plane finally stopped so that we could all exit and make our way home to the castle.
"Please tell me that she is only changing. That she hasn't passed." Dora said, racing towards me.
"She is changing sister, she is just silent," I replied. I could see the relief on her face as well as Santiago's. She must have told him about Isabella.
"Been telling Santiago about our beautiful Swan have you?" I smiled.
"Of course, why would I not Caius? Besides I'm not the only one who is worried about her, Aro has been biting everyone's head off as Picia won't put out she's so worried. He had to put his foot down at her taking her rest in your study. Even Marcus is ready to set him alight. As soon as we all heard she was with you, and on her way home Picia dragged Aro to his study, and they have not left, the whole castle can hear them, the way that man squeals, let me tell you my darling brother, it's not natural." Dora said she was excited.
She noticed then the others that were with us.
"Hi, I am Athenodora, the man driving is my mate Santiago. Who might you all be?" Dora asked.
"Hi, I'm Rosalie McCarty, this is my husband, Emmett and my brother Jasper Whitlock. Well, coven brother." Rosalie said, introducing them all to my sister.
"Oh my. Jasper Whitlock, the Major, the God of War himself, it is a pleasure to meet you sir, as well as your family, are these two your Captain and the Lieutenant?" Dora asked it was like she was star struck.
"Ah, No I'm sorry Rose and Emmett are my brother and sister but not my Captain and Lieutenant. They are still Stateside." Jasper smiled. Once we made it back to the castle, I made my way to my quarters with Bella and laid her down on my bed so she could be comfortable until she woke.
Before I left to go and tend to our guests, Dora was before me.
"I have shown our guests to their quarters and arranged for Bella's belongings to be all brought in here, so at least that way once she awakens she can change into something more her style. Now you will tell me why three members of Carlisle's coven are here, I know they were going to help bring you both home, but I did not expect them to stay. What is going on, brother." Dora asked. Standing there with her arms crossed, waiting for an answer.
"The woman, Rosalie, and the Major are blood to my Bella, so I thought it would be good for her to have actual blood family around as well as her new family," I informed my sister. Who still did not look very impressed.
"Anyone could say they are blood unless we have proof of it being true I am inclined to call bullshit. I think there is something else going on here and I don't like it one bit. I'm going to talk to Aro and Marcus." Dora said before walking off in a huff. She was jealous of not being Bella's only family here in the castle. I couldn't blame her, the Cullen's did a number on Isabella, and my darling twin was very protective of her.
BPOV
Someone must have got sloppy, either that or Victoria had decided to turn me after all so she could have her play toy for the rest of eternity. I wanted to scream and yell, but I wasn't going to give her the satisfaction of hearing my pain. I wanted to know why the roar that sounded made her look so scared, what was so bad about it? Sure it was super loud, but that was the only scary thing about it. The sheer volume of it. I had tried to keep my mind distracted. I tried nearly everything that I could. But it was getting harder to find reason's not to scream, not to beg for death. I no longer wanted this, or did I? Once this change was complete, I could escape from Victoria. Go and find out where Caius was, and even if I had to become a stalker and watch him from the edges of the city, I would. I would make sure that he's happy and I would try and take away the pain of the pull.
Well, that made me sound like a crazed psycho.
The further under I went in this change the less I felt of the pull, it was almost like Caius was here with me. Even that was hard for me to believe. My mind went through what I would do if I saw him again, what I would say if I had the chance still. I also wondered what was Victoria's endgame here, after telling me there wouldn't be enough of me to leave even to turn, what was her endgame? Did she want me to suffer for the rest of eternity? Could I escape from her? The pack found it hard to catch her. If they couldn't, then what chance did I have of getting away from the woman. The sensation of the barn that filled my veins suddenly become so much more intense, then again, it had felt like I had only been burning for a couple of hours. Was Victoria injecting more Venom into my system? Is this how she planned to torture me? By injecting Venom? I wanted to scream so badly, but I just drenched my teeth together, forcing myself to hold it all in. I wished that Dora was right and that Caius was on his way, but I had my doubts, she hadn't heard how he had sounded on the phone. Aro said he would be pleased to hear from me despite how angry he would seem.
Again I had my doubts. Why am I suffering for something the Cullen's did? That's right; they were trying to save the weak little human. Just because they didn't want to acknowledge that they were Vampires, why did they feel the need to play human and play with the human? My life wasn't a toy. I only really thought I had time for Rosalie and Jasper; at least they didn't hide the distrain they seemed to feel for me. Even if Jasper to me in Phoenix that I was worth it. Am I worth all this hassle? The burn started to slowly recede from my limbs, giving me at least some sort of reprieve from the pain. My senses had become stronger than they had been, I could hear people moving around me, I could smell, something familiar, it almost reminded me of the leather sofa in Caius' quarters. I could practically feel him next to me, lying beside me. I tried to concentrate on the sounds around me so that I prepared myself when I awoke. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.
"Your safe, I got you, It's nearly over, I wish I could take some of this for you, but it will be over soon, I'll take care of you, I have you now," Caius said into my ear.
"Any news brother?" A woman asked. I couldn't quite pick up who it was. Voices sounded so different from my new ears. The pain receded even more, but the boom started to increase in and around my heart.
CPOV
It had barely been thirty hours, and I could hear her heart slowly starting to speed up. I didn't want to hope that she would forgive me, she did not want a mate, I would do my duty as her sire then let her family take her home, the Major was more than experienced enough to raise her past her newborn year. I was lying next to her on my bed. Holding her while she changed, hoping I would be able to do this at least once after she woke. I felt as my dead heart broke, I told her she was safe, that I wished I could take her pain, that I would care for her, that I would never leave her heart, how much of it she would hear was a different story.
"Any news brother?" Dora asked me; I just shook my head, she sighed and left. I didn't want to leave my place next to her, but her change was moving along to fast, I had to do what was best for her, she had told me she did not want a mate, I would honour that. Standing I made my way around the bed and changed out of my formal clothes, packed what I could before picked her up, and taking her to the Major. As I came upon his door, it opened, and I saw him standing in front of me.
I am handing him the most critical being in my world.
"Look after her; I have somewhere I am needed," I told him before he could say anything I left to find Aro and Marcus, finding them in the library.
"I will be leaving for a time. I will send word of my location, but I would rather not a single soul told my location. I'm leaving immediately." I turned and headed back to my quarters to retrieve my bags before heading down to the garage.
I had placed my bags into the trunk and got behind the wheel; I was about to close the door of my Bentley Continental GT when I heard my angel scream. Closing the door of the car, I turned over the engine and drove away, leaving my life behind. I would tell my brothers where I ended up like I said I would do, I would let my mate live her life the way she wished.
BPOV
I remember waking from my change, and for hours I asked where my mate was, Aro, Marcus, Dora and Picia knew I accepted that he was my mate, Dora and Picia knew when I was still human, that I was taking Caius as my mate.
I woke to see Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett standing in front of me.
"Where is Caius?" I asked calmly.
"He had somewhere he needed to be; we need to take you hunting. There is plenty of wildlife in this part of Italy, so you will have plenty to choose from." Rosalie said to me.
"I'm not feeding on animals. I will feed and hunt as my mate does, then I'm going to hunt his ass down and then kick it back here. I'm going to see Dora and Picia, and get some answers." I told her.
"No, you will not feed off of humans, you will feed on animals just like we do," Rosalie said more forcefully. I raised an eyebrow and just laughed at her.
"There is no way I'm feeding on animals, and frankly you can't make me. I already know that you're trying to get me to comply. It's not going to work. Now let me past." I said as I started to talk through clenched teeth.
The door opened behind them, and I saw Dora, Aro, and Marcus standing there.
"Oh, fantastic you're awake, let's get you, someone, to eat," Dora said to me.
"She's going to be feeding on animals, not humans. So we will take her to hunt." Rosalie said to the three.
"Is that so dear one?" Aro asked.
"No, I was going to come and find Dora and Picia, and I want to hunt as my mate hunts. Speaking of, where is Caius?" I informed them.
"Well then, come, and we will get you to feed, but first. Marcus, can you tell me if there are any family bonds between these four?" Dora asked this had me confused.
"There are no familial lines between the Major and our young Swan; the same for young Miss Hale and our young Swan. There is a strong bond, and it is familial between that of young Emmett and the young Swan, could be a father and daughter." Marcus said.
That was surprising, but Emmett did not look surprised.
"What is going on?" I asked as I looked between everyone.
"Let's get you to feed then we can talk with whoever you feel comfortable with," Emmett said, guiding me towards Dora. Three hours later and six humans later, I sat down in my mate's study with Aro, Dora, Picia, and Emmett. Jasper wasn't happy, and Rosalie was throwing a fit.
"Eighteen years ago, I meet my mate. I was away from Rose at the time; the woman had just married; we had a brief affair. As she didn't want to leave her husband at the time, I still can't be very far away from her without being in pain, a pain I'm sure you are aware of at the moment. Anyway, she ended up pregnant. She was happy with her husband, but he couldn't have kids, she didn't want to become like us, so I Just watched over her, and when she had the baby, I watched over her too. Your mom left Forks and moved around; I sent money when I could get away from the Cullen's, as I didn't want them to find out about you or your mom. I took photos of the three of us, while your mom was pregnant and after in case the Volturi found out, and thought you to be an immortal child, in the end, I came here and confessed to Aro. I'm sorry I didn't tell you who I was, but I didn't trust Carlisle not to want to use you as an experiment. So I ask Aro for help keeping you safe. There have been at least two of your teachers in each of your schools that have been Volturi. Either they were human or Vampire or a gifted Vampire, like in the case of your Bio teacher in Forks, he couldn't let the Cullen's know he was a Vamp, so he was using his gift." Emmett said as he wiped his hands down his face.
"Why couldn't you let me know?" I asked.
"Because I had to protect you from Jasper and Rose, they could have been your family also, but they did find out who you were to me, Rose wanted to kidnap you and see if she could use you so she could have a child. The two of them did instigate your birthday party, but only so they could use you for their gain. I only found out about them picking you and Caius up Stateside because they needed a pilot, getting one from outside the family was taking too long, so they asked me, I'm the only one in the family with their pilot's license. They were going to spew some bullshit story to garner favour to be allowed close enough to you that they could use you. I had to come and warn the Volturi, and I did. I will do what you want me too, but please don't trust those two. God, you don't even have to trust me if you don't want, trust needs earning after all." Emmett said as he smiled at me.
I looked over at Aro, for confirmation, and he nodded.
"What would you like to do young Isabella," Aro asked me. Dora looked as if she wanted to burn something to ash.
"Punish Jasper and Rosalie how you see fit by our laws, I'm going with my sister's to get to know my father," I said as I stood, looking towards Picia, Dora and Emmett.
Aro and Marcus smiled at us as they left. I was no longer worried about what happens to the Cullen's. As we all got comfortable, I was trying to figure out what to say, Emmett has always been like a big brother, now I find out he's my father. That's some trippy shit.
"Before we start I'm sorry, but I have two calls to make, please stay, I'm not going to be long while I make them," I said to the three of them, deciding to call my father first, I wanted to know what he would say. It didn't take long for him to answer.
"Forks Police, Chief Swan speaking," Charlie answered.
"Hi, dad," I said as I look apologetically towards Emmett.
"Bella, are you on your way home are you?" Charlie asked, sounding very snippy.
"No, I had a couple of questions for you, though. I had to go to a doctor to get my pill renewed, and the doctor asked if I ever had mumps or if my parents had, thought I would start with you. I can't remember. Have you ever had them?" I asked as I knew mumps' caused a man to be sterile.
"Yeah, I have, when I was fourteen. Why does the doc want this for?" Charlie asked.
"Family background for my prescription, Don't they cause a boy to become sterile if contracted after puberty?" I asked. Charlie was silent; if I couldn't hear him breathing, I would have wondered if he was still on the line.
"Dad? are you there?" I asked, trying to sound worried.
"Yeah, I'm here. I suppose you'll find out then; I'm not your biological dad. I think you need to call your mom Bell's. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, but I have always loved you kiddo." Charlie said right before he hung up. Right on to the second phone call. I dialled Renee's cell and waited to see if it even connected.
"Hello," Renee chirped.
"Hi mom, it's me, Bella," I answered. For some reason, this call made me nervous.
"Hey sweetie, How are you, your dad told me you were travelling, finally following that free spirit, huh?" Renee asked.
"Yeah I am, um, did I ever have mumps as a kid I can't remember and I need my prescription filled," I asked as I was becoming shy.
"No sweetie you never got sick, you can tell the doctor I didn't either." She said I could hear her smile.
"I just called Charlie and asked him as well; he said he had them at fourteen, Mom, who's my father? it's not Charlie." I asked, rushing out the question.
"Oh, Where are you, Bella, I'll come at getting you," Renee said, becoming very serious.
"Tell me, mom, who is it?" I asked again.
"I'll call you back soon," Renee said as she hung up. A minute later, Emmett phone rang, and he placed it on speaker.
"Renee, why are you calling? Are you or Bella hurt?" He asked, trying to sound worried.
"Do you know where she is? Bella just called me she found out that Charlie isn't her father, are you and your family still near Forks? Can you check on her? I don't want her knowing yet." Renee said, she sounded so different than what she did when she talked to me a minute ago.
"Renee, Bella knows, I'm with her right now," Emmett said to her.
"Does she know what you are?" She asked. He looked at me, and I just shook my head.
"No, she doesn't," Emmett said, smiling at me.
"Keep it that way, she doesn't need that knowledge; she already is half Vampire as it is. Please keep her in the dark, as it is we don't know if she can die." Renee said, what was saying?
"Do you still not want her to change if she's hurt? there is nothing wrong with what I am and what she is, Renee, I could turn you..." Emmett said before he was out of by her shouting.
"No! By no means will my daughter or I be anything like you. She deserves so much better than that." Renee said she was so rude.
"Hang up, Please," I asked my father after he places his phone away in his pocket. I made my choice before I could talk to them about it my phone rang.
"Hi mom, are you going to tell me who my father is?" I asked her.
"No, I want to know where you are, I'm coming to get you," Renee demanded.
"I'm not telling you, mom. Look I have to go my prescription is ready and I have to drive back to the hotel. Bye, mom." I said as I hung up.
"We are going to fake my death, do you know anyone that can verify your location?" I asked Emmett.
"Yeah, I do." He smiled.
"Do you know where we can get a body that fits me?" I asked Dora and Picia. They both smiled at me before they both nodded.
"While your dad here and I organise everything. Call Caius, try and get him to come home." Picia said sweetly to me.
The piece of paper that Aro had given me before I left was still sitting on the desk, I walked over and tried to be as careful as I could picking up the receiver as well as dialling the numbers.
"Yes, Aro, what is it," Caius said over the line, he sounded horrible, he also seemed like he was driving.
"Hello my mate, I need you to come back to the castle, we have quite a few things to talk about," I answered him.
"Isabella, I'm glad you have woken from your change, have you hunted yet?" Caius asked me.
"Yes I have fed, I nearly got forced to feed on animals, but thankfully Aro came along with Dora, Picia, and Marcus, so at least I was able to feed correctly." I smiled down the line.
"I'm glad you were able to feed through." I heard him sigh.
"When are you coming home?" I asked. There was silence for what felt like a long while before he answered.
"I'm not, please do not call again," Caius said softly.
"WAIT!" I shouted down the line; I couldn't do this; I needed him here.
"Please, Please come home, I need you here Caius if you want me to leave you alone tell me to walk onto the pyre, despite just finding my real father." I pleaded.
"That would be a waste of both an excellent addition to the Volturi guard as well as a beautiful woman, but I will not tell you what to do, the choice is yours. Goodbye, Isabella." Caius whispered my name as he hung up the phone.
"Right, it's all done, we have too... What's wrong, Bell's?" Emmett asked as he came around the desk to comfort me.
"He told me he doesn't want me anymore. I pleaded for him to come home, I said if he wants me to leave him alone to tell me to walk onto the pyre. He just said that would be a waste of both an excellent addition to the Volturi guard as well as a beautiful woman, but that the choice was mine, why does this happen to me? First Edward didn't want me, said he was tired of playing human, and he was meant to be my mate, now Caius, who is meant to be my mate also, doesn't even care if I walk onto the pyre. What's wrong with me?" I asked, I could feel the scratch of tears that would never fall, as I sobbed dryly into my father's shirt.
"He... I don't know, sounds like he's an ass really, but please don't walk into a pyre. I still need you. It looks like you have a few people here that need you as well. Caius will come around. You might have to wait until he's ready." Emmett said tenderly to me. After that, we made plans for me to die and make sure the body was in no way recognisable. I know Renee would be suspicious, but she wouldn't be able to prove anything, without the Volturi forcing her to either change or die.
Twenty days later Emmett got a phone call from a very distraught Renee. I had been discovered dead in Texas. They had to identify me via dental records, the body was unrecognisable, my mother did blame Emmett and threatened to involve the Volturi, but he reminded her that she was a human with knowledge of what we were, her only choice was to change or die. She chooses to keep quiet. Since she had no desire to take her place by her mate's side, she didn't have any but those two choices. Even Caius heard about my death, he came back to the castle and demanded to know who the idiot was that allowed me to walk onto a pyre. Dora told me that she thought it funny that her answer to him was to hand him a mirror when he had called and asked.
Nobody seemed to be able to entice me to feed, and I was becoming weaker as the days went past. I couldn't find the will to go on, Marcus came and talked to me, tried to get me to at least keep going for the sake of my mate, who was in all actuality, still alive. I had to be pulled away from him as I nearly tore him limb from limb and set him alight.
I locked myself in my quarters and refused to leave. Marcus refused to come near me after I attacked him; he tried everything he could to bring Caius home. The only thing to finally bring him home to the castle was news of my death. The whole castle heard as he destroyed everything in his path. I heard him make his way towards my quarters, but I had neither the will or the strength to get up and greet him. I sat in the extra-large blood red armchair that my father had moved from out of Caius' quarters for me, sitting in front of the window looking outside, and watched as the world passed.
I heard my door slam open; I listened to the destruction of my room. I could feel that my mate was next to me as the pain in my chest was no longer present. It was the only thing that had given me a slight reprieve from the constant massive depression I felt. I couldn't help but listen as he completely ruined my room, even going so far as to destroy my bathroom as well as all of my clothes and my bed and desk. I could hear the crowd at the door, waiting for him to finish his destruction. I felt the chair move slightly after he had slammed the door on all of the onlookers. He had collapsed against the back of the chair, clearly upset. I wanted to talk but had lost the will to do so, I tried to move, but again I had lost the will to do so. The sun was starting to set in the sky; my father was due to come in soon like he did every day, and talk to me, ask me if I wanted to do anything, he would try and get me to feed without any luck.
As if right on cue, he entered the room and was confronted by a very hostile, from the sounds, Caius. Whom my father just ignored, and came to sit on the windowsill.
"Hey there, I brought you some blood again, I was hoping today you might want to leave the room maybe go and take a walk into the gardens, what do you think? Sound like a good idea? I thought we could also read I brought one of your favourites in the market this morning; I hoped we could read it together, but how about we try and get some blood into you first huh? How does that sound Bell's? Okay, here we go. Can you try and open up for me today?" Dad asked. I couldn't seem to concentrate on him; I just kept looking out the window.
"What is going on here?" I heard Caius ask, as I saw him out of the corner of my eye come and stand next to my father before hearing his gasp, clearly seeing that I was not dead.
"Nothing that concerns you." My father said his tone scathing as he tried to get blood into my system. His attempts were for naught once again, he sighed, and I saw him look around the room and sigh again. Dad picked me up off the chair I had been sitting in and took me out of the room, I had no idea where he had decided to take me, but then I didn't care.
It was still a little strange associating the big lug that I had once called, brother, now calling him dad regularly, even if it was in my mind.
"Why did nobody tell me that she was still alive?" I heard Caius ask.
"Would you have listened? She asked you to come home a month ago; she had been trying to get to you while she was human, you're the one that washed his hands of her. It is the second time that someone has claimed my daughter as their mate and abandoned her, so go back to whenever it was you were, as she deserves better than you. While she still spoke all she would ask for was her mate. Ask where her mate was. Now, look at her." My dad sneered at my mate.
I recognised the room that we entered immediately; it was his, dad's room. He placed me on his bed and started moving my limbs; he didn't want me to petrify from lack of movement.
I heard yelling out in the hallway while my dad was helping me; it sounded like Dora, Picia and my mate. It seemed they were arguing about me. I didn't want them arguing about me at all.
I tried to reach for my dad, but the most I could do right now was twitch my finger. Dad stopped when it pulled.
"Bella, can you do that again?" My dad asked in nearly a whisper. Trying to move again to reach out back, and again, I could only twitch a finger.
"Can you move your eyes up and down for me? Side to side?" He asked, looking directly at me, he had the biggest smile I had ever seen on his face.
I tried to move my eyes, finding it irritating as the Venom had started drying out.
"Good girl, are you hungry? Up and down for yes, side to side for no. Can you do that?" He asked.
Was I hungry? Yes, the burn was always intense after he tried to get me to feed, I saw his smile increase. I had in all essence given up. As he said, two had claimed me their mate; two had abandoned me. I wanted to walk into the pyre; I tried, my father had stopped me.
He disappeared from my site, and I heard the door open, seconds later, the door closed again, and he was helping me sit up.
"Okay Belly, we're going to try again; okay, I even got a spoon to help just in case. I know that sounds silly. I warmed up a blood bag for you." Dad said to me; I tried to focus on him as he moved the blood around the bag mixing the plasma before he helped me tilt my head back before placing the straw in my mouth, he started to pour the blood down my throat.
"Why I didn't think of this before, I have no idea," Dad said, I could still hear the arguing out in the hallway, and it helped me make my decision.
I had to leave; I would let my dad help me get better then I would try and go. The men that claimed me their mates, they left me; they didn't seem to care how their actions would impact my life; they just looked out for themselves. I did feel like just walking into a pyre, but right now, my dad would stop me. I could feel the blood coursing through my body; it wouldn't be enough to be able to move very far, but enough that I could ask for more blood. The look upon my father's face, he was ecstatic that I was drinking, that I was feeding. Once the bag was dry, he asked if I wanted another. I managed to nod. With another smile, he took off to get me more blood, and he came back carrying both a basket full of blood as well as a microwave that he plunged in on the other side of the room.
"What is going on young Emmett?" I heard Aro ask as he walked into my father's quarters.
"My daughter wants blood. I'm giving it to her." Dad answered.
"Amazing, the arrival of my brother must have brought young Isabella back to us. Such joy, I will inform him immediately." Aro enthused before speeding away. It was a few minutes before my father came and sat next to me with another warmed blood bag for me.
"Like hell, it was that ass; it's all you Belly. I know you've been hurting. I know why, as well. One too many promising their heart to you to rip you apart. If you want to leave after this, I'll take you anywhere you want to go." Dad said as he helped feed me another blood bag.
"You will not take this woman anywhere; she is to stay here in Volterra. Stay here with her mate, assuring his position and continued loyalty." I heard Aro say, hearing my father's answering growl told me that he was unhappy about that.
"You cannot force either of us to stay here. Bella has not agreed to become part of your guard; her mate has not even acknowledged her other than to pack a tantrum when he thought she was dead. You watched as she tried to contact him, watched her fall apart when he didn't want her, that was when she was human, now she's one of us, he still didn't want her as he pawned her off to another that was going to experiment on her. No, if she wants to leave, I will help her." My father said as he got right up in Aro's face.
"Then you will have forced my hand. I am not opposed to killing those who threaten what I have built up." Aro spoke, not realising that not only was his wife standing behind him but Marcus and my mate also.
"Husband, if she and her father want to leave here, we will not force them to stay. To do so would go against all that the Volturi have built, but you talk as if this is not a new concept for you to be considering. What have you done?" Picia asked.
I was thankfully able to move a little bit more due to the blood saturating my muscles; I had a feeling that if I wanted to, I could jump off the bed I looked towards the open window, and looked out I didn't want to hear what they were saying. I didn't want to see my mate looking at me, showing no emotion what so ever. I didn't want to see his disgust. I didn't bother moving too much to look out the window. I tried to leave let him live his life like he did before I came along. Aro had nothing to worry about when it came to assuring my mates position and continued loyalty. Those would not change according to my location. I watched the argument in the reflection of the window, watched as my father proceeded to push Aro out the door literally, watched as my mate watched me. I waited until they were all distracted, I knew that I wasn't back to being healthy, but I had enough blood in my system now that I could leave. I wanted to take my father with me, but if Aro had his way neither of us would leave this castle again.
As soon as my mate turned away, I looked at the other vampires that had arrived, and none were looking my way. Forcing myself to move quickly I moved towards the window and jumped out running towards the forest, once I was within the tree line I looked back towards the castle as I did I saw my father and my Mate appear at the window viewing the ground below them then to the tree line to try and see me.
I wanted to tell my father to get away and find me. At that moment, I thought I saw him look directly at me and nod his head. No idea what made me think he could hear me, but I just thought towards him 'Paris' before I turned and ran.
I needed to try and get some money, but it wasn't at the top of my list. I did feel like I needed to get someone to eat if I was going to try and keep on top of the pain of the pull. I found a few criminals on the way to Paris. As much as I did not want actually to feed and as much as I just wanted to build a pyre to walk into I decided to wait for my father in Paris, for some reason I felt the need only to give one month. I had to wonder if that was dear old dad sending me his message.
AN: Thanks for reading, please review.
Am just breaking up the one shot at this stage, so please be patient with me.