I'm typing this on my phone while I'm heading to my grandparents house which isn't so bad, pardon me for any mistakes.

Bella POV

I tried to move my body but I couldn't do it. There seemed to be a sharp pain cutting into my neck and shoulders with not being able to feel my limbs at all. It felt strange…

Was I paralyzed? I really hope not as I relied on my body parts to get me to places but this felt odd. I couldn't even raise up my arms; I tried moving one of my fingers but couldn't feel anything from my arms all the way down to my toes.

I remembered hazily from the events before this horrible feeling I had. Marrying Caius felt like a dream come true and I thought I was going to get my happily ever after. But fate acted like I had to work to get my happily ever after even after everything Faye thrown at me. From Edward, to Victoria, to the Volturi and Edward business to now this without giving me a break.

This was totally unfair!

"So you're awake," a familiar voice that made my stomach churn commented. I recognized it in a second as her remarks and her voice was annoying at least from my perspective. "No one is here to save you, Isabella Swan."

"Leave me alone!" I cried out.

Athenodora laughed. It was a cold, cruel one that made my skin crawl and she smirked with her crimson eyes staring into mine at least of what I could tell as darkness surrounded me and she responded, "I can't do that, Isabella. You have something I want."

"Just take it… Just let me go," I said in an angry voice.

Athenodora laughed, "If only it's that simple. I want Caius but he went to a pathetic, weakling that he should abhor."

I tried to squirm out her view but it was unsuccessful as I couldn't feel nor move my limbs. Searing pain hit me like I was being burned alive by touching a campfire with its embers flying at me. I yelped at the sudden pain to which what I could tell Athenodora smirked at my pain.

"Stop struggling."

"Like hell I would… it's not like I'm going to exactly beg for you to bite me; I didn't exactly ask for you to come and fracture my neck," I snapped at her.

"You could've just ask," Athenodora snarked back.

"Fuck you."

Athenodora leaned in as if she was about to kiss me and bit my neck.

Athenodora POV

Since when did Isabella had a snarky side to her? Last time I checked, she was a weak human barely even able to string two sentences together. Isabella wouldn't even hang out with anyone as all she did was mope, mope and mope. It was all so damn annoying hearing her whine about things.

She stole Caius away from me, capturing his heart and twisting him around her finger as if she owned him! He was mine and I was going to take away his pretty mate as he liked to call her that but it was a lie. I was his mate and no one was going to steal him away like that. Isabella wasn't even capable of manipulating him like that all she was a pathetic human who couldn't even advocate herself.

I could lure Caius in here and beg him to take me back as I stole one thing that meant so much to him: Isabella Swan.

"Lillian, when she wakes up, use your power on her," I commanded her who was leaning near the entrance/exit of the cave.

"Of course," She smiled.

This was perfect. I could prevent Isabella from ever reaching out to Caius and he would be all mine forever, leaving poor Isabella out of the picture.

Caius POV

I shatter the mutts neck as it tried to bit me once more. Like I was that stupid in letting a werewolf bite me again that was how I almost died once. With these stupid mutts that seemed to breed and I abhorred them. They were not even good creatures and I almost died from them. I thought I drove them to extinction when I destroyed almost the entire species of them.

These inhumane werewolves just lived just to annoy the crap out of me and provoke me. It hasn't been long enough to be able to forget their canines and their howls ringing throughout the night; they were not overgrown puppies. They were a liability and doesn't deserve to live.

I don't know Athenodora got her slimy hands onto them when they could have ripped her into shreds within a second but she was never the brightest one. I only married her just to keep up an appearance as king but she was nothing but a greedy, annoying woman with intelligence disowning her a long time ago which would probably explain her stupidity and reckless actions that she does to provoke me.

Driving me close to insane and wishing I could just burn her every time she annoyed me but eventually I just didn't care anymore what she did as long as she didn't do anything reckless but seriously this was over the top. No one messes with the Volturi and get away with breaking the law just look at the Cullens.

I already thought the Cullens was hiding something when Carlisle was here a few centuries ago before he left and gone to get himself a coven as he didn't like our lifestyle but I had my suspicions about him and his "children" he called them especially the eldest that we had to deal with.

Once I snapped the last of the wolves neck and watched the light disappear into their amber pupils, I looked around seeing Demetri and Jane wiping some of the blood off their hands.

"Any sign of her?" I demanded, I put a slight emphasis on the word her.

We all knew who her referred to. Athenodora. The bitch that threatened to my mate's life and her well being which I felt the urge to snap her neck just to get revenge. But death was too sudden for her and not exactly torture. It wasn't like there was torture methods for a vampire as we did had impenetrable skin that was nearly impossible to break.

But I would find away for Athenodora to steal what was mine and if I knew what she probably planned it wasn't exactly unknown as she always abhorred Bella being in the castle and kept her distance away from her trying to seduce me as if I was that pathetic and weak just to fall in love with her all over again.

All Athenodora was, was a selfish, hateful bitch who was spoiled and bratty but I had to keep up appearance with her on my arm but I could have found a better woman but I found Athenodora along with Sulpicia a long time ago and kept her along was back then Sulpicia and Athenodora were best friends not frenemies but that was centuries ago when it wasn't so bad but things have been modified.

The Elite Guard decline with a slight hiss from Caelinea along with her friend, Andreanna that decided to be a member of the guard and Isabella's personal guard as Caelinea and her grew close while we were hunting Edward and his no good liabilities that dared to threaten our existence and probably came close in breaking the secret of our existence.

"What are you standing around. Go Find Her!" I shouted, losing the anger that I've bottled up. It wasn't like I could control my temper as I was a mischievous king everyone knew. I always had a loose temper which was a ticking bomb ready to explode anytime.

The elite guard disappeared with Aro looking at me curiously and placed his hand on my shoulder as if he was offering support.

"We'll find her," Aro tried to reassure but it was no point.

"You can't make promises you can't keep," I replied.

"Brother," Aro sighed.

"Don't," I snapped. "You don't know what it's like to lose your mate when you've just found her after thousands of years waiting to find her."

It seemed for a small pause Aro finally left along with the others while I stood there crumbling onto the floor, feeling hopeless. If I could cry I probably would. This was never supposed to happen like this. Isabella and I was going to have our happily ever after and we could finally be safe and sound but it seemed fate wasn't done with us just yet.

I noticed Isabella's pendant she wore ever since I gave it to her as a member of the Volturi and picked it up. It was the only thing that was left of her.

She was gone as if she never existed.

Gone.

Leaving me for what it probably going to be eternity but with Isabella's mortality I didn't exactly have forever but she either was dead from Athenodora's hand or the pain when I heard her neck snap from again Athenodora's hand.

I just hope we could be united once again.

I really want to give Caius a hug right now, losing his mate like that from his ex-wife's hand sucks and well I'm thinking about a time skip in a few chapters as we aren't mssing much. Poor Bella being Athenodora's captive. Gosh, I can't give these two a break could I? Anyways let me know what you think.