Chapter 6

I turned with the force of a raging hurricane to face Alice with a murderous glare twisted on my face. My sister had hurt my Bella, made her dredge up memories of her long forgotten past. I wanted to crush everything within my grasp, crush it into dust; I could feel the rage building inside me just waiting to break through.

"Jesus Edward, calm down." Jasper gasped throwing me a wave of instant calm—it worked for all of thirty seconds. "Edward, calm down before you lose it." Jasper demanded snarling at me. Jasper darted in-between Alice and I with his teeth bared, ready for me to attack. Another strong wave of calm hit me with astonishing force, causing my knees to buckle beneath me; I had to brace myself against the wall so I didn't fall to my knees on the floor.

"I didn't mean…I didn't know…Edward." Alice's voice was full of regret and sadness; my rage was depleting quickly as I looked towards my sister and saw the shame written all over her face. "I would never have asked if I had known Edward…you know that."

I quickly got to my feet and flew across the room to crush my sister in a forgiving embrace. I couldn't stay mad at Alice even if I tried too; I owed Alice so much for the last fifty years of her never ending patience with my bitterness and self-loathing attitude, her encouragement and sisterly love—Alice was my favorite sister.

"You are forgiven dear sister." I whispered tightening my arms around her little frame. "I have never experienced that kind of pain before…to see my Bella hurt…" I couldn't even finish my sentence. The thought of anyone—human or vampire—trying to hurt my Bella brought the murderous rage into the forefront of my mind, my body stiffened for a half of a second as Jasper helped me calm down with a wave of tranquil peace.

"Tanya…how bad is it?" Rosalie asked curious thinking of how she came to be in this life. "I mean it can't be any worse…"

"A million times worse Rosalie, so much worse than your story." Tanya whispered forcing herself to think of other things; Eleazar and Irena did the same. "It is not our story to tell. If Bella ever does tell you about how she came to be…I implore you to not push her, let her tell you at her own pace" Tanya said sadly." It took Bella a very long time…at least three hundred years to even come out of hiding. It took Irena, Carmen and I a decade to get her to come to the house and spend one day out in the open before she locked herself in her bedroom. Carmen and Irena had to coax her out to hunt every few weeks."

"It is truly a blessing for her to be this close to you…even talking to a man and trusting you instantly…you has no idea how happy we are that Bella has finally some sort of peace to her life." Eleazar spoke for the first time.

"I sensed that, Bella was very cautious and uncomfortable around me, when we first met, even with Alice standing right beside me." Jasper added. "I thought it was just my scars." He mumbled lamely. Alice kissed his cheek in comfort.

"The poor girl…"

"That's not why Jasper." Irena said looking towards Tanya with a pained expression.

"Bella is uncomfortable around you because she knows about you past and she is terrified of you finding out that Bella was fighting on the other side…that you will hurt her or kill her. Bella has suffered a great deal in her lifetime." Irena informed us. "Bella was not one to get her hands dirty, but with her brother on the side of those who you knew would win…"

"Her brother is a member of the Volturi?" Carlisle gasped horrified.

"Why do you think she is so frightened of them capturing her…?"

"But who…which member I mean?" Emmett asked.

"Demetri; otherwise known as Nathan Demetri Swan; Demetri gift and Bella's gift are…"

"Totally opposite from each other; Bella can shield and Demetri seeks out!" I gasped horrified; I was so enraged, that I was seeing red in my vision. My Bella had every right to be afraid of the Volturi capturing her and imprisoning her to Aro's will; using Renata's gift to bond them together, to force Bella into his fatal guard.

Like Hell I was going to let them even get near Bella-let alone touch her-I would die in the same instant, than see her in the hands of the malicious hands of the Volturi. The thoughts of my family swirled around me; some on question, other were on the thoughts of there pasts. It disturbed me to my very core, to what would cause Bella so much pain. Was it her missing brother's absence or the horrific death of her parents-Tanya let her thoughts slip, but only for a moment.

I sat with my head in my hands, my mind racing in answer less circles, I ached to be with Bella, right this very moment, but I knew better. It didn't make it any easier on me that Carmen was with her, comforting her in a motherly embrace. I was in hell, while I suffered away from my Bella-while my Bella suffered away from me. We were two halves of a whole, our deep bond rooted us together, un-root one of us, you un-root us both; it was a very interesting feeling to be complete inside myself, when the one thing that completes you is another being altogether.

Lost in my thoughts, only one voice could break me out of my revere. Bella. Her sweet voice rang clear as bells in my mind, but her voice was tainted with grief and sadness. I couldn't be away from her any longer, I would go insane with worry.

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