Solas 7
I kept walking hoping I was wrong and he wouldn't attack me because I truly didn't want to hurt him, well any more than I already have that is. I heard a whoosh and turned, Edward had fled. I guess he was a coward after all.
I walked back to the house with each step an ache formed in the vicinity of my heart. I knew it would only get worse until they were completely gone from my life, until then the glamour tied me to them just as surely as it tied them to me.
I walked in the backdoor and was about to head for my room when the phone rang. I waited until the caller id displayed and when it said the police station I answered the phone
"yeah dad" I said
"Hey Bella, didn't think you'd be home, anyway I'm...kind of not going to be home for dinner" said Charlie
"Why?" I said
Impatiently tapping my foot and wondering why my dad sounded nervous.
"I kind of asked Sue out and she said yes so were trying out that new seafood place in Port Angeles" said Charlie
I smirked my dad had a date how cute plus it would keep him out of the way should the shit hit the fan.
"Oh...that's great ... I hope you have fun" I said
"Thanks bells, have a goodnight sweetheart" said Charlie and he hung up the phone.
So I guess I was going to be alone for the night. I sighed and headed for the stairs to my room. If Charlie had fun tonight I would spring my little side trip to visit mom and Phil on him, then change my ticket for Houston either at my first layover or when I landed.
I would meet my forces on the outskirts of town and I would finally be rid of that bitch that sold out Ethan and cassie, plus it would show Monticello I had learned what he had been trying to teach me, as a side benefit it would keep Victoria from going to Maria for help and thus prevent that vision from coming to pass.
Edward
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Bella was using me for my immortality. I thought we had something, could I have been so wrong about her?
Did she sense I had been about to do the same to her and simply beat me to it. Alice had been so sure that we were meant to be together and I was sure that she was the answer to all those lonely nights. The endless stream of lovers who only wanted me for my looks, was Bella like them?
I thought not but I had been wrong before, how could I have been so wrong again? When Carlisle told us that it was getting close to when we should start looking to move, at first I despaired, thinking that Bella would never agree to leave her father behind. Carlisle had reassured me that if I approached it correctly Bella would go with us but we would have to spirit her away out from under the nose of the pack.
That black kid was becoming entirely too enthralled with my Bella. She was part of my family, eventually she would be fully mine just as Alice had envisioned. Though I wanted nothing to still her beating human heart I knew it was only a matter of time before it must be done or else we risked the volturi's wrath.
I was however not prepared for her refusal nor the words that cut me to the quick. I felt emotionally gutted as if she had taken a spoon and carved out my heart. I turned and fled because I didn't want her to see the tears she had brought to my eyes. I was blinded by my venom as I ran and my heart ached with every step I took away from her.
I got halfway to the house, before I collapsed in the other end of the small stream, Jasper had landed in only a few days ago. I collapsed to my knees as wracking sobs shook my frame and I gasped for breath like a landed fish. I heard the wolves approach but couldn't seem to bring up the urge to care.
They thought me pathetic and wanted to just kill me. I silently agreed with them as I laid there curled in a fetal position and wishing for death.
I was pathetic and Bella played me like a violin. She knew just what strings to rub to make me sing for her and when she was done she put me away like an instrument with broken strings.
"Just do it already" I hissed to the nearest one.
He hesitated and looked to his pack mates as if to say, should I do this? They must have heard my family coming because they turned and walked away from me. Damn mutts didn't even have the decency to give me mercy.
"oh Edward, what happened?" said Carlisle
The concern in his tone brought forth another wave of sobs and I felt him pull me into his arms and hold me tight. I let lose my tears and cried for all I was worth into his shoulder like a heartbroken child.
He stood up and carried me back to the house. I didn't even care that Emmett would rib me for the next decade for this. I loved Carlisle like the father I never had and he in turn understood me like no other.
As his first companion I could never really fully comprehend how lonely Carlisle had been before me but I knew that he had tried for many years to make a companion that would share his ideals enough to stay with him.
Aro likened his search to the search for one's mate and perhaps that was what he was really trying to find. Unfortunately for Carlisle his first creations stayed with others like the volturi or became human drinking nomads but he never stopped trying. First myself then Esme, who he hoped was his mate, but only turned out to be the love of his life. Then Rosalie, who he wanted for me originally but she was too horrified by what he had done to her that she almost had left us altogether. Only when she found Emmett and brought him back to Carlisle did she consent to stay, but she extracted a promise from him as well, she would only stay if he changed Emmett or say anything when she went after her would be murderers.
Which of course he did because he did not want to lose her as well. A few decades later we met Alice and Jasper and the rest was just history.
I didn't even know we had entered the house. I was so lost in the agony that I didn't hear their voices mental or otherwise. Numbly I recounted what happened when I was able to regain some semblance of control after Esme had asked.
I heard some of my family growl and looked up in surprise when I found it had come from Esme's direction. I expected a flurry of activity or accusations from my family, what greeted me was silence. I sniffled and looked up at them. I felt like a child in Carlisle's arms so I slowly sat up.
Everyone looked shocked by what Bella had said. Then almost as one they started expressing their outrage. Bella was supposed to be one of us and every one of them felt betrayed by this revelation. We loved her, I loved her how could she do this to us, to me. Everyone turned to Carlisle because he was our leader and right now no one had any idea what to do. Vampires as a species did not relish or adapt to change easily, I didn't know how my family would survive this. Carlisle slowly stood up and smoothed down his shirt, a purely human gesture that he had acquired over the centuries as a nervous habit.
"I believe we should heed miss swan's wishes at least in part, Alice can you look ahead for us and tell us what her plans are?" said Carlisle
Alice closed her eyes and lost herself in her gift for a few seconds. I never liked to read Alice when she did this because the images often moved so fast that even with vampire speed it made me dizzy just trying to follow it. She came out of it in a few seconds. She looked sad which means the vision wasn't a good one.
"we should definitely leave but also we should keep an eye on her as well" said Alice
"Why what would happen if we stayed?" said Esme
Alice looked at the floor and then at me. I caught the thought before she attempted to hide it.
"I would never do that, I don't care what she says to me I will not do that" I said
I was angry and vehemently denied what Alice was seeing. There was no way I would kill Bella I loved her too much to do that. I loved her but she didn't love me back.
Jasper asked her what she saw and Alice whispered it to him but the others heard most of it. Carlisle sighed and rubbed his hand down his face.
"What if I spoke to her?" said Carlisle
Esme gave him a worried glance and I wondered at that, was she still jealous of Bella.
"one thing is certain she knows about us and we can't leave her with that knowledge" said Rose
She sounded sad about that fact and I knew she blamed me for even introducing Bella into our world.
"I agree, we most certainly cannot, if the volturi got wind of this…"said Esme
She looked at Carlisle and he nodded as if coming to a decision.
"Okay this is what we are going to do, we will pack up our things and temporarily move to our house in Ithaca. While we are gone Rose you and Emmett will be searching for any sign of Victoria. You can go ahead and use Emmett's last name for a while but I need you two to avoid Forks if you can, Edward I need you to go to Alaska for a while with Alice, while you are there keep an eye on Laurent. Jasper when Bella leaves I want you to follow her at a distance and keep tabs on her without knowing you are there, feel free to enlist your friends Peter and Charlotte if you need help. Esme…"said Carlisle
"Do what you have to do to get our daughter back" said Esme Carlisle swallowed and looked at his feet. He was blocking his thoughts from me and it was making me nervous.
"Carlisle?" I questioned.
Bella
Truth be told I expected either Carlisle or Alice to show up, maybe even Esme. Both of Edward's, parents if you will, had been pushing us towards each other since we had met. I will admit Edward was attractive physically, but his personality was sadly lacking.
Hot looks and insane amounts of money might do it for the other girls but I had seen hotter and money was something I had in spades in the realms. Hell I could pawn one candelabra from my house and be set better than a lottery winner. So what was it that they really saw in Edward, what was it that I saw for that matter?
