Firstly thanks to everyone who is taking the time to read my story and big hugs to those of you who have reviewed xx disclaimer I don't own any twilight people, unfortunately I don't own Edward Cullen, but if Stephanie Meyer ever gets fed up with him I would definitely give him a good home,

VOLTERRA

We flitted through the trees to a large open area were we boarded a plane, we were back in Volterra the familiar square and the large castle, we used the proper entrance this time instead of the damp cobbled drain,

They threw me into a small square room with no windows or furniture I could hear them walking above but couldn't make out any voices, the strong, sweet smell of human blood was strong, I was not going to dwell on where it was coming from.

After a few days, of not seeing anyone, Demitri appeared at the cell door.

"Aro wants to see you" he smiled at me his eyes deep crimson

He pushed me along a narrow walkway till I entered the familiar throne room I had been before, there was a man lying across Felix's knee he looked up when I entered

"Hungry Bella, do you want some?" he shook the man as though he was offering me him

I looked away and stared at Aro

"Bella don't be like that" Felix laughed out loudly

The air was suddenly filled with an ear piercing scream then it was silent, a little thud was made by the man falling on the floor after Felix was finished with him,

He walked towards me blood around his mouth, I could smell it, the burning in my throat ached but I locked my muscles down and refused to move, he was right in front of me now the smell was strong but the burning was stronger,

Demitri grabbed my hands and held them behind my back, I tried to free them but he was to strong,

Felix jammed his lips to mine crushing them against me. I could taste the blood on his face, I tried to pull back but his hands clamped into my hair holding my face to his,

the burn was intensifying I tried to see Edwards face to think of something else but it was no good the yearning to drink was strong I stopped breathing as Felix pulled his face away I could smell the blood around my mouth,

Felix walked away laughing I hissed after him, he just wiped his mouth and waved at me Demitri kept my arms locked tight behind my back as he returned me to the cell.

I wiped the blood from my face still trying not to breath in, I could still see the lifeless man lying there after Felix had finished with him,

I curled up in the corner and tried to think of Nessie and my family,

A few hours passed and Demitri was at the cell door again, smiling from ear to ear,

"Just letting you know we have captured your dog friends"

I jumped up "NO" I screamed at him

"Don't worry Bella Im sure they will happy to tell us were Jacob is with your mutant daughter after dinner time"

I flew at the door but he was too quick, it slammed in my face, I punched and kicked the door

"I SWEAR I WILL KILL EVERYONE OF YOU IF YOU HARM THEM"

I couldn't hear anyone in the corridor I listened carefully in case I could hear one of the pack but it was silent,

What if he was right? What if they did tell them were nessie was?

I thought of the vision Alice had seen this is how I change, this is how I end up killing an innocent they have my daughter,

Where was Edward? What was going on? I needed to get out of here.

A week had passed and I had not seen anyone,

The thirst was starting to become unbearable I could smell it when they were feeding, the burning feeling was taking over I could hardly think of anything else now, I knew my eyes were no longer golden but dark,

I heard a noise coming down the hall and the door opened.

Demitri stood there and looked at me "you must be hungry Bella"

I glared at him he leaned behind him and pulled a young man about my age in to view I stared at him "thought I would bring you something to eat"

Felix took a knife from his pocket and grabbed the young man he dragged the knife down the length of his fore arm and the blood flowed freely from the fresh wound.

He threw him into the cell with me and slammed the door shut,

I could feel the burn in my throat, I stopped myself from breathing in, but it only helped a little I could still see the warm liquid dripping on the floor and hear the heart beat of the young man, the beast that had came fourth in the forest was now back inside my head he wanted this boy, the burning grew inside me and I could feel the venom fill my mouth I felt my muscle tighten as though they wanted to go into a crouch and lunge at him,

The puddle was getting bigger all that warm blood going to waste on the floor, how could I not drink him?

this would make me stronger, human blood was our proper food, it would help me over power Felix all that warm blood flowing inside me, I was not drinking this boy because I was evil I was drinking him because I had to save my family, that was a good reason for doing what I was about to do.

the young boy stared at me and tried to stop the blood with his hand I looked over at him his face was terrified did he know that his life was nearly finished, but he would not die in vain he would die to save an entire family, I had to move quick there would be none left if it kept flowing the way it did I moved towards him,

"NO" I yelled shaking the beast from my head I was not going to kill this innocent that was not who I was, I could not sacrifice even one life to spare the Cullen's this was not our way, we would survive but not this way,

I looked back at the boy still holding my breath,

I ripped a peace of my shirt and handed it to him,

He quickly wrapped his arm in the cloth at least it was out of site now but I could still feel the burn,

I knew if I was going to speak I needed air, I curled myself back down in the far away corner and tried not to think of the boy standing a few feet away from me trying not to hear his heart beat and trying desperately to focus on Edwards face, he would be coming for me soon, I knew this Alice had seen this in her vision so it wouldn't belong, but I didn't kill him now I knew the answer.

I just had to hold on, finally the blood stopped coming from his arm and I could see he was sitting in the other corner nearer the door staring at me,

I dragged in a little breath the scorching pain tore down my throat and I knew I had to bear it I wrapped my hands tight round my ankles and closed my eyes then took one large gulp of air I felt like the pain was going to rip me in half, my mouth watered and the beast wondered again if it would not be easier just to kill him, but when I opened my eyes and seen his scared face again, I knew this was something I could not do

"My name is Bella what is yours" I asked in my quiet voice as not to scare him even more,

He just glared at me

"Do you speak" I asked, he nodded his head

"My name is Liam" I smiled at him trying to hide most of my teeth in case I scared him even more

"How did you end up here Liam" I asked using the last of my air

"I was busy on the square taking photos of the monuments to put in my art portfolio when I noticed the most gorgeous woman, she asked me if I was alone and I said yes she said she had a little job for me and she would pay me a lot of money, I couldn't resist her beauty and she led me here, then that other man came and told me if I didn't do what I was told they would kill me, then I ended up in here with you why did he cut my arm before he threw me in here?" he waited patiently for my answer.

I wrapped my hands around my ankles again and drew in another deep breath god this was torture, how had Edward managed to be so close to me all that time I was human and not let the beast have its way, I finally understood the pain and struggle he must have endured every time he spoke to me.

"the woman was Heidi and the man is Demitri, they are not human and im afraid they are going to torture you then kill you whether you do as they ask or not" I tried to keep my voice as hushed as possible but the searing pain tearing down my throat was not helping I felt liams heart beat quicken and the blood course through his veins even quicker and I felt the urge to move nearer Liam but I kept my muscles locked and stayed in the corner.

Are they torturing you? Is that why you are here? He whispered but his voice was shaky

"Yes they are torturing me Liam and they are using you to do it" I didn't see the point in lying to this boy he should know the truth before he died.

"What do you mean using me? Is that what he meant by something to eat?

I nodded wrapping my hands round my ankles again and breathing in, how long could I keep this up before the beast became to strong?

"Liam how much do you know about vampires" he looked at me with a strange expression he probably thought I was losing my mind

"Why is that what they are" he looked over at me again

"Yes it is what WE are" I knew by the expression on his face that he had heard my reply correctly his heart thumped noisily in his chest and I could here the sound of the adrenalin thumping through his veins this was not helping his cause,

"if your a vampire then why are you in here and not out there with them"

"I am a vampire but I am not like those I do not drink human blood I feed from animals they want me to kill you but I will not do it, that is what he meant by food and that is how you are torturing me"

"Why are they doing this to you what do they want from you" he asked

I knew he believed me im sure if he saw the same expression on my face that I had seen on Edwards that first day in science he would know I wanted to kill him

"It's a long story Liam" I whispered

I looked away from him remembering my family; this did not help with my mood,

I just wanted to feel Edward's arms around me and mines around Renesmee's but we didn't know how the vision ended,

Carlisle thought it was because Jake was here, but I couldn't smell them so I knew Demitri was lying about having the pack,

I knew Edward would come and get me but would he be successful? Would he even want to rescue me after the way I had exploded in the forest? Maybe I didn't out run him maybe he just didn't want to catch me,

Maybe Alice's vision had changed; she didn't see my outburst coming so maybe it was all different,

I didn't kill the bloodied boy in front of me after all, so maybe everything had changed,

I had to stop thinking like that this was not going to help, time passed quietly and Liam didn't interrupt my thoughts.

I was beginning to think he had fallen asleep, when I looked over at him he was staring intently at me I realised that I had breathed in but the burn was at the back of my mind now I was thinking of other things,

"Liam besides the obvious are you ok"

He nodded his head a little, I tried to smile at him but it wasn't very convincing he didn't want to take his eyes from me.

I started to explain to him how I had ended up here and how my family would be coming to get us, this seemed to help as Liam's heart started to return to a normal rhythm.

I heard footsteps coming down the corridor again, once more the door opened,

Demitri stood there he looked at Liam then at me curled in the corner and let out a slight chuckle

"Bella, Aro wishes to speak to you again"

I looked at Liam and stood up Liam kept his eyes on the door were Demitri stood,

I crossed the room and stood next to Demitri

"What are you waiting for I snarled at him"

Demitri stepped aside and slammed the cell door closed leaving Liam inside, we headed along the long passage into the large room at the end were I had been before,

Aro and Caius were seated at their large gold thrones and Jane and Alex were sitting on the floor at their feet like faithful puppies I couldn't help but smile at that thought Jane just glared at me, I noticed Felix standing beside the doorway we had just entered smiling at me,

"Ah Bella my friend are you enjoying your stay with us" Aro asked in a sneered tone

"Yes thank you" I replied, Jane let out a little growl

"You don't seem to be enjoying the food would you prefer something else, animal maybe, perhaps some fresh dog" Alex asked laughing into Jane's ear,

I snarled at them bearing all of my teeth,

"Have you decided if you would like to join us yet? Your family would be all welcome" Caius asked quietly

"I have considered your kind offer but again I must decline, I do not think my husband or my daughter would like to move here, we are happy where we are thank you"

"This is a shame I do wish you would not force us to hurt you anymore" Aro said

"Well don't, either release me or kill me" I replied in a steady voice

"No not yet we might be able to get a few more of your family before we have to kill you"

Caius said with a wide grin on his face,

This made my temper soar: I let out a loud growl,

Felix flitted to my side and knocked me to the ground, before I could get back up Demitri was pinning me down, I could feel Jane aiming her pain arrows at me but they were still unable to harm me, this I was grateful for, Felix and Demitri yanked me back of the floor and held me with my arms behind my back "take her back to her cell" Aro said

They walked me back to my cell and I could smell the strong scent of human blood again I thought of Liam in the cell and wondered what they had done to him now,

They threw me in the cell and closed the door the smell was intense again I stopped breathing.

Liam was lying on the floor covered in blood he had been cut along his chest, both arms and legs and the blood was everywhere he was barely conscious from the pain, I went to his side and asked if he could hear me his eyes opened slowly

"Bella save me, please, they said you can change me or kill me"

I looked into his eyes I couldn't do it, I couldn't take his life,

He reached at me with a bloody hand and grabbed my arm

"Bella please they said they would keep doing it till you couldn't resist, please Bella don't let them do it anymore"

I looked at him again

"Liam are you sure you want this death would maybe be better?

He looked up at me again "change me"

"Are you sure Liam it's very painful more than you can imagine" I whispered

"Do it Bella please, I don't want to die" was all he managed before he passed out,

I could hear his heart it was still strong but his breathing was shallow I guessed this was due to the pain, Where was Edward? Why hadn't he come already? I had been here for days what was happening?

I looked back down at Liam,

I leaned into him and the smell of blood was over whelming,

I did it before I had time to think about it, I bit him on the neck and along his arms I could taste the blood and my venom flowed,

I wanted to drink but I pushed that thought away, when I thought I had given him enough venom I moved away,

Liams body started twitching and his eyes flew open he started writhing and screaming I hoped they would just think I was finally killing him and stay away.

He screamed all through the night and the next day,

I remembered how it felt during the change the burning, the constant pain never ending,

I kept speaking to him telling him it would end soon, holding his hand when he reached out for somebody,

I knew my decision to stay quiet had been for the best as Edward could never have lived through this, seeing me in this much pain would have killed him.