Guys I think I can post another chapter, but it'll be shorter than usual. Sorry, but don't forget to R&R!
Bella's POV
As I swam back to Italy, my thoughts kept wandering back to what happened there. I really thought he cared about me. I didn't know. Maybe he didn't care for me at all in the first place. He just wanted to play around with me. Well, he played with the wrong person. I thought. You hurt me, I hurt you. Even as I thought that, I knew I didn't really mean it. Deep down, I knew I'll always care for him, even if he didn't return the favor. During these unless thoughts, I reached the shore of Italy. When I dried myself and reached Volterra, Ava, Brooke, Chase and Hunter are there, waiting for me.
"Lady Isabella, we were told to train with you for the rest of the afternoon." Hunter tells me after the formal greetings.
I smile a sweet smile and reply, "Of course. But would you excuse me for a minute? I have an urgent matter of state to take care of."
"We'll be right here." Ava says as she returns the smile.
I sprint toward the gate of the Volterra, crashing through the door and to the throne room, where I knew Aro would be.
To my prediction, he's there, talking with Caius and Jane. They all notice me standing there.
"Isabella! We were just going through the plans for the fight! Aren't you suppose to be training with our guests?" Aro asks with his usual calmness.
"Yes, but I had to ask you something before I went for practice." I tell him.
"And what would that question be?"
"May I have the honor of joining the fight against the Cullens?"
That had them all shocked. But as I knew he would Aro agreed.
"But if it gets too much, dear, you can back out and just watch." Aro says, babying me. I always was the baby here, so everyone looked out for me. Too much, actually. I was the one who went on more frequent hunts. I was the one who had less training. I was the one who fought less, if I fought at all. I was about to talk back, when I was reminded of what happened the last time I talked back to him.
"As you wish, ma lord. But Edward Cullen is my prey." Aro nods and I bowed out graciously to find the visitors staing outside.
"Let's go do some training." I say, grinning mischievously. We practiced for five hours straight, me against them. After our heated battle, we all decided to take a shower and do some chilling out. Brooke and Chase were off to God-knows-where and Hunter was with Aro and the rest of the household, discussing the details of the plan. Ava was with me, painting our nails pitch black and blood red. There was a quiet knock on the door and Ava stood up to get it. She opened the door and we found ourselves facing Caius.
"What do you want?" I asked him.
"Aro wishes your presence." he replied with looking at me. "Both of you." He added. "The others are already there."
He held the door for us as we walked by. He always kept a distant space between us and him, which was unlike him, considering he always walked beside us. When we reached the throne room, there were guards there to open the door which was unusual. One didn't need to be a vampire to know there was something wrong.
Brooke, Hunter and Chase were all down on one knee, bowing a respectful bow. I took my usual place, oon Aro's right side, Jane on the other side of Aro. Dimitri whispered something to Aro, too low for even my ears. Aro gestured me to come closer, and I obeyed.
"Adress our visitors to stand up. Then Hunter will tell you the plan." Aro whispered in my ear. I bobbed my head up and down quickly.
"Our honored guests, rise." I told them with full authority. They obeyed and right on cue, Hunter explained the battle plan.
"We'll attack them on Christmas eve, only two days from now. It'll be a nice christmas present for them. You guys will surround the house and we'll attack. Since they are skilled fighters, we'll have Jane and Alec join us." Hunter finshed.
"What about the wolves?" I ask him.
"We are in charge of them." I hear Caius and Dimitri say.
"Great. Except one tiny detail. I'm going to be the one killing Edward Cullen. So I'll be joining the fight." I say, stubbornly.
"Well, uh about that, I'm not very sure." Aro says.
"What do you mean by that? You said 'yes' just a few hours ago!" I say, furious.
"My dear, we are still not sure if you joining the fight is a great idea, considering that you have a... you know, a past with him." Aro says trying to sooth me.
"I thank you for looking out for me, but that's the exact reason why I'm joining the fight. Because I have a past with him. He hurt me, I hurt him into endless oblivion." I grinned menacingly.
"But you missed another key point. We know you still have a tiny piece of feeling for him. And he can... dazzle his way out." Jane said, trying to reason with me.
"Do you really think so lowly of me? Do you really think I'll let him dazzle me?" I say, my anger rising up again.
"Of course not. But you know he can be, manipulative." Jane said trying to soothe me again.
"You might think that, but I'm now immune to his ways, as I have learned from my previous mistakes." I tell her some what stubbornly. Aro was quiet for a moment and he spoke again.
"We'll strike a deal. You'll get to do what you desire with Edward, only to have Felix help you."
I went through everything in my head. "That's fine by me because I won't be needing them."
"You never know." Aro smiled his freakish grin and gestured all of us to leave 'cause he had some buisness to attend to. As soon as I was out the door I spun around to look at Felix straight in his eyes.
"You listen and you listen well. I don't need your help in this fight, so back off. You will be accompanying me, but only to not make Aro suspicious. Do you understand?" I ask sternly.
"Yes, ma lady." He answered, his eyes glued to the floor, and his voice strong as steel but also very soft.
"You are excused." He glided off into the dark hallway and as I walked back to my room, after everything that happened in the throne room, I couldn't help but wonder if I did the right thing.
Okay guys, I hope you enjoed this! The updates will be more frequent, but it won't be as fast as it used to be. R&R!
Kisses from Robert
~Kriss
