Bella POV
At this point I heard my phone ping. I quickly checked the message. "911. YELLOW!" Blared out my phone. This was a trick. It was all a trick. How could I have been this stupid? I looked at the Cullen kid with a murderous glare and ran like the wind back to my house my dead heart clenching with worry.
"NESSIE!" I panted as I made the run. She had to be okay. She had to be. I could smell Emmett's and Rosalie's scent from the house.
"I don't want any trouble." Nessie's voice came firmly and calmly. Good. She was stalling. I was quiet in my movements. I just hoped that I had outrun Edward. It was my last chance.
"What do you want with her?" Emmett's voice asked Nessie.
"I don't know what you're talking about." She answered. I could hear the smugness in her voice. It was only a matter of time before they caught onto my scent.
"Don't pretend like you don't know whatever you are." Rosalie's sneer came.
"My name is Vanessa. I don't think that should be too hard for your pretty little head to pronounce." Nessie replied sweetly. Rosalie growled and lashed at my Nessie. I latched in through the wall catching Rosalie in the air and clashed through three walls before landing outside. Before I could do any damage, Emmett's strong hands surrounded me. But who said Ness wasn't free. She grabbed Rosalie before she could make a run for it. Emmett was on the ground under my foot in a matter of seconds. Rosalie was stuck in Nessie's tight grip.
"Gotcha." Nessie smirked. "Do we finish them Mom?"
"No. This coven doesn't particularly strike me as a violent type. Besides they were interrogating you dear. They wanted information." I explained.
"Yeah and they seem to have a wedge against me." Nessie speculated.
"A couple of Kingston's pancakes ought to insert some sense into them. What'd you say?" I chuckled. Something unexpectedly landed in front of me. I focused my eyes quickly knowing Emmett was out of my grasp. Nessie wouldn't be able to handle herself for long. In front of my eyes laid Edward's face only our foreheads touching. His breath fanned across my face. It was at that unfortunate moment that I even looked at him clearly. His hair like flame fanned across his face in bronze streaks. His eyes were yellow, topaz in color. Although the same as mine, his held a feeling I hadn't seen in anyone but mine. His hand cupped my cheek. A warm feeling rushed to my gut.
"Remember me. Please." He begged in his velvet voice.
"You tricked me." I stated bluntly.
"No." He said exasperated. But I pushed him away. I didn't need this. However, by the time I looked up, the entire coven was here. Entire Coven. Emmett and Jasper holding an exasperated Nessie. That Denali girl was there too.
"Leave her. You have no idea who you're dealing with." I warned.
"Exactly why I called the Volturi." The Denali said smugly. Everyone's heads turned towards her. Horror pulsed my chest. "Turns out they were here in Seattle. Going to take them two minutes to get over here." Nessie froze in fear. I torpedoed towards her captors and freed Nessie.
"Run Nessie. Go over water. You have everything you need. Don't look back." I ordered in Sanskrit.
"No. I won't leave you Mother." She said firmly.
"Vanessa. They won't think twice before tearing you apart. You know me. I have wiped out Newborn Armies. But I can't fight when you are there too. Go somewhere. You got passports. Money. Safe houses and everything. You know how to contact me when you reach your destination! GO!" I said pushing her away as she landed on the ground. My heart clenched at looking at the tears streaming down her face.
"But!" She tried to argue but the look in my face silenced her because she disappeared in a puff of air.
"I love you." I breathed lightly. Nessie might not have heard it but she knew.
"Well. Well. Look who we have here." Aro's voice came from behind me. I turned around with a small smile on my face. Emmett and Jasper were still trying to recover from the impact. Edward was trying to approach me for some whacko reason but Alice held them. Aro walked towards me or rather the Cullens considering they were standing right in front of me. Caius and Marcus were behind him but didn't follow.
"Indeed Aro. Considering the last time we met, this seems to be like a significant improvement." I smiled like Aro. I had adapted to his exterior. I knew what lay beneath his exterior and so did he.
"Of course. Of course. Who could've forgotten our little mishap?" Aro chuckled looking back to see Marcus and Caius on either side. Glaring daggers at me.
"I think it was far from little don't you think?" I asked chuckling.
"Yes. Considering the last time, you managed to kill two of our most powerful guards." He recalled.
"And is it revenge I see in your eyes?" I asked. "Because in my opinion that would be stupid."
"Yes. Indeed. But you know my resources too Hazel Kingston. I can find out your precious little daughter in a flick. You think you can save her?" He asked.
"I will do anything and everything in my power to protect her. And I don't think you should really threaten her if you so clearly remember what I did the last time." I smirked. "I don't suppose you want to end up like Jane or Alec." I spoke loudly with a grin on my face stepping back to address his little army.
"Your own mate left you didn't he?" He asked with a malicious grin on his face. "The latter is clearly a half blood."
"Wow Aro. I never pegged you as so smart." I chuckled. "But if you are so interested in learning about this donor, you should very well confirm your facts. He wasn't my mate. He was merely an animal like you. A creature without purpose or heart. A creature, that I am happy I do not remember. And I know that he suffers every day compensating for the fate he left me in. Because that's all he deserves. Pain and torture." I smiled widely countering his question.
He looked at me with a cold stare. "You can either surrender yourself and your daughter and we will go easy on you or you can die a slow agonizing death." He spat at me.
"Over my dead body." I said. And that's when hell broke lose.
