Bella shook her head the cloud was starting to lift she had to take a breath to clear the last of the cobwebs from her head as she looked at Aro and looked into Marcus's mind. She gasped looking away she ran from the room going into the garden she felt sick she was not a woman who would flit from one man to the next like her mother had done. She was sitting under the tree near the fountain with her knees up to her chest Bella had never felt as alone as she felt in that very moment her head was a mess of what ifs. She watched the beauty around her feeling dirty as she heard someone approach she got up seeing Aro.
Aro didn't see her at first when he crouched next to her he said "Bella I am sorry that you had to go through that" He kissed her hand before sitting next to her and looking at her.
"It's all right Mi Esposo. Le cose accadono" (My Husband-Spanish) (Things happen- Italian) Bella said "Non sceglierò mai Titus per te" (I will never choose Titus over you). She said looking at him taking his hand leaning into his side quietly as he wrapped his arm around her holding her as he rubbed her arm. "What will happen if I don't acknowledge the bond between Titus and I will I die" She asked worriedly as Aro looked at her and nodded holding her to his side as her kissed her forehead.
"If you don't complete the bond you will become sicker and sicker until your heart finally stops even though you are immortal it will still kill you." Aro said as he held her pulling her onto his lap content to just hold her to his chest "After you complete the bond you can go 50 years without seeing him. Probably its untested most only last 5 years apart at a time you would have to spend a week with him every time you saw him" he said as he got up with her walking over to the fountain quietly. "I can't lose you Bella you must decide for yourself if you want to live enough to do something that you must to live for me for us for our children" He kissed her.
