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Edward looked at her with scorn in his eyes. "I did nothing!" He spat in her face.

Isa tilted her head down that way she was looking at him through her lashes. "VERDICT!" She yelled her eyes on Edward. No one knew what she was doing except Nikoli and Terri.

"Guilty!" They yelled in unison.

"PUNISHMENT?" Isa yelled at them again her eyes never leaving Edwards.

"Death." The both hissed at once.

Isa's face split with a grin as she moved towards Edward. "Well Eddie. Your verdict is in and you are guilty." She paused. "By Death."

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"Since I have dealt with the traitors we need to move onto more important matters at hand." Isa said in a mono tone. Her eyes were hard and cold.

"How can you be so heartless, Bella?" Carlisle hissed his arms wrapped around Esme as she dry sobbed over the ashes of Alice and Edward.

Isa's eyes darkened once more. "Why am I so heartless? Is that what you asked me?" She growled trying to keep her cool. Carlisle nodded.

"I did." He tried to hid the quiver in his voice.

"Because of the Golden Boy and the Pixie Bitch." She snapped as her eyes glared death in his direction. "Did he tell you that he left me in the middle of the forest broken hearted and trying to follow after him?" There were gasp but mostly shocked expressions.

But Isa kept going, "No, well I will. He told me I was nothing but a distraction to pass the time. I was a pet if you will. It would be as though none of you ever existed to me yet I believe he forgot about James little gift." She showed them the still visible scar. "Hell even through the change I still had the damn thing."

She jerked her sleeve back down. "Did any of you think that Laurent or Victoria would come for me? No? Well guess again." She sneered. "I have Jake and the pack for the death of Laurent. He tried to get to me but he was going to kill me quickly since Victoria wanted to... what did he say... oh yes play with her food." Her eyes narrowed as she locked eyes with Carlisle. "Nothing to say?"

Both Carlisle and Esme shook her heads. Esme's head was down as she clung to Carlisle. Isa just shook her head and took off running. She knew that her mate would follow behind her. Terri and Nikoli would watch The rest of the Cullen's so she had nothing to worry about. When she was far enough away she ripped a tall oak tree from the ground and threw it into another that was close by. She placed a barrier around but not before she felt her mate slip pass.

"You alright Darlin?" Jasper asked. The Major was wanting out to play.

Isa shook her head. "No." She could feel Bella wanting to come back so she relinquished control to her other half.

Jasper could feel the emotional change. "Bella?" He asked walking around in front of her.

Bella nodded her head. "Its me." Her eyes were clenched tight. "What did she do?" She fell to her knees.

"Isa did what needed to be done." Jasper pulled Bella into his arms. "I know that you saw everything so why are you so hard on yourself now?" He tilted her head up that way he could look in her eyes.

"Just because they did me wrong didn't mean that I should have killed them." Bella cringed. "I did enough of that when I was with Maria." Sighing she shook her head and leaned against Jasper's chest.

"Come one Darlin." Jasper stood up with Bella in his arms. "We still have things that need to be done." As much as he wanted to keep her in his arms they needed to think of a way to get protect everyone from Maria. Only 6 of them knew how sadistic Maria truly is.

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When Jasper and Bella came back to the house they noticed that Peter, Charlotte and Garrett were outside. Bella frowned as she noticed that Terri and Nikoli were gone. She looked at Charlotte.

"Where's Terri and Nikoli?" She looked at Peter and Garrett.

"Oh they went hunting." Peter told her. "But we need to speak." He cut his eyes to the door where Carlisle and Esme were not so subtlety eavesdropping.

Jasper nodded and smiled. "I believe Belle and I need to hunt. Care to join us?" He looked at Charlotte and Peter with a grin. They both nodded.

"Of course Major." Peter gave them a shit eating grin. "After you and your beautiful mate." He held out his hand to let Bella and Jasper pass. Garrett was grinning as he followed after the two mated pairs.

It was about only a few seconds when they were far enough away where Bella could place a barrier around them. Once her barrier was up Peter and Charlotte started to growling. Jasper raised a brow in question. Garrett just placed his hand on his shoulder and shook his head. Jasper crossed his arms and waited til his first and second got their tempers under control.

"Mind tellin' me what's got ya in a foul mood?" Jasper asked his southern accent coming out.

"That Coven Leader is no leader at all." Peter hissed. "He let Edward and Alice dictate most of the financial business among other things." He calmed down and shook his head.

"Tell us something we don't know." Bella stated as she looked at the others. "I figured that out as soon as you left." She added with a shrug.

"What does that mean?" Jasper growled.

Bella smirked. "If Carlisle was the leader of the coven then he could have told Edward no but NO he listened to that 17 year old teenage boy." She snorted crossing her arms. "I wasn't even around the family that long but I could see that Edward and Alice ran things."

They all smirked at her. "Not many humans are perceptive like you were." Peter told her.

Bella flipped her hair. "I think I have been told that many of times." She then grinned. "But then again I'm not human anymore."

All four of them started to bust up laughing. Bella looked at Jasper and smiled. "Lets go." She pulled him towards the closest big town.

Peter and Charlotte headed in a different direction to feed. Knowing that two mated pairs were hostel when they were hunting thus it was safer if they hunted in different towns.

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Aro looked at his brothers. They had gotten a call from someone saying something about Carlisle and his family. Even though they had not kept in contact Aro had kept tabs on him in case of some important matter.

"I believe you should call him." Marcus said to his brother. "Let Carlisle explain what is going on and if he needs our help."

Aro nodded. "It would be a good idea. Caius?" He looked at his other brother. "Do you have something to add?" He tilted his head to the left.

"Indeed I do." Caius sneered. "I think we should pay Carlisle a visit." His eyes went to Marcus. "Do you agree brother?"

Marcus looked from Caius to Aro. "I am certain if Carlisle needs our help then he will ask for it." Caius snarled at his brother as he stalked out of the room. Aro chuckled at his antics.

"You are acting like children." He shook his head. "I will call him but if he ask for help we are going."

Marcus nodded. "Agree brother." He stood and walked out of the room.

Aro sat in his chair and groaned. It was extremely hard to keep his brothers from killing each other. Caius had an attitude and Marcus was withdrawn since his sister had been killed. Sighing he stood and made his way to his study. He needed to speak with Carlisle before Caius decided to head to America without an invitation.

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Maria sat next to Stefan as Vladimir and him talked about the way they would take out the Cullens then the Volturi. They were in heated argument when the doors opened and Santo came in. Maria sneered but went to his side.

"What is it Mi Amor?" Maria purred to him. "What has you upset?"

"The Volturi may come to the US." He said in a grave tone. "They heard that Carlisle's coven is in trouble so they are calling him to see if he needs help."

Maria hissed as she looked at the Romanians. "What are we going to do?" She cut her eyes to Santo. "Will you be a dear and find the newborns that are gifted? We will need all the help we can get."

Santo nodded then took off towards the newborn room. Maria waited til Santo was out of hearing range before she looked towards her mate and sire. Worry was evident on her face.

"What will we do?" She whimpered. Stefan was at her side in an instant.

He kissed her brow. "Do not worry sweet." He whispered her to looking at his brother. "We will take care of the Volturi and any of those who get in the way. Starting with the Cullen's." He hissed as his eyes darkened to black.

Vladimir grinned with black eyes and nodded. "Indeed we will brother." He cut his eyes to Maria. "Indeed we will."

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Bella looked at her side and smiled at Jasper as they ran back to the house. Terri called and told them that something had happened and they were needed home ASAP. Bella had asked if they needed to call Peter and Charlotte but Jasper said that he most likely knew and was heading there now. Bella was worried that Maria had made an attempt to get her and Jasper back.

Cutting her eyes at her mate Bella wondered why she scented the Romanians there in the dungeon before Jasper had come to her rescue. Frowning she turned her eyes back in front of her. Even though she would not hurt herself if she ran into a tree she really didn't feel like injuring the wildlife. When she felt a hand grab her arm she cut her eyes to the right and noticed that Jasper had stopped them and was looking at her with worry.

"Are you ok?" Jasper asked pulling her into his arms. He could tell by her feelings that she was upset about something.

Bella shook her head. "Nothing you need to be worried about just yet." She gave him a small grin as she raised up on her tip toes and kissed him.

Jasper growled as he pulled her closer to him. "I can't help but worry about ya." He said nipping at her neck. "I love ya to much."

"And I love you." Bella whispered against his lips before she took them again. She pulled back then continued, "But please don't worry about me. I'm stronger now." She gave him a sly grin.

"Alright lets get going." Jasper pulled completely away except for taking her hand then took off towards the house.

It took them no time to get to the house. Peter and Charlotte were standing on the front porch. Jasper held onto Bella's hand as they walked up the steps. Jasper frowned when he felt worry and curiosity from his brother.

"What's going on?" He asked looking from Peter to Charlotte.

Peter cleared his throat. "Carlisle just received a phone call from Aro." He kept his eyes locked on Jasper's. "They asked if we needed any help."

Bella frowned as she looked from Peter to Charlotte then to Jasper. "Why would they call?" She looked at Peter again. "Did someone call them to let them know that Maria is coming?"

Charlotte shrugged. "I don't know sug." She gave Bella a smile. "What ever they wanted they said all we need to do is call them and they will be here soon."

Bella took a unneeded breathe. "Then we might want to call them and tell them to come here." She looked at Jasper. "I believe that Maria has the Romanians with her."

"How do you know that?" Jasper asked frowning.

"I sensed them when I was in the dungeon." Sighing she continued. "I really don't know why they are there but I smelled them and heard Maria speaking about something to do with the Volturi."

Carlisle must have been listening because he moved out on the front porch. "Then I shall return a call and asked them to come." He looked at Jasper. "Is that alright?"

Jasper nodded pulling Bella to his side. She went willingly knowing that her mate was worried. Looking over at Peter he had Charlotte in his arms as well. Just then Terri and Nikoli came up to the house. Terri looked from Jasper to Bella and new instantly something was wrong. Looking back at Nikoli she hurried to Bella's side.

"What happened?" She asked taking Bella's hand. "Is it Maria?"

Bella sighed and nodded. "I think that Maria is..." Bella trailed off as Terri went into a vision.

Nikoli hurried to his mate's side. "What did you see?" He took her hands into his.

Terri came out and looked at Bella. "Maria has the Romanians and they are coming for the Cullens then the Volturi." She looked at Carlisle. "Call Aro and tell him to bring the most experience fighters with him. A war between the Romanians and Volturi is going to wage in the south."

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Author Note – I hope you all are enjoying this story. Here is the next chapter. Please review and read. Hope you have a warm day. Til next time...

~*Dragon*~