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-Chapter 10-
Bella's POV
"Edward, where are you taking me?" I asked carefully, narrowing my eyes at him.
It had to be at least ten minutes since we left the Volturi castle. Since then, Edward has been running in vampire speed into an unknown direction. All I could see is the blur of random buildings, a few trees and the darkness of the sky.
"Someplace safe." He replied, giving me a reassuring smile.
I frowned in suspicion. Why was Edward taking me someplace else? What did he have planned? Why did he leave his family during the battle? How come Renata and Corin didn't come after me? Didn't they know that I wasn't there anymore?
"Seriously, Edward." I scrutinized him. "I want to know where you're taking me."
He sighed. "We're going as far away from that place as possible. They're dangerous, Bella, why can't you see that?" He shook his head at me in disappointment. I gaped at him.
"They are not as dangerous as you make them seem! They haven't done anything to harm me!" I snapped back at him, a ball of fury burning inside of me.
He smirked down at my still injured arm bandaged up in gauze that still needs to be changed. "And how do you explain that?" He nodded towards my arm.
My mouth made a popping sound as my jaw dropped. "You did this to me! Don't you remember grabbing my hand so hard that it snapped both bones?"
He grunted. "I did no such thing, Bella. I would never hurt you. They did that to you. They've brainwashed you!" He came to a halt.
He set me down on my feet. We were in the middle of a bushy area. It reminded me so much of Forks - the greenery. I missed it, to be honest. As much as I despise the cold, humid weather of Forks, Washington, I missed every single thing about my birth town. I missed Charlie and Jacob. I don't miss Edward. Not after what he had done to me.
Now it seems like he's in denial.
I walked to a nearby boulder, climbed it with the one hand and sat down on it. I frowned at the golden-eyed vampire who scrutinized me with a judgmental look.
"They didn't brainwash me, Edward." I looked at him like he was a fool - and he was.
"Yes, Bella, they did." He half-smiled. What's so pleasant about this predicament?
"I don't know what you're talking about. You're in denial." I retorted.
In top speed, he was in front of me before I finished my sentence. His intense gaze burned into my eyes, and I had to fight to not look away. Though it was tempting, I had to stand my ground. He was trying to make me think things that aren't true.
"They made you think that you are in love with Caius. But you love me, Bella, don't you remember?" He begged, pleadingly. "Don't you remember all the fun times we had together?"
As I processed his spoken words, I came to a big realization. I never had any fun times with Edward. All of them ended in disaster. That baseball game at the park? Well, that came down to me being hunted. My eighteenth birthday party? After the incident, they left me, abandoned. And now? He snapped my arm, he took me away from Caius and he's trying to persuade me into thinking that I was brainwashed. If anything, he's brainwashed!
"Come to think of it, Edward," I began, tapping my chin with my index finger. "we never had any fun times together. And we never will!"
He took my face in his hands and lifted it up so that I was forced to stare at him.
"We did, Bella. You certainly forgot." He explained, his eyes told me he was lying.
I jerked my head away from his hold, and he dropped his hands to his side.
"No! All of them ended up with me getting hurt; emotionally, if not, physically!" I growled, raising up my uninjured arm where the scar from James's bite was plastered. The crescent shape glittered underneath the moonlight, and I winced, remembering exactly how it happened.
Edward tapped my wrist away, looking away. "I tried my best to save you."
"I'm thankful, Edward, I really am. But that doesn't make up for all the other times you've hurt me!" I yelled, infuriated. "You left me after my eighteenth birthday! Which was when? Three months ago? Oh, don't get me started with this broken arm. You did that. You just couldn't stand the fact that I had moved on, that I had found my one and only true love! You lied to me the entire time; making me think that I belonged with you. In reality, I didn't. You just wanted me for yourself, because I had some sort of significance. Or maybe it was because you actually did love me, but I know that after you intentionally hurt me, you don't anymore." I was panting, heavily. My eyes bored into his, and his intense gaze softened. I could tell he was hurt and embarrassed.
Well, he fucking deserves it.
"Bella, you can't mean that." He shook his head, his voice calm and gentle.
"I do mean it!" I growled. "Now, take me back!"
He flashed me one of his famous crooked grins. "It's not safe there, sweetie." He cooed. I looked at him incredulously.
"I don't want to be with you! I want to go back!" I wailed, storming passed him.
"You can't outrun me. It would take you a good hour and a half to get back anyway." He shrugged, a smug smile showed proudly on his face.
"I don't care." I mumbled, determinedly.
"Come on, Bells." He begged.
"No." I sneered, ten paces away from him.
Before I knew it, I wasn't touching the ground anymore. I was in the arms of my captor. My eyes widened and I let out a high-pitched squeal.
"Edward! Put me down right now!" I growled, slapping his back; but it had not affect on him.
He sighed, irritated, but placed me back on the ground obediently. I took a few steps away from him, dusting myself off and regaining my composure. I was startled; Edward never defied my wishes. He usually made conditions, but he never defied them.
"Bella, you can't go back there." He said again, and this time, I was beyond annoyed.
I let out a sharp breath. "Listen, they're not dangerous. They haven't hurt me, and they never will. Caius and I care about each other and there's nothing you can do about it, Edward."
"You don't care about him, Bells. This is all part of their plan to make you one of them! They want you to be a part of their guard. They just want your abilities. They don't really care for you." His harsh words struck me cold, and I narrowed my eyes at him; scrutinizing him judgmentally.
"I cannot believe you said that." I sneered, menacingly. "Caius is my soul mate. He cares for me, Jane cares for me, Aro, Marcus...all of them care for me! They kept me around this long, and for vampires that drink human blood, they sure haven't killed me yet."
He looked at me in horror. "You've been brainwashed."
I screamed, in frustration and in terror.
Edward rushed towards me hastily, embracing me in a cold, hard grasp. I tried to wiggle myself away from him, but I was unsuccessful. He didn't even notice that I was trying to escape from his hard hug.
"Shh, Bella. It's okay. It's best that you find out now." He cooed, and I thrashed against him violently.
"Let me go! Let me go!" I yelled, pushing him as hard as I could.
He released me, with a confused look on his face. "What's wrong?"
I looked at him in disbelief; my eyes wide and my mouth gaping. I had the huge urge not to slap him across the face. I'll just end up cracking every bone in my body in the process.
"What do you mean 'what's wrong'? You kidnapped me, tried to persuade me into thinking all types of nonsense, and then hold me against my will? What the fuck is wrong with you, Edward?" I shrieked, backing up against a tree.
"You better shut the fuck up, Bella." His hands started to tremble. But I could care less if he's angry at me.
"You know what's also wrong with this situation?" I challenged, a sly smirk curving my lips. "Back at the castle, you said no one made it. You were the only one left. And then afterwards, you said 'You can come back with me and the family'. That means they're still alive."
I observed Edward for a minute. His golden eyes had gone black, his expression was emotionless but in his eyes, he looked hurt and confused. His palms were turned outward, an expressive way of telling me he didn't know what to do next.
"Bring. Me. Back. There. Now." I demanded.
3rd Person Omniscient POV
"She's gone!" Jane wailed, her voice frantic and panicked.
Caius stepped forward, nudging a dead newborn aside. "Who is?" He sneered, his tone angry and scary.
"Isabella...she's gone. She's not in her chamber." Jane choked, her eyes pooling with with venom; another form of tears for the undead.
Jane had dashed towards the chamber where Bella was being kept safe. But she found Renata and Corin slashed, diced and headless in front of the door. They were dead. Someone had murdered them. But because Renata and Corin's scent were intoxicating the room, Jane couldn't identify whether it was a newborn's job or not. All she knew was the Bella wasn't there .
"Where Renata and Corin? They were supposed to be guarding her!" Alec growled, his red eyes scrutinizing his twin sister.
Jane's eyes widened a bit when she locked eyes with her brother.
"They're dead." She blurted, her fragile voice cracked.
Alec immediately embraced his sister, letting her fall into them. Jane was heartbroken, torn and shattered. Two of her dear friends died and her best friend is missing. She didn't know how to react and what to feel. She just couldn't go on.
Caius was out of the throne room within nanoseconds. Aro, Marcus, Felix and the Cullens joined them. All of them were equally shocked and speechless.
Caius halted in front of the room where Bella was supposed to be in. The horrific scene engulfing his vision - Renata and Corin headless on the ground. Their limbs were torn from their body, their heads were a good five feet away from their bodies and the door to the bedroom they were supposed to be guarding wasn't open - it was locked.
Without even giving the dead coven members a second glance, Caius slammed open the door, his gaze travelling cautiously around the room. He breathed Bella's scent. No more than twenty minutes old. He noted. He strode toward the bathroom, seeming it's the only other way out of the room. It is highly unlikely Bella was the one to slaughter the two Volturi members, so she had to had gone out from somewhere else...with her captor.
When Caius entered the bathroom, his suspicions have been confirmed. The window was wide open, and he can pick up Bella's scent trailing out the window alongside with a vampire. Caius didn't stop there - he stayed there, letting the vampire scent engulf his senses. It was an old vampire, one he knew all too well. Caius snarled.
Edward Cullen.
Bella's POV
"I'm afraid I can't do that." Edward shook his head, but to me, it just looked like he was trying to mock me.
I frowned at him. "Bring me back now, Edward! You have no right to keep me hostage!" I yelled, starting to feel hopeless.
"Oh, Bella. You really have to snap out of it. It's not healthy for you to be thinking this way. They've made you think that being around them will be safe; they lied. They are persuading you to think that they're good - that they are safe to be around. But in reality, Bells, they're luring you to the dangerous side." He sadly smiled at me, making my stomach churn uncomfortably.
I sighed, it seems that I won't be able to win this fight. I can't physically fight him, I'll end up dying anyway. How long will it be until they figure out that I'm not there anymore? And where's Renata and Corin?
I still wasn't going to give up this easily, though. He knew me better than that.
"But you left me there! So obviously, you knew they weren't going to kill m-" His hand clamped over my mouth, harsh enough that it felt like he was going to break my teeth if he put anymore pressure there.
"Shut up. Shut the fuck up! You don't know when not to speak, don't you?" He spat through clenched teeth. My eyes widened at him; he never got this angry at me. So angry that he had to physically hurt me. I can honestly feel myself getting a bruise.
"You belong with me, Bella. You're mine. You always have been. La tua cantante. Your blood sings to me, and it gets me every time. The only reason you're not dead yet? It's because my family will be so disappointed in me. And because I love you. You honestly don't understand that we belong together! They had you think otherwise. It's only been a damn week, Bella, and you're already thinking against me." He sneered, his black eyes looking away.
"I'm going to prove to you that I love you; that I'm not doing this for nothing." He declared. My eyes widened.
He pushed me onto the ground, his hand still over my mouth. I groaned loudly as the impact killed my back. I was careful not to hurt my already broken arm, but it's hard to do.
Edward then started to shred my jeans into hundreds of little pieces, he did the same to my shirt. My shoes were thrown elsewhere. Now I was down to just my underwear and my bra.
I wanted to cry.
He carefully took my underwear off and now I was exposed. I screamed against his hand, as I thrashed around. But he pinned me, and I was unable to move. The hot tears spilled down my cheeks and soaked into the soil. I whimpered uselessly as Edward undressed himself in the speed of light. I looked at him and I realized what he was going to do. I groaned which earned me another round of tears.
Someone, please help me!
"Edward, please don't do this to me." I begged, but my words sounded muffled against his hand.
His golden colored irises returned and his looked was smoldering me, intensely.
"I need to prove to you that I love you." He explained.
He thrust in me, making me shriek in pain as he took away my innocence. I cried even harder; the pain excruciating as he is not taking his time to let me, at the very least, get used to his size.
"You like that, don't you?" He growled, grunting each time he thrusts.
It felt like my vagina was going to split open from the pain. I didn't even try to move - I wouldn't be able to escape anyway and he can kill me with just the flick of his finger. I closed my eyes and bit my lower lip, praying that all of this will be over soon.
"Open your eyes, Bella..." He moaned harshly, pushing himself in my further. This time, my back arched as the pain shot through me. But I did as I was told, for I feared that I would get hurt if I didn't obey him.
"Edward, please...please stop..." I begged, trying to pull myself away from him.
He didn't listen, he just kept going for what seemed like a decade. Finally, I felt him quake as he has his orgasm. He let out a groan as he pulled out from me.
"I love you." He said. "You love me, too, don't you?"
I didn't say anything. Instead, I lay there, humiliated.
My innocence has been taken away from me. My dignity has been stripped from me. I have nothing left. I'm broken, I'm ruined. If Caius ever finds me, I have nothing left to offer him. He probably won't love me anymore after he finds out that I'm impure.
With that thought, more tears trickled down my cheeks as I silently sobbed. Why was it me? Why did I have to be the one to suffer? Self-pity won't get you anywhere, Bella, stay strong. It's all you can do.
Absentmindedly, I stood up and trudged towards my bra, underwear, my t-shirt and shoes. My jeans were shredded into hundreds of pieces, so I guess I won't be able to wear pants. I put them all on quietly, watching as Edward had his eyes closed with a content smile on his face.
I wanted to vomit.
As quietly as I could, I started to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Edward asked, in a lighter tone.
"Away from you." I muttered, feeling a panic attack coming on.
And surprisingly, he didn't follow me.
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