Chapter 11

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A few minutes before the actual dinner started, Elizabeth was wandering her old home, taking every bit of nostalgia. While waking though another hall, she paused in front of a portrait of her mother. Feelings of sorrow fill her quickly and she couldn't continue looking at it. She sort of blamed herself for her mother's death.

"You can't completely blame yourself, Liz." She heard a voice close by.

Turning her head, she saw Edward leaning up against the wall. His crossed arms gave him an intimidating tone as his eyes matched the look with a glare.

"Edward…" Elizabeth turned her whole body to face him.

He stood up straight and walked over to her, keeping his arms crossed. He was a few feet from her silently before he let his arms slip to his sides, sighing as he gave up the anger. They continued to be silent for several long minutes.

"Liz." Edward finally spoke. "I'm sorry for how I acted. But seeing that thing touch you like that caused me to crack. I wasn't thinking."

He lifted his hand and gently stroked her cheek. She leaned into the touch, grateful to feel his love once again.

"Edward, that thing is my husband." She said as she grabbed his hand with both of hers. "We both don't like it, but this helps our situation with his kind."

He gritted his teeth. "Why do we need to do this for peace? The only way to truly have peace for us is if we kill every last one of them. These creatures shouldn't exist."

"Edward—"

He interrupted her. "Be quiet, I'm not finished."

She jumped back on his retort, releasing his hand. Using the hand she was grasping, he grabbed her chin roughly, forcing her to look at him in the eyes.

"You belong to me. I don't want that thing near you." His eyes glowered at her continuously. "I can't believe that you agreed to this. What does that monster have that I don't?"

She finally found the strength to talk back. "I agreed to it because I was getting tired of constantly hearing you go on about Vampires."

Shocked, he stumbled back a bit.

"At first I thought I was doing it for peace for everyone, but then I thought about how much this hunting has taken over your life. I wanted to be with you, really, I did. But after you found out about this, you changed severely. I don't think I like this side of you."

He laughed slightly. "Well, sorry to disappoint, but this is me. And no matter what, I am going to kill that son of a—"

"Don't talk about him like that."

"Oh now, the creature's an actual person."

"Don't talk about him like that!"

"If I didn't know any better, I would think you had feelings for this monster."

"I'm trying to get you to calm down enough so you won't do anything stupid."

"So you do have feelings for the monster."

"The only monster I see here, is you."

She turned away from him, keeping her eyes on the ground, but stopped suddenly when she saw the loafers in front of her. Her head bolted up and green eyes met gray. Victor looked over her then glanced at Edward.

"Edward." He greeted before placing his arm around Elizabeth's shoulders and guided her away from him.

Edward gritted his teeth harder and glared at the two. He was going to end this tonight.

Elizabeth finally spoke shortly after they exited the hall they were in. "How long were you watching us?"

"Long enough." Was his answer.

"He really has changed since this marriage."

Victor nodded, understanding her situation. He didn't bring up how she stood up for him. He like that she did, but if she wanted to talk about it, she would bring it up.

"He had no right to talk about you like that."

"Hmm?" He finally turned his head to look at her.

"Even though you are a Vampire, you are still a person. He had no right to call you a monster, creature, or thing. You are still a living being." She fumed. "I may love him, but he doesn't even get the privilege to degrade you like that."

He smiled at her antics, but he dislike still hearing that she had feelings for someone who didn't respect her the way she deserved.

"Why is it I'm still head over heels for him when I should be hating his guts?"

Elizabeth was completely confused. She didn't understand her feelings constantly pulling her back to Edward when she really disliked who he became.

"Maybe it's a good thing I married you before you could marry him." Her husband stated next to her.

"Excuse me?"

"Well, thinking about what I've observed and what you have told me," He explained in detail. "If I didn't propose this peace treaty, you would have married Edward."

"Is there a problem with that?"

"No, but just think. What if something else would set him off?"

"What makes you think he would?"

"I'm not saying he would, but hypothetically, you two most likely would have had children, but what if another Vampire came and killed your child." His eyes stared ahead, not wanting to see her reaction. "If that happened, he could have cracked like now and you would have been stuck in an abusive relationship, verbal and possibly physical."

She stayed silent, glaring at the ground.

"I'm just saying that he doesn't deserve your affections. You deserve someone much better than Edward."

"And you're saying that you do?"

"I don't think I deserve you either." His words caused her to stop walking. He noticed and stopped, looking at her. "You choose who deserved your feelings, but I forced you to do something you didn't want to do. I'm lucky that you can stand being near me 24/7."