Chapter 10

CPOV (Caius not Carlisle)

She was interesting I would give her that; I felt a draw to her, a need to understand her better so that I could accept her. She was after all going to be family; she was my brother's one true mate. So I needed to figure things out. Why did she leave them? Why come here of all places when she wasn't given the warmest of welcomes the first time around? It was baffling and I had to figure it out.

She had said that she needed to talk to us, all of us. I knew at first it was just going to be Aro but she re-evaluated. Now Marcus and I were following them out to our extensive gardens so she could part with whatever information she wanted to give us.

The most interesting thing about her was that she had broken through Marcus's monotonous boredom however. It surprised me that anyone could manage that. Marcus had been flat, a shell of his former self since he lost his mate all those many years ago. Yet this girl this one small girl, she changed that all in a matter of days, the one week and now he was actively participating in this little escapade to the gardens. Gardens I might add he hadn't been to in over a century.

But that's not the point, we were going with her, and we would find out what she needed. It was odd, that I would follow her; I think I've come to understand that I only disliked her because she had been with them at the time. It's really not a surprise to my way of thinking. I disliked them so I instinctively disliked her. But she came to us, willingly; it wasn't per se a new concept for a human to come to us. Look at Gianna she wishes to be turned and she knows what we are. Isabella though, she came to us from the Cullen's the gold eyed humanitarian animal drinkers. Yet she was not like them, she would hunt like us, she had no problem being what they had proclaimed to her as a monster among our kind. She embraced it; she would make a fine addition to us, and a wonderful sister.

I looked up she was speaking now as we walked amidst the rose bushes and I was intent to listen to what she had to say.

BPOV

We were in the gardens walking by the rose bushes before I began to speak to my family, my new brothers and the one who one day may be my love. That is if I could take it, if I could open my heart again after what that prick did to me a month ago and a year before that. "I have a dilemma say, and there's something I can do to remedy it, but I should get the permission of a ruling party first. Would you hear me out before calling judgment?" I asked to no one in particular as I stroked the soft petal of a blood red rose.

"That little one would depend what the problem is and the solution, care to enlighten us?" came Marcus's distinct voice in a questioning reply.

I turned to look at the three impossible gorgeous immortals wandering the grounds with me in the nooning sun, skin alight like diamonds. "The problem is not a thing but a person, and the solution, though I've never been one for it is revenge, a torturous, burning revenge." I stated simply hoping they would catch the meaning of the stressed word.

Caius's eyes turned to me almost skeptically, "Would this person happen to be one who technically broke a law simply leaving you with the knowledge of us. Without your death or the change that we were promised?" he asked calculating my face for any display of emotion.

I kept my face straight as I gave the truthful answer looking between them. "Yes, would you hear me out?" I asked again looking this time at Aro I wanted his approval most of all because he wanted the gift of the one I wanted nothing more than to rid the world of.

"Well cara mia, the law was broken and thus is technically the job of the Volturi to meat out punishment as needed for the situation. The punishment consequently is death in this case." Aro replied, a furrow in his brow as he contemplated the proposition he had not yet heard. "So in question I must ask you, would you be doing this as a member of the Volturi or as the scorned ex-lover of the person who committed the crime?"

I pondered this for only a moment before glancing at all of them in turn before focusing my attention on the dark haired god that changed me. "It all depends on perspective I suppose, obviously I would be doing it as a member of the Volturi being one of course. Along with the fact that I came to you with the knowledge of his betrayal to both you and I. However we cannot simply deny the fact that I am a woman scorned twice by the same foolish person who practically left me to death twice now. He broke a law and must be punished and he broke a soul, an innocent soul, and must have revenge sought upon him in some way. The knowledge that I have joined you would be a torturous revenge in its own way since he was so intent on preserving my humanity for as long as he could. But the sentence I wish to meat happens to coincide with the sentence he rightfully deserves; and I could be of use to make it all that much easier, that much quicker, and that much more painful for the sins he committed." I replied thoughtfully and in depth something I'm sure and proved they did not expect from me.

They stood shocked for a while before glancing quickly at one another than back at me. "Then what do you plan? I believe you deserve the honor of seeing the punishment through with proper training first of course." Caius was the one to speak and I smiled at him, a hint of maniacal evil flitting across my face before I stoically began to tell them my plan.

A/N: I'm going to do a bit of begging now. Please, please, pretty, pretty please don't hate me for this. But it's a part of the story, I won't actually be telling you Bella's plan, you'll just have to wait and see when she actually puts the plan into action with her amore and his brothers. I will not condone pushing for answers or flames, the suspense is key at this particular part of the story. You will learn patience or you will suffer the wrath of an indefinate story hiatus, am I perfectly understood. I warn you now the last thing you want to do is piss me off because I have the right and power and enough Bitch in my personality to take this story off of this site completely. If you do not like and cannot appreciate the subtle fine art of suspence too bad, it is my story and I will make it the way I want it, and I refuse to take shit for that. Now if you like it please let me know if you want to flame, rant fruitlessly at a wall not to me because I will not read it.

Love as Always,

Your Southern Belle