Yay for chapter 20! I honestly never thought I would still have motivation by this point :)

Sadly I couldnt't manage to fit the torture in, because I didn't want to skip through most of the trial. It will be in the next chapter, wich I will release as soon as I can.

Thinking about getting a beta to help me spot mistakes. if anyone wants to do that, please PM me! itll mean early access to my chapters ;-)

Enjoy!

I step closer to them, grinning, and look down on them. "Kneel. All of you."

Jasper is the first to obey, getting on his knees tensely and bowing his head. Emmett follows soon after, giving me a regretful look. The others slowly follow afterwards.

"I will begin with the lowest punishments…"

I approach Jasper and hold out my hand to him. He hesitates before accepting it, letting me pull him up.

"You are innocent here, Jasper. From the beginning you told them that befriending me was a bad idea. You made no attempt to pull me further into their web of lies."

Jasper bows his head. "I want to apologize for attacking you on your birthday. If that debacle hadn't happened…"

I roll my eyes and hug him. "It was a blessing in disguise Jasper. Now, you will face no punishment, but I do want to formally invite you to the Volturi, Major. Both your skill in fighting, and your power would be very useful."

Jasper smiles and glances at a pair of vampires off to the side. "I will think about it."

I nod and move on to Rose, reaching my hand out to her as well. "Thank you for looking out for me, and trying to discourage them."

Rose huffs. "Finally you see sense. At least you found your soulmate, instead of being stuck with fuckward. "

I chuckle. "If you want, you can stay with us here in Volterra, and be part of the guard if you so desire. Either way, I am looking forward to being your sister."

Rose gives a slight smile, though there is some bitterness hidden. I release her and take a deep breath, moving on to Emmett. He looks up at me with puppydog eyes. I sigh.

"Emmett…I wish I do not have to punish you, but I do. From what I gathered, you do not know anything about the lure Edward used on me, did you?"

Emmett shakes his head. "I knew something was going on, but… I didn't know what, and I chose to ignore it… I'm sorry. "

My heart tightens. I always had a soft spot for Emmet's antics. It still feels like he is my brother.

"You had no bad intentions, but you should have put a stop to it… For that you get torture at my hands. After that you are free to go, though for you too there is a place in the Volturi."

He nods, bowing his head again. "Thank you for your mercy…"

I touch his shoulder as I pass by him, hoping it brings him some comfort. Next I approach Esme.

My face hardens. Her betrayal almost hurt the most, because she had been the mother figure I never had before. And now she is here, pathetically sobbing.

"Shut up" I say harshly, glaring at her. Esme's sobs quiet, and she looks up at me. "Please, don't do this!"

I snarl, wrapping my shield around her and squeezing, until her head almost pops off. Carlisle tries to get to her, but I pin him face first on the steps. There is terror in her eyes

"Don't do this?" I say, my voice shaking with fury. "What about what you did, Esme? Do you have any clue of how it feels, to be left like that? You were my mother, Esme. The mother I have never had. It was torture. Every waking hour I was thinking of why you would have left. Was I not good enough? You were aware of my insecurities. But you did not care. You just wanted a perfect little daughter to play house with. "

I grin demonically. "And for that betrayal.. I will have a lot of fun with you indeed. Torture by my and Jane's hands, firstly. We will not let you go for a long, long time. And of course you will be there while we have our fun on your children."

Esme wails as well as her shattered throat allows. I chuckle. "You are never allowed to be part of a coven like this again. No more playing house. No more daughters or sons. It is unnatural, and has given you a false sense of morality. You will live your life as a hermit until you burn."

Without looking at her again I move on to Carlisle, unpinning him for the most part, only holding him by his ankle.

"Carlisle.." I purr sadistically. He sits up on his knees, his back straight and his face blank. Attempting to be a martyr, though it would not work. The whole vampire world sees through his lies.

"Stregoni benifici…" I laugh mockingly. "They could have hardly be more wrong. You hide, Carlisle. Behind your religion, your good standing, your role as father and your job. You were their leader, and if any of them should have put a stop to it, it very much was you. The vampire who has been welcomed in our middle before. Who we counted as a friend. You pretend to be morally right, yet you look down upon others who merely follow their instincts, as god has created. But no more. "

I lean in, grinning, and see the fear in his eyes. "Torture, just to start… I intend to turn you into a monster…to see how long it will be until you break. And I will never stop. I will turn you into the very thing your father, and you after him hated. And you will never drink animal blood again…"

He gasps, making me laugh. "Now no more of this, Carlisle. You are not going to be the martyr. Your coven is disbanded, your good standing is broken, and the world knows of your lies and deceit. They know you do more harm than good upon the humans you claim to want to protect."

Carlisle stays silent, but to my surprise, Alice starts yelling and screeching. "Youre a monster! You bitch, you don't deserve us! All we wanted was for you to be our sister!"

I snarl, turning to her quickly and slapping her in the face, shutting her up. She hisses and spits on me.

I stare at her coldly, my shield pulsing, eager to crush her. The vampires closest to me move away nervously, sensing how close I am to snapping.

"You will regret that, very, very much.." I close my eyes and start making decisions on what I am going to do to Alice. Immediately she starts to scream and cry as if in absolute agony. as the visions flood in. She curls in on herself, shaking like a leaf.

I grin. It is exactly like I expected. Because of her visions that she relies upon so much, she will experience the pain not once, but twice. I wipe her spit from my face with a handkerchief offered by a guard, then move on to Edward, who looks at me with fake disappointment.

Immediately he start to sprout his fake sweet nothings. "Bella, love, please. You can still set this right. I love you, Bella. We all do. We can forgive you, if you just let us. Everything will be all right…"

His sickly sweet tone disgusts me, while before It would have made me swoon. I do not show it however, and instead step closer to him, reaching out. He smiles. "That's it bella, relax…We can just leave, and take you home…"

His scream when I dig my fingers into his eyes, gouging them out, is very satisfying.

"You are a pathetic creature, Edward Masen. You really think I would be foolish enough to return to you, after exposing you? Pure arrogance. I do not know how I ever thought you were beautiful, or kind. You disgust me on many, many levels. You never loved me. I was merely a toy to you, wasn't I? And so was poor Amelia. "

I let go, and Edward growls, putting his hands over his now empty eye sockets. "You are right!" He snarls, his voice strained from pain. "You think I could ever love you? You are just a stupid, ugly bitch that happened to taste good!"

He laughs manically, spitting venom everywhere. "I should just have used you. Locked you up where nobody would ever find you…I could have taken blood from you every single day…I would have taken your body! You would make for such a good slave!"

I step back, my skin crawling in disgust. Jane steps forwards, unleashing her power on Edward, who writhes on the ground, Snarling and hissing. I see Carlisle look at Edward with similar disgust.

Jane's torture is however not enough for Aro, who lunges at Edward. Edward rolls over, barely dodging in time, but then gets pinned. Aro Snarls savagely, his teeth sinking into Edward's chest, creating a hole, then plunging his hand in to rip his heart out.

I can not stand being in the same room as them anymore, so I wordlessly turn away, leaving the throne room.

It did not go as I wanted at all. I meant to stay calm, but I just couldn't. I enter the first sound proved room I can find, which happens to be Marcus's Study.

Felix follows behind me, and holds out his hand. "My lady, I…. " He looks at me with intense worry. Only then do I realize that I am shaking all over. Again.

I look away, and he wordlessly wraps his arms around me as I break down.