Marcus POV

I stood in the middle of the clearing waiting for Bella to arrive. I didn't have a lot of time to see her; everyone else from the Voultri would be wondering where I ran off to. I knew that Felix was near by of course. He wouldn't pass up the opportunity to talk to Bella in private as well. Half a million things ran through my head. Will Bella be safe, especially with the dogs here? What about the child; will that put her in danger? Now that Bella was part of the Cullen family, will she now call Carlisle father? Will she do as Edward says and never see me again?

I was so caught up in my thoughts I didn't even notice Bella walking up to me and throw her arms around me. "It's wonderful to see you again father." I smiled down at the girl before me and wounded my arms around her. She grew up to be a beautiful woman. I could tell by looking at her that her kindness has grown three fore. That her virtues were brighter then ever. That the love she gave me, she now gave generously to others. She had become more then I ever thought possible.

"It's wonderful to see you as well my child." I said, reluctantly releasing her. "I've been hoping for the chance to speak to you like this. Though I wish that everything I had to say to you was good. There is so much I want to talk to you about but unfortunately, right now, my time is limited so I can only talk about the immediate issues."

"Were you considering killing my daughter?" Bella blurted out. She glared daggers at me; it made my heart break, even though it wasn't beating. I knew she was smart, I should have known she'd figure out that I was considering it.

"Yes." I answered gravely. "I was weighing all the options. If we killed the child I knew that all of you would have fought us and that one of two things could happen. One you would live but you would be suicidal yourself; I know I felt that way when I was told you jumped off a cliff." I shuddered at the memory. "Or the other thing is you could have died, and that is a fate that I would not allow."

"Then I started thinking about what would happen if the child was allowed to be alive. "My brothers were right in one respect, we don't know what would happen with the child in the future and it was possible that the child may be your end as well." I let out a sigh, shaking my head. "But then I realized that I was only thinking about how this would affect me and not you. It was obvious that you loved the child deeply; and I'm sure you considered all the risk; and that you were willing to risk everything to keep your child. Therefore I trusted your judgment and decided to let the child live." It was kind of funny how alike Bella and I are at the moment. Back then I was willing to risk everything as well to keep her.

Bella was silent for a moment, looking deep in thought. "I know there are risks. I know that we don't know what will happen with my daughter later on. But that's okay. I know that I'll be safe. I have the guys from La Push and my new family with me to help if anything goes wrong." Bella gave me a small smile. "I know that you had a hard decision to make; I'm just glad you made the one you did."

I felt both happy and sad at the same time. I was happy that Bella understood why I might have killed the child, but I was sad that she had a new family. I mean, I was happy that she was happy with them but it's a new family. There isn't room for me anymore in her life. "You'll have help from your new family. You'll have your new mother, your new father, your-"

"No." Bella blurted out.

"What?"

"I have Esme and Carlisle. No new mother. No new father. You will always be my father."

I couldn't believe it. After all the hell the Voultri caused her over the last few years she actually still considered me her one and only father. I pulled the little angel towards me and hugged her tightly. I felt something solid pressing into me. I pulled away from her looked to see what it was. I felt my jaw drop open. She was wearing the Star of Udolpho Pendant that I gave her back in Phoenix all those years ago. She kept it.

"I must go now. My brothers are most likely wondering where I am." I gave her one last hug before releasing her. I took off towards the opposite direction she came from. "I love you."

"I love you too father."

Felix POV

Marcus gave me the signal that he was done with his meeting with Bella. I ran into the clearing just when Bella was about to leave.

"Bella!" She gave a small yelp and turned to face me. Without even thinking I threw my arms around her small body. She hesitated for a moment before wrapping her arms around me. It felt peaceful, warm. Like I was walking clouds. She released me so I, not wanting to, released her.

"Felix, what are you doing here?" Bella asked, looking at me confused.

"Did you not want to see me?" I felt hurt that she didn't seem happy to see me. I knew now she'd never look at me the way I want her too but couldn't things go back to the way it was before?

"No, no! It's not that. I'm just surprised. When I found the letter I thought that I was only seeing him. I'm pleasantly surprised though." Bella said, giving me one of her warm smiles. I could have basked in it all night but I didn't have a lot of time so I had to get down to business.

"Bella. There is something you should know." I told her about everything that the Cullen boy said about not wanting her to see either me or Marcus anymore and what he said about Marcus not being her father in anyway.

"He did what?!" Bella screamed. She was angry. Correction, she was furious. "I can tell you something right now Felix. I don't care if Edward doesn't want me to see you or father. I will continue you to see you two whenever I like. The only thing that will make me stop is if you two don't want me to see you anymore."

"That could never happen." I said, taking the hand she had the charm bracelet on. I saw it when the rest of the Voultri was leaving and it gave me an idea.

"Felix?" Bella watched me while I was fooling with the bracelet.

"I know you don't like accepting gifts but this is for you." I let go of the bracelet. Hanging from the bracelet now was a wolf, a heart, and an Iris flower. I remember back when she lived with us and I would take her out into town she always admired the Iris flowers. I watched Bella's face carefully. She was staring at the little Iris with a big smile on her face. She remembered. I did good.

"I love it Felix!" Bella threw her arms around my neck. I was taken aback. I wasn't prepaired for the burst of emotion that exploded out of me. I wrapped one of my arms around her waist and sized the back of her head as I crushed my lips onto hers. Bella gasped but I didn't stop. Instead I just pulled her closer to me. Bella tried to push me away for a moment but then stopped. Her hands wounded up in my hair, gripping the strands tightly between her fingers.

This was it. This is how things should have ended up. I felt like I was in one of my fantasies. But like one of my fantasies, it had to end. I slowly pulled myself apart from her. it surprised me that I had a harder time pulling her away from me. Bella looked at me, gasping breaths she didn't even need. "Just remember one thing. No matter what happens in the future. No matter what that Cullen boy says." I forced myself to release her completely and turned around to leave her.

"You are Mine."

-The End-