1st please forgive me the short chapters lately. 2nd this Chapter was not sent to my Beta she's off for the weekend, and I wanted to get this out tonight because I don't know how soon I will get your next chapter done. As always I love writing for you and I again am so sorry that your having to wait so long for a chapter. Please forgive me..

Hidden Desire

Chapter 22

Carlisle Pov:

I watched Bella manifest her power I had noticed the moment it triggered in her almost as if a light switch had been turned on. Her eyes sparked a sapphire blue and her skin put of a cold chill. When my son when flying through the air and crashed into the tree, I couldn't stop the welling of pride in my chest. My mates need to protect me, was flattering even if it was unneeded.

"Bella what the hell? Wait Bella.. Your.." Edward sputtered moving to her side.

With a growl I placed my body in front of Bella blocking his path from her.

"You changed her!" It wasn't a question instead a accusation.

"Yes he changed me. And as you can clearly see I am standing right here! So that bullshit way you have of talking about the invisible human in the room is over!" Bella roared her rage her eyes sparking again with a flickering blue flame.

"What's wrong with her? Her eyes?" Edward questioned me ignoring Bella completely then sputtering in shock as she advanced a step towards him.

"Nothing is wrong with my eyes. If I had to wager a guess I would say that my eyes are showing the power I just used to toss your lying ass into that tree" She smirked at him her annoyance with him growing.

Trying to intervene I spoke calmly. "Bella has somehow managed to manifest a power that seems to be telekinetic in nature. I think that when she was in her coma she unlocked a hidden part of her mind that was holding back the power. Before she changed I noticed small things she was able to do, and then her eyes changed before she turned. She seems to get cold to the touch when her power comes out which would suggest that her eye color has something to do with her power as well."

I looked to my mate seeking her face for any reaction to what I had said. She didn't seem at all interested or concerned with what she could do or might be able to do in the future. Instead she seemed solely focused on her anger at Edward.

Then my son stuck his foot in his mouth again. When he shouted at me, "I cant believe you such a greedy bastard that you would change her, and damn her to like the rest of us."

That seemed to be the straw that broke my Bella's back as she whipped past me to stand before him barely a inch between them. The air taking on a frosty chill as she opened her lips her words coming out in a chilled mist, "You know what Eddie?"

He shook his head finally seeing in her what he should have all along, the woman behind the human the vampire and its strength.

"Newborns are dangerous. I am dangerous. I am your worst nightmare. You cant read my thoughts, you don't have my strength or the power." She hissed at him.

"Bella, its ok my love. Edward was wrong I am sure he knows that. You need to come with me now. Your not ready for this, you need to feed again." I tried to reason with her as I touched her shoulder and felt the cold burn on my fingertips before she shrugged away.

"You liar! You made me love you! You made a fool of me! You left, and took them all with you leaving me behind!" Venom dripped from her each word that flew past her lips as she screamed in his face.

"No! I tried to protect you. I saved you from James, from yourself countless times. You were better off without us. I was trying to give you your life back." Edward cried out as he fell back a step. Whatever he was seeing in her eyes clearly made him realize his mistakes.

"Right, because you're my white knight, my hero who charges in and always decides what is best for poor helpless Bella."

"Bella please you have to know how much I have always cared. You're my singer." He tried again.

My eyes snapped to the left taking in the approach of three new comers to the showdown. I couldn't see this ending well in Edwards favor not even now that back up had arrived.

"Yes Edward, do tell Bella how much she means to you. How you wanted her so much that you left your one true mate behind for her." Tanya hissed.

Edward Pov:

As I looked between my mate, and the new Bella I was taken aback. The once clumsy girl now stood before me a vision of rage her sapphire eyes sparkling with the intensity of her anger towards me. The very air around her charged with a freezing cold. A cold that even my own dead skin could feel the sting of. No longer did this woman's blood hold its sirens call on me.

It was as if some thick fog had been lifted from my brain, and I could see my mate for what she was. I looked over and Tanya and no longer felt the ripping sensation of being torn between her and Bella. Now I felt nothing but regret at the pain I had caused them both.

"Go ahead, tell Bella how you would come to me seeking my embrace then run home to her full of guilt." Tanya hissed.

As I caught the flurry of her mind it was all to clear she wished me to experience the pain I had caused her for months as I kept her away to run back to Bella. All the jealously and lonely nights. My thoughts were cut short when suddenly I lost control of my motor functions. My arm extended my hand forming a tight fist only to come crashing straight into my own face.

Emmett Pov:

"Save some for me!" I shouted as I watched Bella doing her freaky Vulcan mind meld thing on my idiot brother. Causing him to punch himself in the face. His look was priceless as he extended his arm again before it came crashing down a second time.

"Bella please, I am so sorry. I was wrong." Edward pleaded.

"That's not good enough." My super sexy vampire sis yelled.

"That's it Bella don't let him get away with any shit. Kick his ass." I cheered her on.

"Emmett shut up! Your not helping things. She is hurting, and her anger is literally on thin ice right now!" Jasper shouted.

I focused again on my little sister and saw what Jasper obviously was feeling. Bella was standing in the middle of the summer night her skin steaming from the cold she radiated. The grass beneath her bare feet frozen and glinting in the moonlight.

Carlisle Pov:

Knowing that this could lead down a road that she would regret later I moved between Bella, and Edward. Cupping her chin in my hand I forced her cold face up to mine. Her eyes now appeared the color of frosted glass. "Focus baby, come back to me. You anger at him is understandable for the pain he has caused you, but you cant lose control." I spoke calmly to her trying to win her back.

When she registered my words she blinked once then a second time her eyes darkening as she whispered, "Hurt me, yes I guess he did."

"I wont let him hurt you again I promise. You don't have to be afraid."

When the tinkering of bells rang out in the quiet I realized that she was laughing. "Oh Carlisle. I am not afraid of Edward. I am not even angry for what he did to me. I am however not going to let him talk to you that way." She said with another glare towards my cowering son.

"She's right. I am so sorry father. I know that will not make things better, that I will have to atone for what I have done. I do however speak from the heart when I say I will never come between the two of you again." Edward said as he extended his hand out towards mine.

I shook his hand and then in a moment of wickedness I threw back my other arm then popped it forward the thump of my fist in his hard flesh making me feel better. "That's for all the shit you put my mate through," I growled then nodded at him when he took his punch like a man without another whimper or excuse.

Suddenly another fist flew and connected. This time is was Bella's as Edward flew back a few feet and landed on his ass with a thud. "That's for Carlisle." She sneered.

As I moved to take her hand Tanya came forward as if to help Edward to his feet only once she helped him stand she slapped his face soundly enough that his head jerked to one side.

I turned with Bella leaving my son to his siblings. As I walked into the trees I heard another loud clash, and then the deep rumble of Emmett's laughter as he said, "That's just cause you're a douche."

Please forgive the short chapters but this one kind of flew out of my fingers tonight on my way to bed. I have been sick lately so not really up to writing, and then with work and my daughters 1st volleyball game well I have been busy. Please review and let me know how you either loved or hated Edward's return.

Xoxo Tisa