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My vision seemed to tunnel in and the only face I could see was Edward's; everything else around me seemed to disappear. Maria was coming here for me, I was endangering everyone I loved.
"When?" I heard Hector ask, from somewhere to my right. I took it as a small comfort that Hector didn't seem panicked or worried quite the opposite, he seemed slightly happy about something.
"She will be in Forks within the hour." Edward answered Hector, focusing on Alice's mind.
"How many?" Hector asked.
"It is her and seven others." Edward said now looking at Hector with furrowed brows. I finally came to my senses at that statement.
"Hector she's going to bring Nicholas, Jesse, Josh, Anya, Vienna, Kendall and Henry." I said turning to face my long time partner. I knew if Maria was going to come for me she would bring the strongest of her friends, but I never dreamed she would bring them all.
"Of course, she would never attack us with anyone less than the best." Hector said taking two steps towards me so he could place his arm around my shoulder. "Do not fret Izzy, we have been through worse." He said placing a brotherly kiss on the top of my head. Hector's touch was a slight comfort but it was not the touch I craved.
"I know we have Hector but I had nothing to lose before, I have everything to lose now." I told him, completely aware of Edward's piercing eyes watching our conversation intently.
"Then together we will fight for our freedom and for the Cullen's safety." He said to me.
"No!" I heard Edward say to me standing up. "I'm not letting you attack eight fully trained and powerful vampires alone." Edward grabbed my face and forced me to look him in the eyes. "I just found you again I'm not losing you this easily." Edward's topaz eyes burned with unleashed passion.
"This is not your choice Edward." I said yanking my head form his hands, wanting to get away form his eyes so I wouldn't cave under their pressure. "I must face Maria alone, I could not risk any of your lives, and anyways you are not trained to fight the likes of Maria and Jesse." I said hoping he would understand.
"Why are you being suicidal?" He asked me obviously not understanding.
"I am not being suicidal; I'm doing this to keep you alive." I told him.
"I will not let you go." He said through clenched teeth. "I will not let you go and die."
"And you think I want you to go and die? How do you think this situation is affecting me? The person I have loathed for all my life is coming here to either kill me or take me back by any means possible and if she found out about you…" I shuttered just at the thought of Edward being harmed. "I couldn't live with myself if something happened to you." I told him, hardly noticing that my voice had raised a couple of octaves or that the whole family was staring at an arguing Edward and me.
"Let me help you Bella." Edward whispered taking my face back in his hands.
"Why do you think I'm doing this Edward?" I asked him in a whisper.
"Because you're stubborn," He answered quickly.
"No because I love you god damn it and I would rather die a thousand deaths then see Maria harm a single bronze hair on your beautiful head." I yelled into his face, my restraint cracking. I threw myself fully into Edward's arms and locked my lips on his. Our kiss was anything but soft and gentle; it was full of angry passion. Our desperation, love and fear showed through in the kiss and I greedily clung on to Edward. I barely noticed when my hands ripped a whole in the front of his shirt, nor did I care that his hands were hungrily running all over my body memorizing my curves. I growled angrily into his mouth, trying to get rid of my anger. My growl was met by Edward's own feral growl as his hands dung into the small of my back pulling me roughly against his chest. I forgot all about the audience we had, there was only Edward in my mind. Soon all the anger faded from our kiss and the passion and love was the only thing left. My hands wrapped around his neck and a pushed myself deeper into the kiss and his chest.
It was a loud wolf whistle that shocked both Edward and me apart. I looked over to see a smiling Emmett and a slightly shocked Esme and Carlisle. Hector and Jasper both had looks of indifference and Rosalie only rolled her eyes.
"Opps," I said looking down at the ground completely embarrassed by my actions.
"Now that's the understatement of the year." Edward told me grabbing my hands gently, slightly chuckling.
"Did that help anyone come to a decision?" Rosalie said smiling at Edward and me.
"Yes it did." Edward said, I turned to him hoping he would change his mind; it was a small hope though. "I have decided that I am crazily in love this woman and will not let her fight Maria alone." I groaned but at the same time my knees became weak at his declaration.
"Jasper tell him that he's being a fool." I said looking at the only one of Edward's siblings that could possibly understand.
"Edward you're being a fool." Jasper said to Edward before turning back to Alice's face brushing her short bangs from her eyes.
"Jasper stay out of this." Edward told his brother.
"Edward, please I can handle myself." I tried to plead with him but I could tell by the look in his eyes he wasn't going to change his mind.
"Edward for once in your life listen to someone else and don't be so stubborn." Jasper said standing up from Alice's side and walking over to ours. "You don't know what you're up against, Hector, Bella and me do. Why don't you let us handle this?" Jasper said staring straight into his brother's eyes.
"With the whole family the outcome would be better. I can't let you go I've seen the outcomes and none of them end well." Edward whispered tapping his head for emphasis.
"How about a compromise, I'll let you come but only if you stay in the back ground only to interfere if someone is in grave danger." I said looking at Edward, watching as conflict flickered in his eyes.
"Take it Edward." Emmett said. "It's the best deal you're going to get." Edward looked into my eyes and slowly nodded his head.
"I agree with these terms but only if you promise me you will do NOTHING stupid." He said forcefully. "Promise me now!"
"I promise you Edward, nothing stupid." Edward kissed my forehead and looked at his family.
"Does anyone object to any of this, if you would like to not fight just stay at the house?" Everyone one of the Cullen's-except Alice-nodded their heads and started to discuss strategy.
"Well since you're the expert show me how to fight love." Edward said in my ear. And the fighting practice began, we had only 45 minutes to prepare for the attack now and only Hector, Jasper and I knew how to take on Maria and her cronies. I worked with Edward and Esme, teaching them how to attack and dodge what each one of the vampires powers were and showing them how to use this to their advantage.
"You guys certainly know enough." Emmet said after 20 minutes of practice.
"It's what our jobs were and I took a special liking to figuring out each vampires power and using that knowledge to my advantage. After 85 years I became surprisingly good at it." I said smiling, the battle was coming up on us fast and we would be ready.
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