BPOV

I have never felt before like I do right now. Holding Esme's hair in my hand, staring down Rose telling them exactly what I was going to do to them. The feeling is truly indescribable. It was elating, freeing; my heart was pounding in my chest, blood pumping fast and furious through my veins. This is what I have been looking for, this moment in time where I was not the victim, not the one that was out of my league, not the one in fear of getting hurt. I was the one that was FEARED. I could see it in their eyes, smell it in the air, surrounding me like a warm blanket on Christmas morning. I have never wanted anything like this before, but after, I doubt I will ever want anything else.

Hair still firmly tangled in my fingers I looked up at Jasper. He was looking down at me like he was ready to rip my fucking clothes off. His eyes were smoldering, burning with a VERY unhidden desire. Our eyes locked and I saw unchecked passion and a level of love I never thought I would ever see directed at me. Esme was whimpering something about forgiveness, but all I heard was the peanuts teacher talking. One flex of my fingers and she shut up. I heard growls and snarls, but didn't even pay it any mind. I was fully lost in the depth of his eyes, the hypnotizing subtle flecks and specks of green that seemed to swirl and dance over the different shades of blue drew me in and held me like a vice, threatening to drown, pull me under and hold me there for the rest of time. I didn't even try to fight it. There was no point anymore. This was my unyielding destiny, the end of the long road I walked, the silver lining I never thought I was going to obtain. It was this; this look, this moment in time that everything finally fit together like a puzzle.

I saw Jasper's eyes shift the slightest bit as that popped into my mind. The green darkened as the sea of blues lightened only to be noticed from as close as I was to him. I could see in his eyes that this was the same for him, that I really was his everything and that no matter what it would always be that way.

Turning my attention back to squirming vamp in my grasp, I decided to have a bit of fun. Wrapping Esme's hair around my wrist a few times, I pulled her head up gaining me a scream from her. Interesting. Leaning close to her ear, "So, you can feel pain." Turning her head to face me I looked her in the eyes, "I am going to ask you a question and I want you to think long and hard about your answer, because Jasper is going to know if you lie to me. I have no issues going Devils Reject on your ass, so I would advise against that. Where are Edward and Alice and why are they not here with you?"

There was a chorus of growls, but I ignored them. This was beyond personal, and one way or another; I was going to find out. She whimpered and stammered out a heartfelt I don't know. Looking up at Jasper he rolled his eyes. "You used to be much better at hiding your lies from me. I am curious as to why, as your life hangs in the balance, that you cannot do it now."

I put my free hand on her back and pulled back with the one that had her hair hearing pops and snaps as her scalp was pulled away from the skull underneath. I giggled as her screams echoed off the trees. Keeping the tension but not pulling anymore I tried again. "Where are Edward and Alice?"

Her voice was crying the tears that she could not, "We have not seen them in months."

Already know that was not true, I started to slowly pull again; tearing more scalp from her head. This time was slower and longer than the last. I could hear the growls and snarls from the others. I was actually surprised that they did nothing to help her. Curious as to why this was I asked, "You see the pain and suffering that is being inflicted on one of yours, yet you do nothing to stop it. Is it fear of your own fate that you stand there watching, or do you really not care that your precious mother figure and mate of over a century is dying before your eyes? What is it that keeps you at bay?" No answers were forthcoming and they went silent making me chuckle. "You fucking pussies. This is completely un fucking believable. I am going to kill her and you do and say nothing. You really are the vilest creatures I have ever come across. You speak of peace and live by love, yet the one that you love most, that has been there for all of you screams and cries and you passive aggressive mother fuckers let her and allow me free reign over her fate; as bleak as it is anyways."

Looking back at Esme, "And you, you can stop all this pain and all your suffering by giving me the location of the ones that deserve it, yet you stay silent. Your family is going to let you die at my hands and you keep you silence and secrets. They all betray you; throw your love back in your face as they shit on all you stand for, love, family, all of it to your face. Why? Why protect those that refuse to protect you in your time of need? Why give them what they want, your silence, when they do not lift a finger to help you when you need it most? You beg me for forgiveness when you do nothing to earn it. Will you give it to them when you meet up again in hell? Will you die to protect those that will not give you the same thing? What are you dying for today Esme? For your children that are not here to save you, for the ones that are yet won't? For a mate that holds the life of a fuckwit over your own, that claims to love you with everything he has yet stands twenty feet from you and comes no closer? Tell me, why fight for those that will not fight for you?" Pulling hard on her hair gaining a blood curling scream from her "where are Edward and Alice?"

She whimpered and moved her eyes over to the three vampires that were just standing there, looking at her with pleading eyes; begging her to stay quiet. I shook my head and gave her a tug to remind her that we were talking and I was not a fan of being ignored. She grunted and looked back at me with harder eyes than I ever remember seeing on her. Her resolve was strong. The question was what was it for? She took a deep breath through her nose, "I don't know."

Giving it everything I had, I yanked and ripped her hair completely off her head, covering myself head to belly button in venom and surprisingly blood. The following scream made my ears ring, but the smirk on my face; you would never know it.

Tossing the top of her head aside I grabbed her ear and pulled her closer to me. I smiled at the fact that it looked like she was sweating. She was breathing hard and I know if she was human her ass would be in shock. I tilted my head to the side, "You hold the word of your golden child above everything else, the so called visions of the midget to the highest regard. Do you think they are watching this right now? Do you think that they are coming to save you all from the mess you swept under the rug seven years ago? Do you think that if you hold out long enough that they would show up and give me the beating of a lifetime for what I did and am going to do to you all?" I smiled at the three standing so close, yet so far away. "You all must think me stupid. You see I know for a fact that you were with them yesterday just south of here. I wonder who it was that actually came across my scent and how it was decided who was going to confront me, find out how I was, how my response to seeing you again was going to be, how it was I was even still alive. You must think me stupid to think that I have not yet figured out that you were banking on Victoria finishing me off so you didn't have to have blood on your hands."

Over their shoulders I saw seven figures standing there, arms crossed smirks on their faces. Gotta love downwind huh. Continuing on with no pause, "Tell me, how you all kept me a secret from the rulers of your kind? How did they not know that you invited a human to basically live at your house?"

Carlisle's eyes were the size of dinner plates. "Did?"

I stood up next to Jasper and smiled, dipping my head slightly, "How good it is to see you again Aro. We were not expecting you so soon." I don't know how well the innocent look went for me covered in what I was, but hey whatever.

Every head whipped around, jaws dropping and eyes widening. Even without the enhanced hearing you could hear a pin drop and explode on the ground. This was proven by Peter, the silly fucker, when he pulled one out and dropped it. Jasper looked over at him and raised a brow, "What the fuck is wrong with you? Who carries a straight pin in their pocket?"

Peter shrugged, "Never know when it might be needed for an instant just like this."

ARO POV (because who doesn't love them some aro)

"Tell me, how did you keep me a secret from the rulers of your kind? How did they not know that you invited a human to basically live at your house?" I had a silent chuckle at that. That was the point that I knew that Lady Isabella knew we were there. I could see all the Cullen's present tense and freeze. When Carlisle spoke Caius snorted beside me, but still kept quiet enough not be too heard by the other vampires. I saw Jasper's eyes show his mirth so I knew he heard him. When Bella smiled at us, there was a collective shudder running down the spines of the Cullen's. "How good it is to see you again Aro. We were not expecting you so soon." Everyone turned to look and that little bastard Peter dropped a pin.

Smiling at the Princess I bowed my head lower than she did. "It is fully my honor to once again be in your presence My Lady. Do forgive us for coming by unannounced, but it was decided among us that waiting on a summons was a risk we were unwilling to take with your safety."

She giggled and grasped Jasper's elbow, "There is nothing to forgive Sir. You are welcome at my home anytime. I am sure Jasper is elated to have you here as well." Jasper looked down at her and gave her an indulgent smile. So much of one in fact that even a blind man would be able to see that even if that was not the case, he would entertain it simply because she said so.

"After what has occurred since our return from Italy, any extra bodies are welcome."

I cocked my head to the side, "Something occurred after you left? I do hope it was nothing serious."

Bella waved a dismissive hand in the air and Jasper rolled his eyes, love shining bright when he looked back at her. "Nothing but a little tiff. Hardly worth mentioning." Jasper snorted at that and I knew that I was going to have to ask him what happened with the princess. Looking over she curtsied, "Marcus, Caius welcome to you as well. I hope you travels were well."

They both bowed low and smiled at her. Caius spoke next. "It was well worth it to once again bask in your beauty My Lady." Jasper growled a warning, pulling Bella closer and slightly behind him gaining the attention that was on us to himself. Caius backtracked, bowing his head and baring his neck slightly, "I didn't mean to offend my prince. Forgive my crass words."

It was at that point that the Cullen coven joined in the conversation. It was the burly fucker Emmett that asked, "What the fuck is going on here?"

I looked at him and raised a brow, "You are not meaning to tell me that in all the time he was living with you, you had not a clue as to Jasper's title and origins."

They all looked confused; well all but Carlisle's mate. She was crying on the ground at Bella's feet. Carlisle was the next to speak, "All of that is irrelevant. My mate was attacked without just cause and I demand you to do something about it."

I smirked, "And what would you have me do? She is your mate, your responsibility to defend. If it was my mate being harmed at the hands of someone else I would not have stood there and allowed it to occur in the first place. That being said, I am not in the business of doing anything to THAT particular young lady. I like my head right where it is thank you."

Emmett was looking back and forth between Jasper and Bella slacked jawed taking in the possessive protective stance that Jasper was in. All the sudden his eyes lit up like the fourth of July. Before Carlisle could say anything back to me Emmett barked out a laugh that bounced off the trees and distant mountains. "Holy fucking shit! The Jazz man's banging Bells."

JPOV

If the fucker is good for nothing else, Emmett is always good for pointing out the obvious in the most direct and crass way possible. Bella hid her face behind my back, but I could feel her laughter. The shit eating grin on my face was enough conformation for him I guess. He was bent at the waist, his deep laugh echoing off everything. "Wow! This is fantastic."

Bella peeked out from around my shoulder with a smirk on her face. She shifted her eyes up to meet mine and winked. Oh god, that is never a good thing coming from her. She looked over at him and with the doe eyes that he would have remembered, "I wouldn't say that Em, it's more like he fucks the shit out of me." All three standing Cullen's jaw dropped, Peter would have pissed himself from laughing so hard, the Volturi's collectively snorted and me; I crossed my arms and grinned a fang flashing grin.

It didn't take him long to recover before he was back up and talking a mile a minute. ''Oh, this is just too perfect. Can you just imagine what Edward it going to say when he finds out that everything he did to keep you human you go all vampy anyways?"

Bella raised a brow, "I'm not a vampire."

I saw Aro shake his head and close his eyes. "Do you have the memory of an infant? I already said that Jasper was not a vampire, so why would his mate be one?"

Emmett looked over at him, and then back at me, "Then what the fuck are you?"

I have been wondering for decades how I would answer this question if it was ever asked by one of the Cullen's. Presented with it now, I still have no fucking clue how to do so. I looked down at Bella and she smiled at me before standing on her toes and whispering in my ear quite enough for only me to hear, "Show them all what you can really do." She pecked my cheek and took a step back, bedroom eyes boring into mine. That was not a look to be giving me right after saying something like that.

I raised a brow at her knowing that yes, she knew I was a demon, but she didn't KNOW it. This is what I wanted to talk with her about after the 'tiff' with James, but she just had to go to the bar and then all this shit happened. Reaching out I cupped her cheek and smiled at her. "Alright little one. Watch closely now, this is what you will have to look forward to in a few more days." Seeing her eyes light up at that little statement made me chuckle, "It's really not going to be all that impressive to you my little love. YOU'RE still going to be able to see me."

After pressing a light kiss to her lips, to the vampires present, I vanished. Bella can follow my speed, they however cannot. They can feel the wind I make and guess where I'm at, but never know for sure. So, because only my mate could see me, I decided to play around a bit. I launched myself into the air and when I reached the summit of my jump, I opened my wings and hovered there for a moment. Looking down I saw Bella and Peter looking up at me while the Cullen's were looking for me. Peter only knew where I was by following Bella and that fucking gift of his. Pain in my ass. Aro and his group were facing each other and form what I was hearing, even from where I was, the Cullen coven were about to hate their after lives. Oh well, not my problem.

Getting back to the task at hand, I flipped backwards and dove towards the ground behind where the Cullen's were standing. There was no way I was not going to take this golden opportunity that was placed at my feet. Having to tone down my abilities every time Emmett and I fought, I thought that this was a great time to show him that he really did only win because I let him. Landing only long enough to land a bitch kick in the center of his back to send him flying towards Bella, I shot over him, wrapped my arm around Bella's waist and, leaving Peter to his own devices, jumped again; getting out of Emmett's way a second before he would have hit her. Now I said it was a bitch kick not because I hit him from behind without him knowing I was there, but because I wasn't out to hurt him. I could tell from Bella's emotions from when she saw him again, that she did still care about what happened to him if no one else. She really did see him as a big brother, always has, and she loves him to pieces.

Shifting the way I was holding her from her dangling to bridal style, I landed lightly in the dust cloud that Emmett created when he landed. I bet it was a sight to see when the dust settled. Emmett sat up in his crater and put his head in the palm of his hands and rocked back and forth. It took him longer than I thought to come around from that. He shook his head and looked up at me with pure awe on his face, but you could see the curiosity in his eyes. I knew the second that he noticed my wings. Have you ever seen an anime? The way his eyes widened much like theirs do when they see something unbelievable. Bella giggled and shifted so I would put her down. I set her on her feet as Emmett stood up and jumped out of his hole. He was zeroed in on my wings and even someone without the empathy I have could tell he was beyond confused. "Just what the fuck are you?

I could feel the shock emanating from behind me and was almost dropped when the recognition hit my back. I folded my wings around me and looked at Carlisle over my shoulder raising a brow. I knew he knew what if not who I was now and the sheer and total fear and terror I saw in his eyes had me smirking. For sixty years I had to listen to him and his opinions of my kind and had kept my mouth closed, laughing on the inside knowing that if he knew that the prince of the race he hated with everything he had was living under his roof, he would have either kept his mouth closed or, like everyone else that knew me, would have fallen all over himself to get in my good graces. I don't begrudge him for his opinion, but that didn't mean that I wanted to hear about it every single fucking day.

He covered his mouth with his hand and his eyes went wide. "You're a…" is it really that hard to say?

"Demon. Yes I know."

Emmett didn't go back over to stand with them. He was looking at Bella who had also uncloaked her wings with longing and sorrow filled eyes. He crossed his arms and looked at the ground, kicking at the random mounds of dirt like a child that was being scolded. I looked down at Bella and she was looking at him with much the same look. She missed him and anyone could see it. I had wondered what was going to happen when she saw him standing alone again, if she would still want him to suffer the same fate that the rest were going to. Separating him from them seems like it was a better idea than I thought. With him standing with them, he was feeling like he had to BE with them and the same could be said for her. When he was with them, all she saw was the ones that hurt her, but now she is seeing her 'brother bear' and I highly doubt that she could do anything to him or allow anyone else to do so.

Finally he cleared his throat and gave her a smile, "You look good Belly Bean." Then he smirked, "I guess calling you hells bells has a whole new meaning now huh?"

She tried, I'll giver that. She tried to stay mad, tried to hold on to the pain and anger that she has been feeling towards him for so long, but when she saw his dimpled smile, that was all she wrote for her. She smiled back, the tip of a fang poking out of her lip. "Yeah, I guess it does."

I rolled my eyes at the tameness. This was not my mate and that was certainly not Emmett. "Oh for fucks sake you two." I put my hand on Bella's back and shoved her towards him without regard to how much force I was using. I knew that one, she wouldn't fall and two, if Em thought that she was going to hit the ground, he would stop it. I was right on both counts. He thought she was going to hit and went to catch her, but she used the momentum from the shove to launch into his arms. She wrapped her legs around his waist and he spun her around in a circle with that fucking cheesy smile of his.

When he put her back on the ground he didn't let go, but held her at arm's-length. "I have missed you so much Bells and it killed me when I thought you had died. I hunted down your grave and sat there for like a week, trying to come to grips that you were gone. Even with the proof staring me in the face, I didn't want to believe it. I thought about digging up the casket on more than one occasion just to see you again, but I never could." He shook his head and I knew that he would have been crying if he could.

Bella on the other hand, stood there listening but her face was passive. She wanted to believe him, you could tell she did, but there was a part of her that stood back and didn't take it too much to heart. She was still far to hurt over the past. Out of all of them, Emmett's leaving hurt her the worst and even though she wanted to forgive and forget with him, she felt she couldn't. She looked him in the eye and showed him how much she changed. "Look, that's all well and good, but you still did the same thing that they did. Pretty words mean less than shit to me and any actions will be all for not. I still love you like the brother I never had, but as of right now, I want nothing to do with you. It's great to see you again, but I think you should get the fuck out of here because I meant every word I said. I am going to destroy the Cullen coven and pretty words are not going to save a one of them. I suggest you change your last name chief because anyone carrying the Cullen surname will be ash before the sun sets." She pulled away from him and crossed her arms raising a brow, "That is unless you think you can stop me."