Chapter Twenty Three

It had been almost 3 days and Alec and Jane were not in Oregon, I ran all over the state and there was no sign of them and so my last resort was going to the Voultri. I grabbed my phone and called Charlie.

"Hello." A gruff voice answered.

"Dad, its Bella." I answered

"Bella, where have you been?" Charlie asked worried.

"Look, I'm not going to be home for now on." I told him.

"Bella…" Charlie trailed.

"Look, I love Alec, the guy that was there with the blonde, Jane. I have to find him and he is in Italy. Dad, I'm sorry I am disappearing in and out of your life." I apologized.

"You have to do what you have to do Bells, just come home whenever you can." Charlie said.

"I will Dad, can you tell Jacob where I am. He'll know exactly where I am and he'll know that I'm safe." I asked him

"Yes, Bells, I love you." Charlie cooed.

"Love you too Dad, I have to go I'm about to cross the ocean." I told him.

"YOU'RE SWIMMING?!" Charlie asked.

"No, I am on the plane now, love you." I told him and hung up.

"We will be landing in Volterra Italy in less than 15 minutes please fasten all seatbelts." The pilot announced.

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I walked up to the doors and opened them; I didn't need to flipping guard opening them.

"Isabella, Welcome back, Alec and Jane are here, but they have been punished." Gianna greeted.

"PUNISHED?! For what?!" I shrieked.

"Leaving Miss Isabella, they came back and said they may leave again so Aro punished them." She smiled as if it was nothing.

"Describe me their punishment." I commanded.

"In the dungeon, no feeding at all." Gianna said.

"Where's Heidi?" I asked quickly.

"Fishing for their food." Gianna said. "We aren't a loud to feed on animals anymore." Gianna sighed, I looked at her more closely, and she was vampire.

"They changed you." I pointed out.

"Oh yes, they wanted me to be Alec's mate when you left but we did connect." Gianna informed.

"Right can I speak to Marcus or Aro?" I asked her.

"Marcus is available." Gianna smiled and hit the button on her head set.

"Marcus, you are needed for an unscheduled meeting." Gianna told him.

"Send them in." Marcus ordered.

"Down the stairway to your left." Gianna smiled and pointed to the stair way.

"Thank you Gianna." I sighed and took a deep breath as I walked to the door that was labeled Marcus.

I knocked first, "Come in." A voice answered and I opened the door.

"Ah Isabella." Marcus greeted.

"Hello Marcus." I smiled a wary smiled and I shook his hand.

"I feel several broken and destroyed relationships, why so dear?" Marcus asked.

"That's another story for later, why did Aro lock up Alec and Jane." I ordered for an answer.

"Isabella, please understand that we can't have people walking in and out of the guard for absolutely no reason at all." Marcus stated.

"No, I don't understand Alec and Jane came to find me." I told him, "I told him we would talk about us in June and hello, its June and it's time to talk. He found me in Washington and wanted to talk, Edward was already there and I hadn't had the time, Marcus please releases them." I begged.

"I'm sorry; Aro is the head of that decision." Marcus said,

"Marcus, take them out and put me in, Marcus please." I begged.

"I don't know we will have to talk to Aro about the situation." Marcus said.

"Tell you what, let Alec and Jane go and let do whatever they wish and I will be on your guard." I bargained.

Marcus sat in his chair and rocked back and forth thinking about my offer. "Um, you drive a hard bargain Isabella." Marcus stated.

"So is that a yes?" I smirked.

"Yes, Welcome to the Guard Isabella." Marcus congratulated.

"Can we go now and release them." I asked.

"Follow me." Marcus said and grabbed his keys off the hook by his desk.

Marcus walked around me and walked to a closet. He opened the doors and grabbed a black and red cape.

"You will wear the red cape for feedings and the black cape for meetings and welcoming." Marcus told me.

"Okay." I nodded.

"Shall we." Marcus smiled and had me walk out first. I waited for him to lead the way and I walked past Gianna and she looked concerned.

I nodded that everything was alright and she nodded. Marcus grabbed a torch and lit it on fire and lighted the way to a dark hallway and fleet of stairs.

I heard angry growls and screams. The growl sounded like Alec and the scream sounded like Jane. I used my power to calm them down. My power when it was on other people, they felt the blood on the back of their throats and it put out the fire.

"Right this way Isabella." Marcus instructed and he led me all the way down to the end of the cells.

"Here they are, now can you control them?" Marcus asked.

"Yes sir, I already have." I told him,

"I like you already Isabella." Marcus chuckled and mounted the torch in a bracket and there was Alec and Jane in the corner. In Alec's arms was Jane shivering and hiding her face.

"You are free to leave." Marcus told them and Jane's head shot up.

"YOU, You did this!!!" Jane screamed angrily.

"Yes Jane, she did, she got you out." Marcus told her.

"Come whether you leave now or I put you back in the cell." Marcus spat at them. Alec quickly rushed Jane out and I grabbed the torch.

"GO ahead up; Aro needs a little lesson on managing the cells." Marcus said and I turned to the next cell and there was Aro behind the cell bars. I cracked a smile and the three of us walked back upstairs.

"Bella, why are you here?' Alec asked as I walked Jane back to her room and Alec was walking with me to his.

"Because I choose you instead of Edward." I told him.

Alec stopped in his tracks and looked at me, his face just inches from mine, "You did?" Alec asked.

"I did, I told him he needed to move on, we needed to move on." I told him.

"Bella, I love you so much." Alec smiled.

"I love you to Alec." I smiled and he kissed my lips ever so gently but full of passion.

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