I do not own Twilight. I only own Aurora.

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Carlisle invited me and Marcus into the house and we went to the living room where Esme, Jasper, Rosalie, and Emmett were already seated. Alice followed us and took her spot beside Jasper. They left a loveseat open for me and Marcus to sit at together. Marcus seemed tense so I took his hand and gave it comforting squeezes while we sat on the loveseat together.

"Please explain why the newborns have a problem with this coven," Marcus said getting straight to the point, which I was thankful for since I didn't know how to approach the topic.

"It's a long story," Carlisle said with a sigh as he took a seat by his wife.

"We have time," Marcus said as he wrapped an arm around my waist. He seemed to relax a little more but not much as Carlisle started explaining how three nomad vampires had met the Cullens. One of the nomads tried to kill Bella, so he was killed. The nomad's mate was enraged and now they had the problem of her creating this newborn army to destroy Bella and the Cullens. "Trouble seems to follow her," Marcus said and I totally agreed. I had no idea Bella was such a trouble magnet, but I never really talked to her or spent time with her before I went to Italy.

"Will you be helping us?" Alice asked and I could tell the others didn't want her to ask, but at least she was directing the question to me.

I felt Marcus tense beside me and I put my hand on his arm around my waist. "At first no, we are only here for now to observe and make sure that you are able to stop the newborns. If necessary, then the guard will step in," Marcus answered before I could, which made me frown.

"So what is your plan?" I asked when Marcus stopped glaring at Alice.

The Cullens seemed to hesitate before finally Carlisle answered. "We will be sending Bella away from the fight so her scent will not be in the area. We will use her clothes to draw the newborns to where we will be waiting," he told us but he seemed to be leaving something out.

"What else do you have planned?" I asked since he was stalling.

"The nearby tribe is able to change into wolves. They will be helping us destroy the newborn army," Jasper finally answered since Carlisle still wasn't saying anything.

"Wolves," Marcus growled and I held his arm tighter so he wouldn't try to jump up from the couch.

"Do they mean you guys harm?" I asked in worry for my friend and her family.

"No, they won't hurt us if we stay off their land. They know that the newborn army is a threat to everyone, not just us, so they agreed to help us," Carlisle explained.

"So where is Bella and Edward? Shouldn't there be here for this discussion?" I questioned since I was a little confused as to why they were not here. "Alice," I said when no one answered.

Alice sighed and said, "Edward is driving around town with her so they wouldn't be here when you and Lord Marcus came. He's worried that you'll hurt her."

"That's ridiculous," Marcus said and I felt his hand rubbing my side.

"We wouldn't hurt her after she's made a deal with the kings, but to end this situation and protect her better, why not already turn her? She's Edward's mate, right? Then why put off the inevitable?" I said and I could tell some of the family was really shocked that I'm the one who said that. "Don't look so surprised. Her being a human is causing too much attention to your family from other vampires, who are now causing problems. It isn't too difficult to think that eventually attention from the humans will be next, and that's not acceptable," I said and I was thankful for my lessons with Athenodora and Sulpicia.

"Call Edward and tell him to come home," Marcus ordered and I watched Alice pull out her phone to do just that. "I know that she made that deal with Aro, but the terms have changed since there is a newborn army all because of her issue with the newborn's leader. She will either be turned today or she will be killed. I'm not endangering all vampires being exposed for one human," he continued and pulled me closer to him.

I agreed with Marcus and I wasn't going to fight against him. I tuned out Carlisle trying to negotiate with Marcus but he wasn't listening either. Bella would join her mate as a vampire or she would be killed. There were no other options, and if she was made into a vampire then she could protect herself. She would be another fighter for the Cullen family against the newborns, and it would be even better since she would be a newborn herself.

We sat there in silence after Carlisle stopped trying to negotiate with us. Marcus wasn't going to budge and neither was I. A car pulling up into the driveway and a nervous heartbeat was the only noise we heard and focused on as Bella and Edward left the vehicle and entered the house.

"Lord Marcus, Queen Aurora," Edward said politely while standing in front of Bella. We could still see her, but he was guarding her.

"Edward, Bella, take a seat," I said and motioned to another empty couch in the room.

"The terms have changed," Marcus said getting to the point again, and I heard Bella gasp and saw Edward tense up.

"What do you mean?" Edward asked us even though he was looking towards his family for answers, but they were not telling him anything.