Aro, 2006

Her kick was something powerful. One blow from her foot sent me flying. I landed in the corner and spat blood. I glanced up at the magnificence that was my daughter and realized I made the right decision. I chose the right one. Her little sister, Alice, couldn't have compared to her. I remembered how easily Isabella had killed her and it further showed me that this was the best person to lead the Volturi bloodline into the future after I was dead and gone.

I knew it.

I knew I had hit the jackpot with Isabella.

Her mother and I truly believed in her. Renee had been right. Leaving her with Charlie, abandoning her, was the best thing to do for her. It helped morph her into the monster she was. One I was immensely proud of.

All I had to do now was survive her fury and get her away from Jasper. She needed to see the truth and how much greater she would be as a Volturi instead of a pathetic Swan.

She was walking over to me. I smiled at how glorious my little dark angel looked as she grabbed me up by the collar and began to punch me in the face. Every blow was as powerful and precise as the last.

Yes, my child. Become the dragon you were meant to be. You were a Volturi. And if I had to die to make you into the hellion you were meant to be, then so be it.

Just not yet.

I wanted to sit on the throne I had stolen back from our enemies before I drew my last fucking breath. I reached for my hidden knife since I was no longer tied to the chair and moved to stab her, but I only managed to slash her side. This sent Jasper into a rage. He pushed Isabella out of the way and attacked me.

Earlier that night, Jasper, 2006

The move was phenomenal. The guys around me had their mouths hanging open while Leah just scoffed and shook her head, saying, "What the fuck is she? Bionic?"

I had witnessed Bella do incredible things since I met her but this was just…

I mean, she threw her knife in the air and timed it perfectly to jump up and kick that shit into Alice's chest. Then she walked over to her and put the crazy bitch's lights out with a bullet to the head before gliding up to the surveillance camera and threatening Aro, whom I was sure, was watching like his fucked up daughter had said he was.

I still couldn't believe it. The ingeniousness of it. Aro had two kids. Both daughters, and both were homicidal maniacs. The only exception to me was that I was madly in love with the living one. He had planned this. I was sure of it. He had this planned since the beginning.

Even when he was blessed with these girls, Bella and Alice, he found a way to incorporate them in his twisted game. To me, Bella escaped it, well, slightly, because she was left behind and raised by Charlie Swan; a guy who fell in love with another crazy. Bella's mom, Renee. That bitch was my mom's obsessed fan. She wanted to be a mobster's wife so badly that when she couldn't have her way, she ran off and played snitch for the government. Then when Aro acted like he was interested in her again, although he really could have been and they were playing Charlie, Renee packed up and abandoned her kids.

Now, fast forward to this moment, and Aro was effectively wiping out my gang and my family so he could resurrect the Volturi name. And he had followers. I had killed some but there was more. These fucking traitors had smiled in my pop's face only to stab him in the back by supporting Aro.

All that was left of my family was my brother, Michael. He was here, lying in my arms, badly injured. All for what? For Aro's greed? Yeah, I knew we weren't angels. I knew our end would have come eventually, but not like this. Not by some fucking traitor's hand. I wasn't going to give Aro Volturi what he wanted. I wasn't going to die. I was going to kill that motherfucker.

"We need to get him some help," Leah grumbled, coughing.

"You too," I said, pulling my semi conscious brother closer to my chest.

"I'm good," Leah said. She was so stubborn. She needed medical attention. I have heard of motherfuckers who got shot in non fatal areas on their bodies and still died. I wasn't about to lose Leah. Edward would kill me with his bare hands.

"You're not." I argued.

She ignored me, pulling herself to her feet with a groan. She was in pain but she was trying to ignore that shit so we could finish what we started. She checked her guns to see how much ammunition she had left.

"What next?" she asked.

"You get medical attention."

Leah scoffed. "Fuck that. What are we doing next?"

Bella came over to us, joining in on the conversation. Her eyes were cold and her tone left no room for argument. "What Jasper said," she said in an icy tone. "You get medical attention. This is where it ends for you."

Leah was shaking her head no. Bella was unrelenting. "You're of no use to me right now if you're injured. Going with us will only get you killed. I don't think you or Edward would want that." Leah looked concerned and a little hesitant at the mention of Edward then she shook it off.

"He knows what I do and what needs to be done," Leah said.

"Well, I beg to differ," Bella countered just as Rosalie came walking into the warehouse.

"We've gotta go," she said, shouldering her rifle as she stopped beside Bella.

"What about the 'party' Alice promised?" Bella asked her, making her sister look back at Alice's dead body and then at us with a sinister smile.

"That party has been cancelled."

Damn these girls worked fast. All the goons Aro and Alice had waiting to eliminate us if we walked out of the warehouse alive were dead. When?

"How?" I asked.

Rosalie glanced at me with a smile while I continued to hold Michael in my arms. "We killed them while you guys were taking care of things in here," she said. "Now, let's get out of here. I can't say anything else in here."

Bella and I helped my brother to his feet and walked out behind Rosalie and Leah. There was an entire team of operatives waiting for us. All of them were clad in black and carrying army issued weapons.

"What's going on?"I asked Bella.

"Dad's plan B," she said as we walked by the group. These guys worked with Charlie Swan. The guy had a lot of pull. My guys were lined up and once I handed off Michael to the guys Bella told me to with a promise to be right back, she walked me over to the men. Rosalie was talking to them.

I came to stop behind her. I heard them repeating what Rosalie just told them in disbelief.

"What do you mean we can leave?" One guy asked. "As in you're gonna shoot us in the back as soon as we walk away?"

"No," Bella said. "She means you can go. Get out of here now. Your alliance with the Whitlocks ends here. But if I catch wind of any you speaking about tonight to anyone, you won't have to worry about prison time 'cause you'll be dead. I'll kill everything you love before I find you and kill you too."

She stepped away after saying this, leaving me, the guys, and Rosalie in stunned silence.

"What the hell did she just say?" A gruff voice said from behind me. I spun around, coming face-to-face with Charlie Swan.

Up close he wasn't what I expected. He looked almost too young to have three grown kids. He looked more like a rock star than a CIA agent with his tatted arms and pierced ears. But this was Bella's dad. Aside from the fact that she was biologically Aro's kid, her dark eyes shared the same depth as her dad, Charlie's did. Looking at them both for too long could make you feel like you were in a fucking trance. I had to shake my head and remember where the fuck I was and what was coming up next to get out of it.

"She said she'd kill these guys if they snitched," Rosalie told her father.

He kept his eyes locked on me while he answered Rosalie. "Get Paul and Sam over here, they'll handle these guys." He gave my guys a cunning smirk and tipped his imaginary hat them, saying, "Thank you for your service, gentlemen." Then he turned his attention back to me and said with the same smirk on his face, "Mr. Whitlock, a word?" He stepped away and I followed. Once we were out of everyone's earshot, Charlie stopped and stared at me. It felt like a stare down or some sort of interrogation by the intensity in his eyes only.

I hated to say it, but I felt a little intimidated by the man standing in front of me.

"You kept her alive," he said it more like an observation than a compliment. "My daughter can be wild when she goes off like this." He was describing the way Bella took down our enemies earlier.

"Why would I let anything happen to her?" I questioned with an edge to my tone. I wanted Charlie to know I wasn't afraid of him. Even if there was an underlining fear lingering just beneath the surface I wasn't about to punk out and admit that shit to his face. I never given anyone an edge over me and I wasn't about to start now. I don't care how much I loved his daughter.

He sighed and chuckled deeply. "Yeah, I noticed you have this thing about wanting to protect her, but do you understand her?" Was he trying to intimidate me with his knowledge of Bella's shortcomings or her monster?

"I can relate," I said confidently. "I got some dark things riding with me when I go into situations like this too."

Charlie's eyes lit up before he covered it with a calm expression. "Bella calls it her monster."

"Like I said, I can relate."

"What about your family?" He switched, taking the focus off of Bella and put it on Michael. "Since you know how this will end if you don't die tonight, you sure you don't want to cut another deal and run?"

It was my time to chuckle. It was well played. He knew about my deal and he might be a hardcore CIA agent but at the core of it, he was just a dad looking out for his little girl. And he didn't see her having a future with the bad boy. So he was trying to talk me into running.

"I'm not going to run. I'm going to see this shit through. I've come too far. Are you ready for where Bella and I are going to take it because I can guarantee you it won't be within the boundaries of the law. Some serious shit is about to go down and only one side can walk away from this. It'll either be me or Aro. Are you ready for that, Charlie?"

"He's right," Bella said, making herself known. I glanced at her noticing she had changed out of the blood splattered dress and was now dressed in a black combat outfit like the rest of Charlie's team. "Are you ready for where this is going, Dad?"

Charlie turned his attention to his daughter. "I'm ready. Just remember every action comes with a consequence and for you to take part in this, it'll come with a heavy price. Are you ready to pay it?"

Bella smiled. "Are you asking if I have been contacted?"

What were they talking about?

Charlie chuckled but it was forced. He was getting angry. "Were you?"

"So what if I was?" Bella retorted calmly.

What was going on?

"Are you telling me you're willing to pay the price for him?" He pointed at me like I was a piece of garbage. I wanted to kick his teeth in but I was more interested in what they were talking about.

Rosalie came over and joined in on the intense conversation going on between Bella and her dad. "Dad, you know if Honey Bee is going to do this, she has to have a plan. And it has to be a foolproof one." Rosalie looked at Bella silently begging her sister to back her up.

Bella was staring at her father coldly while Charlie turned his anger on Rosalie. "You know about this?"

"I know my sister," Rosalie said with a wink at Bella. "And as much it pains me I know she made the right decision."

What decision? What did Bella do?

Charlie glared at his daughters and then gave me a death glare. He looked like he wanted to kick my teeth in and ground his girls for life before he huffed and finally said, "Fine, Bella. I'll support you no matter what."

Her hardened look softened a bit and I heard a soft voice I hadn't expected to hear coming from her since it sounded so innocent as she said, "Thanks, daddy."

I stared in disbelief as the big bad guy who looked like he wanted to rip my head off a while ago was dissolved into a proud father as he ruffled Bella's hair and said, "Get ready baby girl, we're heading out."

He walked away with Rosalie following closely behind him but not before she winked at me.

What kind of family was this? They fought and looked ready to kill each other one minute and were the closest thing the next.

"Stop gawking after my dad and acting like you're any different," Bella said, bringing me back from my momentary shock.

"Yeah, I love and want to kill my little brother sometimes, I admit. But you guys make us look like saints!"

Bella cracked a smile. Then she did something I didn't think she would do in front of her dad's team, since they were all, well, they weren't criminals like me. She kissed me. Right on the damn lips.

She pulled back with a sigh and a small smile. "Thanks for making it." Then she grabbed up my shirt collar and yanked me down so I was eye level with her. Her eyes raged like fire when she said, "Don't ever try to sacrifice yourself again in my presence, do you hear me?" I moved to pull away because as much as I loved her, I wasn't about to be her little bitch. So the manhandling shit was going to be nipped in the bud right here, right now. But Bella held on strong. "Do you hear me?" she asked, demanding a formable response. I knew she was pissed when I told her to run earlier when we were in the truck with Alice.

"Let me the fuck go," I said through clenched teeth. "And stop trying my patience. I'm not your little bitch."

She smirked and let go. I towered over her and watched as the little minx eyeing me lustfully. I couldn't believe how fast she changed the subject and thought it was the right time to be having those thoughts. "I don't think this is the right time to be thinking about that."

Bella's smirk grew and she winked at me and said, "Can't help but find my defiant boyfriend extremely attractive right now."

I scoffed at her. "You're sick."

"So?" She didn't even deny that shit. "You love me anyways."

"You're lucky I'm crazy about you," I said with a smile as I pulled her close and kissed her again. What would happen now?

"What happens now?"

"What are you thinking?" she asked.

"I know you were warning Aro in there when you looked into the camera and spoke," I said.

"Well, I'm going for him. He has to pay for what he's done."

"Good. We're on the same page with that."

Bella took my hand and led me back over to Charlie's crew. I noticed she wasn't shying away from holding my hand. She was doing that shit proudly. She only let go so I could go to my brother's side. He and Leah would be heading out together. I met this real big guy named Sam Uley. He worked with Charlie and was from Forks according to Rosalie. She said Michael would be safe with him and his team. Sam's crew was two other rough looking Native American guys named Embry and Jacob.

Jacob seemed to know the family well and Rosalie called him their little brother from another mother. Good. Because to how chummy he got with Bella when he greeted her, if I heard he had some crush on my girlfriend I would have to kill him. I didn't give a shit that he looked like a pro wrestler. I would cut his ass down to size.

"Make it through this and you'll be seeing a lot more of Jake later on," Rosalie said with a wink. I wanted to ask what she meant but Bella was ready to go and Charlie said it was time to clear the area and let his team do what they came to do.

I don't know what that was. And apparently I wouldn't be privy to the information. So I said my goodbyes to Leah and Michael. I promised I would see them again and they were loaded in the back of a black van and taken away.

"Sam's ex-army and a doctor," Bella told me. "Don't worry. He'll take care of them. I wouldn't trust anybody else with them. Well, besides Carlisle." She smiled a little and then walked off. I followed her.

"Where to?" I said, coming along side her.

"Aro's."

Charlie and Rosalie joined us. "Have you thought about what you're going to do?" Rosalie asked her.

Bella smiled and I liked it. This was going to be bloody. It was what I had been waiting for. And It was good to have someone by my side who understood.

"Jasper and I are going to walk up to the front door, ring the bell, and then say hello to whoever answers," Bella said. "Simple."

Rosalie looked at the two of us and then said, "Simple? Yeah right. You two fuckers are perfect for each other. You're both crazy."

Charlie shook his head. "Banner will be coming with a team. FBI wants in on this. So he will be here in all his glory."

"Good," Bella said. "Jasper and I want to talk to him too."

I smiled at how involved I was in this equation.

We got into Charlie's black SUV. Rosalie was driving and Charlie was in the back with me. "What do you got?" he asked, pertaining to weapons.

I showed him my two glocks. He gave me ammunition. "You'll need something with more of a bang though. I got it covered in the back. Now I don't exactly feel good about giving you a weapon, seeing as you are a criminal, but these are my daughters. So you understand, right?"

"Yeah."

I did. Charlie should have arrested me on the spot as soon as the shooting stopped at the warehouse. I should be heading to jail right now. Not to avenge my pop's death. But here I was, walking into what would be the fight of my life and Charlie entrusted me to help him make sure his daughters survived this assault.

"Where are we going?" Charlie asked.

I recognized where so I answered, "To where Aro views as the king's castle. Where he can hide an army. My penthouse." I looked at Bella in the mirror. Her eyes were on me. "You know there will be men on almost every floor, right?"

She nodded.

"It won't be a few," I pointed out. "Aro gathered a lot of traitors for his cause."

"I realize that," Bella said coolly. "Are you scared?"

I smiled at her. "Just getting you ready for the fun."

"Both of you need to be psych evaluated," Rosalie said to Bella and me.

Charlie chuckled. "Maybe later they will, baby girl."

Bella smirked at her Dad and sister and then looked out her window. She removed her seatbelt and asked Charlie for weapons. He passed two nine millimeters, a .38 revolver, a 22 mini handgun which Bella pushed in her boot. He also gave her two hunter knives that she pushed into the places for them on her body holster. Finally, he gave her a semi automatic and ammunition.

"Is that enough?" I asked them.

Bella laughed. It was genuine and a little unhinged. "The rocket launcher went with Rosalie's outfit more than mine. Besides I need to stay mobile. You'll see why."

Remembering how fast she tend to move both in Mexico and the times I have seen her in action since she came back in my life, I got why she wanted mostly handguns instead of high powered weapons. Those she would steal from a victim in there.

A Ducati motorcycle rode up next to us as we raced down the highway getting closer to my home. The rider stayed in line with our SUV. The person looked too huge to be on the bike, but they were dodging it in and out of other passing vehicles like nothing.

"My ride is here," Bella said. "Ready for it, Rosie?"

"I got you, Honey Bee," Rosalie said before I watched my girlfriend open the door and the bike came closer and Bella jumped on the back. The door stayed open while we thundered down the highway. The rider moved to get off the bike and Bella took over as soon as the huge person jumped into our SUV. Bella lagged the bike a little so she would be in line with me in the backseat. I pulled the window down and she smiled at me. It said everything. I love you. See you there. Be careful. Get ready.

Bella revved her engine and went up to the front while I pulled my window back up. Jake, who now took Bella's place in the passenger's seat, took off the helmet and gave it to her before closing his door. I watched as she pulled it on her head and then sped off ahead of us. Rosalie stepped on it, keeping up with Bella.

"They're amazing, aren't they?" Charlie said like a proud papa. "At first I was scared when they wanted to join me in the service and I'm still terrified but I've got some fucking awesome kids, don't I?"

"You do," I said in amazement as I watched the woman who held my heart, and the only one who ever will, speed down the road ready to lead us into the final battle.

Once we were near my building, Rosalie stopped the truck and Charlie and I got out. I was told what to do. It would be my role until I could get in the building. Bella and I would be ending this, but she was taking the lead. I would be helping her from a vantage point with her dad since I had experience with snipers. Charlie said he didn't want to know why. I wasn't about to tell him either unless I was under oath in a fucking court room.

We would be taking up position on the roof of the building across from mine in my final act alongside Charlie before Rosalie took my place.

Charlie said CIA and FBI and even cops have used it before to try and run surveillance on me. But my penthouse was too high for them to see directly into since my building was taller than this one. But right now it would serve us good to keep the heat off Bella. We could kill whoever tried to hurt her on the floors leading up to my penthouse. Jake would be heading into the line of fire with her.

Rosalie would take my position after she helped Bella make an entrance. I didn't know how she was going to help Bella though.

Then I found out when Charlie and I took our first position. We all had earpieces so I had no problem listening on what was being said between them. Fox One was Charlie. Fox two was Rosalie and Honey Bee was Bella. Lone Wolf was Jacob Black and I was Ghost.

Bella was talking to Rosalie, telling her to take the shot.

"Fox two, take it!" Bella shouted.

"Got it, Honey Bee!" Rosalie said and then they lit up the fucking parking garage.

Apparently, Bella wasn't joking about the rocket launcher because Rosalie just took a shot with it sending it flying right into the parking garage.

"Lone Wolf, get with Honey Bee!" Charlie said.

I watched through the scope of my weapon while pushing my jealousy aside as Bella picked up Jake and they rode into the building. Right into the fucking flames!

"Get ready, Ghost!" Bella said to me.

"Got you." I answered.

I couldn't believe I was doing this. I felt like I was on an operation or mission or whatever Bella and her little crime fighting family called this instead of barging in there and just shooting motherfuckers. But I flipped on my thermal scope on the .50 caliber sniper I was steadying and took aim. Charlie acted as my spotter since the range on my weapon was greater than his at the moment.

"Ready," he said. "Fire."