It was almost instant. The moment my mate and her new pets came out of the house, the group of vampires broke the tree line. I found myself once again not envying Jasper when certain people came into view. The shock that had to have shot through the Italians at seeing a few of theirs standing opposite them had to be low blow. I glanced at Aro and the look on his face was one of absolute murder. I don't think there was ever a time in his very long life that he has been that pissed off.

Of course, mutiny never bodes well for the stupid bastards.

Edward and Alice stood at the head of the masses, Carlisle and Esme to one side and Maria and Rosalie on the other side with looks of contempt and amusement on their faces. It was gonna be a fucking blast wiping those looks off here in a minute.

Aro snarled a little but made no moves as to attack out of the blind rage he was feeling. One does not run an entire race by letting emotions cloud his judgment. But he was pissed as all fuck.

I grabbed the scruff of the closest wolf that my mate adopted and pulled his head down to mine, "You stick close to my mate, yeah?"

Paul looked at me out of the corner of his eye and gave me a little nod before looking at Jared and barking at him, getting a sharp nod in return.

I then looked at my mate but she only seemed to have eyes for Edward. They were completely black orbs, no white to be found. Her lips were pulled from her teeth and there was a growl in her chest that made her nearly vibrate from the sheer strength of it. Behind her glossy eyes I saw memory after memory fly through them, every one stronger and every one pissing her off more as she watched them play over and over. She never told me what was resurfaced before and I never asked. I knew they were bad and that was all I needed to know.

If asked ten years from now what happened, I would never be able to tell anyone how we went from a stare down to war. One minute we were standing opposite each other and the next screams and ripping flesh rose up and gripped my ears.

There was also a certain understanding as to who was off limits and who was not. Jasper was clearly entitled to ending Maria as she was the one that tried to end him. Aro and his guards were clearly entitled to killing the ones of their own ranks. And Izzy was tunnel vision in her pursuit to getting her hands on Edward. I kept her in my line of sight for a time, keeping tabs on her and what she was doing.

She took every cut, every bite and gave it right back to anyone that was stupid enough to get in her way. Her two pets were right on her tail, covering her from behind and the sides as she forced her way through the throngs of newborns and century old bastards that chose the wrong side of the field. The difference between her and those that stood against her was she was well fed, they were not. She was barely two full months old and as such, was nearly unmatched in strength. Once I was positive that she was going to be fine, I turned my sights on the Cullen Elder who had set all this bullshit in motions years ago.

Taking the path of least resistance, I lept into the air, going over everyone in my way, landing in a crouch feet in front of my pray. Looking up at him from my position, I bared my teeth at him, relishing in the sight of the spark of fear in his eyes. I stood slowly as his hands came up in front of him and he took a half step back.

"Now, there must be a way to work out this little misunderstanding"

I growled at him and nodded my head, "there sure is, and it ends with you and your coven ashed."

Carlisle looked around him, looking for anyone that was stupid enough to get between us. When he saw no one coming to his aid, he turned back to me, "Now..."

I snapped my teeth at him, "time to die."

I shot from my spot and the fight was on.

IPOV

This was so much different than Mexico. These fuckers were so much more bitey than I was used to but I was numb to it, I didn't feel it. Teeth and claws tore at my skin as I ripped everyone in my path apart. This was it, the moment I have been waiting for, the vindication I needed to feel whole once again. Everything I remembered and everything that was still out of my grasp told me that this was right, that this was what I was looking for as I scoured the globe as a human. Now, I was finally able to get my revenge on the piece of shit that took everything and everyone from me. Peter blamed Carlisle, I blamed Edward and he would pay. If I died today, it would be alright with me as long as HE WENT FIRST.

It was like Moses came back from the dead and parted the seas because where I couldn't see, there he was. With a snarl, I called out, "Paul!" There was an answering bark before my foot came down on his nose and with a toss of his head, I was soaring over the distance that separated us. Turning a flip in the air, I dove to the ground and hit my target as he tried to dodge the bullet that was aimed for his chest.

I collided with him and we slammed into the ground with earth shattering impact. We bounced and tumbled about, all teeth and claws, tearing at each other, ripping bits and chunks of flesh from the other. I dug my foot into the earth and stopped my movement while he slid along a few more feet before he rolled out and to his feet.

I bared my teeth and snarled, "You son of a bitch. I have but one thing to say to you before I send you to hell to dance in the fire with Satan. It was because YOU were weak, because YOU were NOTHING, because YOU were not good enough that YOU are going to die today. I have made my peace with the devil, time for you to do the same."

He actually had the balls to smirk at me, a slight chuckle in his throat, "You're just a girl. You can't do shit on your own."

I smirked, "that a fact? Then tell me why I am whole, and you're not."

He blinked before looking away from me. Idiot; rule number one, never turn your back on your enemy.

Growling again, I dove at him again, taking him back to his back about the same time my puppies got to us and ran interference on the little fuckers that wanted a piece of me. They would have their turn, but not until this mother fucker was nothing but dust in the wind.

Once again we were tearing at each other as the scent of burning venom reached my nose. I sent a quick prayer that none of the firewood was Peter before giving myself completely over to the fight I was locked in.

We tore each other to shreds but I was better trained than he was, used to fighting dirty and with missing body parts. He apparently, was not. I felt the heat from the flames and found myself just wanting this to end so I used my newborn strength to my advantage. Pulling away from him, I grabbed him by the hair on the top of his head and with everything I had, pulled my arm back and punched in right in the fucking nose, letting go of his hair and watched him fly... right into the wall of flames.

I stood there panting for unneeded breath for a moment, a smile coming to my face as his screams reached my ears. I held the stump I hit him with to my chest a for a second as I basked in the glory of my kill before darting back into the fray, bending down and grabbing my hand on my way, and reattaching it as I ran. There was a little pixy that I still needed to deal with before I could finally be at peace.

Sadly, my new doggies took her out as she tried to save Edward. Oh well, I guess I did promise them they could kill whoever they wanted once we got back

PPOV

Looking over my property less than an hour later, I had my arms crossed as they twitched from the new bite marks that littered my skin, a sour look on my face. I already planned on the guest house getting knocked down but the main house... not so fucking much.

I glanced over my shoulder where my mate was waiting for her right forearm to reattach, giggling with her pets and having a drink. For as much as she got fucked up and for as much pain as I knew she was in having had those kind of injuries before, she was a happy little bitch. That was one thing I absolutely loved about her, she never really let anything get to her anymore. She got what she wanted and she was the one that made it happen. She got her revenge and she was elated by it. She made a few new friends that seemed to no longer mind the scent of a vampire, at least not her anyways, and from the sounds of it, she really wanted to keep them.

Sorry Sugar, ain't gonna happen.

For the odds we faced, we only lost one person on our side and I cannot say I was really all that surprised. Santiago was a little bitch, as I have said before, so I ain't gonna mourn him and can't actually think of anyone that will.

Turning back to my house, I glared a little more and growled slightly. It was gonna take me FOREVER to fix this.

"It is just a house, Captain. It can be fixed."

I grunted, "I am aware. That does not, however, take away the irritation of having to fix it, Aro." Shaking my head, I dropped it back on my shoulders and glared at the sky, "I knew this shit was gonna happen."

He chuckled as he came to stand next to me, "than you should not be surprised by it."

I glared at him out of the corner of my eye, "talking to me in logical terms... not a wise move at the moment."

"Oh, get over it, Petey." I looked at my mate that was still holding her arm in place, and cocked a brow at her. She just cocked one back, "which is more important, your house being in more than one piece" then she lifted her arm, "or me being in more than one piece? It's a fucking house, get over it."

I narrowed my eyes at her and she gave me the finger before turning back to her conversation like none of that ever happened. Giving my head a small shake, I looked back at Aro, "so, you heading home?"

He scratched his temple and shrugged, "I do not know, actually. Seeing one too many of my guards on the field today, I am uncertain if I want to go home before I have a plan in place of weeding out those that might get it in their heads to do this in Italy. Perhaps it is time for an extended vacation."

I snorted, "sounds like a fucking plan." Then I smirked a little, "I hear there is a nice little island that just came on the market. Might be worth checking out."

He snorted hard, "perhaps you are right about that."

With one more look at my house, I sighed before turning to the crowd that was lounging around, "Alright, we got twenty minutes to get this shit cleaned up before the humans show up because of the smoke. Let's get that done and get the fuck out of here."

Fifteen minutes later, we were off the property just as the sounds of sirens could be heard in the distance.