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Sam POV

For a few minutes, while we stood in silence in front of two of the oldest vampires in existence, I was convinced Jacob and I were going to die. The look on both of their faces said loud and clear that they wanted us both dead, for no other reason than that we existed.

I couldn't help letting out an audible sigh of relief when we exited the city. I wasn't entirely confident they bought our ruse, but it was done. All we could do now was wait to see what happens. With any luck, Ally would be calling someone in the family to tell us Aro was forcing her and Marcus to separate. To tell us she was being cast out of the Volturi. To tell us she was coming home.

Both of our minds were fairly silent as we ran back to the camp, finding three very anxious packmates who were overjoyed to see us both still alive, when we arrived.

"Did it work?" Seth asked.

Jacob shrugged. "Difficult to say. Those damn ancient bloodsuckers were impossible to read. We can only wait now for a reaction from Ally when she gets home. She should be getting back from her honeymoon in a few hours, according to what Esme was telling Nessie."

As if knowing we was talking about her, Jake's phone rang, displaying Nessie's name.

He smiled, answering it quickly. "Well, hey babe. I was just thinking about you."

The phone was not on speaker, but with our overly sensitive hearing and the fact that Nessie was yelling, we could all hear the conversation.

"Do you mind telling me why your phone GPS is currently saying you're in Italy?" She said, none too happily. Jacob cursed under my breath. Apparently, he had completely forgotten about the GPS trackers all of us had on our phones.

"I'm getting our daughter back." He replied confidently.

"What did you do, Jacob?" Came a distressed male voice. It sounded like Edward.

Jake proceeded to explain his plan to Edward, Nessie and anyone else who was listening in on the conversation. I'd guess, at the very least, Bella. I heard Edward curse, then yell over to Bella, telling her that Carlisle and Esme were still out of the country and for her to call them.

"Do you have any idea what you've done?" Edward said, not yelling, but angry all the same. "Did you know that Marcus was married once before, to Aro's sister? According to Carlisle, they had planned to leave the Volturi and live a quiet life together. Two days later, Aro's sister was killed. There is no evidence that Aro was responsible, but it was common knowledge that Aro valued Marcus for his gifts far more than he valued his sister and he's the kind of vampire who will do anything to hold onto his power. If he could have had his own sister killed, just to prevent Marcus from leaving the Voturi, what do you think he'd do to Ally?"

Jake drop the phone, but Seth was close enough to catch it before it hit the ground. I motioned for Seth to hand the phone to me and he did without argument.

"Edward, this is Sam. Are you saying that Aro might simply kill Ally to prevent Marcus from leaving the Volturi?" I prayed that I had heard him wrong.

"That is exactly what I'm saying." He stated. I switch the phone to speaker, so Jacob could hear. I could hear Bella talking in the background. "They Volturi don't just let members of their coven come and go as they please. Every member has a value to Aro and he'd rather they die than take the chance they could fight against them or, in Ally's case, rejoin Carlisle's family"

Bella's voice came on the line. "I talked with Carlisle. He and Esme are running back to Volterra, but he said it would probably be at least six or seven hours before they can get there, even at top speed."

"Is there anything we can do?" I asked.

"If you go back to Volterra and confess that you lied to Aro, he'd have all of you killed and might even send a force to La Push, to exterminate the entire pack. He doesn't like being lied to and Caius has a notorious hatred for werewolves. Give them any excuse to kill you all and I'm almost positive they will take it. I'm afraid the only thing you can do is wait and pray that Carlisle get's there in time to stop Aro from doing anything rash."

There was a long pause. Jake was obviously in shock, saying nothing. If it didn't mean a possible death sentence to the entire pack, even our families back home, I'd be forcing Jake to run back to Volterra and confess his deception. As it was, I wasn't willing to risk everyone in La Push, just for Ally's life. As much as it pained me to admit it.

"You just sentenced our daughter to death." Nessie stated, hanging up the phone before Jake could respond.

To Be Continued...