Tanya's POV
I wanted this to be a prank. I wanted to say 'Gotcha'!' and everything would go back to normal.
"Your sister?" Bella asked in disbelief. Her fearful eyes darted between us.
"M'hm-" I hummed softly. She turned back to Sulpicia and Sulpicia was staring at us. The seeds of sadness already working on her face and I shift uncomfortably. I put my gun down and began walking towards Bella but she held close to her children and backed away from me.
"Tell me what is going on!" She cried.
"Bella, the Denali's and the Volturi's have been enemies since Vladimir stole Charlotte Herbert from my father. Charlotte as you know is Aro's mother but she was never in love with Vladimir. Father loved Charlotte and she loved him, they were childhood sweethearts. She came to Italy, just as Sulpicia did, to study and Vladimir became obsessed with her and he forced her to marry him. If she did not, he would have killed her; there are letters from Charlotte to my father. Charlotte had a miserable existence here. When my father first came to the manor, he and Vladimir got into a huge fight. Charlotte tried to escape, leaving her four sons here, but Vladimir caught up with them and shot my father in the knee and took Charlotte. Charlotte had her last child here in the manor, a baby girl, she named Didyme but the baby didn't make it pass her second winter and Charlotte, stricken with grief, went crazy and Vladimir locked her up in the attic until she tried to kill herself. Father, angry and vengeful, has tried countless times to destroy the Volturi but to no avail and Sulpicia…our sister, went to Italy. Aro didn't know her last name but Vladimir did…and we believe he drove Sulpicia to do drugs, punishing her, turning her against her own husband and children. Vladimir blackmailed my family and we couldn't accept Sulpicia back into our family and we had to turn away from her. Leaving her alone…abandoning her and I swore that we would bring the Volturi down-"
"Even if it meant hurting me?" Bella asked. I looked over to Irina and I felt guilty. Bella didn't understand, she was innocent, she knew nothing of the secrets imbued in these grand walls, "I love him…I love his children, even the one that's growing inside of me. You have a bone to pick with Vladimir. Aro and the rest of them, these children…have nothing to do with this."
"Bella…" I reached for her but she jerked away.
"Do what you need to do to Vladimir but you keep Aro, his brothers, their families and my family out of this. I'll talk to Aro and his brothers when they get back." She assured.
"It won't work. There are always two sides of the story. The only ones alive are my father and Vladimir and they are consumed by hatred that their own stories have twisted. It won't work. Bella please…I care about you too much to do this but it has to be done. They need a reality check." I snapped my fingers and Sulpicia pounced on Bella and Alice and Jane screamed. My sister and Garrett dragged Bella away from them and the ruckus caused Chelsea, the maid to burst through the door and began to shoot, her bullets smooth and nearly missing her target, which was me. I felt the wind of the bullet cut my cheek and shatter the window, the alarms going off. I looked around and saw Garrett struggling to hold Bella and she kicked him in the shins. He yelped and let go and she brought her heel down on his foot. He cried out again and she ran toward Sulpicia and I was brought down by Chelsea, her fist raised and she lowered it, pain blossomed on my cheek and we began fighting. A scream and we were distracted; our eyes darted to Bella, she was looking down and blood was pooling to the floor at her feet.
"MY BABY!" She screamed.
Aro's POV
I looked at them, rage overcoming me, tears welling in my eyes, but I wanted to kill them. Tanya, Irina, Sulpicia, and some asshole who calls himself Garrett, I wanted their heads on a platter.
"You want the code?" I asked them, my voice shaking, the room vibrated and there was silence except for the whimpers of Edward, Alice, and Jane. Esme cooed at them, shushing them, comforting them, while Carlisle, Athendora, and Heidi were at the hospital with my wife, Bella…my sweet innocent Bella. Marcus, Caius, Felix, and Demetri flanked me, ready to hold me back…Tanya sobbed loudly and I grabbed a piece of paper and pen and wrote down the code, I tore the paper from the pad and threw it at her and she shook her head.
"My wife, your best friend, the one you claim as a sister to you is at the hospital getting our dead baby removed from her body and you're not going to take the code?" I laughed insanely and brought my fist down on my desk, causing a rupture of tears from my youngest. "And you…" I pointed to Sulpicia, silent tears rolled down her face and she stared at me head on, "I told you to never show your face around here again."
"I'm sor-"
"SHUT UP!" I screamed. I walked around the desk slowly, running my fingers along the edges of my desk. I stopped in front of them and sat on my desk, staring at them, their runny noses, their red faces…they all pissed me off. "Here's what is going to happen to you. You're going to leave this manor and you are never to come back, not even to plead for forgiveness. I'm not going to allow Felix to put a bullet in your skulls but he is ordered to if he ever sees you near the gates of this manor after today. My wife is no longer your friend. But I'm sure you saw that coming. It was you that cause our baby to die before it even took its first breaths. I stand by my word; you will be able to keep the Denali mansion, your possessions and a monthly allowance for food, clothing, and bills, personal and medical care. The Volturi family is now in charge of the Denali estate and financial stocks and bonds, savings, benefits, and any contributions that have been made. There is no more Denali Archeology Sciences Museum and you all will now work for the Volturi family or you can always find a minimum wage job because I made sure no company will ever hire you." Irina sobbed and latched onto Tanya and they both cried. "Leave my sight."
She looked fragile, curled on her side like that. Carlisle says that she was hysterical and they had to give her a couple of sleeping pills to calm her down. Her arms were wrapped around her stomach, protecting it and she frowned in her sleep.
"She's been sleeping for a couple of hours." Carlisle explained softly, "You can actually take her home now, if you want. They say she'll sleep through the night. Esme, Athendora, and Heidi will take the children to stay with them for a couple of days." I said nothing but continued to watch my small wife sleep. I rubbed my eyes, exhaustion wearing down and I sighed.
"Will she be able to have another?" I asked.
"Yeah, she wasn't too far along to have the miscarriage do any damage. Just after her first normal menstrual flow, you two can get to work in giving me more nieces and nephews." Carlisle chuckled lightly. I snorted and slid my fingers to join with Bella's. She entwined them and squeezed them, her eyes never opening.
"It's going to be okay…right?" I asked Carlisle.
"Right."
How about a time skip for the next chapter…like a few months?
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