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Chapter 53
The Crescendo Part III
Marcus stood erect, "Go and get your wife, I am sure your Master, will want to know why she suddenly forgot the "protocol." I do not spare your life Felix, until another time, perhaps."
Marcus stood and surveyed the damage he had inflicted, how Esme managed to save two lives, out of the ruins, when he heard a familiar voice say, "we can start again, can we not? My sister so serene, like the goddesses of the ancient times, more than beautiful. I was more than honored to give her to you." In a split second he was in Aro's face, he held him by his hair, and gripped him tight around this throat, Aro could only say, "spare my innocent Isabela." Marcus was low to his ear and whispered, "now brother, you are to be assassinated, Sulpicia, and Isabela, will die this day with you. Alicia, Rosalia they are gone, I spared the lives of their mates, but I am apologetic for Isabela, for I was fond of her myself." "NO, Marcus," Esme screamed, "you promised me nothing would happen to our daughters, you swore you would protect them, please! Esme, was on her knees, begging for the life of Bella, the mother her grandchild.
Once again Marcus stood at the crossroads with Esme, not sure of where to turn. To murder, Isabela, was what was required, she was to face death for the death of his beloved. It would cut like a knife through Aro, he only had to look into Esme eye's he knew the answer. Aro's death would mean nothing, soon his recruits would be here. However his empire would not be rebuilt that quickly. On this day, he relieved Aro of some of the most powerful people in his clan.
Slowly he released Aro, he then said, "the guards in your house are dead, all that remains is Felix. Caius, took my kind offer and left with his bounty. Alec and Demetri have committed treason, they refused to fight me to the death, they took their mates with them, your new recruits will be here soon, I am leaving never to return, my mate I am returning her to her former clan."
He watched Aro's face fall a thousand feet, after these thousands of years he saw him in a different light. For the first time in Aro's life he could not see past tomorrow. He would have raw recruits coming in and no one to train them. He put too much faith in his own system, he was a fallen man. Disgusted, Marcus took his leave of him.
He then told Esme they were leaving, he calmly told her that he would be taking her back to Carlisle. She replied, "no you will not!" Marcus said, "Esme, do you not see?" You were given to me as a gift from Aro, he tricked the both of us." Esme said to him, "yes I am sure my former husband's new wife, is going to enjoy my arrival, look Marcus you will just go back to the way you were uncontent, with no solace, I will do my best, but I am not going back to Carlisle, because he has a new life with a new mate." His look was stern, after all of the commotion, Esme was not sure she said the right thing at the moment. "Very well, do not look back lest we be turned into pillars of salt," he said to her disdainfully."