Here's what happened to Bella during the commotion with Alice. This gets dicey for a moment, but fear not, she won't be harmed.

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Chapter 47

Isabella heard the gasps and shouting on the other end of the Great Hall and went to investigate but Carlisle stopped her.

"Stay here and I will see what is going on. I'm sure it is nothing."

Isabella waited a moment before a servant approached her, "Your Majesty, the king ordered me to escort you to your chambers. They've caught one of your step-father's men and he wanted the comfort of knowing you were safe."

"Yes, of course," Isabella responded. She allowed the man to walk her to her chamber and as soon as the door was closed, he barred the door.

Isabella moved around the room, lighting candles when the bang of shutters hitting the stone walls startled her.

"No need to worry, it is only me," Phillip crooned.

"What are you doing here? Edward and I are married, you have lost." Isabella growled at the former king.

"If my man was successful, your boy king is dead, and after a brief mourning period so as not to arouse suspicion from Masen, you will agree to marry me and end the threat of retaliation."

"You are mad, what makes you think that I would choose you? You tried to force my hand and you failed," Isabella continued.

She ran to the door but was thwarted by the fact that it was locked from the outside. "My flaw was trying to make you love me. Such a foolish mistake. All I need is two things, the threat of violence against those you love most, and a better use of my powers. You needn't love me, but I will make you lust after me so profoundly that you would mount me in the Great Hall."

"No," she gasped. It began as the smallest tingling along her skin, before it settled low in her belly. Isabella fought with everything within her but as Phillip touched the bare flesh of her shoulders, her resolve slowly crumbled. Silent tears fell as her heart and mind warred with her body until the pounding on the door stopped the pair.

"Isabella!" Edward cried through the heavy wood.

"Damn fool," Phillip muttered. "You have won today, but I will be back to claim what is mine."

Isabella fell forward as a powerful gust of wind blew out the candles in the room, leaving her alone as the doors fell open.