"Back away, Esme"! Carlisle growled at his former wife with black eyes and teeth bared. In the two seconds Bella took to process her arrival, Carlisle had flitted in front of his mate hunched forward. Usually, Bella would've tried to compel him to stop such a display, however, she thought it would be in her best interest to not interfere with Carlisle and Esme.

Rage splintered about on Esme's face as she absorbed the scene before her. Her beloved Carlisle was passionately kissing Edward's claim. He should not be doing this, Esme thought. The human belonged to Edward, and even if he was no longer here, it did seem wrong to covet his coven member's claim.

"Carlisle", she spat his name as if it were venom on her tongue. Why her? It could have been anyone but her, and it would have been fixable. But this little human had burrowed her way through this coven and polluted it's members as if she were an infection.

Esme looked to Bella, observing her creamy smooth skin, full breasts, and large doe eyes. She looked like a little doll; completely innocent, the exception being the second heartbeat emanating from her torso. A variety of emotions passed through Esme's face in quick succession after she realized what that second beat meant.

Disbelief, horror, sadness, envy, and finally rage. "You whore" Esme cried, walking quickly towards the young woman while raising her palm in an attempt to give her one blow. Carlisle beat her to it, blocking Esme's path by grabbing her arm and twisting around her back while simultaneously pulling her hair back and kicking the back of her knee to let her submit.

Esme gasped in pain. She may have expected some resistance but nothing like this; Carlisle had always been gentle in everything he did, but not now. Carlisle pulled her hair back harshly, pulling the strands from her scalp as he exposed her neck. "Mine", Carlisle's growl shook the floor as he pulled on her hair harder, causing micro-fissures in Esme's forehead.

"STOP," she screeched in pain, trying desperately to break from Carlisle's hold, who was now oblivious to the racing heartbeat in the room.

Esme glared at Bella with dark eyes as she tried to lunge forward again, only to have her arm twisted with a shattering crack that nearly deafened all in the room. Bella observed the two in horror. She thought Carlisle was different, more human. But now, seeing him in all his fury, reminded her of Him.

"Stay away from my mate!" Carlisle snarled as venom seeped from his mouth and onto Esme's clavicle as his mouth inched closer to her jugular.

Bella gasped, almost as if she had lost all the air in her lungs and had to replenish it. His mate? His mate? The relief that should have flooded through her was replaced with a cold chill. Was he like Him? She pondered to herself as uncertainty twisted the connection she had for him in her heart. He certainly looked like Him, the voice pointed out Carlisle's snarling form.

No, Bella thought as she began to tense and shake frantically. It can not happen again. Please, God, stop. Just make it stop, Bella thought to herself as tears started flooding her vision. Mates? She questioned again as she hesitantly felt her feet hit the floor.

He can't be. Is this some kind of joke? She had to admit that she undeniably was attracted to Carlisle in every way, but this could not be right. He was His father. He was so much older. He was married. And look, he's obsessed, the voice hissed into Bella's head, just like Edward.

It was too much, Bella leaped from his bed and ran past the both of them, ignoring Esme's chuckles, Carlisle's yells, and the burning reminder He left between her legs as she slammed the door to her bedroom.

"Bella!" Carlisle yelled as he knocked quite forcefully on Bella's door, knocking off paint chips and leaving cracks. He could not help it, he was desperate for her, and she had found out that they were mates in truly the worst way possible.

"Go away!" Bella screamed as her heart pounded in her chest. He's going to break in, the voice cried. He's going to rape you just like Edward did. They're all the same, a family of liars. Goo! She screamed so loudly, it hurt her throat.

The knocking ceased then as Bella crumpled into a shaking and crying ball onto her bedroom floor. Her only relief being the footsteps she heard walking away from her. "Ow," she sobbed feeling the pain in her chest the further those footsteps sounded. Carlisle, she thought to herself as she felt her baby toss and turn inside of her, seemingly able to feel his mother's distress.


Carlisle

I nearly stomped into my bedroom to confront Esme after hearing Bella breakdown. Had I scared her that severely? I listened intently to hear her sobs and her racing heart rate. Oh, how I wanted to hold her and tell her everything was alright. Whatever this was, we'd face this together.

As mates, my beast thought wistfully. Unlikely, I thought in frustration, not after Esme, I thought as I pushed the door to my bedroom open roughly, nearly slamming the door so hard into the wall it left a dent.

Esme lay in my bed completely nude, smiling at me devilishly as she opened her legs widely as to make me smell her arousal. "Ugh," I groaned in disgust as she smelled her sickly scent. Had she always made me feel so disgusted? "Carlisle", she cooed to me as I felt myself be pushed onto the bed and Esme straddle me.

"Ugh", I groaned again in disgust as I pushed Esme off me and onto the floor.

"Have you gone mad, woman?"

I yelled at her, letting in a tinge of my British accent seep in as I berated her. Usually, I would never ever do such a thing, but this jezebel was compromising my relationship with my mate.

"Me?" Esme shouted, now standing and pointing to herself while she stared at me wide-eyed and stark naked. "You are the one who chose a child, a claimed child over me. And what the hell is that growing in her stomach! Please tell me it isn't yours."

"You watch your tongue", I hissed as her eyes turned to slits and she stepped towards me ever so slightly.

"Watch it, Esmerelda, we've lost more than a few members of this family. I would not want the children to lose more", I warned her darkly. She halted her movement and took a hesitant step back before covering her breasts with her forearms poorly. She directed her eyes to the ground, and if she were human, I'm sure she would have blushed.

I clenched my jaw, partially in shame of myself and partially to prevent myself from yelling at her further.

"Here", I said begrudgingly as I flitted to get her a sheet to cover herself.

"Thank you", she murmured with her eyes still avoiding mine.

"You are welcome Esme," I said in a slightly softer tone. "You are welcome to stay, only because of our history and the children, but I expect there to be no more outbursts. And so help me, if you so much as touch a hair on Bella's head-"

I walked straight up to her briskly, so close that our chests were nearly touching when I used my index fingers to bring her head up so she could look into my eyes.

"I will kill you where you stand."