A/N: Congratulations to Together25x3 for being this story's 400th reviewer and 'My Death Will Be My Revenge' passed 50,000 hits xx Alexis

As it turns out we are the only two going home at the moment. Jasper and Abriel are heading to Florence to sort out some of her affairs there and Char and Garrett are doing Europe as they say. I promised to supervise the arrival of the things we sent home and I was really looking forward to so quiet time with Peter. Edward can stew for a while longer; they were one of the many who watched the trial. So I imagine he's crapping himself about now. If our coven could take down Aro Volturi, then he was small potatoes, well, everyone but him thinks so.

I want to start my courses on restoration I'm not cheating, I will do them properly. The only lie is what qualifications I had already. I just found out what I needed to have, got fake up passes and will do them at speed at home. So technically I will have the right qualifications just not in the right order. Then eventually the fakes will disappear, Emmett said he'd help with that when the time came. The two of them decided to stay in Volterra for a while because there is so much needing to be revamped. Emmett's words, not mine! Rose is going to help the wives get ready for the outside world.

We've gained some friends, Heidi and the two remaining brothers. Caius, it appears won't have to worry about the placement of Gianna's sire bite as she's his true mate. She woke up needing his undivided attention due to being a succubus; luckily the Denali's were still there to give him a few pointers. True succubae need blood and venom, to begin with, as in blood play and Caius is down for that. Dora is keeping well out of her way as they can be very territorial with their mates. She has no problem with Heidi, but then she's a siren and everyone is drawn to her, except Renata and me, both of us shields.

Peter has got a lot of work to do when we return too, everyone wanted their cars overhauled by him and Demetri has a collection of classics. They probably don't need much but tuning up he thinks. So we will both be busy for a while, but we will also be spending serious quality time together. I put everyone's thing away in their sections and sort out our as well, adding the books to the library for us to read at our leisure. I was just happy to be chilling out with nothing to worry me for now. Well, before I start my online classes, they are from three different Universities and Colleges.

I was just taking each day as it came and had decided it was time to top up our tans when Peter rushed into the room. He looked pissed off, to be frank, and I held my breath. Knowing right off something I didn't want to know, was about to come out of his mouth.

"I'm sorry suga'! I just got a flash but we're about to be investigated by your old bosses. Someone's made allegations of fraud against you" he explains,

"What? Why? I haven't been on their radar for months, what kind of fraud?" I huff,

"Someone has set them on you, I don't know who, yet. Makin' them think you aren't injured or unfit. So startin' tomorrow they will do some long-distance recognisance on you for a couple of days. Then your old boss will appear to chat with you or arrest you if their findin's tally with the report" he says shaking his head,

"Well thank god I was setting up our tanning stuff and I'll have to limp everywhere while they watch us," I say trying to work out who would do this,

"I get a sense of this being sour grapes! Who do we know that behaves that childishly?" Peter says raising his eyebrow,

"He wouldn't be that stupid, would he? Even if I was taken you would kill him! Is he that naive, that petty and think that would save him? What on earth was he think setting the CIA on a vampire?" I ask growling at the thought,

"Oh, I don't think he thinks at all!"Peter sniggers,

"Well, he just brought his demise forward by a couple of years!" I retort and then we both burst out laughing at Edward's stupidity,

I was both angry with the child and totally gobsmacked! Surely Carlisle can't know because I doubt he's that stupid too. Christ, I hope not! The problem with Edward is he only thinks about what he will do, never how the other person will react. It's as if he's oblivious to free will! The whole of his life is a one-sided conversation in his head and he expects everyone to do as he thinks they will, even though they have no idea what that is! We let the other's know and Jasper mentions it to Emmett, he confirms that no matter how stupid the plan is.

Carlisle will let Edward do it, just for peace from his incessant whining. Jesus, what a way to run a coven, how the hell did Jasper stand it? Okay, we'd better put on a good show for the CIA, first to start talking like a human again. I want them gone from my life. Then it will be time to pay Edward a little visit, his last one ever! How he survived for this long defies logic, the last fifty years was because of Jasper's reputation, not that he lived up to it then. But before that, well I assume Carlisle money was what saved the fool, but I don't need his money and I'm going to put an end to the child once and for all!

OTITRM

There are a couple of safe places in the house where they won't be able to see us and we would be making sure they didn't get close enough to plant any devices. Luckily for us, we can hear those high-frequency bugs. I can't afford to shield us either, as that blocks sound and they need to be able to hear us if they deploy drones. I don't like feeling like the type of criminal I use to spy on, but it will not be for long. We'll have to use our sign language and remember to shut the drapes. Joint showers will be a necessity too, so we can discuss any plans.

We had already beefed up our security, well jasper did. One that they won't be aware they've triggered, but we will. I'm going to pretend to not notice for a day and a night, then I'm going to start making comments to Peter. That will bring Mr Anderson here quicker. So I limp around the house and let them see me doing muscle-building exercises too. We had to rush out and buy food after he told me, so they would see me cooking for him. If I'm outside, Peter piggybacks me to the barns etc. We just act like ourselves but slower and talk to the others on the phone.

Me bemoaning not being able to join them in Italy, due to starting my courses. During the first day, I see a glint of light hitting a lens, shoddy, very shoddy! Peter actually spots the drone, but humans wouldn't see it. So we just pretend it's not up above us. We start to get a little hot and heavy and retreat to the bedroom and shut the blinds. Here we can sign and make plans to out them. I'm going to pretend to argue with him that it's not some rodent that's set off the silent alarm and I think someone is out there. That will get them running around to find it.

But for now, we act like a normal slightly boring couple, eating, reading sleeping, rinse and repeat. I occasionally stare out the window scanning the horizon, pretending to not know exactly where they were. By the time nightfall came, I was more than ready to have this over and done with.

"Peter? Why didn't you tell me the silent alarm was triggered earlier?" I ask with a serious tone,

"Relax suga', it's probably rodents! They are a damned nuisance, I told Jasper that when he rigged up the alarm system" He replies nonchalantly, even remembering to call him Jasper,

"Rodents? I'm not so sure! I thought I saw a glint on a lens yesterday, who'd be watching us?" I ask sharply,

"Whoa suga', don't get all conspiracy theory on me!" He says half laughing,

"Peter, I'm ex-CIA, trained to spot the unusual amongst the obvious and we're being watched. I'm sure of it!" I huff loudly,

"Well, who the hell would be watchin' us? You're retired due to health and we ain't got no enemies!" he grumbles,

"I don't know, but..." I start to say,

"But what suga'? Who do you think would be watchin' the ranch?" he asks more forcefully,

"It's crazy, but the only person I can think of is Edward! He's already spied on us in Forks remember? Hiding in that tree outside my bedroom window the little Peeping Tom!" I say with a sigh,

"Yeah, he couldn't accept that a woman eight years his senior wasn't enamoured by his boyish charms! I remember" he says laughing,

"It's not funny Peter; he's aiming for a career as a stalker or worse! That boy is psychotic; it was as plain as the nose on my face. Only a fool would trust anything that came out of his mouth! Remember, he told all his friends he and I were getting married, for god sake!" I start to shout at this point and Peter is trying not to laugh,

"Yeah, but didn't Dr Cullen take him away to Canada? Surely he would notice if his son was touched in the head! Maybe not, didn't his wife leave him takin' everyone but Edward?" Peter now says because I can still hear a drone,

"I know, he was the youngest, yet she didn't want him to go with them. Strange I'd say" I finish off, "Let's go to bed and we can have makeup sex. That was our first fight you know! We'll check it out in the morning when it's light"

"Best idea ever suga', that's why I want to marry you, you're the brains of this team!" Peter says laughing and scooping me up,

We actually heard the idiots packing up in the distance; they are beginning to think they were duped and need to regroup. I know the drill; this is an illegal operation since it's on American soil and if I catch them! Oh, boy! That wouldn't look good for them. I reach out my shield slowly and catch their drone as it tries to return to base. I'll show it to Mr Anderson tomorrow, letting him know I knew their game. A little physical insurance and maybe some blackmail to get me classed as permanently inactive and forgotten about for real. Did they all think because I was retired I became stupid?

Oh, I was really looking forward to removing Edward from the planet; it looks like I won't be starting my studies just yet. But I'm not chasing the fool like I did the wolf; no this will be straight in do the deed and leave. Edward is an irritation; he means nothing to me, unlike Jacob Black, because he was my Uncle Charlie's killer! I land the drone outback and wrap a small shield around it; I'll disable it in the morning early. Peter lays me on the bed and all my worries disappear as I give myself over to the love of my mate. I intend to marry him one day very soon. Why wait? I'm ready to be Bella Whitlock now.

OTITRM

Once the drone was disabled the following morning, it's last images of my not so amused face glaring down the lens. We waited and low and behold at around seven in the morning I got a call on my old secure CIA cell.

"Swan, Anderson here! Look, I know you know we fumbled the ball. This wasn't my doing I can assure you of that. Some new hot-shot thought catching a corrupt ex-agent would be a feather in his cap. The fool didn't even check out the boy's claims before he set an illegal search team on you. Let's say they are getting some severe retraining for being seen and monitored by you.

Thanks to your look of disgust and pure disbelief he's been moved on to pastures new, where he can do less harm! So you saw the lens of a camera, had your silent alarm triggered and captured a drone, well at least you were better trained. What can we do for you to make this never see the light of day?" he asks, his tone way angrier than mine,

"I want off the books permanently! I wanted to start a new life here and now I'm going to have to leave. I can have these decent people threatened by every new handler who gets a promotion! Just because I'm ex-CIA, shouldn't cause them grief!" I gripe at him,

"Okay Swan, a compromise! You stay and live your new life and we'll make it look like you never worked for the agency in years. You'll receive a lump sum for your retirement and then you'll be archived so deep you'll be long gone before someone else finds your file! Will that do?" he asks and there is a pleading edge to it,

"Deal! I feel like I did something wrong, hell I didn't ask the trucker to damn near kill me! But in the spirit of full disclosure, I'll tell you I'm studying to be an art restorer. A nice quiet, practically boring, sitting down job" I explain,

"I'll miss you, Swan, the agency is going to the dogs, all these wet behind the ears college types are dangerous. But don't quote me on that!" he replies before hanging up on me,

Well, that went way better than I'd hoped it would and now I don't need to fake my death in a few years time, just fade away into obscurity instead. I had planned to work for a while for someone else, before going freelance as a restorer. That way I won't need to wear stage makeup and all that crap. Peter wanders off with the deactivated drone and I shake my head. He'll do something with it I'm sure, as a reminder of my past. But now I was looking to the future, a much longer future than I'd ever imagined it would be. But one I wouldn't trade now or the world.

I'm not going to allow Edward Cullen to dictate my life so first I'm calling the girls, planning my wedding and then after my long honeymoon, I'm going to track him down and wipe his sorry excuse for an existence off the face of the earth! Yes, I do like to have a plan and I don't need a fancy venue. Here on the ranch will do me just fine and I have just the idea for my dress. I want the whole thing to be relaxed and laid back, like us. So I'll be barefoot and wearing a cowboy hat, cliché, meh! Maybe, maybe not, but it's my damned wedding and I'll wear whatever I want!

The girls are stoked; they like me will only do it once. Char's was long ago before I was born, but she had the wedding she wanted. Abriel has plans for the future; she will marry in Florence, of course. Marcus Volturi has offered to officiate for us and that's so kind of him. He's going to do a vampire binding as well, bringing the old and the new together for our nuptials. I was never really all that girly, girl, but I'm excited and Peter is too. He's pretending to be all macho about it, but I know him and this is important to him as well as me.

I'm a girl of fairly simple tastes and it doesn't take me long to see invitations I like. I have no vampire friends of my own, but the Whitlocks have many and I want this to be simple but an occasion to remember for Peter's sake. I want Conrad and Bente and Boris to be here for him, plus numerous others I've yet to meet. The others will be returning a month before to help me organise any last minute things for our wedding. Peter just said do what you feel is right for us suga', I trust you completely. That's one of the things I love about him, he trusts my judgement, he believes in my abilities, no he believes in me!

We've set a date for three months from now, short for humans to plan a wedding, not so for vampires. It's not as if we need food or a cake, just a store of blood bags and rooms for our guests to change in. Marcus and Heidi will share Jasper and Abriel's section. Boris and Esme in ours and Char and Garrett will take Bente and Conrad. Anyone else can use the downstairs facilities for the day. I've nothing against Rose and Emmett, but we're never going to be lifelong buddies. Acquaintances yes, but that's about it. As for the Denali's well, they are invited, by they, I mean Carmen and Eleazar.

But I can't see myself ever being besties with them either or the sisters. Ah, vampire politics are just as intriguing as human ones. All about whom you know, but I don't care I like most of Peter's friends so far. Are they all top drawer? No, definitely not, but they are straight-shooters and good enough for me. I'm not in the least pretentious; I only need my friends to be genuine. I can see Abriel coming to blows with the Denali sisters soon. They were being so pushy in Italy that she banned them from her palace in Florence. They seem to forget they were Alice's friends, not Jaspers.

All they see is a friendship with her would be beneficial to them. But instead of getting to know her slowly and for herself, they are claiming kinship to Jasper and expecting her to just accept them. Everyone is losing patience with them it appears, including Char and she's got the patience of a saint! So I refused to entertain them at my wedding and as they don't know me they really don't have a leg to stand on. Especially as Peter has never liked them and they know it. The only reason they ever get to go anywhere is that they tag along behind Carmen and Eleazar when they are invited somewhere.

But for now, I'm happy to chill out, my plans for the wedding are in motion and my plans for my future are too. Peter and I like to spend our evenings reading in the library, sometimes we read out loud to each other sometimes we read our own things. But mainly we just like being near or touching each other, feeling our bond pulsing between us. Is calming, it's affirming and it's a manifestation of our love for each other. That was what we were doing when Jasper called, Peter put it on speakerphone.

"Hey guys, Emmett just had a flamin' row with Carlisle. Seems he mentioned your weddin' while talkin' to Carlisle and it went downhill from there. Carlisle was surprised you were doin' it so quickly. He appears to be as delusional as Edward, in believin' that you're his mate!

Emmett told him as Marcus was officiatin', so that proved who he knew was your true mate. But accordin' to Carlisle he's wrong, befuddled by age I believe were his words. The man's got a death wish that's for sure, like father, like son!

Anyway, the upshot of it all is Carlisle has been ordered to Volterra indefinitely, Emmett has broken all ties with him now and Edward's in the wind! Just thought I'd give you a heads up to what goin' on" he explained and I sighed dramatically,

"Fuck! Why can't he just leave us alone? After his last stunt Edward better stay away from me or his heads gonna be the centrepiece at my wedding!" I retort angrily and they both just burst out laughing,

"Stop it guys, it's not funny! That little shit is trying my patience and I never had any to start with!" I rant which makes them laugh more,

"We're not laughin' at you darlin', more at what you'll do to him when you find him!" Jasper placates me,

"Yeah, come on suga' you know we love you and will be right there when you take him down!" Peter adds and I nod,

So what next, well if I know the fool, I'm assuming he won't be able to stay away. It looks like I won't have to hunt him down, he'll come to me! Well. I'm ready for him, it will be humiliating and degrading, but he will die because I'm plain sick of him. Never in my whole life human or vampire have I met someone as weak-minded and irrelevant as Edward Cullen. Where other's might be missed after they are gone he will not, even Carlisle should be relieved with the drain on his life and finances gone, but he tends to fall into a similar state as his son. Burdened by their own self-importance!

I hope when he comes, it will be before the wedding. I don't want him ruining it for Peter and me. But I have much more pressing things to do, I have an exam to pass and that will be one less certificate to fake. I am basically making up a back history in art and archaeology for myself. This one was for photography and I knew a fair bit about that anyway so was easy for me to pick up and take to the next level. It's surprising how much you already know without being aware of it. That I suppose is what they mean by life experience!