"I'm telling the truth!" Edward yelled at his family

Rosalie, Emmet, and Jasper laughed. Even Alice looked skeptical but still, she was confused as well. Her visions hadn't been working that well since this stranger had come to Forks.

Carlisle wanted to believe his son of course but he had never heard of such a thing. "Perhaps it was a trick of the light son."

"His face turned into a SKULL! I know what I saw."

Esme gasped horrified at such an image. "What could he be?"

Rosalie huffed, "Doesn't matter what he is. If he's anything but human, the man isn't bothering anyone. Leave him be."

"He's coming between my mate and me," Edward growled.

Jasper snorted. "She ain't your mate with the feelings of hatred coming off her towards you."

"It's that THINGS fault!"

"No, it ain't. If you were really her mate Edward it would be impossible for her to feel any hatred towards you no matter who was meddling."

"That's true." Carlisle started and some of the Cullen's nodded. "But she's also human so perhaps the mating pull doesn't touch her as strongly. She might not feel it unless she's changed. To find a human mate is extremely rare and not much is known about the mating."

"Exactly!" Alice beamed. "I know I saw Bella and Edward happy together before this man came into the picture."

"I call bull." Emmett shrugged at his sister's glare his way. "Edward has already said how he would never turn her even if they are mates so there's no way they are meant to be together or that you saw them together like that. Even if the mating pull worked differently for her because she's human wouldn't change the fact that Edward would want desperately to change her so he could keep her forever if she was in fact his mate. His side of the mating wouldn't be different, so that doesn't make sense."

Alice gaped open-mouthed towards Emmett and Edward eyed him curiously.

Rosalie smirked though; her mate was much more intelligent than the others gave him credit for. Jasper nodded his head in agreement with Emmett.

"I just love her more." Edward started. "So much so that I wouldn't want to damn my mate to eternity with no soul. Change her into a monster. I want more for her." Alice nodded as Carlisle and Esme smiled fondly at their son, the obvious praise going to the boy's head as he smiled confidently.

Jasper rolled his eyes. "Mating is a selfish instinct. You would change her regardless of your own wants or even hers because her being your true mate you would need her to walk next to you through the ages. None of the craziness spouting out your mouth this evening makes any sense." "Idiot."

"Jasper! Don't call your brother names." Esme scolded

"He ain't my brother. I wouldn't be related to someone that dumb." He scoffed causing Rosalie and Emmett to laugh.

Outside Death held in a chuckle. He agreed with his beauty, those three Cullen's were alright but the others could possibly become a problem. He needed to keep a closer eye on her, nobody would touch her.

Carlisle sighed at his children disapprovingly. "There's still the problem that this man seems to know what we are. We can't have that."

Rosalie huffed. "Of course he knows what we are, it's pretty obvious with the way Edward has been growling and speeding around all over the place. He hasn't even been trying to act human. It's his mess, make him clean it up."

"Rose we are a family. We help each other." Esme said.

"Not when a member of that family is breaking laws that could get us all killed. He obviously doesn't care about our safety so I'm not helping him." Rose glared before leaving the room. Emmett following his mate upstairs.

"Don't worry Edward, Jasper will help you kill him!" Alice smiled

"No, I won't," Jasper growled. "As Rose said, he needs to take responsibility for his selfish actions that have endangered us all. And if the Volturi hear about any of this I will be sure to tell them where the blame lies." He disappeared up into his study closing the door.

"Ignore them, sweetheart. They are the ones being selfish. Family always helps each other." Esme hugged Edward. "We will help you." She smiled happily at her son. "I can't wait to have my new daughter join our family!"

"I normally don't condone violence, however, if he's in the way of you finding true love son, I understand. We will do what we need to so that you can be happy and bring home our newest family member." Carlisle smiled while placing his hand on Edward's shoulder.

The rest of the Cullen's in the living room nodding their heads in agreement making Edward smirk.

Death grit his teeth together in anger. He wasn't worried about the fools hurting him, they couldn't after all but every time they mentioned Bella being a part of their family had him seething. Like hell, he was going to let that happen.

It was a good thing that he didn't need sleep either because he would not be leaving Bella's side anytime soon.

He wanted to go to her immediately but it was late. Would it upset her? Death needed to be close to make sure that bastard didn't try sneaking into her room again. Bella had told him that he could 'Houdini' his way into her house whenever he desired…..

His worry won out in the end as he tapped his cane silently and disappeared only to reappear in her room standing next to her bed. His eyes landed on her sleeping soundly in her bed. The thought of disturbing her made him hesitate but in the end, he gently shook her shoulder not wanting to be like Edward who tried to spy on her when he thought she was asleep.

It took a couple of harder nudges before her eyes fluttered open and landed on him.

"Azrael?" She whispered groggily while rubbing her eyes.

"I'm sorry beauty. That boy seems obsessed to the point it worries me. I don't want to make you uncomfortable but may I stay around your home at night to keep an eye on you? I don't want to risk him trying to sneak in again and I don't want to stay without your permission."

Bella sat up slowly and smiled at him, her tiny hand reaching up and grabbing the collar of his suit to pull him down. Death bent at his waist to appease her. She pecked him softly on the lips and his face softened with a smile.

"Thank you for telling me. When Edward tried to sneak into my room without me knowing it really did frighten me. I would feel much safer with you here. You can stay in my room if you like. There's a chair or you could even sit on my bed next to me." She blushed

Death stood up straight with a smirk and walked over to the chair in the corner of the room. He glanced back to see her smile fall slightly thinking he was going to pick the chair but he placed his cane down leaning it against the seat then began to remove his blazer. Folding it and dropping it in the chair then removing his tie as well and doing the same. He turned and walked slowly back to the bed while unbuttoning just the top couple button on his shirt so he could be more comfortable. A somewhat cocky smirk pulling at the corner of his lips as he noticed Bella bite her bottom lip while blushing.

Next, he unbutton his cufflinks and rolled his sleeves up to right above his elbows then climbed on top of her mattress and sat down. His back straight against her headboard and his arms folded over his chest.

Bella turned to face him and laid back down with a yawn. She placed her head on his lap, his legs stretched straight out flat. "Is this okay?" She asked.

"Always beauty." He whispered and ran his hand through her hair watching as she smiled before drifting back off to sleep peacefully.