Author's note: Again thanks to Sheri she rocks honestly! She got this chapter back to me in hours!

Also, this chapter may contain a warning if you dont like lesbian/dual relationships. Again this story isn't for the faint hearted. If you can't handle situations like sexual assualt, rape, torture, etc.. then this story may not be for you.

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Chapter 14 To Russia

Edward POV

We had landed at a private airstrip owned by Liam and had to lay low. The problem with the Russians was worse than I thought. I figured Liam may have been exaggerating but he was, in fact, not. After we had left the airstrip and drove through the city I had noticed there was a heavy presence of the Russian forces. Liam wasn't happy and told me they had multiplied since he had left for the States. When we had entered the gates of his home, we all relaxed.

His force consisted of a lot of men but not enough to hold a strike against both the Russians and the Volturi. Getting out of the car I stared up at Liam's home. It was huge but not as big as mine. However, the land surrounding the home was vast. It stretched for miles and was a very bright green.

A short, heavyset woman greeted Liam with a kiss at the door. It was Liam's wife, Siobhan, thank goodness. I had noticed he didn't care how he greeted his wife at all. He literally picked her up and showered her with love like there wasn't a whole bunch of men in the room. It was also a little funny how the big tall brute with flaming hair picked up his wife.

I looked over at Emmett who was trying not to focus on the couple in front of him. I could tell there was something obviously bothering him. However, he was on point and he was focused until we arrived here.

Then a blur sped by and attacked Liam. I didn't even see her but it was Liam's daughter, Maggie. I didn't know how I felt that a 6 year old had run by me unnoticed.

"Papa!" She exclaimed

Liam put down his wife and turned his attention to his daughter. "Chaill me" aingeal duit." (I missed you angel.) He picked her up and held her and twirled her around like no one was watching. I looked around at his men and they all looked on like it was the most normal thing to them. My father always said not to show weakness around your men. Not to let them know you care about the ones around you too much. That sometimes you could have someone not loyal to you try to destroy what is close to you.

In that moment seeing Liam with his wife and daughter while his men looked on changed something in my mind. I understood what my father had tried to teach me, but what if your men knew the important people in your life mattered? What if they were treated just as important as you were? Wouldn't they protect them more? What if I treated Bella like Liam did his wife in public? Not that we had been to many places in public. I looked around again and noticed Emmett studying the little girl. His face showed remorse? He had his arms crossed and then quickly looked out the window. I needed to get him alone to find out what was going on. We would be going into enemy territory soon and I needed him on point.

Liam then turned his attention to me and introduced his wife and daughter. The little girl was not shy at all and came right to me to offer me a hug. I didn't know how to react because there weren't many children in our family. I didn't even know if I liked children, but looking in the little girl's green eyes, something in me made me hug her back. It was odd and most of my men stood in shock. I also had Emmett's attention, and then he quickly looked away. What the fuck?

"Teacht ceann beag ligfimid rud le hithe duit." (Come little one, let's get you something to eat.) Siobhan spoke to wee Maggie.

"Sea mamai," the little girl said and rushed to the kitchen

"Ta bro norm as sin," (I'm sorry for that) she replied.

I looked around confused but then saw she was speaking with me. She looked frightened. Liam had his eyes on me. What the fuck did he tell her? Why was she looking at me like I was going to hurt her or some shit?

"Ta se ceart go leor," I replied (it's fine). My men looked at me shocked.

His wife nodded and quickly exited the room. Liam bowed his head at me and said his men would show mine to rooms and to follow him. I followed him and his right hand man, Ian, up the stairs. We entered Liam's office, where he had maps laid out as Emmett followed.

"Here are our ports, we could take one of my ships from Dublin to Liverpool. However, getting through the area may be hard. I would stick out like a sore thumb with this mane." Liam spoke.

"What about flying out? Wouldn't that be better?" Emmett spoke.

"No, I have eyes at my airstrip," Liam spoke.

"I mean we could go in small numbers," Emmett said.

"Too much of a risk. Besides, Liam here knows this area," I spoke and Emmett nodded however I could tell he wanted to disagree.

I was seriously going to have to talk to Emmett. This behavior is getting fucking ridiculous.

"The real question is, do we want to start at the bottom, kill the men and then work our way up to those slime balls, or do we go for them first?" Liam spoke

"I say we go for the Volturi and the Russians first, if we kill their men along the way they could scatter and hide." I said. "Your men have eyes on the house?"

"Sea," Liam replied.

"However, we need to go in small numbers. Can't risk any of them catching on," Ian replied.

"Yes, and since most of the Russians' eyes are on me, it's best if I'm the last to leave," Liam replied.

"Agreed," I said.

"I say Em and I go first, along with Laurent and Benjamin. Then we just send a few men at a time."

Benjamin had become Emmett's bodyguard since Sam was recovering. Sam had literally almost died from bleeding out and his recovery was slow, however, he was on the mend. Alistair had been a member of the Cullen Family for years. His father was actually Bernard, my father's bodyguard.

"That sounds good to me, I'll check with my men at the port to make sure no one suspicious is around. Don't want no one to spot you," Liam said. "As soon as you leave I'll head that way a different route. But for now, we all need to rest. This could turn into a bloody war."

Liam was right, it could. I hoped though we had an advantage. They didn't see us coming and we could surprise them. So as far as I know, they hadn't known about our visit. They were still going through their daily operations as if everything was normal.

"Helene!" Liam shouted.

An older woman came in. She had grey hair and faced Liam. "Ta, maistir," (Yes sir) she said in her thick Irish accent.

"Taispean doibh seomrai ann le do thoil." (Show them to their rooms, please)

She waved at us to follow and I took it she didn't know English. I bid goodbye to Liam and followed the woman. Emmett was behind me. As soon as we exited the room Laurent followed and we made our way down the hallway. She showed us each to a room of our own. As soon as I reached mine I wanted to hit the bed but I stank so I headed to the bathroom.

After my shower, I headed to the bedroom to throw on some pjs. I then looked at my burner phone to see if I had any missed calls or texts. I had 2 texts from James and my father. I hadn't technically talked to Bella in 24 hours since I left the airport and we had been busy since arriving here. I hadn't gotten the chance. I had given her the number to this phone to only use for emergencies. I had left my personal phone at home along with everyone else that came on this trip.

My father's text wanted me to call him and James with just a quick update. I called my father back first since I had left him in charge. I didn't have much of a choice. Since I made Emmett the underboss go with me the consigliere would be in charge of the family. Since I didn't have one yet, I had left my father in charge. A choice I really didn't want to make but with everything going on I didn't want to take any chances.

He wanted to know how things were and if we had left yet. I didn't answer any of his questions and asked him how things were going there. I heard him sigh through the phone and he relayed everything was fine. I told him we would be leaving tomorrow and to be on alert. I still wasn't sure that everyone back home was safe. There was confirmation that Demetri and Felix were here but not Alec. I didn't know if he was in Seattle or not. I had even asked Sean if he would stay close by just in case. They were currently at my penthouse at the moment.

My father understood and we hung up. He knew the drill. Don't call or text unless there is an emergency. I picked up the phone again and dialed Bella's number. She didn't answer so I called James.

"Yo," James answered

"Why isn't my wife answering her phone?" I replied. It just came out and it wasn't

what I needed to ask but I couldn't help it.

"Cooking." I had forgotten it was lunchtime there.

"Oh. Anything going on there?" I wanted to talk to Bella and the thought excited me and scared me all at the same time.

"Everything is good boss, things on your end getting crazy or is the party going to be postponed?" James and his code speak.

"It begins tomorrow. I don't know how long it will last," I said. I couldn't tell him much as of right now because I wasn't sure how long we would be here.

"Noted. Will keep the occupants of the home in the loop but small information." He would let Bella know I was alive but he wouldn't tell her if there were any problems.

"Let me talk to my wife." I heard shuffling and then I heard that voice, "Hello?"

"Hey."

"Oh Edward," she said wistfully. She also said my name. Shit. She didn't know about our codespeak. Oh well, I would have to get a new phone.

"Everything going okay?"

"Fine, just the normal."

"Sorry, you're still stuck there. I hope to have everything cleared up as soon as I come home." I meant that shit, I was coming home.

"Good. I hope it all goes well." I heard her sigh. I bet she was trying to hold her emotions back, not letting me know how she felt. She was trying to be brave and I was proud of her for it.

"Look, try to keep busy, okay? I just want to tell you I'm going to be busy over the next few days and may not get to check in. Don't worry, okay?"

"You say that as if it's easy." I heard her voice slipping.

I lowered my voice " I miss you." I heard her gasp.

"You mean that?" she replied like she didn't believe me.

"Yes." I chuckled. "I'll see you soon okay?"

"Okay, come back to me." I choked up a little bit. She had said that before we left. It made me feel things I haven't felt in forever.

"Always," I said before I hung up.

One Week Later

I opened my eyes as the rain poured against the car window. Emmett and I had been taking turns driving since we had left Calais. It was dark out now, and I sat up in the seat while looking at my phone. I hadn't missed anything from anyone and that meant things were good for now. A week ago when we left the port and had made it to Calais there were some issues. Liam had gotten in touch with me and said some of his men had been noticed. I was to hide out in Calais until he could confirm everything was good for us to go.

Emmett, Laurent, Benjamin, and I stayed at this run down hotel for three days until we heard from Liam again. He had lost some men but he said nothing of our arrival had been found out. His man, who had been watching the Russian house had gotten back with him and said everything was going normally and none of them were on alert. I had let some of my unnoticeable men go on ahead to scout.

When we were finally able to leave, it seemed time had slowed. Emmett and I were in a car with the guards behind us in another. We had been on the road for almost two days. We were driving when we could but between loss of sleep and trying to stay off the radar it was taking longer than usual. A little over a day and half's drive had turned into days.

"Where are we?" I yawned. I wondered how long I had been asleep

"Outside of Berlin," Emmett replied. That was the thing, Emmett was acting like a soldier, like one of my men but gone was my fun brother. I knew I wanted him on point but he was acting cold.

"Pull over I gotta piss." Emmett grunted and slowed down to pull over. I got out as I noticed Laurent and Benjamin's car pulled over as well. I went into a shaded area and pissed. When I was done I headed to the driver's side. I waited till everyone was done with their bathroom break before we started up again.

I had driven a little ways before I spoke, "So, what's going on?" I asked Em.

"Nothing boss."

"Really?" I said annoyed.

"What?" Emmett exclaimed. "You want me to be one of your men. Then you want me to be your brother. I mean make up your mind!"

"Whoa! You know how to act!"

"See what I mean?" I heard him mumble. Moody fucker and I may have driven into the other lane trying to hit that asshole with my fist. A car honked the horn and I got back into our lane.

"Watch the road asshole!" Em's phone went off and it was Laurent asking if everything was okay. Em assured him it was all right and hung up and then went back to acting like an ass.

"What is going on with you?"

"Me? You're the one that can't make up your mind about what you want!"

"Because you know how to act! When we were with family or when we were out like we are now."

"When are you going to realize that you can't separate the two?" he said. His tone was a bit softer now.

In a way, he was right. He was my brother by blood and oath and the lines were blurred.

A few minutes went by before I spoke again, "What's going on Em?"

"Are you asking as the boss or my brother?" I sighed. "As your brother, what is it?"

Emmett sighed. "Rose and I broke up." I glanced at him, "What? When?"

"Last Sunday." What the hell?

"Why am I just finding out?"

"You never asked."

I blew a breath out. "What happened? I knew something was going with you two."

"I wasn't going to be able to give her what she wanted. She couldn't stay with me. I let her go." Emmett turned his head. I wasn't sure but he may be crying.

"She told me she couldn't give that up. She wasn't happy so I let her go. She left the same day we did."

"Left? Where the fuck she go?" I swear I hope he wasn't stupid and just let her go on and not know where she was.

"She went to Portland. Bought an apartment and everything. She had it planned." Emmett let out a laugh but it wasn't a good laugh.

"And that spa shit?" Rosalie could open her mouth about that. Not that I don't think she would but I didn't trust anyone.

"She doesn't remember anything about that day. Besides, if she did, she can't provide proof and I got eyes on her for a little while."

Yeah, we covered our asses and I didn't think that shit would come back and bite us in the ass or anything but yeah like I said I didn't trust anyone.

"So, that's why y'all broke up? Because of the baby shit?" I remember that little brunch we had not so long ago. Blondie said she would never leave Emmett. Ha!

"I asked her to marry me." He mumbled

"What! She said no?" It was obvious she did. Which is why he had probably been so miserable

"She said no." He sounded defeated

"But you stayed together?"

"After the spa thing, I don't know. Something in me wanted to protect her at all costs, to keep her safe. I may have asked her out of desperation."

"Really? So you weren't 100% sure then? Well I guess it's a good thing it didn't happen." If he had married Rose he would have been stuck with her.

"No, I wanted to marry her. It was just the timing of when I asked. She knew I asked out of desperation. However, hearing her say no, it felt like rejection. Things changed after that. We both weren't happy, she became angry as well as I did. Not that things were merry right before but after the proposal it was different."

I didn't really know what to say but I felt for him. He had fallen in love and now was paying the price. Something I was afraid of as well. What the fuck? Edward Cullen wasn't afraid of nothing.

"I love her, Ed. So much it hurts. Look, I like children, it's just not with who I am. What if someone hurt or killed my child, do you think I would be able to live with that? It would have been my fault for creating that child in the first place," Emmett said and then he wasn't able to hold back the tears.

I let him get it out. He needed to, because in a few hours he definitely needed to be on point because we were about to be in enemy territory. I was with him though, having children in this world, it was a huge risk. Another thing an enemy could have against you. After a while he seemed to calm down and was on point.

"Look, I apologize for being an asshole lately, but I get it okay? You won't have anything to worry about from now on."

I glanced at him and nodded.

"I'm your brother by blood and oath, and your problems are mine. Just don't undermine me okay? I won't be afraid to son you," I said seriously but let out a chuckle.

Emmett nodded. He understood. We became quiet then and drove on. The silence was suffering and I was shocked about that. Usually I love it when it's quiet, however it was driving me up the wall right now.

"So, is Bella pregnant?" Emmett asked breaking the silence.

I fucking almost rear-ended a car. What the fuck?

"Dude! Jesus, calm down! It was just a question. I saw how you were when that little girl came up to you. You looked happy." Emmett smiled.

"No,she isn't." I hadn't even been with Bella yet. The question caught me off guard. Not that anyone needed to know I hadn't been with her. Children terrified me and I wasn't sure If I wanted any as well. However, did Bella want children? It was something we needed to talk about.

Bella and I were taking things day by day so a conversation about children hadn't happened yet. When that little girl came up to me I wasn't sure why I gave her my attention. I didn't want to be a dick in Liam's home. Liam's wife had complications during birth and they had to take her uterus. Maggie would be the only child Liam would have. I guess another reason I gave that little girl my attention was because she reminded me of innocence. She was so young the world hadn't stained her yet with hate. It was obvious Siobhan and Maggie were Liam's world and I was being respectful.

Emmett looked at me then and started laughing. " Oh, shit you were being nice." Emmett was so loud with his laughter I wanted to punch him. Was I being nice? I guess I was, I didn't know how to feel about that either. Was I becoming weak?

"Shut up, Em!" He continued laughing and I drove on. He sounded like a freaking hyena. It was ridiculous.

We drove on for a few more hours while stopping to piss and shit. We stopped to rest in Karsava. It would be the last place to rest and get things ready before we hit up the Russians.

I had another burner phone and we had another car waiting for us, so while Emmett drove the last six hours to St. Petersburg, I made calls to see where everyone else was. Louie, my bomb guy, had reached a town outside St. Petersburg with a few of my other guys. They were making bombs. Liam was the furthest away, and I didn't know how to feel about that. The Russians had eyes on him. They had smuggled Liam out of his home which wasn't an easy feat because the fucker was huge. At least 5x more huge than Emmett.

Most of Liam's men had been stationed throughout and were slowly making their way toward St. Petersburg. The rest of my men were also on their way.

When we were a couple of hours away from meeting up with Louie, Em turned to me.

"I never asked, '' How did Liam get on the Russian's bad side? I mean Dublin is so far away."

"They wanted access to his port. Offered him a lot of money for it. He turned them down. It doesn't matter how far away it is, if money is going to be made then you'll do what you can to get it."

I was glad I had kept my involvement with Liam a secret. If I brought this to the table when my father was still in charge, then the Volturi would have knowledge of our involvement which would make this whole thing harder.

Liam was what I would consider peaceful, he didn't want trouble at his ports. Yeah, he was a boss and made his money like everyone else. However, he wasn't into things that would put him in the spotlight. When he rejected the Russians they didn't like that so they kept sending men in until Liam would change his mind. He wasn't, so he called on me.

When we reached the safehouse, Louie let us in. The fucker had been busy! There were pipe bombs and one that looked like it would do some damage. He had also made some Molotov cocktails. These fuckers were going down.

"Also, got some guns, boss," Louie said as the rest of my men loaded up the stuff in the SUV.

Laurent and Benjamin loaded stuff up as well and we started heading to the fortress. Louie would be staying here running point. The guy made some kick ass bombs but he wasn't good with guns and that would make him an easy target once we got there.

After traveling about an hour we had reached the road that would lead to the house. The four of us and some more of my men split up going on foot in different directions with the bags hanging on us. The house was nestled deep in the woods. When we reached an opening, a man with flaming red hair came out with a gun. He wasn't alone either; he had men with him. We both had our guns pointed at each other. After the man looked at me he lowered his gun.

"Cullen tu?" (You Cullen?)

"Sea" I replied. (yes)

He then turned and started walking. "direach amach romhainn." (just ahead)

We traveled on foot for a few more miles until we reached the house. It looked more like a fucking castle then it did a house. At that moment, I seriously felt we may be outnumbered.

"They change positions every two hours," he said

"Oh, so you speak English as well?"

"yes."

I counted about five men roaming the grounds outside.

"Inside? Do you know about how many men are in there?"

"No, they never come out."

That was odd, I felt unsure about this whole thing, and looked at my men. Their expressions told me they felt the same as well.

He then handed me a sniper and since the men were so far away, it would be easy to just kill them without any other guards noticing. I felt like sneaking in would be the best option.

Liam's man saw Laurent loading up cocktails and bombs on his belt.

"Can't use those yet, they have prisoners." What the fuck?

"A few hours ago, a van dropped by. Eight women got out and haven't left."

We all looked at each other, eyes wide, this was a complication.

"Gotcha. We need to try to get them out before we blow this place."

"I'm Augustus by the way." I nodded but we didn't have time for pleasantries.

We slowly made our way down the hill, the snow slowing us down. Augustus started sniping the guards near the door on the end. Em took out the cameras, while I shot down the ones at the wall. We entered a small wooden door that led into a kitchen. It was empty, and the house was eerily quiet. The dining room was empty as well as the living room. We heard movement on the floor above us.

"Laurent and I will head up." I looked at Augustus, "You find the women." I looked at Emmett, "Finish searching this floor then meet us on the 3rd floor." He nodded and we all split up.

As Laurent and I climbed the stairs up to the next floor, a lone guard roamed the halls. Laurent took him out with his silent pistol and put his body in a nearby closet. As we turned the corner I quickly covered against the wall because there, at the end, were two guards stationed at a door. I bet that's where the scum was.

Laurent and I quickly turned at the same time and shot each guard in the head. We then approached the door and entered it preparing to shoot whoever. However, when we entered a blonde woman was tied to the bed spread eagle with each limb tied to the posts of the bed. She was naked and looked to have marks all over her body. She then locked her eyes with mine and mumbled something in Russian. I couldn't understand it but I motioned for Laurent to untie her. This had to be one of the women Augustus saw. Once she was untied she quickly went to the side of the room and put clothes on. I never lowered my gun, she also wasn't acting scared nor running. The behavior was odd.

"We're here to help get you out," I said, hoping to reassure her.

"I don't want out, this is my family home," she said. It wasn't clear English but I understood her. Laurent and I glanced at each other confused.

"You here to hurt my uncles?" I then noticed this bedroom had pictures in it of her and an older man who she resembled.

"You're Amun's daughter, aren't you?" I never had dealt with the Russians. However, my father tried an alliance with them a decade ago. The leader was Amun, and he and my father had a falling out. There was no bad blood however my father wanted nothing to do with them. Amun had also passed away a few months ago, and when we heard that Amun's brothers had taken over I had wondered what happened to his daughter.

She nodded, "Sasha." She then started opening drawers pulling out a secret compartment that held knives.

"Have you found any of my women yet?" she asked, not paying us any attention.

"Women? You mean the ones brought today?" She stopped and turned towards me

"They brought women?" She then seemed hesitant and had a faraway look.

"There's women here being held captive."

'I don't know nothing about that. I have women here that are mine," she said.

I shook my head, "You're the first one we've seen."

Laurent then looked around and asked, "why were you tied up?"

Sasha let out a bitter chuckle. "They had men come in and try to fuck the illness out of me"

Laurent and I exchanged a glance at each other.

"What illness?" She didn't look sick, though unless she was talking about an STD or something but that wouldn't make sense.

"I like women," she said simply with no shame.

I nodded and she continued. "After my father died, I was to take over. He left it for me. My uncles' Stefan and Vladimir didn't think a woman should be in charge, a lesbian one at that. So, they invaded my home, and some of my men turned. They didn't kill me but had men come in daily to try to fuck me straight as they called it."

That was fucked up, I lowered my gun. My body told me Sasha wasn't a threat.

"So, when you mean your women…" Laurent trailed off.

"Exactly, I mean my women." Sasha finished as she put the last knife in her belt.

The woman in front of me was a strong woman, she had been raped and it looked like she had been tortured as well and she was concerned with others.

"We can help you find them. We're also searching for another scum here"

"You mean the foreign ones as well the Italians?" Sasha spat.

"Yes." I wouldn't tell her that I was Italian/American as well.

"I don't really need your help but follow me, I know this place better than you do." She then exited the room and headed toward a bookcase. She pulled out the book and we were in a narrow passageway. It started to lead up and I had a feeling it went up to the third floor. When it stopped I heard voices coming from a room. Sasha motioned for us to stay quiet. She slid open an opening that looked like a vent.

Looking through it there was a huge room, and there were Felix and Demetri along with two older men wearing cloaks. Four of the women, I would say, were in the room as well. Felix was fucking someone from behind. I could hear her screams from here. The rest of the men getting blowjobs.

Sasha spat in Russian and then quietly made her way to another door that was hidden. I looked around the room but I couldn't shoot from here, it looked like if we went in silent we could take them out. They made it sort of easy all being in one room. Sasha opened the door quietly and we ended up in a hall. There right as we exited were two huge double doors where I'm guessing the four fuckers were. As soon as we exited though, we were met with three guards. As Laurent and I raised our guns to shoot, all three guards hit the ground with a knife in their face. They were all dead. Damn. Sasha was fucking good with a knife.

She made her way to the door and was about to open it. She looked at us in a whisper, "there is another door connected to this room they can escape through, be ready." She then looked down at Laurent's waist. " We all get out, and you blow this place up." Then Sasha kicked the doors open and we were all on alert. She threw a knife at one of her uncle's and it landed in his face. As she chased the other one as he ran out of the room, the body of the one she killed thumped on the floor. I took my gun and aimed for Felix's head and with two quick shots to the head he was dead. His was still fucking the young woman and had a shocked look on his face as he hit the floor. The woman and the rest of her crew ran out of the room. I then looked for that fucker Demetri when I felt something hit my shoulder.

"Boss!" Laurent shouted as he was taking out some Volturi guard. He made his way to me but by the time he got there my shoulder was bleeding profusely. I could barely feel it, the adrenaline must have kicked in. I looked around for that fucker Demetri, until a smoke bomb was thrown in the room. Laurent grabbed me and we ran for the exit.

"Damn it!" I said as Laurent and I took cover against a table in the hallway.

"Let me see, Boss."

"Not now." I got up. I would worry about my shoulder later. Some Russian soldiers made their way around the corner and started shooting so Laurent and I shot back. I got one of the guards in the head while Laurent shot one in the stomach. More guards came our way, and then we were outnumbered. Laurent then lit up a cocktail and threw it while we took cover. It blew the guards up and I saw an arm flying.

Once the smoke cleared, we made our way down the hall until we reached the stairs. There on the second floor landing I saw Emmett fighting a Volturi solidier. I quickly made my way to them however It was fruitless since Emmett headbutted him and then shot him in the chest.

"Hello brother." Em said as I nodded. He then looked alarmed.

"What?" I asked.

"You're bleeding!" He was looking at my shoulder.

"I'm fine, worry later." Emmett nodded and he told me he had cleared the first floor. He told me Augustus had found the dungeons and located the rest of the women. Emmett also said he had a surprise waiting. I told him one of the Russian leaders was dead and that I had killed Felix. He was disappointed as he was the one who had wanted to kill him but I told him Demetri had gotten away. He uttered a string of profanities.

As we made it to the first floor, Augustus had a van loaded up to the door ushering the women inside. He was going to get them somewhere safe because he had been instructed by Liam to do so. I was fine with that and told him to hurry. After the last one was loaded, they took off. I then noticed two other women standing off to the side. They were looking around frantically.

I looked at Emmett " Why didn't they go with the others?"

Emmett shrugged, "Apparently they live here." I looked at Laurent and he gave me a look as we were on the same wavelength. These must be Sasha's women.

"What's this surprise?" Emmett smirked and told me to follow him. I did and he led me to a room where a bunch of men both Russian and Volturi were dead and some in surrender. But that's not what caught my eye. No it was who Benjamin had tied up.

Alec.

"Well, well, what do we have here?"

"He was locked with the women down in the dungeon," Emmett said and that confused me. Why would a Volturi brother be locked down in the dungeon?

I removed Alec's gag. "Why were you locked in the dungeon?" He looked at me but didn't say a word. "Answer me!" I punched him in the nose and heard the bone crack.

The fucker didn't answer me but he was going back with me. Leaving him here was too much of a risk. We then heard some commotion coming from the foyer. My men and I made our way back to the front as we saw that slimy fucker uncle limping his way towards the exit. He was nearly there until the doors blasted open and knocked him on his ass.

Liam entered with about 30 of his men. We gave chin jerks to each other. He then focused his attention on the fucker on the floor.

"Stefan."

"Liam, you irish fuck," Stefan said.

"You have been giving me problems, Stefan. I've come to put an end to it," Liam said.

Just then a limping Sasha came from around the corner, she looked pretty beat up but nonetheless made her way into the room.

She saw me and nodded. "I ran out of knives." She then turned her focus on the man in front of her. "Spineless coward." She then spat at him. She turned to look at Liam. "Go ahead, do what you want to him. I got the other one."

Liam looked confused but then nodded. "You're Sasha?" She nodded. Liam then looked down at Stefan before using his huge burly hands and snapping Stefan's neck.

"Mistress!" The two women ran out and went to Sasha. They stopped in front of her and she then gave each of them a kiss. "My darlings, are you alright?"

They both nodded. She then cradled each of their heads. Now that Sasha was standing by them I noticed how tall she was compared to them. Emmett gave me a glance as if to say what the fuck. I shook my head hoping he wouldn't comment.

She then turned to both Liam and I. "I owe you both a debt." She then looked at me.

"Kebi can help you with your shoulder. She has experience with bullet wounds." I nodded. "But, I believe we must leave here first." Now that the adrenaline had worn off I was feeling my shoulder.

I instructed Laurent to set up the bomb, Sasha wanted the place gone as well. Too many horrible memories, she said. We all exited the house and made our way to the cars. I was about to get in when I heard someone shout "Cullen" I turned to look and there was Demetri near the forest a few feet away. I wanted to fight him, beat him to death but I knew the timer on the bomb was about to go off any second.

"I'll get her Cullen, mark my words, I'll get Isabella," he said, all cocky. The rage boiled in me, that stupid, fucking piece of shit. We drove away quickly and I saw Demetri run. He didn't make it far before the bomb went off. The house exploded bringing it to pieces along with all the men that surrendered inside.

A few hours later

I was laying on a bed while the darker skin girl named Kebi worked over me. We had traveled to the safehouse Louie was at, to rest and catch a breath of fresh air after the explosion. The cops had gone there. According to Sasha, it didn't make a difference, she owned most of the cops. However, she didn't own all of them and some were loyal to her uncles'. Tomorrow we would be heading back to Ireland. Liam said we would take a drive and hit up a private airstrip just six hours from here and it would fly us back to Dublin.

Sasha would be going to her home that she had a few hours from here once we split.

I had that fucker Alec tied up in the spare bedroom. That fucker would be going back to the states with us.

Kebi had finished fishing the bullet out while Laurent helped her. I then heard the door open and saw Sasha enter.

She spoke some Russian and Kebi replied. I hate that my Russian was rusty so I didn't catch much of what was said.

Laurent then asked if they had any painkillers which Sasha had brought in.

They gave me a pill and waited a few moments for it to take hold. I could feel myself getting sleepy. Kebi then started stitching my wound.

"Make sure he's good, darling. I'll fuck you later for doing such a good job," Sasha said after giving her a kiss and then she left the room. I had noticed the smile from Kebi's face hadn't left. I then couldn't hold my eyes open anymore and fell asleep.

When I opened them, I noticed I was no longer in the room but on a plane. Emmett by my side.

"What's going on?" I mumbled.

"We had to leave. Some of the good citizens of the town said they saw a bunch of foreigners enter the little house. We knew time was running short. We drove a few hours and got on the plane a while ago and should be reaching Liam's airstrip in a few."

"I was out that long?"

"Yeah, man"

"Everyone accounted for?"

"Some of our men died, however they were in the house and their bodies will be unrecognizable. Sasha, Kebi, and Kachiri left to head for her home. She left her number."

I nodded. "Demetri?"

"Ed. There is no way he survived that. We barely got away."

I shook my head. "Was it confirmed though?"

Emmett shook his head. The chances of Demetri surviving were slim but I would feel much better with confirmation.

I sighed.

"Come on Ed, relax we killed most of the Volturi soldiers, Felix and Demetri are dead. And we have Alec. Chill"

Once we landed, we made our way to Liam's home. I was ready to fly home, however Liam said he was throwing a party in my honor for helping him with the Russians. It was late however when we got there. I had turned my cell on, with a few texts from James, Bella, and my father. Father must have caught word about the bomb and wanted to know. The old man needed to learn I wasn't giving him updates anymore, that was my job. James just sent me texts saying all is fine, however he reminded me of one with Bella's Dr. appointment tomorrow. I told him that all was good and opened the one from my wife.

It was a short text, saying she missed me and that Mrs. Cope had been nothing but nice today. It was actually her first week back, since Bella had the surgery. I didn't want others to know so I told Mrs. Cope she could come back the next week. However it was still a one day a week thing for now. I texted her back saying I would see her soon and I missed her. I then fell asleep still tired from the past few days and my shoulder.

When I woke up, it was dark out, and I didn't know if it was morning or night. Apparently it was night because Emmett busted in my room moments later. I had slept the day away. We were going to Liam's pub to celebrate. I was thankful for the gesture but something in me was telling me to go home.

When we arrived at the pub, Emmett let loose and started drinking, of course all the Irish were. Emmett also had two girls under his arms. Was he really that far gone? He took them to a nearby room and it wasn't a big shock what he was up to. I sat there nursing a beer with all these thoughts running through my head. Was Demetri dead? Why did this feeling in my chest suggest he wasn't? Why did I want to go home so bad? I also shouldn't be drinking after taking the pill but I was only nursing it anyway.

I was pulled away from my thoughts by a busty red haired girl who sat beside me. She was too close and I didn't like that. She then whispered in my ear that she could make me feel good.

"I'm married," I said.

"And?" She purred.

"Go away. I don't want your fake tits and ugly smile." She then took off and I sighed. I then left the pub and made my way to the river. I was ready to leave, that much was certain. I then heard a door slam and saw Laurent running towards me. He looked alarmed but quickly made his way over.

"What is it?" I asked, frantic inside.

"Mr. Hunter has been trying to reach you for hours." I then took out my phone. I had several missed calls and texts from him but before I could reply, Laurent spoke,

"he called me when he couldn't get you."

I nodded "What the fuck is going on?"

"The feds have Mrs. Cullen."

That feeling in my chest dropped.

WHAT. THE FUCK.