Chapter 16

Accusations

Edward POV

It felt like it was just yesterday that I blew out the candles on my 12th birthday cake. It was actually just yesterday, well I think it was. My father brought me down to the basement and locked me down in here. I haven't seen anyone, not my father, mother, or siblings. I don't know why dad was angry at me. He told me it was time. Time for what? I had been laying on the cold floor all night and I was hungry.

I heard the door open and my father came in. He looked angry and disgusted at me. What had I done wrong?

"Dad?" No answer.

"Dad, I'm really hungry." My father tsked at me before he came to my side and dragged me away.

"You'll starve until I think you have earned the right to eat." He said as he picked me up by my hair.

I started yelling. "Why? Dad!" He tied me down to a chair. I started crying. "Dad! Stop!"

I heard a buzzing sound and then saw my hair falling to the floor. My dad was buzzing my hair!

"We'll make a man out of you yet…, " he growled.

My eyes opened and I jumped, shaking that dream away. I haven't dreamt that part of my life in forever. I took a look around and noticed a light peeking out from the blinds, and I felt a weight in the bed beside me. I looked down and smiled. There was my beautiful wife laid out beside me in all her glory. I remember her waking me up this morning and was surprised and proud as fuck for her taking that step. After we were done, we fell back to sleep.

Yesterday, can only be described as a day of fucking emotions. After I took James' call, I made sure Emmett was ready. He was busy fucking two whores. We got on the plane which was the worst seven hours of my life. I didn't know what was happening, I couldn't even call! I literally wanted to throw Emmett out of the plane for giving the okay to James to let Bella go to Carmen's.

I know I've said it before, I didn't want her to be a prisoner, but I had a feeling we were being watched. I didn't really want her out and about with me not around. I was actually going to let her know she could have freedom after the whole Russian incident. I knew trying to avoid the missing report would happen eventually but not when I was out of the country, but after what happened yesterday, I felt like I was going to have to lock Bella up forever.

After we landed the first thing I did was call James and ask for an update. I sighed in relief when I found out that she was safe and asleep. As soon as I got off the phone with him, I decked Emmett in the fucking face. I think he knew it was coming too. He didn't even try to fight me, he knew he fucked up. However, his replies that "she needed to get out" fell on deaf ears. I knew she did, but right now? Hell no.

As soon as we made it to the penthouse, James opened the door and I decked that motherfucker too. Now the asshole would have a broken nose and a black eye. He started spouting some shit but I didn't want to hear it. I told him and Emmett to be back here in the morning and we were going to lay all this shit down. I might even need to talk to Bella.

After those two idiots left, I headed for my bedroom. There she was asleep and looking all beautiful, her hair all laid out on the pillow. I released a breath I hadn't known I was holding as I sat down in that chair. I wanted to join her in bed but for some reason staring at her, seeing that she really was here was keeping me from doing that. Well that and my ass stank. I knew my hair was a mess and my eyes were probably bloodshot. My shoulder was also hurting and I needed to make a call to the doc soon.

I don't know how long I sat there but eventually it was very early morning when Bella woke up. She was happy to see me, but she had made me speechless. Then we kept having moments and she kept asking me about my shoulder. I was trying to have some time with my wife but oh no, she wanted to talk about my shoulder.

After all that, I thought me being naked with her may be too much. I didn't want to scare her. I liked her caring for me as well. I never thought I'd admit it, but I hadn't been cared for in a long time. When she ran out of the bathroom I thought it may have been too much.

For some reason I couldn't get a handle on my emotions. It was like in that moment all my true emotions rose to the surface. The ones my father and then eventually me tried to keep deep down. Saying "I love you." was like the final nail in the coffin. I had literally put my heart on the line. Hearing her say it back gave me so much joy but what had I done? Now, she could hurt me.

Making love to my wife was the most sensual experience of my life, I can't even describe it. When we came together It felt like all was right in the world. She was also the first virgin I had been with. She may have not been my first but she would be my last.

I rose up from the bed, kissed Bella's shoulder and covered her up. Now, that my wife was safe I needed to know what the fuck was going on with everything else. I put on a pair of sweats and made my way to the kitchen. I texted Em and James to come over in 30 minutes. After I decked James last night, I told him to go home which I'm sure he was more than happy to do. I called this place down the street for some food since it was almost lunch time by this point. I sat down in my chair in the living room and started thinking.

How long had they been looking into us? Why Seth? Why had I been so concerned with Bella that I didn't get any answers last night. Shit, we needed to figure out what was going on. I called Jasper who answered on the first ring. I told him to bring his ass over. I then heard my buzzer and it was the security guy asking if I called a delivery guy. Told him yes and he said he would send him up. When he got here he dropped off the sandwiches and I looked in the pantry for some chips.

I heard the buzzer again and it was Emmett and James. They both looked like shit and I couldn't help but grin. Serves them right for their stupidity.

"Oh, thank god I'm starving'," Emmett said as he dove for a sandwich.

"When are you not starving?" James laughed as Emmett picked up two sandwiches

"Hey! Save one for Bella!" I said to that greedy fucker.

"Where's she at?" James said, looking around.

"Asleep." Both Emmett and James grinned at each other, then Emmett goes "Damn, dude fucked her into a coma." I smirked but James kept shaking his head like he didn't want to hear it. I wasn't talking about my sex lives with these fucks. Even if they were right. After I ate her out again, I made love to her and we passed the hell out. I gave Em a look.

"Alright, alright!" Em put his hands up in surrender.

We all sat down at the kitchen table, eating. There were too many questions on my mind. Was Seth a rat? What happened with Bella yesterday? I needed to get Jenks down here.

"So, what happened?" I looked at James. He put his food down. "We left Mrs. C's appointment yesterday, she was hungry. I suggested take out but she wanted to go in. I couldn't get a hold of you so I called Emmett." James finished and then took a sip of his drink.

I looked at Emmett, "Like I tried to tell you on the plane. The brothers are dead, we have Alec. What was the harm in letting her go out? Then, I forgot about her report so yeah that was my bad. Avoiding something like that was going to happen eventually."

"You don't think I know that?" I pushed my sandwich aside. "Don't you think I was waiting until I got back in town before letting the reins loose?" I huffed. "I needed to make sure everything was safe and I can't do that in Ireland."

"I'm sorry!" Emmett yelled. "I didn't know Carmen's was being watched."

"Or Seth." I said, crossing my arms.

"I love the dude, but I think it's possible he was the one being followed," James finished.

"Why did Seth come to Carmen's?" James glanced over to Emmett who looked caught.

"I sent him over as a precaution, so James would have more eyes. I was looking out for Bella. I mean she is the queen now." I glanced at him. Thankful for thinking of my wife but also wanting to wring his neck because now the feds were on us or had been on us. Guess I should be thankful since he was arrested, we now know.

"From now on, unless it's a direct command from me or something happens to me, you make sure I give the okay first." I said, glancing around the room watching as both of them nodded. I turned my attention back to James, "so what else?"

"We both escaped out of the restaurant, and then we saw Seth being put in a SUV. Going to the car would be suspicious so we were going to walk down the street and hit up Pike Place, until it blew our cover. However, we were stopped by one of the feds. He was going to let us go until the cop that was with him recognized Mrs. C."

"Recognized?" I said.

"He asked if she was Isabella Swan." What the fuck?

"They took her down to the station and that's when I called everybody." James finished.

"Everybody?" Please tell me he didn't. I was so occupied yesterday, I didn't think of him knowing.

"No, he didn't hear it from me but since it happened at Carmen's he probably does now."

Fuck! James had a point. Since Emmett was with me, I had left my dad in charge. I didn't want to but since the underboss was with me and I hadn't named a consigliere yet, picking dad was the most logical choice. However, I had told James only to contact him if it was flat out war, or if things needed to be handled. I had already put everyone on lockdown, way before I left. Since it did happen at Carmen's, Eleazar had probably already informed my father. That was a no no since my father was no longer boss even though he may have been in charge at that moment, Eleazar hadn't even tried to contact me so if my father knew Eleazer had definitely gone behind my back. Whatever happens in a family stays with them however, this was one of my guys.

I was also proud of James for keeping Bella safe, and rounding up the guys. He showed signs of a true leader when he did that. I also trusted James, and after we settled this I would definitely make him my consigliere.

I pushed all of that to the side for now when I heard the buzzer going off again. Emmett looked at me with a brow raised. I told him it was Jasper and to go answer it. When Jasper came into the room he had that determined look on his face but he also

looked upset.

"What's up?" I said. I was in a good mood for some reason, despite what happened last night.

"After you called me, I did some digging. I had been keeping tabs on Black like you wanted me to. This morning there had been calls going in and out of La Push. I had Black's phone tapped. He's a fool to keep using the same one, especially since he got the Feds involved."

Wait, what? "He got the Feds involved?" Now my good mood was gone.

"He kept making calls to an Officer named Hawkins."

"I bet it's the Cop that knew Mrs. C," James spat.

"Mainly there's been some back and forth between the two about what happened yesterday, the father, and why his connection hasn't been brought down." Jasper put down some papers. "I pulled these from the Station's computer and I also called Jenks. He gave me what he knows. He said he was going to call you as he's trying to secure Seth's release."

Jasper had Charlie Swan's mugshot, Seth's mugshot and login reports of Officer David Hawkins who was on probation which was issued by Deputy Chief Colin Brady.

"Oh shit, that's the Cop!" James laughed.

"According to Jenks, when Hawkins came in with Agent Perez, Swan was in the room. This was definitely not authorized and neither was Hawkins authorized to be there. Apparently, Hawkins was on thin ice already because he had been looking into us. Brady met with me this morning and said he wasn't working last night. If he had been there, he would have handled things quickly and would have gotten your wife out the first chance he saw her."

I nodded. Brady was on my payroll and was fiercely loyal. However, he wasn't the Chief and that kept me from owning the cops. Chief Todd was a thorn in my side.

"What about Todd? Was he there?" I asked. If he was, that might be why that Fed and Hawkins got away with so much last night.

"No, he wasn't, but was called in this morning so I Brady called the Commissioner. Apparently, Todd was supposed to be there last night. Agent Perez has also filed a suit against Todd. "Well shit, didn't that make things obvious. Todd was definitely working for someone.

"How the fuck didn't you know about the Feds still looking into us?" I looked at Jasper. I mean that was his fucking job. When Aro died, I had been pulled into questioning. Though days later, they let it go because there was nothing linking me to a damn thing. Even Jasper had said they had begun to look elsewhere. "Because, there were no files to hack or it wasn't a big thing. Apparently it was hush hush which is why I didn't know about it. Agent Perez was given a tip about Clearwater and then the investigation turned to him. That's why it hasn't come up on radar."

"You have been slacking on security lately," I said. I was pissed, I mean he was the best.

"Honestly Ed, I need someone. There's so much information to go through. I mean last night I was looking into the Russia incident because you wanted to have confirmation, I totally missed the whole police incident. It's a lot for one person." I thought about it, yeah Jasper was good at what he did but I guess he did need help.

"Fine, but it'll be someone who we trust, trained and has credentials. I'm not bringing imposters into this family."

Jasper sighed. "I did hear from Sasha? She said she heard from her sources that the house is gone. There were a few remains behind, bodies, but no one in the house survived."

Emmett sighed this time. "Really, Ed. Demetri is gone." Emmett was tired of me saying it, but my gut was telling me Demetri was alive.

"There wasn't a body!" I exclaimed.

"Dude, there is no way he survived that, he was already hurt before the bomb went off," Emmett said impatiently.

I know I kept pushing this, but something in my gut told me he was still alive. I decided to change the subject.

"So, what about Swan? Is he going to be held?" I never met the man but I couldn't help but snicker.

"No clue," Jasper said.

"It was kind of odd that Swan got there from Forks so fast," James said. "It's a few hours away and he was there before Jenks arrived."

"Maybe he was already in town," Emmett said but that was way too suspicious.

"Naw, I don't think so. We go to eat, suddenly the feds come to Carmen's? I bet Hawkins called Swan while we were there," James said.

That could be true, but I think it was someone else. Maybe Todd?

"Also, Jenks said Bella was questioned about Seth. He doesn't know what was said. He also is advising you to press charges." Jasper said.

"Bella didn't say anything. I'll ask her when she wakes up. Hell, I just might wake her up now." My wife being questioned under the disguise of a report? Fuck that!

"What about Seth?" James said. "Did Jenks tell you anything?"

"No, not everything, but none of it is going to be held up especially after what happened," Jasper said.

I looked at Emmett, "Call Eric and Tyler and tell them to move the weapons and drugs to the new warehouse just in case Seth ratted us out." Emmett got on his phone and went into the other room.

"Speaking of the connection, it was Alec, correct?" I nodded.

"He's dead?" Jasper asked.

"No, I told Emmett to take him away when we got back, I'm going to question him later."

Alec had been the one running the drugs from The Volturi to Black before going to Russia. Hawkins must have been in on that since Black was asking about it. It was confirmed he had been working for Black but had he been working for the Volturi, as well?

Jasper's phone rang and he left the kitchen. Emmett had hung up but then made another call. Huh? James was still stuffing his face but he looked tired.

"Did you sleep?"

"Naw man. I missed Victoria, after you sent me away last night, I headed to her place."

I shook my head, "Go sleep man, I'm going to need you to watch Bella later."

James nodded and headed for the guest bedroom. Jasper then came towards me.

"That was Jenks, Seth has been released. He wants to talk to us."

I scratched my chin. Well I didn't know how I felt about that. If he came to us, he would lead the Feds to us. But, I also admired him wanting to come to us to clear his name.

"Tell him to meet us at the local bistro down the road. Call Laurent to meet Seth and then tell Laurent to take him to the secret dive bar and keep guard tell him to take the back exit just in case he is followed." I liked that plan. Only me, James, Em, and Laurent knew about that place. It had a basement that was soundproof so I could do whatever I wanted without anyone hearing.

Emmett then came into the room. "Tyler and Eric are on it, Eleazar called me while I was on the phone with them, so I called him back. He said he had been trying to reach you since last night."

I didn't have my phone on me but I nodded. Then I was reminded of something.

"Why did you look upset when you came in?" I asked Jasper.

"Nothing, don't worry about it." Jasper shook his head but the sad face was back on.

"No, what's going on?"

"Alice started her period," he said

"Dude, that's our sister!" Emmett yelled

"He asked," Jasper said, pointing at me

I nodded. "I'm sorry." I was. I knew my little sister wanted to be a mom so bad.

He nodded back. "I know it's only been a few months since we have been trying, but it isn't easy. Everytime her friend visits, she just gets upset and hates herself. I tell her we will have a baby one day. She thinks something is wrong with her," Jasper said sadly.

I felt bad for them, and I didn't know why? Why was I feeling bad for others? Then it hit me. Shit! I came in Bella multiple times this morning. Shit. Was she on birth control? I didn't even know. Did I need to send someone to get a plan b pill? Shit no, I didn't want any of these fuckers knowing my sex life. Did I need to go with Bella to get one?

"I don't get the big deal about kids? Like why does anyone want one? They slobber, destroy your shit, cry all the time. Why would you want one?" Emmett scoffed. I swear he was so rude it wasn't even funny.

Jasper was enraged, I could tell.

"You have no shame," I said. "You are fucking rude." Emmett looked at me and shrugged. I should beat his ass or let Jasper do it. Just because he didn't want kids didn't mean that was the time he needed to say that.

"Good morning." I quickly turned to the voice. There she was standing in her pjs. "Or should I say good afternoon?" She blushed and I swear my cock twitched. She then looked at me and blushed. Yeah, like that didn't make it worse. Now my dick wanted to sink into her pussy.

I stayed at the table not making my issue known. "Got you a sandwich." She sat down in the chair beside me and I handed it to her while she slowly sat down. Was she hurt? Had I been too rough? She was also totally unaware of the situation that was going on around her.

I looked up at Jasper while he kept making murderous glances at Em. "Go home man, take care of Alice." Jasper nodded and left.

Emmett and Bella started talking amongst themselves. While Bella kept taking glances at me I kept my eyes on her not to let go. God, what was wrong with me? I never and I repeat never wanted a woman the way I wanted my wife. Usually, after fucking I'm done, I'm fulfilled and go about my day. However, it's like I can't get enough, I want her all the time.

"So, you aren't following her?" Bella said to Emmett and then I turned to their conversation.

"No, she wanted to leave so I told her to go." Then I watched as Emmett turned from Bella. Like he was hiding his face or some shit.

They were talking about Rose.

"Have you heard from her?" Emmett asked

"A few days ago she told me she was settled in," Bella said as she kept eating. "We talked about school." She said nonchalantly, unaware that Emmett was suffering in silence. I could read the man like a book. He missed the blonde more than he cared to admit.

"Cool," he said while Bella looked at him and smiled. Em didn't fool her either. That's when I noticed my wife was very perspective-she did notice things.

"I'm going to get ready? See you later?" Emmett said.

"Yeah." I repeated while never taking my eyes off of Bella.

I walked Em to the door, making sure to lock up after he left. You had to have a key to get on this floor, but I was extra cautious. When I made my way back to the kitchen, Bella was no longer at the table but cleaning up the counters. I made my way behind her, she must have sensed me because she froze the closer that I got. I put my arms on either side of her, trapping her as I leaned down to kiss her neck.

"You sleep good?" She nodded. Frozen.

"You sore?" I asked. we did have sex three times.

"A little bit." She said as I noticed her breathing turn ragged.

"You okay?" as I turned her to face me.

"Yeah." She blushed. God. Why? Now I was hard again. She must have noticed because she was staring at my dick.

"Hey."

She was like memorized but suddenly looked up at me blushing because she had been caught. "I'm sorry." She tried to turn away but I wouldn't let her. "Why are you sorry?"

"I don't know. I just want you. I can't help it." She bit her lip.

I searched her eyes, she looked ashamed. Like she shouldn't be asking me for sex? I didn't want to hurt her if she was already sore.

"When you feel better down below okay?" I said.

"I'm fine!" She shouted and I looked at her and couldn't help but smirk. "Damn look at you." She then blushed again and tried to walk away before I grabbed her.

I took off her t-shirt that she had clearly taken from me. I did rip her's last night. Then her bra followed and I was met with her hard nipples. I circled both of them with my thumbs as Bella's head rolled back and her eyes closed. I leaned down and took one in my mouth while not letting go of the other one. She started moaning and the sounds went straight to my cock.

My hand then traveled down to her shorts and inside where I scooped her panties to the side and stuck two fingers in. She jumped but otherwise she just let out a wanton moan. She was so wet! God I couldn't wait to put my cock in that fine pussy. I fucked her with my fingers, while my mouth moved up and down her neck. I sucked on it while I moved up to her ear and bit it. I then let go and whispered in her ear. "You're just dripping, Mrs. C." She moaned before letting go all over my fingers.

After she came down, I pulled my pj bottoms down but before I could stick my cock in her wet tight pussy she grabbed it. She began rubbing it up and down using the precum from the tip. Her hands were so soft and it felt amazing but I wanted her and so I quickly moved her hands away before pushing her up on the counter and sliding in.

"Edward! Your shoulder!"

I didn't move and looked at her like she was crazy. "What did I tell you? FUCK. MY. SHOULDER." I fucked her with my words. Damn, I was not going to last. She was way too wet.

Hours Later..

After the kitchen sex, I asked Bella what she was asked at the station yesterday. Apparently, it was about Paul and Jared's whereabouts. Bella said she told them she wanted a lawyer and didn't speak on it. That was odd, but then she told me they had pictures of them eating at Carmen's and pulled pics from college. That had me thinking, why were they looking into Seth? What did they have on him? Bella said they never even asked about me. Then they were shocked when Jenks informed them we were married. I was still going with my gut and saying Black put this all in motion.

After that, Bella and I headed back to the bedroom and slept a few more hours. When I woke up, Bella wasn't beside me. I heard her and James talking in the living room. I put some clothes on. I had to head to the bar and warehouse I really needed to question Seth and figure out what to do with Alec.

When I was done, I went to the living room. James and Bella were in a heated discussion about something. I slowed my steps to hear what they was saying.

"But he was dead the whole time!" James said

"No, he was a clone! It was him, only Ford knew!" Bella said

"But he was dead!" James countered back

"You're right, Arnold is dead. Bernard is a program created by Ford in his image." Bella said.

They were talking about some Westworld shit and it was currently on the TV.

"I don't know why you like this show so much. It's confusing as fuck," James said.

"Only because you can't keep up!" Bella said laughing.

James rolled his eyes "Dude, let's watch Game of Thrones. The last season."

"No one talks about that season," Bella said, "No one"

They both started laughing and I didn't understand the joke.

"Dude, it was good except maybe the last two episodes." James clarified.

"Eh, I have a love/hate relationship with it," Bella said as she noticed me.

She started smiling, and I smiled back. "Heading out, Boss?" James looked at me

"Yeah, I'll probably be late." James nodded. He knew what I was going to do. I noticed Bella looked scared and was trying to hide it but wasn't doing a good job of it. I leaned down and kissed her on the forehead.

"I'll be back," I said, hoping that would reassure her. She nodded. I walked to the door and headed out.

About 30 minutes later, Emmett and I pulled up at the bar. We had confirmation no one suspicious was around and now I had Tyler riding around to make sure no one would show up. When we entered, Laurent was at the bar with Seth sitting there with his head in his hands.

"Boss," Laurent said.

Seth then looked up. His eyes were blood-shot and he looked like he had aged thirty years. I noticed his clothes were ripped and torn and these were probably the same ones from yesterday.

"Boss," Seth said.

I shook my head. "Strip." I needed to make sure he wasn't found with a wire. Seth then took his clothes off until he was left in his boxers. "Those too." Seth sighed but he did as he was told. He was cupping his junk but otherwise he was not wired. I then told him to put his clothes back on as Emmett scanned his phone to make sure it wasn't bugged. We all took a seat at a nearby table while Emmett finished and when he was done, he nodded at me.

"So? What do you need? You asked to meet."

"Look, I know you know I was arrested. I just wanted to let you know what went down," Seth said.

I nodded for him to go on.

"They were literally picking at breadcrumbs on this case. Okay, they pulled some old photos of Paul and me at college. They even had some of the fight that happened on college grounds. There were a lot of witnesses that night. They used that saying I probably killed Paul in revenge and asked where his body was. Jacob was a witness, they let that slip. So now I know he's behind this. I saw all the pictures. They had some of me and Bella from college."

I nodded. Most of that made sense, however a lot of it didn't add up.

"Mainly I was questioned by Agent Perez, who acted like she was waiting on someone. She asked me about Paul and his whereabouts. I told her I was waiting on my lawyer. She asked if I knew where Jared was. Again, I asked for my lawyer, When Jenks got there, he asked where Bella was and that threw Perez for a loop. They both left the room and came back a while later with another Agent. He looked sick. I'm not going to lie, like he was going to throw up and shit. I also noticed Agent Perez looked pissed and looking at Jenks who gave me nothing." He stopped for a moment catching his breath before he started speaking again. "I didn't know Bella was there but it was like an opening for them."

That gave me pause. "What do you mean about Bella?" I asked.

"It was like they used that photo of us at college, asking me if we dated, personal questions. I told them Bella was a friend. Then they slammed down the one of us they took while we were at Carmen's. It was like they were trying to say we were together or in love, that Paul had beat me up for Bella and I murdered him for her." Seth shook his head.

I like how the feds royally fuck it up by saying murdered. They hadn't found a body. As far as they knew Paul was missing.

"However Perez gave herself away, before she left with Jenks she asked about Ms. Swan, when she came back it was Ms. Cullen. They didn't know and lost their story. Then the male Agent Dwyer said that she was probably having an affair with me. Jenks demanded my release. They had nothing, their case literally fell apart in their hands. Jenks even messed with them saying they didn't know the meaning of the word "Missing" and that made Dwyer red. All they had to link me to Paul was the fight. I told them I hadn't seen Paul since and I had moved to Seattle shortly after."

Yes, shortly after he joined my family and then I met Bella. I pulled my gun out and aimed it at his head. This was way too coincidental, was he a rat?

"Whoa, Ed!" Emmett shouted. Seth's eyes bugged out but he never moved.

"Are you working for Black? Huh? You fight with Paul and then all of a sudden you come to Seattle? Bella gets called in? You a rat huh, Clearwater?" I finished pushing my gun into his temple.

"No, Boss, listen! He has my sister, remember?" I pulled my gun away from him but kept it out.

I had forgotten that detail but still did it mean? "And you're spying on my family for Black to save your sister?"

"NO! I would never, Jacob Black is a horrible person. I want to kill him myself," Seth said enraged. I would let it go for now so I put my gun up.

"How the fuck didn't you know that you were being followed?"

"I didn't until yesterday. I felt odd when I got gas yesterday before meeting James and Bella, like someone was watching me. I shrugged it off, but kept checking my mirrors while I drove to Carmen's. I let my nervousness go when we sat down to eat but I still felt on edge like someone was watching. When I heard Carmen yell, "POLICE!" then I knew."

"I swear, I'm loyal to this family. I'll prove it to you in any way. But I swear I want to kill Black. He tortures my sister, rapes her, beats her. He is going to die."

Yeah, Seth he is.

After leaving the bar, I told Seth to go home and chill. I would keep my distance from him at the moment until I knew everything. Then I called Tyler and told him to sit on Seth and if he made a move to any federal building or shady spot to kill him on sight.

We were driving to the warehouse now, where Alec was being held. While on the way my phone rang and it was Brady. I called him back on a burner phone and he gave me what he knew. Swan had been released and brought back to Forks. He let me know he is being forced into an early retirement. His crimes and covering for Black had come to light and last night was it. This in turn made the two agents look worse and now they are dropping the case against Seth and going after Black now. Their main witness was Black and now his story has no credibility. He said they were stupid to arrest him with only a little amount of evidence. Just because they fought doesn't mean he killed Paul or where he is missing.

Brady also said Todd has been put on probation and Hawkins fired. The Commissioner was not happy with the way things went down and I told him neither was I. He said if me or Bella didn't sue the whole department, he would be shocked. He said they were looking into Hawkins and an arrest warrant had been issued for Black. They had called in another group of Feds along with Perez since Dwyer is also on probation pending investigation. He said Dwyer fucked Perez's case all up and didn't follow protocol since she was the head agent on the case.

He said he would get back with me on Black when he knew more but right now I shouldn't be worried. He also kissed my ass again and said he was sorry he wasn't there that night. I hung up with him and relayed all that to Em. Then I was outraged! I couldn't get Black if the feds were after him now. It would be too suspicious and no one and I mean no one was getting Black except me. He would pay for what he did to Bella.

When we finally arrived at the warehouse, we entered through the door. Eric was working on his laptop and had a phone. Louie was guarding the door that held Alec. He gave me a nod as I made my way to the but was stopped by Eric.

"Boss! Come here I got something to show you." I turned to Eric and went to him.

"What?"

"I pulled all the information off of Alec's phone. Thought you might be interested."

What the fuck? I had him checked back in Russia and they didn't find the phone?

"What phone?" I roared. Eric's eyes went wide. "Ittt was inn his boots, Bossss" Eric stammered out.

I relaxed but what the fuck was going on with my men?

"There are several recordings between him and his brothers. His dad, he recently had a couple of calls from a Jacob Black on here. But nothing was said from him." I nodded and Eric played the recordings. After hearing them all, I felt just a twinge of pity for him. I knew Alec was a pussy, but hearing how he didn't want nothing to do with any of this made me feel for him just a bit. I shoved all that down. What the fuck, he was part of the Volturi! Why did I care about how he felt? I also was surprised at Eric's abilities. He may be a good assistant to Jasper because he was shit when it came to guard duty.

I opened the door, and there Alec was tied to a chair. He looked up at me and sighed. I pulled up a chair and sat in it. He looked tired, his eyes red but otherwise bored. Emmett stayed at the door.

"Cullen," he said in a dull tone.

"Alec."

"Is it true?"

"Is what true?" I asked as I cocked my head to the side.

"Are my brothers dead?"

"Yes." He then started crying.

"Then, that means they're dead too." He said as he let out an uncontrollable sob.

"Who?"

"Jane and Uncle Marcus."

"Why would they be dead?" I hadn't seen Marcus since the wedding. I suspected he was in hiding following his brother's death. Jane was Alec's twin and she was rarely seen due to Aro being ashamed of her. Mainly it was because she was a female.

He then looked at me and yelled "It's your fault!" He let out an anguish cry

"How is it my fault?" Accuse me of shit.

"He said if anything happened to him or Felix died then the guard that has Jane will kill her." He looked at me with a disgusted look. "You killed her! You killed my sister!"

He kept crying but let out a strangled cry. "They told me if I did everything they asked they would let us go."

"Who?"

"Demetri and Felix." I noticed his face with all the tears and snot running down.

Gross.

"If I untie you, you better not try to run. I bet you could use a drink as well huh?" I would play nice right now. Maybe if I did this he would give me information easier. He nodded. I motioned to Emmett to untie him. When he did, Alec moved his hands and let out a sigh. Em brought him a water bottle and he sucked it down.

"Now, what did you have to do?" I asked as I leaned back in my chair. Alec studied me for a minute before he let out a breath.

"It doesn't matter if I tell you or not, does it? I'm dead anyway, right?" Alec said resigned. I stayed quiet.

"Fine. Demetri and Felix weren't happy that you were about to take over. They knew it was coming when your dad took some time putting you in charge. So, they began to go behind dad's back." I had a feeling Aro didn't know what his sons were up to.

"Demetri was trying his hardest to find a weak point in your family. He wanted to find someone he could control. He found one not long after that, some bodyguard I think." Emmett and I looked at each other: Benji. That much we knew. We just didn't know why.

"I don't know what my brother had on him, but he gave up a warehouse location which Felix torched." We knew: Alice. Benji had told us all about that and Felix. I nodded at Alec. I already knew this much.

"Anyway, things were slow after that, and then they dragged me to Midnight Sun that night. I didn't want to go but of course they called me every name they could think of and then some so I just went. When we got there, I left them, I didn't want to be there and I had no idea where they had gone off to."

I knew. The fuckers ended up messing with my wife.

"It wasn't long after that we left and at that moment I felt something change in Demetri. All he kept talking about was getting his hands on the brunette. I didn't know who he was talking about. Said she reminded him of someone he had not long ago. He wanted her innocence, he said. I didn't know why he wouldn't ask her out like some normal person? I later found out it was your wife." Alec said. I nodded, unable to control the rage building up in my chest.

"They went to dad when we got home, starting spouting lies. I knew they were lies but my father ate it up. Saying you did this and that. I told father none of that sounded logical but he didn't listen to me. He never listened. After that meeting with you guys, dad was pissed. I told him so and he ended up hitting me. But it got dad more involved with things. Demetri and Felix couldn't even wipe their asses without dad knowing. Then I heard Demetri talking to someone. It was his connection at the station, Hawkins. Apparently, Hawkins had been working with Black without asking first. Demetri then called Black and said he worked for him now. He then made me run the drugs back and forth to La Push. He said he let the guards fuck Jane if I didn't run them. He had Jane locked at another house, that's how much my father couldn't stand her so I complied. Jane was.."

He let out a sob. "We were close, she was my true friend. He also said he would kill mother if I didn't do it. My father didn't care about my mother or sister so I did what he said. I hated every bit of it. I knew Demetri was using Black, same with Benji. He just wanted your wife. All of this was for your wife."

I nodded. The rage boiling at this point and now I had confirmation of what I already knew Hawkins was working for both the Volturi and Black.

Alec continued," Dad found out about the Spa shit. Knew Demetri was behind it. And then stripped Demetri of his title. It was like a light had flipped in dad and he suddenly became aware of my brother's intentions. After your wedding, my uncle informed my father that Demetri tried to hurt your wife."

That made sense since Aro was kissing my ass at my wedding. Which confirmed for me that he didn't know what his sons were up to.

"My father was scared shitless, because it was your wife. That was it for dad, and he named Marcus as his successor and was going to announce it at the meeting of the families. Two days later, I had this feeling of dread. I don't know why but I was scared. I knew Demetri wouldn't let it go." He choked back a sob.

"Hee, he — came to my room with Jane. He had a gun to her head, and said if I didn't kill dad, he would kill Jane along with mother and Marcus. Jane was sobbing telling me not to do it. That her life wasn't worth it. But it was. Demetri then stripped Jane of her clothes leaving her in her underwear and that's when I saw it. She had bruises, cuts, he beat everything but her face. I knew then Demetri had become completely unhinged. I-I- had no choice and Demetri knew that. "

Alec looked down.

"You killed him didn't you?" I asked, shocked as shit.

"Yeah, I did." Alec said defeated.

Emmett and I looked at each other, mouths hanging open. Whimpy Alec? Killed Aro Volturi?

We then controlled ourselves even though I was still having trouble processing it.

"Demetri knew father would never see me coming, he would never suspect me. I was a wimp remember? I saw dad outside, on the balcony smoking. I ran and pushed him off the edge. He never heard me. Demetri then had some guys come and take his body and put it out in public so the world could see. I thought this was my chance so I got Jane. Uncle Marcus tried to help us get out but Felix caught on and fought Marcus. He held his own for a while but ended up losing."

This sounded like a fucking train wreck and a half, but I couldn't stop listening.

"I was then knocked out by Felix and when I came to, Jane was gone and I was staring at my dead mother in the face. She had been placed beside me on the floor. Felix had suffocated her then slit her wrists and placed her in the bathtub."

I remember seeing something after the Feds had searched Aro's home. They found his wife, Sulpicia Volturi, in the bathtub from apparent suicide. But, now it would seem false.

"He told me I had to do everything he said if I didn't want Marcus or Jane to get hurt. That they had been taken somewhere, and would be hurt if I disobeyed. After my father's funeral, we left for Russia. I didn't even know they knew the Russians. The Russians were into sex slavery and my brother thought of it as another business opportunity."

"I wanted to die, hearing what they were doing to some of the women. They even wanted me to rape the niece of the Russians. I couldn't, and then they threw me into the dungeon and I stayed there until the other women arrived."

"When you showed up, I felt relief, not for me but for those women. I knew you were against that and you would make sure they were free. When I heard the bomb, I knew then it was over. But, now my sister is dead and I'm ready to die too."

Alec smiled, resignation in his features. I was still shocked to shit. He killed Aro? I mean what the fuck?

I had every intention of killing Alec, but something clicked in me at that moment. I wasn't ready to kill him. I needed him as sad as it sounds. He had been all over Black's fortress, he would know where he had sneaked off to. I stood up and yelled for Louie. Alec had his eyes shut thinking that this was it.

Emmett looked at me confused.

Louie then came in. "Yeah boss?"

"Put Alec in the other room, there's a toilet in there and a bed. He can stay locked in there until we get Black." Alec opened his eyes as Louie went to grab him.

"No! Cullen, kill me! Kill me!" Alex cried out but the words fell on deaf ears as Emmett and I made our way out of the building.