A/N:Thanks for all the reviews! Please know that I read all of them! Also thanks for reading both of my stories. This will be a 3 parter. I havent written part 3 yet so bear with me lol.

Shoutout to Sheri of course!

Chapter 25

A Bloody New Year's Part 1

EDWARD POV

I don't know how long I had been down here, but I know it had been days. I could hear the footsteps of my mother and siblings walking across the floor above me. I made sure to listen for him. I had started to distinguish the weight of each person that walked across the floor. It was sometimes hard to detect Alice's footsteps because it was like she literally floated. Earlier I could have sworn she was on the left side of the kitchen and then I heard her on the right. I quickly froze when I heard the footsteps that I had been anticipating… He was in the room with me, how had I not noticed?

He moved silently to the left of me, I didn't turn my head because I didn't want him to know I knew he was here. I could smell something in the air. It smelled like food, a steak at that. The past few days I have only eaten bread and water. He was distracting me; he wanted me to react to the food. He wanted me to smell it, he wanted me to turn..

I looked straight at the wall in the basement, the one that I had been staring at for days now. I could feel him walk closer to me. It had been a game lately to sneak up on me and he would touch my face or shoulder with his hand. If he did then I would lose. I was supposed to catch his hand as soon as he laid it down on my shoulder. I felt his weight shift and suddenly I panicked. Shit, had he moved to the right? Damn, do not turn around Edward. DO NOT.

I heard a footstep move closer, and now I was focused again. I could feel the hairs on the back of my neck raise up, he was behind me. I had my hand ready and then I saw it, his hand. I quickly grabbed it before it touched my shoulder and I swore I saw a flicker of shock in my father's face.

"Very good Edward," he said as he sat the plate in front of me. I was right, it was steak, mashed potatoes and a roll. I was hesitant to touch it though. I thought it was another test. I looked at him and not at the food as he watched me.

"Go on, I'm done testing you for the moment." I still didn't touch it, as my eyes followed him to a nearby chair where he sat down.

I quickly cut up my steak, never taking my eyes off him as he watched me eat. When I was done, I moved the plate to the side and kept staring at him.

"Now, your real training begins."

I quickly sat up from my desk in my office, I must have dozed off. I had come here to get some work done since Bella had an appointment with the plastic surgeon. I was going to go with her but she had already left this morning when I woke up. I guess she was mad at me since I hadn't been able to keep my promise of being with her until after New Year's. I had almost made it though but I did have to step out yesterday for something and she was mad. Well, not too mad she did let me fuck her last night. I guess that's why she was quiet this morning. Either she's still mad at me or she's mad at herself. Either way I texted her and got a small "I'm fine" back.

I had to text Zafrina as well, to make sure Bella was fine and Zafrina had said she was so I guess I would have to do damage control when I got home. Women are just not fine and that's something I've always known.

I was currently at Midnight Sun, going over shipment papers of guns that Liam was going to send. I was having them brought to the warehouse that I bought not too long ago. Illegal wise I was doing great. Brady had gotten in touch with me and let me know that the feds were definitely looking elsewhere and that he heard that they were beginning to think Black was dead.

I knew better though and he would show his ugly mug sooner or later. I had Jasper keeping an eye on La Push and Forks for anything suspicious. Tyler had also gotten back with me and told me Swan hasn't been in his crib in days. I didn't know what to think about that honestly. Either he went off and died or something was happening with Black. I also didn't know if I should tell Bella about his disappearance. I was still on the fence about that. I didn't want to stress her out and worry but then if the feds came knocking and asked her questions which I doubt.. Anyways like I said I was on the fence about it.

The only form of doubt I had illegally was Seth. I still wasn't 100% sure he was a mole. Granted, the feds were looking elsewhere but could that be a ploy? I kept shaking my head. I knew deep down he wasn't. He had just been handed a shitty hand. I was beginning to think a test was needed to confirm that Seth was still with us. According to Jasper and Louie, who I had stay on him but he hasn't left his apartment except to buy groceries. One day while he was out Louie snuck In and put a listening device in. I had Jasper listen to it all the time and nothing. No calls, no nothing.

A knock on my office door pulled me out of my thoughts and the door opened. It was Emmett, who walked in smiling and wearing a suit.

"What's up?" he said.

"Nothing much," I said, rubbing my eyes.

"You hit the coke?" he asked.

"No, not since Halloween. I'm just tired."

Emmett held an amusement expression, but kept quiet.

"What?' I said looking at him waiting for him to spit it out.

"I got a call from Eleazar," Emmett snorted.

"What joke am I missing here, Em? Spit it out!" I said. I was too tired for games.

"He has requested your presence at Carmen's for a sit down."

The fuck? "What are you on about?" What would be needed to have a sit down right now? What was Eleazar doing? Also a sit down at a public place? What the hell was he thinking?

Emmett busted out laughing but then turned serious.

"What the hell is so funny, Emmett?" I was really not in the mood for childish jokes.

"His daughters will be there, the two crazy ones. Dad was also notified and he has been trying to call you."

Eleazar still didn't get it. I was the leader of The Families, not my father. Why would he call my father? My phone vibrated and I looked at the screen, ah, speak of the devil.

"Cullen," I answered.

"Edward, I have been trying to reach you," my father said.

"I've been busy." Yeah. Busy sleeping.

"Of course. Look, I'm sure you're aware but Eleazar called me about coming to eat and requested a sit down with you and his daughters."

"I'm aware," I shook my head and Em snorted.

"Well, if you don't want me there, I won't go," he said.

Technically, Dad was still a member of The Cullen Family. He just wasn't the boss anymore and he was semi-retired. He still paid a tribute of cash but he wasn't an active member. He didn't go out and get dirty and he didn't need to because he was Carlisle Cullen. He made The Cullen Family what it was.

"If you want to play mediator then meet us there," I said ending the call.

Emmett was quiet but it seemed like he wanted to laugh.

I rolled my eyes, "get it out."

Emmett laughed hard and I really didn't know what was so funny.

"You good?" I asked and Emmett nodded.

"It's just the fact that he requested a sit down and said his daughters would be there," Emmett laughed and hit his leg.

I'll admit it was sort of funny but not the way Em was carrying on. I had a feeling why El wanted to meet.

After my call to Eleazar not too long ago, I haven't heard a peep from The Denali Family. I really hoped that meant he was handling his house and taking care of business. I knew he had come back from Miami a day early.

"I'm ready to test Clearwater," I looked at Emmett. "This lunch we're about to have is a perfect alibi." Emmett nodded.

"How would you prefer we do it?" Emmett said all serious.

"I'm going to have some guns delivered to a location. However, it won't be guns, it will be a fake crate of something. He's not to open the crate and only you and I will know what is in the crate." Emmett nodded. " Then I'll have James observe from a point and Sam video tape from a distance. The Feds show up or he makes a call or anything like that I'll have James kill him."

"Damn, Edward."

I shrugged my shoulders. "It is what it is. Call James and tell him the plan."

Emmett pulled out his cell phone and walked to the other end of my office. I went and poured a glass of scotch. It burned a bit going down my throat, but otherwise I drank it. I pulled out my phone to see the time and knew we would have to leave soon. I texted Bella an "I love you" text before putting it back in my pocket.

Emmett came towards me, "It's done."

I nodded. "Let's go then."

Emmett and I made our way to Em's jeep. Laurent and Benjamin were in the car behind us. The drive was quiet as we made our way to Carmen's. I just hoped for James and Bella's sake, Seth didn't betray me. I also hoped Sam was up to the task as well. He had called me this week and said he was ready to come back. I however didn't think he was ready for anything big at the moment so I had him doing pick-ups and light duty stuff.

I also knew James would do his job, no matter how rocky things were between us at the moment. My phone beeped and I took it out and saw a message from my wife.

"I love you too," it said. I smiled and put it back in my pocket. Maybe she wasn't as mad at me as I thought.

Emmett noticed me smiling and smiled back.

"What?" I asked.

He shrugged, "Nothing, it's nice to see a smile on your face. It's nice to see you happy."

I nodded. It felt nice and once again I was blessing my ass for being able to find love.

Looking at Emmett, I couldn't help but feel bad for him in some ways. He deserved to be happy too and so did my sister. It was kind of weird to be the one out of all the siblings to be with someone.

"Jasper still at your place?" I asked.

"Yep but things are tranquil now. Alice and him are seeing Allistar."

I turned to give him a look. "Allistar? The doctor that patches us up?" Em nodded. "That guy ain't no psychologist."

Emmett laughed," he apparently had some training but I guess it's better than nothing. It's not like they can go to an actual therapist to talk about their problems."

"True." I was glad Jasper and Alice were talking. It's not like they could divorce or anything but the cold war thing was getting old.

My phone beeped again and this time it was James telling me they were on their way to the location Em had given them. I told him not to contact me until it was done and they had gone their separate ways. We hung up just as Emmett pulled into Carmen's.

I haven't eaten here in a while, and it wasn't because I didn't like the food. The reason was obvious of course. Tanya and her sister, Irina, seemed to always be here so this was a place I avoided.

Walking in, the hostess greeted us and led us to the private dining area in the back. My father and Eleazar were already seated. Each of them rose to greet me before we all sat down. Laurent walked around the room with the wire detector. It would beep if anyone was wearing a wire or had a listening device. After he gave me a nod, we all started talking. A waitress came and took our orders. Laurent sat at the entrance of the room to make sure we weren't disturbed along with my father's guard, Bernard and Benjamin who is Emmett's guard and Bernard's son.

We mainly talked about Eleazar's vacation and the holidays. I dug into my Garlic Parmesan Pasta and ate every single bite of it. I sipped on my red wine and wondered when Eleazar was going to talk about why he wanted to meet. I would like to deal with this and the Seth thing and get home early to spend New Year's with Bella.

"Alright, Eleazar, what is it you wanted to talk about. I was told it had something to do with your daughters." I was so ready to leave.

"Yes, after you called me, we of course came home early from our trip. I wanted to go ahead and apologize for my daughters' behavior. Garrett told me about the incident not too long ago with your consigliere. My daughters were not aware of him being your consigliere and I'm sorry they were not better informed."

I looked at Eleazar like he was the stupidest person alive. That was what he was apologizing for?

"They are also here to apologize for the other stuff." He signaled a man up front by a wave and I was still stuck on "other stuff?" My wife was the "other stuff"?

Tanya and Irina came from around the corner with their heads bowed and hands clasped in front of them. They were also clothed from head to toe which was shocking. They each took seats at the table and their father looked at them with a glare.

Looking at Tanya, I could see where she tried to dye her hair a brown color. It looked pretty close to Bella's. However her eyes were her normal blue. It enraged me just looking at her for what she said. I wanted to shoot her between the eyes and put her out of her misery. But that wasn't how it worked.

"Girls?" Eleazar pushed.

"We're both sorry for our actions and what has been said and we will not do it again," Tanya said as Irina nodded.

"That's good, girls," Eleazar said, looking proud. I glanced at him and then my father who was even looking at the scene with a "what the fuck" look. I don't even think my father knew what all had happened and even he could see that this was bullshit.

"Eleazar, are you serious right now?"

He stopped smiling and both his daughters looked at him. "They apologized. That's what was needed, correct?"

I let out a laugh. It wasn't a good laugh mind you but I laughed. Em even looked at him like "are you for real right now?"

"Nah, look at the audacity for you to call a sit down and that lame ass apology is trifling. I expected better from you to be honest." I threw my napkin onto my plate. "Your daughters come into my CLUB, start demanding things saying I'm having an affair." I looked at both of them. Tanya had the audacity to keep smiling at me. I looked at her in disgust.

"Not only that, Tanya made comments to my wife numerous times, about how we're fucking and some shit which isn't true. The fact that you said that is ludicrous, but the audacity to say what you did on Halloween and that night she was here to the QUEEN of this family is unreal."

Tanya gulped, I guess she didn't realize. "You're lucky she didn't beat your ass because believe me she could." I'll admit she cowered under my gaze, and my father didn't look happy either. Her father on the other hand sat there stoic. I still don't think it hit him.

"Not only that, after my sister, Rosalie, and your sister, Kate told you to shut the fuck up about my wife on Halloween but you continued to drag her." I let out a laugh, the one that isn't really a laugh but a scary one. I threw my hands on the table and she jumped. "MY WIFE, Tanya, the mother of my child, the one you decided to look like at Midnight Sun, the one you apparently can't stand, you try to be her? You decide to come into my place of business to stir shit up?"

Tanya let out a cry, "mother of your child?" I swear I saw a tear come from her eye and I looked at both Eleazar and my father. My father looked pissed. I wasn't sure why but Eleazar? I'm not sure if he was here mentally at the moment.

I shouldn't have said anything about the baby. We were waiting until she was further along, but she was about to be 12 weeks so she was almost out of the first trimester.

"Congrats, Mr. Cullen," Irina said and Tanya shot her a glare. I'll admit It made me proud to not see Irina cower under Tanya's gaze. Hopefully, she was waking up and wouldn't let Tanya push her around anymore.

"Thank you," I said and turned back to Tanya. "yes, the mother of my child. Something you will never be." Tanya flinched but I didn't have it in me to give a fuck.

I looked back at everyone. My father looked proud? I wasn't done but I was surprised to see Eleazar look at Tanya angrily.

"I want it to be known that I have never fucked Tanya and I never will. All these delusions of us being together is in your head, Tanya. My wife is Bella, she's way above you and you will respect her. You WILL apologize to her for everything you have said. If she doesn't take your apology then you will eat it. If I ever hear of you disrespecting my wife again, trust me you will not like the outcome."

Tanya nodded but didn't say anything. I didn't like that at all. "I didn't hear you."

Tanya looked at me in shock. She then turned and looked around the room at all the faces looking at her. Even Irina looked at her in disgust.

"I understand, Mr. Cullen," she pleaded.

Carlisle spoke up, "I'm appalled at this behavior, Tanya, honestly. Speaking to my daughter-in-law like that? Would you speak to Esme that way?" Her eyes went wide and she shook her head no. "Why would you cause so much trouble for your father?" the old man continued on.

I looked at Eleazar, he sat and looked at Tanya angrily. He looked ashamed, but he didn't say anything. His face was red and I didn't know if that had to do with what I had to say or if it had to do with Tanya's actions. I do know that I will be keeping an eye on him more often.

"Carmen!" he yelled and I saw his wife make her way towards us. She had a smile on her face but when she got closer she dropped it and it turned into a grimace. "Yes, darling?"

He looked at her and then towards Tanya, who didn't look so upset now. This was truly the problem but I didn't want to insert myself in their family affairs. I just wanted her to be held accountable for what she said and did to Bella which IS my business.

"Tanya, I'm honestly ashamed of this behavior. I know you know better. I don't understand why you did what you did but know this, you WON'T do it again."

"Eleazar, honey, what is the matter?" She wasn't fazed by his behavior. It didn't come as a shock.

Carmen had been Tanya's enabler for as long as I can remember.

He ignored her and she didn't like that. Maybe just maybe Eleazar was finally seeing the light.

"Tanya, you will be leaving today to your aunt's in Alaska. I will also be taking your credit cards." Carmen gasped along with Tanya. "Daddy, that isn't fair!"

He held his hand up to silence them, "I'm not finished." They both gulped and looked at each other. "You will stay until you have learned how to act and when you return, you will apologize to Mrs. Cullen and if she would like to punish you then, well she can. She has the right to do so," he finished and went back to sipping his red wine.

Carmen and Tanya looked at him in shock. I smiled around the rim of my wine glass and drank.

"Are you freaking serious? This is so stupid, daddy!" A hand slammed down on the table and to her shock, it wasn't Eleazar who did it. It was my father and he had all of our attention.

"That right there is what everyone is talking about." He pointed his finger at her. "I thought you would see reason but I don't even think you're sorry." He looked at Carmen who couldn't pick an expression and stick with it. "You're okay with this behavior?"

"Well, Carlisle, they are the lights of our world. You have a daughter, you know how much fathers spoil their Princesses," she replied, all sickly sweet.

"I would have never let Alice talk like that to anyone, no matter how much she was spoiled," my father pointed out.

"You will go to Alaska with only three outfits of my choosing. You will have no computer, no cell phone or anything else to get in contact with anyone. You will get a job and you will spend the money you earn wisely. When you have learned your fucking lesson then you may return home."

I was honestly surprised at Eleazar at that moment. I didn't think he would see reason, but he did. He was ashamed that it had got this bad.

"Honey, don't you think that's going a little bit too far?" Carmen said as she rubbed Eleazar's face.

Tanya was in tears and had makeup smeared everywhere.

"No, I don't. She's lucky at this point, to be honest. She disrespected the Queen and by proxy the King of The Families, and not only did she do it once but a second and third time. He could do anything he wanted at this point. We're lucky, Carmen, to even be the ones to punish her."

Carmen's face changed and she dropped her hand from her husband's face. Something in that moment, told me to keep an extra eye on Carmen.

"Irina, you will be working here earning a check. You will not have a cellphone, computer, or any luxury that you're currently accustomed to."

"Yes, father," Irina said with her head bowed.

"This is insane! We're fucking adults. We don't have to do any of this shit!" Tanya screamed. Suddenly, her head went to the side and we all looked at who had smacked her. It was Carmen and damn if Tanya's cheek wasn't red.

Eleazar, who seemed to be a little shocked at his wife's actions, turned to Tanya. "With what money, Tanya? Where will you live? What about a car? How would you afford a house or apartment?"

She fumed and I swear I've never wanted to kill a woman so bad in my life.

"I'll let y'all hash this out I have things to do," I said as I rose from the table. Emmett followed suit and even my father did. All I know is that I will make damn sure Tanya grovels for forgiveness in front of my wife.

As we exited the restaurant, Em's phone went off. He mouthed James and I nodded as he walked away to take the call.

"Well, that was enlightening," my father said as he coughed. I quickly covered him as if he was being spied on. When he spit up blood, I knew things were getting worse.

"How long?" I asked.

"Not long." He knew what I was asking. He wiped his mouth with the napkin he had in his pocket. "I thought I could beat this thing," he chuckled bitterly. "Look at me being taken out by fucking cancer," he sniffled. He waved at Bernard who rushed over to help him into the SUV.

"I'll see you later, Edward. Let me know if you need anything," he said as I shut the door behind him. Bernard went to the driver's side and drove off.

Em had finished his call and made his way towards me. "James and Sam are meeting us at Midnight Sun. Seth pulled it off with no hitches. Tyler is still staying on him though until you give the order."

I nodded. "Let's go then." We all piled into Em's car. I signaled Laurent that we were leaving.

We were on the highway when Emmett started laughing. "Whew and that's

why I don't want kids."

"They all don't turn out like that," I gestured behind me. "That is what happens when the father turns a blind eye and the mother enables the behavior," I shook my head

"True, I'll give you that. I'm shocked nothing was said or done before."

I nodded. "I guess because we all thought she was just a spoiled mafia princess and that her behavior was harmless. We all knew she wanted me but like I said it was harmless."

Emmett nodded. "Man some bitches are crazy." I nodded.

I pulled out my phone and sent Bella a text saying "I miss you." It had been awhile since I talked to her. I couldn't wait to see her when I got home.

When we pulled up to Midnight Sun, James was waiting outside of my office. Sam was there too, and he gave me a nod. He looked better but I still was keeping him on light duty. He had stacks of envelopes with him from earlier when I sent him to collect from people that owed me money. I told him to give them to Em as that was his job now. James handed me a disc and I put it in my laptop and waited for the video to come up. It started with James and Seth meeting one of my guys dressed up. He was unknown to Seth but it was required to get the job done. James handed Seth the money and he gave it to my guy. They picked the box and left without any hitches. Seth even transported the box to a nearby safehouse. He was told not to open the box and leave it there.

Seth passed my test, that much was certain but did I fully trust him? Could this be a ruse and then the next time something happens the Feds swoop in? I looked at James, "tell him he's on light duty now." James nodded and called Seth.

I took my phone out and noticed Bella hadn't texted me back. That was odd.

My phone went off in my hand but it wasn't the person I wanted to speak with.

"Cullen," I answered.

"Yo, there's a lot of movement in Forks and La Push," Jasper said.

I sat up, definitely on alert now. "What do you mean?"

"Louie said there's been a lot of Black's men seen in and about. He doesn't know where they're going but he followed one and it led him in circles. He's heading back here now. He believes they saw him and figured out who he was. He tried calling Em, no answer."

I looked at Emmett, "Lou call you?"

He looked up from counting the money and checked his phone. "Damn. Yeah I have a missed call. My bad."

None of my men were supposed to call me directly except Emmett, Laurent, James and Jasper. Zafrina was only to touch base with me if something happened to Bella. This kept me from any trouble from the Feds and it directly kept me safe from anyone that may turn on me. I only spoke to those that I fully trusted.

"Swan's still missing, can't locate him," Jasper continued to talk. I could hear the keys on the keyboard in the background.

"Get here now," I said to Jasper.

"Will do," he answered and I hung up. Laurent then burst into my office with a look on his face that I had never seen before. My heart dropped because I just knew he was about to tell me something bad.

"Boss," he gulped

"Tell me." Stay in control, Edward.

"Z called me, she and Mrs. C. had left the store and headed back to your house when she noticed someone following." My heart thumped and I could hear every beat of it. "She was about ten minutes away from the house when she pulled off on a secluded road near the lake. She's outnumbered so I told her we were on our way," he finished and he looked worried. "It's Black's men, Boss.

Bury the fear Edward. Bury the fear. "Let's go," I said to the room as we ran out of Midnight Sun.

Laurent, James, Benjamin, Emmett, and I all piled into Em's jeep; it felt like déjà vu. Sam would stay at Midnight Sun for now. He wasn't ready for something like this. I told him to tell Jasper when he arrived about what was happening.

I turned to Laurent, "you know exactly where they are?" He nodded and the look on his face was unreadable. "Damn It!" I punched the back of the passenger seat the one Benjamin was currently in.

"Ed, we'll make it, nothing is going to happen, bro," Em said from the driver's seat but I couldn't share his hopefulness. I've been scared before. The Spa shit, now that was scary. This was terrifying. It was just Zafrina and Bella and our… no Edward, bury the fear. Boss mode, go to boss mode.

I turned to Laurent, "call Louie, tell him to turn around and lay low just in case." Laurent nodded. I needed eyes and ears on Forks just in case. I dialed Bella's phone knowing she wouldn't pick up.

I looked at James, "call Tyler, and get in touch with Caius," I spat. I hated the fucker with a passion but this was my wife and it was all hands on deck. "Tell Seth to standby." James nodded. I could have used Seth but not at this moment. He may have proven himself with the drop earlier but what's not to say that he wasn't followed and the Feds would rush in when it was something bigger than earlier? They could have been testing him? It was also my wife and I wasn't taking any chances.

"Seth's on alert, Caius is on his way and Tyler is leaving the warehouse," James said.

I nodded. All I could think about was Bella. I started feeling sick to my stomach. The fear that I worried about was playing out in front of me. We drove until we reached the Lake Washington area. I told Em to park away from the road and we would go down on foot. It was nearly sunset when we made it to the area. Em parked away like I asked and we all loaded our guns ready for anything. We slowly made our way down the bank and headed towards the beach where Zafrina had told Laurent where she would be. It took a few minutes but from the distance I could see three cars and one of them was Zafrina's. My heart leapt. I wanted to run and check but I had to stay focused. It could be an ambush and we needed to be ready. Laurent, James, and Benjamin went down towards the cars while Em and I hung back.

My heart hammered in my chest and I tried to breathe normally. It was difficult to say the least. Never had I felt the way I did at this moment. Afraid.

Emmett laid his hand on my shoulder offering his support. No words were exchanged between us but I knew he loved Bella too.

"Boss!" Laurent shouted and waved his hand to come.

Em and I ran down the rest of the way. I ran to Zafrina's car which was empty except for the groceries in the back. Bella's purse sat on the floor of the car, neither she nor Z was in it.

My chest started hurting. Where was she? James and Benjamin were near the other two SUVs. There were four bodies lying around them. Two of them with bullet holes in the head. The other two had multiple bullet wounds. Yes, they were indeed Black's men.

Laurent headed towards the beach, as I walked to James. He kicked one of the bodies with his shoe. "This has to be Z's handiwork." I nodded, my heart hammering in my chest. I knew what this meant, but I still held onto a little bit of hope that Z got Bella somewhere safe. Not that there was anywhere to hide around here.

Laurent whistled and I took off towards his location. The sand made it harder to get there fast. Once he came into my vision I saw it. A body. I walked towards him knowing it was a woman's body due to the shape. He rolled it over as soon as I was close. It was Zafrina, with a bullet hole In the middle of her head.

The rest of the guys made it down, all of them wearing grim expressions. We all knew what this meant.

"Get her into the SUV. She deserves a burial," I murmured to Laurent and James. They both nodded at me, while I looked down the beach. It was unlikely that Bella ran, the place was deserted for a few miles. She would have to run with all her might to get to the nearest house for help.

I was about to walk away when my phone went off. I looked at the screen and Bella's name popped up. I hurried and hit the button. "Bella?" I tried not to sound scared. There was silence on both ends.

"Hello, Cullen," that slimy, gruff voice said.

"Black," I said. Em waved for the rest of my men to come.

"I finally retrieved my property from you," he bragged.

"She's not YOUR property. Let my wife go, Black." I tried to stay calm but inside I was raging.

"Wife? Do you honestly think she's yours?" He was delusional and talking about Bella as if she was some sort of property pissed me off more.

"Let her go," I repeated.

"I just want to thank you for keeping her in pristine condition. I cannot wait to break her in," his voice rang with a laugh.

"You motherfucker," I screamed at him.

I heard a scuffle and I wasn't sure what was happening. Was she fighting back?

Then I heard her. "Edward, I love you!" she cried and then I heard a smack.

"I love you!" I shouted back, not caring who heard.

"You love me!" he yelled. I heard another smack.

"Black! Do not touch her!" I ordered, with all the strength I had.

"Too late, Cullen. Goodbye." He then hung up and I slowly pulled the phone away. My chest heaving up and down. I slowly looked at the men in front of me who were waiting.

"Code Red," I whispered. "Code Red."