Edward POV-

I knew the second Caroline said that, everything would change. The horrified looks we got from everyone in the room made me feel even more like a monster. I could never understand why Bella couldn't see that, but I hoped her seeing Betty and her friends reactions would change her mind about me.

I put my hands into fists and squeezed them tightly, trying to get these thoughts out of my mind. It's not that I didn't want Bella to love me, I just want her to have a normal, human life. And with me around, that can't happen. I was pulled from my thoughts when I felt a hand loosen mine and fit itself perfectly in between. I turned to look at Bella, who had a worried look on her face.

"Hey, are you okay? You have that look..." she started.

"Yes, I'm okay. We can talk about it later. I need to deal with them." I responded, shifting my eyes too look at them. She nodded and walked up to where she was standing directly at my side instead of behind me.

The room was dead silent, until Elena broke the quiet, "Guys, you have to understand..." but she was quickly cut off by an enraged Veronica.

"Understand what?! The fact that I have potential killers in my house that might kill me and drink my blood?!" We all giggled at this, but she didn't find it very funny. "What are you laughing about?"

"It's just that, we don't feed on human blood, only animals." Stefan explained through help back chuckles. This made the group relax a little bit, but there faces continued to show signs of fear.

"You have nothing to be afraid of. We are all here for supernatural reasons that would be better if you didn't know about." Damon added. He was right, I couldn't put anyone else at risk. If Victoria were to find us, she would kill anyone and everyone who knew her plan.

"Well if you are not going to tell me, I am going to have to ask you to leave." Veronica demanded. I had to tell her. If this was the safest place for Bella to stay, then I will do anything to keep her here.

"Veronica..." Bella started. Veronica's death glare turned to look at her. "Edward and I are here for my safety. There is this vampire back in Forks names Victoria who is trying to kill me to get revenge on Edward for killing her partner, James. James tried to kill me a few months back and Edward was only trying to protect me. She is creating an army of vampires to attack Edward and his family, so our only option was to run to the farthest, cloudiest, and coldest place from forks."

Veronica nodded as if she understood our reason, and her thoughts agreed. I really didn't expect for that to go as well as it did. It was like she wanted to keep Bella safe as well.

She then turned and continued to glare at the other group. "And what about you guys?"

"Our town has been taken over by travelers that have casted a spell over the town so vampires cannot enter. Well, they were planning on keeping us out forever. And there is no where else we can go that has wildlife we can feed on that is not across that country. So we came here."

The humans looked at us with amazement. I knew exactly what they were thinking. Vampires?! What the hell? came from Veronica. I knew there was something off about Edward. Thought Jughead. He always looked at me differently, and I knew he knew something was going on. I had just hoped he would never find out. This is ridiculous. There is no fucking way that vampires actually exist. Archie wondered. I had thought the exact same thing when I woke after Carlisle changed me. And finally Betty, her mind was blank. Nothing came from it, and her face was pale white. Her eyes shot daggers at all of us. She opened her mouth to say something, but all that came out was air. No noise.

"So, you guys drink blood. That's cool. I'm a werewolf so..." Scott joked. I glared at him again and stepped in front of Bella. I wasn't taking any chances with him again. He must have noticed this, because he spoke in a more serious tone. "Look Bella, I'm sorry I attacked you. My instincts just took over and I couldn't control it." His eyes looked sincere, but that didn't mean I trusted him.

"It's okay Scott. I know you didn't mean- "But she stopped. A loud bang rang out as the front door to the enormous mansion blew open. Revealing the one person I didn't want to see.

Her red hair blowing in the wind, her eye blood red and glaring at Bella. She wasn't alone. There were many vampires behind her, and I couldn't tell how many, their thoughts were overwhelming me. They all thirsted for Bella's blood.

"Who are you?" Damon asked. I knew they all thought the same thing.

"Victoria..." Bella responded.

"You guys leave the room and get as far away from this house as possible." I yelled at the humans. They ran out the back door and into the alley way. Stiles followed them under Scott's orders. "Victoria, leave."

"Oh, but Edward, I don't think that I wanna do that." The redheaded demon responded. "You see, I brought all of these hungry vampires here, and I don't think they would like it if I made them leave. After all, they already have the scent of that human you keep protecting. Bella, was it? Why don't you just hand her over and this can all be over?"

"Never in a million years would I hand Bella over to you." I growled. I backed up and cornered Bella. The rest of the vampires caught on pretty quickly and did the same thing, along with the witch and the wolves.

Bella POV-

They were all surrounding me like a kill circle. Victoria had found us, and it was too late to run. I already knew this meant a fight. Edward growled as Victoria eased closer to us, until one of the vampires, who I thought was Damon, lunged at her. He grabbed her by her thick red hair and threw her across the room. 6 more vampires entered the house, and they kept coming until all of the vampires around me except Edward, was killing newborns.

I hated this. Them risking their lives all because Victoria wanted me dead. I had lost sight of her, and I could tell that Edward had as well because he was searching the room for her. But her fiery red hair was nowhere to be seen.