Chapter 13
Caius pov
Athendora is alive standing in front of me the image of her dead body being dragged away by the werewolf's I've replayed it in my head over and over for I don't know how many years I hunted the werewolf's down to extinction and she's here alive "Bella" I say not sure what else to do Bella is looking at me she knows who this is she's seen the portraits in the castle of Athendora but I've never told her the whole story "caius" Athendora says to me but I can't look at her if she was alive why didn't she come to me sooner why now
"what do you want Athendora let us leave in peace and aro may spare your life" I say calmly but still in shock "huh your still answering to aro pathetic that man is nothing without and his guards you should of listened to me when you had a chance" she looks down at Bella with such a delightful look her hunting look but she's on the floor screaming I can sense Jane's work in this "Edward take Bella home and make sure she's safe this time demetri go with them make sure they are not attacked" I snap at him I turn back to Bella and lift her and kiss her looking in her eyes she is scared I can tell but I don't want to leave her I pass her to Edward "I will be home soon Isabella" I say to her she just nods and they are gone
I turn back to Athendora who is laying crippled on the floor Felix standing over her he looks at me and I just stare at her the love I felt for this women was uncontrollable dangerous now she is standing in a war against me against Bella "why are you here" I ask her "I'm here for you my love" she reply's and she's screaming again and is crippled on the floor Jane is smiling she enjoys her powers as much as I enjoy killing others such a cruel family we are "why are you here you where dead" I say to her nearly whispering
"I was dead but they didn't burn my body stupid mutts left me in the middle of no where and when I eventually was able to come back to you. You where never alone caius I couldn't get a chance to speak to you, you never left the castle and when you did it was with aro's little lap dogs" and shooting pain through her again and crippled on the hard stone I walk to her and bend down her pale skin and red eyes her blonde hair now messed around her face "so I just watched you for years then this girl appears a stupid human girl and you fall for her" she laughs at me "she doesn't love you she's probably running off with that young vampire boy right this moment that's why you sent demetri with them so he couldn't steal her from you" she laughs again "Felix we will take her to aro and we will find a suitable punishment for her" I said harshly she laughs at me "you won't let me die I know that you still want me my love" she says but I turn from her and leave the guard to bring her back
I walk through the forest quickly just wanting to see Bella she's ok I know now alive they will be treating her leg injury I rush back to the castle to Isabella
Bella pov
I drift in and out they gave me morphine and my leg isn't in as much pain I hear Carlisle voice talking to someone then a door closing then hushed voices again
I drift in and out I open my eyes to see Edward and caius talking
Caius looks angry but I drift of again
I open my eyes it's silent except from a dripping noise beside me I try to talk but my mouth is dry I try to use my tongue to wet them but my mouth is so dry I can barely move it I look around and no one is here I try to sit up and struggling I eventually do the door opens slowly and I turn to look at it and caius walks in he smiles at me he is standing beside me before I can blink he holds a glass with a straw on it "drink it slowly" he says but I drink it so fast he's refilling the glass "I thought I heard you" he says still smiling at me I take the glass and drink it down fast my mouth now wet and my throat refreshed "Maria is bringing food up for you how are you feeling" he says sitting my glass down he sits down on the bed and stares at me waiting on a answer "weird" I say I'm not even smiling at him "I feel drowsy how long have I been here for my leg" I say looking down at my leg it looks nearly healed but isn't in pain he laughs now at me "Well your drowsy with the morphine" he leans over and turns the morphine of he doesn't look at me while he's doing this he concentrates on this but then turns and gently takes the Needle from my arm and places a bandage around my arm "Well we have great doctors just because we're vampires doesn't mean we don't like doctors" he says to me "Carlisle was here" I said but he looks at me now "I was in and out but how long was I out for is Carlisle still here" I say staring at him "Yes he's still here nearly a week you were out for" he says holding my hand but doesn't look at me now "what happened we where in the clearing then I was in your room I saw" I stop and look at him "I thought" I trail of because he is nodding at me "it wasn't Victoria it was Athendora all along" he says not looking at me "what's wrong" I say panicking he wants to be with her she was his true mate the one he loved forever he told me once about werewolf's attacking them and they dragged her away everyone thought she was dead his arm was ripped of and couldn't go after her and she shows up now she wanted me out of the way so she Could have him
"I'm so sorry Isabella" he says to me his eyes pleading with me this is it he is trying to say it i know he is "it's ok I understand you spent all this time loving her not knowing she was alive no matter what she's done you still love her" I say to him not looking at him I can't look at him "Isabella I am so sorry but" and he stops "I don't love her I love you I should of known she wasn't dead she will not get away with this" he says to me she won't what she is alive I thought they would of just killed her but I remembered Edward taken me back to the castle back to my room "she won't where is she" I say now I feel my body tightening her eyes she wants me dead she wants caius
A knock on the door disrupts my thoughts it's Maria she has the food I smile at her "can you put the food on the table I'm going to freshen up" I say looking at her "Yes do you want help" she asks me I nod and she turns to caius but before she says anything he stands he leans down and kisses my head "I'll be back my love" he says kissing me again and leaves Maria runs me a bath while I eat and lays out clothes busying herself I finish eating and go to cleanse myself after nearly a week the bath feels great when I get out yellow bruises lay on my skin some are still black but turning yellow on my face and over my ribs my leg will scar but it now a soft pink Carlisle stitched it i can see his work after all my accidents I have had I brush out my hair brush my teeth and put on clothes my favourite sweats Alice must of brought them and a loose top clothes that won't irritate my bruises I look at the ones on my face it must of been when I was dragged along the cave floor and I hit my face on a wall it is turning yellow so I leave it alone
I walk out the bathroom and Carlisle is at the table talking to Maria and Edward is standing against a wall they stop talking and turn to me