AN: I want to thank everyone who has read and reviewed this story so far, and also for all the favourite author and favourite stories :D It means a lot that you all seem to like it. 85 reviews, maybe we can make it to 100 before the end of this story, which I'm sad to say will be in three chapters time!

Again thanks to Drish who helped with this chapter and for betaing it for me.

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"I do" a voice spoke.

Esme's POV

I had fought myself over this for so long, I wanted Edward to be happy, but I didn't believe that marrying Tess was what he wanted. I had seen his face whenever he looked at Bella. I knew I had to stop it. I stood up.

"I do." a collective gasp rang out through the church.

"Esme?" Edward asked. "What are you doing?"

What I should have done along time ago, I thought to myself.

"Edward could I speak to you for a moment?" I asked. He nodded and we headed out to the room he had dressed in, behind me the rest of my family followed. When we reached the room, they all faced me.

"Edward… I just don't believe that marrying Tess is what you really want."

He sighed.

"Edward I want you to look me in the eyes right now and tell me you love Tess and that it's her you want to marry and not Bella Swan." I said. He looked down.

"I can't, I would just be lying."

"So why are you marrying Tess?" Alice practically screamed at him.

"I-I don't really know."

Bella's POV

I couldn't believe Esme had actually done it. I sat in the pew and watched Tess after Edward had left the room, she didn't look crushed. I know I would be if the man I loved left me at the alter. Instead, Tess beckoned to a man who she left the church with. I wondered what was going on and I knew I had to find out, maybe I could find out Tess's secret.

"Do you want to go for a walk of something?" I hadn't noticed Rosalie had stayed next to me instead of leaving with her family. She must have seen the shock on my face.

"Thought you might need some company." She told me. I was shocked, Rosalie stayed behind for me.

"Thankyou Rose." She smiled,

"No problem."

"Did Nate go with them?" I asked.

"Yeah, damage control I suppose. So how about that walk?"

"Sure." We headed outside and I subtly steered Rosalie in the direction I had seen Tess going. We had been walking about ten minutes when I heard voices.

"It's not like you actually need him to marry you, I mean he did what we wanted him for the Volturi are here aren't they" I froze; Rosalie and I exchanged glances and quietly edged closer to the trees hiding us from view.

"I know you're right. We should act now, the less I have to control the easier."

We heard footsteps moving away, when I was sure they were far enough away I let out the breath I didn't realise I had been holding in.

"Bella, you do realise what this means don't you?" Rosalie asked.

"Alice was right." I said.

"What no, that Tess is using Edward to get to the Volturi. We have to warn them." She took off, racing towards Edward. I speed after her, hoping we could stop this.

-xXx-

We burst through the door of Edward's dressing room.

"Tess, Volturi, bad." Rosalie sputtered out.

"What?" Carlisle asked.

"What she means is that Tess is bad, she's been using you to get through to the Volturi. We overheard her and that friend of hers talking outside." I said.

"What no, you must of heard wrong." Edward alleged.

"No Edward, we didn't." Rosalie said firmly.

"Whoop, I was right, I was so right." Alice sang, dancing around a chair. We all looked at her.

"Not the right time for that is it." She said sheepishly.

"Um, no." I said.

"Right about what?" Emmett asked.

"That Tess was controlling Edwards mind." She said.

"Nobody said anything about her controlling minds Alice." Rosalie said.

"Uh." They all looked at me.

"Actually Rose she said; 'We should act now, the less I have to control the easier.'"

"No… she can't have been." Edward whispered.

"It explains a lot Edward." Jasper spoke.

"The bizarre feelings I was getting from you. Whenever you were around her, you worshipped her. Then when she wasn't around you were confused by your feelings for her. Well that and your feelings for Bella changed dramatically when you weren't with Tess." I could feel myself blushing. Apparently though Jaspers little speech was all it took to convince Edward. He shot out of the room. We shared confused looks with one another, and then raced after him.

-xXx-

We had just reached the side entrance back into the main part of the church when we heard something completely weird. Complete and utter silence. Edward looked at us then opened the door. inside we could see all of guests, some sat motionless in the pews, others were frozen heading towards the front of the room.

"This was just too easy." A voice I recognised as Tess's sighed. "We could have just broken in to Volterra and they wouldn't be anymore of a challenge." She laughed.

"What have you done Tess?" Edward asked. She spun around to face him.

"Oh nice of you all to join us." She said acidly.

"Whatever you're doing to them Tess, we're going to stop you." Edward spat at her.

"You really think you could." She smiled sweetly. I felt like wiping that vomit worthy smile off her face.

"See I can do this." She said gesturing at the frozen guests.

"Just.like.this." she spoke slowly. I waited, I didn't feel frozen. I snuck at glance at the others they were all frozen. Crap this can't be good.

"No where was I, oh that's right, about to kill the legendary Volturi." She step forward, here goes nothing I thought.

"Not yet Tess, first you have to get through me."

AN: Chapter 15! What did you think?