In the morning, Alec and I sauntered to the throne room, hand in hand.
Once Alec and I sat ourselves on my large throne, (The throne can fit the both of them.) Aro began talking.
"I am very sorry about yesterday, Isabella. They left to go back to their hotel after you and Alec retired to your room. But I said that they were allowed to visit. Is that alright?" Aro said hesitantly.
"It's fine."
"Also, I invited a coven to stay with us before the wedding," Aro reported.
"Okay, but who are they?"
"The Cullens. They are arriving in a minute. Is that okay with you? If it isn't, then I can uninvi-"
"WHAT? How can you invite them? Do you want to hurt me even more than they already did? Don't uninvited them. It's rude. I'll just avoid them."
"That's my girl," Aro said.
Just then, Demetri and Felix led the Cullens through the doors. They didn't see me because I had my hood up. On the inside, I was boiling up with anger.
Whenever I thought about the Cullens in the past, it always set me off. I would lose control. But, that was just by the mere thought of them. Now, they were actually here, in my home!
Alec noticed my reaction to the Cullens, so he started soothingly rubbing my back. He whispered sweet nothings into my ear to cam me down. Once I was calm enough to process the thought that the Cullens weren't leaving anytime soon, I tried, unsuccessfully to excuse myself.
"Father, may I be excused?"
"No you may not. It is impolite to leave with guests that are coming, especially to see you. Now show your face to them," Aro responded.
I sighed loudly, clearly showing that I didn't want them here and was annoyed that they were.
Aro spoke to the Cullens in a welcoming voice, to my utter disgust.
"Welcome to Volterra. I'm so glad that you made it to the queen's wedding to Alec. The queen of the whole world, which includes the human world, is the most powerful person in the universe. She can wipe us all out with the flick of her wrist. Would you like to meet her?" Aro asked.
Carlisle, being the curious person that he was, answered him.
"Of course! We would love to meet the queen. And congratulations on finding a woman after all these years of being alone, Alec."
"Thank you, Carlisle."
It was then that I observed that there were 8 Cullens, or 7 Cullens and 1 Denali, but I suspected that it was the first option. Tanya clung onto Edward like her life depended on it.
I read Edward's mind to see how he reacts to Tanya.
Edward: I don't want to be here right now. I just want to sulk in my bedroom. Ugh, I hate Tanya. I hate that the only reasons that I'm dating her is to fill the empty void that came when I made the decision to leave Bella. I will hate myself forever.
His thoughts took a turn for the worst.
At least Tanya is good in bed. Thinking about it is making me hard right now. I don't even want to meet a stupid queen. Wait, is the queen getting married to Alec? He's as much as a loner as I was before dating Bella. How did he ever get her? I can't wait for tonight. I need Tanya right now!
Aro caught my attention. "Sweetheart, will you please take your hood off to show your wonderful face?"
I took my hood off.
The Cullens gasped once they saw me. "BELLA!" They shouted at me like they cared.
"It's Queen Isabella to you. Only friends and family get to call me that. And stop pretending like you actually care about me."
Pain shot across their faces, besides Tanya's. Alice was the first one to speak up.
"Bella, I missed you so much. Jerkward was the one who made us leave you. He said that it was for your safety and that you understood."
I was taken aback at what came out of her mouth.
"Really? Because Edward said that he never loved me and that I was merely a distraction to all of you."
"That's because you are exactly what he said that you were," Tanya stated.
Before I had a chance to lunge myself at Tanya, Alec restrained me and held me to the seat. I didn't try to break free of his grasp because I didn't want to hurt Alec. He pulled me out of the throne room and into our room so that I can calm down by being away from the Cullens. But that didn't stop me from hearing of the commotion in the throne room between Tanya, Edward, and the rest of the Cullens.