A/N: Well, here it is. I think the ending of this one may have a twist none of you expected (I know I didn't expect it until I wrote it). Thanks to everyone who reviewed, and I hope you'll read the one shots I put up- a Moonlight Sonata side story called One Night, and the Tia/Andrew one shot called Love Like Winter. I am also going give you a suggestion for another story you should read. It's called "A Rogue Omega" and is by Fortuna Nexus. It's really original and very well written with the perfect mix of detail and mystery. Really, you should read it- I order you to! Just kidding- but really, it's very good.

And that's enough rambling from me. Please enjoy:

Nine. Come Into My Parlour (Said the Spider to the Fly)

"We should probably be heading back," Jasper told me softly a few minutes after Tiazza had left.

"Yeah," I said, shaking myself out of the stupor I had been in. "Let's go."

"Before you leave, I would like a word with Isabella. I am to speak to you on behalf of the masters of the castle."

I felt a quiver of fear run through me, my mind immediately jumping to the conclusion that they had discovered my impromptu visit to Andrew. Jasper felt it and sent a wave of calm through me, although I imagined he was thinking the same thing as me.

"What is it you need to say to me?" I asked.

"I am to speak with you alone," his eyes darted to Jasper, and I felt and shiver of terror run down my spine. Alone time with Felix- that was not something I wanted.

"Whatever you have to say, Jasper can hear," I replied quickly. "I don't mind."

"He might influence your… replies. My masters don't want that," Felix answered smoothly.

"What answers?" Jasper asked, his eyes narrowing.

"That's for me to know, Isabella to find out, and you to ponder on."

Jasper growled and took a step towards Felix. My hand shot out to grab his sleeve before he could do anything stupid.

"Wait for me a little outside," I muttered so that Felix couldn't hear. "If he tries anything, I'll scream bloody murder."

Jasper glared at Felix darkly, but nodded at me.

"Five minutes," he told Felix. "And if you try anything," he gave a low growl. "If you try anything, you better hope God's merciful, because I won't be."

He gave my shoulder a reassuring squeeze and quietly breezed past Felix, giving him another glare as he left the garden.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" I asked, casually putting a bench between him and me. He noticed this and watched me with amusement.

"Surely I don't frighten you- do I?" he drawled out.

No I felt like shooting back. You just really creep me out- you creep!

Instead, I remained silent, watching him without saying a word.

"I wonder," he mused, eyeing me up and down. "Did they ever give you a choice? Or was it animals or nothing?"

"I've tasted human blood," I told him coldly.

"Yet you still feed on animals… surely even a vegetarian such as yourself noticed how much sweeter a human's blood was."

I thought about that fateful day in Alaska- the day that I killed a human. I remembered as his blood ran down my throat, sweeter than anything I had ever tasted. I also recalled that I'd caused the deaths of his companions inadvertently.

I shivered in disgust at the memory.

"He was innocent," I whispered. "He didn't deserve death. None of them did."

"Why do you have such an aversion to our natural food source?" Felix asked, moving around the bench towards me.

I moved so that it stayed between us.

"Is there a point to this questioning, or are you just trying to annoy me?" I demanded, narrowing my eyes at him. Felix's eyebrows shot up.

"Feisty, aren't we?" his eyes moved towards the door Jasper had exited. "I wonder if you would be so confident were your brother not out there."

"Is that a threat?" I demanded.

"No," replied Felix. "More of an observation. I should tell my Masters that you do not wish to join us then?"

"That sounds right," I agreed.

Felix said nothing, just surveyed me closely.

Then he was in front of me.

"Such beauty and talent is wasted on that Cullen boy," he murmured, running a finger down my cheek. I recoiled in disgust, ready to yell for Jasper.

He was by my side before I got a word out having felt my emotion.

"I would think over my Masters' proposition Isabella- they can grant you power beyond your wildest dreams. Good day to you," he gave a short bow before looking at Jasper coolly. "Jasper."

"Good-bye, Felix," Jasper replied, his voice coldly dismissing him. Felix took the hint and left with a smirk, but not before giving me another leering glance that caused me to shiver once more.

He was just so creepy.

"Are you okay, Bella? He didn't try anything, did he?" asked Jasper, staring into my eyes with a worried expression.

"I-I'm not sure," I admitted. "But… don't ever let me be left alone with him- okay?"

"Okay," Jasper replied, wrapping a reassuring arm around my shoulders. "Let's get you back to the rooms."

I let Jasper lead me away, still shivering slightly from the run-in with Felix.

I had a feeling he wasn't done with me yet.

"What happened?" Edward asked, jumping up as Jasper and I entered the room.

"Felix," Jasper replied grimly. "I'm not entirely sure what happened- Bella didn't tell me."

"You let her be alone with Felix?" Edward roared, looking close to punching his brother.

"I told him too," I said softly. "Be mad at me- not Jasper, Edward."

"Damn it Bella- I told you not to be alone with him," Edward growled, running his hand through his hair. "Did he hurt you?"

"No," I replied. "I'm completely unharmed, Edward. He just… he really creeped me out."

Edward pulled me into a crushing hug and burrowed his nose into my hair. Normally I would have embarrassed at such a display of affection in front of the family, but I was still too shaken up from the encounter with Felix, so I just rested my cheek on his chest and took comfort in his presence.

"What did he say to you, Bella?" Carlisle asked after while. I pulled away from Edward with a small sigh and addressed everyone in the room.

"He said that he was supposed to talk to me for Aro, Marcus, and Caius," I began. I then told them the rest of the conversation and, after a moment's hesitation, his remark about my beauty and talent being wasted on Edward.

When I was finished, Edward growled and looked at Carlisle with fierce eyes.

"We have to do something about him," he said, his voice as ferocious as his expression.

"We can't start anything," Carlisle replied with a heavy sigh. "Felix was out of line, I won't disagree with that, but he did nothing to harm Bella."

"We can't just do nothing," argued Emmett, always ready for a fight. "We have to teach him a lesson."

"We can't, Emmett," Carlisle replied as Rosalie laid a calming hand on her husband's arm. "I will talk to Aro, but we can't harm Felix- not unless he harms one of us first."

"Carlisle's right," I agreed. "It would be foolish to cause trouble over something as small as this."

"As small- Bella, you looked terrified!" Edward spluttered.

I couldn't argue with that- what I felt had been something close to terror.

"Still, Felix didn't harm me, so we can't harm him," I said instead. I sighed at the stubborn look on Edward's face and placed a hand on his cheek. "We don't have much time left here- let's try to remain calm and not do anything… rash."

"Bella's right," agreed Jasper. "We shouldn't do anything rash."

I had the feeling he wasn't just talking about Felix. The pointed look in his gaze proved I was right. He hadn't forgotten about Tiazza or Andrew.

Neither had I.

(A Once in my stories Occasion- a POV change in the middle of a chapter. We now get a brief look into Tia's mind- be afraid, be very afraid!!!)

I walked calmly through the doors into the chamber the others fed in. The calm was just a façade- that I had been summoned to this room terrified me.

"Ah, Tia- you've arrived!" Aro exclaimed. I could see that his delight was fake- there was a steely glint in my eyes and his aura was a surging red.

He knew- and he wasn't happy.

"Felix said you wished for my presence," I said. He knew as well as I did that my respectful tone was false.

"Yes, I did," he agreed. He motioned to his side, and Jane stepped forth.

Then I felt pain only matched by what I had felt during my turning.

Against my will, I began to scream. Had I been able to cry, the tears would have poured down my face like mine waterfalls. Instead, no tears came and I screamed.

And screamed.

And screamed.

At last, the pain ended and I was able to stop screaming. I knelt before Aro and his sadistic little bitch, breathing hard.

"I do not like to be disobeyed," Aro told me softly, kneeling in front of me. I kept my eyes peeled stubbornly to the stone floor, so he grasped my chin and forced me too look at him. "The next time you decide to visit the mutt, you will take his place in my dungeon, dear Tiazza. And your precious little puppy- he will die."

I glared at him with all my might.

"I don't believe she's quite caught on yet, Jane dear," Aro said, his eyes as cold as his voice was friendly.

Jane looked at me, and I was once again immersed in the pain. I welcomed it.

I hoped that it would one day give me the incentive to escape this hell that had become my life.

I'm not sure how long the torture continued. All I knew was the pain and then, finally, the relief.

"That's enough for today," Aro declared. He once again grasped my chin and made me look at him. "Carlisle's newest pet- the girl, Isabella. She is too curious, but she will be very useful. You are to convince her that the dungeon is nothing, and that it would benefit her to join us. If you fail at either of these, Andrew will die. Am I clear, Tiazza?"

I glared up at him, then looked away, defeated.

"As crystal."

But even as I said those words, I knew I would never succeed in fulfilling the mission.

I'm sorry Andrew- I failed you.