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APOV
The room stayed silent for a long time after Bella and Charlotte left, everyone perfectly still in the way only our kind can manage.
Then Rose blurred forward out of Emmett's loosened grasp and attacked Edward. Emmett pulled her off and then hit him so hard his head snapped all the way back.
I turned to Carlisle and Esme, "I didn't see it." I told them. "I saw him come but I didn't see him do that. I'd have hid away all her memories, safe, if I'd seen it."
"We know Darlin." Jasper comforted me.
Esme pulled from Carlisle's arms, her black, venom filled eyes on Edward, her voice when she spoke was broken and so low it took our vampire hearing to pick up the words, "How could you?" He looked at her like she'd smacked him but said nothing. She turned and fled up to her room.
"She" Edward began but Carlisle cut him off with a hiss.
"No." We all turned to face him, none of us had ever seen him lose his cool before, his eyes were pitch black, his voice was still calm but laced with anger and pain "You do not decide who is or isn't a member of this family. Your only choice is whether or not you are a part of it. Even so it is by my will and my mates grace that you are welcome. The damage you have caused to this family today, the pain and suffering you willfully inflicted cannot easily be forgiven. We allowed your selfishness to dictate and damage this family once; we will not be so foolish as to allow it again. You chose to leave Bella, you chose not to listen to Jasper about Victoria, the life she chose once you left is not for you to judge. You were the catalyst to her suffering but she survived, you don't get to condemn nor comment on how. We have all taken responsibility for our actions and the mistakes we made, you should as well and let it be a lesson for you to learn to be wary of your actions Edward because you might not like the consequences." He turned and left the room, going up to comfort his mate.
Rosalie hissed at him, spitting venom at his feet, "Hurt my sister again and I'll tear you apart."
"Sister." He looked at her, a cross between disbelief and displeasure, "You never even liked her."
Rosalie growled at him and Emmett pulled her away, "Come on Rosie, let's go. We'll take a little trip, find Bella the perfect classic car." He shot a look at Edward, "Member of this coven or not, you are no brother of mine." He spat.
"It's time for us to go to Jasper." Peter spoke up. Jasper was still glaring at Edward, rage pouring off him.
"What about Charlotte?" I asked tentatively, still not used to asking questions instead of searching things out with my vision.
"My mate isn't coming back." Peter told me, his eyes still on Jasper, "Come on Major." Peter stepped closer to Jasper, snapping his concentration from burning holes into Edward with his eyes.
"You won't want to cross my path for a long time." Jasper breathed at him.
"Back to murdering people Jasper, I don't know why they let you come back, pity probably. You always were a monster." Edward taunted him.
I had never taken Edward for foolish before but taunting Jasper was stupid.
"A demon straight out of hell." He growled back, "So don't forget who you are dealing with. I see you again, you will be the one to suffer, if you ever cause a moment of pain or suffering to Bella again, I will show you the tricks I learned in hell and a piece of you will burn for every tear you make her shed." I felt the suffocating swell of fear mixed with a dose of pain that Jasper sent to Edward and shivered. It wasn't meant for me but it was still terrifying. There was a reason part of me had always feared him a little and this was it. The thing that lived in us was a monster; the one that lived in Jasper really was a demon. There was a reason he was known as the most dangerous and terrifying of our kind, the God of War and Bringer of Death were nicknames well earned.
They were gone a moment later and the air lightened as he took all his rage with him.
Edward and I stayed there in silence a while longer until I felt calm enough to speak, "You have no idea what she's suffered Edward." I turned to my favorite brother, "The hurt we caused her. Bella's right, you don't have the right to feel angry or hurt. She did exactly what you'd asked her to, she moved on, she stayed safe and she lived a normal human life." I stood up. "I'm going back to Paris. You should think about your actions, about how much damage one juvenile tantrum has caused today. How selfish your actions have truly been, not just here today but from the moment we met her."
He looked up at me, his eyes flashing, "You encouraged…"
I cut him off, "I made mistakes and I'm taking responsibility for them, learning the consequences of my actions. We all are. You need to as well."
I left the house then but as I went, I saw a small silver coin. It must have fallen from Bella's pile of tattered treasure. I picked it up, "Charles Cullen stared back at me, I flipped it to the other side to see the Esme Carlie and ran my finger gently over it, then tucked it into my pocket to keep safe for my sister. Like the others I left all my belongings behind, I just walked out the front door and left.