AUTHOR'S NOTE: Short chapter but I'll be updating very soon after this one.

Previously:

I didn't waste any time on the last five vampires. I just used my newly obtained power to kill them instantly. Now, I was about ten feet in front of Victoria's shock-ridden face.

"Goodbye, Victoria." I said as I took a step towards her. But, with every step that I took towards her, the vampires that restrained Dylan and Melissa tightened their grips on them until they were scraping at their arms, trying to breathe. Well, this could create quite an issue.

Now:

We'd been standing there for seconds, minutes, hours, who knows how long planning how this situation will play out. I wasn't breathing or moving, just thinking. One of the perks of becoming a vampire is speed. Any move I make will prompt the vampires restraining Dylan and Melissa to kill them just as quickly, which rules out physical battle. Choosing the mental category of my abilities, I knew exactly what I needed to do. Holding on tightly to the shield protecting my family, I accessed Dylan and Melissa's minds. Don't move. I ordered. Melissa looked at me in understanding.

I teleported to the guards and tore their heads off in 0.3 seconds flat. But Victoria immediately raced to grab Dylan and Melissa just as I expected. I let my shield holding my friends down and Jane attacked Victoria with the fiercest version of mind torture that I had ever seen. She fell to my feet screeching and twitching uncontrollably. I glanced at Jane and she eased up slightly. Only enough for her to comprehend the words that I was about to say.

"Look at what we have here. Any finals words." I asked, my hands bursting into flames for dramatic effect. She laughed through the screams racking her body.

"Oh, Darling. You don't even know who you're dealing with." She continued to crackle which looked like it hurt.

"A failure. A total and complete waste of venom and oxygen that you don't even need." She stopped smirking so I decided to finish breaking her spirit before I broke her neck. "A bitter, red-headed, evil, envious widow who just doesn't know when to quit." At this she attempted to lunge at me, but my hand found her throat first. I lifted her until she was eye-level with me, slowly increasing the pressure on her neck. Her futile attempts to claw at my hands only fueled my theatrics.

"An ignorant, immature, vengeful, bored, miserable excuse for a woman, let alone a vampire." My rage soared with time as all of the things that she had done came back to me. She's the reason that I'm in this position. The sole reason for my eternal crippling depression and the cause of my emotional pain. But, as I looked into her tear-filled eyes, I noticed that we were exactly the same. We were painfully lonely, aching for the comfort of a mate instead of friendly affection. I just have people that care about me enough to keep me from killing random humans.

"J-just make sure," she croaked out. "Make sure that you know who you label as 'friends and family'. Every family has its secrets. And don't think that this fight ends with me. You may have won the battle. But, make sure you prepare for the war. Darling."

Her advice ended as her windpipe crumbled in my hands as her head rolled lifelessly on the marble floors of the throne room. I took the pack of matches from my bra and struck it against my arm. Throwing the match on her body, I retrieved her head and threw it into the fire.

"Bella?" I heard my name. I ignore it. Waiting for the fire to extinguish, I went to the closet for the broom and dustpan.

"Princess? Are you okay?" It was Aro this time. I swept up Victoria's ashes and poured them in the trash bin. Then, I put the broom and dustpan back in the closet, overlooking the other piles of ash littering the room. Without looking at anyone, I walked to my room and locked the door. After changing into the biggest pair of pajamas that I could find in my closet, I climbed into bed and went to sleep.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: Have a nice night.