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-Marcus PoV- -Chapter 5- "Mistakes."

I mentally sigh glancing around the throne room. My eyes and body barely twitching. You learn a thing or two about being still while aware of your surroundings over the years. Being a Vampire also helps I suppose. Over a thousand years now. I mentally sigh again at my misfortune, the little show I have to put for my brothers is getting harder by the second. My eyes twitch slightly as I stop myself from rolling them. I can be quite melodramatic when I want to, you learn a thing or two about that with brothers like mine.

I suppress a growl as our new guests are led into the room. Eleazar should know better than this. Leaving Denali to bring his Coven here? Kate and Garrett seem to be the only smart ones in that lot, or at least know how to follow orders and stay put in Alaska. I take a calming breath, stopping myself from unnecessarily rubbing my temples or dismembering Eleazar, not appropriate behavior for company.

My eyebrow twitched slightly whe Eleazar looked at me during the greeting. I keep my expression bored and indifferent as usual, my brothers and their guard wouldn't notice anyway, they stopped paying attention so long ago, it was almost too easy.
But Eleazar, oh he knows. I entertain myself thinking about suitable punishments for him while they chat, it's a nice way to spend time.

I was quite entertained with that when I heard it. The sound of that cel phone ringing in the distance almost made my dead heart flutter, almost because I know better than to hope. A few Vampires in the room also recognized the ringing, Eleazar almost choked. Two rings tell me I need to call back. I excuse myself from the room with my usual indifferent tone. My brothers will probably think nothing of it, but still, it changes the routine, this call better be worth it or someone will be missing a few fingers for a couple of months.

Almost fifteen minutes later and the call with Peter finished, I stood in the only soundproof room I have, my private library, taking deep breaths, trying to calm myself.
'They found her... Isabella.' Over a thousand years of pretending to be loyal to my brothers but too depressed to really care about what they do. Over a thousand years of waiting and it's finally over. 'Isabella...' I sat down against the wall for a few minutes. So many things to do now and plans to put in motion but I have to wait a few minutes to recover from the imaginary shock the news put me into.

A thousand years of waiting and forcing myself not to hope and finally I can stop the show, I can stop pretending. I was feeling ecstatic, they found her and her mate and in fifteen minutes I went from being alone to having four people under my care, a 'family' for all intents and purposes, possibly more, depending on what the good Doctor Cullen has to say for himself, not that I care, if it was for me I would see them all dead for leaving Isabella alone, but I don't think that would please her much.

I chuckle softly and shake my head. It really is her, I am already caring about what she may think and trying to please her. If only Didyme was here. My heart will always ache for her, but now finally I have someone else to live for, someone with a little part of her and me. The part my brothers were not able to take away from me, and never will. A thousand years or waiting and I would wait a thousand more if it was needed to feel like I do now.

I take a deep breath and prepare myself for what's next. Many calls and orders to give, leaving Volterra without making my brothers suspicious but the most important call will be to Carlisle. Finding out if him and all his Coven have to die for his mistakes or if some can be spared. I can't say what would please me the most but it doesn't matter much, my mind is already trying to please Isabella, they will become an extended family if that is her wish.
I chuckle again before typing the number into the phone.

"Doctor Carlisle Cullen."

-Carlisle PoV-

I kept my eyes fixated on the window. It's too hard to look at my mate and my two children.
I feel like my life is falling apart and I should be somewhere else instead of here. No, not just somewhere else, but with my other daughter, Bella. Lord knows how she is doing right now.
I replay the events of the last six days in my head over and over, I just don't understand where we went wrong. Alice and Jasper had been happy together for the last six decades. Edward found Bella and he had never been happier since he woke up into this life.

Now, my family was broken. What Alice and Edward did was worse than if they had made a snack of every teenager in the Fork's High school. I chuckle softly and the rest of my family turn to give me odd looks. I just sigh and avoid their eyes. Interesting that I would rather see hundreds of teenagers dead than my family breaking apart, but I do. And it's worse since we left a part of our family behind. I don't know if that was the right choice. Lord I miss Bella, Esme and Emmett are so sad, even Rosalie is behaving odd, even if she won't admit it.

And Jasper, my poor child, he didn't deserve what they did to him. He has tried so hard to fit in with this family for the last decades, even if he doesn't even need to try. He is a part of the family no matter what he does. I can only pray that he will realize this and come back to us. After what Alice and Edward did, if anyone needs to leave for a few decades is them, not Jasper. He did nothing wrong, he didn't even attack them after he walked in on them, I wonder if I would have shown that much self control if it had been Esme. A growl escapes my lips and I shudder just at the thought of it. 'Better not think about that Carlisle.'

I sigh and keep staring at the window, I'm not sure how much time passed while I was trying to figure out a way to go around Alice and Edward's gifts to contact Bella. I must have gone through a hundred different scenarios in my head, the cel phone ringing in my pocket made me come back from my thoughts. I sigh and shake my head, Alice probably saw me planning all that. I wish it would stop ringing, I don't want to talk to her anyone else.

I guess it's better if I answer, she won't give up. I glance down at the screen and frown.
"Private number, odd" I say to my family before accepting the call. "Doctor Carlisle Cullen."
I answer softly, it could be work related after all.
"Carlisle Cullen." I gasp softly as the deep voice answers, a voice few have heard in the last thousand years, last time he honored me so was when I left the Volturi, over two hundred years ago. It takes me a moment to come back from the shock of hearing his voice.

"Yes sir." I say hesitantly, I can't think of a reason why this man would call me. I can't think of a reason why I would even want him to call me.
"Are you alone Carlisle?" He sounds... amused. For some reason I don't like it. I shift in my seat and glance to my family, they are not making any noises of course, but I can't lie to him.
"No sir, some members of my family are with me." I am getting more nervous by the second.
"Which members of your family Carlisle?" I can almost hear the venom in his voice. His tone went from amused to angry. I wonder what is going on.
"My wife and mate Esme, my son Emmet and his wife and mate Rosalie, sir." I glance at them as I call their names. Surely they haven't done anything to get in trouble with the Volturi.
"I will wait until your children are outside your hearing range to continue with this call Carlisle. Your mate can stay." He said calmly.

I glance at Rosalie and Emmet and nod once, they hesitate and I raise an eyebrow slightly. They are my children and I have never used my power as their Coven leader and Sire but I will if they don't leave in the next five seconds... or three. They look surprised by my action, as small as it is but they leave. I wait for a few seconds again to make sure they ran into the woods, far enough to be outside my hearing range and take a deep breath.

"They are gone sir." I stand from the couch taking Esme's hand and move slowly towards my office. 'Lord help me, I hope all my children are safe.'
"I am disappointed in you Carlisle. I always thought you cared for every member of your family." He spat the last word and a low growl escaped my lips, how can he imply that I don't?
"Of course I do sir." I reply a little more harshly than I intended.
"Do you now? Then why was one of your children left all alone in Forks, without any kind of protection in her more... fragile condition?" His question confuses me for a moment, does he know about Bella? 'Oh Lord the Law! Please Lord help her.'

Esme was quick to understand his meaning and started sobbing for our child, looking at me with her glistening eyes silently begging me to do something.
"Please sir, please don't hurt her." I choke out, fighting back my own sobs. "Please I beg you sir, the Law was broken but I can assure you my child won't tell another soul about us. Please sir!" I'm practically screaming at the phone now.
"Peace Carlisle, I have no intention of hurting Isabella. I can't say the same for other members of your family though. Where are Edward and Alice right now?" He sounds sincere but why would he want to hurt my other children?
"I don't know sir. They left." I reply a little more calmly after my outburst a few seconds ago.
"Edward attacked Isabella and almost killed her." He hissed. "If it wasn't for your other son, Jasper and the members of his family Peter and Charlotte, she would be dead right now."

I gasped, this couldn't be true. 'Edward, he would never do anything to harm Bella!' I had to stop another sob after that thought. That is a lie, he already hurt her by sleeping with Alice.
"It is true Carlisle. Lucky for you Jasper was able to save her. She is turning as we speak.
The fact that she is still breathing is the only reason why you and the rest of your family are in one piece Carlisle, I doubt Isabella will be happy with me if I kill you all for your mistakes." He said in an amused tone but something in his voice told me he was dead serious and that my family and I were lucky to be alive right now.

But I couldn't think, Vampire brain be damned, what is he talking about? Why would he care about what our Bella wants?
"Sir... I don't understand." It was all I could say, at least Esme stopped sobbing after hearing Bella is safe.
"Carlisle it's her. I am disappointed about the attack and the way she had to be saved and how she will wake up into this life without a choice in the matter, but at least she is safe for now."

I sat down slowly, it's not really possible for a Vampire to go into shock, but the feeling is the same. Marcus words kept ringing in my ears. 'It's her. All this time she was right in front of me, and we left her. Dear Lord, if he kills us all I wouldn't be able to hold him at fault.'
"Where.. where is she now sir?" I could see Esme's confused look, soon I will have to explain everything to her, and to my two children.

"Forks, her Sire and family are there too, Garret and Kate will be joining them shortly. I was also informed of a whole pack of Wolves in the area, friends of our Isabella." He chuckled. Marcus Volturi chuckled! 'Dear Lord I never thought I would live to see this day.'
"Carlisle you keep surprising me, a peace treaty with Shape-shifters? Only you would manage that my old friend. Only you and your family would miss what was right in front of your eyes for the past year and a half, always so caring. Of course you wouldn't notice the difference." He sighed. "I can't say I hold you at fault for that, but we will talk more about Edward, Alice and their punishments later."

"Yes sir." I whispered softly. I squeezed Esme's hand, we got our daughter back but we might still loose two of our children.
"I will leave you to speak to your family. Isabella should be waking up in three days. Make your arrangements and go back to Forks on the fourth day. Carlisle, Jasper is her mate."
Esme and I gasped. "Leave them be and allow them to figure that part by themselves, they have been through enough to be pushed into it. All will be well in the end my friend.
You and your family will be safe from Alice and Edward's gifts for the moment, they are being tracked down as we speak." He ended the call before I could reply. I took a deep breath and called Emmet. Five minutes later Esme, Emmet and Rosalie were standing in front of me, waiting for me to speak.

After explaining what happened to them they also needed a moment to recover from the shock. Once they regained the ability to form coherent sentences Esme and Emmet couldn't have been more pleased. Rosalie was hesitant, but if Bella is really her, that hesitance will be forgotten soon. I still couldn't believe what Marcus said, I couldn't be more happy for her of course, having so many people who care for her already will certainly change the way she sees herself, and with a little luck, will help heal whatever damage Edward did.
'Marcus said make your arrangements Carlisle, focus!' I chastised myself and stood up.
At least we would be able to return to Forks soon.

A/N: Thank you all -so- much for your reviews! Most of the questions from the last chapter involved Marcus and Bella's relationship, I hope I was able to answer some of them with this chapter or at least give you all a better idea of what's going on with that, but of course the entire explanation will come whenever Peter messes up and lets something slip or when Marcus finally arrives to Forks!

Next chapter is almost done too! Bella has a thing or two to say about her boyfriend Edward trying to have her for dinner and Jasper's lovely voice. I should be able to update tomorrow!