Meus Dulce Angelus – Chapter 7 – Papa's Girl

AN- The Moosh here. Bella with red hair for the win! And how's my love life? Entirely theoretical. Rejection = fun. Anyway enjoy ladies and gentlefolk.
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Skaramoosh x

Papa's girl
C POV

We couldn't believe it when we heard our Bella was living with the Volturi. I hoped they had been kind to her, and that she had not been too upset when we left. Esme and I hadn't stopped worrying about her since she left. We entered the throne room with some trepidation, what horrors lay before us? At least we had my friendship with Aro on our side. Or so we thought. Aro stood before us, fury radiating from him in such a way that it froze us to the spot.

'How dare you!' he spat 'After all you've done to her!' he looked away with a look of disgust.

'Papa that's enough'

A quiet voice from the edge of room was the last thing on our minds when Aro turned to us with a look of despair, 'Why her? Of all the children in the world WHY HER?'

'Papa! That's enough!'

It was Bella, sitting in the exact same spot where I used to stand. Her hair was shorter, and died a bright shade of red. It suited her. She was wearing a pretty dress, the very same shade of black as Aro, and... The Volturi crest. This surprised me, has they really welcomed her into the coven? But that wasn't the most noticeable thing. She looked well, happy. From the corner of my eye I saw Jasper's confusion. To be honest, I think we were all confused, did she just call him papa?

'I'm sorry filia' He looked genuinely upset.

'It's okay papa. I can hardly say that I blame you.' She turned to us, her expression unreadable. 'You've seen what you wanted to see.'

I took the opportunity to speak,

'Could we stick around for while? I know what we did was wrong, but Bella means a lot to us'

Edward laughed bitterly then,

'I can see Aro's mind, I can see what we've done to her. She can't even look at me!'

'I can hardly think why since you abandoned me in a forest to die! You know what the first thing to find me was? A wolf. That's right Edward, a wolf. I could have been killed and it's all your fault!'

She ran out of the room, Aro following. Jane and Alec showed us to our rooms silently. The rest of the family made themselves comfortable, while I went to find Bella. We had some apologising to do.

I heard her crying in Aros study

'O angelus,' she sobbed. 'Quare?'

I knocked softly, and waited outside the door.

'It's Carlisle, he was my friend, I trust him. Is it alright if he comes in?'

Aro checked with Bella, and I presume she nodded as Aro called me in. Bella was lying on the black sofa, with her head in Aro's lap. He was stroking her head very tenderly. I bent down so that I was on her level. She couldn't even bear to look at me. I opened my mouth, and all the words that had accumulated over the past months came tumbling out.

'I'm sorry Bella I'm so sorry! We never should have left you; we only wanted to keep you safe. I realise this was a mistake now. Edward...' She noticeably flinched and Aro glared at me before comforting her.
'What have we done?' I was dry-sobbing now.

'Noli esse tristis'

She looked at me now. I wondered if she knew I spoke Latin.

'It's not your fault.' She spoke in English now. 'I forgive you.'

'Meus pulcher filia. Ego sum tam superbus de vos.'

Her face lit up when Aro praised her.

'Gratias angelus.'

She beamed. I knew she had it in her to forgive us; I just had to convince her.

'Will you come and talk with us? We want to make things right with you.'

She looked to Aro; he seemed to be very dominant over her. I would have to ask her about that.

'Only if you want to filia.'

'I can't see... him. Not again.'

I could tell we had really hurt her. I needed to resolve this.

'I can ask him to stay out of the way if that would be easier for you.'

Aro nodded and Bella answered 'Sic.'

I took her hand and led her through the corridors.

'So... you're very close to Aro.'

'He's my papa. What did you expect?'

'That's not what I heard. You call him angel. I speak Latin Bella.'

'Oh. Well yes, but that's not something I speak about. It's private.'

'You don't have to let him control you.'

'Well I want to!'

'You're so submissive to him it's not healthy!'

'You know what's not healthy Carlisle, not eating or sleeping for months.'

She rolled up her sleeves to reveal the horrifying truth

'Self-harming. Trying to kill myself. That's not healthy.'

'Oh Bella...'

'Don't'

We walked in silence the rest of the way. When we were outside the door when she turned to me.

'I'm a papa's girl Carlisle. Always will be. Nothing anyone says is going to change that.'

A POV
I saw everything that happened between Bella and Carlisle. Ridiculous I thought! What was Aro doing forcing her to call him angel? And what was Bella thinking acting like his submissive little pet? I knew one thing for sure, Bella was enslaved. And we would be the ones to free her.

AN- Please tell me if you like? This took me longer than usual. Next chapter should be up soon, suggestions are very much welcome.
Skaramoosh x