AN: Hey! Sorry it has taken a while to get this chapter up, I was in two minds as to how to continue the story, I had 2 versions, but have decided to go with my original idea! Hope you like!!

Disclaimer: I am not Stephenie Meyer and I don't own Twilight or any of her characters!!

Chapter 10

BPOV

I sat there in stunned silence for a few minutes before the anger took over!

"Excuse me! What right do you have to tell me how I feel! I will admit I loved you for a long time after you left but when I met Jared and fell in love with him I realised that how I felt for you was nothing compared to how strongly I love him! He has never hurt me, never made me leave his side or me leave his! His powers are not like yours Edward he can't ignore them and he can't control them! Did you not just notice how devastated it makes him to think that he has caused me harm! But I would lay down EVERYTHING for him! From the day we met he has been nothing but honest to me, never once lied to me or pretended to love me so don't try and say I still love you because I don't!" the anger in me died down and I turned to Jared to find him dry sobbing into his chest.

"Jarey, what's the matter? You believe me don't you? Come on, talk to me!" I bent down to so that our eyes met and saw the pain in his, I couldn't understand why he was hurting so much!

"Iz, I don't know what to say! I love you! I have always been honest with you but just now when he said that you still loved him, I snapped I believed him! I called out to my dad and now he is on his way here! You know how much I hate him and I did this for nothing! God I am such an idiot!" He started sobbing even harder and my family and I exchanged nervous glances. We didn't want to see Jared's father anymore than he did!

"It will be ok, he has visited before, after last time we can cope with anything!" I tried to console him but it was no good, we both knew how bad it was last time his father came.

The Cullen's were sharing inquisitive looks and it was obvious that they did not understand our conversation. I looked over to Russ to explain the situation to them as I was trying to console Jared as best I could, we both hated his father with a passion and hoped that we would never see him again.

"Well, you see Jared's not a normal vampire, what I mean is he wasn't made a vampire, he was born a vampire." All the Cullen's gasped at this point, "What do you mean, born a vampire? That's impossible" Carlisle was the first to speak.

"His father is a vampire, his mother wasn't, however when he was born the doctors thought he was dead but were quickly found to be mistaken when he drained the doctor dry. His father quickly realised what he was. He aged just like a normal baby until he was 18 when for some reason he stopped, no one knows why." Russ stopped not sure how or if to continue, he looked over to Jared who I was still holding. Jared looked up at him and nodded decided to continue the story himself.

"When I turned 18 my dad took me out hunting, we didn't normally go together but that day he insisted, he started talking to me about powers and what his was and other vampires he knew that he considered powerful. He asked if I had noticed anything different with me, could I do anything that was not considered 'normal', to be honest I didn't know, I had never cared to notice. We started arguing which isn't unusual for me and my father and the flames appeared, only on my hands but my dad got really excited. He went on about how I could join his guard, how I could protect him and the others, how it was my duty if I ever wanted to take over from him as 'king of our kind'. I laughed in his face, we didn't talk much from that day, I hated him and knew I would never join him in his way of living. Eventually I got up the courage to run away but I must admit it did take me a few years. We didn't speak for a hundred years after I had left." Jared turned away from the group and stared out the window.

Carlisle shifted in his seat, I was sure he had guessed the identity of Jared's father but wanted it confirmed to him.

"Jared, who is your father? You speak of guards and kings, I can only think of one group of people, the Volturi" With that statement Jared snapped his head back to everyone and all apart from me who had seen it before whenever he thought about his heritage were shocked to see his eyes had turned blood red.

"Yes you would be correct, I am one of the Volturi, but I turned my back on them a long time ago! You know my father, hell I think I met you once but you wouldn't remember me I looked much different then, my eyes were red and my hair was short. My father insisted I kept it that way, maybe that's why I like to wear it long now!" Jared's eyes slowly returned to his normal slightly green colour. "Aro, is my father".

Carlisle stared at him for a long time and then a slight grin appeared on his face. "I remember you now! Aro was always going on about how his son was going to become a powerful leader to his guards! At the time I thought he used the term like I do to my children but now I realise the true meaning of his words! Wait, that would mean you are over 300 years old!"

"I am 429 but I think I look pretty good for my age!" Jared laughed in response and I felt relieved to see his normal good mood return. "I left him 400 years ago and wandered around this planet looking for salvation for all the innocent lives I had taken, for as you know my father is not a vegetarian and although I did not want to drink from humans I was forced to. After 200 years of travelling the world and making peace with my former life I met Russ and Marie who welcomed me as one of their own and accepted that I had not always been on the correct path, Olly and Hannah joined us 40 years later and they were like the little brother and sister I never had. Then one night I was out hunting and I smelt this extraordinary scent, a vampire, a vegetarian, I knew for I have a more heightened sense of smell than other vampires and before me stood the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my 279 years!" He looked at me and gave me his seductive smile! I kissed him with all my love for what seemed like eternity.

"So when can we expect daddy dearest to appear?" Edward asked lacing the question with venom, I looked over to him, I was finding it hard to believe I had ever loved him.

"Well when I called him he was close so maybe another half hour" Jared shrugged.

"So how exactly did you 'call' him? You didn't leave the room?" Carlisle asked the obvious question.

"Um, well, my dad and I have this connection, whenever we are in dire need of the other we can contact each other through our minds. When I first ran away he used to call to me all the time but after 5 years he stopped, accepting my decision. I have only seen him twice since then, the first time when I married Izzy, and the second time about 50 years ago, it didn't end happy and I had vowed never to talk to him again!" Jared got annoyed with himself at this point and I knew the memories of the last meeting was playing on his mind!

The room was silent for a while and I knew they all felt uncomfortable with the way the conversation had gone. Olly and Hannah excused themselves and went hunting, they hadn't been for a few days and Aro wouldn't be bothered if they were present or not! Russ and Marie decided to join them leaving me and Jared alone with the Cullens. Jared twitched and raised his head a little and I knew what that meant.

"He will be here in a moment, I picked up his scent as he entered the town." Everyone exchanged nervous glances.

A knock at the door broke the silence and I got up to let in my father in law, but I was shocked to discover he hadn't come alone.