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Chapter Twenty- Four

Garrett grinned casually, "Well well, Is this the happy couple stealing away for a private moment."

I wrinkled my nose as Kyle pulled me more on to his lap. It looked romantic, but in his mind he was thinking I'd probably be able to handle myself against a stranger vampire than he could, "No, I'm Edelle. Renesmee, my sister, is the one getting married." I told the nomad with a smile.

He nodded graciously, "well, I'll let you and your…human friend continue." He replied with a smirk, "Am I the first guest?"

I remembered Charlie uneasily, knowing he would not feel comfortable about this, "Yes…well, we do have a few family members about that it would be better off you waiting before revealing yourself."

Garrett nodded, "Yes, the human barbequing. No worries, I knew that when I accepted the invitation that feasting would happen in different areas. I gorged myself back in California."

Kyle swallowed nervously, but kept a smile on his face, "Hello Garrett, I'm Kyle."

"Is that a hint of an Italian accent on you?" Garrett asked casually, keeping his eyes on me. I looked at Kyle in surprise.

"Italian? Really? Fancy that." I replied with a smile. Garrett looked at me, but his thoughts weren't anything close to the truth.

"Careful with Italians Edelle. When they're turned they're usually the ones that will go straight for…well, you know what I mean." He told me with a grin. I forced a laugh out.

"I'll keep that in mind Garrett."

He looked at his watch, "I'll wait out here then, since I am a guest that was not at your parents wedding," He raised his hands with an easy smile, "Don't worry, I'm not offended. I'm not an easy one to keep track of."

"I'm sure you would have been invited if you were in the area." I replied as I stood up, pulling Kyle up with me, "If you don't mind staying here, I'll let my parents know you arrived."

"I'm not the only one love, there's another family who took the more modern way of arriving." He gestured to the house and even I could smell the Denali clan arriving.

"Shoot." Was all I could say, looking at Kyle, "Would you mind helping me with getting Charlie out of here? Just stay over at his house for a little while, I'll come get you once our guests start getting settled."

He looked at me doubtfully, "You're not going to leave me there until the wedding, are you?

I laughed, but it was too delayed. He shook his head, much to the amusement of Garrett, "I'm not leaving then. I want to meet your family's friends, and you can't stop me. I think we're ready in our relationship for me to meet them." He flashed a grin at me before walking away towards the house, leaving me alone with Garrett.

"That man…does he know what your family is?"

I looked over at him, blinking, "Whatever do you mean?!" I asked lightly.

"Tsk tsk, you of all people should know how easily the Volutri finds out about things like this. You're going to have to change him eventually since he knows. Or kill him, either or." He shrugged.

"Psh, the only reason why they found out is because my mother went to Italy. That won't happen with me." Since he already lived in Italy. Much smarter of me.

Garrett shook his head, "You're playing with fire little one. The Volturi might decide to kill you along with your human toy, especially since you are such an odd commodity."

"I don't think so. They'd probably use me as a bargaining chip to get my Aunt and my parents first." I spoke nonchalantly to hide the fact I knew exactly what I was talking about. Aro already had been thinking like that before I had left, but he knew he wouldn't be able to do anything with me.

"That is very true. Your family is a gifted one that is true."

"Shall we go towards the house? Avoiding my grandfather of course." I replied, holding my arm out to him. I'm sure my parents were already keeping the guests away from Charlie. It'll be fascinating to see how the wedding panned out with the werewolves, the humans and the vampires all in one place at once.

He smiled and took my arm, "Of course."

An hour later, I was staring at the guests uneasily, not believing how much my family was dabbling with fate. Knowing that Renesmee would like it, Rosalie had invited every single vampire that was friends with the Cullen household. Jasper's friends, Charlotte and Peter, were the next to arrive after the Denali Clan. Soon, it was like everyone was here that I had ever heard stories of—The Egyptian Clan with their new members, Alistair, The Irish Clan, a few other nomads, and to my surprise even the Amazonian Coven showed up. They looked at me with fondness when they arrived, so I presumed that they didn't remember me.

Charles left as soon as the Denali clan had showed up, sensing that the guests that Bella had mentioned earlier were showing up earlier than expected, which Emmett was tactless to actually mention to the guests to their faces.

"I would have shown up only for the wedding, but it's been such a long time since I've seen everyone I thought I'd arrive earlier. It's been decades since I've seen some of you." Garrett replied with a grin, eyeing the Denali sisters, specifically Kate, "Some of you I've only heard rumours of. Surely the rumours are exaggerated a bit."

She demurely smiled in return, her eyes flashing a challenge. I had to hide my smile as I read their thoughts, and I noticed my father doing the same as he exchanged looks with Alice. These two would be together by the end of the wedding if my Aunt had anything to do with it.

Zafrina looked over at Garrett before turning her eyes over to Carlisle, "Speaking of rumours, have they reached here about the newest member of the Volturi? That's why we came so early, I thought you might know more than what has reached the Amazon."

Shit. Carlisle's easy smile turned instantly to concern, "No, is it something to be concerned about?" He looked over to Alice, who shook her head.

"I haven't seen anything."

Amun nodded fervently, "I had a visit as well. I can't remember much from it, but that she wore a mask. At least, I assume she was a girl."

Dad blinked, "What do you mean you can't remember?"

"I mean what I say! I can't access those memories at all. If I was human, I would assume it was amnesia. All of it, gone." Amun told him, "All that is left behind is a hooded face with a mask."

Zafrina nodded, "That's all I have as well, except that at one point she had caused the two other vampires with her to fall asleep."

This quieted everyone. "Asleep?" Kate asked in surprise, and looked over at Eleazar, "Have you ever heard of such a power?"

He shook his head, pondering over the information he's heard silently. Kyle looked over at me, and I was thankful that I was covering his thoughts. He knew exactly what they were talking about, after all, I once tried to erase his memories and failed. Edelle?

I placed a thought into his mind. Not now. Please, keep silent. He showed his support, despite his disapproval, by holding more tightly onto my hand.

"What is the Volturi?" He asked lightly, and the vampires looked at him in surprise, almost forgetting that a human was in their mix.

"Maybe the human shouldn't be here for this delicate conversation? The Volturi has ears everywhere…we shouldn't even be having this conversation." Alastair spoke quietly, but Kyle shook his head.

"What is it? A dictatorship? The monster underneath the vampire bed? What?"

"It's…basically a group in Italy that makes sure that vampires keep their existence a secret. They've been ruling for centuries." Eleazar explained, "They like having the power they possess, and now it seems they have a new vampire that will make everyone's lives difficult."

"So this vampire…they're visiting all the covens?" Bella asked, "Then shouldn't we get a visit as well soon? After all, it almost seems like the Volturi is trying to gain information by using a spy."

"What is happening in our family that the Volutri doesn't know about? Except…" Rosalie asked before looking at me, then Renesmee. Zafrina shook her head.

"No, they know now. Their masked spy found out about Joham, a vampire making half-breeds in what seemed to be his attempt to make an army, and he was destroyed a few weeks back. Even if they found out about your twins, they'd be safe."

Garrett shook his head, "Volturi seems to be doing what they please more and more every decade."

I kept my mouth shut, feeling ill to my stomach. I hadn't known that my existence as part of the Volturi would lead to such worry and confusion. I just wanted to get away to somewhere I knew my parents would never find me. The thoughts everyone where having was overwhelming me, and I shot a look over to Jasper, who was not helping the situation with his own worry that tripled everyone's elses. "Jasper." I whispered, and he eased up.

"Sorry Edelle," He looked over at Zafrina and Amun, "Besides a mask, do you remember anything else?"

Amun shook his head, after all, I made sure to leave only the mask in his memory. "Unlike Zafrina, I can't even remember if she had other Volturi members with her. That's the reason why I brought Benjamin along, was so that he wasn't left alone in case they came to take him."

That was the reason why I didn't share the information about Benjamin with Aro. Amun would protect that boy to the death.

"Besides that guy dying for making an army, has anyone else died?" Kyle asked, and they shook their heads, "Maybe the spy isn't sharing everything with the Volutri…maybe they are sharing only things that could risk the existence of the vampires?" He suggested, and I knew at that moment I loved this man. He got me.

"That wouldn't work like that Kyle, not with Aro," Edward told him, "Aro can read the minds of almost anyone by touching their hand, and can read every thought."

"Almost anyone?" He questioned and Emmett gestured to Bella.

"Bella was able to block him even when she was human, and I assume that Edelle could do the same thing when her power is on." Emmett pondered out loud

"What do you mean, when her power is on?" Eleazar asked, and I almost tackled my uncle for that slip.

"Good job Emmett." Bella sighed before looking at Eleazar, "Edelle's power is sporadic. Sometimes it's on, sometimes it isn't."

"Do you know why?" he asked and I sighed.

"Seven years and Emmett is the one who spilled the beans. I should have known." I hesitated sharing this with a group of vampires, but they were all friends, and none of them had thoughts of harm towards my family, "I need a beat, a rhythm, some kind of music to keep my power going. That's why I'm listening to my ipod even now…it's the only way I can use my power. Without it, I'm powerless."

"Fascinating!" He breathed, and I glared at Emmett.

Every game system you have ever owned is going to be destroyed. Say goodbye to your high scores. I put that thought into his mind and he flinched.

Chill out Edelle, it would have gotten out eventually.

If only I wasn't across the room…but my dad heard Emmett's thought and he punched Emmett for me.

Eleazar missed all of this and looked at me, "Have you figured out anything else about your power?"

"Nope, nothing at all." I spoke cheerfully, "And if you don't mind, I'll leave you guys to talk adult stuff." I tugged on Kyle's hand and walked out of the room, erasing everybody's memories of the previous five minutes, erasing everything after Kyle had asked if anyone else had died, and leaving only me saying I was leaving.

I waited until we were out of earshot and thought range and at the cottage before looking at Kyle, the only one who would remember any of the conversation, "Please don't mention that conversation to anyone."

He removed my Ipod from my ears and returned the gaze steadily, letting me know that his thoughts were his own at the moment, "What parts did you erase from their memory?" He asked and I wrinkled my nose.

"You know me too well. I left most of it…I just didn't leave the parts that led to the discovery of music being the key to my power. I'm surprised that Emmett knew about it, which means that my parents told the other family members."

"Why are you part of the Volturi?"

"Because that's the last place my parents would go looking for me." I admitted, "After killing Brendon, I had to disappear."

"You know, when you first mentioned you had killed someone, you know at the burger joint we went to, I thought you were kidding. Is that really why you left?"

"Yeah…I told you, my family aren't killers, yet I am. It's kind of hard to look your parents in the eye after that."

"Hmm…" He shook his head, "your life would make an amazing reality tv show."

"Yeah, I hear that. "

He returned to the matter at hand, "You have to get out of the Volturi. I didn't realize how risky it was for you to be in Italy. It's not safe for you."

"They'll never figure it out, and if they do, I'll erase their memory of it."

"You're not invincible Edelle," He argued, "Look how easily your family's friends found out about your secret…the Volturi could find out just as easily."

"No, they won't. I'm fine. Besides, at least when I'm at the Volturi, I can use my power to protect those I love. I have ears on the enemy."

He shook his head doubtfully, "Can you at least think about leaving? One slip of the tongue, and it could turn ugly. Yes, you're a great person to have on their side, but once they find out you've been hiding things, they'll kill you. You're a great weapon, but you're unstable with your loyalty."

I frowned, "I don't want to be thinking about this right now…it's supposed to be a happy occasion." I thought for a moment, trying to figure out a way to lighten up the conversation without making it too obvious what I was trying to do. "Want to make out?" I asked with a smile.

He laughed for a good minute after I said that.