Bella's POV

"What?…Oh no!''

"Is there something wrong Bella?" Aro asked concerned.

"I… it's just…" I stammered. I couldn't put a full sentence together, but thankfully Felix stepped in for me.

"She doesn't have the same lifestyle as we do, Aro. I think she would rather excuse herself to her new bedroom to get herself situated."

"Hmm… that's rather interesting considering the area you were found in. Would you Bella by chance, know the Cullens?"

"Yes." I replied quietly.

"Well, you'll have to tell us your intriguing story after we have parched our thirst. And perhaps in the main room." Then he nodded to Felix and said, "Bring her down to Gianna, she'll get her a room set up for her."

Felix turned back to me, a small smile on his lips, "Shall we then?" he asked offering me his hand.

I took it and as we started to leave I quickly turned to Aro and boldly said, "Thank you!"

"Any time Bella." he responded, smiling warmly.

When we had finally left the room, Felix said, "Well that was a close one!"

I was too shocked to answer. I was grateful that I didn't have stay to participate, but I was horrified what was going to happen. And if that wasn't bad enough, just as we had reached the stairs down to the lobby, we met a group of maybe forty to fifty tourists about to head up to the room we had just departed lead by a small dark haired vampire. Their smell burned my throat like crazy and I had to hold my breath as they walked by.

"Ah, Heidi wait a moment. I'll join you in a minute."

"Better hurry," she purred in a silky voice. She looked at me curiously, but didn't say anything.

He sped up and I picked up the pace to keep up. "Felix are you really going to kill those innocent people."

He froze for a second then turned to me saying, "Bella, I can't help who I am. I am vampire and vampires drink from humans. It's a fact of life."

"You could drink from animals. I know some covens that do."

"Ah, yes, the Cullens. They were the ones who turned you right?"

"Not exactly," I answered timidly.

"Well as Aro said we will talk more about that later. Just try to have an open mind about what I said. You're no longer human. You're not bound by their rules. Gianna is at the front desk by the door, she'll get you a room." And with a quick squeeze of the hand he was gone.

. . .

I sat in the room waiting for Felix to come get me. The room itself was simple yet elegant. It had a purple theme and nice dark wood furniture. It had no bed of course, but a futon instead. The closet was filled clothes and shoes and to my surprise all of which was my size. There wasn't much else but I didn't mind I could decorate it later. (Gianna said I could buy anything I wanted off the computer.)

I tried not to think about what Felix and the other vampires were doing, but it was hard not to think of all the innocent humans being killed. Well you knew this was going to happen if you joined them Bella, I thought to myself. Yes, I did, but it was still hard to accept the truth. Maybe I should do what Felix said and just try to be open towards the idea. Just think of them as prey. That would be easier but was that right.

No, it wasn't and I knew that. I would not compromise my belief in this no matter how long I was here. Who knows maybe I could convert them to animal blood eventually. But that would take much time and I have only just gotten here. I will have to wait and bide my time until I gain the respect from them that only comes with time.

Just then there was a small knock on the door. "Bella, are you in there?"

"Yes, you can come in."

He did and as he walked in I noticed his eyes were a bright crimson red.

"Aro would like to have a word with you if you're ready." A small smile was playing on his lips.

"I'm ready as I'll ever be." I replied returning the smile.

Taking my hand we sprinted down the halls, him leading me through the large castle with extreme ease. I tried to memorize which route we were taking so I wouldn't be so dependent on Felix. We slowed down as we came to a large set of wooden double doors. He released my hand and opened the vast doors, then motioned for me to go through. I did so timidly and found myself in a room much grander than when I had spoken to Aro last.

These rooms had three thrones like before, but were jewel incrusted with rubies, amethysts, garnets, sapphires, and etc. The floor was marble and a huge chandelier hung above us. There were no windows, but elegant paintings on the wall.

"Ah, Bella there you are, come in don't be shy." he said kindly.

I did as I was told, but looked back to make sure Felix was coming with me. He smiled and took my hand. Then lead me even closer to Aro and the others.

"So Bella I'm quite curious to hear your story. You know the Cullens yes?

"Yes."

"So why don't you tell us the whole story starting from there. How did you come to know the Cullens?"

I told them. I withheld as much as I could, telling them just enough to give them the general story. I excluded Jake and the wolves for I didn't know what they would do if they found out about them. I didn't know for sure if I could fully trust them yet and despite what's happened I still felt a little loyalty to the Cullens.

As I got up to the part where Felix and I met, Aro suddenly interrupted, "That's enough dear I think I know the rest."

I went silent.

"You have a very interesting history with the Cullens. I don't understand why they didn't change you earlier themselves." he looked at me imploringly. I knew the answer, but I stayed silent. He changed subjects.

"So it would seem that we need to get you into training immediately. I am quite excited to see what all you can do once we get some training under your belt."

"training?" I asked.

"Oh yes my dear, we will have Simon, Demetri, Jane, Alec, and of course Felix work with you on your fighting skills and your talent."

"Oh" I responded feeling dumb.

"In fact why don't you go off and explore the castle. We have some matters to discuss with Felix, but afterwards you can round up the others and have your first session.

I nodded my head and tried to be cheerful, "Sounds good." Then I turned to leave giving one last glance to Felix. He was smiling as usual but it didn't reach his eyes. I closed the large wooden doors behind me and went to see what I could find.

Felix's POV

I turned back to them once Bella had closed the doors.

"How did the mission go?" Marcus asked bored.

"The rebel coven was destroyed just as you asked."

"What took you so long?" Caius demanded

"We reached them just as the were trying to recruit a few nomads and had to wait for them to split up before we could kill them with a surprise attack." I replied. This was all routine for me.

"How many were in the rebel coven?" Aro asked.

"five."

"Did the nomads join their cause?"

"No, and by what Bella said I think they were the nomads she was speaking of." I responded a little venom in my voice.

"Well no matter, they were lucky they didn't join or they would have reached the same fate." Marcus replied.

"There has been many rumors of rebel covens and now we have proof that there is. Felix did you find out anything else about them?" Aro asked plaintively.

"Yes, it appears that there is more rebel covens spread out across the rest of the world recruiting also."

"It is a sad day for us brothers," Aro said morosely.

There was a pause. For a moment nobody spoke.

"That Bella, there is something different about her." Aro said suddenly.

"She's hiding information from us." Caius retorted.

"Yes, I know that, but I think she could be a most powerful ally if we can get her to trust us."

"She is shield is she not?" Caius asked.

"Yes." Aro replied.

"Well why don't we just teach her enough about her talent so that she can take the shield off her mind. Then have Simon take care of the rest." Marcus suggested. "She would be to our disposal easily."

"Yes that's a good plan Marcus." Aro mused.

"Wait, you would make Bella basically your slave without a second thought." I was outraged. They couldn't do that to her!

"Well what do you presume Felix?"

"I could get her to trust us without using Simon. Just give me some time please?"

"You like this Bella don't you?" Caius smirked.

"Yes," I said with conviction.

"Well let's make a deal then. If you can win Bella over to our cause completely, including her diet, we will not submit her to Simon. Also she will be yours if you want to take her as your mate. But if you fail then we will do whatever we wish with her and you will have no say in the matter."

I stood there gaping like an idiot not quite believing the proposition.

His smirk turned to a devilish grin, "Better go find her now, you only have seven months."

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