Beautiful Tyrant

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A/N:

In this story the character names belong to Stephenie Meyer but the inspiration and chapter titles come from William Shakespeare's epic tale, Romeo & Juliet.

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Chapter 15. Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.

Carlisle felt the warm hand of his wife press gently against his own. This time her calm demeanor and stalwart support did nothing to still the churning of his thoughts. Aro Prince's threats still rang in his ears: reign in his boys or his carefully constructed empire would be brought down around his ears. There would be no more chances.

He and Swan had had similar issues in their youth, but a combination of brains and financial sense had kicked in. They'd divided the town up, marked their territories, and kept the fuck away from each other.

It had worked.

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End Note:

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