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About the story: This is an alternate world where Bella has been working for the Volturi for years.

Chapter 4: Family Meeting

The Cullen family decided to sit down to have a family meeting. It had not been long since their last meeting but that one included talk about each family members. Their inner circle of members of the family included: Carlisle, Esme, Rosalie, Jasper, Alice, Emmet, and Edward.

Carlisle was sure that Alice would have had a vision soon enough that would help the family. He wanted to get what he thought out in the open before they started to develop their own conclusions.

"It has come to my attention that Volturi will be sending a representative to join me in a hunt. This particular vampire will be arriving soon." Carlisle wanted to make it sound like the meeting was no big deal. One vampire alone could not do much damage. He would be there when the vampire hunted. That particular vampire would have been told to hunt animals which would make the human population safe to go on with their lives.

Edward though about how one vampire could ruin their family's dynamic. He had it good for so long. The Volturi wanted to screw with his happy home. True, he was not happy most of the time but he was content. "How long will that vampire be staying in Forks?" Being a vampire himself, made him think of all the things that he had not had in life. However, he had never been able to deny that he was a vampire.

Vampires hunted with and without his family. He believed himself a soulless vampire that hunted to stay alive. However, he believed that he should not hunt humans.

That vampire coming to see them would show vampires like Jasper that it was alright to slip up every once in a while. Once or twice? No, problem. Edward knew he alone would have to stop that before it happened. If Jasper slipped, Emmet would not far behind then Rosaliea.

"That I do not know." Alice felt fear run down her body at the fact of not knowing the future. She loved her family. Her very best friend in the entire world was going to find his mate soon. A distraction would hinder or throw off the scent of a mate miles away. Their was nothing that she could do to help.

"How do we know that this vampire will not hunt each of us down and kill us?" Jasper suggested that only for the fact that Alice and him had talked about his mate. She was somewhere out there waiting for him to love her.

"We don't know that," Alice only wanted to bask in the security that was her family. They loved her. Carlisle would know what has to be done for the good of all of the family. He would make sure the vampire knew the limitations of what he expected of her or him.

"One vampire against all seven of us. We have to be smarter than one vampire." Emment knew that he was not a smart vampire but seven of them had to be smarter. That vampire was not even there in Forks but everyone was turning into basket cases: ready to break at any time.

"It is a common practice that the Volturi sends enforcers in threes or more." Carlisle interjected as he held Esme close to him.

"What does that make this vampire?" Edward asked wondering if they should move before they were all killed. They might be able to fake their deaths before ever being found out.

One vampire? Ha. "One vampire. We can take him or her." Emment told them in a less than convincing voice.

Alice was beside herself with worry. A visitor? What the hell? What if that person tried mess up her future wardrobe choices? "We can't have visitors. You know Jasper's true mate will be in the area. How will he know her if he is trying to not die? We have all been waiting for her."

Esme wanted to calm Alice down. The love that she felt for her mate was matched only by her love for her children. She was so proud to have them by her side. "Have you seen a face to go with this girl?" She was confident that everything would work out for the best.

Alice pouted as she said, "No."

"I am being kept from finding my true mate." Jasper sighed wondering if the Volturi had sent a vampire to kill his mate.

Edward heard Jasper's thoughts loud and clear. He could hear the growl in the back of Jasper's mind. He knew that Alice wanted to protect Jasper. Esme was relying on her mate to do the right thing. Rosalie wanted to retreat back into her room until the vampire went back to his or her own home.

Rosalie threw her arms around Emment. "I don't want to lose you."

All the emotions in the room were sweeping though the room like a giant dinosaur in the room to Jasper. It was over whelming. The emotions were threatening to swallow him whole. There was no way for him to sense or find his mate with such emotions around him.

Carlisle decided to calm them down. "I will take care of the matter. I would like for all of you to not do anything rash until I figure out what is really going on."

They reluctantly agreed with him. Each of them were secretly worried about the safety of their family. They went off in separate directions to think about the new guest that would soon arrive in the area. They felt the impending dread that might soon affect their family.