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Much love goes out to my girl Sherry!
Chapter 5
"Cursed?" I laughed at Edward. Did he really expect me to believe that? But my laughter was cut short when blood began to trickle from my nose and the room started to sway around me. My knees buckled and I slumped to the floor, but before I made contact with the hard cement two strong arms wrapped around me, holding me in place.
"Bella?" Edward asked concerned, but his voice seemed so far away. "Bella, please," he begged. "Talk to me. Let me know that you are okay."
I tried to answer him. I did, but my head was so heavy, too heavy and everything seemed so dark.
It wasn't long until I was completely lost in the fog.
I woke up sometime later to the sound of voices, but I was unable to open my eyes to see who it was.
"Esme, what's wrong with her?" Edward asked.
"She had an aneurysm," a female voice answered. I felt soft, cold hands touching my forehead.
"What caused it?"
"To be honest I can't tell. She seems perfectly healthy … What happened before she took the turn?"
Edward sighed. "We were talking."
"About?"
"I told her that she was cursed," Edward said reluctantly.
"Cursed," Esme hissed. "You never told me that she was cursed. You tricked me."
"Would you have come if I had?"
"No."
"Then you understand why I didn't tell you. I'm sorry for deceiving you, but she needs your help."
"Who cursed her?"
"The Volturi."
"The Volturi? Are you mad? You're crazy for going up against then. I'm sorry, but I can't help you. I won't. This girl is doomed. There is nothing you can do to help her."
"Please," Edward begged. "She needs you. What if she was your own daughter, wouldn't you want someone to help her?"
"I'm sorry. I can't … I do have my own daughter to think of."
"You must be able to do something for her. Please, I am begging you."
There was a pause.
Silence.
"Tell me about the curse," Esme sighed.
"From what we have managed to gather … It seems as if they took her and wiped all her memories before putting her to sleep. The sleeping part of the curse broke when we killed her captors, but her memories haven't returned."
"And they won't … Not until you break the curse."
"I don't understand … I thought we had."
"It is more than likely that she has had two curses placed upon her. The first is broken, but the second is still in effect. If you try to force her memories upon her you then there is every possibility that you will kill her. The curse was designed to make her forget. It will do whatever it takes to keep her from remembering. Like I said, the girl is doomed. If I were you, I would stay away from her. The Volturi isn't someone you want to trifle with."
I fell back into a deep sleep after that.