Emmett P.O.V

I sat beside Angel's bed her hand held in mine as my head rested on the bed. I heard the door open but knew by the scent it was Esme, Carlisle, Drew, Rosalie and Alice. I felt a hand on my back and I looked up Esme was rubbing my back looking at Angel. I looked over to Carlisle who had taken over as her main physician.

"How is she?"

He lifted her shirt to look at her side an gave a small smile. "Though it is taking longer for her healing to finish she is healing nicely and a little faster then a human. I should be able to take out the stitched tomorrow. Other then that she seems to being doing better."

"Then why has she not woken up."

Drew moved forward leaning on the foot of the bed. "Remember Emmett when she first shifted she was so exhausted. It could be she was just tired, that coupled with her body healing she may be sleeping so everything can heal more easily."

I looked down and placed a gently kiss on her hand. Alice moved forward sitting a small bear with a military uniform beside her gently placed her arm around it. "Jasper is so fustrated he can't be here for his little sister. So he wanted to send her something so she knows he is thinking of her."

"How is he doing?"

"Other then being fustrated about not being able to be here he is okay."

Rose walked forward sitting the vase full of flowers beside her bed. "I'm sorry I can't stay Emmett but I wanted to leave this."

He smiled. "That's fine Rose don't make yourself uncomfortable being around all this blood.."

She nodded and she and Esme left leaving Drew and Alice standing beside him as Carlisle finished giving Angel another shot of pain killer.

Alice froze looking off in the distance and the next moment Edward was in the room.

"What is it?"

"Her Aunt and Uncle will be here in 3 minutes but they are not alone."

I stiffened. "Who?"

One looked from Edward told me the answer. I stiffened standing and facing the door crouching ready to jump on the bastard as soon as he came through the door. Carlisle's hand on my shoulder stopped me.

"If he is coming with her Aunt and Uncle then something must have changed. Hear him out first." He looked to Alice. "Do you see anything happening?"

"No just them hurring here."

Edward stood stright. "I hear them... He is only worring if she is okay. He is telling himself that he can't loss her. He had scenarios going through his mind if something happened to her he would distroy himself. He is also blanning himself for he pain he had put her through in the first place."

Carlisle looked to Edward. "We'll be fine if you want to go be with Bella."

"Both Renee and Charlie are in there with her so I figured I don't need to be there at the moment."

The door opened in Matt and Cassie rushed in to Angel's side as Damien slowly entered the room. I stood in front of Angel fist clinched growling softly at him.

"What do you want?"

Damien sighed before looking right at me. "I just wanted to make sure she was okay and to apologize to you."

Edward moved to my side. "He's telling the truth."

Damien stepped forward." One thing about the void is a bonded Sekkari if powerful enough can pull another in. Or share the void vision with another.. Lets just say my mate and Angel's mother drug me in there and gave me hell."

I couldn't help the smirk that was quick to come up. "If she is anything like Angel I am sure you still have the scares."

I saw in amusement Damien try not to smile. "Your know Angel quite well."

"Not everything but enough to know she is perfect."

Damien moved forward and patted my shoulder. "For that I am happy she is bonded to you."

Alice looked up. "Not a 2 weeks ago you tried to kill him what changed?"

Damien sighed. "The reason why I was so heartless during that time is I didn't have my humanity."

Carlisle walked closer. "Humanity?"

Damien sighed. "When a Sekkari losses their bonded mate to death we become depressed for a time but our bodies learn to adapt to the pain, almost numb it. But for a Sekkari to willingly leave their bonded mate it can do horrible things to the one who left. Apparently when I was turned and willingly left Marielle and Angel it did something to me and over time it stripped away my humanity. But when Marielle pulled me into the void she did something and restored it somehow. When I woke up I felt nothing but pain, loss, and remorse for what I have done."

Edward looked over to Angel before turning back to Damien. "He is telling the truth."

Matt looked up. "So tell tell us what exactly happened and how is Angel doing."

Carlisle spoke first. " Well as to how she is doing she is coming along well. She is healing and resting comfortably."

Cassie sniffed before looking up." But how did she get like this?"

I stood by her head and moved the hair out of her eyes. "There were nomads passing through Forks. We were reckless. Decided it was okay to go play baseball thinking they had passed but they heard us an joined. They were called James, Laurant, and Victoria. James got Bella's scent and started hunting her. But he knew Angel was different that made in interested. So Jasper and Alice hid with Angel and Bella in Phoenix while we hunted but he found his way there somehow..."

Cassie looked around. "Does that mean Bella is here as well?"

"Yes she is in the room across the hall her parents are in their as well... But I don't know what happened but he called Bella telling her he had her mother and she and Angel were to meet him."

Edward sighed. "According to Bella Angel tried to protect her but they were joined by another. The one who she calls Tanner." The three Sekkari stiffened at the name. "Angel shifted into a wolf to protect her and Bella but Tanner stabbed her before taking her out if the room."

Carlisle frowned. "What is strange was he had a container of her blood. He drank from it before tossing it at Emmett before escaping."

Damien growled and Matt groaned. I looked back an forward. "What?"

Damien scowled. "Tanner drinking her blood gave him a momentary boost of power. That is why he was able to get away from you."

Alice moved forward raising her hand a little. "I have a question Tanner called her the Heir Apparent. What does that mean?"

Matt looked toward Damien who nodded taking his seat close to Angel and Matt stood. "You see among the Sekkari there are three main clans almost like royalty as you would say. The Grady's" He looked to Damien. "The Drakaal's... And the Wyatt's. Each clan has a head of family. I am of mine Angel's mother was of hers. You see it is the first time in all of Sekkari history that two head of clans become bonded and have offspring. Angel being the only child makes her heir to both the Wyatt clan and the Grady clan. If Tanner can kill her through the ritual and absorb her powers he will become the leader of the clans. But her being as strong as she is will become a leader. "

He looked over to Angel then up to me. "That was the reason we were away we had to talk with some of the others clans to let them know and to make a decision."

That worried me a little. "Decision?"

Matt looked to Damien and Edward growled. "You knew! Your knew the whole time about the arranged marriage."

I growled glaring at Matt. Matt looked ashamed. "I will admit at firsts when my sister conceived Angel we were excited and we arranged with the Draakul that she will marry Kameron or Torran being they would be the one to take over their clan. But as soon as she was born I found I could never make her do anything. So I fought the few clans who were trying to push this arranged marriage. At one point we were worried that the clans would force her when the threat of Tanner appeared but then she found Emmett."

He looked at me. "There is no one better for her to bonded with them someone I know who will love her and take care of her."

Edward frowned. "What about Torran and Kameron. You two may not have the thoughts of forced marriage but to they?"

Damien looked up smirking. "Torran said he could never see her as more then a sister an as fr Kameron well a week after we left he was in the village when he saved a human girl from some bad men. When he took her home fr Maisy to help heal he felt the mating pull. They have not bonded yet but it is only a matter of time."

I sat on the couch beside the bed and looked over at Angel. "I wish there was someway I can talk to her. Just sitting her and seeing her sleep is driving me nuts. I haven't heard her voice in a while and I miss it."

Damien got up and moved to sit beside me. "That is the bond. You two need to hear or see each other or the want and need will start to eat at you..." He looked toward Angel an sighed. "I made a promise Emmett and I have to keep it."

"What promise?"

"Marielle promised that when I meet you again I had to bring you into the void to meet her."

I swallowed. "The void? To meet Angel's mother?" I could hear my family laughing under their breath."How?"

He moved a little closer. "I just have to take hold your arm."

I looked toward Edward silently asking him if Damien was telling the truth. When he said it was looked back at Damien. "Go ahead."

He grabbed my arm. "Close your eyes and get comfortable."

I laid my head back and closed my eyes as I felt his hand start to vibrate and that feeling moved into my body. The sensation moved up my arm and into my chest before spreading into the rest of my body. It wasn't unpleasant but it felt strange. But when I thought it would turn bad the vibrating stopped and I felt a pull on my long dead heart.

It almost felt like I had fallen asleep and was dreaming. A one second I was in the hospital and the next I am in the magical looking forest.

Before us was a arched bridged over a stream that was extremely clear. Looking up I saw a woman on the other side of the bridge.

As she turned to smile at us I recognized a familiar face behind her.

"Angel!"

Forgetting that there was others here I raced toward her grabbing her tightly in my arms holding her breathing in her scent. "Oh my love I missed you."

"I missed you too Emmett."

I closed my eyes and barred my head into her neck breathing her scent in as I let my body relax after so long without my mate.

"You must be Emmett Cullen... Or at least you better be after holding my daughter like that."

I looked up at the woman and quickly saw that were her had gotten her fathers eyes everything else was her mothers. I swallowed.

I guess it is time to get to know the in laws. Fun.