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Chapter 6

Bella:

"Edward." I say it out loud and in my head. It goes on repeat, likely when the catchy part of a song gets stuck in your head for days and days.

Edward. It's a classic name. An older name. Some might say unusual.

Edward. Definitely old. I begin to wonder how longer ago he was changed. How long he's been a vampire. Edward was a popular name in the early 20th century, right?

It's a good, strong name. A name usually reserved for kings in Britain. There have been many kings named Edward. Not for a while, though. Not in my lifetime.

I'm brought back to the present, back to the calm, sunny day in a park in London. I wonder if it's sunny where Edward is. I wonder what he'll think of my name.

"Bella. Were you even listening?" Maggie asks with a huff. "We're going back to our place to talk things through. Apparently, this next part is better without an audience."

With that, we all stand, and I take a last glance around the beautiful park. In my head, I make a deal with myself to come back here more often.

All along the walk back to our flat, I create different images for Edward in my mind. None of them are right, but I can't stop myself from wanting to know. I nearly ask Alice is she has a picture, before I decide that would be a bad idea. Seeing a picture but not being able to see him in person? No, I don't think I could stand that.

Maggie enters the code to our building before unlocking our front door. I watch as the two vampires, who still feel like strangers, walk into our living room. They glance around at the clutter and the tiny kitchen that hasn't once been used. Eventually, they walk over to the sofa, carefully and gracefully sitting down.

Whilst Maggie joins them on the sofa, I sit on a chair perpendicular to them. For a few moments, the room is silent. I briefly wonder what they're all thinking.

"So… How, exactly, has Edward gone off the rails?" I ask. Honestly, I don't want to know the gritty details, however I know I have to. Plus, it was an excuse to say his name again.

Jasper sighs heavily while Alice looks pained. It's clear she doesn't want to tell me.

"I don't know most of the details. Like I said, I haven't seen him in nearly ten years. He actually left the house in the middle of the day, when we were all out. Since then… For fifty years, he hadn't drank from a single human. The last I heard about him, that was his sole diet," Alice tells me.

"Ok. Human drinking. I can deal with that," I allow, nodding my head. There are worst things to do.

"That's not all of it. He's been getting into fights with nomadic vampires – most notoriously James and his gang. There have been many, many others. About six years ago the Volturi asked to see him, which was when I was stopped hearing about him. As far as I'm aware, he's being forced to work for them to atone for his crimes," Alice adds.

"How long for?" I demand.

"I honestly don't know," Alice answers.

I look to Maggie for confirmation. She gives me a little nod to say that Alice is telling the truth.

"How can you not know? You see the future!" I point out angrily.

"Something that Aro is aware of. He doesn't make any decisions about Edward, which means I don't know what's happened to him," Alice says.

"But you think he's still with the Volturi?" I ask her.

"That's my best option," Alice shrugs.

"What if he's not?" I ask, fear and dread mixing together in my stomach to create an awful mix. I try to block out her next words, even though I need to hear them.

"Then I have no idea."

A/N: Any ideas where Edward might be hiding?

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