Bella P.o.V.

I felt that Caius lay his arms around me. It was very comfortable here so I didn't even try to escape.

He tried to comfort me which made me even more cry. The vampire king didn't seem to realize that. His actions reminded me very much of Edward. He always tried to comfort me but wasn't always able to do so. To be exactly he was most of the times too possessive to be able to comfort me right.

After I calmed down Caius let go of me and left the room. I watched him go and ignored the vampires in my room. I felt exhausted. First the vampire who tortured me half the night and now I had to leave the rest of my family behind. Charlie was most of my family that cared of me. Mom loved me, that was right, but she never seemed too worried about my well-being. When I stumbled and fell she didn't even care anymore. Charlie caught me and stabilized me again before he went to work again. I knew that this realization was way too late but I really needed to spend more time with him. We lived our lives but it was more like a co-existence and not like we lived with each other. I knew where he was, he always left a notice but I didn't go with him. I sent him away whenever it was possible. After I "fell in love" with Edward I spent all my time with the second family I gathered. New tears welled up in my eyes and I suppressed a sob. The male vampire came to my side and stroked my hair. His crimson eyes looked apologetic.

"We are so sorry," he said to me. Suddenly I felt angry.

"You feel sorry?!" I glared at him. "You feel sorry?!" I repeated. ""Of course. Pick on the human. As if I cannot decide whether this is a lie or the truth. Stop saying that you're sorry when you feel everything but definitely not sorry! I hate it! Just go away and let me alone!"

The vampire backed away. He looked confused but he seemed to respect me for my honesty. My resistance crumbled and I curled myself to a ball before I fell asleep.

I woke up when the plane started. I felt a little cold. When I looked up I realized that I lay in the arms of Caius and he smiled down on me. The warmth crept its way from my neck to my cheeks and I knew I was crimson-red by now. Oh, dear God, please let me just die right now!

"Good morning. I hope you slept well," the vampire king said. I didn't know where to put his behavior. He confused me more than I wanted to accept. Even Edward was harmless in comparison to Caius. And Edward couldn't decide whether to push me father away or keep me close so he could protect me from my own clumsiness.

"Morning," I mumbled. The painkillers seemed to work, I didn't feel a thing when I reached up to rub the sleep out of my eyes. The sleeve of my shirt slipped up and showed a dark-red wound. Obviously I slept a little wild and removed without noticing the bandage. With shock I stared at my arm and even the vampire king growled when he saw my arm. The vampire who was in my room with the angel snapped my arm. I whimpered when his finger touched the wound. Hastily he removed his finger and shook his head.

"What did you do to her that she wanted to torture you?" he said. I tried to pull my arm away, it was embarrassing but he didn't let go. After two more minutes staring he bandaged my arm and let go after that.

"What I did to her? I don't know if you realize that you're talking to a human. I haven't done anything," I said miffed.

The vampires all laughed about that.

"Well, someone must have done something to her. Apart from that she wouldn't claim that it's her right to torture you."

"Yeah, right, James should have killed me right away. Edward and his family should have let happen this and everything would be alright. I would be dead and Victoria wouldn't be after me because I would be dead!" Angrily I glared at the vampires. The male vampire blinked confused. I sighed and explained: "Victoria claims that it's her right to kill a mate for a mate."

The third male in the plane asked: "But you are obviously not Edward Cullen's mate. I mean you're sitting in the lap of Master Caius without a second thought."

I blushed after I realized that he was right. I totally forgot that Caius held me in his arms and that I was sitting in his lap. But the king just squeezed me.

"I wouldn't let you go, even if you try," he said and I earned shocked looks from three vampires in the plane. My blush deepened. Dear God, please end this flight soon or I will die right away in embarrassment!

He hugged me tightly.

The female vampire said, "She is very obvious not the mate of this Cullen."

Update (10/18/22): Fixed grammar and spelling mistakes