Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

New Love, New Life

By Momma2Fan

Chapter 19:

Edward was led into the throne room. Bella had never seen him look so unkempt. His shirt was untucked and wrinkled with a tear where the pocket would have been. His eyes were pitch black with visible dark circles underneath them. She was glad she was a vampire, had she been human, she certainly would have been dead. A starving vampire with his singer in the room would equal certain death.

Edward looked around, hoping to see Bella, but couldn’t find her among those present in the throne room.

“Where is my mate?” Edward growled.

“I wasn’t aware you had one, boy.”

Narrowing his eye, Edward turned to Caius. “You know very well Isabella is my mate. I demand you bring her to me now.”

“You dare make demands of the Volturi? Have you been taught nothing?” Aro stood from his throne. “Carlisle, have you not taught your child the laws of our kind?”

Carlisle sighed, “He knows them, Master Aro. I truly believe Edward just thinks he is above the laws.”

It was quiet, no one said a word, they just stood by observing one another. Edward eventually had enough of the silence and demanded once more to know where Bella was.

With Demetri at her side, Bella stepped forward, “I’m right here, Edward.”

“NO!” Before anyone could move, Edward had his hand wrapped around Bella’s throat. “Who dared to make you like this? Who sampled your precious blood?”

Holding out her hand, Bella kept the other’s back. She wanted to handle Edward on her own. The growls from the other’s didn’t deter her. 

“Do you really want to know or would you rather kill me?” She whispered. Feeling his grip let up slightly was enough for her to get her shield around him.

Edward felt himself float back and up in the air and stared at Bella in disbelief. “How?”

Demetri rushed to her side, examining her neck for cracks. “Eísai kalá, moró mou?” (Are you alright, baby?)

Bella smiled, understanding his mother tongue, which he’d taught her while they’d been holed up in their suite. “I’m fine, amore mio.” 

Turning back to her ex, she grinned. “You always wondered why you couldn’t read my mind, Edward. Allow me to show you now exactly what I think of you.” She’d been practicing for just this moment. She knew he would still be able to read her from inside the bubble she’d placed him in, so closing her eyes, she pulled back the veil which covered her mind. 

Edward groaned and hissed as he was finally getting a glimpse into her silent mind. He saw her point of view from their first meeting, the situation with the nomads, her interactions with his family, her time with the wolves and finally he watched her with Demetri.

“That’s enough,” he growled. “I don’t want to see anymore!”

Bella tilted her head, “Can’t handle it?”

“How could you show me such degrading acts? He treats you like…like a whore!”

Demetri growled and stepped forward, “I treat her better than you intended to. You’re a monster.”

Aro leaped forward in that moment, wanting to see for himself just how depraved Edward truly was. Bella uncovered his hand, allowing Aro to get a read on him. It was a long time before the king dropped it as if it were poisoned. 

“I’ve been on this earth for more than three thousand years and in all that time, I have never met a more evil being. You’ve washed yourself in the blood of your victims for centuries. You’ve lied to your family about your activities during your so-called “rebellious” period. You didn’t feed off the depraved and evil, you preyed on any who crossed your path.” Aro continued to speak as he made his way back to the safety of his throne and Renata’s shield. “Your chosen victims were almost always female, alone and looked like Bella. She’s always been your chosen type. I wish I could say you only fed off them, but you raped them as well and often in the most violent ways I have ever been privy to.”

Rosalie growled at hearing how Edward treated his victims. “You’re a monster!”

Bella turned to her uncles and father, “What would you have me do?”

Caius stood, “He’s to die, there is no other way.”

“I’m not finished,” Aro interrupted, as Bella began shrinking the bubble Edward was still in. 

“You will release me at once, Isabella!” Edward ordered. Regardless of what had been revealed about his past, these people were still beneath him and he refused to be denied.

“No, she won’t,” Demetri glowered at him from beside his mate. “You are precisely where you need to be, at least until your death.”

“Which won’t be long now,” Aro commented. “Only a few things to reveal.”

Rosalie had moved over to stand with Carlisle, as had Emmett and Jasper, all four in shock at learning of Edward’s depravity. 

“How? How could you have hidden this? Why did you do this?” Carlisle questioned.

“Oh, don’t look so put out, Carlisle,” Edward sneered at his sire. “We’re vampires, this is what we’re made for.”

“While we are the world’s best predators in human form, not all of us are as sadistic as you, you little fucker!” Rosalie growls.

“Carlisle, he feels no remorse for his actions,” Jasper commented.

“Of course I don’t. Why should I feel bad for being true to who and what I am?”

“Because, Cullen, when you behave the way you have, with no regard for vampiric law, you end up on my radar,” Demetri stepped forward and wrapped his arms around his mate’s waist. “And as you are aware, I can find anyone, anywhere.”

Bella lowered Edward to the floor, her strength waning from holding him up in the air inside her shield. She was glad for Demetri’s arms, as she slumped back into him a little. 

Demetri looked down at his mate, grabbing her chin and tilting her face to his. He could see the red receding and her hunger increasing. Looking over his shoulder at Caius, he indicated with his head that it needed to end…soon.

“Aro, let’s get on with this. I’m growing bored.” 

Aro looked at his brother as Caius touched his hand, nodding. “Carlisle, not only was Edward so sadistic and remorseless for his past actions, he holds no regard for your feelings or teachings. He truly believes you’ve been holding him back and has made a mockery of your name all over Chicago and New York. He very nearly ruined things for you in Forks when he met Bella. Since her blood sang to him louder than any he had ever encountered, he decided to test himself. He never intended to change her, planning instead to sink his teeth into her neck as he raped her, taking pleasure from not only her blood, but her body as well.”

“I would have to, had Esme not somehow convinced me to leave. How the hell did she do that?” Edward looked around the room for the woman who took his toy away. “Where is she?”

“Esme is dead, Edward,” Bella spoke weakly. “I think it’s time you joined her.” 

Using what was left of her strength, Bella compressed her shield around her former love and turned him into dust. Felix was there to set those ashes alight, as Bella fainted in Demetri’s arms. 

Without asking for permission, Demetri picked her up and ran to their suite. He needed to tend to his mate. 

AN: He’s gone. One more chapter remains.