Lilith Swan

Almost everyone had left the clearing now, the rest of us straggling behind. "Jasper?" I called to the southern boy, causing him to stop and face me from my position on the Jeep. "Are you sure there's nothing I can do to help?" I asked, mainly for the benefit of Rose and Emmett. I sure as hell wasn't going out of my way for Bella or Edward but the brunette girl seemed perfectly content with letting everyone else die for her. Minus her batted eyelashes at Jacob every time she saw him, practically foreseeing his death with the amount of times she was telling him he would die.

Softly smiling he shook his head "Bella's presence alone, her scent, will distract the newborns. Their hunting instinct will take over and drive 'em crazy, and I am very much inclined to agree that this isn't your problem so don't worry too much about it anyway" he finished giving the side-eye to the girl currently enamoured with Edward.

"Well if you're sure. Hey, if you don't mind me asking, How do you know so much about this? I mean if it's too personal you don't have to answer" I didn't want to make the poor boy uncomfortable with my questions.

"I didn't have quite the same upbringing as my adopted siblings." He rolled up his sleeves to reveal his pale white arms, though unlike the rest of the Cullens whose smooth stone-like skin looked like pure porcelain, his arms were covered in bite marks.

"Vampire bites?" though the answer seemed obvious.

"Battle scars" he smirked "All the training the Confederate Army gave me was useless against the newborns. But still, I never lost a fight." At the mention of his past military service, you could see the guilt and regret swarming in his honey eyes. Though he perked up just a bit at his win ratio.

"So you were turned during the Civil War? Pardon my inquiry but they don't teach us about these things in Britain"

His smiled ever so slightly softened "I was the youngest Major in the Texas cavalry, all without having seen any real battle" there was a deep bitterness in his voice. A solemn sounding tone mixed with remorse that couldn't be shaken.

"What happened? If you don't mind me asking."

"I met a certain immortal. Maria. I was riding back to Galveston after evacuating a column of woman and children. When I saw them, I immediately offered them my aid." His eyes became distant and unfocused, and I began to wonder if I was pushing too far but before I could stop my questions we were interrupted by my sister.

"Maria was creating an army?" Bella asked seemingly uninterested, as she leant against the bonnet.

"They were very common in the South. There were constant brutal battles for territory, Maria won em all. She was smart, careful and she had me, I was her second in command. My ability to control emotions served her well. I trained her newborns, an endless occupation since she never let them live beyond their first year. It was my job to dispose of them. I could feel everything they felt. I thought what Maria and I had was love, but I was her puppet. She pulled the strings." His once smooth voice became thick with a tense recollection of the past, venom ever so slightly pooling in his eyes. Though a relieved smile slowly took over his face. "I didn't know there was another way til I found Alice. She'd seen me coming, of course." A look of adoration could clearly be seen now on his face.

"You'd kept me waiting long enough." the pixie-like vampire joked, seemingly appearing out of nowhere.

"My apologies, ma'am." his accent thickened "I don't know what I'd have become without her." she playfully shushed him in return. the love between the two vampires was clear. It was clear between all the Cullen clan pairs. All except Edward and Bella. But before I had any more time to ponder on the toxic relations of my family Felix picked me up off the Jeep.

"It's time to head back mia dolce ragazza, it's getting late." Accepting his softly spoken words we took off back to the house.

My morning reading with Felix was rudely interrupted by Bella and Edwards petty arguing outside the front of the house.

"I'm not just gonna hide while you're out taking all the risks for me" Bella whined.

"If it's Victoria involved, I need to keep you as far away from the fight as possible" Edward argued back.

"Jasper said that I could be of help." Felix and I scoffed in sync at her factless statement.

"We won't need your help. With the wolves in this, it's an easy win. The rest of us aren't gonna have enough to do." Edward lied. We don't know how many newborns are arriving so he can't claim that we have this covered.

"Okay, it's either so dangerous that I have to hide or it's gonna be so easy that you're gonna be sidelined. Which is it?" She continued.

"It's dangerous for you, easy for us" He wasn't wrong. Bella seemed to ignore the fact that she was human and could be snapped like a twig with a one-way ticket to the afterlife.

"I think it's dangerous for us to be apart. How many times do we have to prove that? I'll be worried. You'll be worried. And we'll both be more vulnerable." The only reason there has ever been danger when apart is Bella herself, first, she ran alone to a ballet studio with a vampire then she chose to swan dive off a cliff. If anything she's the problem.

"Okay. You're right" Edward agreed.

"So I'm coming with you" Bella sounded much happier with this statement.

"No, we'll both stay away together" what?

"I can't make you choose between me and your family" Bella further tried to argue.

"The only way I can protect you is to be with you" and soon they left for their final preparations.

I felt Felix lean his chin on my shoulder once the pair had left.

"Was she born broken? Why does she keep trying to join in the fight?" Felix asked, his deep voice rumbling through his chest. I snorted out a singular laugh at his question.

"I personally think she's trying to get turned mid-fight. Think about it, she can't fight, she's human and she's desperate to be a vampire. A rouge newborn could solve her problems. However, I think she's a bit too stupid to realise that said rouge newborn would probably kill her rather than turn her."

There was a brief moment of pause in contemplation before he responded. "That makes perfect sense, I think she'll leave once she's turned. She'll have gotten what she wants and move on to bigger things." I took his words into consideration. She claimed that Alice was her best friend yet never seemed to really take in what she says, though this can be said for her with all of the Cullens. She also claimed to love Edward yet was also obsessed with Jacob.

"Maybe she'll make a haram with Edward and Jacob, run away and find more supernatural boys to play her interests." I joked, feeling Felix laugh vibrate through his chest against my back.

"Maybe, I vote that her next target will be a demon or a goblin" He continued with our theory.

"I personally think she'll find a fairy or other fae possibly an elf, they're whimsical and sparkly like she's currently used to. Baby steps" I giggled before a was quickly flipped onto my back on the bed, Felix gently holding down my wrists.

"You making fun of the way I sparkle?" He playfully exclaimed, a cute scowl crossing his face.

"Yes," I whispered. oh no

"Apologise" was the last thing he said before beginning his assault on my rib cage, the ticklish feeling quickly taking over my body forcing me to laugh harder.

"Never!" His touch became faster as he tried to get me to relent.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry" I giggled out of breath as he eventually stopped tickling me.

"Now you have to say 'Felix Volturi is the best mate in the world and I'm sorry for making fun of his sparkle'" he jested.

"What are you five?" I asked still trying to catch my breath as the last few dying giggles left.

"Ah ah ah" he held his hands threateningly over my ribs "Don't make me ask you twice"

"Felix Volturi is the best mate in the world and I'm sorry for making fun of his sparkle"

"Now I want a kiss" So I lent up and placed a kiss on his cheek only to be met with a look of disbelief. "What?"

"You missed" He said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. I couldn't contain the smile that took over my face as I placed my hands on each side of his jaw, leaning up and giving him a kiss.

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