“Bella!” I barely acknowledged it as someone cried my name from outside, “Get away from him!”

Suddenly said ‘him’ broke off our kiss and promptly grabbed my hands and twisted them behind my back.

“Stop the psychic!” He barked out, his voice losing all traces of Spanish as he did so. I had no idea who he could be talking to, so I craned my neck to look at him – and then I cued in. He had an earpiece in, and was using it to contact…someone to alert them of Alice, who had finally gotten through the door.

Alice. “Alice!” I screamed as realization hit me like a pile of bricks, breaking whatever ‘spell’ that stupid vampire had me under.

These were the Volturi. They had come for me. And Edward was –

“Where’s Edward?” I asked in alarm, and the male twisted my arm further.

That action caused him to be on the receiving end of am Alice pounce – as fast as lightning and twice as deadly.

“What about the telepath?” A small object on the floor – his earpiece, which had been knocked out of his ear – asked in a slightly hesitant voice. A voice I recognized as belonging to the vampire by the name of Felix.

“Bring him!” The male growled as he and Alice rolled past the earpiece, “And hurry up Felix!”

I wanted to help Alice, but knew I would be of little to no use. This vampire was old – a lot older than me, judging by how he had tricked me.

“Bella!” Edward exclaimed as the French doors burst open. Then his face turned to the fight on our living room floor, and his anger heightened. “Get. Off. Of. Her.” He spat through his teeth, disgust dripping in his every word. No doubt he knew what the male had done to me.

Suddenly I felt very calm and the vampire hastened to get away from Alice. He moved to the area of the floor by the couch and didn’t move, and Alice remained where she was. Jasper came to stand behind her silently.

“Edward, Edward,” Felix came up behind him and squeezed his shoulder, “You know we’d never harm a Cullen.”

“Then leave Bella here,” He responded, not bothering to take his golden eyes away from the gaze of my own, which were a pale gold as well. He shrugged Felix’ hand off his shoulder and reminded him, “She’s a Cullen now too.”