Hey everyone, hope you all are enjoying the story so far and thanks to the ones that left a review on the previous chapter.

This chapter will fill in some of the empty spots in EPOV.

~Chapter 13~

EPOV

"Wait till I return" I whisper and the words appear written on the small parchment paper on the nightstand.

I smile and watch her toss and turn to the other side.

My communication device flashes a small light again, letting me know there is an incoming call.

"Hello?" I ask not knowing the number appearing on the screen.

"Did you enjoy the fireworks? I hope you did, I worked hard on them." My blood boiled and fear ran through me.

"Who's this?" I ask.

"Have you enjoyed your time with your mate. I hope you had, there will be no more time for her."

"Who are you?" I demanded. I was on my feet and searching the room for any sign of intrusion.

"I'm the one that killed your parents. I heard you have someone now. I'll be sure to visit her soon. I'll send her to meet your parents." I turn around and look at Bella who was still fast asleep.

"Show yourself you bastard!"

"Soon, soon young foolish King."

The line went dead and I tighten my hold on the device. Bella stirs in her sleep and I move closer towards her. I can not afford fear to take hold of me.

This threat, I won't take lightly.

I create a safety net around Bella. Now whatever movement around her is made, I will know it. I place four of my trusted King guards in the room with her before leaving.

She won't be happy when she see's them. I thought as I stormed down the hallway.

If it means keeping her safe then there is no choice.

"Jasper," I throw Jasper my call device. "Track down who made the last call on it," I ordered as he catches the device and nods his head.

"What happened?" He asks as we continue our walk to the throne room.

"Hopefully, nothing," I say as thoughts of Bella being in danger crowd my mind. Images that I will not let come true.

As soon as we arrive at the throne room, I begin assessing the damage that we obtained from the invasion. Our fatality was 13 with 5 of them being guards. The rest were guest. My guest. My approval rate from my people was quickly declining. Aro's false propaganda everywhere is not helping my situation and the fact that enemies were easily able to enter the capitol and the castle are view as a fault on my part. Never in my family's history has the castle ever been invaded. I was the first to let such an audacity happen. And to make matters worst, I am stuck wielding a double end sword.

Rumors have begun speculating that I have taken in a lover and the court is anything but happy about it. Conjecture whispers in court have begun to accuse my lover as the reason why I am so distracted. As the reason why we were so easily attacked.

It is true that Bella occupies all of my time in my mind, but I won't admit that to the court. And none of them will dare accuse me of lying, their king can not be a liar.

Once news of Alice and I's abandoned wedding plans spread, many lords and not to mention, her kingdom, will most likely cease aide to the war.

Or, I can simply use my power and right, to demand their aide as their King of all Kings. I am a Cullen, gifted by Dragon Magic and protector of all CandidusVert. They are in my realm with certain power from me to help sustain peace in all of the CandidusVert. The Light Kingdom, being the home of the King, resides highest among the four other Kingdoms.

I recite these words as I have been thought to since I was a child. I either go the demarcated way or use force on my people.

If I use force to get what I want, than I am no different from Aro. I will have no right to rule. I will be going down a path, I can't ask my family, …Bella to follow.

Whichever choice I make, will cost me either CandidsdusVert or Bella. Having both will always cause me to put Bella before my Kingdom. How can I lead as King if I can't abandon what is most important to me?

"Edward?" Emmett calls and successfully interrupts my moored thoughts.

"I suggest we use code Magenta. Keep our most trusted guards in the palace and have the capitol in absolute lock down. The rebels we captured have confirmed that they have one of them successfully hidden in our mist. We must keep things quiet in order to capture the spy." Emmett finishes saying.

I turn to the rest of the people in the room and without hesitating to trust Emmett's words, I speak.

"I declare code Magenta, until further information is revealed. Now I need to speak to my generals in the conference room." I did not wait for their conformation as I began walking down, towards the hall. As the doors are opened for me, I cease my steps upon seeing a very distraught Jasper. As I'm about to ask him what's wrong, the corner of my eyes catch Alice appearing from behind the shadows and move to stand behind Jasper.

I turn to the door people and dismiss them.

"I checked the caller I.D., there is none, no location either." Jasper says as he holds my caller device.

"Keep trying." I say while waiting for Alice to say something. I might have just met her, but I know she isn't one to keep quiet.

Finally, Jasper pulls Alice forward to his side.

"What I'm about to say, I say it to Edward and my king and hope you can understand." Jasper begins. I nod for him to continue.

"I'm in love with Alice and she loves me. She is my mate and I have no intention of handing her over to you. I know this marriage is crucial but Alice and I are willing to fight for us. If you grant me this, I promise that I will always repay you by protecting my King and CandidusVert." He lets go of Alice's hand and pledges his loyalty to me.

And than I did the unthinkable. I broke up in laughter.

I knew that both Jasper and Alice were looking at me with trepidation but at the moment, all I could think about was my inability to take charge. I was such a fool. All along the answer was in front of me and I used my own crown as an excuse. Unlike Jasper wiling to fight for Alice, I was hesitant to fight for Bella. I was looking at the easy way instead of the right way. And that thought was what brought my insane laughter.

"Let's contact King Brandon and reveal the good news." I finally managed to say out loud.

"Are you being sarcastic?" Alice asked.

"I apologize about laughing. But I am glad to hear that my friend Jasper finally found his mate. I will use my power to help you both." I moved in and hugged Jasper.

"I'm happy for you." I congratulated.

"Thanks Edward," He said after finally realizing that I am sincere and compose.

"OK good, the talk with dad will go over well once you tell him that the Rebels plan was to kidnap me and use against you and father." We both turn to look at Alice in confusion.

"Reading the stars is sometimes easy and I am getting better at it." She simply stated before Emmett barged in to confirm Alice's foretelling.

As Jasper sents Alice back to her courters, Emmett began telling me about the information he has received from Seth who was out meeting with Jacob.

"A woman has appeared and Aro is regarding her in high regard." Emmett begins as soon as he closes the doors.

"Who is she?" I ask.

"We don't know. But she is already making orders with Aro's approval. Jacob believes she was the one that planed the attack on the castle. The attack was a setup to kidnap princess Alice but as a divergent. Aro wanted to personally meet with the spy he has seed in your court. I've been trying to find out who it could be but all I have is that he is a lord in high power." Emmett finished saying looking completely agitated.

"We'll be fine brother. We will find the spy. It won't be too hard to find out who he is. There is only a handful of them serving in the immediate court." I say as we walk into the next problem that has risen.

~Takes place after Alice and Jasper's wedding.~

I arrive at the conference room to meet a familiar face siting on one of the many empty chairs around the table. Jasper moves to hover over our guest.

"We've met haven't we?" I say blatantly.

The goblin shows no emotions and continues to stare at me with complete tediousness.

"Well, don't you speak?" I ask as the Goblin's continue silence and his perturbed watch begin to annoy me.

"I'm only confirming with my eyes that you are King Cullen." The Rebel finally speaks.

"Well I'm glad to see that you are putting your eyes to work." I kinked.

"I bring words from Aro. Only to be heard for you." The Rebel looks around towards Jasper with a dubious expression.

"Absolutely not." Jasper discloses.

"Go, I'll talk to him." I assure Jasper.

"Edward." He queries.

"I said go." I say firmly.

Jasper does not hesitate and leaves the room.

"What does Aro want? To surrender?" I say as I take a seat across from him.

"He wants to negotiate a possible resolution to end this war"

I nod for him to continue.

"He wants to personally discus negotiations, one on one. If you bring someone, the deal is off. If you have your men follow you, deals off." He instructs.

I run my hand trough my hair. "Does he think I will willingly walk into his trap?" I speak rather irritated with Aro's easy to read trap.

If word spreads that Aro want's to meet and make peace, and I neglected this opportunity to either talk or kill him, I would loose more than a war. I would loose my people's trust and confidence.

Aro is getting inpatient. He wants to end this war already and betting it all. He is making sure that even if I do win, that I loose everything else. Everything else that my father has succeeded in creating. Faith and hope from our people to the royals to lead and protect.

"He said if you value the life of someone named Bella, that you would listen or else he couldn't guarantee her safety. He has men in this castle that are anxiously waiting his command." The goblin successfully broke me out of my thoughts.

I was fuming with rage by the time he was finished talking. A familiar red haze obstructed my view and an overwhelming flush of power ascended within me. Suddenly, the image of this Goblin's lifeless body was all I could see.

I snapped and went straight for him. I used the spears from my feathers to fly towards him. He effortlessly blocked them and jumped to the other side of the room. I charged towards him and picked up my pace until he takes out a small device. A flash of light moves across him and a hologram projecting Bella's sleeping form emerges.

I instantly stop and curse.

"Even the people you trust the most can betray you, your majesty. I suggest you let me finish what is I came here to say, unless you want something to happen to that woman." He spoke softly, like he was suggesting what color trousers to wear.

"Before my time is done, I will rip your heart out!" I declare.

The goblin smirks and shakes his head.

"That would be unnecessary. Now if I can continue, I am not to be harmed while we speak." He pauses and points towards Bella. "Because she will pay for my death."

I was scorching with wrath, wanting nothing more than to kill him and everyone in Bella's room. But I have to be cautious and move wisely for Bella's sake.

"You will receive a call with directions on the place to meet him. I am to stay here as collateral until you return." He instructs.

"And who are you?" I ask, wanting the name of the man I would personally engrave on his tombstone.

"I'm second in command Mike Newton."

I heard enough and began stomping towards the door.

"Jasper!" I shouted. I didn't wait for Jasper to enter but shouted out "Lock him up." As I spread my wings and flew out the window towards Bella.

I entered my bedroom quietly and saw that three of my men are on the floor. I quickly check their pulses to find them still breathing. I open the door to find several of my guards the same way. As I am about to call Emmett, he appears.

"I came as fast as I could."

"What happened?" I asked.

"We've been breached but at the moment it seems to just be your men. I'm already investigating."

"For the time being, I only want guards that have been hand selected by you or Jasper and that come from loyal lines. Bella must not be alone with anyone." I instructed.

"Got it" Emmett agrees and begins calling out orders.

I quickly go back inside and help the guards get the fallen men out of my room and away from Bella's presence.

I turn to see Bella's sleeping form. My safety net around her, still intact, vanishes as my hand caresses her cheek.

Some safety spell.

If anything happens to her, I would never forgive myself. She is my all and I am doing a worthless job of protecting her.

I need to prepare her for the worst.

If I don't come back from my meeting with Aro, I need her to be able to defend herself and get to safety.

Safety in her own world. In her world, she would be far away from Aro and I'm going to make sure he doesn't follow her.

Once she is on the other side, I will need to make sure that Emmett and Jasper destroy the last gate.

In her world, she will have a chance to live. She would be alive.

"You must live mon petite siren." I whisper to her.

I take a seat next to the bed and watch her sleeping form as I wait for Aro's call.

Finally, the light from my calling device flashes.

I take the device and hurry out the room to answer him.

"Enjoying your time with her." The familiar voice from before speaks.

"Who are you?" I ask, knowing the voice does not belong to Aro.

"Aro wants to meet in Aden at noon tomorrow, away from the Capitol but still in the Light Kingdom. In the middle of town, there is a fountain, a kid dressed in red will escort you to the house that will hold the meeting." The voice instructs. As I'm about to ask him my question, the line goes dead. I throw my device and punch a hole in the wall to release my frustration.

I'm running out of time.

I wait outside Bella's room in attempt to calm myself before stepping back inside. But all I was achieving was a vile, hopeless, fear to take hold of me. A fear, of not seeing Bella again. All I wanted was to hold Bella till my time came.

Not bearing my separation from her any longer, I walk back inside to be greeted with the best thing that has ever happened to me.

~Events after they find Edward~

"Come back to me." I hear a female voice plea. I can hear her unfathomable distress and want nothing more than to appease her.

But I'm unable to move. It is like a current made of stone has taken course in my blood stream and prevents me from even lifting a finger.

I see nothing, hear nothing, nor do I feel anything. I want nothing more than to awaken.

And finally a warm liquid began to ascend through my blood stream. I can feel it flowing over every inch of my body and quietly dissipate the poisonous stone river.

"Edward. Can you hear me?" An earnest, pleasing voice asked.

Edward…who is Edward…

"Edward? Can you hear me?" The female voice calls again but with a more concrete tone.

"Edward, you have to wake up now. We need you. Bella needs you. Wake up." The female voice whimpered.

Edward…he's me.

I'm Edward.

"Please, come back to me." The other voice begged, the one from earlier.

"Please, come back to me." She plea's again. She has such warmth in her voice.

Such…beauty…

Images began to emerge in my mind. A woman with an unusual brown, long-wavy hair and just as the sun hits her hair, the pretties' shade of red reflects the suns light. She then turns to face me and I am awestruck by her beauty. Her pink pouted lips and radiate skin momentarily distract me until I meet her earth-toned, doe, eyes. It was only a second that our eyes locked before she looks away. She reaches a hand out to the sky, almost like she is about to fly away, away form me. Without thinking I reach for her. My heart clinches in fright at the thought of her disappearing.

"Don't fly out just yet." I plea. She gives me a warm smile that undoubtly seals me to her.

Bella!

Realization hits me hard.

I wake up startled and out of breathe.

Rose quickly comes over and I can see the relief wash over her.

"About time."

"Where is she?" I ask, looking around the room.

"She's not here."

I turn to Rose who avoids making eye contact.

"Where is she?" I ask once more.

Rose lips begin to tremble and I knew that she was gone. I knew that she was not safe. That I've failed her.

"Where is she!" I demanded.

I lost it, a sea of red blurred my vision as Rose continued to look down. I quickly got up and tossed the table with all the medical instruments upside down. An unrecognizable surge of power floods through me and the urge to release it was beginning to take its toll on me.

Damn it! I won't loose control!

These lost temperaments should have calmed by now. I have not used the forbidden spell to switch places with Jasper for days now. I have to control it.

But I remember Bella and the need to find her fuels my uncontrolled rage.

"Tell me where she is!" I yelled as guards hold me down. I grab one of them and send him flying off. The other one tries to uppercut me but I block it and punch him in the gut. He rolls over and knees me behind the leg. I stumble down and quickly grab his head and pound it down to the floor.

"Edward stop it!" I hear someone yell but I'm too gone to listen.

Hands grab and push me back. I turn and grab the person's neck.

While I have hold on the person's neck, the red haze begins to dissipate as I hear a female cry in the distant. Finally my vision clears and confusion takes it place.

My hands are wrapped around Rose. Her eyes began to cry and her face turns red. Unexpectedly her face began to merge with another. I was having a hard time deciphering the two until I realized who the other face was.

Bella, I was choking her. I immediately let go and feel nothing but shame. Suddenly I come crushing down to the other side of the room. I feel a boulder weighing me down and I do nothing to lift it.

"Emmett! Stop!" Rose began to cry.

I finally looked up to see Emmett enrage, watching me.

"Don't you ever lay a hand on her again!" He gets off me and helps me up.

I move past him to Rose. I kneel and bow before her. "I'm sorry Rose, I don't know what came over me. All I saw was red. I truly am sorry."

Rose lifts my head up to face her.

"This isn't the first time you loose control like this Edward. This only comes from a side effect of doing a forbidden spell. And both you and Jasper have shown similar symptoms. I'll forgive you once you tell me what you and my brother have been up to?" Rose crosses her arms and begins to impatiently wait for me to answer her.

I sigh.

"Well what spell have you and Jasper been doing?" Rose asks.

"Des interrupteur." I answer.

This time, Emmett speaks up. "How are you even able to perform the spell? After grandfather invented it, he himself destroyed all evidence of it, the spell itself is not even on the list, just the name. How could you have performed a spell that no longer exist?"

"I found something hidden in the wall in what used to be grandfather's room. Just a single phrase that if you don't know what you are looking for, might overlook and it trigger one of grandfather's lessons. The spell Jasper and I prepared began from our knowledge of grandfather but improvised by ourselves. I came up with the final workings and it worked." By the time I finished, Emmett was rolling his eyes.

"Yes, yes we all know what a genius you are. It's scary how much you and grandfather shared talent in magic." Emmett poked.

"Why though? Why did you and Jasper have to pretend to be one another?" Rose asked

"As King, I have constant eyes on me. I needed to move without suspicion. I couldn't have Jasper do it because I myself didn't know what it was that I was looking for." I answered Rose truthfully.

"Next time I'm left out of something important, I won't forgive you or Jasper." Rose threatened.

"Am I forgiven?" I asked.

"For now yes." Rose nods her head. I stand up and look at Emmett. Ready to find Bella.

"What time is it?" I ask.

"It is evening." Emmett answered.

"Gather some men. We are going back to were you found me." I moved to put on my cape and sword.

"Jasper is already there waiting for you and we found out who the spy was. It was Riley" Emmett pauses and waits for me to grasp the situation. I nod for him to continue. "It seems Riley has always been aligned with the Rebels and was using the whores to carry out messages."

Leave it to the youngest child of the House of – to be a traitor. He never managed to achieve the same greatness as his older brothers. He was always quiet and none threatening by making sure he was caught a few times with some harlots. He played his role well.

"We captured all the whores that he was constantly seen with and managed to find some information relating to Aro's army but…"Emmett was at a lost of words and was fuming with anger.

"But?" I questioned.

"Riley got away. The baster was already gone by the time we were invaded. He poisoned half the guard and gave the Rebels a blueprint of the castle. For the past three hours we have been on lock down. No one is allowed to leave or entered the castle as well as the rest of the Capitol. No shuttles will be entering nor leaving. We are currently in the Light Kingdom and as for the rest of CandidusVert…it seems all fighting has stopped. The Rebels have stopped their advancing and are calling a standstill" I interrupt Emmett.

"Start clearing the castle and than the rest of the Capitol than prepare negotiations with Aro." Both Rose and Emmett look at me with disbelief.

"Negotiations with Aro? Have you completely lost it? Look what happened to you the last time you tried negotiating with him." Rose spats, while pointing at my bare back.

"Shot from behind with poisonous daggers. I was halfway to Aden when I was ambushed. I realized as I finished off the last of them that it was a trap to lure me out. I hurried back as fast I could before the poison took me." I finished saying feeling ashamed and reminded of how foolish I've been.

"How can you negotiate peace with a man who has no honor?" Rose asks.

"I need time to find Bella." I finally say as I walk out of the room and rush to find Jasper.

I follow my guards until we reach our destination.

BPOV

At such a hectic time, my mind wonders to him. Wonder's if he'll survive, wonder's if I'll ever see him again. I want to say yes but the hours that continue to pass only deepen my concern that I'm lost to him.

"Get up." One of the men orders and I look around confused. When I didn't immediately respond to his orders, he grabs my arm roughly and pulls me up. He pushes me towards the doors and I catch myself before my body collides to another man standing a couple steps away.

The doors open and the man standing next to me steps out first. I step out and see the night sky. There are no stars or moons anywhere; nothing but darkness and something in me told me I was no longer in the Capitol in the clouds.

"Hurry up." One of the men pushes me and I give him a dirty look. He just laughs and pushes me once more.

"Push her again and it will be your undoing." A female voice spoke from in front of me.

I look up and gasp.

"Well now, I see you don't follow instructions very well Isabella. I specifically told you to stay at the mansion. Do you have any idea what a mess of things you've made?"

I shake my head no.

I shouldn't be surprise to see her. My mother did tell me she was alive.

"How are you here?" I ask her.

"You mean how am I alive?" Helen walks up to me and grabs my chin. She turns my head left and right. I take her hand and shove it off me and than I take a step back.

"You look better than the last time I saw you. Prettier too. Well it is to be expected, you inherent such beauty from your mother. Now if only you didn't inherent my stubbornness than maybe you would have been more obedient."

"Your stubbornness?" I question her, confused by her assumption.

"This is why I asked you to visit me before my planned death was urgently made." She states, gazing her jaded eye at me, like I'm wasting her time.

"Why did you plan a faked death?" I asked wanting to finally get some answers.

"Because I needed King Edward to think I was gone. And you to wait till I returned for you and the book." She admitted uninterested while adjusting her gloves.

"To do what?" I continued to ask as none of her statements are making sense.

Her pouted lips rise a bit at the corners and her eyes zero in on mine. "To help your mother achieve justice."

"What do you mean?" I ask, not masking the confusion in my voice.

"Isabella, there is a reason why I am no longer the Book Keeper and you are. I stopped being the Book Keeper the day you were born." She steps in closer and grabs my hand in hers, all without breaking eye contact. "The day I gave birth to you."

I snatch my hand away from hers. "That's not true. My mother is Renee and my father is Charlie."

"If you would have come to visit me sooner Isabella, I would have told you the truth in your birth. They are not your parent's. You are not a Ulliel. You are my daughter, a Swan by birth right."

"No! I can't accept this. My mother was Renee, she wouldn't have betray me with such deceits. You lie! You lie!" I shouted.

"Take her to her room. I will visit you when you have calmed." She turns away from me and walks inside the building.

A part of me knew that what Marie Helen said was true. That I am in deed her daughter but I couldn't admit that my parents lied to me.

They lied about whom they are and I couldn't be mad at them or question them because they are gone.

Once inside the room, I crawl onto the bed and wept for my lost. In one day I have lost everything again. I lost Edward, I lost my parents, I lost my life. I don't know what hurts more, the fact that Edward wouldn't be able to reach me in time or the fact that Marie Helen Swan is my birth mother.

Hours past as I slept in the room they locked me in. The walls bared no windows or paintings. Just the minimum essentials needed to survive.

Finally the door opens and Helen walks in with a tray of food.

"Eat, you must be famish." She drops the tray of food on the table.

I stayed on the bed with no intention of getting up to grab the food but I do sit up and glare at her. "Why did you give me to your sister." I ask, truly curious. In the past few hours, that one thought kept popping up.

"Renee Ulliel was not my sister. She and her husband Charlie worked for the Swan House hold. They were on their honeymoon in the human world when the gates were destroyed. They decided to stay in the human world when they learned I was to be exiled there. Charlie and Renee are loyal to the Swan's, and with I being the only survival, they decided to stay with me." She said as she took a seat across the bed from me.

"Why were you exiled?" I asked looking at her with doubt and fright. I feared the answer she would give me could destroy something precious I hold on to.

"My husband was trialed and convicted for the murder of King Carlise and his wife Queen Esme. And I was exiled for being his wife. Doomed to live my entire life in the human world as both Gate and Book Keeper."

I began to cry. I've never felt such pain emitting form my heart. The breathe in me became lost and the ghastly notion of absolute bleakness was all my body could concentrate on. The realization that I could never be with Edward is too much.

"Edward." I stuttered out in between cries.

He knew I was a Swan and yet he protected me and loved me. Does he know that Helen is my mother?

"Oh god! Don't tell me you're in love with the King?" Helen has risen to her feet and began munching on some yellow grapes.

"Listen to me. You and Edward could never be. You are the daughter of the fallen House of Swan. They will hang you if they recognize who you are." She indicated.

"Did my father really kill The King?" I was trembling now in trepidation. I did not want to know but I needed to know. I must have courage to hear the truth.

"My husband's name was Garrett Swan. He was a great man… but listen to me Isabella…" She takes out her wand and creates a bubble around us.

"I have to make sure no one hears what I'm about to say." She whispers and sits on the bed, then makes sure that our eyes meet before speaking again. "Aro must believe you are his daughter."

"What?"

"I was married to Garrett and I cared deeply for him but my mate is Aro. There is a strong possibility that Aro could be your father." She confesses and grabs my hand as I began to shake. "Listen, you asked if you're father killed The King. One of does two did and one of them is you're biological father."

"I don't understand, I'm human." I shake my head no.

This can not be true!

"No you are not. When I was exiled, I was also stripped of all my powers. At that time the council did not know that I was pregnant, so when the ritual was performed, I along with a friend were able to direct the spell on to you." She confessed.

"Why? Why did you do that? So you could continue having your powers?" I alleged in repulsion.

"No, and I know what I'm about to say, you won't believe me but…I did it to protect you. If they knew I was pregnant, they would have locked me a dungeon till I gave birth. Than they would have taken you away from me to a place I would never see you. And I wouldn't know what they could have done to you. So when you were born, I gave you to Renee and Charlie to raise as their own and away from the gate. I did it all to protect you." She attempts to caress my hands but I back away.

"You expect me to believe everything you just said?"

"Don't say anything and listen to obey me if you want to make it out of here alive." She straightens her posture and clears her throat before speaking again, "Aro is planning a ritual to unlock your powers. When you have your powers, you will be able to open and use the book. Aro might let you live though after he has gotten the book's power and if you are his daughter."

"How will he know if I'm not?" I ask her in pure revulsion.

"You better start praying that when they unlock your powers, let them be of a witch or goblin because if it is a fairy, that means you are Garrett's daughter and dead." She admits with a smirk playing on her lips.

"Get out." I order.

"Isabella, I know everything I just said is hard to understand but it is the truth."

"Get out!" I yell.

"The ritual will take at least five weeks to prepare. I will try to come up with a plan to keep you alive. In the mean time, I suggest you play ghost."

I sneer at her as she turns around and the bubble disappears. She storms out the room with the click of the lock.

I yell out and throw everything off the closes table to me. I run to the bed and lay to cry my heart out on the pillow.

I was in denial at first but as the hours passed my reasoning began to turn my head.

What could Helen possibly gain from telling me such a tale? How can it benefit her to reveal that I am her daughter?

No matter how hard I thought nothing came to mind. Except that in my heart, I knew that what Helen revealed today was the truth.

Throughout my life there have been small incidents that now, looking back, divulge more information than just a mere passing coincidence.

I began to recall moments in life that could have exposed my parents as liars. Once, my family and I stayed in Seattle for a day before heading out to Québec for Christmas, and Helen visited us. It was a short visit, just lunch, and I was child then so I paid no attention to there conversation. I remember playing with another girl who was sitting on the table next to us in the restaurant. We passed a small red ball between us discreetly. Her mother caught her with the ball and took it away. We both looked at one another with sadness and turned backed to the table. At that time, Helen mentioned how lucky they were that I had similar hair to Charlie and that my appearance can be plausible for their child.

At that time I just thought she was saying that I looked more like my dad and not my mom.

Now, I see more to her words than just the surface.

One more instance that comes to mind occurred my sophomore year in high school. In my biology class we had a blood typing assignment that required my parent's blood to complete. That way I can see how I came to have the particular blood type. My parents became hesitant at first and than revealed that they had planned a surprise trip to Disneyland the following day. They told me that I did not have to do that assignment and will talk to my teacher about giving me a different assignment to do another time. Of course I didn't question them there because I was too excited about going to Disneyland and happy on not doing the assignment.

Those memories now provide solid speculation that what Helen said is true and the reality is that I'm her daughter.

Once I came to accept that Helen is my biological mother an ingratiating problem roused.

Edward knows I'm a Swan. He believes that Renee and Charlie Ulliel-Swan are my parents because at that time I thought they were. What would he do if he finds out that Helen is really my biological mother? And the murderer of his parents could be my biological father or his enemy that is threating his throne, could be my biological father.

Helen assured me that either Garrett or Aro killed Edward's father. Garrett however was trailed and convicted for that murder and died. Aro on the other hand has been fighting non-stop to overthrow Edward. And I am the daughter of one of these two men.

How can Edward ever be with me after he finds out about my birth?

Whatever revelation may be, the outcome will be the same. Edward and I are star-crossed lovers that are never meant to be. When he learns the truth in my biological parents, how can he look at me without seeing the face of a murder?

Even if he doesn't find out, how can I be with him knowing the truth. The lie will eat me alive.

We were doomed from the beginning.

I began to cry in sorrow, knowing that I can never be with Edward, even if I escape this place.