I wanted to run to him, to hold him and never let him go, even though I knew all hell would break lose if I did.

But I did it anyways. “Edward!” I cried as I launched myself towards him. I hit something hard, and looked up only to have my gaze met by Felix. He was smirking.

I looked around for Edward and found him pinned against the wall by Demetri. He’d been growling and fighting the hold, but as soon as he met my eyes he stopped. I stared at him in disbelief. We were both stuck and he, the experienced one, was giving up?

“Edward!” I screamed again, “Do something!” I was about to scream, “Fast!” but Felix covered my mouth roughly.

If I could have opened it, I would have bit him, but he was definitely stronger, and I soon submitted.

“We’ll just be leaving now, won’t we Demetri?” Felix asked casually as he stood there holding me.

“As soon as –” Demetri was cut off suddenly by the front door, which had been kicked down by Chris. My eyes widened in horror as I saw who he had brought with him: Jane and about twenty other Volturi I didn’t know. Their eyes ranged from piercing crimson to coal black.

What were we going to do? Maybe I would find the answer in Alice’s thoughts.

She was summing up our odds, and by her count, they weren’t looking good. She had given names to many of the faces now surrounding us, which meant she knew them. That was good. The bad thing was that they were all over the age of three hundred, and the four of us against all of them most likely result in the death of us – excluding me, but only in a literal sense. Unfortunately, Carlisle and the other three Cullens were two or three days away, hunting.

But why hadn’t Alice known of this decision to send these vampires here? My answer came in the form of one of her thoughts: None of the ones I was keeping tabs on sent them. Then who did?

Great, another question. I could find out the answer later, because now it was time to act.

I listened as Alice addressed Edward silently, and I didn’t like what I heard at all.