"If-" I began

"No." Edward interrupted.

"No harm will ever fall onto the Cullen Coven by us Volturi. You have my word."

"Your word means nothing." I spat back at him. He acted insulted but in reality he could careless.

"If… I agree to come. I wont show you my power, ever. I am letting you know that right now. There is really no point in kidnapping me, if your hoping to wear me down." I could practically hear what Edward was hearing in Aro's thoughts. 'We will see about that.'

"Bella please make your decision now, otherwise, you will die with your family." Aro gave his ultimatum. 

"Die." Edward said.

"Die." Emmett followed. Jasper and Carlisle repeated next. Esme then Alice and even Rosalie, voted for death instead of letting them take me. The guards took a step toward us. Jane looked ecstatic, as if it was play time. 

"No! I'll go." I said pushing out of the circle an stopping the guards' charge. Aro nodded once and smiled at me. I turned to my family, I gave them a weak smile. I grabbed Edward's face and kissed him hard and long. His hands wouldn't let my upper arms go. I pushed him back.

"No. No. Bella, no." He repeated as I tried to get free from his grasp. Carlisle and Emmett restrained him as I stepped back from him. He fought harder against his mentor and his friend. "Bella don't do this."

"'I can't live in a world where you don't exist.'" I quoted his words back to him. He still reached for me. I stepped backward. Aro's pasty parchment-like hand grabbed my waist while Caius pulled my upper arm. "Bella" Edward called after us. 

I knew we were traveling but I wasn't conscious, I was back in Forks still. People spoke to me and touched me but I was laying with Edward in the meadow. I had to be there with him. I needed to be with Edward for my sanity. Without Edward my world seemed slanted. Edward was the center of my elliptical universe, everything in me pulled toward him, always. The world around me was blurred, everyone was moving too fast for me to see. Jake's voice wasn't reassuring it was just maddening and pushed me back to Edward. Back to where I was me.