A Vampire's Heaven (on Hold)

Chapter 8

Emmett's POV

I've been feeling all kinds of stupid emotions around Rhea. I think there's something very wrong here. I felt the strangest kind of anger when she talked about getting married and being a queen for some random person. I think it was Edward's overprotective instincts pouring into me and everyone else through Jazz. Yup! That must be it. I decided as Rhea continued with her story.

"I asked the council permission to leave. They were quite fed up with my pranks anyways and wanted rid of me somehow and this was the perfect way. They could give me missions remotely and I would have to go there only to pass my judgment on the accused. I came back to find the family broken. I was so angry, I hunted Ed down and we had the worst fight of all times."

"Thank goodness, we found a forest nearby. We fought like hooligans, using anything and everything that we could get our hands on. I was black and blue by the end of the day and even Ed was hurting."

I felt a strange content that Edward was hurt as much as Rhea was and almost wanted to fight him for her. I need to stop these stupid thoughts.

"He had been feeling bad about his decision and our fight gave him the reason to come back. We were together once again and happier and stronger. Once again, we moved about and landed in Rochester, New York."

I felt a jolt where my dead heart now was. I hated what my Rose had to endure and I knew what was coming next. But Rhea's next word made me think that even though she never gave me more than a fleeting glance, as if I was not that important to her (and I wasn't), she did care for my aching dead heart.

"As soon as Carlisle bit Rose, I felt her join me. Man! Did it send a shock-wave through me! But she was part of the family and I protected her against any desire for blood when she hunted some monsters. Everyday, we fought as any two sisters would. She was too high and mighty for my taste and I was the princess. She needed to be knocked down a pedestal or two which Ed and I did regularly."

"The day Rose found Emmett was the day I was given the most difficult assignment of all times. It would take at least 10 years straight. I was to be the childhood friend. I had to be adopted in a household as a ten year old."

"Sorry what? Childhood friend? How could a ten year old be indicted?" Jazz said what everyone else was thinking.

"As I said, the council files every wrong deed and the only way to infiltrate his house was to do it now when he's a kid so as to know who's behind everything he'll do. I knew as the guardian that if I left again then Ed might slip again. There was a fifty-fifty chance of him relinquishing his control. I was given another option by the council."

"They will remove me from everyone's memories and I would be given updates about them and their future beforehand, while on mission and at other times I could peek into your lives as and when necessary. I knew even before leaving, how and when Ed would meet Bhabhi; though Renesmee was a surprise even for me, because she was a gift. I knew how they'd live and their lives were very happy ones."

"I had to leave without saying anything to anyone. They were all worrying about Emmett anyways. The only problem with this spell was that as soon as I would come in front of them, they would remember everything. I left within minutes of my decision and every little trace of my life vanished from their lives."

"I went straight to my assignment and it took me 12 years to know the well-concealed truth. I was enjoying my life there, as the accused was my husband, Sabian, and was actually innocent. His father was the real villain. Sabe's father acted as if he was paralyzed in front of everyone, tormenting his son into doing everything wrong. I helped him undo every wrong possible and we built our lives separately while I passed judgment on his father and truly paralyzed him for life and then gave him a painful death with hell as his punishment. He wouldn't be judged but sent straight to hell."

I felt really angry. At the father I think. But shouldn't her 'Sabe' have taken decisions for himself as a man and stood up to his father. How hard would it have been. She is lovesick.

"I was truly happy for the first time in a long time, in this life. I had been wearing too many faces for  too long now and Sabe knew my identity as an angel, so I decided to stay there. We lived together and happily for a long time. Though he was my mate, he wasn't my soulmate. Due to this, I wasn't allowed to fall and he wasn't worthy of being an angel. I stayed with my... my mate for as long as he lived and then left to get my next assignment."

What does that mean? Is there a difference between mate and soulmate? I decided to keep my questions to myself till she completed her narration.

"I have been moving from mission to mission ever since, never stopping for more than a month to recuperate. I was always present when you all needed me, or at least I tried to be. I was here when you got married Ed and I was there when you birthed Nessie. I planted vision blanks for Alice when she was trying to find Nahuel but I wasn't here when Rosalie decided to end her life. I would have known any discrepancy in her thoughts had I been off work. I felt it, the second her soul left her body and I went straight to her burning body in the next moment, but, there was nothing there. I should have found her soul hovering either over her body or somewhere nearby."

"When I didn't find her, I tasked all the soul searchers and asked all my friends to help me find her. She should have been haunting someone or somewhere but she was nowhere to be found. I sent faeries to hover around Emmett hoping to catch her because I could feel her soul until then. However, exactly 2 days after her death, I suddenly stopped feeling any connection to her or her soul. As if, she never ever existed. I doubled the people and asked the council for help but we couldn't find anything."

"And that is the reason, why I'm here. I've been assigned to pass judgment on Rosalie. What this entails is that I have to find what happened, why she decided to end her life or whether she truly even did decide? More importantly, how did she block her decision from Alice? This kind of thing would have come as a vision." This was a shocking news to us all. We all thought Rose committed suicide because of the letter. Maybe Rhea doesn't know about it.

"That is why I doubt this was her decision. She had a shield as help, at least that. Moreover, someone who made her decide. I did everything I could from my end to make her happy and erase almost every thought of being human or any feeling of being incomplete. She was happy after Renesmee was born and I removed any stupid thought that entered her mind. Everything was supposed to be perfect and you all were supposed to have your happy-endings by dying together and being judged into heaven as a gift from me. I have to find Rose and the guilty parties who made her do it. This was not her decision I'm sure."

Above is Rhea's mate, Sabian. That's all folks! For Rhea's story at least. Now you all know what had happened and everyone know part of the reason as to why she's here. But what are you hiding Rhea? And what letter? Do vote and comment! I always love to know your thoughts. :D Have a great day! And the dedication is to another follower of mine. Thanks darling.