Mafia Princess

Chapter Fifty-Two

Twilight...not mine (sigh).

Chapter Fifty-Two

I pulled back the comforter of my bed, helping Bella between the sheets. I put my gun into the safe in my room before turning off the lights. As soon as I was in the bed, Bella's head was pressed directly over my heart. She had such a tight, strangle hold on me. I reveled in her embrace. It calmed me as well. I was terrified of what happened tonight.

What could have happened...

In the trunk of her car was a bomb that was timed for when it was unlocked. When I popped the trunk, we had roughly thirty seconds to get out of there or become pavement pizza. So, I grabbed Bella and ran. I ran faster than I'd ever run in my life. I had to protect her.

I looked down at Bella. She was sleeping, tears staining her pink cheeks. She was terrified, trembling against me. I knew I needed to talk to her father but I couldn't leave her. Instead, I just held her closer to my body. "I'll find the monster who did this, Bella. I'll go to whatever lengths to make your pain stop, use whatever power or connections I have. I promise you," I whispered against her hair, before closing my eyes.

I let myself sleep for about an hour before forcing myself to leave Bella's side. I could still hear Charlie in the living room, crying for his baby girl, so I never fell into a deep sleep. I put a pillow under Bella's cheek and I kissed her lips before leaving my bedroom. Emmett was pounding on his laptop, his face in a deep grimace.

"Edward!" Charlie barked, stumbling toward me. I could tell he'd been drinking since he reeked of a distillery. Hell, after a night like tonight, I wanted a drink. Fuck, I wanted to be drunk. "What happened? Tell me everything."

"Well, we went out to eat and went to this club, Trinity, meeting up with Bella's cousin, Angie and Jessica. They had dates with them, or something. We were there until roughly midnight when Bella felt like someone was watching us and she asked that we leave. We left the club, leaving Angie and Jessica behind."

"Did you notice anything out of the ordinary?" Emmett asked.

"No. Nothing," I replied. "I had a feeling of being watched at the restaurant, but it was gone by the time we left, driving to the club."

"Did you recognize any faces from Billy's funeral? Did you see Demetri, Felix or anyone from Aro's crew?" Emmett pressed.

"No. But, I don't know all of those guys. I could easily recognize Demetri and Felix but anyone else, not so much," I grimaced.

Emmett thrust his laptop into my hands, pointing to pictures. "Any of these guys?" he asked. I scanned through the pictures and none of them looked familiar, until the last guy, or rather, girl. She was sitting at the bar in the restaurant, wearing a short dress and playing with her phone.

"Her," I said, pointing to her picture.

"Jane," Emmett hissed. "Her brother, Alec and their cousin, Marco, must be behind this. They know Bella's car and Marco is like some savant at breaking into cars. They are going down!"

"Emmett, NO!" Charlie hissed. "No more violence." He sighed, turning to me. "What happened after you left the club?"

"I unlocked Bella's car and before I had either one of us get in, I wanted to check to see if there was something up with the car. All of the vehicles around us were gone and that was not right, except a black SUV close to exit of the parking garage. In the trunk was a timed bomb, set to go off once the car had been unlocked. We had roughly thirty seconds to get out of there. I picked Bella up and ran, getting us as far away from the car as possible. I had just exited the parking garage when the ground shook and I was sent flying onto the ground, holding Bella to my chest. We rolled a few times before I checked on Bella. She was in a state of shock. The SUV sped out of the garage, ringing out shots at Bella and me. I pushed her behind me, shooting my own gun, causing their tire to go flat. They still kept going," I said, thrusting my hands into my hair.

"What do we do, Uncle Charlie?" Emmett asked. "This shit just got real personal."

He never got a chance to respond. Bella screamed bloody murder from my room.

A/N: Pictures of the SUV and of Jane, Alec and Marco are on my blog. Link for that is on my profile. You can also find me on Facebook: Tufano79's Twilight Fanfiction Appreciation or on twitter: tufano79. Leave me some lovin!

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