Vampire in Shining Armour || Kol M. & Bella S. [DISCONTINUED]

The Volturi

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So, given the length of this chapter – a full fourteen pages! – I thought that it would take longer to rewrite this, but surprisingly it didn't. :-)

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Bella and Kol were sat together 3 months later, snuggling. It had been a tough three months, Bella had had a few slip ups (not made better by the fact that Kol viewed nothing wrong with that, whereas Bella was distraught over taking another's life. Thankfully, Cami, Hayley and even Elijah had been there to help her with those moments), and still sometimes had trouble with her heightened emotions. But things were just starting to settle down.

The two were laughing as they goofed around, trying to play 'Thumb War'. Their peace was interrupted by Klaus, Elijah and their respective partners.

"We have a problem." Klaus growled.

Kol sighed angrily and stood up, pissed off that Klaus had interrupted his time with Bella again. "Deal with it yourself, Nik. I am sick and tired of you dragging Bella and me into your mess."

Elijah stepped forward, trying to signal Kol to stop but Klaus beat him to it. "That's rich, considering the fact that this time it's your wife who's the problem. If that's your attitude, then don't count on me or Cami helping you." Turning, he sped out of the room. Cami gave them all an apologetic look before following after her boyfriend, hoping to calm him and convince him to change his mind. Kol and Bella were going to need all the help they could get against this enemy.

Bella stood up, her guilt almost swallowing her whole. Kol sensed this and his anger at his brother increased; Nik knew Bella was still struggling with her emotions, how did he expect her to react to him storming out in one of his moods?

Going over to her, he wrapped his arms around her. "It's not your fault." He knew that nothing he could say would possibly make her feel better, but he tried anyway.

Bella nodded slightly, not saying anything as the last time she had argued with Kol about her feeling guilty he had threatened to vervain her and lock her in Marcel's 'garden'. She knew that he wasn't serious, but she had decided at that moment to keep her mouth shut in future situations.

"So, what's the problem that Klaus was talking about?" She asked the recently married couple in front of her.

Elijah seemed hesitant to tell her, automatically making Bella suspicious. Thankfully, Hayley had no problem telling them. That was one of the things that Bella loved about Hayley – she had absolutely no qualms about telling it straight to someone's face. Whether it be good or bad news she was delivering, she always told them without hesitation.

"It's the Volturi."

The words sent chills down Bella's spine. The Volturi. She had heard that name before, on the day of her eighteenth birthday, just before everything had gone to pot.

"Well, I wasn't going to live without you." He rolled his eyes as if that fact were childishly obvious. "But I wasn't sure how to do it – I knew Emmett and Jasper would never help ... so I was thinking maybe I would go to Italy and do something to provoke the Volturi."

I didn't want to believe he was serious, but his golden eyes were brooding, focused on something far away in the distance as he contemplated ways to end his own life. Abruptly, I was furious.