Out of the Coffin

Chapter Thirty-Two

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Chapter Thirty-Two

Bella

I walked cautiously to the door, my heart in my mouth as I remembered where I knew the face at the door from. She was the vampire who had drank Mike, she was the one who started his killing spree, who sent him over the edge - I'd seen it from his memories. She was the one who ultimately got my Grandfather killed. What the fuck was she doing here?

When I got the front door, I noticed she was flanked by two 'guards', both of them dressed in black suits and staring straight ahead. Neither of them seem to even acknowledge Rose or I.

"Isabella, Rosalie, may I have a word?" She asked as her eyes scanned over us, her face not giving anything away.

"Who the hell are you?" Rose asked, arms crossing over her chest as she took up a defensive stance.

"She's the one who drank from Mike," I gently told Rose, Rose's eyes shooting to mine.

The vampire at the door giggled. "He was such a wonderful meal, blood was very sweet. But I'm not here to discuss him - I want to talk about you two."

"I'll ask again; who are you?" Rose demanded.

"My name is Heidi. I am the Queen of Washington." Fear ran through me as I realised just who she was.

Swallowing my fear and standing tall, I stood shoulder to shoulder with Rose, "What do you want?"

"I have a very interesting story to tell you - one that concerns you and Edward."

"We don't have to listen to this," Rose retorted, putting her hand on the door as she got ready to shut (or slam) it in Heidi's face.

"No you don't," Heidi responded. "But you should, because when you hear it, you'll never look at him the same way again. He's been lying to you Isabella, he's been lying to you from the start."

There was something in her voice, something that made me put my own hand on the door and stop Rose from shutting it. I wanted to listen to what she had to say.

"Bella..." Rose started but I shook my head, my eyes staring into Heidi's.

"Shall I start from the beginning?" I nodded, unable to speak.

"It all began with Mike; he was out with his friends on the town when he came across me. I do love a youthful man! He had such a baby face." She paused as if reminiscing. "At the end of the night I got him alone... he had no idea what I was, not until I cornered him anyway. When he started to put up a fight, I glamoured him - makes them much more pliable - and whilst I was drinking, he began to ramble on about these girls, and how they were magical. He was quite fond of you Isabella! Anyway, he went on and on about how beautiful you were and then he started to talk about mind reading and how he wasn't sure if it was a rumour or not. I stopped drinking at this point - I was suddenly very interested in what he had to say so I asked him about you. He gave me a lot of information. I knew I had to investigate. I had to find out what you were. But I'm the Queen of Washington, I don't do my own dirty work, so I wanted one of my subjects to do it for me." I suddenly had a very bad feeling where this was going.

"Edward wanted to move back the area so he seemed like the logical choice - I am the Queen, after all, no one can refuse me." I began to feel like I was sinking. "I told him to do whatever it took to seduce either one of you - I didn't care which one - hell he could have seduced both of you if he wanted. I just needed the information. Everything he has done for you is on my orders, everything "