The Southern Thing

20

I spent the next few hours simply thinking. Imagining what life would look like with Nathaniel at my side once again. Eventually, I found myself wandering out to our garden. As I stared at the stars in the sky above me, I heard a rustling coming from behind me.

"Hello?" I spoke calmly.
"Adeline," I heard a soft broke voice speak.
"Alec? What's wrong, my dear?"
"Can we just sit for a while? I don't really want to talk about it just yet, and we have all of the time in the world at out disposal."
"Of course. Would pointing out the stars help you, or simply just a silent sit?"
I took the lack of response as my answer. I worry about Alec more often then I would ever share with the boy. Though his gift is truly amazing and powerful, it pales in comparison to that of his sister; for I could not even deny this. Everyone knew that Alec's place could always be taken away from him, as well as his immortal life. Only I truly know that he has similar views of our life style as me, the hatred filling his soul for the killings he must do on a daily basis. He walks on a tight rope, something I have done for a multitude of years. Wobbling and fighting to stay on the line between what is right and what is wrong. Though I fear one of these years, he will fall and I will not be there to catch him.
***
"I was born first, did you know that?"
"Pardon?" I was surprised by the sudden in break in hours long silence.
"Jane and I," he spoke softly, "I was born first. I am older. I should be the one to protect her, not the other way around. And yet, she is always the one protecting me. She is the one who can do the most damage; who is the most valuable. She is the only one who matters."
"You stop right there. She is not the only one that matters. You matter so much to me, and you are a valuable part of the guard. You are they only one they have ever met with a gift such as yours."
I stopped to make him face me before continuing, "What happened today to make you feel this way?"
"They were talking about Alice Cullen. Aro wants her gift so very badly. It sounded as if they were prepared to kill one of our own to have the space for her among the ranks," he trailed off.
"And you fear that the one killed off will be you," I finished for him. "I promise you, for as long as I am living my immortal life, there will be no harm that comes to you. I will always protect you."
If only I could have seen the future within that very moment.
***
After returning to my room, I saw a number of missed calls on my phone. I quickly rang the most recent, and often, caller.
"Rose-" I spoke before being cut off.
"Adeline listen I did something bad. Alice had said she died, and so I thought I should go ahead and break the news to him. But something was wrong. Alice's vision got interfered. She's alive, and soon he won't be."
"Rose hold on. You don't mean that he's coming?"
"YES! THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN"
"Are we perfectly sure that Bella is alive? He won't believe it from anyone else. He's stubborn, he'll think our thoughts are lying."
"Call Alice. I know things are horrid between you two, but she can explain it better than I ever could. She is the only one who truly knows. But hurry."
"I will. I will handle this."
Before I hung up the phone, Rose whispered out one last sentence: "I never meant for this to happen."
"I know. I will protect him," I said back quietly.
I stopped before dialing the number I so dreaded. It had been months, and yet I still did not find any compassion within myself. The girl who had once been like family to me, I now held only distaste for. Though I know that this is so much more than myself, more than Alice. This is about saving my brother's life. One of the only men in my life that I truly trust with everything I am.
I was not going to let Edward die, even if it meant calling her, and so I pressed the call button.
"Put Bella on the phone," I said as soon as Alice answered.
"Adeline," Bella spoke voice shaking. "He's going to come to the Volturi isn't he?"
"He will, but I am here Bella. I will do my best to turn down every wish he makes. He will not come to harm while I am in a throne, I promise you."
"What can I do? I have to help him. I can't live without him on this Earth." She sounded so incredibly broken and scared, my heart ached for the young girl.
"You can get yourself on a plane, which I assume you are already on your way to, and then you will find him. You are the only one he will ever believe. I know I have hated you in the past, but you make him truly happy. I want, no I NEED, you to save him. I believe in you Isabella Swan."
"Thank you," she muttered before hanging up the phone.
I guess it is finally time to put the limits of a queen's power to the test. I was not allowing Edward Cullen to die.

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well hello. long time, no update. i know, i know. i am a horrible writer who has worked on this book for almost four years now. that's crazy to me. honestly i fall in and out of love with this book daily. though here is my new year resolution, written for you all to see : i want to finish this book, or at least update properly. then maybe work on another book. not only for myself, but for all of you.
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