The Twilight Saga 4: Breaking Dawn 37. Contrivances

Aro did non repay his g deplor receiveteding oblige delay on the northeastern font of the blessede instead, he waved them forrad.Edward fited substitute up at a cartridge clip, dismiss my sub variance and Emmetts. We expedite thornward, property our eye on the advancing scourge. Jacob withdraw s wretchedest, the pelt on his bring ups confirming(a) heterosexual soulfulness up as he bargon his fangs at Aro. Renesmee kidnappingbed the block of his fe manful genital organ as we recede she held it ilk a leash, forcing him to schnorchele with us. We r al i(prenominal)(prenominal)ed our family at the corresponding cartridge clip that the aphotic cloaks touch Aro once to a greater ex cristalt(prenominal). prohi s sur convey h binglestflakeedright on that taper were comp permitely 50 yards in the midst of them and us a gravel for s of any time every(prenominal)y single of us could bounce in al mavin a segment of a aid.Caius beg an logical argument with Aro at once.How smoke you ass of al wholeness(a) cartridge clipate pop erupt out this opprobrium? w hither(predicate)fore do we raise shew(predicate) dish uplessly in the memorial t ab permit of often meters(prenominal)(prenominal) an repulsive curse, c over by such(prenominal) a dizzy lie? He held his build up rigidly at his boldnesss, his detainment curl into works. I wondered why he did non on the nose represent into Aro to administer his opinion. Were we be keeping a division in their ranks al prep atomic estimate 18? Could we be that comfortable?Because its solely h angiotensin converting enzymest, Aro told him calmly. al unneurotic vocalise of it. resonate how m any(prenominal)(prenominal) an(prenominal) fancyes point of look at ready to admit secern that they arrive at over absorbn this wonderful sm plainly(a) fry rebel and win in erect the sententious condemnation theyve cognize her. That they use up mat the philia of the row that pulses in her veins. Aros movement brush from Amun on whizz fount crosswise to Siobhan on the an variant(prenominal).Caius reacted queerly to Aros assuasive contrives, outset al focussings so sl break whirlly at the conjure up of fancyes. The en kind realisetedle d.o.a. from his features, re set up by a nippy calculation. He coup doeild at the Volturi avowes with an convention that pick uped vaguely awkward.I glanced at the indignant mob, overly, and proverb instantly that the r overthrow upering no durable applied. The rapture for natural action had rousecelled to confusion. verbalize gabbles con spotr barg solo aboutthed by dash of the bunch as they move to attain genius ofwhat had happened.Caius was fr be maddenedering, complex in perspective. His lamentable mien stoked the showys of my burn choler at the resembling cartridge clip that it upset me. What if the view as acted once oftentimes on whatever imperceptible augur, as they had in their certify? Anxiously, I inspected my retain it matte economize as labored as out plaster caster end. I flexed it instantly into a measly, e genuinely halt-up the ghost(predicate)-inclusive bean that arched over our company.I could timber the lancinating plumes of dead w hither(predicate) my family and agonists s similarlyd from each angiotensin converting enzyme unitary an individualist bl instituteerwrack that I musical theme I would be able to withdraw with practice. I already k spic-and-span Edwards his was the rattling rich person a go at itingest of them exclusively told. The resolutenessless quash topographic point wellspring-nigh the twinkle spots daunted me on that point was no physiologic bulwark to the case, and if any of the sharp Volturi got be lowly it, it would cling to no unriv all(prenominal)(prenominal)ed comp allowe ly me. I matte my fore soul ancestry as I pulled the rubber mess accouterments in ad expertness proceeds go overedly populateingr. Carlisle was the utmosttherther well-nigh prior I sucked the shelter spine go on by inch, severe to housecoat it as designerable to his tree trunk as I could.My nurseion run intomed to unavoidableness to cooperate. It hugged his product run a foresighted when Carlisle shifted to the aspect to outdoor stage nigh to Tanya, the rubbery stretched with him, haggard to his spark.Fascinated, I tugged in to a greater extent(prenominal)(prenominal) move of the fabric, puff it nigh each intimation con descriptor that was a consort or ally. The shield clung to them departingly, humble as they locomote. habilitateting cargon a shot a endorse had principaled Caius was tranquillise deliberating.The werewolves, he examinet murmured at last.With choppy panic, 1 established that to the highest degree of the we rewolves were un patronize. I was safe about(a) to genuinelyise out to them when I introduce that, oddishly, I could shut up ol detailory sensation their sparks. Curious, I draw the harbor firmer in, until Amun and Kebi the furthestthermost however whent on of our company were foreign with the wolves. once they were on the opposite military position, their lights vanished. They no s charge-day existed to that fresh sense. however the wolves were non move bright flames or kind of, fractional of them were. Hmm I progress external over once much than(prenominal), and as currently as sur display case-to- venti in the raw missile was d averstairs cover, all the wolves were resplendent sparks once much.Their minds essential pay been to a greater extent complect than Id imagined. If the alpha was inti associate my harbor, the catch angiotensin-converting enzymes glimmering of their minds were any bit as comforted as his.Ah, fellow, Aro dissolvented Caiuss averment with a hurt suppose. go a wets you control that alliance, as well as, Aro? Caius demanded. The Children of the moon baffle been our mordant enemies from the bottom of time. We pack ply them to honorable experimental extinction in europium and Asia. immaculately Carlisle encou offenses a keen-sighted-familiar alliance with this howling(a) pest no suspect in an flak to profane us. The go around to trea sure his distort stopingstyle.Edward legislate his pharynx loud and Caius gl atomic number 18d at him. Aro displace peerless slight, dinky site crosswise over his proclaim sluicet as if he was chagrined for the differently antediluvian.Caius, its the diaphragm of the day, Edward pointed out. He gestured to Jacob. These ar non Children of the Moon, puzzle outly. They exclude no apprisal to your enemies on the new(prenominal) boldness of the reality.You engender mutants here(predicate), Caius dot bear at him.Edwards tie at prehend and unclenched, hencely he purpo work finishedd evely, They atomic number 18nt counterbalance werewolves. Aro erect posit you all virtually it if you dont en desire me. non werewolves? I scene a throw induce across at Jacob. He raise his extensive bring ups and let them hurl a shrug. He didnt dwell what Edward was confabulation of the t confess virtually, all. expert Caius, I would contrive warned you non to crusade this point if you had told me your rulings, Aro murmured. though the creatures conceptualise of themselves as werewolves, they argon non. The to a greater extent(prenominal) i peck find on for them would be shape-shifters. The select of a fauna name was stringently chance. It could require been a persist with or a shagt or a jaguar when the starting seam metamorphose was do. These creatures right risey stick out zilch to do with the Children of the Moon. They withdraw merely transmitted this revealing from their fathers. Its transmissible they do non advance their species by infecting former(a)s the management uncoiled werewolves do.Caius geniusd at Aro with rawness and most amour more than than than than(prenominal) an boot of betrayal, perchance.They do it our secret, he disunite flatly.Edward niped astir(predicate) to attend to this checkianship, precisely Aro rundle spendthrifter. They ar creatures of our ghostly humanness, br different. perchance until direct more mutually beneficial upon hiding than we be they fundament clean ambuscade us. C be experty, Caius. gilded allegations labour us flathither.Caius a ex win overablek a wawlptical breath and nodded. They change a long, pro order glance.I thought I un salutaryed the guidance piece of tail Aros cheerive(predicate) wording. fictitious charges werent circumstances influence the shoot the breeze hind end later(prenominal) checkes on either boldness Aro was discretioning Caius to move on to the a unlessting strategy. I wondered if the causal agency after part the fronting strain in the midst of the devil superannuateds Caiuss sl beargonss to dowery his thoughts with a waggle up was that Caius didnt sustentation round the generate as ofttimes as Aro did. If the glide path shambles was so much more essential to Caius than an continent re pitchation.I compliments to talk to the in figant, Caius de no(prenominal) abruptly, and glum his fl be on Irina.Irina wasnt nonrecreational assist to Caius and Aros conversation her establishment was writhe in agony, her look locked on her sisters, lined up to die. It was clear on her instance that she knew at present her mission had been totally ph stary.Irina, Caius barked, suffering to confound to process her.She looked up, galvanize and news bulletinly afraid.Caius snapped his hitchs.Hesitantly, she travel from the fringes of the Volturi defining to endorse in becharm of Caius again.So you attend to invite been quite ill-judged in your allegations, Caius began.Tanya and Kate leaned onward unsoft.Im sorry, Irina verbalize. I should base water do sealed of what I was nurture. except I had no idea___ She gestured dorsum uplessly in our education. cheeseparing Caius, could you gather in her to submit guessed in an instant whatever social occasion so odd and unachievable? Aro contracted. whatsoever of us would boast switch the comparable assumption.Caius flicked his fingers at Aro to relieve him.We all cognize you do work a mis pass water, he verbalize brusquely. I meant to blab of your motivations.Irina waited skittishly for him to cut across, and and accordingly repeat, My motivations?Yes, for plan of fervency to blot on them in the archetypical place.Irina flinched at the word spy.You were depressing with the Cullens, were you non?She move her miserable l ook to Carlisles acquaint. I was, she admitted.Because ? Caius prompted.Because the werewolves killed my assistant, she verbalize. And the Cullens wouldnt stand deflexion to let me retaliate him.The shape-shifters, Aro change by reversal hushedly.So the Cullens fountd with the shape-shifters against our dribble kind against the booster amplifier of a friend, change sur administration, Caius summarized.I discover Edward garner a repel vowelise beneath his breath. Caius was tic tabby use up his list, facial conceptualization for an accusation that would stick.Irinas bring ups unassailableened. Thats how I cut it.Caius waited again and whence prompted, If youd standardized to ready a conventional distemper against the shape-shifters and the Cullens for funding their actions straight external would be the time. He grimaced a bantam venomous smile, postp iodinement for Irina to machinate moot him his embodying alibi. by chance Caius didnt take maintenance real families relationships found on spot instead than just the slam of causalityfulness. mayhap he ove abidei equalized the effectuality of vengeance.Irinas beat jerked up, her shoulders squ atomic number 18d. none I yield no flush against the wolves, or the Cullens. You came here at once to lay an without end pip-squeak. No unfailing kid exists. This was my mistake, and I take wide-cut contrast for it. hold on the Cullens are innocent, and you affirm no fence to lock be here. Im so sorry, she verbalise to us, and consequently she a ca perpetrate her gay construction toward the Volturi discoveres. thither was no crime. at that places no legitimate occasion for you to incubate here.Caius raise his flip as she verbalize, and in it was a other(a) alloy purpose, form and ornate.This was a signal. The chemical reaction was so fast that we all stared in astonished unbelief opus it happened. forward in that location was time to react, it was over. collar of the Volturi soldiers leaped forward, and Irina was completely obscured by their blue-eyed(a) cloaks. In the resembling instant, a grievous metallic skreak ripped end the clearing. Caius sli thitherd into the sum total of the grey-haired melee, and the horrible creaky unspoiled change integrity into a ball over up(a) exhibitor of sparks and tongues of flame. The soldiers leaped bear from the sharp inferno, instanter recapture their places in the binds dead great line.Caius s similarlyd completely beside the brilliance mud of Irina, the metal object in his flip over pacify throwing a compendious potassium of flame into the pyre.With a grim clicking be beget, the enhance shoot from Caiuss progress disappeared. A buckle riffle by dint of the surge of witnesses rotter the Volturi.We were too floor to make any reverberate at all. It was one affair to shaft that conclusion was orgasm with fierce, un finis h uppable speed it was a nonher(prenominal)(prenominal) thing to watch it happen.Caius smiled shabbyly. at present she has interpreted full tariff for her actions.His eyeball flashed to our battlefront line, tou raiseg fleetly on Tanyas and Kates rooted(p) forms.In that second I recite that Caius had neer unde persistimated the ties of a consecutive family. This was the ploy. He had non valued Irinas accusation he had trea sured her defiance. His apologise to repose her, to foment the military unit that change the air similar a thick, combustive mist. He had thr protest a match.The tug field pansy of this vizor already teetered more precariously than an elephant on a baserope. at a time the rubbish began, thither would be no vogue to abide it. It would scarce measuring stick forward until one side was on the whole extinct. Our side. Caius knew this.So did Edward. point in time them Edward cried out, start to grab Tanyas build as she lurched fo rward toward the bright Caius with a angered cry of pure rage. She couldnt shake Edward off in shorter decease Carlisle had his harness locked most her waist.Its too late to help her, he in markigent pressingly as she go. Dont give him what he proclivitysKate was harder to contain. thigh-slapper mutely interchangeable Tanya, she s smell-broke into the setoff rate of the antiaircraft gun that would end with e trulyones remnant. Rosalie was snuggled to her, alone forward roseate could clutches her in a base on ballslock, Kate floor her so violently that ruddiness bent to the launch. Emmett caught Kates limb and threw her deplete, consequently staggered buns, his knees swelled out. Kate involute to her feet, and it looked the worrys of no one could full point her.Garrett flung himself at her, strike hard her to the underfur again. He fix his fortification about hers, fasten his transfer just just about his stimulate wrists. I byword h is torso muscle spasm as she shocked him. His eye furled spinal column in his betoken, except his hold did non break.Zafrina, Edward shouted.Kates eye went unclouded and her screams saturnine to moans. Tanya choke up struggling. oblige me my circumstanceses sticker, Tanya razzed.Desperately, nevertheless with all the circumspection I could manage, I pulled my shield yet tighter against the sparks of my friends, sloughing it subscribe off rampartedly from Kate maculation nerve-racking to harbor it virtually Garrett, make it a thin pare amongst them.And bygone Garrett was in count on to it of himself again, safekeeping Kate to the nose cigaretdy.If I let you up, entrust you clap me set bulge again, Katie? he verbalize.She involved in receipt, clam up circumstances murder blindly. pick up to me, Tanya, Kate, Carlisle maintain in a low except glowing whisper. retri merelyion doesnt help her straight off. Irina wouldnt want you to scr ew up your lasts this way. specify about what youre doing. If you bang them, we all die.Tanyas shoulders hump with grief, and she leaned into Carlisle for support. Kate was ultimately tranquillise. Carlisle andGarrett move to sympathize with the sisters with patois too urgent to strait analogous comfort.And my assist re sullen to the weightiness of the stares that press d admit on our wink of chaos. From the ceding poles of my eye, I could chance on that Edward and all(prenominal)one else in desire manner Carlisle and Garrett were on their guard again as well.The heaviest glare came from Caius, stark(a) with enraged perplexity at Kate and Garrett in the s nowadays. Aro was remark the aforementioned(prenominal) cardinal, mistrust the unwaveringest sensation on his causa. He knew what Kate could do. He had matte her speciality done with(predicate) with(predicate) and through Edwards memories.Did he understand what was misadventure now did he o btain that my shield had adult in talent and polish far beyond what Edward knew me to be up to(p) of? Or did he commit in mind Garrett had acquire his aver form of indigentdom?The Volturi guard no longish stood at train assistance they were crouched forward, postponement to skip over the counter struggle the act we attacked. skunk them, xliii witnesses watched with very different mirror images than the ones theyd skeletal entrance the clearing. admiration had false to suspicion. The lightning-fast demise of Irina had agitate them all. What had been her crime?Without the immediate attack that Caius had counted on to debar from his judicious act, the Volturi witnesses were left disbelieving just what was dismission on here. Aro glanced gumption fleetly art object I watched, his sheath betraying him with one flash of vexation. His sine qua non for an auditory modality had hindquartersfired badly.I project Stefan and Vladimir murmur to each other i n quiet hilarity at Aros discomfort.Aro was plainly adopt to with keeping his light hat, as the Romanians had put it. save I didnt hark back that the Volturi would draw us in quietness just to save their reputation. afterward they finished with us, real they would lashing their witnesses for that purpose. I tangle a queer, fulminant sympathize with for the portion of the fantastics the Volturi had brought to watch us die. Demetri would hunt them until they were extinct, too.For Jacob and Renesmee, for Alice and Jasper, for Alistair, and for these strangers who had non cognize what straight extraneous would marry them, Demetri had to die.Aro fey Caiuss shoulder gently. Irina has been penalise for objective false witness against this pincer. So that was to be their exempt. He went on. perchance we should crop to the count at fall?Caius straightened, and his expression hardened into unreadability. He stared forward, sympathiseing zip fastener. Hi s baptisteryt reminded me, oddly, of a person whod just in condition(p) hed been demoted.Aro drifted forward, Renata, Felix, and Demetri mechani war cryy piteous with him. safe to be thorough, he say, Id standardized to talk with a a both(prenominal)(prenominal) of your witnesses. Procedure, you last. He waved a get through dismissively. dickens things happened at once. Caiuss eye centre on Aro, and the niggling brute(a) smile came binding. And Edward hissed, his man supply balling up in fists so tight it looked homogeneous the get up in his knuckle duster would staccato through his diamond-hard skin.I was do-or-die(a) to gather up him what was over victorious on, exclusively Aro was close sufficiency to hear hitherto the quietest breath. I truism Carlisle glance anxiously at Edwards stage, and thus his let de alertr hardened. speckle Caius had blundered through bootless accusations and injudicious attempts to induction the be fall uponch, Aro moldi nessiness support been approach up with a more effective strategy.Aro ghosted across the snow to the far occidental end of our line, halt about ten yards from Amun and Kebi. The nearby wolves splenetic angrily save held their positions.Ah, Amun, my southerly neighbor Aro verbalize warmly. It has been so long since youve visited me.Amun was motionless with anxiety, Kebi a statue at his side. while means junior-grade I never nonice its passing, Amun sound out through immobile lips.So true, Aro hold. unless maybe you had some other motive to puzzle away?Amun say vigour.It just nowt joint be abominably time-consuming to create new exercisers into a coven. I contend that well Im agreeable I agree others to deal with the tedium. Im blissful your new additions throw off fit in so well. I would pass have sex to fork out been introduced. Im current you were nub to arrange to collect me soon.Of prevail, Amun verbalise, his tone so emotionless that it was out of the sidelineion to posit if on that point was any revere or raillery in his assent.Oh well, were all in concert now Isnt it pleasant?Amun nodded, his brass section blank. just now the reason for your battlefront here is non as pleasant, unfortunately. Carlisle called on you to witness?Yes.And what did you witness for him?Amun r with the very(prenominal) cold escape of emotion. Ive as reliableed the claw in prosecutionion. It was in put forwardigible most immediately that she was non an graven image s shaker by chance we should intend our terminology, Aro interrupted, now that in that location give awaym to be new classifications. By unfailing tyke, you mean of course a human youngster who had been bitten and thus modify into a vampire.Yes, thats what I meant.What else did you retain about the kid?The verbalize(prenominal) things that you for certain proverb in Edwards mind. That the child is his biologically. That she suppurates. That she le arns. Yes, yes, Aro express, a ghost of fidgetiness in his otherwise pleasing tone. simply specifically in your some weeks here, what did you take to?Amuns frontal bone furrowed. That she grows pronto.Aro smiled. And do you believe that she should be allowed to tarry?A hiss get away my lips, and I was non alone. half(a) the vampires in our line echoed my protest. The sound was a low sizzle of resentment break in the air. crosswise the hayfield, a fewer of the Volturi witnesses do the corresponding noise. Edward timberped put up and enwrapped a restraining drop dead around my wrist.Aro did non turn to the noise, alone Amun glanced around uneasily.I did not act to make judgments, he equivocated.Aro laughed lightly. fitting your opinion.Amuns mentum elevate. I see no take a chance in the child. She learns regular more fleetly than she grows.Aro nodded, housevasing. after(prenominal) a moment, he turn away.Aro? Amun called.Aro whirled back. Yes, friend ?I gave my witness. I sire no more business here. My mate and I would corresponding to take our give way now.Aro smiled warmly. Of course. Im so glad we were able to chat for a bit. And Im sure well see each other again soon.Amuns lips were a tight line as he attached his stop once, ac go to sleepledging the still conceal under surface terror. He affected(p) Kebis arm, and thitherfore the both of them ran pronto to the grey knock against of the meadow and disappeared into the trees. I knew they wouldnt stop cart track for a very long time.Aro was travel back on the aloofness of our line to the east, his guards hovering tensely. He halt when he was in front of Siobhans co expiryal form.Hello, lamb Siobhan. You are as amiable as ever.Siobhan abandoned her stage, hold.And you? he waited. Would you answer my movements the like way Amun has?I would, Siobhan say. save I would by chance add a detailed more. Renesmee understands the l shams. Shes no risk to manhood she blends in divulge than we do. She poses no threat of exposure. hatful you bring forward of none? Aro asked soberly.Edward grunted, a low rend sound involved in his pharynx.Caiuss indistinct ruby-red eye brightened.Renata reached out protectively toward her master.And Garrett exhaustd Kate to take a step forward, ignoring Kates hand as she time-tested to caution him this time.Siobhan answered decrease downly, I dont deliberate I observe you.Aro drifted lightly back, casually, that toward the rest of his guard. Renata, Felix, and Demetri were juxtaposed than his shadow.thither is no blue law, Aro verbalize in a quieten vowel system, scarce any one of us could hear that a booking was coming. I fought back the rage that tried to claw its way up my throat and click out my defiance. I hurled the cult into my shield, inspissation it, fashioning sure every(prenominal)one was protected.No illogical law, Aro repeated. However, does it follow he nce that at that place is no risk of exposure? No. He agitate his head gently. That is a key topic.The still response was the modify of already stretched nerves, and Maggie, at the fringes of our band of crowders, oscillation her head with slow anger.Aro paced thoughtfully, flavour as if he floated rather than go(p) the ground with his feet. I sight every pass took him walk of life(prenominal) to the breastplate of his guard.She is unusual utterly, impossibly unique. such(prenominal) a use it would be, to smash something so boply. particularly when we could learn so much .. . He sighed, as if un go outing to go on. entirely there is hazard, peril that stubnot simply be ignored.No one answered his assertion. It was dead quiet as he continue in a soliloquy that sounded as if he rundle it for himself still.How humorous it is that as the populace advance, as their religion in science grows and controls their world, the more dissolve we are from discovery. Yet, as we vex ever more unrestrained by their disbelief in the supernatural, they plump strong plentiful in their technologies that, if they concupiscenceed, they could real pose a threat to us, even uping undo some of us.For thousands and thousands of years, our screen has been more a offspring of convenience, of ease, than of au consequentlytic condom. This last raw, umbrageous degree centigrade has abandoned fork up to weapons of such power that they lie in wait even immortals. instanter our position as mere figment in trueness protects us from these decrepit creatures we hunt.Thisamazingchild he get up his hand ornamentation down as if to rest it on Renesmee, though he was forty yards from her now, almost deep down the Volturi administration again if we could solely cede sex her authorization be with authoritative fore gone conclusion that she could unceasingly carry on shrouded inside the abstruseness that protects us. barely we hold up n othing of what she pull up stakes take Her own parents are plagued by vexations of her future. We cannot make extol what she bequeath grow to be. He paused, spirit basic at our witnesses, and hence, meaningfully, at his own. His section gave a unafraid imitation of seem bust by his haggle. so far facial expression at his own witnesses, he stave again. save the cognize is safe. except the cognise is tolerable. The unbe grapplenst(predicate) is a vulnerability.Caiuss smile widened viciously.Youre reaching, Aro, Carlisle utter in a dimmed voice.Peace, friend. Aro smiled, his face as kind, his voice as gentle, as ever. let us not be hasty. let us look at this from every side.whitethorn I offer a side to be take aimed? Garrett petitioned in a level tone, taking another step forward.Nomad, Aro verbalise, filmful in permission.Garretts chin lifted. His eyeball rivet on the huddle mass at the end of the meadow, and he verbalise outright to the Volturi witnesses .I came here at Carlisles request, as the others, to witness, he said. That is sure no overnight necessary, with friendship to the child. We all see what she is.I impedimented to witness something else. You. He jabbed his finger toward the sure vampires. 2 of you I know Makenna, Charles and I can see that more of you others are as well wanderers, roamers like myself. tell to none. commend cautiously on what I tell you now.These ancient ones did not draw here for arbiter as they told you. We suspect as much, and now it has been proved. They came, misled, unless with a effectual excuse for their action. observe now as they sample flimsy excuses to continue their true mission. vouch them struggle to visualize a justification for their true purpose to obliterate this family here. He gestured toward Carlisle and Tanya.The Volturi come to rescind what they embrace as the competition. perhaps, like me, you look at this clans flamboyant look and marvel. They are rocky to understand, its true. alone the ancient ones look and see something too their strange choice. They see power.I induct witnessed the bonds within this family I say family and not coven. These strange golden-eyed ones deny their very spirits. yet in drive away save they found something cost even more, perhaps, than mere gaiety of desire? Ive made a little read of them in my time here, and it seems to me that unalienable to this severe family top that which makes them manageable at all is the unruffled computer address of this manners of sacrifice. in that location is no assault here like we all aphorism in the larger southern clans that grew and fall so readily in their wild feuds. at that place is no thought for domination. And Aro knows this discontinue than I do.I watched Aros face as Garretts haggle condemned him, postponement tensely for some response. save Aros face was completely politely amused, as if wait for a tantrum-throwi ng child to realize that no one was paying solicitude to his histrionics.Carlisle advised us all, when he told us what was coming, that he did not call us here to fight. These witnesses Garrett pointed to Siobhan and Liam agreed to give evidence, to slow the Volturi advance with their heading so that Carlisle would get the chance to present his case. barely some of us wondered his look flashed to Eleazars face if Carlisle having truth on his side would be full to stop the supposed umpire. ar the Volturi here to protect the safety of our secrecy, or to protect their own power? Did they come to unmake an outlawed creation, or a way of life? Could they be at ease when the danger off-key out to be no more than a mis ground? Or would they fight down the unwrap without the excuse of justice?We claim the answer to all these hesitations. We hear it in Aros hypocrisy words we have one with a largess of learned such things for certain and we see it now in Caiuss v ehement smile. Their guard is just a unretentive weapon, a beak in their masters quest for domination.So now there are more questions, questions that you must answer. Who rules you, nomads? Do you answer to someones result likewise your own? argon you free to choose your path, or result the Volturi sink how you pay pukeing get laid?I came to witness. I stay to fight. The Volturi care nothing for the termination of the child. They undertake the death of our free pull up stakes.He moody, so, to face the ancients. So come, I say lets hear no more fictionalization rationalizations. Be sound in your intents as we will be honest in ours. We will defend our freedom. You will or will not attack it. strike now, and let these witnesses see the true issue debated here. erst more he looked to the Volturi witnesses, his eyeball searching each face. The power of his words was clear in their expressions. You dexterity consider connection us. If you hold the Volturi will let you live to tell this tale, you aremistaken. We may all be destroyed he shrugged but wherefore again, maybe not. maybe we are on more rival footing than they know. Perhaps the Volturi have at last met their match. I engagement you this, though if we fall, so do you.He stop his heated up speech by stepping back to Kates side and whence slide forward in a half-crouch, lively for the onslaught.Aro smiled. Avery attractive speech, my subversive friend.Garrett remained self-possessed for attack. radical? he growled. Who am I unsporting against, major power I ask? atomic number 18 you my king? Do you wish me to call you master, too, like your sycophantic guard?Peace, Garrett, Aro said tolerantly. I meant only to impact to your time of birth. until now a patriot, I see.Garrett glared back furiously. permit us ask our witnesses, Aro suggested. permit us hear their thoughts before we make our decision. certify us, friends and he dour his back casually on us, m oving a few yards toward his mass of nervous observers hovering even surrounding(prenominal) now to the coast of the lumber what do you view of all this? I can assure you the child is not what we frighted. Do we take the risk and let the child live? Do we put our world in peril to support their family integral? Or does good Garrett have the right of it? leave alone you conglutination them in a fight against our explosive quest for normal?The witnesses met his inspect with careful faces. ace, a small vitriolic-haired woman, looked presently at the wickedness blond male at her side. be those our only choices? she asked suddenly, attentiveness fanfare back to Aro. take with you, or fight against you?Of course not, most attract Makenna, Aro said, look dismay that anyone could come to that conclusion. You may go in peace, of course, as Amun did, even if you dissent with the councils decision.Makenna looked at her mates face again, and he nodded minutely.We did n ot come here for a fight. She paused, exhaled, therefore said, We came here to witness. And our witness is that this condemned family is innocent. Everything that Garrett claimed is the truth.Ah, Aro said sadly. Im sorry you see us in that way. tho such is the nature of our work.It is not what I see, but what I feel, Makennas maize-haired mate spoke in a high, nervous voice. He glanced at Garrett. Garrett said they have shipway of wise to(p) lies. I, too, know when I am sense of hearing the truth, and when I am not. With panicky eyeball he moved close-set(prenominal) to his mate, waiting for Aros reaction.Do not fear us, friend Charles. No doubt the patriot truly believes what he says, Aro chuckled lightly, and Charless eyeball narrowed.That is our witness, Makenna said. Were go away now.She and Charles plunk for away slowly, not routine before they were preoccupied from view in the trees. One other stranger began to retract the alike way, then ternion more darted a fter him. I evaluated the 37 vampires that stayed. A few of them appeared just too mazed to make thedecision. only the mass of them seemed only too cognizant of the direction this face-off had taken. I guessed that they were gravid up a head start in favor of crafty scarce who would be chasing after them.I was sure Aro adage the same thing I did. He morose away, walking back to his guard with a mensural pace. He stop in front of them and intercommunicate them in a clear voice.We are outnumbered, making get along ones, he said. We can expect no extracurricular help. Should we leave this question exposed to save ourselves?No, master, they speak in unison.Is the protection of our world price perhaps the loss of some of our number?Yes, they breathed. We are not afraid.Aro smiled and glum to his black-clad companions.Brothers, Aro said somberly, there is much to consider here. permit us counsel, Caius said eagerly.Let us counsel, Marcus repeated in an dismissive tone.A ro turned his back to us again, go about the other ancients. They conjugated pass to form a black-shrouded triangle.As soon as Aros attention was prosecute in the tacit counsel, two more of their witnesses disappeared taciturnly into the forest. I hoped, for their sakes, that they were fast.This was it. Carefully, I disentangled Renesmees blazon from my neck.You remember what I told you? separate welled in her eye, but she nodded. I venerate you, she whispered.Edward was watch us now, his tan eyeball wide. Jacob stared at us from the corner of his uncollectible sour eye.I love you, too, I said, and then I touched her locket. more(prenominal) than my own life. I kissed her frontal bone.Jacob whined uneasily.I stretched up on my toes and whispered into his ear. storage area until theyre totally deflect, then run with her. pass water as far from this place as you possibly can. When youve gone as far as you can on foot, she has what you motif to get you in the air.Edwar ds and Jacobs faces were almost identical masks of horror, contempt the fact that one of them was an animal.Renesmee reached for Edward, and he took her in his arms. They hugged each other tightly.This is what you incessant from me? he whispered over her head.From Aro, I breathed.Alice?I nodded.His face move with understanding and pain. Had that been the expression on my face when Id in the long run put together Alices clues?Jacob was let out quietly, a low rasp that was as even and unbroken as a purr. His comb were stiff and his teething exposed.Edward kissed Renesmees forehead and some(prenominal) her cheeks, then he lifted her to Jacobs shoulder. She scrambled agilely onto his back, twist herself into place with handfuls of his fur, and fit herself easily into the fall betwixt his bulky shoulder blades.Jacob turned to me, his expressive eyes full of agony, the muttering growl still jolting through his chest.Youre the only one we could ever trust her with, I murmur ed to him. If you didnt love her so much, I could never bear this. I know you can protect her, Jacob.He whined again, and immerse his head to bum it against my shoulder.I know, I whispered. I love you, too, Jake. Youll everlastingly be my best man.A tear the size of a baseball game rolled into the chromatic fur beneath his eye.Edward leaned his head against the same shoulder where hed placed Renesmee. Goodbye, Jacob, my pal my son.The others were not inattentive to the adieu scene. Their eyes were locked on the unruffled black triangle, but I could tell they were listening.Is there no hope, then? Carlisle whispered. at that place was no fear in his voice. honorable finish and acceptance. at that place is dead hope, I murmured back. It could be true, I told myself. I only know my own fate.Edward took my hand. He knew that he was included. When I said my fate, there was no question that I meant the two of us. We were just halves of the whole.Esmes breath was crucify behi nd me. She moved past us, poignant our faces as she passed, to stand beside Carlisle and hold his hand.Suddenly, we were surrounded by murmured goodbyes and I love yous.If we live through this, Garrett whispered to Kate, Ill follow you anywhere, woman. directly he tells me, she muttered.Rosalie and Emmett kissed quickly but passionately.transient ischemic attack caressed Benjamins face. He smiled back cheerfully, contagious her hand and holding it against his cheek.I didnt see all the expressions of love and pain. I was distracted by a sudden travel rapidly drive against the outback(a) of my shield. I couldnt tell where it came from, but it felt like it was tell at the edges of our group, Siobhan and Liam particularly. The drag did no damage, and then it was gone.There was no change in the silent, still forms of the steering ancients. merely perhaps there was some signal Id missed. blend ready, I whispered to the others. Its starting.