Chapter 1
Eighteen year old Isabella Swan stood infront of the stand up mirror in her bestfriends room and she truly did not recognise the girl staring back at her.
The girl wore a beautiful tailor made white wedding dress, decorated in soft lace. She wore white heeled shoes and her usually wild dark chestnut coloured hair was up in a beautiful plait design that Alice had spent the past hour doing for her. Her make up was flawless and made her hazelnut eyes stand out perfectly. She should be elated. Here she was about to marry the boy of her dreams and become apart of the family at last.
Yet she felt hollow, empty. Like she wasn't herself anymore and she knew why. She had completely changed everything about herself for this family, she had changed her clothing style, had become a quiet and reserved young woman rather than the loud mouthed outgoing girl she used to be and she hated it. She couldn't keep quiet about the constant abuse she endured at his hands anymore either. Whenever she did something he didn't like, he would respond by lashing out, bruising her in places her clothing could cover, her ribs, her legs, her hips and She thought that he was worth it in the beginning so she did as he said but now? After everything be had put her through? Now she wasn't sure she could anymore.
She had lost so much if herself and now the girl she was looking at was a stranger. She could feel the wave of hysteria bubbling as it rose in her chest.
"Bella? Bella whats wrong?" Alice called as she watched her bestfriend break down sobbing infront of the mirror. She looked to Rosalie for help when the human girls only response was to sob harder. Rosalie shrugged she had no idea why Bella was crying, it wasn't like Rosalie had done anything too her this time either because for once Rosalie had actually been kind to the girl.
Bella didn't know how to stop, she felt like everything was too much and it had all come to now, now when she realised, moments before she was due to be married that she realised that she couldn't do it anymore. She couldn't keep being someone she wasn't for the sake of a man that had already abandoned her once.
She didnt understand why she let him change who she was, why she didn't stand up to him when he told her what to do and how to behave and now she felt like she truly had had enough. She didn't want to be with him anymore, she didnt want to keep pretending she didnt feel trapped. That she didnt feel as if she was making a mistake in marrying Edward because somehow she knew he wasn't her forever. She couldn't pretend that he was and what made it worse is she knew it would break her bestfriends heart to tell her.
Alice was suddenly pulled into a vision of Bella's decision to call the wedding of and as Bella expected, she was crushed. "Why Bella? Why would you?" She whispered her eyes filling with venom tears that would never fall.
"Well what do we have here?" Chimed a voice that Bella had never before heard, sending shivers down her spine. Looking away from the mirror Bella's heart skipped a beat at the sight infront of her.
Three gorgeous blonde Vampires stood in the doorway looking upon the scene curiously. The tallest blonde stood closest to Bella and had straight bleech blonde hair that went down to the middle of her back as Bella locked eyes with the woman, the blonde gasped softly.
"Kate what is it?" Said one of the other blondes, drawing Bella's gaze to her. When the blonde, who had hair the colour of honey framing her face in soft ringlets down to her shoulders caught the humans eyes she too gasped, stilling. She found herself unable to look away from this human girl who had suddenly become her everything. "Irena? Kate?" The last but certainly no least of the blonde women enquired, glancing between the human girl and her mates curiously.
"Look at the girl, in the eyes Tanya" Kate whispered to her dirty blonde bombshell of a mate, Tanya, softly, awe filling her voice.
"Shes ours" Irena added, the same awe present in her tone.
Tanya felt her heart clench at her sisters words. Could it be after all these years that they had found their missing mate? Quickly she drew her eyes to the human again, her heart soaring when the humans eyes met hers.
Never before had Bella met anyone quite as beautiful as these three women. She felt a strange sensation deep in her heart and wondered why she felt so drawn to them.
Just then Alice interrupted the staring match between her vampire cousins and her human bestfriend. She didnt like the vision she had just had of Bella cancelling the wedding and she didnt like not knowing what was going on.
"What do you mean you don't want to marry Edward anymore!!" She demanded causing the human to flinch. "I'm so sorry Alice but I just cant do it. I dont want this" Bella whispered struggling to pull herself together. But it was a pitiful attempt. The act of speaking out loud had somehow only served to rack her body with a fresh round of tears that had her stumbling slightly.
In the blink of an eye Bella was in Kate's arms as the vampire cradled the human gently. Bella didn't know why this vampires arms around her felt so right and comforting but right now she was in no position to question it. She feared that if the vampire let go of her she would fall.
"Tell me why!" Alice demanded, her voice rising as her frustrations grew. Rosalie only watched on with a slight smirk on her face.
No way was their little Bella actually infact the soul mate of the Denali Succubi' and she couldn't believe her idiot of a sister had not caught on to what was happening right now. This was far too goody. Little Eddie boy was sure in for a surprise when not only was his wedding called of but his bride was stolen by the very vampires Edward deemed as "disgraced whores".
"Enough Alice!!" Growled Irena as she and Tanya moved to stand between their human mate, who was still cradled in Kates arms and Alice. Not liking her tone at all, especially when their newly discovered mate was in distress.
"You will go down and bring the ceremony too a close, convince the guests to leave and warn Carlisle that we have urgent business to discuss." Tanya ordered. Every bit the coven leader she was in this moment.
"And do try keeping Fuckward the Pansy out of your thoughts, atheist until the guests have all vacated the premises" Kate whispered, afraid to speak any louder incase it scared their little mate any. Within that whisper though Alice clearly heard the subtle threat in the ancient vampires words and she had no desire to find out whether or not Kate would follow through on that threat or not if she failed in her task.
While this was being discussed around her all Bella could do was try to keep breathing as she burried her face further in against the blonde vampires neck. Still confused as to why she felt so safe in this strange vampires arms but content for now to permit herself rest in the comfort and protection of this beautiful stranger.