Santa Baby 5

“Is that Christmas music I hear?”Emmet asked. Rosalie looked up from the book she was reading and concentrated. She could clearly hear the sound of Elvis promising to come home for Christmas coming closer to the house. Following Tanya and her mates lead she, Emmett, Alice and Kala made their way to the front yard meeting the other members of the Cullens. Since Rosalie’s reveal everything had been extremely tense with Carlisle refusing to talk to Tanya about what happened. There was a fight involving Edward and Jasper that Rosalie had to break up because she didn’t want Jasper getting upset on her behalf. Rosalie wasn’t sure what was going to happen with the coven when all was said and done but they weren’t going to be the same. Seeing a spot of red coming through the trees Rosalie focused on it gasping in shock when the entire object came into view.

“Holy fuck!!”Rosalie exclaimed when a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe pulled up to the house. When the door opened and shapely leg adorned with a 6 inch black high heel with a red bottom on it emerged Rosalie had to swallow the excess venom pooling in her mouth to stop herself from drooling. When a second leg followed the first and the driver got out of the car Rosalie thought she had died and gone to heaven because there was no way that the woman in a tight red dress with black buckle belt around her waist, wearing a red jacket adorned with white fur, sporting designer sunglasses was not an angel.

“It’s Santa!!”Alice exclaimed in excitement.

“Hello Ms. Hale, these are for you.”Bella held out the flowers and the large box of chocolates to Rosalie. She then turned her attention to the rest of the group.”Cullens and three out of five of the Denali. Why have you three cut your trip short?”

Tanya shifted uncomfortably under Santa’s gaze.“We wanted to see where our cousins lived.”

“I don’t like liars Tanya. You are here because Carlisle called you and told you about the necklace I gave Rosalie. A necklace that I purposely enchanted so that it can’t be removed to prevent others from touching it.”Bella didn’t want anyone but Rosalie having the necklace.

“I apologize Santa. You are right we came because Carlisle called and wanted our help to get the necklace away from Rosalie.”Tanya admitted.

“Your apology is accepted however I warn you not to get involved in Carlisle’s schemes in the future.”Bella told her.

“Can you tell us what the necklace is made out of?”Carlisle asked not being able to stop himself.

Bella lifted her sunglasses and fully examined Carlisle.”If you think I would help someone like you after what you and Edward did you are insane. As matter of fact expect all the gifts you have received from me to be taken back before the end of the day.”

“What are you talking about?”Edward was frustrated he couldn’t read Santa’s mind.

“I’m talking about what you and Carlisle tried to do to Rosalie.”Bella gave Rosalie a sad smile.”I apologize Rose I didn’t know of those transgressions because I was ignoring the pair at the time. I’ll make up to you I promise.”

“It’s no problem.”Rosalie didn’t blame Santa for not knowing. Looking at the flowers and the candy Rosalie hoped that meant that Santa wanted to take her on a date as they were romantic gifts.

“Carlisle and I did nothing to Rosalie and as a matter of fact I have done nothing to warrant all the low class gifts all these years.”Edward was happy that he could finally confront Santa about her behavior.

”Are you sure you want to follow down this path? It won’t end well for you.”Bella warned.

“You have no right to give Rosalie of all people such great presents but give me trash.”Edward said ignoring Santa’s warning.

“The reason I give you such bad presents is because I disapprove of the many women you have raped and killed over the years.”Bella was unsurprised by the gasps of shock and outrage coming from the group.

“What the fuck!!”Emmett exclaimed.

“Edward what have you done?”Esme asked.

“Santa is lying I didn’t do anything like that.”Edward lied. He did it and he would do it again.

Bella waved her hand causing a thick folder to appear. She handed it to Tanya.”Here are the police reports and coroner reports for every one of his victims. On some of them he left behind DNA on the bodies and his fingerprints were found at most of the scenes and on the women’s skin from him grabbing them so hard.”

“You son of a bitch!!”Rosalie made a move to go after Edward but was stopped by Bella’s arms around her.

“I was promised he will get what’s coming to him so you don’t have to get your hands dirty.”Bella assured her.

Tanya flipped through the folder finding everything Bella claimed was there.”All we need is his fingerprints and we can prove it was him.”

“I’m not giving anyone my fingerprints.”Edward wasn’t going to give anyone a way to prove his guilt.

“Jasper would you be so kind to restrain him?”Bella asked.

“Of course ma’am.”Jasper grabbed Edward and held him tightly against his body.

“Let go of me!!”Edward fought with all his might but Jasper was more powerful than him.

Bella waved her hand again and fingerprint kit appeared. She took the kit and proceed to collect not only Edward’s fingerprints but also his palm prints. Once done she handed that to Tanya as well.”There is all the proof you need.”

“We don’t need to be investigating this because Edward didn’t do anything and it is rather insulting that you are accusing Edward of something so despicable.”Carlisle didn’t want anyone investigating his son because he knew of Edward’s crimes. He had helped cover a couple up.

“So you did know. I always wondered Carlisle but you hid it well. I should have spent more time around you.”Bella didn’t really pay much attention to Carlisle only looking at his interactions with Rosalie. Now she wished she had looked closer.

“What is she talking about Carlisle?”Esme wanted to know what her husband’s role was in Edward’s crimes. Crimes she fully believed he committed.

“She isn’t talking about anything because I knew nothing as Edward didn’t commit any crimes.”Carlisle wasn’t sure how Santa was getting all this information.

“Santa what are you talking about?”Kala asked.

“Carlisle is currently desiring to destroy all the evidence in the folder I gave Tanya because he is afraid some of it will link to him. Whether that was because he was a part of the crime or just covered it up I don’t know.”Bella didn’t think that Carlisle would commit the act. He was to devoted to god.

“What the fuck?!”Emmett exclaimed yet again. He had a feeling that was going to be his go to phrase when Santa was around.

“What did you do Carlisle?”Irina fully believed that Carlisle would help Edward commit such a crime. He had an unnatural relationship with the boy.

“I did nothing. Santa is lying.”Carlisle wasn’t going to tell them anything.

“Santas aren’t capable of lying. If we tried our mouths would freeze shut.”Bella would never lie anyway.

“Seriously. You can never lie?”Rosalie thought that was a very attractive trait for her mate to have.

“Santas are made of joy, love, kindness, peace, compassion and caring. Lying goes against all that.”Bella explained.

“What do you mean Santas are made?”Alice asked.

“That is something I won’t be sharing with you this day.”Bella wasn’t going to tell the group her background.

“That being said what should we do about Carlisle and Edward?”Jasper wanted to deal with the pair.

“I guess the first thing to talk about is does anyone not believe Santa?”Tanya was unsurprised when everyone but Edward, Carlisle and Bella shook their heads.”Then I guess we need to decide what would be a good punishment?”

“I say we kill them.”Rosalie didn’t want to be around the pair anymore.

“If I may interrupt. I’ve already spoken to my boss about Edward and I was promised that he would be dealt with by them personally. I don’t know exactly what she will do but I know it will be a lot worse than you killing him. Knowing that Carlisle was involved I can ask her to take care of him as well.”Bella was sure her boss wouldn’t mind taking care of Carlisle.

“I think we should let Santa deal with this. What about you guys?”Kate thought that Santa could probably do a better job than they could.

“I want them kicked out of the coven.”Kala wasn’t going to live with two rapist.

“You can’t kick me out of my own coven.”Carlisle wasn’t going to be pushed out his own family.

“Emmet do you think you can get control of his assets so that we can take our share?”Emmet was the expert with computers in the family and Rosalie and the others went to him when they needed help.

“Yeah no problem.”Emmett already had access because Carlisle needed his help managing of all his accounts.

“You aren’t touching my money!!”Carlisle wouldn’t allow his children to break off from him. He definitely wouldn’t allow them to take his assets.

“Kate grab Carlisle.”Tanya ordered. Once she had him she motioned to the house.”Emmett go do that now and we will keep these two restrained so they don’t bother you.”

“You can’t do this to us!! Do you know who we are?!”Edward screeched.

“Yeah two losers who have to use force to get a woman to touch you.”Kate said.

“As soon as you let me go I’m going to report you to the kings. Aro will have your head for this.”Carlisle knew Aro would be very unhappy with his family and the Denali for what they did.

“You honestly think the kings will side with you in this matter?”Bella asked.

“As Aro’s closest friend he will happily avenge me.”Carlisle was positive he would.

“Let’s find out.”Bella reached into her jacket and pulled out a cell phone. She pulled up a contact and hit dial. She smirked when Carlisle’s face dropped when the caller answered.

“Bella my love how are you?”Aro’s voice asked over the line.

“Bella?”Rosalie was confused by the name Aro called Santa and the fact that Santa knew Aro.

“I am doing well. Recovering from Christmas Eve. Did you all enjoy the gifts I sent you?”Bella asked. There was some shuffling on the line before a female voice spoke.

“Bella darling thank you so much for my gift. I didn’t even know how much I wanted my mother's locket until I opened the box. I actually teared up when I noticed the lock of her and my father’s hair inside.”Sulpicia said.

“The last time we spoke you desired a way to connect with your parents. I thought that would be the perfect object to give you that feeling.”Bella explained.

“You of course were right. Aro is impatiently asking for the phone back. Before I give it to him I was wondering if I could schedule a week at the beach house for me, Di and Dora. Dora has been boasting about how good of a surfer she is and I want to put her in her place.”Sulpicia said.

“Of course just let me know when you want to go so I can have it stocked with food and alcohol .”Bella always made sure the queens had everything they needed to have a good time at the beach house.

“Thank you sweetheart.”Sulpicia said.

“Now then. You called me and so close after Christmas that means this is official business.”Aro guessed.

“Kind of. You see I have a vampire friend who is a part of a coven that just found out that their leader and one of the members was responsible for raping and killing a bunch of women.”Bella pulled the phone away from her ear when Aro growled.

“Tell me who they are right now!”Aro demanded.

“Who they are is why I’m calling you. You see my boss promised to take care of one of them and I’m going to ask her to take care of the one I found out about today. The rest of the coven want them kicked out so they restrained the pair so that they could get control over the coven’s assets. That’s where you come in. One of the vampires claims that if we take his assets and continue to restrain him you will kill everyone involved. I’m calling to find out if that is true.”Bella told him.

“Who is this vampire?”Aro asked.

“His name is Carlisle Cullen and he claims he is your closest friend.”Bella smiled when Aro began laughing.

Aro took a full three minutes before he got control of himself.”Carlisle is no friend of mine. The man is a self-righteous bigot that is obsessed with purity. Let me guess it was Edward who was committing the crimes and Carlisle who was covering them up.”

“You got it. So does that mean you aren’t going to punish all those involved in kicking him and Edward out of the coven?”Bella wanted everyone to hear Aro say it.

“In no way will I act against those who went against Carlisle. As matter of fact I would like to applaud them for standing up against someone committing such a horrendous crime. I personally would punish the pair of them but if your boss has promised to punish them then anything I could do would be to much of a mercy. That being said tell the group if they have anymore problems with them to reach out to us and we will happily house both Carlisle and Edward in the dungeon until your boss comes to collect them.”Aro told her.

“Thank you.”Bella knew Aro would side with her.

“Anything for you Bella.”Aro said.

“Before I let you go I just got word that the new season of Boba Fett just wrapped up so expect to get it emailed to you as soon as it’s finished getting edited.”Bella aways got the kings and queens their favorite shows before they aired.

“Excellent we just finished watching the Gilded Age so it will be nice to have something new.”Aro said.

“Thank you for your help my friend and as always if you need anything let me know.”Bella told him.

“You as well.”Aro said before the line cut off.

Bella turned her attention to the stunned group. Even Carlisle and Edward were shocked still.”Now as I know you all heard the conversation you know that Aro is not on Carlisle’s side and will not punish any of you for going against him and Edward.”

“What the fuck?”Kate had no clue what the hell just happened. Looking Santa over she tried to see how she befriended both the kings and queens. The queens being exposed to anyone being unheard of.

“I’m flattered you find me attractive Kate but I’m not interested in joining you and your mates in the bedroom. Regardless of how fun some of the gifts I gave you looked like they would be.”Bella quickly wrapped her arms around Rosalie when she went after Kate.

“I’ll kill you Katerina!”Rosalie was going to make it painful.

Kate positioned Carlisle so he was between her and Rosalie.”I didn’t say anything.”

“Rosalie Kate didn’t do anything wrong. Please calm down.”Bella didn’t know what upset Rosalie but she wanted her to calm down.

Rosalie stopped struggling and took a deep breath catching her mate’s scent. Bella smelled like peppermint and fresh snowfall.”I’m fine.”

“Good. Now as I have already said Aro is not siding with Carlisle so you don’t have to worry about the royals. That means you are all free to do as you wish to him and Edward. I just ask that you don’t kill them.”Bella wanted her boss to take care of them.

“I have so many questions right now.”Alice didn’t know where to start with the many questions she had for Santa.

“How do you know the royals?”Tanya asked.

“I have known all six of them since they were children and have watched them grow. Sulpicia was the first one I truly befriended after her parents had died in a snow storm. She was all alone on Christmas and something about her had me revealing myself and talking to her. I visited her often after that and when she became a vampire I befriended Aro and Didyme as well. Then when Marcus, Cauis and Athenodora joined them I revealed myself to them and have been a regular presence in their lives since.”Bella explained.

“But you said you are a being of peace, love and caring. That is all the things the Volturi aren’t. I mean they kill innocent humans and torture people for fun.”Kala thought that was the opposite of what Santa stood for.

“Who told you this?”Bella asked.

“Well Carlisle had witnessed it when he lived there.”Kala told her.

Bella narrowed her eyes at Carlisle.”Why are you telling such lies?”

“I’m not lying the Volturi are sadistic.”Carlisle was extremely pissed that Aro had turned on him.

“Not without reason. The Volturi act harshly with lawbreakers but don't go out of their way to hurt people. As for killing innocent humans they have never done that. They have always fed off of criminals until about a century ago when I gave them the recipe for synthetic blood. Now the royals and all the guards feed off of that.”Bella wouldn’t have been friends with the royals if they were bad.

“Wait did you say they have synthetic blood?”Carlisle had never been told about such a thing and he had contacts in the castle.

“Of course they have synthetic blood. How do you think they would be able to feed in a castle in the middle of a city without getting caught if they didn’t?”Bella asked.

“Why haven’t they released it to the public?”Jasper would have thought that the kings would want everyone to have it.

“Because vampires were created for a reason. That is to be human’s natural predator. Most vampires focus on the scum of society and the ones that don’t the kings usually eliminate. Think about your friends Peter and Charlotte. They have rid this world of many criminals preventing countless crimes. With the number of vampires in the world all focusing on horrible people it makes a difference.”Bella told him.

“I always wondered why they got such great gifts from you even though they killed humans.”Alice never figured out why Santa gave the mated couple such wonderful gifts knowing they hunted and killed humans.

“They are good people that’s why.”Bella said.

“How do we get some of the synthetic blood?”Tanya wanted it for her coven.

“I would gladly give you the recipe only if you promise not to share it with anyone. I don’t care if they beg or offer you countless treasures. If you do I will never give you a gift again and will erase the formula from your mind.”Bella didn’t want how to make the blood spread around.”Also Carlisle and Edward can’t have any access to it.”

“What?! We deserve it more than they do!”Edward deserved the blood and better gifts from Santa.

“I have earned the right to have that blood from never having tasted human blood in my over 300 years.”Carlisle was going to get access to the blood no matter what it took.

“We promise we won’t share it with anybody.”Irina wasn’t going to risk never getting a present from Santa again.

“Why did Aro call you Bella?”Rosalie asked.

“Because that’s my name. Well it’s Isabella but I use Bella because it makes me seem more approachable to my employees.”Bella told her.

“I thought your name was Santa Claus.”Alice had always assumed that was what Santa was called all the time.

“No Santa Claus is the name for my position. Every Santa has a regular name. The last Santa was named Donald.”That being a name that all the residence of the Holiday realm stopped naming their children after he was killed. Bella had actually only met two Donalds in her long lifetime and both were older than Bella.

“Are there more than one Santa?”Kala asked.

“There is only one Santa at a time. We can be replaced but only one person can occupy the position at a time.”Bella explained.

“How long have you been Santa.”Kate figured a long time if Bella knew the royals when they were children.

“I have been Santa for over 4000 years.”Bella smiled at the looks of shock she was getting. She would need to mix with mortals more often because it was fun to see them react to things.

“You are over 4000 years old?”Rosalie couldn’t even imagine being that old.

“Yes I have actually held the position longer than any other Santa.”Bella was proud of the fact.

“Well I want to thank you for all the presents you have given us through the years. Especially after our sire died. Your gifts reminded us that we weren’t alone and were strong enough to make it on our own.”Tanya would be forever grateful for the gifts Bella gave her and her mates those first few years. It was the only reason they were able to survive.

“Yeah I think the best present you gave us was the land in Alaska. We didn’t even realize how unhappy we were living in civilization and killing humans until we got the deed to the land.”Irina had remembered the feeling of peace washing over her when she first stepped foot on their land.

“That’s how you guys got your home?”Kala thought they had bought it themselves.

Tanya nodded.”We were restless and unhappy and had started fighting constantly. It got to the point that we couldn’t be in the same room as each other. We didn’t even buy each other Christmas gifts. On Christmas morning there was a thick envelope sitting on the mantle over the fire place addressed to the three of us. When we opened it it was the deed to the land in Alaska. As soon as we all read it it was like a weight lifted off of us. It exactly what we needed and didn’t even realize it until we saw the paperwork.”

“How did you know to give it to us?”Kate had never figured out how Santa always picked out the perfect gifts.

“Some things are trade secrets but I can tell you that one of my gifts is that I know a person’s every desire. The three of you desired a place that you didn’t have to hide not only being vampires but being in a relationship. Getting hit on constantly and not being able to defend your claim on your mates was causing tension that you didn’t even realize. Plus killing humans kept bringing up memories of Sasha. I knew you needed somewhere isolated where there was plenty of wildlife and an untouched territory seemed perfect.”Bella had spent a lot of time finding the perfect spot for the triad.

“You know you’re right I didn’t even realize it but I was getting sick of hiding our relationship. It pissed me off not being able to tell people to fuck off because Tanya and Irina were with me. It made me feel ashamed and I didn’t like that.”Kate hated that she couldn’t punch every man who hit on her mates.

“You were also right about killing humans reminding us of Sasha. I always thought it was remorse for taking a life but now that it is pointed out to me I can see very clearly that I thought of our mother ever time I killed someone.”Irina couldn’t believe she never picked on that.

“What I don’t get though is how do you get hands on some of the presents you give. Like Carlisle’s father’s bible and his rosary and cross.”Jasper didn’t know how anyone could find such thing.

“That I’m afraid is a trade secret. On the topic of Carlisle’s gifts they have already been collected so he no longer has them.”Bella wasn’t going to let Carlisle keep anything after finding out what he did.

“You can’t do that. Those things belong to my father.”Carlisle struggled against Kate’s hold trying to free himself to go save his possessions knowing that Bella hand’t taken anything yet.

“And now they belong to the museum I am going to donate them to.”Bella thought a museum would appreciate the items.

“You know you have been pretty quiet Esme. What do you think about all this?”Kate would have expected Esme to have said something by now.

“I don’t know what to think. I do however believe Bella and will not be remaining with Carlisle.”Esme thought through her options.”Bella would you be willing to set up a meeting with the kings for me to break my mate bond?”

“Esme you can’t do that.”Carlisle wouldn’t allow it.

“If you think I would stay with you after what you have done you are an idiot.”Esme was sad to lose the mate bond but not her mate.

Bella pulled out her phone and sent a text.”I texted Aro and told him to contact you. I hope you don’t mind I gave him your number.”

“That’s fine thank you.”Esme was pleased to have a way to break the bond.

Alice just noticed the box and flowers Rosalie was holding.”Are those chocolates?”

“Yes I thought Rosalie would enjoy an assortment of chocolates as a treat.”Bella said.

“Bella it’s a nice thought but I can’t eat human food.”Rosalie thought the gesture was sweet but she couldn’t eat them.

“Another trade secret. You will have no problem enjoying those chocolates without any repercussions.”Bella told her.

“I can eat these and taste them like I was human?”Rosalie wanted to make sure before she got excited.

“You can taste them like you were human and your venom will break it down so you won’t get sick. I thought you would enjoy them.”Bella wasn’t sure how Rosalie was feeling about the gift because her face was blank. She smiled brightly when suddenly Rosalie had her arms around her hugging her.”So you like my gift?”

“I love your gift. Thank you so much.”Rosalie had always hated that she couldn’t eat human food.”Can I eat all human food or just the chocolates?”

“For now just the chocolates but I can make it so you can eat other foods.”Bella explained.

“That’s what you meant when you told the queens you would stock your beach house with food and alcohol.”Kala now understood why the queens would want the food.

“Wait if you are getting them alcohol does that mean they can get drunk?”Kate asked.

“They have to drink twice as much as a human to get drunk but they can. That’s also why I make sure the beach house’s wine cellar and both the inside bar and the outside bar are fully stocked.”Bella had to restock it after every time the queens and the kings visited.

“Can all of us eat the chocolate or just Rosalie?”Alice wanted to try the candy.

“Any vampire can however it was a gift for Rosalie.”Bella had got it just to make Rosalie happy.

Rosalie wanted to be selfish and keep the box for herself but knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Plus the Denali hadn’t had human food in a thousand years. That and the box was huge and had dozens of chocolates in it.”I’m willing to share.”

“Yes!”Alice cheered.

“That’s very kind of you thank you Rosalie.”Tanya would have to do something nice for the other blond for sharing something so incredible with them. The chocolates did give Tanya some ideas of what she was going to ask Bella for next Christmas.

“Do you think you could get us some alcohol so we can get drunk?”Kate had never been drunk before but wanted to try it.

“That’s not happening.”Irina shut that idea down right away. There was no way she was going to let Kate get drunk. Especially this close to civilization.

“Lame.”Kate figured she would try to get Bella alone to ask her then. If not she would bring it up to Rosalie who Bella seemed to have a soft spot for.

“Which one do you like best?”Rosalie asked Bella as she opened the box. She wanted to try her mate’s favorite.

“Out of that box I would have to go with the milk chocolate caramel. My favorite candy however is candy canes.”Bella pulled a handful of candy canes out of her pocket.

“You carry candy canes around with you?”Kala thought that was somehow fitting for Santa to do.

“Of course.”Bella said like her carrying the candy was a given.

Rosalie wondered if the peppermint that she smelled on Bella was her natural scent or the candy canes in her pocket. Deciding to ask later she picked up a milk chocolate caramel and put it in her mouth. The first taste of the candy on her tongue had her releasing an obscene moan that she didn’t even bother to be embarrassed about because the chocolate was that good. She felt sad when the last bit of it dissolved.”That was incredible.”

“We could tell you enjoyed it.”Kate gave Rosalie an over exaggerated wink.

“Can we try one now?”Alice asked.

“Sure.”Rosalie walked around giving everyone but Jasper and Kate one.

“I’m excited about this.”Kala said before popping the chocolate in her mouth and chewing. Her moan wasn’t as obscene as Rosalie’s but it was close.”My god how have we survived this long without chocolate.”

“I honestly don’t know.”Alice didn’t remember eating anything but blood. Now that she had she understood why vampires missed human food. If it was all as good as the chocolate Alice would be pissed to be turned as well.

“This is better than I remember chocolate tasted like.”Irina had chocolate one time when she was a teenager as a treat for birthday. It wasn’t as good as the piece she had just eaten.

“I’m excited to try it.”Kate hated that she had to wait until Carlisle no longer needed to be restrained.

“Carlisle and I should be given the chocolate.”Edward deserved to have a piece of humanity given back to him more than Rosalie.

“I am your coven leader. It is up to me who gets the chocolate.”Carlisle wanted the box so that he could use it as a bargaining chip when making alliances with other vampires like he was going to be doing in the future to get back at his children, the Denali and Santa.

Rosalie ignored Carlisle and popped another chocolate in her mouth. That being a raspberry one.”Can you tell me where you got your car Bella. I only know of the one that was sold at Sotheby’s.”

“Who do you think bought it?”Bella asked.

“You bought it at that auction?”Rosalie couldn’t believe that Bella bought the car.

“I needed to replace the previous Rudolph and this one was on the list of options. When I did my research I knew I had to have it.”Bella loved cars just as much as the elves did. She spent a lot of time driving them around so they could experience it because they weren’t big enough to drive them. Not that she minded. It made her employees happy and making them happy was part of her role as Santa.

“I can’t believe you are the one who bought it at that auction.”Rosalie put the lid on the box of chocolates and walked over to the car.

“What’s so great about the car?”Kate thought it looked cool but didn’t know anything about cars.

“It’s a one of a kind Mercedes Benz race car that’s road legal. The project was scrapped after a race where the car it was modeled off of crashed and burnt up in a fire. After the project was scraped one of the designers took the prototype and finished it. That makes this car ultra rare and very valuable. It is actually considered the most valuable car in the world based on what Bella paid for it at auction.”Rosalie had watched the auction live and had been shock with how much people were bidding for the car.

“How much money are we talking about?”Alice asked.

“142 million dollars.”Rosalie told her.

“Shit you spent that much on a car?”Kate couldn’t even justify spending that much on a house.

“I think Rosalie can agree it’s worth every penny. Plus it’s perfect for what I need it for.”Bella didn’t care about the money. With her changes to the restructuring of her branch of the holiday realm she was raking in the cash.

“What do you need it for?”Tanya couldn’t think of what Santa of all people would need such an expensive car.

“Delivering presents of course.”Bella said.

“You deliver presents in a two seat sports car?”Rosalie had to shake her head to clear thoughts of Bella in her tight Santa outfit driving around with the wind flowing through her hair delivering packages all over the world.

“Do you expect me to walk?”Bella asked.

“Well no but what about the sleigh and the reindeer?”Alice thought that’s what Santa used.

“Before automobiles we used sleighs and Clydesdale horses. If we used rein deer they would have died of exhaustion before we made it to the first house. I honestly have no clue how that rumor got started.”Bella always thought it was silly for people to believe such small weak animals could pull a sleigh.

“Huh.”Kate could see how large horses would work better than rein deer.

“If you call this car Rudolph does that mean you have other cars named after the famous rein deers?”Rosalie wanted to know if Bella had other cars.

“I have a warehouse filled with cars. Plus a complete mechanic’s garage that employs 12 people whose job is to do maintenance on my cars and when they aren’t doing that they restore cars for fun. I’m constantly finding them project cars. As a matter of fact for Christmas I got them a 1911 Mercer Type 35 Race About and all the parts needed to fix it.”Bella thought it was a car the elves were going to like fixing.

“How the hell did you get your hands on that car and the parts to go with it?”Rosalie had only read about the Mercer in books. She had never seen one in person or heard of one being put in an auction or private sale.

“The same way I get all your cars Rosalie. Straight from the factory.”Bella told her.

“What do you mean straight from the factory?”That comment didn’t make sense to Rosalie because there was no way Bella could have gotten her dream car straight from the factory because Rosalie hadn’t even known of it’s existence until a decade after it had been made.

“Sorry that's another trade secret.”Bella was going to tell Rosalie everything but not in front of an audience.

“I’m done guys.”Emmet announced when he rejoined the group.

“What should we do with these idiots?”Kate asked.

“I think that would depend on what the rest of you are going to do next.”Tanya said.

“What do you guys think?”Kala wanted to know what her siblings were going to do.

“I want the coven to stay together but those two kicked out.”Jasper didn’t want to lose his siblings.

“I think that I’ll go to Italy first to have my bond broken then I’m going to go spend time with the Irish coven.”Esme needed time away from the coven to mourn her bond without a constant reminder of it.

“I’m with Jasper. I want those two out of the coven.”Alice like Jasper didn’t want to lose her siblings.

“I agree. We stay together but kick those two out.”Emmet said.

“Kick those two out.”Kala wouldn’t be willing to be in a coven with the pair.

“I guess that leaves you Rosalie.”Tanya was curious to know what Rosalie would do.

Rosalie turned her attention to Bella.”Before I make a decision can I speak to you?”

“Of course. It’s almost noon. Let me take you out to lunch.” Bella suggested.

“Will I be able to eat food?”Rosalie would like the chance again.

Bella nodded.”It will be just like with the chocolate.”

“Then I would love to go to lunch with you. You guys can do what you want with Carlisle and Edward I’m going to lunch with Bella.”Rosalie didn’t care about the pair because she had more important things to think about. Like how to tell Bella that she was her mate without scaring her off.

“We will be here when you get back.”Tanya was very jealous that Rosalie was getting to eat more human food and was hoping that Bella would be willing to give them some more things to eat in the future.

“Do you want to drive?”Bella asked Rosalie.

“I would love to.”Rosalie held out the flowers and chocolates to Tanya.”Can you put the flowers in water and guard the chocolates with you life.”

Tanya took the objects from Rosalie.”No one will touch them I promise.”

“Jasper, Kate and Emmet can have their’s and you can have another as payment for guarding them.”Rosalie told her.

“Thanks Rosalie.”Tanya was happy that she would get to eat another chocolate.

Rosalie got into the driver seat, adjusted the mirrors and turned on the ignition. Hearing how smooth the engine sounded made her smile.”Do you have a place in mind?”

“I’ll give you directions to a place I think you will like.”Bella figured Rosalie would enjoy something special for her first meal since she was turned.

“Alright.”Rosalie trusted Bella. Putting the car in reverse Rosalie gave a wave to her siblings and backed down the driveway. She wondered what they were going to do about Carlisle and Edward. Not that they were Rosalie’s problem any more. She didn’t know who Bella’s boss was but if Aro thought any kind of punishment he could give the pair was a mercy compared to them then they had to be a very powerful being. That was just one of the many questions Rosalie had for Bella. The most important one was if Santas had mate bonds and if not did Bella object to being Rosalie’s. If Rosalie went on all of Bella’s actions over the years and the flowers and candy it seemed that Bella was interested in her romantically. Then again Santas could have different traditions when it came to dating and marriage. Seeing Bella turn the radio on and the car filling with Christmas music Rosalie gave a mental shrug. There was no use ruining a chance to drive the most valuable car on the planet by worrying over things she had no control of. Rosalie decided that she was just going to focus on the car, enjoy the company and deal with serious topics once they got settled.