Talk:James/@comment-6965439-20130405035436/@comment-7600752-20130409000539

Victoria knows that Edward had to have something to do with Jame's death. She was aware that James was chasing Bella (heck she even helped him) and that Edward was in love with Bella and would do anything to protect her. If it weren't for Edward, James could have easily killed Bella because she wouldn't have the help of the Cullens. What Victoia DOES know, is that she considered James her mate - She also knew that Edward considered Bella his mate. Thus, to even the score, Victoria wanted to destroy Bella. Victoria also assumes that when she sent Laurent to the Cullens to check up on Bella (New Moon) that the Cullens killed him. Victoria clearly had a vendeta with the Cullens, especially Edward, and sees the destruction of Bella her way of getting even with all of them. You also need to factor in that it's difficult to destroy a vampire. Victoria didn't have the strength to destroy the Cullens, in fact it was qute the other way around. She figured it would be simple to take out a simple human being such as Bella. She just figured wrong.