The challenge: interpret the prompt in 300 words or less. I've really enjoyed this because I haven't had time to work on something larger. Check out The Lemonade Stand for a new prompt every Friday. (tehlemonadestand dot net) You have until Wednesday to submit your 300 words... anyone can enter!
Good seeing y'all. None of these are beta'd but you can thank faireyfan for shouting YES ;)
"There you are."
There was an edge to his mouth, a touch of savagery in the way it curved into a smile. He had her cornered in this dark section of the hospital, long closed for the weekend. The buzzing of her office party was non-existent thanks to the maze of hallways where she'd gotten herself lost in a pathetic dash to find the parking deck.
Edward stared at her, waiting and Bella felt as if she were desperately trying to remember the answer to some unasked question. He took a step forward when she took a step back, his eyes dropping to where she wobbled on her heels.
Her hair had come loose, the strands clinging wetly to her cheeks. Breathless and unblinking, she bit her lip, a metallic burn that made his nostrils flare.
"Sweetheart, you shouldn't have run," he told her, voice low and urgent, his smirk faded. "You know what that does to me." His eyes were wild, the darkness churning with faint hints of red. Her hands fluttered uselessly at her throat.
"No." She shook her head violently, hearing a sob, hysterical, frantic and knew it was herself.
Pain and terror, shameful arousal.
The feelings was torn from a place so deeply buried inside her that she thought if she could see it, it would a mess of sticky blood and frantic beating heart, the fear seeping out of her and pooling hotly at her feet.
"Please," she cried. "I can't—"
"You can. Your body betrays you," he growled, a guttural sound caught between humanity and the animal within. "All your defiant noises mean nothing." His hand pressed between her legs, pinning her to the wall.
She shuddered, her eyes focused on his.
"Good girl," he whispered, baring his teeth. "You're a very good girl."