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Chapter 4: The Dungeon
EPOV
Running. Running. Running.
Time just didn't seem to fly by fast enough as we raced through our own home, trying to get to these three stupidly beautiful girls to whom we all got a little too attached to. Things past us silently and none of us were breathing, concentrating on our speed more than anything at that point. Flashes of Bella's flushed face as she wriggled beneath me came back to memory as I thought of her lying down there with Felix.
Venom pooled in my mouth for two reasons, one for the hatred and destructive nature I felt towards Felix (Felix had always had an amazing reputation at teaching the girls discipline when Carlisle wasn't feeling up to the job.) Normally I would have been perfectly happy with this decision to let him be their main teacher for the next few weeks, probably happy actually because I was lazy when it came to things like that, but things had changed hadn't they?
The second reason was probably a little more pronounced than my hatred, my lust had no bounds, never did and probably never would. I couldn't help but think of Bella more and more trying to figure out what exactly made me want her body so much. It was this deep burning lust that I hadn't quite felt before, with any of the other girls who had walked in and out of here in the past. It was probably just because she was the first virgin here though, right?
I was asking too many questions, making myself feel uncomfortable and guilty at how focused I was on this one human. What about Rosalie and Alice? Weren't they just as important? And there they were... another couple of questions.
These three girls were different in so many ways, but I didn't ponder on it too much as I suddenly sensed Emmett's sudden flare of jealousy through Jasper's thoughts. Unfortunately for me I could also understand all the emotions of people in the room when Jasper was around, it was easy for him since he had lived with it for so long. To me however it wasn't my natural power and sometimes the emotions got to me, now being an example.
I felt myself turn envious and jealous of what he was thinking; about what Felix was most likely to be doing to them right now as we covered the next row of halls and rooms in an instance. I swear if he has done anything to Rose's face I am going to personally kill that fucker myself. If one hair on her body has been touched- I blinked and shook my head, blocking Emmett out as I flinched.
I couldn't deal with everything floating around us and I sped up ahead of my two brothers, flinging the doors open with pure strength; all the while muttering incoherent words under my breathe which I wouldn't be able to remember myself, even if I tried. I sometimes wondered what Jasper did to control the magnified emotions in the air around him, perhaps I would need to talk to him about it another day. I had a feeling that we would be having many extreme emotions all the while that these certain girls remained here.
He looks possessed. Jasper's thoughts reached me, I ignored him however and kept up my face; turning around would only slow all of us down. No reaction. Damn he is concentrating so hard on beating us to the basement he isn't even concentrating on our thoughts... normally that comment would have ended up in the three of us having one of our little team wrestling matches. Indeed it would and I was just about ready to pounce on him too. Wrestling matches.. good times, good times.
A certain privilege of being a vampire was the ability to do multiple things at once, but well at the same time if that made sense? Even though we had only been running for about twenty or so seconds, I had been able to think through many things, ten times faster than any average human would have been able to. I kept telling myself to stay looking forward ahead of where I was going but my eyes betrayed me all the same.
The faces of other girls wondering around the halls, or maybe just lazing about and relaxing in their rooms whipped by us as we ran downwards towards our goal. Once the girls could be trusted not to do anything stupid we pretty much gave then a free rein unless they were needed by one of us. Hopefully soon Bella would be like that, calm and accepting that she would be at my call everyday of the week. It would be stupid for someone not to take advantage when it came to a catch like Bella.
We turned and went for the stairs, the slaves immediately all stood frozen as we shot past them, getting closer and closer. Most were vampire, some were human however; the cooks for example were all human since none of our men wanted to get anywhere near that revolting tasting stuff. They would all sense our presence before we came running into them thanks to Jasper, luckily meaning no crashing or slowing down for us.
Emmett decided to take a short cut and jumped straight down to the bottom floor without bothering to walk. Since I was still far ahead of Jasper I decided to keep with the stairs, already catching him up as he stood up from his crouching position on the floor. He winked at me and I rolled my eyes as he started after me once again, everything was a competition to this guy. There was just no stopping him.
The basement was finally in our reach as we rounded the last corner, all instantly stopping and sucking in a breath as we observed the hall of rooms. We had left Carlisle's office over twenty seconds ago, and that was way too long to move around the castle at such an important time. Normally we could do the whole journey in fifteen, I wasn't losing my edge was I?
The three of us were all still standing, trying to hear something, anything that would help us find the girls. This place had over twenty five rooms specially built and designed by Carlisle himself when he had first built this castle as a new home. Where the fuck do we go Edward? Emmett asked me, not wanting to break the silence that had fallen over us. My eyes flashed to his silently conveying the message that I really didn't want to check all of the rooms down here.
"Guys quick, lets go to the main room first." Jasper ordered, his old human skills and tactics coming back into play as we opened the door to the right of the hallway, peering inside. I knew he would get his flare back soon enough, it was probably just Alice mucking up his thought processes with those puppy dog eyes of hers. Jasper had always been a sucker for big eyes, personally I really, suddenly liked blushing more than anything.
The leather crops, whips and sex toys lined the black shelves opposite us as we looked around. The many contraptions and tables that took up the majority of the room were silent, still and empty of anything or anyone. They seemed to be untouched however and surely that was a good thing? Damn it, but hell at least they aren't in here right? Felix better not be doing anything to them... maybe me and my brothers could get him executed, or something old school anyway.
I couldn't help but laugh out loud at Jasper's thoughts and his dry sense of humor; executed, how very classy any medieval of us. My peripheral vision let me witness Jasper cracking a small smile as we shut the door behind us. The sound bringing out of our thoughts as we stood once again in the dark, dim, dungeon hallway. I don't think I could bare it if Bella was no longer a virgin when I found her. I am sure my brothers felt the same way and if it was just these few wasted seconds that made all the difference I would never forgive myself... or Felix to be more precise.
Suddenly we all heard the soft closing of another door on the opposite side of the basement and immediately we sprinted over there. I knew this place like the back of my hand, and just like my hand this place was never changing. Emmett was leading this time however and I growled as soon as the sight of Demetri exiting the observation room with a huge fucking smirk on his face faced me. You have got to be shitting me, he was in on it too?
"What the hell are you doing here Demetri?" I growled as Demetri finally turned towards us, his eyes widening and stepping backwards ever so slightly as Emmett and Jasper growled at him. His eyes flickered into the space between us towards the stairs and, trust me, you didn't need 'super powers' to realize that he was about to try and run away from us. Emmett slammed his fist up into the air just as Demetri sprinted forwards.
He crashed into it with a deafening crack, landing back on the floor gripping his nose. I chuckled, the noise reminded me so much of vampires playing baseball it was uncanny, his nose was most definitely broken.
"Fuck. I'm sorry I'm sorry!" He wailed as he scrambled backwards, twitching his nose towards the right in order to let it heal. If not, his bones and body would heal in that position, very annoying. "What are you doing here Demetri?" Jasper repeated for me as he stood before us once more, making sure to keep his eyes down and staring at our feet. Just because he was a vampire and one of the highest up in the guard didn't mean they all treated us differently. Respect was a key survival tactic when living under the Cullen's roof.
Demetri was one of my favorite workers here actually, normally I could rely on him to do very important and even dangerous jobs for me. I scanned his thoughts for any plotting of any kind against us, anything involving the girls but got nothing. Jasper did the same but he wasn't feeling anything unusual, he was shocked, hurt and confused. Obviously he was obeying orders from someone, so he didn't know what he had done wrong. That made me feel better; I didn't want to punish him.
"Felix sent for me to bring some supplies for the new girls." He whimpered as the satisfying crack of his nose was heard, "I don't know any more I swear, Edward please-" I cut him off, putting my hand up to stop him from getting in anymore trouble. It was Emmett's turn to be all macho and use that extreme figure of his for good use, he deserved the answers to all of his questions. We all did.
"What supplies?" Emmett growled as he stood in front of us. "And where is Felix right now, may I be so bold to ask?" The supplies could only mean one thing, and it definitely wasn't good. Any thing he might have needed would have come from the play dungeon we had been in earlier, I tried to remember if anything had been moved... I swear it had all been the same.
Demetri played cool, shuffling his feet around and stretching his neck out. "He's in the room that's behind me right now, the girls were being a bit... resistant with his teachings before. I was in the area and he heard me, since he is ranked higher above me I had to follow orders as he sent me off, asking me to get one of the long horse whips." He finished quieter than he had started, and for good reason too.
The hallway had exploded in an attack of growls from my brothers and me. "Oh no he didn't." Emmett yelled as I shoved Demetri out of my way, snarling and baring my teeth as Jasper flung open the huge metal door, hitting the side of the wall in frustration. I grabbed Demetri by the shirt one last time, throwing him a couple of meters away and landing him right against one of the cool, stone walls. The last I heard of Demetri was him scrambling up the stairs as fast as his feeble little legs would let him.
We entered the room silently, turning the corner to see the observation room. It was called this because it basically reminded us all of one a room out of a film. You know those police rooms, where there was that one way mirror that they used to interrogate or observe suspects or witnesses? Yes, we had Carlisle build us one for purposes exactly like this, to watch how girls were getting on in their training.
We could see the inside of the room, but the people inside could not see anything but their own reflections. It had also been made to be completely sound-proof because sometimes it got a bit annoying hearing your brothers fucking someone at three o'clock in the morning, especially if it involved the girls screaming whenever one of us was feeling particularly angry or dominant. You could however always turn on the speaker that had been installed inside, if you were watching the show that is.
The speaker allowed direct access to the sounds coming from the room, but his was a show that we definitely did not want to see and fortunately for us, the speaker was off. I smiled slightly, smart boy Felix. No wonder we weren't able to hear them doing anything anywhere; this should have been the first place we looked. If they're aren't sounds of tears, grunts or screams coming from somewhere inside the castle you know something is wrong. Great fucking day to be stupid Edward, well done; my own thoughts entered my mind.
We all sucked in an unneeded breath as we looked up before Jasper shut the door behind us. No one could prepare us for the sight in front of us. My heart tugged towards Bella as I took in the excruciatingly painful sight before me, it pained me and I was puzzled as to why. I think this exact position had been used over fifty times in the past, and I had definitely seen it performed and actually participated a few times too.
Emmet growled, I snarled, and Jasper starting shaking in fury as we saw Felix laughing his ass off in the middle of the room. His shirt was off showing off his less than impressive (compared to ours, anyway) chest and thank god his trousers were still on. I think I would have either laughed at the size of his very probable, small member or have completely blacked out in anger at the fact that the girls had to go through the heartbreak of watching him play with them while he enjoyed it all too much.
I tore my eyes from Felix and I swear if my heart was able to beat again, this would have been the time. My fingers flexed and I cracked my neck to the side as I saw Bella naked on the floor with the other two girls on either side of her. I was pissed.
They had been blindfolded and gagged, probably forced to sit that close to each other while heir bare skin touching as they shook. They looked so sad and awkward, innocent people placed in a confusing situation. Their wrists had also been handcuffed behind their backs with bare rope. That was definitely NOT protocol, rope was a punishment as it always left marks if worn for too long. We may be sick fucks, but we truly did care about the well being of most of the girls, most of the time.
Things such as rope caused friction against the skin and could always lead to rope burn or nasty blisters, not to mention the markings. If it was one things I hated to see it was the physical marks that the girls had, they could always block their mental pain from me; everyone knew that we were vampires, but barely any knew about our select powers. I feared if anyone found out we would have a small riot on our hands.
Felix should have used either the handcuffs or the specialist silk ties to restrain the girls from moving. What the fuck did he think he was doing? I suppose if they were to be taught in the art of a pleasure slave then maybe this would have been acceptable, but even then on their first training session he was pushing his luck just a little bit. Wait until Carlisle heard about this, I am sure this would finally give us enough proof needed to get rid of Felix once and for all.
I could see the evidence of tears on their perfect faces as they still lay their completely motionless, except for the slight movement of their chests as they each breathed in and out. Tears were a great human quality that I missed a lot; whenever the girls here cried I would normally get frustrated and tell them to shut up, but Bella made me want to rescue her with every drop that fell down her cheek. Tears were also something that my brothers and I could never get Felix to produce, however much we wanted it.
Did their hands already hurt? Would there be marks there already? Could they feel the pain? Or maybe they were just distressing over their current position and thought that their lives were already over, was it? My mind reeled and I snapped my eyes shut, stretching my fingers out once again before I cut my own skin with how hard my nails were digging into the palms of my hands. What did I care though, they would heal within a second or so anyway.
We all stood perfectly still as we watched the girls frozen like statues, I admired them for just a second as Jasper's thoughts fluttered through my head. Emmett was still incoherently swearing and cursing about Felix and all the things he was going to do to him when her got his hands on him. Oh my god, Alice. What is this woman doing to me? God they all honestly look like professional submissives right now, especially since they have stopped their shaking and are sitting straight again; probably trying to keep strong and not let Felix get to them too much. Bravo Alice, don't let him sense your fear like I can.
They had been blindfolded with plain black strips of fabric that completely blocked their vision. They weren't any professional blindfolds that we kept here in the castle, and by the way that they had obviously been ripped apart quickly and carelessly, I could only guess that they were all small parts of Felix's shirt. Blocking of any sense only heightened the others, the reasons why blind people normally had excellent hearing for example. I had no idea what they did to deserve no vision, normally that meant too much struggling.
Bella's lips came back to mind and I found myself missing the sight of them as I saw that they all had those large red balls placed into their mouths, with black clamps on either side holding them in place. This gag was used in order to silence the girls if they had been making too much noise. So had they been yelling at Felix then, in pain or in anger? What had possibly made Felix think it was acceptable to use the advanced equipment on them?
My attention suddenly flicked back to Felix as he moved towards them, brandishing the very whip that Demetri had given him not five minutes ago. He let the long, thin end touch Alice's legs and she visibly flinched away, not daring to do much more in case he got angry. Fuck, Alice I'm coming in after you. Jasper's thoughts gave away his movement as Emmett grabbed him, we needed to make a plan before charging in their without a clue.
It was when Emmett stilled his movement towards Jasper, staring open mouthed through the glass was when I really realized what kind of a condition the other girls were in. I noticed the deep marks on Rose's back, he had already whipped them then? No. Rose please don't be hurt. I'm going to tear the fingers right off of that mother fucker if he touches you again. Hang on baby, I'll save you, I swear on my life I will.
Rose's back was the only visible one as she was facing away from us, Bella and Alice remained a mystery to me. I swear if Bella had even one of those marks on her Felix would be out of the castle before he could blink. Emmett growled as he also took in the wounds but remained still even though Jasper could feel the anger radiating off of him in bucket loads. I was just about ready to fly in there but there was still that small hint of curiosity that each of us was feeling; questioning what Felix was to do next and how our girls would react.
It was hard for me to hold everything in, Jasper was sending the three of us calming waves and it was hard to believe we had only been standing there about fifteen seconds. It had seemed like an age, although quick senses, reactions and thoughts were an excellent advantage of being a vampire. You could take almost everything in at once. I decided then that I would only watch for a maximum of five more seconds before I took actions into my own hands, even if my brothers disagreed.
The end of the whip trailed across Bella's bare chest, fluttering over Rose's shoulders and finally coming to rest on Alice's bare lap. I tried to calm myself down as I clenched my eyes shut to concentrate on the calming sensation running up and down my veins. The smallest of movements by Felix were setting us off and I shifted my weight over to my other leg in order to stop my impatient tapping.
Felix let his head back and laughed out loud suddenly as Rose shook her head, shrugging her shoulders as the whip end led a trail down her back and rubbed against the scratches and wounds. Emmett shook and prepared to run in there, Jasper seemed to agree with him and I think it was the fact that nothing was happening to Bella at the moment that made me stop him. "Wait a second, we might as well see how their training is doing while we are here. Thirty seconds more won't hurt anyone."
"Are you sure about that Edward. It seems like it fucking well is hurting Rose over there." Emmett growled, the fun loving side of him completely evaporating and being replaced by the over protective, war crazed man inside. He was such a caring guy at heart, and I could tell that he was never and had never been a mean man. I cared for Emmett dearly and maybe I was taking this a little too far since it was obvious it was hurting him to see Rose like this.
"Just wait one second Em, look he's moving on." And indeed he was. Felix leaned down and whispered something in Bella's ear, I stiffened but didn't say anything so I wouldn't seem a hypocrite to my own brothers. He swiftly moved onto Alice however, kissing her cheek and momentarily stilling Jasper's mood changing power over us as he lost his concentration. Calm down Jasper, it was just a kiss; he repeated to himself over and over.
I pondered turning the microphone on so we could hear what he was saying to them, but I snapped out of that idea almost instantly. I didn't WANT to know anything he was saying to her; especially if it was a compliment of how damn gorgeous she looked at that very instant bound and submissive underneath him instead of me.
I suddenly realized that I had not at all been looking at Rose's or Alice's bodies in any way since we had walked in, and they were naked for christ's sake! Normally all of us would share the girls out, all having a taste and enjoying every second of it. My eyes very quickly scanned the naked form of Bella's best friends, my moments hopefully were swift enough to not attract attention from Emmett or Jasper. They indeed were all perfect in their own ways, but Bella was perfect for me.
I mean... she was my type of girl. She was the kind of girl I would normally go for, petite yet curvy enough at the same time... She was better though wasn't she? I smiled and visibly calmed as I turned back towards her, seeing her now was the only thing keeping me stable.
Rosalie obviously had the most feminine features of the three, her larger and rounder breasts immediately catching the eye of any normal man, no doubt. Alice seemed her opposite, small and petite in almost all ways, but proportionate to herself and every feature very beautiful and almost serene to look at. Bella was somewhere in between the two, the best of both worlds; although I am sure my brothers were willing to argue about them differently to me.
Bella stood frozen, as did my gaze as I finally stopped appreciating her friends and turned back to her. Her head seemed to turn away towards Felix as he began speaking to them and suddenly she decided otherwise and slowly turned her head in my direction.
Okay I know this sounds crazy, but if she didn't have the blindfold on, I could swear she was looking right at me, as if she could sense my presence or some shit like that. Unless she had a super power however I knew that wasn't true, two people can't just sense each other's presence when the other is nearby, that it utterly ridiculous and sounds like something out of a werew- oh never mind. Such complicated matters shouldn't be discussed now.
Somehow Emmett's anger only grew worse and when I finally turned my head from Bella's face I could see exactly why. The girls had somehow got out of formation, it looked like Bella had fallen sideways onto Rose or something, ending up with her head knocking into Alice. I could tell Bella's clumsiness might have been a problem, even though I did find it a little endearing, but this really wasn't the best time for her to show it.
I watched in slow motion as they all tumbled onto the ground, my eyes going wide as I saw the creases by Bella's eyes as she frowned in concentration realizing just what she had done, and what the implications of the events that were going to occur might be. Their bodies began pressing against each other as they rolled to their left, finally letting me see a full view of Bella's front as Alice showed her back to us.
If I wasn't so worried as to what their punishment would be for slipping out of line, then I would have to admit that it was all truly erotic and seriously turning me on. It would have maybe also been a comical site, but the atmosphere was too thick too laugh or even start to think about Bella in any way remotely sexual.
Felix's eyes had gotten so dark as he barked orders at the three innocent confused girls, he may have looked angry on the outside, but I was sure that that little twinkle also contained a large amount of lust as their smooth, creamy skin rubbed up and down as Bella's arm brushed across Rosalie's back as she was falling down. Alice's lips were pursed as her breasts were firmly pushed together, her arms wrapped tightly behind her.
It was hard, I knew that much; for the girls to do anything. They could not see anything and it was hard to move when you could not use your arms to feel around and help maneuver yourself away. Just as they reached the floor I started to slowly move, my eyes flaring alight as their heads rattled, falling onto the cold dungeon floor.
Alice's small and perfectly proportioned breasts were touching Rose's slightly larger, rounder ones. They didn't even seem to notice, since this would have all have happened so fast in their view they wouldn't have had time to register exactly what was happening, until their nipples were actually touching. They both change their positions immediately, as best as they could anyway, painstakingly slowly in my brothers eyes as they readjusted themselves. So they felt uncomfortable doing stuff together then? What a shame.
Felix seemed to witness the same thing I had just done and his nostrils flared, he got that twisted smile on his face which I knew was the expression he got when an idea came to him. I can't wait anymore, I don't care what Carlisle said to me.. it's just too hard when we are all so alone down here-
He began to unbutton his pants in vampire speed and that was when I bolted for the door before he could even finish saying what he needed through his thoughts, my brothers too saw what was going on and they fell behind me as I tried opening the door... I couldn't. For some reason it was locked, and these doors where never supposed to be locked. The locks were for emergencies only, they were made like the vaults in banks; no way in.
"It's fucking locked!" I roared as I let go of the metal bar, turning back to the glass to see what was happening as my distinct hand prints had been molded into the metal from my strength. Jasper tried fiddling with it to see if I had just acted too quickly and done something by mistake. Felix's trousers fell to the floor, he kicked them aside as he cracked the whip in the air, scaring the living day lights out of Alice, Rose and Bella.
"Quick!" Emmett snapped at my brother. "Move now!"
He immediately stepped to the side as Emmett charged the heavy security, metal door hoping that he would have more success than the two of us before him. The first time it did not budge but a huge echoing bang was let out. The second time a huge dent was left inside of it and I was pretty sure both Felix and the girls would realize someone was trying to get in, the noise was unmissable even to the weakest of human ears.
The three of us all charged the door this one last time and it fell down while we remained standing; a large gaping hole had been left in the middle of it while the edges had still stayed stuck firmly to the walls, bolted down by hundreds of screws. These vaults were rarely ever used, and I think the only times they had ever actually been locked was when we had installed them the very first day, just to check that they were working.
You have to realize that once you lock the door, everything locks up so no entry can be accomplished. One of the old guards had installed all these systems for the girls security in case something happened to the castle, seriously, don't ask. He no longer worked here as he had been found out trying to sneak the girls outside of the walls; he was now dead according to my father.
I think his passion came from the fact that he was older than the rest of us when he was turned, he had a family with two daughters and maybe these girls reminded him of them just a little bit too much. I wonder why Felix had locked it then? He may not have been expecting a visit right this second, but he sure would be stupid to think someone wouldn't come down here at all in his session. I think this would normally go on for two to four hours depending on their willingness.
I gazed through the hole and stepped through after Emmett who had shot off like a bullet. Felix had his mouth hanging open in shock on the other side of the room, he had left the girls where we had last saw them, coward, backed up against the wall
Bella and Rose were thrashing around trying to get free while Alice was shaking her head, biting hard on the gag trying to remove it. "W-what are you doing here? Carlisle ordered me to-" Felix spluttered, total confusion colored his face clearly as he gestured around with his hands, pointing at the girls suddenly. "They were meant to be here for another four hours-"
"Shut it!" Emmett growled as he flashed forward to Felix's side; punching him directly in the stomach making him fall in pain as he let out a huge puff of air. He grabbed onto this stomach as he crumbled down to the floor, the marble like crack in his side an ugly black line. Soon it would heal and he would be back to normal, a pleasure the girls would not have with the wounds on their backs.
"The orders have changed." I hissed as I joined forces with my brother, kicking the idiot's side in the same place as his wound to really dig the message in. "Training will be done by us, and only us from now on. Do you understand?" I grinned down mockingly as Felix nodded helplessly from the floor, moaning at the growing crack in his side. I spat on him as he covered his face in fear, the only thing stopping me from moving further was a yelling of thoughts. Edward! The girls!
I was immediately by Jasper's side trying to free Bella as Emmett quickly caught on too, glaring at Felix warning him what would happen if he were to move even an inch. As Jasper placed his hands on Alice's face she ducked away in fear, he sent her calming motions but realized she didn't need them when he told her to calm down. "Alice, don't worry. I'm here to free you."
She nodded and he reached behind her to undo the ropes, her hands shot to her face and she removed the blindfold and gag, breathing hard as tears began to fall. "Jasper." she whispered and she fell forward into his arms, punching his chest and sobbing loudly. I concentrated on Bella once again as I copied his motions exactly, being careful not to remove the rope around her wrists too quickly, I didn't want to hurt her anymore.
"Y-you bastard. What the fuck is this place-"
"Ssshh." I placed my finger on her lips silencing her, greatly enjoying the feeling of her wet bottom lip rubbing against the cool skin on my hand. I know it was totally the wrong moment but all I wanted to do was let her suck that finger as she licked her way up and down my-
"F-Felix was-" Fuck Edward, concentrate.
"I know Bella, I know. He will not touch you again okay?" I don't really know what I was expecting her to say or do. I suppose I had gotten so used to the girls either throwing themselves at me or running away screaming that I honestly had no idea when it came to someone such as unique as Bella. The whole trust issue was always a major thing, they all had to trust us completely and normally they would get nothing back.
"Okay." she whispered out and I smiled as she relaxed in my arms, turning it into a death grip hug on her side, barely a feather-like touch to me though. I guess that answered my earlier question, she trusted me already and for that I couldn't help but feel a little guilty. After our quests with them were over I would go back to my old life when things weren't complicated or constantly on edge, when I could have whoever I wanted whenever I wanted. Right?
I looked over her shoulder to see that Emmett was still struggling quite a lot, trying to get Rose to calm down long enough for him to untie, well anything off of her. Jasper was still grinning at his 'little pixie' and 'how perfect she was' as he ran his hands across her 'crystal smooth skin on her back'. I had almost forgotten that they still were all naked... almost. It was at that point when the scent hit me, about a second before my hands brushed the open cuts on Bella's back as I tried to continue in soothing her.
Blood. Blood everywhere.
I froze.
"W-what Edward-" I pushed Bella away from me as she stuttered her thoughts out. I held my breathe, backing away from her as her frantic eyes filled with rejection and grief, tears instantly filling her eyes as her arms wrapped around her bare chest while her legs crossed over to cover herself just a little bit. The blood, she's bleeding, I can't be near her... fuck. Jasper's head suddenly snapped up as he felt my blood lust start to take over, spinning Alice around to access her damage.
Fortunately she only had a minor cut on her lower back, the rest of the wounds not being deep at all. Jasper had the largest problem with blood out of Emmett and I, he had had a relapse in drinking human blood about twenty years ago and he hasn't been the same since.
Emmett was also holding his breath as he backed away from Rose. "Em-Emmett? Please don't go, I'm sorry. I thought it was Felix touching me, not you. Please-" He held his hand up and tugged at his curly hair, silencing her as she began to wrap herself up into a shell just as Bella had done earlier. This is exactly what we didn't want to happen, and I feared that this rejection would come and bite us in the ass later on.
Bella's eyes held so much pain at that point I didn't need to have a power to understand that. Emmett had removed Rose's restrictions just before her little rant and suddenly she was the one to step away from him after seeing her friends' heartbroken expressions. Emmett stayed put, frowning as he saw Rose walk away from him even though he was the first to move away, it was the right thing to do. We didn't want to hurt them in any way, but I knew that Emmett would be beating himself up over this. I'm sorry Rose.
"Alice, Bella are you guys okay?" she whispered as she tried to cover herself only slightly with their old clothes which had been left in a pile by the corner. Her thoughts invaded my mind and I shuddered visibly as images of him ordering to strip appeared. They refused at first but when Felix got angry at their resistance they got whipped while he undressed them all himself. They were crying, refusing to do anything he asked until we came.
Neither of the girls answered as they looked quickly towards the hole in the vault, no doubt they were already thinking of us as monsters. Running footsteps were suddenly heard approaching from behind us and I was very glad for the distraction. I had an excuse to turn away from Bella, her heartbroken expression made it impossible for me to feel anything but how much of a jerk I had been the whole time we had spent together so far.
I recognized the man who entered through the hole immediately. Curiously he glanced around assessing everything fresh in his memory as he noticed the situation in front of him, his eyes rested on me and I could tell he wasn't surprised by our actions. This vampire's name was Darius.
Darius was one of the oldest vampires in not only the castle, but probably in the whole of America. He used to live with the Volturi, but when Carlisle had visited them when he had been created they became great friends. As Carlisle decided to change all of us to immortals and build this new home, Darius had been with him every step of the way. He was Carlisle's closest and most trusted friend and adviser; he was the only other person we took orders from around here. Anyone else would get their heads ripped off.
"Boys." He said graciously towards us, nodding and looking at Felix who was only just managing to get up. "May I ask why dear Felix has been beaten? Surely you heard about Carlisle's intentions for them all?" He asked knowingly, cocking his head to the side as he seemed to observe each of our reactions carefully. Darius had the power of reading body language, just like my opposite of reading mind language.
"Because he touched them!" I growled as Emmett stood firmly by my side, clenching his fists and trying not to lose his temper. Calm down mate! He's only trying to help. We don't want to piss Darius off too, I know Carlisle is already mad with me as it is. I don't particularly want two vampires wanting to strangle me tonight. Emmett was right, Darius would be able to see how attached we were to these girls unless we played it cool.
"But he was following a direct order?" Darius continued, motivating us to move on; almost as if he was only waiting for the explosion from one of us, that he was just so sure would happen. I am afraid we were going to have to disappoint him there. "No, the orders changed. We are in full control of the girls now." I muttered, turning to Bella who was now glaring my way, immediately I looked back again.
"Oh." He seemed shocked for a second that this new information had reached us before it had got to him, he quickly recovered however, also hiding his flash of angry thoughts towards Carlisle for making him embarrass himself in front of us. If it was one thing Darius hated most, it was to be deemed less important that anyone under his age. His smile found itself glued back on his face quickly all the same, like an elastic band or a second nature.
"But dear boys, Felix never knew that did he?" Silence fell on us as the realization hit me, fuck we can't have him killed! Everything was made as a decision before he knew, he was only being loyal to my father... "Yes but-"
"But what Emmett?" He asked as he made his way towards Felix, helping him up. Felix smirked and I felt furious as I knew all he felt at that moment was the smugness from the attention he was getting. I snorted, surprised that Darius even knew his name, he was fresh meat compared to how long some others had been serving the Cullens. "Felix did no wrong in my opinion, I will ask Claire to come fetch the girls now? Unless of course you want your own session with them?"
We all agreed almost instantaneously, "Of course not, they need to rest. And actually Darius, Felix did-" I spoke up for my brothers and myself before he cut me off mid sentence. It infuriated me how I couldn't just tell him to shut up and listen. Felix may not have disobeyed my father directly, but he did completely forget about the ruled we had put in place years ago. Felix was playing with fire right now.
"Edward, don't start this now. Talk to your father in the morning, right now I am tired of arguing. As you may know I just came out of a heated debate with the Volturi." We all hissed and he smiled in appreciation of his good work. "Now go boys, I believe you each have a session booked with the triplets?" Fuck my life.
I felt guilty as hell as I walked out of the room, that may not have sounded like a strict order... but coming from Darius you never knew what he would do if you disobeyed him. The girls' sadness consumed me and I almost stumbled as I walked out of the room, following my brothers. I wanted to stay with Bella. They would not understand what had just happened and quite frankly I think they needed an explanation sooner than later. They had gone through more drama in their first day than most of the girls do in their first month.
What confused me most was that they did not feel anger towards us, they did not feel pain like they should from their wounds. They felt sad and betrayed that we were leaving, and that is the part that left me so puzzled as I made my way to room 22B. What was worse perhaps is the fact that I didn't have a hunger for Flavia right now... I only wanted Bella. My brothers both felt similar things and I couldn't help but try to shake away my thoughts... it was no use.
Suddenly something struck me and I stopped in mid-stride. I couldn't do this. I couldn't do it for me. And I definitely wouldn't do it to Bella. My brothers didn't even turn to look at me and carried on walking, emotions bouncing back and forwards. No Edward. Wait. It didn't matter what my emotions were telling me. For once I would not rely on them for not even I could make sense of them. I would use my head and think this all through.
I couldn't have this girl have an affect on me, I would block her out of my head tonight. We had got too attached and if only Carlisle saw us now he would be utterly disappointed. From now on I feared we would have to keep our distance, for all our sakes.
With that I carried on walking, head held high like I owned the place like nothing had change inside me... thank fucking god I was a good actor.
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