Drifting

Chapter4

It took all but ten minutes to get to the industrial estate; the journey was not as long as I had hoped. Tony pulled me out and lead me into the buildings courtyard, in the centre was a plastic sheet that had blood on it, Ben was clearing it away. "Ah Isabella, come and meet your new husband, Jacob." He pulled me over and then practically pushed me into a gigantic burly man with muscles the size of my whole body, he didn't look as old but had a receding hair line and a slightly creased face. "she is just as beautiful as you said Charlie and she will be like this till the day I die?" he asked "yes Isabella is part immortal part witch she will be stuck at the age of twenty for the rest of her life. Isabella Jacob is a full fighter though he is not immortal he is still one the most powerful of us." Explained my father who was rubbing his hands in excitement, "a witch I have heard rumours of them aren't they just as powerful as say street magicians?" he asked, my father's happy face vanished completely. "The rumours that you have heard are not true. Yes there are some with mandatory powers but Isabella here has a strong heritage and when she turns twenty and get her full powers she will be one of the most powerful witches, more powerful than her mother." My father defended I would have been touched if he wasn't doing this for his own gain. Jacob looked doubtful; my father decided on a different course of action "let's have a demonstration shall we? Isabella, Ben in the centre of the room please." we followed orders and stood facing each other "now you are going to fight with your powers until you have to resort to hand combat or until someone submits. Begin!" I looked at Ben not knowing what to do. Until he sent his pain waves at me full force trying to break down my shield, I let a trickle of pain through enough to give me a small headache. I felt my hands burning as the power rushed towards them, I lifted them up and repeated a spell that was imbedded in my mind. Then a rush of white and blue light came from my hands and wrapped around Ben. It was making him disorientated and he could not hear smell or see.

I then lifted my other hand and repeated another spell that sent red light from my hands and it peppered Ben's body with punches each one feeling like an actual gunshot for a few minute before bruising, he struggled to get out but couldn't. "Stop I submit I submit!" he screamed before I let him go there were some bruises on his sides but nothing major. "Well that was unexpected; I believe you Charlie and will take your daughter as my wife." He said and shook hands with my father, he then came over to me and started the ceremony. The ceremony was different to normal weddings it consisted of a few witnesses and a metal band. Jacob took out the metal band that was thick and silver and placed it on my wrist, "do you promise to never go against me Isabella, do you promise to serve me till the day I die, do you promise to never run away or defy my orders?" he asked while I placed the metal band on his wrist. "I promise" I said once I had said it the metal band began tightening and tightening until it was causing me pain it start sinking into my skin and then closing the wound up after itself, it bit my lip to keep from screaming it was excruciating and when it was finished it left a gruesome scar that hurt whenever I touched it. The band is placed on the women like this so she doesn't break her promises and whenever she does the band burns until she rights her wrongs against her husband, the men don't have to go through this they can do whatever they please. I felt a tear escape my eye and then I cradled my hand and watched as my new husband smirked and kiss me roughly against my will.

My father clapped and the rest followed everyone clapped and then went back to their work. A wedding in the community wasn't as big a deal as it was in the human world. It was considered something to tie down women and let men be free to do as they please through the rest of their pathetic lives. "right Bella back to work, we need you to do an extra night shift now that our new member is here you need to show him how to work a patrol." Said my father, great I was going to be alone with him on a dark night showing him how to be violent to anyone who tried to get over the walls. I nodded before running form the compound not wanting to waste another second with that creep.