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Where She Belongs

Chapter 4

"Isabella, my brother, Jasper and his wife, Alice, will be stopping by soon. Alice will be bringing some clothing for you to wear. I expect you to be on your best behavior while they are here. You are not to speak unless I allow it. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Sir." She answers. I appreciate her being respectful by calling me Sir, but I have a feeling she was saying that to Aro as well. Because of that, I don't think I like her calling me Sir, and I'm not one to like being called 'Master'. I'll have her call me Edward … might as well.

"Isabella, I would prefer you call me Edward instead of Sir. I do appreciate your manners, but that's not necessary." I tell her rather nicely.

"But he said that I would be severely punished if I called anyone by their first name." She answered quite terrified.

"Well you're not with Aro anymore, are you? You belong here with me. What Aro wanted no longer applies. All you need to be concerned with is what I want. Do you understand?" I ask her expectantly.

"Yes, S … Edward, I understand." I'm glad she was able to correct herself.

I'll need to remember to ask Jasper how he punishes Alice. I want to be sure not to take it too far or be too easy on her.

After a few minutes, knocking sounds on the door. I open it to reveal Jasper and Alice on the other side. Alice is holding a bag. I can't really read the expression on either of their faces. Alice is usually chipper except when she is around my father. And Jasper usually keeps a serious face on but now he looks serious with just a hint of anger. He must have fought with Dad again.

"Where is she?" Jasper asks in a flat monotone.

I open the door wider to reveal Isabella sitting on the bed slightly shaking. I'm going to have to find a way to stop that.

"Good Lord, Edward, how old is she?" He's looking at her quite astonished.

"Sixteen. And before you start, you know if I didn't take her someone else would have. She's in better hands with me than with anyone else." I answer defensively.

"Hmpf." Alice lets out.

"What the hell does that mean Alice?" I ask her with narrowed eyes.

"Edward, watch it. You need to leave my wife alone." Says Jasper angrily.

"Fine. Can I have the clothes?"

"Here." Alice hands me the bag. "What's her name?"

"Isabella."

"Can I talk to her?" Alice asks me with pleading eyes.

I'm not sure I want her talking to Isabella right now, but what could it hurt?

"Let them talk Edward. I'd like to talk to you privately anyway." Jasper says and walks toward me then motions to the sitting area in my bedroom.

I sit where I can keep an eye on Isabella and Alice while I talk with Jasper.

"Edward, please tell me that you're not going to turn her into your own personal sex toy."

"God, Jasper, what's it to you? You had the same thing with Alice before you were married. Why are you so concerned about my relationship?" I'm pretty appalled by his attitude.

"Edward, I made a mistake with Alice. I used and abused her until one day, by the grace of God; I realized what a monster I was. Do you know how long it took for Alice and me to have a normal relationship?" He didn't give me a chance to ask. "Too long and we're still working on it. I'm lucky enough to have earned Alice's love. Wouldn't you like to have that one day with Isabella?"

"Jasper, I'm not looking for love. Yes, she will be my girl. She will be my companion and she will stay in my bed, but love isn't necessary."

"How can you say that? Have you ever been in love? Do you have any idea what it feels like?" Jasper asks.

"I told you … love isn't necessary, and I have no intention of falling in love now or in the future." I'm starting to get pretty angry. I thought I would be able to talk about some of the aspects of rules and punishment with him. I seem to be getting nowhere.

I look over to Alice and Isabella. I can see Alice whispering to Isabella. I don't like it one bit.

I stand up and walk towards the middle of the room. "Jasper, Alice, thanks for stopping by and bringing the clothes. I think it would be best if the two of you left now."

Alice looks pleadingly at Jasper, but he just shakes his head. "Bye Isabella. I hope to see you again soon."

"Goodbye Alice and thank you." She actually smiles at her. Although, it's more of a half-smile but still it's the most I've seen of a positive reaction from Isabella. Why doesn't she smile at me?

Alice nods and smiles apologetically to her.

I have had enough of this. I walk to the door and open it wide motioning for them to leave. Alice walks out followed by Jasper.

Soon Jasper stops and looks at me. "Edward, be good to her. She's been through a lot."

I sigh loudly and slam the door startling Isabella.

What the hell is he worried about? Better yet, why is he worried? I think I can handle taking care of a sixteen year old. This is ridiculous. She's my girl, and I can do anything I want with her.

"What did Alice say to you?" Isabella just looks at me with her eyebrows furrowed. "Tell me what she said! Now!" I yell growing extremely agitated.

"She just told me that everything would be ok. She said I can always talk to her and to try to be brave."

"You are not to talk to Alice at all unless I'm present. Do you understand?" I ask.

"Yes."

"I'm serious. If you talk to her at all without my explicit permission then you will be punished severely." I demand.

"I promise Edward. I won't talk to her unless you give me permission." She answers with the tears starting up again.

Geez, this is giving me a headache.

"Go through the clothes and put something decent on." I say to her dismissively.

This girl is going to have to relieve some tension for me soon. I don't know how much more I can take. I was going to show her around, but now I'm not so sure. Maybe we should spend the day in my room going over what's expected of her. Plus, she's going to have to get to work on me pretty soon. I've just about had it.

"Isabella, have a seat." I point to the couch in the sitting area.

"I want to go over some things with you." I make sure she is listening and making eye contact with me before I continue.

"In the next day or two, you and I will have to go out and get you some new clothes. It is imperative that you behave and obey me. If I you try to contact anyone you will face severe consequences. Not only will I be watching you, but I will have two of my men accompanying us and keeping an eye on you as well. Do you understand?" I ask her in my authoritative voice.

"Yes Edward." She answers quietly and what looks like devastation. That tells me she has been thinking about escaping, and I don't like it one bit.

"I want you to understand something. Your life now belongs here to me. This is where you belong now, here with me. Do you have any idea how well protected my property here is?"

She shakes her head no.

"I have a state of the art security system. Armed guards patrol the perimeter plus there is a security team here inside. All of my men are loyal to me. That goes for all of the household staff as well. No one would dare to help you escape me."

She's looking at me wide eyed with tears still streaming. This crying is getting ridiculous. We'll have to work on that later.

"For now, if I am not with you, you will be locked in this room. When I feel I can trust you then you will be allowed in other parts of the house. The more well behaved you are, the more freedom you will have. Doesn't that sound fair?" It certainly does to me.

"Yes Edward." I don't quite know if I trust that. I mean what the hell else is she going to say right now.

"In time, you will accompany me to events and on out of town trips. You will behave as a model girlfriend and will not put one toe out of line." Yeah, it will probably be awhile before any of that happens.

"We will also have numerous dinner parties and overnight guests. You will always behave and be respectful to any guests. You will only speak to people that I allow you to. Is that understood?" I raise my eyebrows waiting for the answer that I know she will give.

"Yes. May I ask you something?" Obviously she's afraid she'll get in trouble for asking a question. I guess that's good because that means there is a certain level of fear in her.

"Go ahead." I nod at her.

"So, I'll basically be your girlfriend?" She asks.

"Basically, yes." I answer.

"Let me make another thing clear. I don't mind you asking me questions in private, but you are never to ask me anything that may question my authority in the presence of others. If you do, you will be punished. Don't think for one moment that I won't be able to carry out any type of punishment that I see fit. I won't think twice about punishing you. My word is law. The sooner you understand that the better off you'll be." I still have no idea about punishments, but hopefully I'll figure it out before I need to implement one.

"Also, I expect you to take care of my needs while we are in the bedroom." I look directly into her eyes as I say this. I know this makes her nervous.

"You mean sexual needs?" She asks in a trembling voice.

"Yes. What did you think I meant? Of course, my sexual needs. That is one of your main duties to me. Have you ever engaged in sexual behavior of any kind even when you were under Aro's care?" I hate to think anyone has done this with my girl.

"No. But, Aro touched me, but I never touched him." She answers nervously.

"That's good. Did he make you orgasm?" I really hope he didn't play with her pussy. That's my job.

"No. He said he was only checking to see if I was as tight as a virgin should be." Tears rolled down her cheeks as she said that. Yeah honey, I don't like it that he touched you there either.

"Don't worry. No need to cry. Nobody will ever touch you there again except for me." This doesn't seem to make her feel any better. That's just tough. She'll get over it soon enough.

"Come on." I get up and gesture towards the bed. "It's time I taught you what pleasuring me consists of."

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Edward can barely stand to wait long enough. He's pretty much acting like a pedophilic pervert. We'll have to see how Bella handles all of this. Ok, I have a big project at work this week, so I may not be able to update again until the weekend. I will try though to get it out as soon as possible. I want to thank you all for reviewing. I don't think I can express enough how encouraging it is to receive a review.