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I knew you guys were waiting impatiently for Edward to show up, so…here he is! But, I need to tell you that, even though I'm going to try to keep Edward in character (with a few tweaks here and there), I might fail. I honestly can't stand him (sorry Team Edward). This is exactly why I am a 110% Team Jacob follower. But I will try my hardest to keep him in character.

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Chapter 7

Master

I stumbled into the room as the door was slammed behind me. I stiffened for a second as I waited for my new Master to attack me in some way. When nothing happened, I tentatively looked around the room. It was a decent sized room. The walls were painted in a dark chocolate. Four floor lamps gave off a relaxing ambiance to the room. The carpet was also a deep chocolate brown that matched the walls. To the right side of the room, a long table of food was presented along with various drinks and refreshments. In the center of the room, a red leather with black trim high-back chair was situated in front of a wall made of the tinted glass that could be seen from outside. On either side of the chair were two small, round, mahogany side tables. The one on the right had a small pot of assorted flowers on it. The one on the left had a corded phone and stand with a champagne glass filled with red liquid. On the wall above the glass partition, a large television screen featured what was being sold in the arena.

"Come, my new pet," the silk voice said softly from the chair. "Come kneel by me."

I slowly walked forward with bated breath. I glanced out the glass wall to find Chase standing in the middle of the room. Even from this height, I could see his flushed cheeks that were filled with anger as he snarled at the different vampires in the room.

When I was right next to the large chair, I kept my eyes on the chocolate floor beneath me, not wanting to look my new owner in the eye. A small chuckle sounded to my left and I cringed unwillingly.

"Kneel," the voice said softly, but firmly. An order. I curled my lip over as I followed his demand. I couldn't believe that I was actually listening to a vampire. Another chuckle came from my Master.

"I see that you still have that defiant streak in you, Jacob," he told me with a smile in his voice. My eyes furrowed. What the hell was this guy talking about? He sounds like we've met before…

"Look at me, Jacob," my Master said softly.

I hesitated for a second before my curiosity got the better of me and I glanced up to look at my owner for the first time. I gasped as I looked into the red eyes of Edward Cullen. I shook my head rapidly as I scooted away from him as fast as I could on my hands and knees. No, no, no, no, NO! I couldn't be sold off to Edward Cullen! I couldn't! There was just no way that was even possible. But, as I continued to look on in dread and horror, I knew it was real. It was very real.

There was Edward, smirking down at me from his perch on the chair. I could feel myself hyperventilating but I couldn't stop. Edward Cullen was my new Master. I couldn't wrap my head around that.

"I'm glad to see you, too, Jacob," Edward said with a smile as he relaxed into his seat. I tried to collect myself as best as I could, but it seemed to be futile attempt. My head was still reeling from this bit of news. Edward sighed as he stared into my eyes. I couldn't help but notice that he looked different with blood red eyes. "Come closer, Jake. We have much to discuss."

I couldn't move. And if I could, it would be to run from this room as fast as I could. I couldn't do this. Edward sighed once more as he rose to his feet. I gasped again as I crawled away, my back hitting the glass wall behind me. I stared up at him with fearful eyes as he leaned towards me. He captured me by the throat in a soft, but firm hold as he held my gaze with his.

"I know that you seem a little overwhelmed right now, Jake, but from this point on, I am your Master and you will treat me as such. When I give you an order, you are to follow it precisely without hesitation or complaint. Understood?"

I nodded my head slightly because my throat was too dry to use.

Edward smiled softly at me. "Good, now I believe I gave you a direct order to kneel at my feet." With that, Edward released his hold and fell back to his chair as he looked at me expectantly. After a moment, I slowly crawled to my designated area in resignation. When I was at his feet, Edward stood up and walked to the table of food and refreshments. I waited in silence for him to come back.

When he did, a large plateful of steaming food was in his hand. In his other hand, two bottles of water were dangling in his fingertips. I suddenly realized that I hadn't eaten since yesterday. My stomach gurgled at the sight of the steaming food that was put down before me along with the two bottles of water. I glanced down suspiciously at the food. It smelled so good, but I didn't know if it was safe or not.

Edward sighed beside me. "I didn't poison it, Jacob. It's just food."

I glanced up at him with confused eyes. He just smirked in return.

"You seem to have forgotten my…abilities," he said smugly.

I groaned loudly at the reminder. Damn it! I forgot all about that!

Edward chuckled. "Will you just eat your food, Jacob? We need to catch up on a few things."

I grimaced but followed orders as I picked up the fork and started eating. The food just melted in my mouth and I couldn't hold back the moan that ripped out from me. Edward smiled at that.

"So, how are you doing?" he started nonchalantly.

My fork hovered in my mouth as I froze at the question. I slowly took the utensil out as I glared at him. Edward's eyebrows rose at my sudden hostility.

"How am I?" I repeated in disbelief. "Did you seriously just ask that question?"

Edward looked expectant as he awaited my answer.

I growled as I dropped my fork on the ground, the peas that were carried on it scattered all over the place. "For five fucking years, I have been living like an animal with my pack all because you guys didn't want to keep your precious little secret a secret anymore. And, of course, you had to start this little war on my birthday," I hissed at him. His face remained expressionless. My face contorted into rage as I glared at him from the floor. "My entire family was killed on that day. It was the worst birthday in the history of birthdays. Of course, that also meant that we met a few other packs and other humans that were trying to find solace after your kind wanted to keep a few slaves to do their work." I rested my arms on my knees as I continued to glare at Edward, my hunger completely forgotten.

"You know, I never did get why you guys wanted slaves in the first place. I mean, you're incredibly strong, super fast, and you don't sleep. You could get anything done in a matter of minutes if you wanted. I guess it's just because vampires want to be lazy and not do anything. But, anyways, on with how I am. Two weeks ago, Quil was captured to be part of your disgusting little game and became a slave to a revolting parasite who didn't know what the word respect meant. And, while I was trying to release Quil from his bondage, I in turn was captured and sent to be a slave. I woke up with this collar on my neck and a vampire barking orders at me while I had to strip down to my bare skin and shower to be presentable enough for the leeches bidding our slavery.

"And while waiting to be sold off like cattle, I was forced to listen to the auctioneer selling us off like we were no more than pieces of furniture and not human beings with feelings and emotions. When it was my turn to be auctioned off, I found out that I was apparently worth one million dollars. And then when I was so kindly escorted to meet my new Master, I learned that he was my own personal arch nemesis. So, to answer your question, Master, I'm doing just great," I finished with a hiss.

I rose to my feet as I started walking to the door. Right when I was about to touch the knob, I was slammed into the door from behind. I gasped in surprise as I felt Edward wrap a hand around my neck as his other hand had a tight hold on my hip.

I felt his cool breath brush my ear as he said, "I'm sorry that you've had to bear such a hardship, Jacob. Truly, I am, but you need to learn that you will not speak to me in such a tone and you are not to leave a room unless you are dismissed. No matter what your feelings are, I am your Master and you will respect me and accept my authority."

I growled has his hold on my throat tightened. "I will never accept you. You are not my Master and you never will be! Not get off of me!"

I let out a yelp as I was thrown back to the chair. I crashed into my plate of food and the large steak with peas were scattered all over the place. I took in a breath as I crash landed into the lush carpet. I lay on the floor for a while as I collected myself.

"Same old, Jacob," Edward chastised as he walked slowly back to his perch on the leather seat. I glared at the ground when his black, polished shoes came into my line of sight. "Same old rebellious, Jacob. You haven't changed much in the past five years, have you?"

I let out another yelp as I felt his icy hand make its home in my raven hair. He hauled me onto my knees as his face leaned in close to mine. I watched with half-lidded eyes as his cold breath washed over me.

"I wasn't done conversing with you, Jake. I still need to tell you a plethora of things. Why we left a few months before the war started. Why I even bought you in the first place…and Bella."

My breath hitched at the mention of the latter. Bella? What about Bella?

"If you left, then you wouldn't know would you?" he asked in a jaded tone, his eyes rolling in boredom. He let go of his grip in my hair and I fell back to the ground with a huff.

"Bella and I are no longer together," Edward started. I could feel his eyes burning holes into my body as he watched me struggle to sit back up. "It was a mutual understanding that we just fell out of love with each other. But, she wanted to be a vampire before we were done. And considering everything that we've been through together, I couldn't deny her wish."

I listened intently to the words that were spewing from his mouth, though I really didn't want to hear them. So he and Bella were no longer together. As much as I tried to suppress it, a flare of anger embedded itself into the pit of my stomach. How dare she? How could she do that to me? After everything that she put me through, she had the nerve to just disregard everything she did to make herself happy.

"She still visits every now and again," Edward continued. "She's doing well with slaves of her own in Florida. She's living with her mother and Phil, who has also changed."

I huffed in disgust.

"Anyways, I promised you that I would tell you why we left before the war started." Edward muttered. I flinched back when his hand wrapped around my throat once more. I had a sudden feeling that that was going to happen often. He pulled me gently to my knees again as his free hand entangled itself into my hair. He pulled back roughly, making me arch my neck back. His other hand released its hold on me, but his fingers remained in contact with my skin as he skimmed the length of my collar.

"We left Forks so that we could…experiment different concoctions that we could use to hold back the wolf in your kind," Edward whispered softly as his dark eyes followed his fingers on my collar. "It was Carlisle, with my help that invented the elixir that is intertwined in these collars, Jake. And once we had it, we presented it to the Volturi in Italy, and after making a few thousand copies of it, the war began."

I continued to stare at Edward as his fingers traced mindless patterns over the black choker on me. I couldn't believe that Carlisle—the most gentle and compassionate one out of the entire coven—was the one that invented such a disgusting…thing and started a war. What could have driven him to such extremes? Unless, he really didn't care much for werewolves and human lives. Was that even possible, though? He went against his basic instincts and hunted down animals and worked in a hospital for God's sake, trying to save human lives instead of destroying them. Either way, this bit of news was a destructive blow to my psyche.

Edward listened intently to my internal debacle with attentive eyes. "Jacob, look at me," he breathed. I didn't want to listen to him. All I wanted to do was crawl into a hole and stay there for an eternity. Edward gently took my chin between his fingers as he forced me to look at him. "We have our reasons as to why we do certain things. The most we could do now is to forgive and forget. We've made our fair share of mistakes that we can't reconcile with. But, Jacob, you need to understand that sometimes we have to do things we do not want to do."

Confusion flittered across my mind as I continued to stare at him. What the hell was he talking about? If he didn't want to do anything, then why didn't he just not do it? It couldn't have been that hard.

"You have no idea what you're talking about, Jacob," Edward whispered. He shook his head as he tried to get rid of a memory. "I'm done talking about this. I want to move onto another topic."

"Like what?" I asked gruffly. Edward sighed heavily as he let go of my chin and went back to tracing patterns on my collar that I just now knew he created.

"Why I bought you," he informed me as his eyes searched into mine for something.

I quirked an eyebrow. Oh, this must be good.

"I wanted you, Jake," Edward said apathetically.

I rolled my eyes. Well, no shit, Sherlock. Why else did you buy me?

Edward shook his head. "No, not like that, Jacob. I mean, I wanted you."

It took a minute to process his words. When it did, my eyes widened and my jaw dropped open. What? He wanted me? Like…wanted me wanted me? Like the way I wanted Bella? Or the way I want Sasha? That kind of want?

"Sasha?" Edward questioned. His eyes narrowed while his hand tightened in my hair. I whimpered at the burn in my scalp. "Who's Sasha?"

I curled my lip as I glared at Edward. "What do you mean you wanted me?" I asked as I deliberately ignored the question. Edward hissed softly, but let it go.

"I mean that I have always wanted you. The moment I met you, I felt this incredible attraction towards you. Your snarky little attitude, your dark eyes, your intoxicating smell…" Edward trailed off as he took in a deep breath, his eyes rolling into the back of his head. "I can easily get past your wet dog scent," he smirked.

I rolled my eyes. "If you've always wanted me, then why didn't you come up front about it in the beginning?" I asked with a raised brow.

"I didn't want to admit it at first," he confessed. "I thought it would pass. Like it was some kind of teenage phase, but every time I was around you, my feelings just increased. I wanted to deny it at first. I mean, how could I feel so attracted to a werewolf when I was a vampire? It just didn't make sense. So I thought I could push you away. Giving you the cold shoulder, as some would say. I guess it would suffice to say that that didn't work. Do you remember when we were getting ready to fight the newborns and we were waiting out in the tent?"

He waited for me to nod before he continued. I had such a hard time trying to control myself and not pounce on you, to not claim you as mine right then and there in front of a sleeping Bella. You were so damn close to me..."

He trailed off as his eyes closed. I remembered well. He looked so tense that I thought he might have popped a blood vessel if he were human. All this time, Ithought he was on edge because I was holding Bella as she slept and not him...

Edward continued as his eyes opened, "If I were to admit my attraction to you, then that would be the same thing as admitting that I was gay, and when and where I was raised, that was just not tolerable." Edward sighed heavily. "But, I couldn't hold back my feelings for you. They only intensified…"

Edward trailed off as his eyes became distant; I fidgeted in his firm hold. The hand that was wrapped in my hair was gently petting it with light strokes. His other hand was softly caressing my cheek and jaw. As the minutes wore on, I could smell his growing arousal, which made me worry about what he was currently thinking about.

Edward shook his head as he tried to get back to the present.

"But, when I saw you just now, standing front and center in the spotlight, after five years of not seeing each other… I had to have you. And how could I not? You were just standing there, shirtless, beautiful, and flushed with anger. You were just too damn delectable to pass up. I would have literally fought tooth and nail against that guy to get to you." Edward chuckled as he lifted my chin to look at him in the eye again. His red orbs glimmered with arousal and amusement. "And now I have you. My beautiful Jacob."

I narrowed my eyes as I glared at him. "I am not yours and I never will be yours until I take my last breath."

The amusement was blown away as anger flashed in its place in his suddenly dark eyes.

"You're wrong, Jacob. You were mine when you were fighting for Bella's love and you are mine now. I am you Master, Jake. Don't you ever forget that."

Edward shoved me to the ground as he got to his feet. I watched as he walked to the side of the room opposite of the buffet.

"Come here, Jacob," Edward whispered softly, his back to me.

I huffed as I tried to get the peas out of my hair. My lip was curled as I put all of my attention into my task. I didn't obey him as I stayed silent. Fuck him if he thinks he can order me around. I might be able to phase into a wolf and have a collar wrapped around my throat, but I'm not a fucking dog.

I gasped loudly as I was slammed into the glass wall hard. My head cracked against the glass with a sickening thud. I tried to gather my bearings as my world swirled around me in a nauseating blur of colors. A hand wrapped around my throat in an almost crushing power. My air supply was just barely cut off as my wide eyes stared into the infuriated ones of my very pissed off Master. I whimpered at the intensity of his anger. As my human-self shrank away from his fury, my Alpha wolf blazed to life with such intensity that I would have collapsed if Edward wasn't literally holding me up by my neck. My wolf demanded that I set him free. I tried to phase involuntarily, but sharp pains slid from my spine to my head. It felt like I was being poked a thousand times over with sharp, poisonous needles all along the path of my spine. I cried out at the pain engulfing me in its fiery heat.

Edward glared at me as his narrowed eyes took in any information he could through my body and my mind. He leaned in so close that I could smell the sickly sweet scent that wafted off his cool breath.

"Jacob," Edward spoke soft, but curtly. "When I give you an order, you are to follow it. We have been over this before. If you don't end this little defiance streak, I'm going to punish you accordingly. Now…" He raised his right hand, his hand closed into a fist. I closed my eyes and flinched back, expecting a blow to my cheek for disobedience. My wolf snarled at the thought as it tried to escape again.

Instead of feeling his hard fist connect to my skin, I heard a soft click and a slight tug on my collar. I opened my eyes to find Edward smirking with his hand wrapped around the lead of a black-and-red leash that was tethered to a ring on the front of my collar.

"Now, let us take our leave. We are expected back to the house." I watched with wide eyes as Edward grabbed his jacket that was hanging off the back of his chair. He grabbed a black, large-brimmed hat that I hadn't noticed before and tugged it low on his head. I didn't want to admit it, but when he looked up from underneath that hat, he looked damned sexy. I watched with flustered eyes as Edward smirked up at me, obviously enjoying that errant thought.

He stepped back and opened the large mahogany door that I walked through earlier. He glanced back at me for a minute before taking off, dragging me along with him.

So was Edward in character? I really hope so…

I would also like to say that my first full on lemon will be in the next two, possibly three chapters. It depends on how this story turns out. I don't plan my stories out. I just type/write whatever is in my head at the very moment. And I'm pleasantly surprised at the outcomes:)

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