A/N: I don't own anyone from Twilight. Thanks for the reviews and remember I can always use your suggestions.
Bella POV
I finished helping Alice and knew I had to get back to Edward's room. I was walking there when Edward found me in the hall.
"Just go to the hall and help serve." He told me. I nodded and knew that he was thinking about something.
I walked into the hall and grabbed wine to keep glasses filled. The room was the fullest it had been in a few days because tonight was the last night of the feast. I also knew that tonight they were going to talk with the Babylonians.
I walked around filling wine glasses up and staying far away from Edward. I also couldn't look at Emmett because I realized I really wasn't anything more than a piece of meat or an object.
Edward POV
I was talking to different people and flirting with the available princesses because I knew I would have to find someone soon. I bored and I kept looking at Bella. I knew that Esme was right and she was seeing the monster in me.
I was ready when we had to go to the war hall to discuss things with the Babylonians. I told Laurent to send Bella in there and went in there with Jasper and Emmett. Father was not coming because he was meeting with other kings.
We were in the room when Bella came in with wine jugs. She stood in the corner and would fill up the jugs as needed.
"We want to keep peace." Jacob said to Emmett. He nodded.
"I agree, but we need to keep better control over the northern Barbarians." Emmett said.
"We should take it over and then we can divide the kingdom." Jasper suggested. I just listened because they were in charge of peace and war.
I was listening until I saw Jacob become interested in Bella. She was pouring him wine and he pulled her into his lap. I started to get pissed even though she was flirting with him. I didn't want her flirting with anyone.
"So, do we have peace?" Emmett asked after proposing everything and Jasper adding his points. I had never seen Jasper and Emmett work together without dispute. I just ignored it and went back to see Jacob putting his hands on Bella. I could feel the anger rising, but I knew she was just my slave.
Emmett POV
I worked with Jasper to get the Babylonians to help us control northern areas of the empire. Jacob was almost paying attention except that Bella was his primary focus. I just watched as Edward got angry with him for touching Bella. We all knew his feelings were still there for her, but the cruel side had taken over.
"We agree." Jacob said and smiled at Bella. She just smiled back.
"You can come back with me." Jacob told Bella and she just smiled. I could see Edward's jaw clinch and I was trying not to smile because she knew what she was doing.
"We will see everyone at lunch tomorrow for a feast before you leave to return home." I told them. They all nodded.
"Bella, back to my room." Edward told her. She nodded.
"I request that she walk me to my room first." Jacob said. Edward knew he could not refuse or it would look like he cared for a slave.
"Very well." He said.
Bella POV
I walked back with Jacob to his room. He was a large guy with tan skin and black hair. He was nice looking and he was charming. Father never approved of him for my prince, but was going to allow it.
We were almost to his room and he pushed me against a wall and started to kiss my neck. I didn't want him on me, but I knew that if I refused it could be bad.
"You are to pretty to be a slave." He whispered in my ear. I just giggled and smiled at him.
He was kissing down my neck and started to massage my breast through my tunic. I tried to slip away.
"Where are you going?" he asked me.
"I should get back to Edward." I told him.
He put his arm against the wall to stop me.
"Trust me, he won't miss a slave." He told me and continued to play with my breast. I wanted to get away from him because I didn't know how far he would want to go, but I didn't want to.
Edward POV
I was in my room, waiting on Bella to come back, and I saw across the palace. I saw Jacob pinning Bella to the wall and she looked uncomfortable. I couldn't take him anymore so I went to where they were.
I walked into the hallway to see Jacob sliding his hand up her tunic. She was begging him to stop and trying to get away.
"You are nothing more than an object and you will be mine tonight." He told her. She tried to push him off and he threw her into the other wall. She tried to get up and he kicked her in the ribs. I had enough.
He went to kick her again and I punched him across the jaw. He fell over and glared at me.
"We do not treat our slaves like this." I told him.
"No, you treat her worse. You can see the marks on her face and the pain in her eyes." He told me. I couldn't take it anymore.
I punched him again and again. I was hurting him when I felt Bella pulling me off him.
"Stop, Edward." She begged me. I pushed her off and heard her hit the wall.
I realized I was hurting the empire by hurting him. I stepped back and turned around. I saw Bella in the corner and I felt bad.
I walked over and picked her up. She struggled to get out of my arms.
"Bella, stop." I whispered her to her and she was still.
I carried her into my room, without anyone seeing, and laid her on the bed. I sat beside her and she crawled into the corner. She didn't want to be near me and it was my fault.
"Thank you for stopping me." I told her. She just looked at me and she was shaking.
I crawled on to the bed some more and she tried to press herself all the way into the corner.
"Bella, please." I told her and stretched my hand out to her. She looked at it for a minute and took it.
I gently pulled her to me and started into her eyes.
Bella POV
Edward had carried me back into his room. He was scared of him because he was so cruel and I was tired of being hurt. I just looked at him as he held his hand out. I finally took it and he pulled me to him.
I wasn't sure what he was going to do and I just looked down. I didn't want to look in his eyes because I didn't want to see the evil in them.
"Are you hurt?" he asked me. I shrugged.
"Look at me." He said. I just looked at him.
"Bella." He said and I still didn't look at him. I heard him growl and I waited for the pain from being hit. I was surprised when I felt his finger go under my chin. I raised my head slowly and looked at him.
"I am sorry for hurting you and letting him hurt you." He said.
"Why? I am just a slave or an object. I shouldn't be anything except a prize you fight for." I said. He looked away and I saw his jaw clenched.
"You were never an object." He said.
"You and Emmett fought for me. I am just an object." I told him again. He looked down.
Edward POV
She was telling me she was an object, but she had never been just an object to me. I was mad that someone had told her about us fighting for her.
"Bella…" I was saying. She just walked off the bed and tried to run out of my room.
I caught her and she hit me square across the jaw.
"I hate you! I hate that you made me think you never had feelings, that you used me, and now I am an object!" she said. I knew I had hurt her from when we were younger.
She was sobbing into me and she didn't me anymore. She had lost her love for me and I was to blame. I just held her as she hit me over and over. She was sobbing the whole time.
I finally just grabbed her wrist and looked at her.
"You ARE NOTHING BUT A PIG!" she screamed at me and I knew I deserved it. I wasn't sure what to say to her so I didn't.
I leaned down and captured her lips to mine. She struggled and I just held her. I didn't want to let her go because I didn't want this to end.
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