New Beginnings: Bella's True Mate
C10: Royal Preparations
Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable characters
A/N: So, another chapter done, There is some cursive in this chapter, and I did that to make it a bit easier. I hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll see you for the next one.
Bella's POV
As soon as Alice and I got home, we could smell the oil in the air, and for some reason it made Alice really angry. "Oh no they fucking didn't!" She yelled as before turning to me. "I'm sorry Bella, but will you be alright with taking your bags to your room, I have to yell to two blondes." She said softly before she bounded up the stairs, giving me no time to respond.
"Well I guess I'll take these upstairs myself then." I said mostly to myself as I took the first ten and made my way to my room.
When I entered our bedroom I saw the look of shock on Alec's face at the sight of the number of bags. "Jeez love, did you buy everything in the store?" He asked with a smile.
I smiled and put the bags on the floor before I jumped on the bed and kissed him. "No love, it wasn't that bad. But this is only half of it. I've still got ten bags downstairs. But most of it is shoes and purses, Alice kind of insisted on it."
He smiled and kissed me before he and I got off the bed to get the last bags.
"Well love, you have missed a lot of excitement today. Emmett and Jasper have been going at it for most of the afternoon. Somehow I think they needed some distraction from being away from their mates, since Rose and Christian were nowhere to be found for most of the afternoon." He said with a smile.
"That's so unlike them, where was Jane during all of this, didn't she feel the pull?" I asked softly.
He only smiled at me. "No love, they have been mated for over a thousand years, so they will not feel the pull as you and I or Tanya and Esme."
I smiled and kissed him before getting five of the remaining bags, while Alec very gallantly took the other five.
We quickly made our way back upstairs and back to our room, and once we put the bags away, I flew into his arms, kissing him deeply. "I missed you so much today baby." I said softly.
"I can tell love, I missed you too." He said with a soft smile.
"Alec love, you don't understand, I missed you so much that I couldn't focus. The only thing I could think of is you and how your body felt against mine, I need you." I said huskily.
He smiled and kissed me softly. "Then I shall have to do something about that, now don't I love. Come lie with me and let me take care of you." He said before he started stripping my clothes away.
Feeling that he took too long I ripped off the rest of my clothes and then wasted no time in stripping him from his, pushing him onto the bed once we were both naked. He seemed to like this aggressive side of me and I wasted no time in guiding his already hard cock into my waiting pussy.
We both moaned loudly and I bent down to kiss him, loving the feel of his hands over my body. "I've missed the feeling of your body in my hands baby." He said softly.
"Well that's your own fault love, we could have been making love for days already, but I can't for the afterlife of me I can't think of what could have been more important than me." I said with a teasing tone.
He smiled at that. "Well baby, we have been quite busy for the last couple of days, so I apologize for not thinking of my beautiful mate's needs first." He said softly.
I smiled and kissed him deeply. "And that's why I am in control today baby, I know we can't get tired, but I am going to try none the less."
He only nodded and surrendered himself to me, which made me smile brightly, since I knew this wouldn't happen often.
As I rode my mate I had to smile to myself. My life had changed so much over the last few days that if I was still human it would've made my head spin. All of my human life I lived in the background, spending all of my time on not getting noticed. But now that I was a vampire I felt comfortable being in the foreground.
For hours we made love and I was sure we christened every single inch of our room, until we ended up in the bathroom, where we took a nice bath together, all the while we were cuddled up in each other's arms.
"That was simply amazing baby." He said as he pulled me close.
I smiled and relaxed against him. "We are far from done my love, you are mine for at least today, everything else can wait."
He only nodded and pulled me into a kiss, both of us quickly losing ourselves in our kiss.
A little while later we were on our bed again when there was a knock at the door. "You two decent, I have something important to tell you." Alice's lilting voice came through the door.
"We are Ali, come right in." I said with a smile.
She came into the room and smiled when she saw us cuddled up on the bed. "Seeing you two lying like that reminds me so much of Jazz and me." She said softly.
We both smiled and got off the bed to give her a hug. "Well I always tried to be like you Ali, and I guess that I finally achieved that goal." I said with a smile.
"So dear sister, to what do we owe the honor of this visit?" Alec asked with a similar smile.
She smiled at that. "I wanted to see how you two were doing and to inform you that Aro, Caius and Marcus and the others will be here in two days to see how we all have settled, but before they are here we have a surprise for you.
"You know I hate surprises, but I am sure if it comes from my family I have little reason to complain." I said softly.
Both Alec and Alice smiled at me. "I figured you would be used to our surprises by now Bella, or does this mean we have to try harder?" Alice asked with an almost mischievous smile.
I groaned softly and was quickly pulled against Alec. "Don't worry love, I'll keep you safe from your evil pixie sister." He said in a teasing tone.
Alice stuck her tongue out at that but still smiled at us. "Try harder it is. I'll go and tell Tanya and Esme to go ahead with planning the party." She said before making her way out of the room.
Tanya's POV
While Bella and Alice were shopping, Esme and I decided to call the Aro to schedule their visit.
We had already decided that Esme would be the one to talk to them. We took a seat in the living room, cuddled up to each other in the couch while she dialed the number.
"Volturi Castle, this is Sulpicia speaking."
"Hello Sulpicia dear, it's Esme, I hear you still haven't given Aro his phone back but I was wondering if I could talk to him.
"Hello Esme darling, good to hear from you again, yes Aro, Caius and Marcus haven't been given phone privileges yet, but they will soon. I'll put on Aro in a minute, but first you have to tell me how you are doing, it's been too long."
Esme smiled at that. "We're all doing very well Sulpicia, thank you for asking. I finally found my true mate, which has made me happier than I can remember."
I heard a giggle from the other side. "That's good to hear my dear Esme, you deserve your happiness more than anyone."
Esme smiled at that and pulled my arm closer to her body. "Thank you Sulpicia, that means a lot to me. But could I talk to Aro, we have some news for him concerning Edward and Carlisle."
"Of course my dear, I didn't mean to stall you." I heard Sulpicia say before the phone was handed over.
"Esme dear, it's good to hear from you, so how are things in Denali? Has everyone settled in well?" I heard Aro ask on the other end.
Esme smiled again at that. "Yes Aro, we're all doing exceptionally well and everyone has settled in without a hitch. We even have some more information on Edward and Carlisle, and it is worse than we initially thought. They are not only after us, but after the power of the Volturi as well."
"Oh dear, that's bad news indeed, but we'll be ready for them. And to assure that you will too, we shall be paying you a visit in two days' time, along with our dear wives, Heidi and her own newfound mate. When I get a read on the situation from young Alice we will see what to do next."
"Very well master, we shall await your arrival with anticipation." Esme said with a soft smile on her face.
We could both practically see Aro smiling on the other side. "Then we will see you in two days my dears, take care until then and if there is anything that comes up in the meantime that absolutely cannot wait, don't hesitate to call."
"We will master, although we doubt something that dire will come up in two days, have a nice trip." Esme said before the call was disconnected.
She put the phone back on the table and cuddled into me a bit more. "I guess we have two days to make everything look perfect for our Kings and Queens, but I think we can start on that later. For now I want to relax in my mate's arms for a little bit longer." She said with a soft smile.
I pulled her on top of me and into a kiss. "I think that is a wonderful idea my love, but I think we should move this to the bedroom if you want to do if I think you want to do."
She smiled at that. "We could do that, or we could cuddle for a while, that way we don't have to move and we get to keep our modesty."
I nodded and rested my head in the crook of her neck, while she rested her head against my breasts, making me smile at her. "I'm so glad Carlisle was wrong about you my love." I said softly.
She smiled and kissed me softly. "I'm glad he was wrong about you too baby, I love you so much."
"I love you too baby, but I am a bit curious what he said about me, if you're okay with telling me that is." I said softly.
"He always said you were a slut and a whore that would fuck anything that moved, and that he always hated when he had to go and visit you. But having made love to you I know that is not true. I think you are one of the most kind hearted woman I have ever met." She said with a soft smile.
If I could still cry the tears would be streaming down my face right now, but instead in swallowed harshly. "That bastard, when I get my hands on him I'll make him regret the day he was turned. I am going to be honest with you baby, while I seduced a lot of men and women, you were the first one I ever made love to."
That made her smile brightly and she kissed me again. "Then I'm even more honored my love, I only wish I could have given you the same."
"It's okay love, we are together now, that all that matters." I said as I pulled her close.
She smiled and crawled up a bit more to nuzzle her head in the crook of my neck. "I'm still curious about what Carlisle said about me, would you please tell me baby?" She asked softly.
I nodded and kissed the top of her head before I started. "Carlisle never said a lot about you when he was here, but I remember one time when he called you a prude and an over caring woman who should know her place."
I heard her growl at that "I knew it, I never wanted to have sex with him so he calls me a prude. Just wait until I see him again."
"We'll make him pay my love, for every single thing he ever lied to us about." I said before pulling her into a deep and loving kiss.
She moaned into my mouth and was about to let her hands roam when the living room door opened, revealing Bella, Alec, Jane, Christian and Alice.
"Good afternoon lovebirds, how are you two doing this fine day." Christian said with a wink.
We smiled and rearranged ourselves a bit. "We're doing okay, we just got off the phone with Aro and we were talking a little bit.
"Oh are we in trouble since Aro called?" Jane asked with a knowing smile.
"No Jane, we called him to give them an update on everything. They will be paying us a visit in two days, with the Queens, Heidi and her newfound mate in tow." Esme said with a smile.
"Well that was to be expected, they rarely travel, but if they do Heidi is always with them, but I'm glad she has finally found a mate, she must have felt lonely being the only one in the Guard without one." Christian said softly.
"I wonder who it is though. Maybe it was a human she encountered during her fishing, it would make sense." Alec said softly.
We all smiled at that "We'll see in two days, but before they are here, there is a lot that needs to be done. But we'll start on that tomorrow when we are all together again." I said softly.
They nodded and gave us a quick but awkward hug, since we were still on the couch before they made their way outside again, leaving us alone again.
Christian's POV
The following morning we were all gathered in the living room, all of us waiting for Esme and Tanya who would give us our assignments for today.
"Good morning everyone, we have only a day to get everything ready for our King's visit, and we have a lot to do before then. Eleazar, Kate and Victoria, I need you three to go into town and stock up on enough wine for a few days, three cases should be enough and feel free to take my car with you." Tanya said with a smile.
The three nodded and made their way outside where Tanya's car was parked. "Alright, that's one part. Laurent, Alec, Bella and Irina, you are tasked with getting a few new employees, we are going to need them for their visit."
They nodded and also made their way outside. I saw Tanya smile as they walked away. "Rose and Chris, I need you two to finish Bella's surprise as soon as possible, we can't afford to have the house smell of oil and grease. And finally the rest of us will make sure this mansion will be clean as a whistle before the kings arrive." She finished with a smile.
We nodded and again Rose and me made our way to the garage, and a single look was enough to know that we had to finish the car and get the garage cleaned before Bella got back.
Since our fiasco yesterday we made sure to have a spare set of clothes for us ready in case of emergency.
We quickly changed into our new coveralls and got started on Bella's Ford Mustang. "I'm glad we got most of it done before yesterday. It's only engine work from here." Rose said with a smile.
I nodded and smiled while I got the tools we needed to work on the last of the engine.
We worked in silence, both of us glad the car didn't have a lot that needed to be done to it.
"I think she's done, shall we fire her up and check?" Rose asked after about an hour.
I nodded and started the car, both of us smiling brightly when she started without a hitch.
I let it idle for a bit while Rose checked if everything was okay under the hood. "She's running like clockwork Chris, we're done." She said as her head came up to the side.
I turned the key and got out of the car to take my place next to Rose. "We did good Rose, I'm sure Bella will love her gift." I said with a smile.
She smiled as well. "I'm sure she will Chris, but we can't give it to her until we fixed the last things on the inside."
I nodded and after wiping our hands we started work on the inside, which was mostly electronics at this point.
Another hour passed before we were truly done, and we were now admiring the fruit of our combined labor.
"You know, we should really take this baby for a test drive, to make sure everything is perfect for Bella." I said with a smile.
Rose nodded at that. "We should, do you want to drive or shall I?" She asked softly.
"You can take it for its inaugural drive sis, I have no problems being a passenger for once." I said with a soft smile.
Rose got in and started the car while I opened up the garage door. She drove the car out of the garage when Jane and Emmett came into the garage. I smiled at them and led them to the car, answering their unspoken question if they could join us.
Emmett got into the front with Rose and Jane and I sat in the back, relaxing on the backseat while Jane cuddled up to me. "I must say you two have outdone yourselves, I could get used to this comfort." She said softly.
I smiled and pulled her closer. "Do you want something like this as well baby? Because you know I would love to buy and alter a car for you."
She nodded against me and smiled. "I would love that baby. but wouldn't you rather build something up from scratch, because I know how much you love to tinker with cars."
That brought an even bigger smile to my face. "Then that is what my love shall have, a one of a kind car with every luxury she wants." I said before pulling her into a kiss.
"You know, Bella won't appreciate it if her brother and sister defile the backseat before she has had a chance to do that with Alec." Rose said almost laughing from the front seat.
Both Jane and I smiled at that. "For your information Rose, we weren't planning on doing anything back here. I just want to be close to my mate since you hogged him for two days." Jane said softly.
Rose smiled at that. "I didn't mean to hog him like I did, but when it comes to cars there is no one I trust more."
Jane smiled and cuddled a bit more into me. "That's something I am way to familiar with, even before Aro sent him to your Coven he was sometimes more excited about a car than he would be about spending time with his mate."
I pouted a little at that. "Again that was one time baby, I just couldn't help it that I found my Skyline in Italy. I have loved that car since I first saw it. I believe I apologized for that many times already."
She smiled and kissed me. "I know baby, I was merely teasing you. I know you love me more than you love a car."
I smiled and pulled her closer while Rose drove back to the mansion, and I'm sure she was smirking from the things she heard me and Jane say, knowing that she was the instigator of it.
"Don't you dare smirk Hale, you know as well as I do that your love of cars has sparked some amusing arguments over the past few years." I said with a similar smirk.
I heard her laugh, but she didn't say anything to deny the claim.
A little while later we turned onto the driveway of the mansion and once the car was back in the garage, we made our way back inside.
Alec's POV
As I sat in the back of the van with my Bella in my arms while she was watching the landscape fly by. "Deep in thought my love?" I asked softly.
She smiled and shook her head. "Not really babe, I'm just thinking about the visit and the coming battle with Edward and Carlisle and everything that can happen. What if they manage to succeed in their plan?" She asked softly.
I pulled her a bit closer and kissed the top of her head. "They won't succeed my love, from what Alice has seen we have a huge advantage on them. None of us will get hurt or worse in this fight. We will make sure of that."
She smiled and leaned back against me. "We won't know that for sure my love, but I guess there is no sense in worrying about things we can't change. The best thing we can do is bet on Alice, I've learned never to bet against her."
"I've heard that a lot before Chris went to get you. why is that?" I asked with a soft smile.
"It was what we would say before Edward made them leave. Usually when Alice had a vision that would concern one of us she would be right, that's how I'm actually still alive. Because of what Alice saw happening to me, Edward was able to save me from a van. The only thing he ever did to save me from pain instead of cause it." She said softly.
I smiled a little at that. "Then I have two things to thank Edward for, not that it will help him when we get our hands on him."
Bella nodded and kissed me again before the car came to a stop. "As much as we would love to hear you two lovebirds talk, we're here." Laurent said with a smile.
We got out of the car and prepared the rest of the seats while Irina went to talk to the Matron of the orphanage.
Next to the four of us we had room for six people, which I hoped was enough to satisfy Tanya.
Soon enough Irina came back with six girls that looked a little bit nervous, which was to be expected.
We ushered them into the van with a smile which made them relax a little, and after the introductions, we made our way back to the mansion. Irina gave them a short introduction on what would be expected of them and what they would get in return.
The girls all nodded and fell into an easy conversation with Bella and Irina while I sat next to Laurent in the passenger's seat. "I wonder what will happen to the girls once we get home." I said soft enough so the humans couldn't hear.
Laurent smiled at that "I think Tanya will want to keep these girls for as long as possible. She told me that the girls we fed from were here for more than five years. She tends to grow attached to the girls we have under our employment." He said in a similar tone.
I only nodded and took a glance in the rearview mirror to see my mate laughing with one of the girls.
"Maybe we can convince Tanya to make it a bit more permanent. We could use the help around the house." I said softly.
Laurent nodded and smiled at that. "We'll pitch the idea to her when we get home and the girls are settled in a bit."
I only nodded and we continued talking for the rest of the trip, mostly about what we had done before we met our mates, and Laurent and I found we actually had quite a bit in common.
By the time we got back to the mansion I could see the car that Eleazar, Kate and Victoria had taken, realizing we were the last ones back.
We led the girls inside and once we entered the living room, Carmen and Tanya immediately took the girls for further instructions, while the rest of us found a spot to relax in the living room, all of us as ready as we would ever be.