Well, it seems like everyone is enjoying the story so far! Things are definitely heating up in all
aspects of their lives now hey!
This chapter has drug use and nasty deeds, but it'll be short and... not so sweet.

Chapter 10

Now that she'd finally laid eyes on the man who'd taken her, Bella had no option but face her feelings, feelings that she'd been ignoring for days, because she felt them solidify around her like a cloak as soon as he came into focus… When she first woke up and realised what had happened to her, she was definitely shit-scared but she'd learnt early in her life how to show no fear; James had taught her well. But as she looked back over the time she'd spent captive, she realised that at no time did she ever feel fear when in Edward's presence. She definitely feared her situation, but not the man himself.

For weeks before he'd taken her, Bella would get the feeling she was being watched, it was a feeling she'd honed over years living with a psycho brother but she just thought it was some of her father's goons keeping an eye on her after she moved out on her own.

Each and every time Edward came into the room he kept her in, that familiar feeling returned, it didn't take her long to realise that it was because Edward had been the one who she'd felt watching her all along.

The feeling she got whenever he was really close however, well that was something very different, especially when their skin touched.

It wasn't until he'd left the room that she remembered seeing him around her regular haunts a few times. They were only glimpses but that was all she needed; he was not someone easily forgotten. She had to stop herself from searching him out in the crowd one day, the desire to run after him was strong but after taking a step forward, she remembered that having an attachment was not in her big plan…

But she'd had a lot of conversations with Edward since he'd taken her and knowing what she knew of him now, well, those things didn't lessen her attraction to him at all; in fact it made her want to know more, a lot more. As had happened before, images of smiles and closeness and heated looks ran rampant behind unseeing eyes but when her cheeks flushed in embarrassment, she scoffed and rolled her eyes at herself. "Idiot…" she hissed under her breath.

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Edward had to think… about so many things.

The situation he found himself in wasn't anything he ever thought possible, not in a million years and if someone had said that this would happen… well he would have rammed his gun in their lying mouth and shot their brains out. When this job first started out, Isabella Swan was just this young and beautiful tactical weapon in his plan to get his sister back, now she was… more. She was still young but older than her years, she was still beautiful but somehow more than all those weeks ago when he planned all this out… and she was no longer a weapon, though tactical she may still be.

After speaking with Jasper and finding out his link to Alice, Edward knew that the situation he thought 'sticky' only an hour ago was actually a huge tangled spider's web, hell… an hour ago he only had to worry about getting his sister out of this alive, now he had Bella and Jasper too.

He walked out of Bella's room on the promise that he'd be back soon after taking care of some things and one of those things was the still unconscious woman lying on the bench against the far wall. He looked down at the phone in his hand and brought up the last dialled number.

"Bella?" Jasper asked with hope.

"No… Did you mean it?" Edward asked.

"I meant everything I said but what specifically were you talking about?"

"What you said about my sister for starters."

"Yes, I'm in love with your sister." Jasper waited to see what other question he needed answering but Edward was silent. "Was that your question or was there something else?"

"Watch your tone, Swan." Edward warned. He shoved his fingers roughly through his hair as he tried to think. "Your sister asked me to save you, to not include you in my plans, now I learn that my sister is only in this situation because of her relationship with you. You put her in your father's crosshairs and for that I should kill you…" Edward thought long about his next move. "How loyal to your family are you, Jasper?"

"What kind of question is that?" Jasper scoffed angrily. "What do you expect me to say, Cullioni… very loyal? That would put me in your crosshairs, but if I say that I'm not… well, that in itself speaks volumes in our world, doesn't it."

Normally… Edward thought to himself. "Bella is your family too."

Without any hesitation, Jasper spoke up. "Yes she is and I would die for my sister… and yours."

Fuck… Edward squeezed his eyes shut and rubbed his face in frustration. How the fuck was he supposed to kill the bastard now… "Will he turn up tomorrow night?" Edward asked, not needing to explain himself.

"Yes, he will but he won't be alone."

"I know he won't…"

"No… I mean that he will have more than just who's in the car with him."

"Mmm… so will I and he won't know where he's going until he gets there. As I told your father, he picked the wrong family to fuck with when he took my sister. Will you be there too?"

"Yes."

"Keep this phone close," Edward said, "I'll call you soon. And Jasper… if you want your sister to live through this, you'll keep your mouth shut and do exactly what I say. I'm not threatening her life; I'm saying that a plan will be in place and if you cross me and try to take matters into your own hands, you risk her as well as Alice."

"My father lost my loyalty the moment he took Alice and used her to threaten me into submission, but Edward… my father isn't the one you need to keep your eyes on."

"Oh I know, Bella's already told me about your brother. I'll call you back."

The next phone call Edward made was one to his brother Emmett, the family cleaner. "Meet me at the hole." It was all he needed to say when he picked up; Edward knew that it would take him less than fifteen minutes to arrive so he walked over to the desk and pulled out the drugs. He had one last job to do and he didn't see any reason why Lauren needed to suffer any more than she already had throughout her life. She'd fulfilled her purpose and all without giving him any grief so he'd give her this… a better death than what she would have received on the streets. After filling up the syringe, he walked over and without any remorse, pushed the clear fluid into a vein in Lauren's arm; it didn't take long for her heart to stop.

When Emmett arrived, the brothers got to work; bodies were easier to dispose of when dismembered. Edward kept aside the foot that would be used as incentive if old man Swan tried anything else while Emmett bagged up the body parts whistling a tune.

"You know brother," Edward said with a smile, "… it's a little wrong that you take so much enjoyment in your work."

"Well, I would think it's a good thing really, considering how much work you throw my way. So what's happening with her?" Emmett asked nodding in the direction of Bella's room.

"The plan has changed." Edward said as they both set to cleaning up the mess, he then gave his brother a quick rundown of why their little sister was taken and the things Jasper had said, the only thing he didn't tell Emmett was the part of his changed feelings for his captive. But Emmett was no fool…

"Okay, but why this…" he asked pointing to the bags near their feet on the floor. "…why not just cut up the one you took? What aren't you telling me big bro?"

"Because she's not to be hurt." Emmett raised a brow at the intensity in Edward's voice. He knew his brother extremely well so it didn't take him long to piece it all together and that shocked him more than anything else had in a long time.

"Do you have feelings for her, Edward?" When no answer came, Emmett had his answer. The last time Emmett had seen Edward open himself up to anything even resembling an emotional attachment was when he was eighteen. But that was before he was fully inducted into the family business.

Edward knew his brother had the answer he was after, so he decided to just get on with it. "The drop off is for tomorrow night at the east side warehouse. We won't get interrupted there and no-one knows it's one of ours."

"Which way will you bring them?" Emmett asked. He wanted so much to ask more about the Swan girl but knew it was not the time. He was patient though… when he had to be.

"Goose-chase first but make sure Connor watches for stragglers after Parker Street."

Edward worked quickly through a plan for the following night, who would be stationed where, what fire power was needed and also a fall-back position if things didn't go to plan.

"I hope everything works the way you want it to Edward, of everyone I know, you deserve it the most."

"We'll see, Emmett… we'll see."

Once Emmett left, Edward walked back to the room where Bella waited. There was nothing he could do about the smell of bleach, he knew she'd smell it and work out what it was used for but he knew the time had come where she was no longer his hostage. Plus, he was done looking at her through night vision goggles.

Poor Lauren... but we all knew that things were not going to end well for her. And we get a little glimpse into Emmett... he'll be back though! :-)
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