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Chapter 10

Leah stopped running when she reached a the outskirts of the village. She didn't bother to check its name she just needed a phone. She entered the village hall and one of the people there had directed her to the nearest telephone. Not believing what she was doing she dialled in a number and waited for one of the lee- Cullens to pick up. If her imprint was a vampire she would have to stop using words like bloodsucker and leech. Finally, someone picked the phone up and a familiar voice answered.

"Hello." Oh great it was Edward Cullen. She hoped he would at last understand her problem because he had fallen in love with a different species.

"Hey there Eddie." she said into the phone knowing he hated it when she said or thought that.

"Leah? Why are you calling me?"

She sighed not having enough energy to argue with the leech. Oops that one slipped out.

"It doesn't matter Edward. Just tell me what you know about Marcus." She could almost hear his eyes widening and she smiled of the image that created in her head.

"How do you know Marcus Leah?" he asked his voice was slow, she was about to answer when she heard the other vampires come closer. She wasn't ready to spill all just yet. It was quite a good thing that Edward had picked up no-one could read his mind.

"Hey Edward if you want the answer to that then move away from your NOSY-ITS-NONE-OF-THEIR-BUSINESS-FAMILY!" She yelled into the mike so that she they all heard. Grumbling came from the other side of the phone and the sound of feet moving.

"OK, I'm alone now." his voice sounded annoyed and it bugged her.

"Good. Now listen what I am going to tell you, you can't tell anyone not your family, not my Pack or family and not even Bella." she made her voice very serious so he knew how important it was. He was silent for a few moments and she waited impatiently.

"Very well Leah." she relaxed when he answered but now it was her turn to be silent. She hadn't told anyone about imprinting not even her brother could she trust this vampire who was her mortal enemy. She thought of Marcus when he had held her as she kissed him, she wanted him no she needed him so she would have to trust Edward Cullen.

"I imprinted on him," she whispered into the phone just in case any of his family were eaves-dropping on them. This was the first time she had said it out loud and it made it more real. A huge weight seemed to lift off her chest she had finally told someone. No noise came from the other end and she started to get nervous.

"Edward?" she said into the phone. She couldn't even hear him breathing. "Are you OK?"

"Y-y-you WHAT!?" he bellowed into the phone and she held it away from her ear. She had sensitive ears too. He finally regained his sense of speech. "How? When? Why?" he couldn't seem to give anything more then one word questions.

"Hmm lets see. I looked at him and he was suddenly the centre of my universe. When he came to visit you and I don't know the answer to the last one except I'm a werewolf." her voice was dripping with sarcasm. She had hoped for a hell of a lot more help from him.

"Are you sure Leah? I mean you and him don't seem like it could happen ever." His voice was doubtful and it annoyed her, after all she had been through he was asking her if she wasn't sure.

"Kind of like a vampire and a human." she paused letting him realise how hypocritical he was being "Of course I'm sure I've been with him for days now I know what I feel."

"What do you mean you've been with him...Leah where are you?" She started to squirm. People questioning her made her uncomfortable. But she had already told him and he knew how strong imprinting could be.

She took a deep breath and dropped the bombshell "I'm in Italy staying with hi- well I was living with him until this morning before he had a personality swap and yelled at me. But I think he is just a damn good actor." You could hear a pin drop on the other end as he took all of this in. Finally he exhaled and said in a much more reasonable tone "What do you want to know?"

"Everything." So she stood there for a good half hour as Edward told her about him, about the Volturi and about his dead mate though she tried to block that part of the conversation out. When he stopped she was quiet for a long time.

"Leah. I think-" he started to talk but she interrupted him.

"Sorry Edward but I got to go somewhere. Listen I'll talk to you later and you can ask as many questions as you want OK. I need to find him now."

"OK I won't tell anyone but you better be careful Leah the Volturi aren't known to be sympathetic to romance." he said

"Duly noted." she replied in a dry tone "Thanks Edward I know you don't like to keep secrets so just...Thanks." Before he could say anything she hung up. She bolted out of the town hall and was about to run back when she stopped. From what Edward had told her she knew the Volturi would kill her in 3 seconds of entering that city so what was she supposed to do. Marcus didn't even leave the city to feed apparently him coming to Cielo Blu was the first time he had come out in over 200 years for non-Volturi related reasons. She had to tempt him out. Ooh this was going to be fun! Closing her eyes she searched for that unbreakable white chord that connected her to him. She knew about his power and she had a hope that if he could see the bond maybe she could communicate with him through it. Closing her eyes she followed the line in her mind and there he was wandering around the halls of the underground palace. So she could see him but could she speak to him or communicate with him. But how to get his attention? A slow smile spread across her mouth she had just the memory.

Marcus was walking along the corridor of his stone home and he was trying to block out the immeasurable guilt he had felt for the past hour. Every time he closed his eyes he saw Leahs face as he had yelled at her she had seemed betrayed almost broken. Part of him wanted to run back to her and tell her he hadn't meant a word of it but the bigger part of him knew that doing that would resolve in his brothers killing her. He leant against the wall and closed his eyes trying to block his emotions but it wasn't working. Then from no where n image came into his head; Leah was kissing him in the hot tub, her hands where around his neck holding him to her mouth, her skin felt as soft as silk under his arms as they encircled her waist she broke away and ran one of her hands across his chin before leaning in to his ear.

"You were lying to me Marcus, so this time you have to come for me."

His eyes snapped open, that hadn't happened between them and he certainly hadn't thought it up so why had that come into his head. Looking at the white bond that was still attached to him he saw it humming and vibrating and at the edge of his mind he felt a presence.

Leah he thought in his head and was astounded when he heard a very feminine laugh in his head. So this does work excellent. You haven't heard the last of me Marcus of the Volturi. Before he could respond she pulled away leaving him with his now racing thoughts. It hit him that as long as he kept away from Aro he could at least talk to Leah and that image she had sent him he had almost felt her pressed against him. She could talk to him and...she was going to torture him. Marcus wasn't sure whether it was going to be heaven or hell.

Leah opened her eyes and smiled, she had a lot of interesting fantasies she wanted to share with him but had been too shy and prejudiced to do in the real world. She fazed into wolf form and began to head back to Cielo Blu, she was a wolf one of the most ancient of hunters and she would get what she wanted if she hadn't been feeling so happy she would have felt sorry for Marcus.

AN: OK I may not update for a while because my school is having a mock exam week and I have to revise but I will update when I can. Hope you enjoy this later chapter. Reviews make me very happy.

Sneak Peak

Leah lay on the bed, she was tired from torturing him and it was late. She got undressed and went into the shower, she closed her eyes as the hot water ran down her skin and relaxed her muscles. Suddenly a pair of ice cold arms trapped her and spun her around to face the wall. She gasped and her attacker moved his head to her ear.

"So you think you're the only one good at torture do you?"