"Hey Eddie." I whispered to my brother. He looked back at me, still clutching Bella in her seat. Alice, Edward, Bella, Embry and I were on our private jet back to Forks after all meeting in Italy. Dumb ass Eddie. Ready to kill himself over a mortal? Suicide is selfish.
"Yes Mia?"
"I would have missed you if you died, but don't ever go and try to kill yourself. Especially at the place where I rule. It makes me look bad that my adopted family member goes to my family's place and breaks the rules. My image is nearly impossible to tarnish, but is was tacky on your part."
"Thanks for caring."
"No problem. Why so quiet Alice?"
"Just want to see Jasper. You both have your mates."
"I understand those feels." I smiled before nodding off.
I was soon awakened when we landed. Embry gently kissed me awake.
"Rise and shine." He laughed.
"I don't want to wake up." I sighed.
"I know, but soon we'll be at our home. In our bed." He kissed my collarbone. I woke up immediately and joined Alice, Edward, and Bella. We all walked through the gates and was greeted by the welcome committee. Jasper and Alice had their moment while Esme and Carlisle greeted Edward and Bella. I smiled while Embry and I walked outside. Emmett and Rose were leaned against the car waiting.
"Hey Baby Sis." Emmett smiled. I waved. There would be plenty of time for talking, but we both had separate agendas. Esme and Carlisle took the front seats with Alice, Jasper, Embry and I in the back. Alice and I sat in our respective husband's laps with our backs to the windows and facing each other.
"How was the honeymoon?" Esme asked as she was driving.
"It was fun. We had a great time in Italy."
"My experience wasn't so great." Alice laughed.
"At least we all got out alive." I smiled.
I don't remember dozing off, but I remember being awakened. Embry was jostling with the keys, so pat his arm lightly so he could set me down.
"No. I got it." He flung the door open and tossed our luggage inside and carried me in as well. He made sure to lock the door and carried me upstairs. He laid me on the bed, but I was suddenly wide awake.
"Go to sleep." He kissed my forehead before disappearing into the bathroom. I undressed myself until I was completely naked and crawled under the sheets. Embry returned shortly, surprised at my coherence.
"I thought you were supposed to be sleep?"
"I'm not tired anymore." I shrugged. He grinned.
"Still wanting more?" He laughed.
"Yes. It's been a long day." I invited him to join me. He stripped down and joined me. then positioned us so that he was between my legs.
"Our first time in this bed." He kissed me.
"All the years we've slept together without sleeping together."
"I finally have my biggest wish." He pushed into me and I gasped out loud.
"Ah!" I moaned.
"Still wet."
"Only for you."
"That's right." He smirked and fucked me hard. By the time time we finished, I was panting with pleasure.
"I love you." I kissed his collarbone as he pulled his sweaty body away from mine.
"I love you too." My phone started ringing.
"I don't want to get it." I sighed. His rang too.
"We haven't even been back an entire night and reality is already calling."
"We should've stayed in Italy." I sighed. We answered at the same time.
"Hey Alice, did we leave a luggage in the trunk?"
"No. Edward is bringing Bella over for our decision." I can't even sleep.
"Hey Sam, what is it?" Embry asked.
"Fuck fine. I'll be over in five." I tossed the covers off of me and the cool air hit me, making my nipples hard. Embry watched in some fascination, but I quickly turned and headed for the closet.
"Kay." She hung up. I tossed on a giant purple sweater and go go boots. Embry embraced me from behind and kissed my hair.
"I have to go on patrol and get briefed by the pack." He reached around my and grabbed some sweats and slipped on his moccasins. His other hand hand reached under my purple sweater.
"You should put panties on. And a bra." He said lazily. I turned to face him and swooned over his honey eyes.
"I am in love with you." I whispered. He kissed me fiercely and pushed me backwards into a clothing rack. I wrapped my leg around his waist and enjoyed his body grind against me before pulling back.
"I can't do this. If I take you right now, then I won't leave."
"Good, I don't want you to go." I smiled.
"I have to. Sorry baby." He smiled solemnly. He pulled on his attire while I clipped my hair out of my face while, then he walked me to the main house and pecked me on the lips before darting off. I pushed the door open and walked into the living room. The eyes were focused on me.
"Is that outfit entirely appropriate?" Emmett sighed.
"Yes. My skin is covered. You're lucky I'm wearing clothes at all." I rolled my eyes.
"I can see your wrist. You harlot."
"Oh no! I must be whipped. Punish me for my sins." I laughed.
Edward raised an eyebrow, but said nothing. I know he knows my kink.
"Hurry and go get her." I shooed my brother before taking my seat at the table.
"You look really nice with a tan." Rose awed.
"We can get spray tans." I said and I saw Alice face palm.
"Why have I never that of that?" she shook her head.
"Because you would turn out more orange than brown." Emmett laughed.
"I'm willing to take that chance." Rose shrugged.
"They're here." Carlisle silenced us.
Edward opened the front door into the dark house and flipped the lights on. I didn't even realize it was dark.
Edward called out our names. "Carlisle? Esme? Rosalie? Emmett? Mia? Jasper? Alice?" Carlisle was suddenly standing beside Bella, as if he'd been there all along.
"Welcome back, Bella." He smiled. "What can we do for you this morning? I imagine, due to the hour, that this is not a purely social visit?"
She nodded. "I'd like to talk to everyone at once, if that's okay. About something important."
"Of course," Carlisle said. "Why don't we talk in the other room?"
Carlisle led them through the bright living room, around the corner to the dining room, turning on lights as he went. The walls were white, the ceilings high, like the living room. In the center of the room, under the low-hanging chandelier, was a large, polished oval table surrounded by ten chairs. Carlisle held out a chair for Bella at the head. We all looked up at them as Carlisle sat down on her right, and Edward on her left.
Alice was grinning at her, already in on the plot. Emmett and Jasper looked curious, and Rosalie smiled tentatively.
"The floor is yours." Carlisle said.
"Well," I paused. "I'm hoping Alice has already told you everything that happened in Volterra?"
"Everything," Alice assured her.
"And on the way?"
"That, too," she nodded.
"Good," Bella sighed with relief. "Then we're all on the same page." We were waiting, but she was testing my patience. I could be at home fucking my new husband.
"So, I have a problem," she began. "Alice promised the Volturi that I would become one of you. They're
going to send someone to check, and I'm sure that's a bad thing—something to avoid. And so, now, this involves you all. I'm sorry about that. But, if you don't want me, then I'm not going to force myself on you, whether Alice is willing or not."
Esme opened her mouth to speak, but she held up one finger to stop her. Did she seriously?
"Please, let me finish. You all know what I want. And I'm sure you know what Edward thinks, too. I
think the only fair way to decide is for everyone to have a vote. If you decide you don't want me, then…
I guess I'll go back to Italy alone. I can't have them coming here. Taking into account, then, that I won't put any of you in danger either way, I want you to vote yes or no on the issue of me becoming a vampire."
Melodramatic bitch. It's not that serious. I could easily change her or kill her. No need to go to Italy, everything they do has to go by me anyways.
"Just a minute," Edward interrupted. "I have something to add before we vote."
"About the danger Bella's referring to," he continued. "I don't think we need to be overly anxious."
His expression became more animated. He put his free hand on the shining table and leaned forward.
"You see," he explained, looking around the table while he spoke, "there was more than one reason why
I didn't want to shake Aro's hand there at the end. There's something they didn't think of, and I didn't
want to cine them in." He grinned.
"Which was?" Alice prodded.
"The Volturi are overconfident, and with good reason. When they decide to find someone, it's not really a problem. Do you remember Demetri?"
"He finds people—that's his talent, why they keep him.
"Now, the whole time we were with any of them, I was picking their brains for anything that might save
us, getting as much information as possible. So I saw how Demetri's talent works. He's a tracker—a
tracker a thousand times more gifted than James was. His ability is loosely related to what I do, or what
Aro does. He catches the… flavor? I don't know how to describe it… the tenor… of someone's mind,
and then he follows that. It works over immense distances.
"But after Aro's little experiments, well…" Edward shrugged.
"You think he won't be able to find me," I said flatly.
He was smug. "I'm sure of it. He relies totally on that other sense. When it doesn't work with you, they'll
all be blind."
"And how does that solve anything?"
"Quite obviously, Alice will be able to tell when they're planning a visit, and I'll hide you. They'll be
helpless," he said with fierce enjoyment. "It will be like looking for a piece of straw in a haystack!"
He and Emmett exchanged a glance and a smirk.
"But they can find you," she said, was she really that ignorant?
"And I can take care of myself."
Emmett laughed, and reached across the table toward his brother, extending a fist.
"Excellent plan, my brother," he said with enthusiasm.
Edward stretched out his arm to smack Emmett's fist with his own.
"No," Rosalie hissed.
"Absolutely not," Bella agreed.
"Nice." Jasper's voice was appreciative.
"Idiots," Alice muttered.
Esme just glared at Edward. I glared too. I'll be damned if I'm going to lie to my family for some mortal.
"All right, then. Edward has offered an alternative for you to consider," Bella said coolly. "Let's vote."
"Do you want me to join your family?"she asked.
His eyes were hard and black as flint. "Not that way. You're staying human.""Alice?"
"Yes."
"Jasper?"
"Yes," he said, voice grave.
"Rosalie?"
She hesitated, biting down on her full, perfect bottom lip. "No."
"Let me explain," she pleaded. "I don't mean that I have any aversion to you as a sister. It's just that…
this is not the life I would have chosen for myself. I wish there had been someone there to vote no for
me."
"Hell, yes!" He grinned. "We can find some other way to pick a fight with this Demetri."
He and Felix are too much alike. I wonder if it's part of being bulky and muscley or are they both just idiots.
"Yes, of course, Bella. I already think of you as part of my family." Esme said.
"Thank you, Esme," she murmured.
"Mia?" she asked me.
"Yes." I kept it simple. If she were a vampire, I wouln't have to worry about her human frailties affecting my life.
"Edward," Carlisle said.
"No," Edward growled. His jaw was strained tight, his lips curled back from his teeth.
"It's the only way that makes sense," Carlisle insisted. "You've chosen not to live without her, and that
doesn't leave me a choice."
Edward dropped Bella's hand, shoving away from the table. He stalked out of the room, snarling under his breath.
"I guess you know my vote." Carlisle sighed. I laughed at how petty Edward was.
I was still staring after Edward. "Thanks," I mumbled.
An earsplitting crash echoed from the other room. Did he seriously just kick the glass table into the wall?
Bella flinched, and spoke quickly. "That's all I needed. Thank you. For wanting to keep me. I feel exactly the same way about all of you, too."
"Dearest Bella," she breathed.
"Well, Alice," Bella said when Esme released me. "Where do you want to do this?"
Alice stared at me, her eyes widening with terror.
"No! No! NO!" Edward roared, charging back into the room, "Are you insane?" he shouted. "Have you utterly lost your mind?"
"Um, Bella," Alice interjected in an anxious voice. "I don't think I'm ready for that. I'll need to prepare…"
"You promised,"Bella reminded her.
"I know, but… Seriously, Bella! I don't have any idea how to not kill you."
"You can do it," she encouraged. "I trust you."
Edward snarled in fury.
Alice shook her head quickly, looking panicked.
"Carlisle?" she turned to look at him.
"I'm able to do it," he answered the question. "You would be in no danger of me losing control."
"Sounds good."
"Hold on," Edward said between his teeth. "It doesn't have to be now."
"There's no reason for it not to be now,"
"I can think of a few."
"Of course you can,"she said sourly, "Now let go of me."
"In about two hours, Charlie will be here looking for you. I wouldn't put it past him to involve the police."
"All three of them." Emmett said. I jabbed him in the ribs, but had to stifle my laughter.
"In the interest of remaining inconspicuous," Edward said, still talking through his gritted teeth, but
looking at Carlisle now, "I suggest that we put this conversation off, at the very least until Bella finishes
high school, and moves out of Charlie's house."
"That's a reasonable request, Bella," Carlisle pointed out.
Bella pursed her lips. "I'll consider it."
Edward relaxed. His jaw unclenched.
"I should probably take you home," he said, more calm now, but clearly in a hurry to get her out of here.
"Just in case Charlie wakes up early."
She looked at Carlisle, "After graduation?"
"You have my word."
"Okay. You can take me home."
Edward rushed her out of the house before Carlisle could promise anything else.
"Good fucking job Edward. Now we have to clean up this glass." Rose muttered.
"Is this meeting over?" I asked.
"Yes. You can go back home if you please." Carlisle said.
"It's alright 4? Damn it." I stood and and pyroported back home. I would've left sooner, but there is no need to be extremely rude about this.
I arrived back into my home in under a minute and kicked my shoes off before tossing them in the closet. I don't feel like getting in bed. It's too lonely without Embry with me. I pulled out my laptop and went online. I ordered from a BDSM company in Seattle and they promised to have my things here in before 2 pm. At least I have something accomplished. The door on the opposite side of the room from the walk in closet is meant to be a private study. We never actually use the room, so that's a great place to put the dungeon. I changed into some leggings and flats, but left my sweater on before pulling the mane of red hair into a neat bun. I have to look at least somewhat presentable before the delivery drivers arrive.
They made it here around 8. I walked them up the stairs and into the private study and they, along with some men I hired to reconstruct the room, fixed it up. They repainted it a blood red, installed floodlights along the four walls, with four for each wall, and no other sources of lighting in the room. It looked ominous and slightly evil. There was a cage, a suspension, bed, a black leather love seat and some other things. One wall was dedicated to whips, flogging tools, etc.
By 4, they were almost done with the room. They just wanted to reposition a few more pieces of furniture. The truck drivers were long gone when I heard Embry walking up the stairs.
"Hey baby." I ran into his arms, hugging him. He didn't reciprocate the hug, he just looked over my shoulder.
"Who are these people?" he groveled.
"They are helping me with your surprise." I beamed. Then I realized he wasn't in the mood.
"Hey, guys, are you almost done in there?" I asked the guy and girl decorating.
"Yeah, we're done." the guy with sandy hair and dark eyes answered.
"Good. Let me walk you outside." I instructed. I paid them a thousand each in cash. They thanked me again and left.
" What's wrong?" I asked my husband. He just glared at me before sweeping up over his shoulder and hitting me hard on my ass.