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EPOV

She wasn't a woman. She wasn't even a girl. She was barely more than an infant. I guessed she was about a year old based on Renesmee's growth rate. Had she been alone since the beginning? Nahuel had a frown etched into his brow, "Do you know anything about her?"

He shook his head, "Very little. When we found her I went to ask my father about her. Only the second voluntary trip I've ever made there."

"Was he aware of her existence?" There was steel in Bella's voice but it wasn't directed at Nahuel. The way this vampire used humans as tools for breeding disgusted her. I agreed.

"He said that her mother had vanished while he was away, he assumed that they had both died during the pregnancy. It happens sometimes. He was curious initially, but once I explained about her, he lost interest very quickly."

I felt something tighten in my chest. The idea of Bella not surviving. I shook it off; it was just an old reflex. She was safe and whole. My eyes touched on the small girl. The same could probably not be said for her mother. I felt a surge of pity for her. However cruel this vampire was capable of being, I couldn't conceive of a circumstance in which I would abandon Renesmee. How was he able to just turn his back on his own child?

I felt my respect for Nahuel growing. He hadn't walked away. He was counting on us to help her. I knelt down in front of her and tried to meet her eyes. They were glassy and unfocused, so instead I concentrated on her thoughts.

Black...red...warm spatters...hurts...why does it hurt...can't breathe can't breathe...doesn't hurt anymore...cold...so cold next to me...how...go back in go back go back go back...warm safe...cold dead...so cold...why...stay here...too cold...not here...not here...where does it go...go back go back go back go back...black ...red red red red red red...my red my red my red...burns all red burns...burns through burns...can't breathe can't breathe

I pulled my thoughts back to myself. I didn't want to go in there again. It was like a loop, like a song stuck on repeat. I stared in horror at the small girl. The images in her head were blurry. It was all confusing. Something had happened to her mother, I was sure of it. There was nothing before the shapes that dominated her thoughts. They were her earliest memories. Then...

When I felt Bella's hand on my shoulder I remembered where I was. "Edward, are you all right?"

I felt my head nodding, "Yes, it's just....she's so afraid."

I saw Bella's eyes go to the girl. I could tell she wanted to hold her, try to sooth her somehow, but she didn't know if she should. I wished I could help with the answer but I didn't know. I doubted it could hurt, but that didn't mean it would make any difference. "What is she afraid of?"

"Something happened to her mother, before she was born I mean, and her first days were...bad."

I couldn't think of another word for it. How was I supposed to explain, "She freed herself from her mother as is normal, but I think her mother was already dead. She couldn't breathe. She was afraid."

Bella's lips thinned and I could sense the tension rising. It was impossible not to feel sorry for the tiny little creature. Rosalie looked as though she wanted to cry, and Alice was clasping Jasper's hand tightly. But mostly, everyone was wondering if it would be possible to help her. "Once she was free she stayed close to her mother's body, for quite a few days I think. But the body was cold and she understood. She left her once she started to get thirsty. It's all confused and blurry."

Esme's voice was trembling, "What happened to her mother?"

"I don't think even she knows that. But the image was bloody, and they were in the woods, maybe she fell, or maybe she was attacked by an animal, we might never know."

I felt Bella's hand leave my arm and she crouched down in front of the child. The girl was wearing animal skins like the other Amazons and other than the look in her eyes, she seemed healthy. I could still hear the track going round and round inside the girl's head. I wished I could forget it, that it was possible. The terror she had felt growing as she realised the being next to her was gone, the fear of being alone. Did she know that we were here? There was no evidence in her thoughts.

She was trapped inside her own head. Unable to get out, or even call for help. It was heartbreaking. It was gone.

What? I looked down at the girl in surprise. Her mind had just gone completely blank. There was nothing in there anymore. The others noticed my movement and looked at me. "What's up Edward? She scare you?" Emmett trying to break the tension.

I couldn't let him do that yet, "Something's changed, it's...I don't know." I knelt down next to Bella, and reached for the girl's hand.

Within a sixteenth of a second of my hand touching hers, she was up and away. Her thoughts came back to me in volume. Like she was screaming in my head. There was no sense to it. Just an unending stream of panic. It blotted out any coherency.

We were all after her a second later. It was an instinct, to catch her before she could hurt herself or anyone else, or the jungle.

Bella had been the closest to her and the quickest after her. I had frozen in shock for almost half a second. The whole pursuit lasted less than five. I watched as my wife's arms closed around the fleeing child. She held her gently to her chest and started whispering calming words to her. I froze for the second time, "Wait!" My voice was sharp enough to freeze everyone in place. "I can't hear her."

Renesmee looked up at me curiously, "But you only can't hear mom?"

I nodded, "I know. Bella, hand her to Jasper. Maybe he can help calm her down. Alice, don't touch her. Whatever you do."

They obeyed my instructions but looked confused, "Perhaps you should tell us what's going on?" Alice looked the most annoyed.

"Well, she ran when I touched her right? Something frightened her." The others started to look scared. I felt it too. But I recognized it, "I think she got inside my head and it startled her. She panicked and ran."

I waited a second for them all to digest this. Then I swung my eyes to Jasper who was looking very unsteady on his feet. "You might want to hand her to someone else before we all end up on the floor curled into balls."

Carlisle gasped; he went over to Jasper and took the girl from him. "Edward, are you saying that she is...borrowing our gifts?" As soon as the child was out of Jasper's arms he steadied himself looking worried. He was surprised he hadn't realised it. But to be fair he didn't know how it felt when someone else was affecting your feelings. This had to be a first for him.

I nodded firmly, "That would be my guess. Like Aro, she needs skin contact. She doesn't even seem to know she's doing it. When I touched her, it was because her mind went blank and I wondered why. I guessing you were holding her hand or something Bella?"

She nodded, "I put my hand on her knee."

"So she borrowed Bella's shield. Then when I touched her, fourteen noisy minds ended up in her head with no warning. No wonder she ran."

Zafrina surprised us all by laughing quietly, "I'm sorry," she said trying to steady her voice, "It's just that she's been here for three months and never moved for anything but blood. It's never boring when you're with the Cullen's."

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July

In all my years as an immortal I had never seen Rio. Now that I was here that seemed like an almost unforgiveable lapse. Still, it wouldn't have been as good without my wife. Bella and I were taking a night off, after the last few weeks we needed one.

The small rustic bar, which opened directly onto the beach, was perfect. The white sand stretched until it met the ocean, but the tide was out and some of the customers were sitting on chairs under the stars. The music was local and it helped us to relax, easing away the tension. Bella swayed gently in my arms to the music coming from the band, "This is the first time I've really noticed the heat of a place. It's so heavy here."

I smiled and spun us round in an elegant circle. Bella had become more confident on the dance floor in the last few years or so. "It's the humidity; it makes every smell much denser. Does it bother you?"

She sighed, "No, not a bit. I could stay here forever. After it rains, the scents are so heavy it feels like..."

I knew what she meant, "It's almost like you can taste it."

"Exactly."

I pulled her tighter to my chest as we danced. As much as I savoured every moment with our family, I never felt like I had enough time alone with just Bella, my Bella, my wife. She laid her head on my shoulder as we danced and I pressed a light kiss to her forehead. She sighed contentedly, "This was the best idea you've had in ages you know."

"I know, definitely the best since Yorkshire anyway." I smiled at the thought.

Her thoughts evidently going down the same path, Bella looked up at me with a coy smile on her face, "I don't know if you can take credit for all the ideas that were had that day."

That was true, "Of course, the best portion of the day was all yours wasn't it?"

She nodded, still smiling, "That's right. And do you know, I think I might be due for another brain wave." My breathing started to get heavier, Bella's eyes were black, and she was staring at me intently, "Since we finally have some alone time."

She pressed herself firmly against me. This didn't seem like the most appropriate venue. The bar was not busy but there were a few other couples, swaying to the music around us. They couldn't really distract me though. As Bella swayed, still moulded to my body, I let out a low growl. My body was responding to her presence, just like it always did.

She rolled her hips again and I crushed her mouth to mine. She moaned into the kiss and I could feel my self control slipping. I stroked my tongue against her bottom lip and she quivered. She touched her tongue very gently to mine and I stopped swaying. I had lost interest in keeping up the pretence. Everyone else was wrapped up in their own partners anyway, I could tell. I held her as close to me as possible and slid a hand up the back of her neck, into her hair. There was a low grumbling starting somewhere in my chest as I felt her breasts through the fabric of her shirt. "Edward...I think..."

I knew what she was trying to say. Without breaking the kiss, I carried her out of the bar and onto the beach.

There wasn't going to be time to get any further, in the few seconds it took me to get us away from prying eyes and minds Bella wrapped her legs around my waist and I was undone. I laid her on the white sand and pressed my lips to hers again. She sighed into the kiss and her hands moved to the front of my jeans. She rubbed her hands over the front of my jeans, teasing me.

Maybe I had been wrong all along, she was the evil one. One of her hands was deftly undoing my belt while her other held my neck to keep her lips against mine. I thought I was doing a good job of staying in control until I felt her stroke me with both hands and I had to gasp for air I didn't really need. Seeing her small white hands around me nearly sent me over the edge, but her smile gave me pause. It was calculating.

She leant forward and licked around the head of my shaft. The growl in my chest started to get louder as she bobbed her head, taking in as much as she could. She didn't normally do this. I didn't normally give her the chance. I was always too eager to taste her, or just to be inside her. She wasn't having any of that tonight. Her hands locked around my wrists to stop me from interfering.

It never felt exactly gentlemanly to let her do it, but I was past the point of caring. Her mouth felt warm and wet around me as she sucked and stroked with her tongue. She released my wrists, knowing I wasn't going anywhere, and started to rub up and down while she suckled. I groaned and gently ran my hands through her hair. She started to suck harder and the growling grew louder. I wasn't going to last much longer if she kept this up.

One of her hands rested on my hip holding me steady, and then suddenly there was a new voice in my head. Bella's. Her hand gripped my hip more firmly as she concentrated.

Edward you don't know how good it feels to do this for you...you have to let me do it more often...I love the feel of it in my mouth...I want you to come for me...

Oh God. Bella had always been a little shy about talking during sex. Looks like she'd found a way round it.

My hands fisted in her hair as she sucked and rubbed and...Oh god thought things at me. "Bella, you need...you need to stop me...I can't"

But she didn't she just moved faster, I growled louder as my body shook and my orgasm crashed over me. I felt her licking me clean.

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BPOV

God he tasted good. I knew women weren't supposed to enjoy doing this and I supposed it might make me even weirder than I always had been. I didn't care. It made me feel so powerful to have him in this state, gasping and panting my name.

I was caught off guard when Edward pulled me to my feet and kissed me. Before I could kiss him back properly Edward dropped back to his knees. He ran his hands up the back of my legs, his fingers skating over my skin as they slid under my skirt. His fingertips traced the edge of my panties and I was starting to get agitated. If he didn't touch me soon I was going to die.

As soon as the thought occurred to me, he slid my underwear down my legs and helped me out of them. I noticed him stuff them in the pocket of his jeans. That was a little kinky. I didn't think about it for long. His hand slid back up my skirt slowly up the inside of my thigh, he was getting me back for the teasing, and I knew it.

"Edward, please..."

His other hand rubbed up the back of my thigh holding me upright and close to him, "Say it Bella."

He loved it when I talked to him. I liked it more than I let on, I still felt like I should be blushing. "I want you to touch me...please," I tacked on as an afterthought.

Edward's finger stroked my slit gently. I felt as though I was physically aching for more. I whimpered and Edward took pity on me. He lifted my skirt up to my waist and suddenly his fingers were inside me and his tongue was stroking me and the world was blurring. Although I knew he wasn't really warm, he felt it to me.

He gripped my hip in one hand to hold me still and teased me with the tip of his tongue mercilessly. I tried to move, to rub myself against him but he held me fast. "Edward, please...unh I need to...let me go...unh I need..."

He held me until I thought he was ignoring me and then let me go. I threaded my fingers through his hair and ground against his mouth. I was so glad that he didn't need to breathe. My knees would have given way if his hands hadn't been supporting me. I could feel the orgasm building quickly as I started to pant, Edward heard the change in my breathing on nibbled on me gently, I cried out and gripped his hair tightly in my hands, "Edward...yes...unh..."

He quickly wrapped an arm around my waist and slid a finger back inside of me. His lips broke away from me for a second and I heard him whisper; "Now I want you to come for me, my love. My wife."

There was a possessive edge to his voice that thrilled me and when his tongue touched me again I shuddered violently. "I'm coming Edward. Oh god."

He didn't stop the stroking inside of me, and his tongue kept rubbing as I came down. When I could, I opened my eyes and looked down at him. His eyes were black as pitch and I noticed the growling was back, low in his chest. "I want you now."

His words disarmed me and I didn't put up any resistance as he pulled me down onto his lap. He was hard again, he wanted me again. He always did. He lifted my hips quickly and slid himself fully inside of me. The sensation as our bodies joined made me groan all over again, "I love you."

He growled and flipped me onto my back, never breaking contact. He was moving hard and fast inside me and I clutched his back. On each thrust he grazed my clit and I gasped. Edward was kissing my face, my lips, my hair, possessively, as though he was marking me as his.

It was new; he had never given in so much to the animal side of himself. I couldn't believe how much I liked it. Maybe it was in this new side of my nature to like it. I didn't care. The pressure was building again in the pit of my stomach and Edward was groaning on each thrust.

He suddenly pulled back and looked into my eyes, they were hard and black, but there was so much love there it couldn't be missed. I hadn't been expecting the orgasm to hit me so swiftly and it took my breath away. I gripped Edward's shoulders tightly and he held my cheek so he could watch my face.

All the muscles in Edward's back tensed and I felt him throb inside of me. I watched as his eyes drifted shut and his breathing grew heavier. He was so beautiful. He looked down at me after a moment, "I love that you're mine."

I smiled up at him, "I am yours you know." He smiled back, "And you're mine."

He kissed me again, "Always."

I wrapped my arms around his neck again, kissing him deeply. I was surprised when he pulled back, "What's wrong?"

"As much as I'd love to repeat that whole thing, there are police who sweep this beach every few hours. They'll be here in...twelve minutes."

I sighed, "We never have enough time alone."

We were gone within forty seconds.

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A/N Sorry for the extended nakedness. I got carried away. Still, we got a bit of story in there too. Yay me.

Improvgirl01-I promise there will be more Jake soon, kinda like making him squirm. How mean am I?

Traceybuie-hello honey ; ). Funnily enough I haven't decided whether he's coming or they're going. Decisions decisions.

Spannieren-there will be more on her don't worry. I think she's gonna be kinda fun.