Sorry I'm a week late on this. It was a really busy week with all three of my boys school activities. I am going to try to post once a week on this one. Though, if I get more time, twice a week. June is an incredibly crazy month for me, so writing time will be a bit slow. Thank you for being patient and sticking with me.

Thank you to Kyla713 and Packy for being in my doc. And to Mo, for reading this and giving me the best OMG reactions ever.

Anyway, I'll just leave you all to it. Enjoy.

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Devil in me chp 10-

It would be so easy to just grab the girl, bite her...drain her. Problem solved.

The monster in me was stirring as my anxiety rose to all new levels. I paced the hall I currently felt trapped in as Bella looked at me, arms crossed.

"Stop pacing and be honest with me for once," she demanded, trying to come off strong, but her heartbeat gave way to her fear.

"Are you scared of me? You should be. The things I could do to you, and no one would know." I stopped pacing and turned to face her. "You think you know what I am, but you have no idea."

I watched as she rubbed her hands up and down her arms as if she were trying to comfort herself. "Well, I know you're not human."

Do you really want to do this with this human? Just end her already!

Venom filled my mouth as I set about pacing again. The idea of draining her, drinking her until she was bled dry was so very tempting, but another part of me, the more basic, boring, human part of me, wanted her in other ways. That part of me wanted to devour her body and not her blood.

You don't need a mate. You have me. We've co-existed just fine for seventy years. This girl needs to go!

When I reached the end of the hall, I turned and faced the wall and hit my head against it in frustration. I wanted to will the monster inside of me to just let me be, leave me alone, let me sort things out with Bella.

Biting her won't be so hard. Your teeth would melt right through that precious, pale skin. Think of the taste! The sweetness that will pour down our parched throat.

I slammed my fist against the wall and roared a "FUCK!"

Bella's breaths changed and her heartbeat skipped a bit as I watched her jump at my reaction from the corner of my eye.

"What do you want me to be? What would make you feel better? Do you want to leave? Run?" I taunted, and the monster in me chuckled, loving the game.

"I haven't run from you yet. You don't scare me." She tried to sound confident, but failed. The tiny quiver in her voice that my ears picked up on gave her away.

"Your heartbeat tells me differently. Your breaths...while they give me more of your sweet scent, give you away. You smell of fear. Do you know what fear smells like?" I asked as I walked toward her, my hands balled up at my sides. "It smells sweet and deliciously dark." I was mere inches from her now. "It makes me want to consume you. Drink in every bit of your essence. Right now, just standing in front of you, the urge I have to see if you taste as well as your fear smells is so strong. You can't run, you can't hide. The minute I crossed paths with you, you unknowingly sold your soul."

Her eyes grew in size and the fear rolled off her even more potent than before, and it forced me to swallow back the venom that was pooling again. I could tell she was battling with her flight or fight response, so I crowded her space, making her step backwards until we made it to a wall.

"Do you still want to know what I am?" I asked, whispering as I ran my nose from her ear down to her collarbone.

She whimpered and that was my undoing. The monster deep inside was unleashed. That whimper held everything. The monster fed on fear, and she just loaded it up on a gold platter for him.

I pushed my body into hers, caging her in. "Any guesses? I'm sure your dear friend has probably clued you in, seeing as she's dating one of us." My tongue peaked out to taste her neck, her heartbeat was just under her main artery. I could feel the vibrations as I licked her from collarbone to jaw.

"N-n-no," she uttered, and my eyes wandered her body slowly. Goosebumps had overtaken her pale skin.

"Oh, come on now. What happened to my girl who started this? Sure seemed like you knew," I told her, running my fingers down her arms, relishing in the fact that both my words and actions caused goose flesh. The effect I had on this human fueled me even more.

Close your eyes and breathe in. Smell how sweet she is, how ripe. It's calling us. Give in.

I gulped loudly and shook my head, and Bella took that opportunity to try and jerk away from me, but I just pressed her further into the wall.

"No running, remember?" I chided, my hands now on her waist as I squeezed. "I'll be nice...I'll tell you a secret..." I licked the other side of her neck, leaving an open mouth kiss right where her neck met her collarbone. It was sinfully delicious.

I closed my eyes and ran my nose up to her ear, dragging in a deep breath before I uttered one word.

"Vampire."

Her heart stuttered as her hands came up to my chest as she tried to push me away.

We're done playing games.

I opened my mouth, and just before she let out a scream, I bit. I bit hard and fast. Unlike the time I bit her before, I wasn't gentle. I pulled her blood as fast as I could, moaning at the taste, the warmth sliding down my throat.

Bella began to feel limp, so I dropped her down to the ground.

Then all chaos unleashed.

Five vampires rushed in. A huge, burly one scooped up my girl and ran. A blonde followed. I was too far gone to stop them as I gulped down the last drop of her.

Heaven.

I was held down then by three pairs of arms, before metal encased my limbs and a blindfold was placed over my eyes, not that it would do much to hide my sight.

"I'm so sorry, son."

I ignored my wannabe father and inhaled the last of Bella's scent.

No regrets.

The monster in me was sated, for now. The human part of me was broken.

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Thoughts? How do you think Edward will handle things now?

Thank you for reading!