Chapter 14
Ted's head was bleeding a bit…but not badly…he was sitting on the floor in the heap of glass and medicine…
"He'll still die…", Ted informed…."He'll be dead before you reach the gates….and you'll still be ours, Bella. If those guards don't kill you both first"
"Those guards SUCK", I sneered, looking at the three around me.
"There's lots more…coming….stronger…better….", he said….looking afraid for us.
"Call them off", Edward said strictly.
"Can't….", Ted said, "Too late…."
Edward and I looked at each other…unsure…
"Even now,", Ted said, "That little bit of blood you drank, Bella, is wearing off…it wears off very fast….soon you'll be drugged again….weak…like before…."
"You lie", I snarled….not wanting to believe him….I thought I was a vampire now….forever.
"He's not lieing Bella", Edward read his mind….I had forgotten to do that with Ted….
"If anything like this happens…I have a release in Edward's blood that will dehydrate it in seconds….it's activated now…..if you surrender ….I will stop it…."
"No Bella", Edward said, "He's just going to kill me anyway and use what's left of me for his research….let's GO"
"I'm not letting you die..", I argued back….
"I want you OUT OF HERE", he shouted….then his eyes widened….his body falling back onto the bed…
"EDWARD",I screamed….taking his hands…."What's the matter ?"
He choked….saying…."I can't SEE – my eyes are burning !"
His fists flew to his eyes….as if he wanted to rip them out….I held his hands away from his face….shouting to Ted, "Do SOMETHING"
In seconds….he was screaming…..in utter and horrible tortured pain.
My body began to feel weaker….I started feeling scared again….Edward's blood was wearing off in me…..Ted was right.
Worse, Edward was fast turning into something else….his hair was gone….his skin was like charcoal….stiff and like paper…
"AAAAAAAAA", I shrieked….he was dieing….
"Come here, Bella", Ted ordered…."It's too dangerous….PLEASE ! Let him GO !"
He grabbed me from behind….moving me away from Edward….my strength was almost gone…but not yet….
I threw my head back, hitting Ted's face and getting him off me…
"EDWARD", I jumped up on the bed with him….he was skeleton-like….I couldn't see anything of Edward there anymore….
A growl came out of his throat….and I realized….he wasn't speaking anymore….what little Edward magic I still had told me this….he wasn't thinking ANYTHING now…..except….there was a hunger….so fierce….a desire pounding in his bones…
"I know what you need", I said, understanding instantly…..I moved my hair back into my other hand….and got closer to his frightening mouth….it looked like a hole, burnt black paper around it….
"BELLA NO", Ted hollered….trying to get up and come at me again.
But it was too late….Edward, now a thoughtless creature…only knew that his favorite blood was upon his lips….just a thin layer of paper flesh in his way….i braced myself….waiting for his teeth…I was a coward when it came to pain.
"GOD I KNEW IT", Ted screamed….
Edward's teeth were slow to bite me….maybe there was a struggling part of him in there after all, trying to stop the monster half of himself….
"Come ON Edward, do it", I shouted….getting closer….guiding his mouth to my jugular vein…."I want you to !"
"Stop there, Bella", Ted pointed to me…not moving any closer, "Right there ! There he is….look at him….HE'S A FUCKING MONSTER…. Not that cute boy with the Beverly Hills hair….take a look at him now !"
I heard Edward growl, almost in agreement with Ted…
"He's my Edward", I decided…sticking to my guns….
"You gonna DIE for HIM?", Ted screamed…"He'll drain YOU now…without a THOUGHT….that's NOT LOVE ! You're a bottle of WATER to him right now….he'll drink you and throw you away…and you'd die for HIM ?!"
"Yes I would.", I said coldly, turning back to Edward….taking his face in both my hands….putting his teeth right on my throat….
I felt them close….just once….perfectly in place….I let out a little scream….scared….but then knowing I was with Edward….and I was safe….even in death….
I could hear that CD playing still, somewhere….the same song…
"No Bella", Ted sounded heartbroken….watching….losing his daughter all over again, unable to save her.
I closed my eyes and hung onto Edward's arms….picturing stars on a bed of black night….Edward's voice in my head….saying,
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!
I felt his warm mouth sucking my throat….gulping….swallowing….his voice moaned in sheer rapture….enjoying me….I was surprised how much I was enjoying this too…..although I was feeling so tired…sleepy….Edward's life force was gone inside me…as fast as it had come….but yet I didn't feel alone…or afraid.
"I love you Edward….", I purred…hearing the end of the song….hearing Edward's words….
Vanish, o night! Set, stars! Set, stars! At daybreak I shall win! I shall win! I shall win!
"I shall win", I muttered….falling asleep….almost….still here….my eyes opened in small slits….
Edward's face was pale white again….beautiful and perfect….hair flawlessly in place….his eyes were closed….deeply….his mouth opened and closed a couple more times….his voice going mmmmm as he swallowed more….my lips smiled groggily….his hands were around my back….holding me securely to him….my arms hung at my sides like wisps of silk…I never felt so weak…and yet so alive and aroused as now. I now understood that woman that asked Edward to end her life this way….I'll bet it was as wonderful for her as it was now for me. If I had to die…this was the perfect way to do it.
"STOP EDWARD STOP", Ted screamed…."You're killing her !"
My eyes rolled a little at Ted….then Edward's eyes opened suddenly…as if waking from a dream….seeing my neck and face right in front of him.
"Bella ?", he jerked away….holding me more carefully now…."BELLA !"
"I knew you'd kill her", Ted started right in on Edward….he looked back at Ted….mortified…
"No", Edward stared down at me….clasping his hand over the small hole his teeth had made…stopping what little blood I had left from flowing….
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WinndSinger