Here is the next chapter, I hope you guys enjoy. The characters do not belong to me, but the story line does.
Bella stood there staring at him, not believing that he was standing in front of her.
"Edward." She whispered, but he could still hear her. She sounded so surprise, but he was just has much surprised has she was.
"You know him?" Jacob asked her. She turned to face Jacob, which made Edward angry. Edward only ever wanted her to look at him.
"Yes." She said quickly, while looking back at Edward. He just smiled at her, happy that her eyes finally landed on him. "What do I say," she thought. "Do I lie," she wondered. "He went to Yale Law School with me…I use to have to help him study." Bella lied.
"Oh." Was all Jacob said. He did not like the look Edward was giving Bella.
"Sir do you know them?" George asked Edward. The old man seemed to be confused.
"Yes George…like the young lady said…I went to Yale with her." Edward said while grinning. He knew George did not believe him, George knew everything that went on at this estate. "You can leave…I will take care of it." Edward said while dismissing the old man. He knew George would ask questions later. "Princess…what are you doing here?" It aggravated Bella that he would ask her that, when he is the one that left her.
"I should ask you the same thing." She hissed. Jacob did not like that they knew each other, and it would seem that they knew each other very well. "Maybe this was her ex," Jacob thought.
"I asked first." Edward said while showing off his crooked grin that made Bella want to smile.
"I am here to see Mr. Swan…is he here?" She asked while walking towards Edward. Jacob followed closely behind her, dwarfing her in size and acting like her protector. Jacob did not catch Edward baring his fangs at him, but Bella did and she just glared at Edward.
"He is not here…he's in Paris on business." Edward replied.
"When's he getting back?" She asked.
"Tomorrow morning…if you want…you can stay the night and see him first thing when he gets back tomorrow." Edward wanted her close, he missed her; mostly it was because he wanted her away from the thing that was standing behind her. "But he has to leave…he's making the area smell horrible." Edward whispered softly into her ear. He stood up and grinned at her startled appearance. He loved the effect he had on her.
"What?" Bella stuttered and stepped back, bumping into Jacob, who wrapped his arms around her.
"You okay Bells?" Jacob asked while glaring at Edward.
"Fine." Bella said while breaking away from Jacob. It made Edward smile, which made Jacob glare at him more. Edward wanted her very far away from the pup. "Can I talk to you in private?" Bella asked Edward.
"Okay." Edward sighed while opening the huge double oak doors that led into the foyer. The foyer was huge, with a raised ceiling and a large marble staircase. Lining the walls were portraits of pervious Swans. A large marble fireplace that could fit few people inside of it, when it was not lit, it was off to the side of the room with a large oil painting of a ship out to sea hanging over it. Bella followed Edward into foyer, Jacob tried to follow, but Edward slammed the door in his face.
"What is your problem?" Bella hissed has she turned to face a grinning Edward. She watched has his eyes turned dark, when he noticed that she was mad at him.
"Nothing…what did you want to talk about?" Edward asked in annoyed tone. He did not want her pissed at him; he should be pissed at her. He left her safe in that town and now she was here.
"You first…why can't Jacob stay."
"You can stay…but the boy…he has to leave." Edward repeated himself slowly. The look on her face, made him feel like an ass for getting mad at her. "I would rather you stayed…it would give me some peace of mind." He said while tugging at his hair.
"You left me…so why do you care?" She said through clenched teeth has she folded her arms across her chest.
"I saved you…did I not?' Edward growled. Bella backed up and looked down at the floor while Edward stepped closer to her. He roughly grabbed her by the arm and pulled her towards him. He wrapped his arms around her and breathed in her scent. Bella tried to push him away, but he held on tighter. "I would do anything for you…you just haven't realized what I did was to protect you." Edward sighed while kissing her forehead and stepping back from her. He did not want to let go of her, but he knew that she would find him weird if he did not. Bella just stared at him, wondering what had just happened.
"Will he be here tomorrow morning?" Bella tried to ask. She really did not want to stay. Edward was making her feel uneasy; his eyes were darker than before.
"Yes…first thing." He replied.
"Okay…fine I will stay…but so does Jacob." Bella said while crossing her arms around her chest.
"Hell no…he already is making the doorway smell…your father-" Bella's face turned red with anger at the mention of the man who was really her father, making Edward stop talking.
"He is not my father." Bella shouted.
'Sorry…but Charlie will be pissed if he comes home and smells your friend." Edward did not want to tell her that her friend was a lycan, well he had not turned yet but when he turned at twenty-five, he would be a werewolf. Werewolves were uneducated creatures that finally learned how to turned, thats what was taught to must young vampires.
"Jacob does not smell." Bella could not figure out why he kept saying that Jacob smelled.
"Oh…but he does….those are your choices…so choose." Bella sighed loudly, causing Edward laugh.
"Fine." She grumbled. "I can't believe I am doing this…he came all this way with me and now I am sending him away." Bella grumbled more, while opening the door and closing it behind her. "Jacob." Bella started, she stared down at the ground. She could not look at him, while she told him that he had to leave. "I have to stay the night and the owner only knows that I was coming…I am sorry and I promise I will be back tomorrow and we will go do something fun." She lied. She could see that Jacob wanted to disagree with her.
"Okay Bells…you remember the way back right?" Jacob asked.
"Not really." She laughed, trying to make sure he would not figure anything out.
"Here." He said while grabbing her hand, she began to blush at the contact. "Do you have a pen?" He smiled. He liked making her blush.
"Yeah…in my clutch." She said while fishing out a pen and handing it to him. He quickly wrote the address down on her hand and went to kiss her forehead when Edward flung the door open, glaring at him.
"Time for you to leave." He said while glaring at Jacob. "Come along Bella…I will show you to your bedroom…it's connected to mine." Edward said while grinning, Jacob just glared at him. Bella huffed, when she realized that both of the guys that she was standing between were about to start fighting.
"Don't even think about it." She said calmly. She could hear Edward chuckling, like he had read her mind.
"I'll see ya later Bells." Jacob sighed before leaving.
"I don't know what your problem is…but your going to have to change it." Bella hissed, has she spun on her hells and walked into the foyer. Edward was smirking has he followed her into the foyer. He found her hot has hell, when she was pissed. He would have to remember to piss her off more often.
"Here…follow me." He said while showing her to her room. The room was huge, bigger than her room back home. The bed was a nice mahogany four-poster bed and the black sheer curtains were tied to the posts. The walls in the room were painted a dark gray color. The room overall reminded Bella of something you would see in the royal palace. The room was beautifully decorated.
"I have no clothes." Bella sighed while looking down at the ground has she followed him into the room. She could not believe that she forgot that all of her clothes was at Jacob's.
"You can borrow some of the late High Queen's clothes…she always left clothes here and you look to be about her size." He said while looking her up and down. .
"You mean Elena?" She asked, while remembering the note.
"Yeah…your grandmother." He said while heading out of the room. "If you want I can have the cook make you something."
"Okay…thank you…I am really hungry" Bella said while turning to face the window that looked like it over looked a large pond.
"I'll go get you those clothes and talk to the chef." He sighed, while leaving the room. He did not want her to hate him, but he understood why she did. Bella stood in the room looking it over; there was a small black desk beside the large window and a dark colored dresser off to the side. There wasn't much furniture in the room, but overall it was very beautiful and old fashion. She had not noticed that Edward had came back to the room and that he was watching her. She turned around and gasped when she noticed Edward standing there.
"What are you doing?" She asked.
"Came back with those clothes." He said while handing her a pair of sweat shorts and gray a t-shirt. She looked at the clothes weirdly but took them anyway.
"Why didn't you tell me you were back?" She asked.
"You looked deep in thought…I didn't want to disturb you." He said while smiling. "I couldn't find anything of the late High Queens that wasn't dresses…she always wore those when she came to visit Charlie…she hated anything else but dresses from the time she was a teenager…those are mine." He rambled while pointing at the clothes she was holding. "They should fit." He said while turning to leave. "I told the cook to make you something." He smiled at her.
"Thank you." She whispered.
"Your welcome…I'll be outside the door while you change…so I can show you were the kitchen is…the house can kind of be a maze." He laughed.
"Okay." She replied while starting to unzip her dress, but was having trouble reaching the top of the zipper. "Can you help me?" She asked. She looked down at the ground because she could feel that she was blushing.
"Sure." She could hear him take an intake of breath before she felt his hands on her back, and the zipper slowly begin to move down. She also felt him trace one of his fingers down the middle of her spine. He was memorized by how soft her skin was against his fingers tips. He wanted touch her everywhere, he could not get enough of her. He could see her birthmark peeking out from her unzipped dress. When they had been together for those couple weeks, he would wake up before her and he would trace one of his fingers over her birthmark. It was birthmark that marked has being a royal.
"Edward?" She questioned, breaking him out of his thought.
"Oh sorry…there you go." He said before leaving. She could hear the door shut behind him. It took everything in his power to leave her standing there halfway naked. She quickly changed into the clothes. The shirt was huge on her and she had to roll the shorts up, but overall they would work. She opened the door to see Edward standing there, leaning on the opposite wall. She began to blush when she saw him. "You ready?" He asked. The monster in him was happy to see her in his clothes; if that was closes he was going to get to making sure that everyone knew who she belonged to, he was going to enjoy seeing her in his clothes.
"Yeah." She said while biting her lip and looking down at the floor.
"Come on." He said while showing her into the kitchen. "Hey Rob…is the food done yet?" He said while leaning on the island in the kitchen. The kitchen looked to be remolded, but it also looked like it was straight out of another time period. It had a dark brick and wood ceiling, large leaded glass windows. Along with walnut floors and marble countertops. The room also had white brick walls, along with a stone hood over the stove.
"I hope this is to your liking Miss." Rob said while turning back to the stove. "It is not done yet though." He was a middle age man with dark hair and dark eyes.
"Thank you." Bella said while biting her lip more. She felt out of place and that normally never happened.
"You haven't tasted it yet…so why are you thanking me?" Rob said while turning back to face Bella. "You can thank me once you have eaten it."
"Come on…Rob can be a little melodramatic…bring the food into the library when its done." Edward said while directing Bella out of the room and into a library looking room. Bella could hear Rob yelling at Edward about something. It was not as big has the library at her house, but it was still big. It had a large fireplace off to the side and a two couches placed in front of it. There was a built-in bookshelves on every wall. "So…you going to tell me why you are here?" Edward said while taking a seat at one of the couches. She slowly made her way over to where he was sitting. Before she knew what was happening, she was being pulled down onto to his lap. She gasped and tried to pull away from him, but he tightened his hold on her.
"You don't deserve to know…now let me go." She said while trying to pull away from him again. She jumped when she felt him lick the back of her neck. "Edward?" She questioned. She was surprised that he had licked her. "What are you doing?" She asked with a worried tone.
"Shh…just tell me why you are here." He said with an authority in his voice. She did not want to tell him and she did not like how he was ordering her either. She hated to be told what to do.
"I am not telling you…I am here to see Charlie." Bella said while trying to stand up, when she felt him nuzzle his face into the back of her neck. She couldn't be certain but it sounded like he was purring, until she could heard him growl. He hated using the mate growl on her, but if she would not stop trying to leave him, he would do anything. She stopped moving and let him nuzzle her neck more. He purred into her neck and kissed the soft skin of her neck.
"Tell me Princess." He ordered. She did not say thing until he growled again. The growl did not freak her out like it should have, it actually made her want to do anything Edward told her to do.
"Fine." She sighed. "Mom found a letter from Elena."
"The late High Queen?" He questioned.
"Yeah."
"Why's that important?"
"Because in the letter…it talks about a prophecy."
"What prophecy?" Edward asked.
"A prophecy that Elena thought had to do with me." She felt Edward's body tense behind her. "Elena writes about a dream she had…in the dream she says that she sees me and I am older and pregnant…but that I keep asking for her help and that I look to be hurt." Bella paused. Edward couldn't stop imaging her round with his child, the thought made him smile. If she ever did become pregnant with his child, he would do everything in his power to make sure she never had to lift a finger. He would be very protect over her. "In the dream…she says that she hides me in a closet and that her husband and Aro and then some other guy she does not even know...comes into the room, asking where I am at. She doesn't give up my location and the guy she doesn't know…says that I need to be killed…that I will hurt the vampires."
"Hurt the vampires?" He questioned. He did not understand what she was talking about.
"Yeah…so she went to see a witch friend of hers…and the witch said that the High King's grandmother heard of a prophecy…of a young girl who would unite both the supernatural and human worlds and the child the girl will have…will help finish the uniting…the prophecy says that the child will be created out of love and the father of the child will be of a different species."
"What does that mean?" He asked. He did not like what he was hearing. He did not want someone else to be her perfect match; it was suppose to be him.
"I was hoping you guys would know." Bella sighed while trying to move off his lap, this time he let her. She sat on the other couch. "Mom told me that Elena was the reason why I am alive...she protected be before I was even alive and gave me Charlie's blood."
"It makes sense…and it's going to be okay Bella." He said while resting his elbows on his knees.
"How do you know that?" She asked.
"Because-" Before he could finish want he was saying; a young woman walked into the room carrying a tray with food on it. She placed the tray on the table in front of Bella, before she quickly left the room.
"Thank you." Bella said while taking the food off of the table. She began to eat the food. "Tell me why you are here."
"Because this was only place I could think of running to...I knew the would look for me at my parents house in San Francisco."
"Why didn't you tell Charlie about me?" She asked while taking a sip of the water that had been left with the food.
"When I got here…he was already gone…so I haven't been able to talk to him…has anything happened since-" He couldn't finish the sentence. He was afraid that she would bite his head off.
"No…nothings happened." She said with a sigh. "Just the letter…I found it yesterday and quickly flew out here."
"Good." He said while leaning back on the couch.
"Tell me something about you…you almost know everything about me…but I know nothing about you." Bella said while taking a bite of the food on the tray.
"What do you want to know?" He asked.
"Anything…you said you were like me…and I am going to take that has you were changed later than being half human, half vampire." She tried to laugh but couldn't.
"Well today is my birthday...and my real father was the late King of the American Coven…his name was Edward Malkin Sr. and my mother Elizabeth…she was daughter of the King and Queen of the Greek Coven. I had two older brothers…Willam was the oldest and then Christopher."
"Happy birthday!" She said while smiling at him, he smiled back at her. This was definitely best birthday he had, had in a long time. "What happened to them?" She asked.
"William and Christopher were on a hunting trip with Edward Sr. …vampires only hunt werewolves…and they were on a regular hunting trip…but this time a group of werewolves attacked them and killed both of my brothers."
"Why do you guys hunt werewolves?"
"I suppose the movies got it right...vampires and werewolves do not like each other...but vampires take it to a whole new level and we hunt them like humans hunt deers...I have never done it."
"Oh...wow...thats never been done before in the movies."
"Movies normally don't tell the whole truth...they think they know everything but they don't...I love to watch vampire movies, just so I can get a good laugh." He said while laughing. She smiled at him.
"So you guys were hunting and you guys were attacked...what else happened?"
"Edward Sr. made it home but he was depressed that my brothers died...he loved William because he was the heir to the throne…so he began to beat my mother because he was so mad that my brothers had died…she feared for me because he started training me to take over." He said while pausing. "So she erased my memories and sent me to live with a family that was human servants to the vampires…they lived in Ludlow, Maine and they were called Arthur and Josie Masen…she sent me before I turned thirteen...so I wasn't a vampire yet and she made me think that they were my family…I didn't know about any of this until I turned…I was only twenty-eight years old when I finally did turned…I really thought they were my family." Edward said while remembering the human family he had grown up with.
"Oh wow."
"Its fine…they were good people and my mother Elizabeth did a good thing…Edward Sr. killed her in cold blood and then when he figured out that he killed his own mate…he killed himself." Edward paused while remembering his real mother. "He killed her because he knew that she had done something with me…you see the Greek Coven is special…they can see into the future and they can read peoples minds…only my mom and grandma can do this and my mom was the only one that could enter people dreams…remember I also told you that vampires can use mind control…my mother was one of the best at this." He said with a faint smile on his face. "I actually inherited the mind reading ability."
"I still can believe things like this exist." Bella said while shaking her head. "So can you read my mind?" She asked.
"No...I wish I could some days, it would make it a lot easier...but your the only one that I can't." He said smiling.
"I don't know if I should be happy about that or
"There's a lot you don't know about." Edward sighed.
"Tell me more about you…if you were raised by humans…then how did you find out about all of this or what you were?"
"My human grandfather…he was a war vet…he received the Purple Heart in World War 1…while my father was in World War 11…he also receive a Purple Heart…but he got killed in Japan…I was always led to believe that mom and dad were my real parents and that they were high school sweethearts and that they had me right out of high school."
"Well…I guess that I am not the only one that was lied to." Bella said while trying to smile.
"Yeah…growing up…I got into a lot of trouble…I was caught with the local reverend's daughter…beautiful Lois…she was until she was screaming that I knocked her up…but I never touched her." Edward laughed while remembering his previous life.
"So then what happened?" She asked while pulling her legs up to her chest.
"I was either suppose to marry her…or run off to the military…grandpa only gave me to two options…I took the military option and joined the Marines and went to Vietnam-"
"So wait a minute if you went to the Vietnam War, your like-" Bella said while cutting him and trying to figure out how old he was.
"I am seventy-five years old." Edward chuckled at the look Bella had on her face.
"Wow…you don't look seventy-five…you're around the same age has my grandparents." Bella laughed. She could not believe that he was that old. He looked to be only twenty-eight years old.
"Yeah laugh it up." Edward said while grinning at her.
"Okay sorry…please tell me the rest." Bella said while smiling. She missed this, she missed being around him and being able to talk to him.
"Okay…so the war had already been a year in by the time I joined and I stayed for my term and then got sent home…when I got home…I found out that Lois had lied about being pregnant…of course her father could not look me in the face…I thought highly of myself and for some stupid reason…I went back and I was doing good…I was put in a special unit and on my second tour…I was given files that I was suppose to give to another unit…I took two of my best guys…because the files were top secret…only the top people knew about them…before I left for the mission…I was told that if anything happened, no one would come to help me…I would just be a causality of war." Edward said while pinching the bridge of his nose remembering how his country had failed him.
"What happened?" Bella asked. She was curious about his life before she met him.
"I went on the mission and we were attacked…David my best friend and second in command was attacked first…he was burnt to death…one of the damn charlie's used a flamethrower on him…Jack was shot down by an AK-47 while trying to save David… I tried to do something but I was stabbed several times and shot in the gut and then pushed into a pit…it was one of the pits that they made with the spikes. I some how missed the spikes…accept the one that went through my thigh…I was left for dead…we didn't have a damn chance, they abused us."
"So you didn't die…what happened?" Bella said while curling up beside Edward. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder and brought her closer. He liked her being closer to him. She found it a little weird that he looked to be only twenty-eight years old, but was actually seventy-five years old.
"Well I thought I had died…but next thing I knew…I was waking up in a hospital and being told that I was being dishonorably discharged and to never show my face again...that I was a disgrace to my country and that no one would believe me." Edward said pausing while remembering the look on his father's face when he finally made it home. "I went back home and my grandfather would not even look me in the face. He said that he was disappointed in me…the whole town was pissed at me…I was ran out of my own hometown and I became homeless until the High King found me…he told me everything…I couldn't believe that I had been lied to...I so mad at first, I didn't even want to take over the coven...but I finally did."
"I am sorry that people are assholes…you were a war hero and you deserved to be treated as one." She said while reaching up to kiss his cheek. "So I just thought of something...you said your parents had a house in California but you said they lived in Maine...which is it?" She asked while yawning and stretching.
"Both...my human parents are from Maine...while my real parents are from California."
"MMh...keep telling me more." He smiled at her and began to tell her more about his life. Before he knew it, he was carrying her up to her room. He placed her on the bed, but before he could leave she grabbed his hand. "Stay…I missed you." She whispered. He smiled down at her before kicking off his boots and climbing in beside her. She curled into him and laid her head on his chest.