Bella landed without making a sound on the balls of her feet and palms of her hands, but when she saw why I wanted to come up here she was immediately defensive and not happy at all. Well, looks like she was going to get her fight after all, and I was not going to stop her this time. Too much energy and quite frankly, I was a bit pissed that he intruded on our private conversation. I knew he wouldn't hurt her, but he would defend himself. It should at least level out her emotions so she would settle the fuck down. I don't know what got her all high strung today but I think it might have to do with the fact that she was provoked and pissed off to the point that the only thing that was going to calm her down was a good fight.
She started growling and the male that was looking at her wide eyed put his hands up in a defensive manner. "I did not mean any harm to you young one, I was…"
"You were eavesdropping and where I came from that is a big fucking no no."
"No, you misunderstand."
I leaned against the chimney and crossed my arms. I said I was not going to stop her. "You are about to get attacked by my mate here, if I were you I would get ready for it, Garrett."
His head whipped around to look at me, "You're really going to allow this?"
"Yup, I think stopping two fights is enough for one night."
Ah, my aggressive, vindictive, little shit. "Rule one fucker, never take your eyes off an unknown opponent." And with those words, she lunged. Garrett didn't have a chance to find decent footing and was knocked down. All the way down to the balcony outside of our suite. I looked over the edge and saw Bella twist herself on top so she landed on top of Garrett and sunk her teeth into his shoulder just below his neck. It was that move that I realized that she was not trying to kill him, but she was going to fuck him up. She jumped off him and let him get to his feet and then shot forward again. I felt his shock at her speed and by the time he was facing her she had her foot square in his chest and kicked him across the space. She crouched and was about to attack again when Peter came out of nowhere and tried to stop her.
From my perch on the roof I yelled down, "Peter! Lay a hand on her and I will rip it off! I am right here watching the whole thing. If it gets too intense I will step in, for now, just enjoy the show." He looked up at me then jumped up next to me. I wasn't really sure what was going on with him, but he didn't seem like he was acting much like himself at the moment either.
"Is there a reason that you are letting her beat the shit out of Garrett?"
"Yup."
"You going to tell me?"
I just looked at him, and shrugged, "Do you want to volunteer to take his place? She needs to get a bit of aggression out and I found Garrett eavesdropping on our conversation. He seemed like a good candidate to get fucked up. She's not trying to kill him, just release some steam." I looked down and saw Garrett start to try to defend himself, but how do you defend yourself against the wind? He growled out in frustration and just let a fist fly and got really fucking lucky as landed it on Bella's cheek. She hit the ground and used the momentum to flip herself to her feet. That's my girl. She shot forward again but at the last second changed her point of impact and took his legs out from under him. She was about to take one off so I took that as my cue. "Baby girl, no trophies. I do need him in one piece." The growl I heard I knew was for me but I just laughed. "Not kidding Darlin'. He is a friend of mine. And not one I particularly want to put back together."
"Well god damn it."
"You don't have to stop, but just keep him in one piece please." She looked up at me with a not too happy look on her face.
"Fine." So instead of ripping off his leg she used her position and kicked him as hard as she could in the nuts making him fly about five feet in the air and making every one of us guys grab ourselves and grimace. We don't feel the pain from that, but it does bring back memories and not pleasant ones. And that was the move I called the game off on.
"Well, I think the first round goes to Bella. Any objections?" There was a chorus of no's so I jumped down from the roof and landed with my feet on either side of Garrett who was still on the ground playing dead. I smirked. "Well, are you ever going to not make yourself known when I am having a private conversation with my mate again?" he shook his head no. "Good." I extended my hand to him and helped him to his feet. "So how about formal introductions. Garrett, this is my mate, Isabella. Bella, this is Garrett. I have known him almost as long as I have been a Vampire. He was in the revolutionary war, and the southern vampire wars as well in an ally army of ours."
Garrett bowed his head in respect to the chick that just kicked his ass. "Miss Bella, it is my most humble pleasure to meet you." You can so tell that he is not used to losing.
Bella walked over and smirked in response. "It sure is. I just kicked your ass." Everyone just looked at her with wide eyes and dropped jaws. God Damn it. But Garrett just laughed.
"You certainly did young one. I would expect no less than the best fighting skills from the Major's mate. You certainly know how to catch someone off guard. It will be such a shame when your speed starts to wean. It must be a valuable asset to have such speed."
Bella looked at me, "I thought if it was going to it would have when my strength did."
Garrett looked quite shocked, "How old are you?"
"She is just under 14 months. Her strength went out the window about 3 months ago, but I still swear she got faster to make up for it."
He grabbed his nuts and Bella's hands flew to her face and she turned in to my chest as he said, "Oh, I assure you, she is still quite strong."
"Nice Garrett. How about using some fucking tact in front of the ladies next time? Jesus Christ." I shook my head and rubbed my hand on Bella's back trying to settle down her giggles. "Shall we get this show on the road finally? I feel like a broken record when it comes to getting this shit started." I lead Bella inside by the small of her back and took my spot back on the couch with her in my lap. I nuzzled my face into her neck and whispered, "So you feel better now?" she nodded and snuggled down into my chest and I wrapped her up nice and tight in my arms. I looked around the room and saw that during our absence everyone else showed up and seemed to find me and my mate the most interesting thing in the world. "Alright, what the fuck are ya'll looking at?" One of the shifters was looking hard at my Bella and it was starting to piss me off. I growled at him, "Something you find interesting mutt?"
He shook his head and looked confused. "Sorry Major, she just looks familiar, like someone I used to know."
Bella's ears perked up and her eyes snapped open and anger started to leak into her emotions again. I looked down at her and smiled. "She should, she was from your part of Washington and hung out with the Olympic coven." His eyes got all wide and I felt longing and lust inter his emotions. Excuse the fuck out of me. "Something to say?"
His eyes were locked on to the side of her red eyes. "Bells?" his response was a not so subtle hiss. This is now the fourth time she has been upset in 2 hours.
I squeezed her a little tighter. I am not going to get mad at her for not liking the dogs. I don't like them either, but they are a great tactical advantage. "Baby girl, you do know you can ignore him, you don't have to hiss at everyone."
She looked up at me with wide eyes. Oh, this should be good. "I don't hiss at everyone. I growled at him." And she pointed to Garrett. Everyone laughed and she just gave me a victorious smile.
I nuzzled her nose, and with a chuckle and a smile of my own, "Smart ass." I looked back at the shifter and smiled at him, "Yes, you got it right. This is my mate Isabella Swan."
His eyes narrowed and his anger started to rise. Mother fucker. "Are you fucking shitting me? You get broken by one bloodsucking leech, and then what; just go running into the arms of the dick that caused the whole thing? Or was he just the first one you found? Are you fucking retarded?"
She was out of my arms and being restrained by Garrett and Peter before he even noticed she moved. "FUCK YOU JACOB! You just can't stand that I am with anyone but you. Do you think I was fucking oblivious to the 'puppy' love crush you had on me? Not a chance. What did you think that just because Edward broke up with me I would jump at the chance to be with you? I DIDN'T LIKE YOU LIKE THAT! You were like the annoying little brother that you really want to hate, but you can't. Could you not take the hint when I moved after you started to really push for a relationship that I didn't want one with you? I put up with you because our dads were friends and my dad asked me to, not because I really wanted to. You were never even my type."
"Why? Because I have a pulse?"
She lowered her head and voice, "Want that situation to change? Everyone knows that only a temporary state, easily rectified when we meet our fate." Then she smirked and her emotions changed. "Plus, I prefer the guy I fuck to be as hard as a rock." She crossed her arms and waited for the rebuttal though I doubt she would be able to hear it with every other person in the room in an uproar. Peter was laughing so hard that he was on the ground as was Garrett and half the other pack members. The girls were using each other to stay upright. James was pointing and laughing at the look on the mutts face, and I was sitting there in my spot biting the inside of my cheek with my eyes closed trying to keep at least a look of composure.
When he regained his voice, "You think being a bottom feeding corpse is a good thing?"
"Actually, I am usually on top when I eat." And that set off the vampires again.
"No good fucking bloodsucker."
"Mongrel."
"Leach"
"Flea bag"
"Scar face!"
"Oh! I love that movie! And I don't have a single scar on my face."
"No, just everywhere else."
"At least I don't turn into a giant fur ball that smells like a wet dog rolled in vomit and then went dumpster diving." The room erupted into applause with that statement. For years we have been trying to figure out how to describe the smell and that is about as close as you can get.
"At least when I eat no one dies."
"You're right, but you sure as hell give pigs a bad name."
"What happened to you? You used to be such a good person. You know there is another way to live, yet you choose not to. The Bella I know would never do the kind of things you do."
"News flash, the Bella you know is DEAD."
He rounded on me and pointed a finger in my face. "What have you done to her? Why couldn't you just leave her human?"
I put my hand up and ticked off on my fingers how many ways he was wrong. "One, I didn't turn her. Two, she would have had to die or turn when the rulers of our world found out that human knew of our existence anyways. Three, I didn't do jack shit to her. The person you see before you is a product of a year in war. It tends to change a person. Four, what I had to do with has saved her life countless times. I trained to her fight myself. Other than me, she is the most lethal vampire in the world. And five, just for shits and giggles, I took her for my mate, so watch yourself before I check you into next fucking week dog. You know of nothing you are talking about, so I highly suggest that you stop before you find yourself in a situation you can't get out of."
"You took her for a mate for shits and giggles? That's the most fucked up thing I have ever heard."
Bella looked at him with shock in her eyes, "I think the only thing that out does your horrid smell is you lack of brain power. You have to be the dumbest mother fucker in the world if you think he was serious."
"Then why?"
Garrett stepped in and brought the whole thing to an end. "Who answers to whom here? You are nothing in comparison to the Major and I think that it is time for you to knock it off. Mr. Jacob, you are outnumbered 3 to 1 in the vampire vs. shifters right now. The reason that the Major took Miss Bella is no one's business but their own. Miss Bella is happy and in love. If you were her friend in another life, I would think that you would be not only happy that she is happy, but that she is indeed alive after thinking she was dead for so long."
"Can it leach, I would rather she was dead than a bloodsucking monster."
With no one restraining her, she had no one to stop her from slamming his ass into a wall and getting in his face. She growled and snapped her teeth mere millimeters from his nose. When she spoke, I could feel the air change with the amount of hate and malice in her voice. "Wanna see just what kind of monster I can be? You are nothing to me now, just like you were nothing to me then. You have been nothing but a pain in my ass since I went to live with Charlie because you nose have been a permanent fixture there for way to fucking long. If you open your mouth again, I will not hesitate to knock your fucking teeth down your goddamn throat. You think they will grow back as fast as your bones do?"
He looked at her with wide eyes and nothing but fear in them. He was on the verge of taking a piss in front of everyone in the room and you could tell that Bella could give a fuck. She was ready to make good on her promise and everyone fucking new it. He blinked a few times, took a deep breath and asked the question that even I was sort of curious about. "What would Charlie think of you know?"
A slow smile graced her lips making her look even more evil than her emotions said. She looked like a true vampire right now and Jesus fuck, it was sexy. The only thing that would have made the picture perfect was if you could see a fang when her teeth showed. "What would Charlie think of me now? Charlie would hate me. Charlie would have lost all respect for me because of the choices I have made in my life, both in life and in death. Charlie would have disowned me the moment he found out that I spent 6 years lying to him before he died. My father would roll over in his grave if he knew what his daughter has become."
"And that means nothing to you? If you know all that then why are you smiling?"
A chuckle that has no business coming from my mate was heard around the room and it put everyone on edge. I stood up and Peter, Garrett, and I made our way over to her but not fast enough to distract her from her target. She dropped her head and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath and chuckled again. "You know, I can smell your fear. I have never smelled anything that has ever smelled as wonderful to me. Yes, I know all that and it kills me inside. But," she opened her eyes and looked up at him but didn't lift her head. "You opened your mouth." Faster than lightning she drew her hand back and shot it forward and landed a hard and fully solid punch right to the front of his mouth. The howl of pain that came from his would put any scream heard due to the change to shame.
It was a natural reaction for a shifter to explode into a furry flea bag when directly attacked by a vampire. Bella jumped out of the way right before Jacob's front paw shot out right where she was standing. She rolled when she hit the ground and stopped in a crouch waiting for him to jump at her. When he did I was ready. He lunged for her but was met by me standing in front of her in a protective manner. I knew she could handle it, but I have been looking for a reason to fuck him up, and now I had my reason. I grabbed his head and kneed him under his muzzle making his head snap back and fly a few feet back before landing on his back. He was up a second later, but two other members of his pack had shifted to and blocked his path. He was growling and snarling, biting at the air. He was pissed. I smirked at him and Bella just gave him the finger. Jake was flanked by his pack and Bella and I were flanked by the other vampires. Things could really get out of hand fast if things didn't settle down, but that was not even a thought in my head to make happen. Our natural enemy had attacked my mate and I was not just going to sit back and allow that shit to go down. That fucking mutt would get his comeuppance, but right now was not the time and fuck it all; we still have not even started to talk about why there were even here.
Bella stood from her crouch and crossed her arms and arched her eyebrow. I guess she was not done yet. "You think you have a reason to be nine kinds of pissed off right now? I warned you to shut it. I told you what would happen if you didn't shut it. You brought it all on yourself dip shit." She dropped her arms, her fingers turning into claws and she was kinda hunched over with her head down. It was a posture that not a lot of people saw and lived to tell about it. It was the posture of a vampire out to kill. And a vampire out to kill hardly ever loses. She took a half step forward putting her dead in line with me. I was standing at my full height, feet shoulder width apart. I looked down but she didn't even look like she knew I was there.
Chances are she didn't.
When we get like this, it's a tunnel vision. She was seeing nothing but her target and what ever stood between her and him. Her eyes were black, but not the whites like usual. She was pissed, but still in control of her actions; for the time being anyways. She looked him dead in the eyes and that demonic smile was back as well as the voice she used when she killed Edward and Alice. "If you ever, and I do mean fucking EVER say my father's name in my presence again, no one will stop me from making that the last thing you ever say. If you understand, bark like the fucking dog you are." He barred his teeth and so did she.
She was fighting a losing battle right now with her temper. It was a very explosive thing and I knew if she lost it now, with as angry as she is, there would be no stopping her till there was nothing left of her target. Even with as strong as my gift is and what all I can do to you with it, if there is no rational thought going into the emotions you feel, I can't change your mind. I can change the emotions, but no thought when I start means no thought when I am done. It's a bitch. I think it is about time I explain all this to Bella. I have not really been all that forth coming with shit about me other than my past. Time to rectify that.
I took a chance and reached out and put my hand on her shoulder. I say took a chance because she could very well take it like an attack and turn on me. She was my mate, but she felt threatened and anything could be misconstrued in her mind and lost in translation. With the contact I looked into her emotions to make sure she was in at least a little control before I go and fuck with her. If she wanted to kill the dog, she could do AFTER he served his purpose. I felt rage, hate, wrath, vengeance, anger. There was a little fear there; not much, but enough to tell me that she was still thinking with her mind and not her instincts. She would fear nothing if that was the case. Through the contact I had with her I let peaceful emotions flow freely from me to her and everyone sighed in relief when she visibly relaxed. She relaxed but she was still pissed. Her eyes shifted to look at me for a second before she looked at the floor. I put my hand under her chin and turned her face to look at me. I cleared my throat and her eyes locked with mine. She was nervous and a little scared. I smiled at and shook my head. "I am beginning to think that I am going to have to take you outside to a secluded place and personally fight with you. You have been on edge all fucking night and I am beginning to think you won't be happy till you rip something apart. I have never seen you so high strung." She looked away and sighed.
"Sorry."
"Nothing to be sorry about. I hate the fucking dog as well. Speaking of which." I turned my head to look at him. "I do believe that Bella gave you an order. They are as good as mine are. Now, dog, speak." He looked at me and I could see the hate in his eyes, but he barked his understanding to what Bella had said and turned to walk away and just plopped down not even bothering to change back to his human form. I looked behind me and saw the males in offensive and the females in defensive crouches ready to do their jobs. I waved them off and walked to the bar with Bella in tow.
When we got there I poured her and I a shot of Jack before hopping up and sitting down and taking Bella in the same position I had her in when Peter told her about my coven. There was no getting her to cool her jets now, so might as well let her get drunk then take her outside and let her fuck some shit up before I fight with her. I am not afraid that she was going to get the best of me, but I know how she fights; hard and dirty and I am not a fucking idiot. When I was situated I handed her the bottle, kissed her neck then looked at the members of my coven and guard. "Well, if anyone else would like to piss off my mate, I suggest that it wait till tomorrow."
Everyone just nodded and a few of them gulped making me chuckle. "Now, I want to get to why I have asked just the few of you that are here to come here. There is a problem with in our world and I think that it is time to fix it. I am talking of course, about our self proclaimed rulers. They are getting far too comfortable and overstepping their bounds. I asked only the few of you to come here, because you are the only ones that I can trust fully."
Mark, a vampire that Garrett turned about 50 years ago with the ability to freeze vampires in their place raised his hand. "You want to take out the Volturi? I am sorry Major, but that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard."
"You are entitled to your opinion Mark, but I didn't ask for it. I am not talking about killing all of them. Some of them are friends of mine and have agreed to help when the time comes. I am however talking about taking out the 'three kings' as they like to call themselves. Aro has expresses interest in my mate and I will not take that shit lying down. They have taken our world and made it what they wanted it to be and I am done with it. We are the dominate in this world and I am tired of hiding." There was a collective gasp in the room and Bella found it funny. I looked at the bottle in her hand and found the new bottle half empty. Fucking hell, she is trashed.
James spoke up this time. "You want to make ourselves known to the humans?"
"You don't? Think about it, we have been hiding in the shadows and in nightmares for eons. We have been around just as long as them. We have just as much of a claim on the planet as the humans do. We have just as much of a right to walk down the street on a sunny day as they do, perhaps more so. Why should we have to freeze in the dark when they get to bask in the sunlight? Because we look like a fucking disco ball? So fucking what. We are no different than they are in a lot of aspects. Also, we are better than them in a lot of way too, and I am not talking about the obvious. We kill to survive. They kill for stupid shit." Aww, my fucking drunk little mate.
"Like T.V.s and drugs. They kill, rape, and defile their own kind some for no other reason than they are bored." She turned her head to look at me with the cutest smile I have ever seen. She was proud of herself that she remembered what I said all that time ago. I shook my head and kissed her on the forehead.
I looked back at the room and saw everyone looking at her with amusement. "I told her that when she first woke up to get her alright with killing humans. However, it works here too, even if it was said by someone as drunk as a skunk. I am tired of having to hide what I am, and I know that most of you are as well. The vampire race did just fine before the fuckers started to tell us what we can and cannot do, and they will again."
"What about the wars in the south? If they have no one to keep an eye on that shit, shit could really hit the fan."
I laughed out loud. "I have full control over that. Don't worry about it. Maria might think that she pulls the strings, but everyone knows that I do and I have trained the most dangerous army down there. The southern wars will be coming to an end here soon. I do not have a vision of peace, nor do I think that is even a possibility. Vampires are destructive, we thrive on it, but I do and a vision of having free rein over our own lives. I am sick of being told what to do from overseas." Peter, you fucker.
"Like you even know what that is like. You don't listen to anyone now, it's not like that killing the royals will change that."
"You're right. It won't, but it will make it to where I am not the one with the balls to do whatever I want."
Bella looked out over the room. She set the bottle down and laced her fingers together before dropping her hands in front of her. This should be good. When she started talking her words were slurring together "Look, I know that I am the newest and youngest vampire here, but I knew some when I was a human. I dated one that recently passed on to whatever awaits us after death." She giggled a bit at that. "Anyways, I hated that him and his family had to hide when it was a nice day outside. I hated that I could not enjoy the sun with them in public. I hated that there were things that they could do to save a human life that was needlessly lost because they were trapped in the shadows. Now I hate that I have to be the one that hides. I have come to grips that I am a killer, the best one ever created."
She pulled away from me and walked to the balcony doors, all eyes on her. She opened them and turned back to the room and put her arm to the side and waved it over the city. "Right now I can hear people dying in the streets and being raped in allies, but because the sun is getting ready to rise, there is nothing to be done to stop it or even try. We kill the humans responsible for the pain. Every time we feed, we save a life by taking another. If the humans should fear anything, it should be their own kind, not us. We might me soulless killers, we might be what their nightmares are made of, but I am here to tell you that those young girls that are being hurt right now, they have a new nightmare. And it is not even in their sleep that they see it. It will be in that face of every man she sees for the rest of her life. It will be there every time she blinks; it will be there when ever she finds herself alone. We could have saved her from that. There are families that will never see a member of it again because they are lying in a pool of their own blood. The next time they see him or her it will be to identify the body to put it to rest. We could have stopped it before it happened. But the laws that are in place now restrict what we are able to do by our very nature. We were all human once; we all have a part of that still with us."
She looked at James and pursed her lips. "Well, some of us. Anyways, all I am saying is, would it be such a bad thing for the evils of the world to know that there is something out there that is far worse than them? Would it be such a bad thing for the humans to know that they don't have to fear them anymore? And would it be such a bad thing to be able to lie in the grass at a park at high noon and soak up the warmth that our own bodies deny us?" Everyone just stared at her for a second with wide eyes and jaws on the floor before breaking out into a round of cheers and applause. Well, looks like Peter was right about her. She really is going to be the penical of operation. He looked over at me and winked. I knew what it meant, she won them over. Now we just have to start working on the plan to make it happen.