Chapter 26 - I Do Love A Chase

Bella's POV

I felt the pain stop along with my heart and I just felt... Still. I felt as though my whole body had just frozen into place, yet I could still move if I wanted to. It was like when you get a chill running down your spine, only it wasn't cold, and it was everywhere, and it didn't go away.

"Bella?" I heard James shout. No, wait, it was a whisper. "How do you feel?" He asked me and I opened my eyes.

Rolling over to face him I spoke. "I feel terrified and overwhelmed by your very presence." I told him without pause.

"Bella," James sighed, "you are a vampire now. How do you feel?" He asked again.

"I feel cold," I told him. "Yet at the same time, I don't. I feel so still, like everything inside of my just, stopped. I feel hungry and afraid. You are like fire." I went on, speaking about him again. "You are so pretty to look at, yet you are dangerous. I cannot touch you without getting burned. But nothing in the world can stop me from touching you. Because I love you." As iI finished speaking, I moved forward and pressed my lips against his.

I felt him wrap his arms around his waist as he kissed me back. James had never been gentle with me, but I realise now, that he has not been rough either. Well there was that first time, and on special occasions. But he has just not been treating me as though I were fragile.

I quickly found myself on my back with James on top of me. He parted our kiss to look me in the eyes. "You said you were hungry," he reminded me, "would you like something to eat?"

I knew what he meant. He was talking about human blood, straight from a living, breathing, human. I had been living in James's world for a while now. I was his, his possession, his mate, and I would not disappoint him. I knew what I was getting into when I agreed to let him turn me, I knew what it would mean. I wouldn't be chasing rabbits like the Cullens, I would be hunting humans with James. I knew how he would teach me to hunt, and I was okay with it. It was strange that it didn't bother me, but it didn't.

"Yes." I told him.

"Well how about you put some clothes on, and I will go get you something." He offered, climbing off me.

"Okay." I said, pulling back the covers. "You changed the sheets." I remarked, noting the lack of blood.

"I thought you would prefer not to sleep in her blood all night so I changed the sheets before I tuned you." He informed me. "You probably didn't notice, what with all the screaming, but I thought it would make you more comfortable. You said you didn't mind me making a mess, but I decided not to let you sleep in it." James said as he handed me some clean clothes. "You might want to take a shower." He added and I nodded, walking silently from the room.

When I returned from the shower a maddeningly tempting smell struck me. I instantly made my way to the kitchen, where a terrified looking man sat in a chair, with James standing behind him.

"Help me." He begged me, in barely more than a whisper.

"On no," My mate chided him. "She is not going to save you Jeremy." James taunted. "Bella is who I brought you here to meet. You are a gift for her."

The smell was driving me insane and it took everything I had not to run forward and drain him dry but I had to wait, I knew my place.

"Bella would you like to enjoy your present?" He asked me and I nodded furiously. I would not dare open my mouth, out of fear of what James would do if I lost control. And the lack of breathing didn't even bother me. James stepped back, and a rather terrified man looked around frightfully, searching for an escape. "If you want him Bella, you may have him."

I was upon him the second the words left my lovers mouth. I heard his scream cut out as his warm blood entered my mouth and made its way easily down my throat, easing the acid like burn as it went.

I dropped drained body to the ground and wiped the blood from my lips.

"Feel better?" James asked and I nodded.

"It helped." I told him.

James stepped over the corpse so he stood right in front of me. "You missed a bit." He told me before leaning in to lick a trail across my chin and over my lips. He knotted his fingers into my hair and kissed me, I could taste the blood on his tongue as I kissed him back.

His hands moved down my body as he deepened the kiss. My body responded instantly as my arousal grew and I pulled him tightly to me. I felt the slight smile on his lips before he pulled away to look at me.

"Are you still hungry?" James asked and I could easily have waited for my next meal, but yes, I would need more fairly soon.

I nodded my response. "Yes I am thirsty," I told him, "but I would happily spend some time with you first." James smiled at my answer and released me. I was reluctant to let him out of our embrace, but James was in charge here.

"Then we shall order take out and have some fun while we wait for it to arrive." I wondered what he meant, but I kept my mouth shut as I understood his grin meant he wanted to surprise me, so I waited to see what he would do next.

I watched as James pulled out a phone and dialled. He put the phone to his ear and spoke quickly in a frightened voice. "Hello, my name is Jeremy Hendricks." I watched James say hurriedly. "I was walking past this house and I heard something that sounded off, and when I looked in the window I saw this girl. She is clearly not in there by choice and the man was hitting her. He kept calling her Bella, or miss Swan, and saying stuff about how Alicia couldn't find her here. He walked off and I called you right away, I didn't know what else to do. The man is gone but the girl is still there and I'm scared he might return." I watched James as he answered some questions and gave the address of the house before hanging up and turning to me. "Our order should be here soon." He said with a smile and then attacked my lips once more. "But while we wait," I felt myself swung into the table and my clothes ripped off as his kisses moved down my welcoming body. "We can have some fun."

James eased his way inside of me as I tore of his shirt with ease, allowing me a beautiful view of his body. I wrapped my arms around him and kissed him deeply as he worked my body like he owned it, which he did.

I lay on the bed as the police made their way through the house until they found me. I sat up as the two officers entered the room. One was a man in his thirties, the other was a woman in her twenties, it was difficult to resist the smell of blood, but I knew it would amuse James if I played along.

"Isabella swan?" The man asked me and I nodded.

"It's Bella." I told him and he reached for his radio.

"We found her." He reported as the woman made her way to the bed.

"Bella, hi I'm Lindsey, were here to help you." She assured me moving closer.

I backed away. "You shouldn't be here." I told her. "He will be angry."

Lindsey, the blond police woman frowned. "He can't hurt you now Bella, I won't let him." She promised.

"He can always hurt me." I told her, without any doubt in my voice. "James can always hurt me, and nothing can stop him, not even you. I am his." I informed her. She looked about to protest so I spoke again. "James can find me no matter where you hide me, and he will always be able to hurt me, but it's okay, I don't mind, I want him to hurt me." I assured her and her expression turned very grave.

Lindsey turned to exchange a worried look with the other officer who nodded, signalling for her to continue. "He may have told you that Bella," she began, attempting to appeal to me, "but it's not true. Sometimes if people tell you things enough times, you start to believe them. But James does not own you, and he cannot find you. I will take you home, you father is very worried about you, and James will never hurt you again." She promised, moving closer and extending her hand.

I reached forward to take her hand and I could feel the blood throbbing beneath her skin. I looked into the hopeful eyes of a woman determined to help me before bringing her hand to my lips and forcing my teeth into the vein on her wrist.

Everything happened in a blur. The older man tried to get me away from her and I attacked him too. They screamed, I bit, and there was blood everywhere. Soon the sheets were soaked as two dead bodies lay beside me. James was watching and I had no idea when he had climbed out from under the bed.

"Did you enjoy yourself?" He asked and I nodded. James's eyes trailed across my body. "I could make love to you right there in amongst all that blood." He mused, licking his lips as he watched me. "But we need to run." He said, tearing his eyes from my blood covered body. "Your friends will be on their way, but they won't find us. Because we will be long gone when they arrive." His eyes lit up as he spoke. "I do love a chase." James said with a broad grin and extended his hand which I eagerly took.

~SophieAngel69