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Chapter 6

Hyde's POV…

"What do you think she'd do if she knew the truth?" thought Jekyll taunting me as he stood in a dark alley in broad daylight once again watching Emily. Ever since that first day when he had begun to watch her it had turned into a habit of his; it was a habit that worried me the more it increased in frequency.

"I don't know, Jekyll…someday when I tell her I'll find out. I have faith she'll let me explain and come to understand," I answered watching as Emily exited her building stepping onto the streets of London in that moment looking amazing in the green dress I had gifted her only last night; I thought it would go perfectly with her cameo and I was right, it did.

"Do you really think that if you cover her in your gifts that will really make her yours," whispered Jekyll in that moment his eyes lingering on that cameo as it rested around her neck taking away any pride I felt as I tried to keep from causing him real pain. Jekyll started following Emily then his steps not far behind hers. As he did, he didn't hide the way he let his eyes ravish her, not from the public around them or from me. I hated that he was even looking at her. She was mine to look at, mine alone, and if I hadn't shared a body for him I would have throttled him. But unfortunately, I had to keep silence only promising myself that I would make him pay for his insolence later.

"Touch her and I swear, Jekyll," I began before he chuckled cutting me off.

"Or what, you'll kill me? You forget, Mr. Hyde, you would also be killing yourself," whispered Jekyll instantly fueling my anger.

"Then I'll kill us both. You will not harm her," I snapped only making him laugh more only angering me more.

"Don't overestimate yourself…you're too much of a coward, Hyde. You value your own existence more than you value her," said Jekyll smiling still his chuckle still in the air as he continued to follow her finally making me silent because in that moment I wasn't so sure he wasn't right.

"Emily is mine…you know nothing," I said after a moment as we waited in another alley as she entered a building.

Jekyll stood there in the shadows taunting me from inside his head. He was becoming nearly obsessive watching her nearly every day. He did this every day, waited on her, followed her, and then he would lie in wait for her again until she exited her place of work. It was beginning to scare even me, it made me want to protect her from him because what if it got worse. I didn't know it, but it had already gone too far. It was already too late to stop it. Emily left the building then gathering her cloak around her and for a moment I was relieved. Soon I would be back in control and I could protect her. She always walked straight to meet me and only then did Jekyll give me back control.

"Let me out, now," I growled wanting to get to her and out from under his thumb.

"You're willing to sacrifice yourself for her…you must really love her," said Jekyll after a moment the streets dark now. I hated when he said things like that. He was just trying to get to me, but that wasn't the only thing that got to me. The problem was I still didn't know if I loved her, if what I was feeling was just something that would fade when I got bored with her or if I really loved her. It was a question that had plagued my thoughts many nights as I watched her sleep next to me.

Though, at first, I had tried to deny what was happening to me over her, I couldn't deny she did things to me. Emily wasn't just some woman I kept for my sexual needs anymore, she was just that my woman, and though I didn't understand my feelings for her I knew she was special to me. If only I could tell her that, that was my thought as Jekyll followed her still to our meeting place. And oh, how I was looking forward to it. To holding her, kissing her, and ravishing her. It was something I looked forward to every night. As Jekyll followed her, I waited with each passing alleyway for him to stop, for him to let me have control, but this night for some reason Jekyll wasn't stopping.

"Jekyll, let me out," I exclaimed as the apartment came into view Emily's slender form disappearing inside.

"Jekyll…we're here…let me out! The potion is in your damned pocket, take it," I screamed into his head now. But the doctor wasn't stopping. He was moving rapidly forward towards the apartment my fear rising the more it did. What did he have planned? What was he going to do? With those questions in my mind I continued screaming hoping it would make him comply.

"Quiet, Mr. Hyde. Tonight, I think I'll keep all the control for myself," thought Jekyll making me scared because suddenly I knew, I knew he was going to hurt Emily, and I didn't know if I could protect her from inside of him; I didn't know if I was strong enough and with that thought he passed the final alleyway.

"Jekyll!" I exclaimed that bad feeling only increasing with every step. But then he was right there. Standing at the steps, Jekyll looked at the door, innerly smiling at me. He didn't move at first, he stood there in complete silence that question from early the only thing passing through his mind. And then it hit me. Jekyll was going to not just hurt her, but I feared after he did he would do something to ruin everything even more. He was going to reveal everything to her.

"Tonight, I do believe I'll be the one spending some time with your Emily, Mr. Hyde, I think it's time she knew the truth about who we are," whispered Jekyll before traveling up the stairs.

"What are you going to do?" I exclaimed already fighting him as he reached the door.

"Just wait and see," said Jekyll slowly turning the door knob and entering the room.

Emily's POV…

As always, I arrived before Edward and as I waited I smiled. I couldn't stop smiling really, I couldn't to be with him, and peering out the window I waited. He could say what he wanted about himself, but I knew who he was. He was a good man, I saw good in him, and I already knew what was happening between us. I already knew I was falling in love with him that thought only made my smile getting bigger as it rested on my face. He had been so caring, so sweet lately, but also so protective. At first, I didn't know what to make of it, but the more it increased the more I began to love it. It gave me hope that maybe he was falling in love with me too. The way he always seemed to be on guard lately, the way his eyes always seemed to be looking for some hidden threat. Only in those moments when I woke up after we made love did that fall. I would catch him watching me and I couldn't read the look in his eyes. But he never let me before his lips would meet mine telling me it was time for us to part ways again. And touching the cameo around my neck, I smiled. I wouldn't push him to say it, but I knew anyway. Edward Hyde loved me, really loved me, and it was those moments when we would share those kisses that I knew that. He didn't have to say it he showed me with those small gestures of his.

"I don't care if I ever hear it as long as he keeps showing me," I thought smiling as those sweet moments ran through my mind.

"You never cease to keep me waiting, do you? Luckily, I'm a patient woman," I said as I heard him at the door in that moment part of me feeling a bit puzzled; he was usually so quiet, but I pushed that aside I turned when I heard the door close behind him. But then my eyes widened, the man standing there was not Edward.

"Um…hello. Who are you? Where's Edward?" I whispered feeling vulnerable in that moment as the man only continued to stare at me. It was getting very scary very fast. This man wasn't saying anything, he was just standing there eyeing me, and as I took a step back I felt my heart pounding. It only increased when he started to smile at me, it was a creepy, insane smile, and it had me backing up more until I felt the window at my back. He had me cornered which worried me even more when he started to approach me each step decidedly slow and calculated.

"Edward will be here any minute," I whispered my fear increasing especially when my words seemed not to even phase him my hands forming fists as I thought of ways to defend myself. In that moment, I hoped Edward would arrive to save me.

"Please, who are you? What do you want?" I exclaimed wanting that to stop him long enough so maybe I could make it to the door, but he only continued forward right towards me.

"Mr. Hyde has good taste, you are quite beautiful, my dear…don't you remember me? We've met before," said the man finally stopping right in front of me.

"Please, I don't know you…we've never met before, but you should leave. Edward will be here any minute and he won't be happy to find anyone else here," I said trying not anger him. I only wanted him to leave without hurting me or for Edward to arrive, but the longer I was alone with this man the more afraid I became. What if Edward wasn't coming? In that moment, I looked away from him which turned out not to be such a good idea.

I shouldn't have done that because that gave him the perfect opportunity to grab me. The second my eyes landed on the door, the man had my face in his hand, and he was holding me painfully by the jaw. He wouldn't let me look away from him and that was when I started to shake the tears spilling free. It felt like he was going to break my jaw.

"Edward is already here…you just don't know it, Emily, and you do know me. My name is Dr. Henry Jekyll, look closely, and you will recognize me," whispered Dr. Jekyll forcing me to look at him still. That's when it clicked, he was the man, the same man from the market, and suddenly I was very scared.

"It's you…the scary man from the market…the one who followed me," I exclaimed feeling his grip on my jaw increase. He sneered at me in that moment as if I had offended him before suddenly I found myself being turned. As he directed my body, my mind went wild wondering what he meant when he said Edward was already here, wondering what was going to happen now part of me already knowing.

"Please, don't hurt me," I whispered still shaking as he first directed me to the bed before suddenly stopping his eyes seeming to linger on my face as I cried. I was sure I was going to be raped, but then he kept going. I found myself facing the window my back to the door and as he leaned closer to me I cried harder. I just wanted Edward to appear out of nowhere to save me, but he didn't come. And then Dr. Jekyll was leaning his body directly onto mine laughing sadistically in that moment as he started to whisper to me.

"Very good, my dear, now…I'm here to tell you a secret…something your Edward should have long ago," breathed Dr. Jekyll suddenly forcing a kiss upon me as he spun me to face him that I didn't return. The second he released my lips I spat at him trying to stumble away, but his hand was still firm as he moved it to my throat. Looking into his eyes, I knew I had made a mistake, he looked so angry, and suddenly I wondered if his would be the last face I saw. He was going to kill me, of that I was sure, and that only made me start shaking more.

"You aren't very smart, are you? I give you the privilege of kissing me and you spit at me, but that monster gets only a willing woman in his bed. You let him ravish you…how can you bare to let him touch you?" snapped Dr. Jekyll his hand gripping my throat tighter as he spoke nearly choking me. I couldn't say anything, I could only peer up into his eyes hoping he wouldn't kill me. But then another thought passed through my mind. If he did kill me, I only hoped he did it quickly.

"He may be a monster to you, but to me, he is the man I love. He is mine and in my eyes, you are the monster, not my Edward," I whispered gasping with a scream as he released me in that moment. I felt to the floor with a thud and breathing heavy I started to sob. I knew I shouldn't have said that, but I was glad I did because it was the truth. I only wished I could have said to Edward instead.

"Perhaps Mr. Hyde and I are both monsters," growled Dr. Jekyll as he towered over me removing something from his pocket that was deep red.

"You want your Edward…I'll show you who your Edward really is," snapped Dr. Jekyll opening the unknown thing from his pocket and suddenly downing the contents. It all happened so quickly then, he started to scream in pain as I scrambled to my feet. Suddenly he became shorter, his hair darkened, and even his clothes changed. Edwards hat appeared first and that's when I realized it; this man was Edward Hyde. A scream was ripped from my throat and I backed up until my back hit the wall. And then Edward straightened turning to face me.

"Sweetheart?" started Edward, but he didn't finish before I screamed again. He tried to come near me, but I still screamed. I screamed, screamed until I couldn't anymore before standing there, eyes wide.

"Emily…please let me explain," whispered Edward approaching me again. But this time I couldn't scream, I couldn't speak; I think I was in shock. The last thing I remember was his arms catching me as I collapsed, fainting dead away.