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Rosalie's POV
Bella left the house in quite a hurry which made my vampire itch with panic. She left so abruptly that even the air molecules barely stirred, they still lingered with her unique fragrance as though she was still standing there. Why was she going so suddenly? Her face, her annoyingly beautiful face looked pained. Her usually jovial features were marred by downturned lips, a tense jaw and the furrowing of perfectly arched brows. Her expressions showed that she was in pain, but she was trying to hide it. Curse me for giving a damn.
She was okay one minute and then the next, I could feel the air stir with a difference. Any change in Bella, even the smallest twitch of an arm, changed the composition of the air in the room and I could feel it like the impact of a thousand swinging baseball bats.
Whether anyone else could feel the change in the air I don't know, but I didn't need to look up from my magazine to see Bella. I could tell her exact movements from the air. It was strange.
I didn't move the magazine from in front of my face but whenever I could, I used my vampire speed to have a quick glance over at Bella. And Tanya.
That fucking nympho needed to keep her hands off her. I wanted to rip her fucking arm off and beat her with it for sitting that close to the human. My human.
No Rose, she's not yours. Stop it already!
I could hear Bella say her farewells to the family and I could hear her grunt in pain as she put her car into gear.
Her car… I wanted to run my fingers down its bonnet. A classic beauty. I don't know how Bella could afford such a car, but it was stupidly beautiful. Just like her. I've always said I wanted one but never got around to purchasing it.
After Bella left, I ran to my room and stayed there until it became dark. I closed my eyes and lay atop my bed staring at the ceiling.
Biding my time.
I had this primal need to check on Bella and see she was okay, I couldn't shake of the feeling and the need became more persistent, it started off like a mere hum in the back of my mind but eventually it intensified into the buzz of a million bees. It was driving me to the brink of insanity. I paced around my room, rearranged the furniture, put it all back again, tried to read and I even tried to meditate. None of it worked. The only way to get rid of bees is to smoke them out. I had to be the smoke.
I didn't want anyone to know where I was going which is why I waited until the sky was black so that I could hide amongst the shadows. I know the family wouldn't follow me. They knew better but it was the humans that I had to look out for and the wolves. How I was going to bypass the wolves Bella lived with I had no idea. I hadn't tried extending my shielding powers beyond my thoughts and emotions before but tonight would be a good time to try right? The thing is… I couldn't smell the wolves on Bella. It's like she was free from all other scents except her own. She was untouched, unmarred and she was pure. Unlike me.
This was ridiculous. My usually rational mind has thrown caution to the wind. Here I was now, running between trees, sheltered by their canopies towards this human girl just to check if she was okay. This was insane but did I care to listen to reason? Did the vampire in me care? No, it just had to go check up on her.
As soon as Chief Swan's house came into view, I slowed down my pace. I hadn't been attacked by Wolves so the shielding must be working. I perched myself onto a tree near the house. It was a cosy home. It seemed to be 3 floors. There was no porch, but the driveway area was large enough to hold 2 cars and a motorbike. Bella's car was parked up near the cruiser. I really wanted to run my hands down it's bonnet. Maybe when Bella has it parked in the school lot, I can sneak out of lessons and go admire it a little more.
I focus my hearing so that I can locate which bedroom is Bella's. If the wolves found out that I was currently on their territory, then the treaty we have in place will be void and I would have started a war.
What the fuck was I doing?
I was just about to turn back around and go back to my own home and end this stupid venture when I could hear it. Bella's heartbeat. It was slightly quickened than normal. I could hear the other occupant's heartbeats as well but my ears had become attuned to Bella's so I could easily pick it up amongst all the others. It's not like I wanted to concentrate on her heartbeat, but it was oddly soothing to listen to, so I did. Several times.
It was very late, I assumed that Bella would be asleep by now, but her heart rate suggested otherwise. I should turn back. But I just need a quick look to ease my vampire.
There's no other sound coming from Bella's room except for her heart beating. She must be having a bad dream. It's the only logical explanation of why her heart rhythm is raised. At least that's what I tell myself. If Bella catches a glimpse of me peering into her room, finding an excuse to get myself out of that one will take a while. A while I do not want to experience.
Luckily Bella sleeps without the curtains drawn. I crawl closer via the tree branch I'm on to the now located room which my nightmare resides in. I can see Bella clearly. Someone needs to speak to her about not having the curtains drawn. Any pervert could peer in and have a good look at her if they wished. You just called yourself a pervert Hale. I growl and tell myself that me looking in is only for her protection. Not to get eyefuls of the beautiful young woman in a fitful sleep. A beautiful woman who was in a fitted black tank top that was clinging to her in all the right places. I wanted to pull on it with my teeth and…were those Joker shorts? I growl at my own impure thoughts of the sleeping woman but still roll my eyes at Bella's obsession with DC comics. Emmett would adore this idiot human. I was slightly ashamed that I even knew what DC comics were.
Bella is sound asleep, but her breathing doesn't look good and… is that sweat? Sweat was pouring off of Bella even though it was quite a chilly night. I could see it dripping down her toned arms.
Sweet baby Jesus, save me.
My palms itch wanting to get closer and soothe her with my touch.
She groans a little in her sleep and it's not the good type of groan either if you know what I mean. It sounds painful. Bella is lying on her front and all I want to do is sweep on in there and start rubbing her back soothingly. Maybe the coolness of vampire skin may come into use for once.
Throwing all caution to the wind, I jump into Bella's room in one elegant swoop. Bella's pitiful moans of distress have me rushing over to her. I stand near the side of her bed and clench and unclench my fists. Should I touch her? Wake her up? What do I do?!
I clearly did not think this through.
Even in pain, Bella is so… exquisite. Her skin looks so soft and her cheeks still have their ever-present blush. Now they're rosy more from her feeling hot than being embarrassed but I've noticed that Bella blushes at everything. It's… endearing.
I kneel next to her bed so that my face is level with hers. Fuck it, I'm going to just move her hair out of her face. It may tickle her through the night.
Yeah right Hale, that's the reason you want to move it.
After I reach out to move her hair gently behind her ear, I can't help but rest my palm on her cheek. Her skin burns my palm and I gasp out softly. She's so feverish. I use my thumb to softly stroke her cheek as a few painful whimpers escape her lips.
"Shhhh Bella, you're ok." I softly whisper out trying to calm her down. Seems like Bella's getting the flu… maybe.
Even so, the pain filled sounds coming from her cause a sting to hit me right in my chest. She's not allowed to make noises like that ever.
I move my hand from her cheek and instead use my fingers to trace the features of her face. First her eyebrows, so perfectly shaped naturally, I count the number of eyelashes she has, my fingers gently trace down her nose and land on her lips. My fingers linger on her lips for a few moments. They feel like suede under my fingertips. What would suede feel like against my own lips?
I remove my hand and start to lean in towards Bella, I take a deep breath in and take in her scent. God, she smells so delicious it's alluring. But I don't want to drink her blood. I want to taste her skin under my lips instead. I lean in even further until there is a mere centimetre of space between her rosy cheek and my lips. If I lean in just a bit more, I could get what my vampire wants. I could get closer. Her painful cries seem to have simmered down now and she seems to be much more at peace. I want some of that peace too. Let me just move closer to get it.
The sound of thunder and the crash of lightening brings me out of my Bella induced stupor, and I jump 3 feet away from the sleeping form on the bed.
Oh fuck.
Oh fuck.
OH FUCK!
What the hell am I doing? I shouldn't be here! I can't be here.
I run back out of Bella's window and into the darkness of the forest, not giving a shit where I was running to. All I care about is getting the hell away from that girl and as fast possible.
This could have ended in disaster. Why is this human drawing me in and making me lose all sense?
Stupid Isabella Swan is going to be the death of me, or I will be the death of her.
I need to run.
As I run, a thought crosses into my mind…there's no rain on the forecast for today.
Seth's POV
I was in the middle of shooting some dude right in moneymaker on my PS4 game (COD obviously) when the smell hit me like a brick wall.
There's… a bloodsucker in this house! What in the worl-
I drop my PS4 controller and blindly run towards the origin of the smell.
Bella's room.
My body is shaking and I'm so close to phasing. I have no control over my actions and my body follows the scent without me being able to do anything about it. The wolf is taking over.
I'm millimetres from the door when there's a loud crash from within the room and a solid body smacks right into me and pushes me back towards my own room.
"STAND THE FUCK DOWN!" Leah's alpha voice ricochets all over inside my head and there's nothing I can do but sit like a well-trained pup. The authority radiating from Leah pauses me in my steps without her even visibly uttering a word.
"Lee!" There's a bloodsucker in her room! Are you stupid?! Can't you smell it?" I shout at her, forgetting that there are others in the house.
"You need to calm down Seth. Don't forget who you're talking to! Mum and Charlie are sleeping! Of course I can smell her, but she needs to be here!" Leah whisper-shouts at me, using her actual voice this time. "I'll explain everything to you, but you need to calm the hell right down or I swear to God, I will put my fingers up your nose and suffocate you."
My body is still shaking but I shut up. The smell is not as strong anymore either. Whoever was in that room is gone now. Leaving behind a lingering smell of death. Did Leah say She?
"I'm cool and calm Lee-Lee. See? I'm a cucumber."
"Yeah… try saying that without growling lil bro."
"Just… explain, please?" I whine out.
Leah sighs and begins to explain.
The more she explained the more my mind was blown.
By the end of Leah talking, I'm sitting on the floor with my legs crossed, leaning back on my hands with my mouth wide open.
"So yeah, we need to help with all that Bella and Rosalie stuff."
"That's insane Lee! But damn, kind cool." I grin out at her, "Is this why you've been jittery recently, hiding your thoughts from the rest of us?"
"Erm…kind of. There's something else I also need to tell you about."
"Ok shoot? Wait-wait hold up! How do you know about all this Vampire stuff anyway? Any why do we,"I gesture towards myself and Leah, "need to help them?"
I look at her quizzically, my mind trying to make sense of all this information overload.
"That's what I need to tell you…" Leah scratches the back of her neck and looks up at me nervously.
"My… imprint is the one who told me about Bella and Rosalie."
"I'm sorry sis, your what?!"
"Imprint?"
I blink a few times trying to get the information to digest in my brain before I pounce on my sister grinning. I lift her off the ground and spin her around in circles whilst giddily shooting questions at her. "You imprinted! That's insane Lee, who is it? What's their name huh? Do they live on the Rez or near here? Tell me everything woman!"
Leah laughs and swats my shoulder. "Put me down and I'll tell you all about her."
My amazing big sister then spends an hour and a half gushing over her imprint who turns out to be a vampire. My sister has IMPRINTED on a Bloodsu-oops, a Vampire! She tells me her name is Tanya Denali and that she is a 'cousin' of the Cullen's. She also tells me how Tanya has been entrusted with bringing back the lost vampire princess. Sounds all gothic horror medieval fairytale-y.
It's virtually unheard of wolves imprinting on anyone besides from humans or other wolves so this is so freaking cool! But I need to give my future sister-in-law the spiel on if she ever hurts my sister.
"When do I get to meet her?" I expectantly look at my Alpha-Sis.
"Well I can ask her to meet us in about an hour at this clearing in the woods? I'm missing her like crazy anyway." She blushes. I've never seen my tough, elder sister ever blush before. It's a bit weird but a good weird.
"Yes! Ask her like now dude! Oh shit… what about Bells, is she okay?"
"Yeah, yeah she's all good. Now go get dressed because you are not meeting my Queen dressed like a hobo."
"Aye-aye captain!"
Tanya's POV
I was reading the first Harry Potter book (for the 22nd time) when my phone screen lights up with a message. From my Puppy.
I drop the book besides me and lift-up my phone to my face as though that would bring me closer to her.
"Can you meet me at our clearing in about an hour? Update on the mission…also I told Seth about us and he wants to meet you now too! Your Leah 3 xxx"
I shoot a quick message back saying, "Of course, Puppy! See you soon. Your Tanya 3 xxx."
If my heart could beat it would be doing backflips because fucking hell! I'm meeting my girl's family! Sexy Tanya never gets nervous but right now I am close to fidgeting. I need to look presentable. Hot but not sexy hot. I need mild flame hot.
I had hung up my clothes in the wardrobe in the guest room the Cullen's had kindly given to me. I run to the wardrobe and start looking for a suitable outfit. Why do all my clothes embody sexy seductress? How is that appropriate for all fucking occasions?! Leah said there's a mission update and now that is adding on to the nerves.
Tanya Denali does NOT get nervous. Tanya Denali is a bundle of nerves right now because I need to tell Leah about me flirting with Bella for the Mission.
I don't know how that conversation will go damn.
Fish me.