Chapter 11

Felix and I had been following the girls around most of the day from the tops of the buildings. We laughed out loud when we saw how red Bella got inside the lingerie shop.

"Looks like your girl got a few things." Felix pointed out as they paid and went to the next shop. Smirking I couldn't wait to see what things she purchased inside a shop like that.

Hours later we were starting to get a little bored so we began talking about ways we wanted to punish the Cullen's when I realized Jane and Heidi went into a shop without Bella.

"What the fuck." I said jumping down onto the street and going inside.

"Where is Bella." I demanded to them as they searched through some dresses on a rack.

"She needed food and the restaurant was way too crowed for us to be able to go inside and not kill anyone. So she said she'd take it to go and meet us here." Jane said not looking up from where she was looking through clothes. Most people didn't know to look at her but the pain goddess was addicted to clothes.

"What if something happens?" I demanded.

"Easy there lover boy. I'm sure she's fine." Heidi said as Felix followed her around checking out things she wanted to try on, giving his perverted opinion as they went.

Felix and I stayed with them for a while so I could make sure Bella got there ok. After about 40 minutes I started to worry and I had an uncomfortable feeling in my chest that made me reach up and rub it unconsciously.

"What's wrong?" Felix ask when he saw me.

"Don't know. My chest feels weird. I think something's wrong." I told them and I headed out of the store. I knew they were right behind me. We made it to the café the girls left Bella at and she was nowhere in sight.

"Fuck." I hissed as I scanned the streets to any sign of her. The others doing the same.

When I didn't see her I closed my eyes and concentrated on my gift. Feeling the familiar scent of Bella I turned and followed at a human pace trying to locate my mate.

"Demetri." I heard her chocked yell for down the alley. Running fast this time I rounded the corner and saw red. Fierce anger seeking into my vision. A blonde human bastard had my Bella pinned face first into the brick wall and was tearing at her shirt while she tried to fight him off.

This fucker was a dead man.

"Don't let anyone come down here." I ordered the others as I ran at the man.

"You mother fucker." I said giving an inhuman growl I grabbed the man by the back on the neck and threw him across the alley causing him to hit the wall and slide down groaning in pain and cringing in fear.

I saw out of the corner of my eye Bella had slide to the ground and was holding her ripped shirt closed as she watched. I saw Felix reach for her and I growled at him.

"Don't. Touch her." I told him. He nodded holding his hands up in surrender and backed a way slowly.

"Sorry peaches. He's in full on mate protective mode. Only he can touch you while he's like this and only you can calm him down." Felix told her and I saw her nod. She stood leaning against the wall one hand still keeping her shirt closed. I took my eye off the human man for a moment to look at her. Asking with my eyes what she wanted down with the man.

"Kill him." She told me and that was all it took. I flew at him. His scream was cut off as I sank my teeth into his neck, feeling it parting like melted butter I drained him of every last pathetic drop of blood.

Once I was done I stood with my back to Bella wiping my face off afraid to turn around, afraid she would see the monster I was.

Trying to get myself under control I realized the monster inside me would not calm until I knew my mate was safe. This was not something I had ever felt before, ever experience and I wasn't sure how to handle it.

"Demetri." I heard my mate call me when I still hadn't turned to face her. Turning I flew in front of her and ran my eyes over her body. Her hands were scraped and bleeding from clawing at the brick wall and her face look to be bruising and I felt my body shaking with anger again unable to calm down.

"It's ok Demetri. I'm ok. You saved me." She soothed and reached up to cup my face in her hands. Purring slightly I lifted her up, causing her legs to wrap around my waist and I leaned against the wall holding her to me as I buried my face into her neck, breathing in her scent and knowing she was safe again in my arms.

Everything in me was screaming to claim her and make her mine fully but I knew she wasn't ready for that yet and I wanted to respect her wishes and let her tell me when she was ready.

I heard the others moving around behind me and I knew they were clearing out the body for me and leaving me alone with my mate. She was the only one that could get me calmed down right now. Anyone else I'd only view as a threat and could get hurt.

"It's ok." She kept saying running her fingers through my long black hair and the tension slowly started easing from my body causing me to full out purr at her caress.

Pulling back some I took her face into both my hands and pulled her lips to mine in a deep passion filed kiss, needing to assert some kind of dominance after seeing my Human in danger.

She kissed me right back with fever, moaning when my tongue entered and began tasting every inch of the inside of her lovely mouth. When she needed to breath I pulled back bracing her still again the wall with her legs wrapped around me I took both her hands into mine running my tongue over the scraps letting my venom heal her wounds both of us panting at the act.

There was nothing I could do for the bruise so I just kissed it and hugged her to me for a while longer.

Once I was sure I wouldn't kill anyone else I let her slide to the ground and gave her my cape to put on since that asshole had ripped her shirt open.

"Are you ok?" I ask her and she nodded.

"Yes. I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen." She said and I put a finger to her lip to shut her up.

"It's not your fault. There are many types of monster in this world even among humans. And you just happen to attract them all. I'll always come for you and save you no matter what." I told her and she smiled, nodding I let her climb on my back and I jumped to the roof on the building before making our way back to the castle and away from the dangers a human could find in the outside world. No more leaving the castle for her until she's turned. I won't have anyone hurt her again.