Chapter 5

BELLA'S POV

FUCK ME!

Am I really this much of a fucking danger magnet. I don't just attract one fucking red-eyed vampire, but two?

Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck! What do I do?. Damn it! I left my phone in the truck. I can't call Jake, I can't call Carlisle. Not like they could do anything about it. I'm all the way down here in fucking New Mexico, and they are all the way in fucking Washington. Think, Bella, think.

"Um, por favor, Señor. Would you mind escorting me to the ladies room? I seem to have had a little more to drink than I realize. I don't entirely trust my legs."

"It would be my pleasure, Señorita," the kind waiter replied as he extended his arm for me to take. I quickly reached for my purse, grabbing $100 and dropping it on the table. I wasn't even sure how much my bill was, but that should more than cover it.

As we made our way to the ladies room, I felt something hit me then bounce off. I chanced a look back, and the two handsome men were still sitting at the bar, though they were eyeing me inquisitively. Fuck me! The one in the dark suit is possibly the most handsome man I've ever laid eyes on. Granted, all vampires are beautiful but damn. If I had to die tonight, being in his arms wouldn't exactly be a terrible way to go. I thought my Edward was beautiful, but he had a more ethereal beauty. This man had more of a rugged, manly, beauty. Fucking sex on legs, if you want to know the truth.

Stop it, just fucking stop it. Dangerous red-eyed vampire you damned fool! This was no time for lust. This is a time to use the self-preservation God fucking gave you. The waiter spoke and brought me back to reality.

"Will you be okay to make it back to your table, or should I wait here for you, Señorita?"

"I think I will be fine. I just need to splash some water on my face, then I will be leaving. I've left money on the table for my bill."

"Very good, Señorita. I hope you enjoyed your evening, and that you join us again."

"Yeah, me too." In more ways than you will ever know. I thought to myself as I slipped into the restroom.

I wasn't anywhere near drunk, and if I was, my buzz was brought down oh, too, quickly with the thought of being some sex on legs vampire's next meal. I quickly looked around the small restroom and spotted the window. I climbed up on the sink so I could hoist myself out the window. Once I looked down, it wasn't that far of a drop, but knowing me, I would probably twist my ankle if I tried to jump. So instead, I dangled from the ledge a bit, trying to steady my drop. Once I dropped, thankfully without incident, I ran towards the alley to the parking lot, only to run straight into Victoria and some other young vamp. Just fucking great. Could this trip get any worse?

Victoria hissed as her head snapped up towards me. As did her new little boy-toy.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the murdering little vixen. It was just by chance I picked up your delicious scent here. And so far from home. Since I don't smell those foul-smelling dogs of yours or those animal munching freaks you call a family, I assume you are here all alone then?" Victoria asked with a sneer twisted on her face. Her crimson eyes glaring at me and her fire red hair in ringlets, swirling around like rings of blood. How apropos.

"Please, Victoria. I'm tired of trying to outrun my fate. Please, just make it quick, then I can be with my Edward." Shit. If I'd stayed in the restaurant and let the sex on legs vampire have me instead, maybe I wouldn't die a virgin. Sex! Really bitch? Is that where your mind is going in all this fuckery?

I hear a roar come from the other end of the alley. Victoria presses me against the wall as the two men from the bar, come into view in the alley. Shit on a fucking brick! Jake is right, I am a fucking danger magnet. I have not one, not two, but four fucking red-eyed vampires after me. Do I have 'meal' stamped across my fucking forehead? I then see the two male vampires crouch and are ready to pounce, but suddenly freeze. I then hear a sickeningly sweet Spanish accented voice come around the corner.

"So, this is the little winch you've been begging me to help you destroy, huh Victoria?" JESUS CHRIST ON A FUCKING POGO-STICK, YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME! Is there a human drinking vampire convention someone forgot to tell me about? There are now another two vampires here. One a beautiful woman with long black hair wearing some sort of white corset and something that looks like it should be worn to bed over it. And a very tall man, evidently of Mexican descent. His attention is not on me though. His focus is trained on the two men from the bar.

"But I see you did even better. You've brought me back my sword. Alejandro, let them go," I see the tall Mexican vampire step from behind the woman. His eyes changed from a steel blue to fire red, and suddenly the two men were able to freely move again.

"Major, I always knew you would return. And I see you've brought your second-in-command back with you. My you've changed, but still as handsome as ever. What brings you back to my neck of the woods?" Well, she's right about one thing he is handsome alright. Major huh? Fuck, vampire wars. Shit, I'm in the middle of a vampire war.

"You know, just a little change of scenery. I actually thought you'd still be in Mexico," My Major says to the black-haired woman, but never takes his eyes off me. Wait, did I just call him 'my Major?'

"I was just getting ready to have a little fun with that pretty little thing when she escaped me. I came to look for her and ran into these two dipshits." The Major then pointed at Victoria and her lackey. The woman looks first at me, then back at the Major. She then walks over to me and eyes me up and down, as if she's checking me out. Sorry sweetie, but I'm strictly dickly, and I'll take one of him to go.

"She is a pretty little thing, isn't she? I can see why James wanted to play with her. I'm sure she will make a nice little pet for the camp." Pet? Camp? This is going from bad to hell in a handbasket.

"Maria, I was just thinking the same thing myself. I will make you a deal, if you let me have her as my personal pet, the Captain and I will come back willingly. But first, I have to let my new coven know I won't be returning. Otherwise, The Cullens will come looking for me." The Major said looking pointedly at me. He's here for me. This is who the Cullens sent to find me. My knight in shining armor has arrived. Umm Yummy! Suddenly Victoria's hand grips my throat.

"NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!" the redhead screams like a fucking banshee. "She's mine! I want her destroyed for what she did to my James!" Victoria continues to rant. Stomping around like a two-year-old having a tantrum. She's so pissed, and then things happen so quickly, I don't think she even realized the Major revealed he was here on behalf of the Cullens. She suddenly was cowering in fear. What the hell?

"You listen to me you little bitch. If that James weren't such a disgusting pig of a man-whore, he wouldn't have gotten himself in the mess he did. I gave you to him as a favor for his tracking services. The fact you couldn't keep him satisfied says as much about you as him, you disgusting, childish, cunt," Maria says to Victoria as Maria snatches Victoria up by the mess of red hair.

As soon as they both are distracted, I run towards my two saviors. I feel the heat on my back as I run, but I don't stop running until I am behind the Major and his second-in-command. My blood is pumping, and my heart is beating in my ears. I brace myself and try to slow my heart rate by placing a hand on the Major's lower back. I'm immediately engulfed in warmth and a calming scent of cinnamon and spice with a hint of whiskey. I don't know where it came from. I've never felt this from my vampire family. Though his body is cold, just like the Cullens, there's something about him that makes me feel warm and tingly.

"Well, my, my, my. It seems I have finally found the treasure I've been looking for all these years. I finally have my shield," Maria says. Is she talking about me?

"Destroy them and take the girl!" Maria commands Alejandro. I cringe behind the Major. Not only am I going to die, but I have sentenced my saviors to death as well. I take a deep breath and blow it out and await my demise, but nothing happens.

"Isabella, I need you to lower your shield," the Major tells me. So it is me. I don't know what he's talking about. If I'm doing anything, I'm not doing it on purpose. So, do vampire gifts not work on me? Is that why Edward couldn't read my mind? Jacob said Alice was lying about her gift working on me.

"I—I—I don't know how. I didn't even know I had one." I wish I knew how I could help him.

"Maria, call your goon off. Like I said, we will come willingly. You know I am your sword, and now you have your shield. But she doesn't know how to use it. Let us come back, and I will train her how to use it. We will fight for you," the Major says with such authority. I don't know where he is leading me, but I will follow him where ever he leads.

"Alejandro," is all Maria says. At the same time, she snaps the neck of Victoria, pulls her head off and tosses her body and head to the newborn that's standing watching the whole thing submissively. Alejandro immediately engulfs them in flames with his eyes.

While that happens, I see the Major pull out his phone. I watch over his shoulder as his fingers ghosts over the keyboard at vampire speed. Once he's finished sending his text, I see him crush the phone in his hand and drop the pieces to the ground. That has got to be the sexiest thing I've ever witnessed.

"So Carlisle really sent you?" I whisper very low. Spending more than a year with vampires, I've learned how to lower my voice enough to only be heard by whoever I'm speaking to at the moment. Lucky for me Maria was too busy to catch it.

"Yes, but you mustn't let Maria know this. Please, just follow my lead." I let out a breath, nod, and rest my head on his back. My Major, my savior, I will follow wherever you lead.