Hey guys... yeah so school started and i'm gonna be beyond slow on the updating. SORRY! but here is a nice chapter two for yas! let me kno!

I lay in the center of my cage, waiting, listening, hoping for his return. I had no more answers now than when he left. My questions buzzing in circles in my head as I lay waiting in my cage. I felt dumb, why would he return? Why did I want him to return? Did this mean I trusted him? No, trust was not an option. That was the only conclusion I had come to. Trusting him couldn't happen, not if I wanted out of here, to kill James and be free. That was what I lived for now.

Then I heard them, his footsteps as he quietly descended the stairs. My tail wagged slightly of its own accord and I fought desperately to stop its motion. I heard the tiny heartbeats of the rabbits he carried with him and again I wanted to devour them. As he walked closer to the cage his face held a pained smile as he saw me. My stomach twisted and I lowered my head. This was it, I didn't know what that look meant but it wouldn't be good.

"I did some snooping, found out why it is you're down here." So now he knew, the time for games was over. My heart sank, though I didn't understand why.

"They say you're dangerous. Half vampire half wolf, a first in history they say. They want to know why you survived while no others have, what this means for our kinds. They say it took eight to bring you here and you killed four of them. That you've been locked down here for weeks while they've tried to sedate you and now kill you with rabbits though you won't eat them. Have I touched all the key points?" his voice was filled with acid as he recanted my situation to me.

I could only nod my head in agreement. It was all true.

"Disgusting!" his voice bellowed with rage. Instantly I regretted it, it pained me to think he found me disgusting. And I hated myself for it, for my weakness and the hold he had over me.

"How could they lock you down here! As if you chose to be what you are! I saw his missing fingers, I'm sure that was your doing. I listened as he told of how he beat you mercilessly, trying to subdue you so he could experiment with you! He'll be missing more than a few fingers if he dares to come down here and repeat that!" His eyes turned black, the basket snapping between his clenched fist. I could hear the rabbits scrambling in their cage. "This is no place for you! You can't learn to control what you are in a cage!" then he looked at me, his black eyes fading into a warm coral red. "But I can't get you out of here until I can prove you're not a threat." He sighed as he walked to the bars that separated us.

"So please, let me help you." He slumped against the bars, his anger dissipated.

Don't be fooled! It's just another trick. Don't forget why they brought you here! My brain shouted. While my stomach screamed at me to take the rabbits. Consequences be damned. While a smaller, quieter voice pleaded with me to trust him. That maybe he could help me. That was the one that scared me the most, slowly chipping away at my sanity. The inexplicable feeling, the need to trust him.

It was now his fifth visit. He came with those same rabbits in tow as he descended the stair case.

"Morning." He said, I used his greetings to track time. He always came in the morning and left with a good night, though actual time eluded me I felt he was coming daily.

"I brought breakfast for you. You wouldn't want to turn down my amazing cooking skills." He shook the basket jarring the rabbits. They were used to this by now, as was I. I laughed at his humor and stopped pacing my cage to sit a few feet from him. Our routine was set, he spoke and I just watched him. His voice hypnotized me, and I wanted nothing more than to run over to him. To feel his fingers through my fur, his soft voice right against my ear. Really take in the scent of him. These were the things I wanted to do now. More than escape, more than kill James I wanted this beautiful man to touch me. Yes I had truly gone insane. His visits were a bittersweet torture, and I found myself loving every second of them. And when he left, a fear gripped my stomach that he would never return. That this would be our last. Now I felt if I did eat he would leave, never to return. Mission accomplished. Now I had new reasons for not eating, not for fear of poison or sedative, but of him never returning again.

As Edward spoke of the countryside I heard him. He was coming down here, after weeks without seeing him he comes now! I began to panic, this was the moment of truth. Was he with James? I would soon have my answers.

"Well hello Bella. I didn't realize you had visitors." His voice made my skin crawl and my stomach roll.

Suddenly I heard a low growl rumbled from Edwards chest, only he wasn't looking at me but at the small girl beside James. She grinned wickedly at him and his growl grew.

"I see you know Jane, Edward. I brought her down here to introduce to Bella here. She just doesn't seem to want to cooperate, I felt she needed some coercion." A disturbing smile crept across his face, she obviously wasn't here to meet me but to try and subdue me of course. She was far too small, I could snap her easily, which made me even more wary of her. She had no fear of me, none in the slightest.

"No." Edward said flatly, standing from his seated position near my cage.

I heard James laugh at Edward, but I couldn't take my eyes off the small vampire girl as she casually strode to my cage. My fur stood on end and I could feel my throat rumble with a growl. Come in here, see what happens.

"Don't be ridiculous Edward. She's only here to make her more, cooperative. I can't just leave her down here? What good is she then?"

"Some other way." He said through clenched jaw. I had no idea why he was so afraid. And I took a step closer to him, before I even realized my feet had left the ground.

"I have tried Edward. She is irrational, I don't even know if she can return to her human form. She killed four of my men, she is wild animal. I'm actually surprised you still had all of your limbs from sitting so close. She must be toying with you." He laughed.

I let out an audible growl, my focus shifting to James. I am not playing games! Come closer and you'll see I'm still just as dangerous.

"I told you, you may want to step away if you value your limbs."

"You can't do this." Edward snarled, his fists were clenched and he was tense. I did the same, crouching low to the ground, my eyes now on the small one Jane. I bared my teeth, ready to sink them into her throat.

"Go on Jane. I've wasted enough time." He gave her a wave in my direction, ignoring Edward.

Jane smiled and stood a few feet from the cage, and just smiled. I tensed and gave a warning growl waiting for her to get close enough. Suddenly her smile faded, her eyes wide with fury as she glared at me harder. What was she doing? Suddenly Edward fell the ground, screaming in agony. He curled in horrid angles writing in pain as she smiled smugly at him.

"Not him Jane. The wolf. Please focus." he gave an exasperated sigh.

"I don't understand! She didn't flinch! It worked just fine on him." She said grinning down at Edward as he gasped trying to sit up. I inched closer to Edward, I didn't know what I would from cage but I had to try.

"Are you sure?" His interesting piquing.

"Yes I'm sure!" she growled at him.

"How interesting."

I growled again, daring Jane to come at me, instead she took a few steps back.

"Yes, let us leave Jane. Edward I would suggest you do the same, but they are your limbs not mine so please stay." He said with creepy smile on his face.

Again I growled and stalked closer to them, my nose inches from the bars. James smile at me and walked away with a fuming Jane in tow. I didn't quite understand what happened but I was more than relieved to see them go. When I was sure they were not coming back I immediately turned to Edward.

He was leaning against the cage, his eyes closed as he pinched the bridge of his nose. I walked closer to him, trying to see where he was hurt, what she had done to him. I wanted to help him, to take away his pain but what could I do? I was a dog, I didn't have a voice to ask him with, or hands to inspect him with. And for the first time in a long time I wished I did, I wished I had hands to touch his beautiful skin with, lips to kiss him with. My heart began to pound rapidly in my chest and I immediately quelled my thoughts. They would only lead to pain. So I did the only thing I could, I went for the rabbit. I hoped now that this would keep him away and he wouldn't return to be hurt again. I couldn't protect him from inside this cage and if he was near me there would be more danger.

I paced my cage impatiently. It felt like he was late, I wasn't even sure he'd come back since I'd eaten the rabbits. My stomach twisted as I continued walking the space of my cage. Maybe he wouldn't return, the thought caused a stabbing pain in my heart. Somewhere along the line I'd let myself slip. Now I craved his company, his presence. I'd take the silence over not seeing him at all. But I shouldn't wish it, because he's not safe here. What can I really do for him? He deserves something better than what I am, whatever that may be. And what could I hope for? That he'll let me be his dog and we'll go hunt foxes?! There was no place for me with him while I was in this form.
Suddenly I heard his soft footsetpes and hooves? I listened as Edward came down the stairwell, those hooves clicking beside him. Then I smelled it, it was a doe. I could hear her heart and the blood pumping through it. I could smell her and in that moment I wanted nothing more than to devour that doe. Those rabbits had done nothing but make me painfully aware of how long it had been since I'd really eaten.
I rose to meet him, inching towards the bars when suddenly he stopped.
"Well I guess I didn't really think this one through did I? I don't really think I can slide this deer in a basket between the bars now can I?" he stood there, holding the rope tied around the does neck, pondering how to get the deer to me.
I walked towards the bars closest to him and slid my head between them, pressing my shoulders hard to get as close the deer as possible. This was an even better last meal, and now I was past caring about poison. Let him kill me, I couldn't survive another day down here without him.
He laughed and it was soft, musical and I drank it in greedily. I loved when he laughed.
He walked towards me and the does panic increased. She began to buck and rebel to get away, but he swiftly pushed her against the cage and I grabbed her throat, reveling in the taste.
It filled me, the warm blood coursing through me. Then I tore at the meat of her throat and quickly devoured the deer, my stomach stretching after being empty for so long.
When I finished I rolled back and began to clean my paws and muzzle trying to get the blood from them. Soon it became apparent it was mostly my own more than the does so I gave up. I'd need to jump in a lake to get rid of that. Suddenly embarrassed I looked up at Edward who was leaning his shoulder against the bars, his head resting easily as he watched me. A crooked grin played across his face and it made my heart leap. My embarrassment now forgotten as the fullness I felt took over
I gave a toothy grin and rolled on my back, my stomach feeling ready to burst, and stretched my paws above my head. I let out a deep sigh and rolled my back to him, thankful for the meal. I was now laying against the bars, I could feel is cool body against mine.
And then it happened. His long fingers combed through my fur sending chills through me. It felt amazing to have him touch me. He gently ran his hand over me, toying with my ear, tracing patterns in my fur. He would stop at particularly matted parts and check for injuries he said, though the wounds had long healed, I let him look. So we stayed that way, him talking as he ran his hands through my fur. And I felt so content, so at peace lying there under his touch. I did something I hadn't done in a very long time, I slept. It had been too long to remember since the last time I slept was but, I knew I had still been human.