I've had a very busy weekend and I haven't been feeling great, so apologies for the delay in posting this chapter.

To make up for that and since it's valentine's day, I'm posting two chapters today.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I led Bella out of the cabin, past the broken front door which caused her to arch her eyebrow at me questioningly but she didn't ask, and into the forest at a human pace.

"Ready to try running?" I asked, excited to be able to share one of my favourite things about being a vampire with her.

"I'm scared of running into trees," she confessed, "Everything is very disorientating. I can see so much, hear so much. It's like a sensory overload."

"I know," I said, "I remember how overwhelming it can be, but your vampire brain can handle it all. It might just take a little time to get used to it. You won't run into a tree; your brain can process everything so much quicker now that even when you're running as fast as we can, you will be able to see every tree, every branch, even every blade of grass clearly. Besides you're indestructible now, so the tree would definitely come off worse in that scenario. Let's start off slowly and build up the speed. We'll go at your pace and I'll hold your hand the whole time."

I took her hand and started walking again at the same human pace as before and let her guide the pace. It didn't take long until we were running at a fairly fast vampire pace. I was watching her more than I was watching where I was going, but I still wasn't worried. She was so beautiful and her face lit up more and more the faster we went.

She let out a high pitched giggle as she deftly dodged the trees and branches she had been so scared of only a few minutes ago. I'd thought it was exhilarating to run alone as a vampire, even more so to run with Bella on my back, but running with her hand in hand was the most wonderful thing I had ever done. I never wanted to stop but at this rate we were going to run to Canada, so I tugged lightly at her hand until she slowed down and stopped.

"That was amazing!" she exclaimed, smiling from ear to ear, "The speed was amazing and I really could see everything, like you said."

"It's my favourite part of being a vampire, well it was until I met you," I told her with a wink, "It's even better to run alongside you though. Time to hunt now." I stood in front of her, my hands on her shoulders. "Close your eyes. Let your other senses take over. Tell me what can you hear, what can you smell?"

She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath through her nose, "I can hear birds singing, trees rustling in the breeze, running water, small animals scurrying through the grass. I can smell the trees, water...?, the gra... Oh! Something rich and warm..."

"Go, follow it, I'll be right behind you. Follow your instincts," I encouraged her. There was a small herd of deer not far to the south of where we were and she took off in their direction without any more prompting. I followed close on her heels, enjoying the view from behind her as she ran towards her prey.

As she reached the clearing where the deer were gathered, she crouched down, watching and listening. A split second later, she sprang forward wrapping her arms around the deer and quickly sinking her teeth into it's neck.

I was not prepared for the lust that filled me at watching her wrestle with the animal, but there was something very erotic about watching her swallow that warm liquid. A few drops escaped, running down her chin onto her neck and I struggled not to run to her and lick it off, but I knew better than to interrupt a feeding vampire, particularly a newborn, but I couldn't hold back the growl that escaped me.

The sound reached her just as she finished draining the animal and her crimson eyes snapped up to meet mine, which I'm sure were black with desire. As our eyes met, the familiar electricity crackled between us, the intensity more than I had felt before and I was no longer in control of myself. I crossed the gap between us in the blink of an eye, capturing her lips with mine and groaning at the taste of her and her kill on my tongue.

Moving from her lips, I kissed and licked every drop of blood from her chin and neck, before ripping open her blouse, buttons flying everywhere.

"God, I thought you were beautiful before," I groaned, in between kissing along the top of her breasts, "But, wow, now there are no words to describe you. Watching you hunt is the most erotic thing I've ever seen."

As I pulled her blouse off her shoulders, she ran her hands up my sides taking my t-shirt with her and my lips once again met hers. Our tongues danced together, fighting for dominance. These kisses were nothing like before as I no longer had to temper my strength and she was able to kiss me back just as intensely.

I quickly removed my jeans and underwear, before lifting her up into my arms and she wrapped her legs around my waist. I could feel her wetness on my arousal, even through her jeans and I knew then that this wasn't going to be soft and slow. This was going to be vampires mating, rough and hard and out of control.

I set her on her feet only long enough to rip the rest of her clothes from her body, before lifting her up again, my hands cupping her perfect bottom and pressing her back against a tree.

"Oh, yes," she screamed, as her back hit the tree, "I'm ready, baby, please."

I quickly lined my painfully hard erection up with her entrance and swiftly thrust deep inside her, hard and fast, which is what we both needed in that moment. I pulled almost all the way out of her and slammed back into her again and again, her back hitting roughly off the tree, as she moaned incoherently. It didn't take long before we were both breathing heavily and I could feel her muscles, much stronger now than before, clenching down on me. She came hard around me, screaming my name and her spasms around my length milked my own orgasm. Stilling her hips, I spilled into her as my head hit her shoulder.

We stayed in that position, still intimately joined, for a few minutes, neither one of us seeming to be able to move after such intense orgasms.

"Fuck," she uttered, my erection stirring once again at hearing the curse escape her lips. I had always thought it unladylike for a woman to swear, but hearing that word from her lips was one of the hottest things I'd ever heard.

"Oh," she exclaimed, "Someone likes a bit of dirty talk! I didn't expect that from you."

"Neither did I, to be honest," I admitted, "I've never reacted to it that way before, but, God, it's hot when you curse!"

Slipping out of her, I lifted her down from the tree, lying her down on the grass in the clearing before settling between her legs and leaning down to kiss along her neck. I made my way down her body, kissing every spot I came across. When I reached her nipples, I ran my tongue flat across each puckered peak, before continuing down her stomach and swirling my tongue into her belly button. Her breathing quickened the closer I got to her centre, but I continued down her legs until I reached her feet.

"Fuck, Edward," she cried, that word sending a jolt right through my shaft again, "Quit teasing!"

Slowly I made my way back up her legs, hooking them up over my shoulders as I reached the top of her thighs, which were coated with her wetness. I spread her open with one hand and lazily ran my tongue from her entrance up to her sensitive bundle of nerves, circling it and eliciting another "Fuck!" from her beautiful lips. Her taste was even more amazing than before and mixed with the taste of me, she was intoxicating. I lapped up everything she gave, before inserting two fingers into her heat and continuing to swirl my tongue over her clit until she was trembling with the need to come. With a gentle bite down on her clit, she came fiercely, a gush of liquid filling my mouth.

Moving back up her body, until we were lined up again, I kissed her, letting the taste of us both mingle on our tongues. As we kissed my length was pressing against her centre, teasing us both.

"Fuck me, Edward," she whispered in my ear, wrapping her legs around me, "I need your cock inside me."

"Oh, God," I groaned, quickly driving my erection into her as deep as it would go and she arched her hips up to meet me. She dug her fingers into my back, encouraging me to go faster and so I did.

"Mine," I growled, continuing to thrust into her hard and fast, "Mine forever."

"Oh, God, yes, yours, all yours!" she cried, as her orgasm took her. A few more thrusts was all it took to send me tumbling off the edge right behind her.

We lay naked in the grass for a long time, neither of us prepared to let go of the other, even for a second. I no longer had to worry about Bella being too cold or the hard ground being uncomfortable for her to lie on. It felt a little strange that she was now the same temperature as me, but I was glad that I wasn't making her cold, though it had never really seemed to bother her anyway.

My mind was still trying to tell me that I should be feeling ashamed of what I had done in taking away her humanity, but my heart was soaring at having her like me and knowing that I never had to be without her now. It was hard to reconcile those two conflicting feelings, but as I looked into her eyes, watching the smile playing on her lips, I could truly see that she wasn't conflicted at all.

"How are you feeling?" I asked her.

"Still a little overwhelmed, to be honest," she answered, "I've just been listening to everything around us. I can hear so much. I've never thought much about the insects in the forest, but now I can hear them walking around, the fluttering of their wings. And the smells, I mean I can smell the water from the river nearby. That's just crazy!"

"I know, it does take a while to get used to all of that, but you are coping extremely well for a newborn," I assured her, "Most newborns are volatile. The bloodlust takes over all of their senses usually, until they feed. The fact that you were so calm and were able to wait before feeding is practically unheard of."

"Of course," she scoffed, "Always something strange about me. First you can't hear my thoughts, now I'm the only calm newborn ever!"

"They aren't bad things, love. Though I'd love to be able to hear your mind, even once," I sighed wistfully.

I wish I could give that to him.

I gasped in astonishment. I would have sworn she had spoken if I hadn't been staring at her face, and knew her lips hadn't moved even slightly.

"I heard you!" I cried, sitting up and pulling her up with me.

"I didn't say anything," she said, with an adorable confused look on her face.

"I know!" I exclaimed, "I didn't hear you speak, I heard you think!"

"Really? Can you hear me now?" she said excitedly.

"No," I said, frowning. I knew I had definitely heard her thoughts, but now they were gone again. "I heard you think 'I wish I could give that to him'."

"I did think that," she stated, "Hmmm, I wonder why you would hear that one thought and not any others."

"Maybe you have a talent," I pondered, "Some sort of barrier that you can lift at will to let me in or keep me out. Like a shield. You wanted me to hear you then, so I did, now your shield is down again. Try again, see if you can let me hear something."

"Okay," she said, closing her eyes, a crease forming between her brows as she concentrated.

I love you, Edward.

I couldn't help myself, upon hearing her think that, I kissed her fiercely, pouring all my love for her into that kiss. When I finally pulled back to look at her, she was smiling brightly.

"I'll assume you heard that then," she laughed, "I was able to picture my shield, as you called it, in my mind, like a thin curtain. I can lift it to let you in and lower it again easily."

"Amazing," I whispered, "I wonder if you will be immune to other vampire's talents when your shield is down. That could be very useful."

"What other talents do vampires have?" she enquired, her shield back down, hiding her thoughts from me.

"I haven't actually met many talented vampires," I told her, "but Carlisle told me about some of his friends. Carlisle thinks that everyone brings over one of strongest traits from your human personality to this life. Carlisle brought his compassion, Esme her ability to love deeply. Sometimes that translates into a particular talent, like mine. I must have been quite good at reading people and so that became mind reading in this life. You were able to keep me out, even as a human, so you've brought that over to this life, but its developed into a sort of mental shield that you can control."

"As far as I know, no two vampires have the exact same talent," I continued, "Carlisle told me about an old friend of his who can also read minds. He has to be touching the person to read their mind, but once he touches them he can see every thought they've ever had, whereas I can only hear what's going though their mind at that time. Another he mentions is able to see the relationships between two people. I wonder what he'd see between us, with this electric connection we have."

"I've heard of vampires that can tell when someone is lying and then there are more offensive talents like causing the illusion of pain or sending electric shocks from their palms," I said.

"And you think that maybe my shield would protect me against their talents too?" she asked.

"It's only a theory," I admitted, "I really don't know much about it. Your shield could be just a mental shield, only protecting you against talents that work on the mind. Carlisle might know more. We could ask him, if you still want to find him with me."

"Oh, yes," she said quickly, "I know you really want to see Carlisle and Esme again and I would love to meet them. When will we go?"

"I had planned to go soon, but that was before I changed you," I said, "Travelling across the country might be more difficult as a newborn, though you really aren't the typical newborn, so who knows."

"It's weird. I feel like me, but I don't at the same time," she said, "I don't feel out of control though, like you seem to think I should. I hope we'll be able to go soon."

"Me too," I sighed, "No matter what they think of me after all these years, they are going to love you."

As the sun began to set, I stood up and pulled Bella up with me and started searching for the remains of our clothes.

"It's as well this area is completely isolated, because we didn't leave many clothes intact," I chuckled, handing her my t-shirt as I pulled on my jeans, "These are the only two pieces of clothing that are still wearable."

"You should probably hunt again before we head back," I told her, "One deer isn't going to keep you satisfied for very long, particularly as a newborn."

She closed her eyes, sniffing the air like I had taught her earlier, picking up the scent of some elk quickly and taking off in their direction. She took down two elk, though I couldn't watch this time, otherwise I would have pounced on her again, especially as my t-shirt left very little to the imagination. After quickly disposing of the bodies for her, I turned to look at her, my eyes darkening as I took in the delicious sight of her, my t-shirt barely covering her modesty. As I took a step towards her, she took a step backwards.

"I want you," I growled, taking another step towards her.

"Well, you're going to have to catch me then," she said in a sultry tone, before turning on her heel and running at full speed.

I was in shock for a few seconds, giving her a bit of a head start, but as soon as I realised what she was doing, I ran full speed after her. I could easily follow her scent, particularly as the air was full of the smell of her arousal. Though I was fast, faster than any other vampire I'd met, her newborn strength was helping to propel her faster through the forest and with the head start I'd unintentionally given her, I couldn't quite catch her.

We were headed back towards the cabin, though, so I knew I would get her eventually. The thrill of the chase was only fuelling my arousal and by the time we reached the cabin, I was painfully hard, straining against the zipper on my jeans.

When I burst through the trees at the cabin, she was standing in the doorway, watching me stalk towards her, her eyes black with lust.

"That was very naughty," I told her, "You shouldn't run from your sire. Perhaps, I'll have to punish you for that." She let out an audible moan and the scent of her arousal intensified at my words.

I reached her in the door way and grabbed her, throwing her over my shoulder. My t-shirt had ridden up, showing off her perfect naked bottom and I couldn't resist slapping one of her beautiful cheeks, evoking a loud groan from her.

I raced up the stairs, pulled my t-shirt over her head before laying her in the centre of the bed. I stepped back to admire the view, my erection now so hard I thought it was going to rip through my jeans.

"You've been a very naughty girl," I crooned, "As punishment, I'm going to kiss, touch and lick every part of your body... all except where you really want me to. You won't come until I say."

I could see the tops of her thighs already glistening with her wetness, and I had to bite back a groan, as she rubbed her thighs together, trying to find some much needed friction.

"Uh uh," I admonished her, spreading her legs further apart and crawling between them, "There will be none of that and no touching for you. Those hands must say on the bed at all times. Understand?" She nodded, her teeth biting down on her bottom lip.

I leaned over her, kissing her on the lips first, before moving along her cheek to her neck. Licking and kissing all the way down her neck and shoulders. Slowly I made my way down her body, licking and kissing each breast but avoiding her hard nipples, making her groan in frustration. I sucked each of her fingers into my mouth in turn, before continuing down her stomach. As I reached the top of her mound, her breathing was so erratic and she was squirming on the bed, her hands clenched in fists at her side. I proceeded down her legs, licking and sucking at every bit of skin I encountered.

"Please," she breathed, as I reached her feet.

"Not yet, baby," I crooned, "I'm only halfway there. Turn over."

With a groan, she flipped over onto her stomach and I leaned over her again, kissing along her shoulders and down her back. I made my way down her body quicker this time, as I was beginning to lose patience myself and Bella was more than ready. When I had reached her feet again, I quickly stood up, ridding myself of my jeans before leaning back over Bella.

"You've taken your punishment well," I whispered in her ear, "I think that deserves a treat." I sat back onto my knees and pulled Bella's hips into the air, lining myself up with her entrance and quickly pushing deep inside her. It only took a couple of thrusts before Bella was coming hard around me, screaming loudly.

I sat back onto my feet, bringing Bella with me, lifting her up and down over me, until we were both panting heavily.

"I'm so close," I hissed in her ear, "Come with me, baby." My words were all it took for her to shatter as I emptied into her, throwing my head back with a loud growl.

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