A/N: Okay, so I changed the ending on this chapter! It seemed to fit a lot better with the DARK Edward scenes. Sooo, tell me how you like this one!! Tell me if you want the old chapter back with a sensitive Edward, or if you want me to keep it like this! Read on please!
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As I sit waiting for Isabella to get up, I search through her unguarded thoughts, clear as an open book. I laughed as her dream drifted to the nursery rhyme I'd sing to her. In truth, she's the first victim I've used it on.
Ring around the rosy,
A pocketful of posies,
Ashes, Ashes,
We all fall down,
Ring around the rosy,
A pocketful of posies,
Ashes, Ashes,
We all fall down.
As she got to the last part I let out a howling, maniacal burst of laughter. She actually thought I was going to let her go after she knew what we were up to? After I'd seen her spying on us? I'd never let her go. Not after this business was gone. Not ever.
Her face was contorted in pain as I'd whipped her. I smiled to myself. That was the reaction I'd hoped for. She'd break soon. They always do.
We had exactly 1,074 kids working in this factory right now. It spanned over a few miles. The entire factory was huge, and this was just one of the many buildings. Carlisle was the main business man; he hired us all, and he was my father, well, adoptive father actually. Out of all the kids here, Isabella and her young sister were the feistiest. Jasper had a fun time with Alice; his new pet, as Bella was mine. There were a few more I could recall, but some of us couldn't quite control our thirst, and those kids made it worse. The next day, they were nothing but cold, hollow corpses.
My feelings for her were ones of raw lust, nothing more. She'd never be more than just a new toy for me. The novelty would never wear off; however, she was too interesting.
She was visibly shaking as I watched her sleep. Her nightmares were just beginning, little did she know. She would soon have to work longer hours; she would be older soon. I could sense the change occurring. A few more months and she'd be fifteen.
I could remember the day of my parents' deaths clearly. They worked at the same factory. Humans found them and burned it all down. The flames taunted me, and I could not save my parents. The blazing fire kept us away. Carlisle had to rebuild eventually, and he put me in charge as executive guard. I was happy with my job. It helped me make a living. The textile mill (factory) was one of the easiest ways for vampires to make a living these days. It was cold, dark, and kids were easy to pick up along the streets.
I looked out the window, noticing it was time for Bella to get up, and I decided I'd have some fun with her today. I walked over to her and took off the ankle shackles. She stretched and yawned, and when she noticed me she backed up into the wall with a terrified look on her face. I smirked.
"Don't make this harder than it has to be Bella." I purred menacingly.
Her eyes widened in fear, yet she remained still. Silly girl. I growled loud enough for her weak human ears to hear, and she jumped back a little, slamming her head into the brick wall. I laughed; hard.
"You have work to do." I teased.
Her shock turned to a stiff glare. I suppressed a chuckle. My little kitten was back.
I held on tightly to her shoulder as I took her up the stairs and into the work room. I caught James looking at her in a way that should never be allowed. She was mine and I never shared. I growled low enough for him to hear, but escaped the humans' feeble ears.
He snarled, but went back to watching the ceiling. I smirked; he had to listen to me, or Carlisle would fire him. He needed this job as much as the rest of us working here.
Before I left Bella at her station, I whispered something to her, for her benefit, and my own. "If that guy over there bothers you," I pointed to James and she nodded weakly. "Scream and I'll hear you." I nipped her earlobe and tugged roughly.
She turned her head back to mine when I let go and looked horrified. I winked. Her heart skipped a beat, and I smirked at the effect I had on her. We appealed very much to our prey.
I left her there to work, but before I left that room, I warned James with a death glare. He smiled innocently and I snorted; he knew what I meant. He better stay away from her. She was my pet, and I didn't like to share. You see, I was a very selfish creature that always got what I wanted.
I continued on staring at the ceiling and walking around the hallways of the factory. I never had to look down to watch where I was going because first, I knew these halls like the back of my hand, and second, vampire senses.
## (A/N: Okay, next chapter will explain how Bella knew all this, okay? So be patient with me please!)
When I returned to pick Bella up, she was smiling. Well, that's a first. I turned up the stairs to take her back to her cell to eat.
I swear she was skipping the whole way back. What had gotten in to her? In her head she wasn't thinking anything; it was blank. I was getting suspicious.
She walked into her cell and I followed in right after her. She grabbed her bread and started nibbling on it. I watched warily.
She took a sip of water and then gulped hugely, still wearing that same haunting smile. "James talked to me today." She said pleasantly, as if she were talking about the weather.
I growled, and forced myself to listen, even though it was going against all my instincts not to do so. "What did he say?" I hissed between clenched teeth.
Her face dropped suddenly. "He talked about you."
"Oh really." I growled. "And what did he have to say about me?" I tried concentrating on keeping my tone in check, along with my anger.
"I didn't know your parents were burned alive?" She asked suddenly. Well, that was it. My self-control snapped and my hand met contact with her face before she even had the chance to blink.
I didn't really care whose fault it was, even if that asshole James was the one who opened his god-damned mouth in the first place. I warned her not to talk to him.
"I-I'm s-sorry. I didn't know it was a sore subject for you." She whispered. Another hard slap on her cheek. She would soon get the message and just let it drop.
"Were the flames keeping you away?" She teased. I'd never hit her as hard as I just did and she went flying back, into the brick wall. My anger had officially been unleashed and boy was I pissed.
She rolled back onto her side, tears threatening to spill out of her eyes. "Did they even love you Edward?"
My anger raged inside of me. As if I would listen to this petty little girl, talking about my parents like she'd known them. How dare she talk about my parents like I was not even there? I was a walking time bomb, about to go off at any second. Tick, tick, tick…
I balled her hair into a fist, dragging her with me to the same room she had been whipped in; the lowest floor in the whole factory, under the boiler room where her sister worked.
"You're going to regret ever saying those words." I growled as I tugged harder on her hair; strands were ripped out carelessly in the process. She would learn to be more respectful and obedient. I'd teach her, whether it took me all night or all year; it matters not, she will learn her place.
I'd whip her so hard; she'd be servile by the time I was done with her. She would call me master and respect her place as my pet.
I also had something else planned for her. The worst torture in her eyes, which only made mine shine in delight that I could cause her so much pain without even laying a finger on her.
A/N: What do you think Edward's got planned for her? Bella was a very naughty girl. She should've let it drop. Bad Bella. But on the bright side; we get a seriously DARK Edward next chapter! I changed some of the outline on this story because it is a true DARK Edward story. However, if anyone wants me to change it back to what it was before, please inform me in a REVIEW!!!
*Sniffles* But then we'll never see or know what would've happened to Bella if the chapter stayed like this! Sooo, it's up to you; your choice; old chapter, or this one? DARK Edward or Sensitive Edward? Up to you!!
REVIEW please!!! *And very very very sorry about the late update and cliff hanger! I've been working on my other new story, Hush Little Baby, and if you like this one you should definitely go and read it!!*
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