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Edward shook his head at the terrified girl whimpering before him, she was beautiful, and he wanted nothing more than to stop her crying as she was ruining her beautiful face.

He snorted in disgust, filthy James, she looked at him, her eyes wide and innocent, not for very long he doubted. With one final fury-filled glance he turned on his heel and headed back to his bunk.

She had been a slave for four years now, taken from her family, from london

Bella couldn't believe her luck, she'd been a slave for four years, taken from her farther when she had stowed upon his ship and been abducted by pirates. She was blessed to be finally saved, but she was still on a ship with only men, for what was going to be a five month journey. And what Jasper told her she really did want to believe.

"I swear, none of the crew will take advantage of you Bella. James is the only one here who would do that- and he has his own girl."

Bella shivered, she felt sorry for the girl but she wasn't going to protest. Living in slavery had made her immune to any conscience she might have had.

She listened in, dead interested as Jasper began to describe the rest of the crew.

Bella scanned the faces, making a mental note of the people Jasper told her to avoid.

Her gaze passed a young boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, he winked at her and a sly grin spread across his face. Bella inwardly grimaced and added him to her list.

Jasper had finished with his list when Bella noticed a pair of emerald green eyes emerge from the shadows.

Her breathe immediately caught in her throat as she took in his beauty. She stood there unable to remove her gaze from the Adonis before her.

He walked towards one of his fellow shipmates, power alluding every move he made. The big burly man, that she had recently learnt was Emmett, turned towards his friend and whispered something in his ear.

The green eyes immediately caught her gaze, knowing that she shouldn't stare, Bella tried to tear her eyes from his green orbs that seemed to bore into her brown muddy ones.

His gaze averted over her body and Bella felt naked under his gaze.

A bright shade of red spread over her face as she averted her eyes to the floor to cover her embarrassment at being caught staring.

He looked back at her face and Bella lifted her head to once again lose herself in the depths of his eyes. A grimace spread across his features as his brow furrowed in frustration? Annoyance? Bella instantly felt guilty and knew that she had stepped out of line. She turned her attention back to Jasper.

"What about that other man?" she asked shyly

"Edward?" jasper asked tilting his head to the side.

She nodded, "he seemed angry at my presence, will he hurt me?"

"No, no Bella, Edward hates slavery even more than Emmett and I do, he was the one that insisted on buying you anyway, its him you should thank." Jasper explained.

"Why does he hate slavery?" Bella was curious now, but instantly regretted the words as soon as they escaped her lips. He knew better than to ask questions.

"His parents were killed by slavers, when Edward was just a boy, his father died stopping them from taking Alice, Edward's sister and my fiancé, she got away but his mother was not so lucky, his father had to watch while she was raped and then killed before they finished him also." Jasper's eyes held sadness as he talked about his loves parents.

"Oh" the sound only barely escaped her lips as tears pricked her eyes, "so he isn't angry at me but for the reason that I am here." It was more a statement than a question but Bella thought she ought to get all the facts straight so as not to say the wrong thing in front of him.

Jasper simply nodded, trying to gain his composure as he blinked away unshed tears. Bella caught her bottom lip between her teeth as her nerves began to get the best of her.

Bella walked, half-hidden, behind Emmett, her face peeking out from behind his side. She wasn't short exactly, in fact she was quite tall and slim for her age, but Emmett was really tall, it was quite convenient actually.

He led her into a small dark parlour; she barely noticed the movement of the ship now, but the room was quite claustrophobic.

Edward was lounging in one of the chairs at the back of the parlour. She hid herself, avoiding Edward's gaze, completely behind Emmett and whispered in his ear almost silently,

"Where's Jasper?" she felt Edward gaze on her but tried to keep her focus on Emmett's answer.

"Doing duties outside, he always offers to take first shift,-says he likes the peace and quiet."

"oh".

Edward gave Jasper a funny look. "If I didn't suspect you'd done it long ago I'd make a sarcastic remark about you having gone mad."

Bella tried to avoid the arm Emmett reached behind him to grab her with, but failed. He pushed her forward, "this is Bella".

Edward looked shocked as she darted back behind Emmett, "She trusts you already?"

Emmett nodded, "we made friends last night." His face paled, "I didn't mean it like that Bella".

"S'alright", she whispered, her voice sounding oddly loud and echoed throughout the parlour.

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