I don't own anything Twilight that belongs to the great Steph Meyer. I do, however, own a lot of pictures of Joe Manganiello, for he is my inspiration for Peter in this story, lovely beard and all. Thank you for taking the time to read my story.

Crimson Knight

Chapter 5

As Bella sat straddled across my lap on the tree branch examining her cuts, the realization hit me as to how precarious and intimate our position really was. I'd never thought anything about it till she started squirming around on my lap. The skirt she had worn today was riding awfully high on her thigh right now. I watched every move she made.

I'd seen her body before at different times but nothing this close. Fuck me, now that I was concentrating on her and that damn skirt, the heat from her body was soaking into my thighs where she sat.

"Peter, does venom seal wounds or only make them?" What? What was she talking about?

"What do you mean, doll?"

"Can venom heal human wounds?" Where was she going with this?

"Bella, when a human is bitten, the venom courses thru their veins and repairs any and all damage that the body has sustained. It makes it new and improves everything, so it will last for an eternity. Why do you ask?" Call me fuckin' curious, because that's what I am.

"No, Peter, I'm not talking about being turned. I know about that part of it but, I don't think I'm that bad off; am I?"

"No, you aren't. Wait, are you asking me to seal those for you?" Wow. Just….wow. I know I've never been thrown off like this before but damn. Is she really asking me to seal her open, bleeding wounds?

"If it's not too much trouble and you can handle doing so, then yes, I am asking you to help me out, so I don't have to go to the hospital. I really hate needles, Peter." Those damn brown begging eyes.

"Ugh! Fuck! You're serious about this? The venom will leave a silver scar where it heals Bella. It will be there for life. I'm not sure what will happen either. If I use too much venom it could trigger a change in you, and if it does then I'll have to fully turn you or end it." I was pretty fuckin' serious, and she felt it.

"I understand, Peter. If something happens and the change starts, please change me fully; I'm not ready to die."

"And you've thought about this long enough to weigh the options against death or an eternity as a death machine?" I really had to know. I was never given the option.

"You'd be bound to me for eternity, Bella, seeing as how I'd be the one to turn you. Is that something you'd be prepared for?" I was bound to Jasper for life, but I'd be bound to him as a brother even if he wasn't my sire.

"Yes, I understand that, Peter, but I do need your help." I hesitated, thinking of what she was really asking me to do.

"Will you help me, please?" She pleaded with me. "Please Peter?"

"Alright, I'll do it!" I was defeated at this point. It seemed as though she really did think about it. "You should also know, I mean, if you're not already aware of the fact, each vampire has a unique smell. With my venom blessing your skin, you'd smell like me to every other vampire you ever come in contact with, Bella."

"I'm ok with that. Edward, he smells really sweet to me. The others do as well, but I couldn't smell you earlier. How can I smell you now?" Were we gonna have to get into all this right now? All because of fuckin' Eddie's stupid ass! I'm gonna kick his ass so hard for this! Ha, his fuckin' face should be healed by now; little bitch is gonna need to hunt to seal that broken jaw. I smiled at this, a little revenge for hurting Bella.

"Well, no one can smell me unless I lessen my shield strength or encompass them with me in it, Bella. I know you are aware of the gifts that some vampires possess. I have a gift as well; it's a physical shield. I can manipulate it to do what I need. When it's up and strong, Edward can't even read my thoughts. I imagine that's one reason why he hates me." I laughed picturing his last expression when he tried to read my mind.

"Edward says he can't read my mind, either. He has never been able to."

"That's fuckin' awesome!" Really I'd never heard of a human being immune to a vampire's gift before.

"Can Alice see your future?"I already knew by my talks with Jasper that he could feel her emotions but I wasn't sure if he could manipulate them or not. "What about Jasper? Can he manipulate your emotions?" I was really curious now.

"Yeah, they can. Only Edward can't read my mind." Well fuckin' color me happy; this was wonderful news.

"That's great to hear, Bella; at least you know your thoughts are safe as well. I hate to change the subject, especially when it's about the many ways to piss little Eddie off, but we really should get those wounds sealed up now. We'll also need to burn your shoes and stuff once we get back. I'll have to burn my shirt and my jeans as well. I'm not sure how much blood got on them, but from the feel and smell of it, a lot; you held your legs around me for quite awhile."

"Okay, what do you want me to do?" She was nervous.

"Just hold still. I'll have to make direct contact with the wounds with my venom."

"What does that mean?"

"It means that I'll have to lick your wounds so to speak, Bella." She turned red with blush with the realization of that fact.

"Just sit still, I've got you wrapped in my shield. You can't fall; I won't let you." She nodded her head in understanding.

I took Bella's right leg into my hands and checked the wounds once more. Fresh blood was seeping out with every pump of her heart. I let venom pool in my mouth and began to seal the lower cut first. With fresh venom on the flat of my tongue, I slowly let it trickle down and onto her leg. I lapped my tongue over the area making sure the venom coated every inch of the wound.

Her blood was sweet on my tongue. She tasted phenomenal unlike anything I've ever tasted before, and I've tasted a lot of fuckin' blood. I gently slid her closer to me the farther up her leg I went. I watched the first wound heal its self as I began to bathe the second wound on the tender flesh on the side of her knee.

"Mmmm." I looked up at Bella as I sealed the second wound. Her eyes were closed, and she was biting her bottom lip, and fuck me if she wasn't moaning.

I slid her still further up my body, so I could fully reach the final wound on the inner part of her knee. My hand held firm to her leg as she wiggled around from my touch. I smelled her instantly, not her blood, her. I was fuckin' nose deep in blood, and I smelled her over it. What's wrong with me? Damn this girl.

"Ohhh…yes." She quietly moaned out. I was lost in the smell that was Bella and blood. Somewhere between the second and the third wound healing, my fingers had made their way up Bella's thigh and into her panties.

I looked up from the wound to see Bella watching me now. Her eyes were totally on me while I bathed her in my venom sealing her wound and diving into her gloriously wet heaven. Fuck me! How the fuck did this happen? She felt me hesitate in my actions for a moment.

"Pl….please don't stop!" she breathed out.

What the fuck? She wanted more? Oh, I could give this little girl more. The fresh blood on Bella's leg still needed to be cleaned off so while I was there, I decided to do that while I was still busy other places. The fresh blood soon ran out, and Bella was still enjoying her healing session.

I couldn't help myself any longer. I tore her panties away from her body, grabbed her by the hips and lifted her to me. I placed her thighs one on each one of my shoulders and dove in. Bella fisted my hair in one hand and leaned forward placing the other on the trunk of the tree.

Oh, holy fuckin' hell! She tasted sweeter than her blood, and I didn't even know how that was possible.

"Oh Peter…please! OhmyGod!" The sound of nothing but pleasure in her voice begging me not to stop set my very being off kilter. The beast within let loose a large and rough growl into my new found sanctuary. The vibrations brought Bella to an instant release around me. Her body trembled and shook against me.

"Holy. Fucking. Shit!" Bella screamed and those words from her mouth to my ears were heaven alone. It's like she knew my exact thoughts at that exact moment. I felt entirely whole. I felt somehow new like somehow a part of me had been missing all these years. This girl, this human girl, somehow she was the key. I made myself a vow. I was not leaving Forks without her by my side. I'll be fucked if I do, and fuck anyone who tries to stop me.

When her body calmed a bit from its high, I gently sat Bella back down straddling my lap once again. I couldn't help but smile; she fell against my chest while trying to catch her breath. She let out a satisfied sigh.

I slowly rubbed up her bare thighs and up her back. The wonderful scent of Bella was all around me. I lifted her chin, so I could look into her eyes. She blinked several times at me, and then tried to back away from me in a sudden panic.

"P…Pe…Peter! Your….eyes….. your eyes are starting to get really dark, are you ok? Did my bl….blood bother you too much?" I let out another small growl. Fuckin' Edward Cullen and his motherfuckin' blood lust!

"Doll, calm down, I'm ok. My eyes aren't turning dark; they're returning to my normal crimson color. I guess I neglected to also mention that good old fashioned regular lust makes our eyes darken in color when we're turned on, as well. I just didn't think it was necessary at the time to mention it. Well, fuck, if I wasn't wrong about that one!" Oh, I earned a big time blush with that one.

"Oh, my God, I'm so sorry Peter; I didn't mean to…..I'm so sorry!" She hid her face in her hands. We couldn't have that now, could we?

"Whoa, what's wrong, Bella?" I asked as I took her hands away from her beautiful face.

"I don't want you to get me wrong here; I'm very thankful for you helping me. I just didn't mean to do that. I've never done that before, and I'm sorry, Peter; I really am."

"What are you sorry for? You didn't enjoy it? Wait a minute; you said you never did that before; you mean you've never…" She cut me off before I could get it all out.

"No. I've never done anything like that before, but…I enjoyed it very much." She looked down again; damn, why was she so self conscious? She's beautiful; she's passionate, and fuck me, that was sexy.

My phone went off with an alert to a text message—fuckin' Jasper. It could only be him right now.

"Hang on a minute, Bella. I have to answer this message, or he'll have a search team out looking for us; I'd imagine."

"Why would they do that? Can't he just track us down from our scents?"

"Well, if you'll remember, I told you no one can smell me when I have my shield up. When I was running back here, I had my shield up, as I do now, so they'd never find us unless we made a lot of noise."

"Oh, I see. What do we do? Are we supposed to go back to the house now? Is everyone ok?"

"Why are you worried about everyone else? You're the one who almost became a meal at the hands of Edward Cullen who, by the way, is gonna have his ass handed to him when I get back. Little self righteous fuck! He runs his mouth about me and my bloodlust, and he can't hold his shit when you spill a little blood."

"I'm his singer, Peter." She sounded sad like it was her fault he hurt her.

"I don't give a fuck if you sing for him or not; there's no fucking excuse for that shit, NONE! We're going to head back in a few minutes. We need to get our asses out of this tree, and I need to jump to do it. So I'm going to have you wrap your arms around my neck and your legs around my waist like we did when we were running earlier, okay?"

She just nodded her 'yes' in confirmation that she understood what I needed her to do.

"I'm going to stand up; you just hold onto me, alright?" I stood up with her body pressed against mine. She was so warm; she brought her legs up, and I helped her secure them around my waist. My new little slice of heaven and her thighs were still wet and hot against my stomach.

"Gggrrrrrr" I couldn't stop the growl that came. This was driving me insane. How can I run us back like this? A lot of fucking strength, that's how. Once Bella was secure against my chest, I grabbed the branch across from me and swung down. I dangled there for a moment so the fall didn't scare her and dropped us down to the ground.

I sat Bella down for a moment, so she could stand and straighten herself out; we'd been in that tree for some time. Once she was down, my phone begun to ring. Damn it, I didn't get back to Jasper fast enough; I picked up my phone answering him.

"Yes, Jasper, we're ok. How is everyone back there?"

"Fuck! Pete, why didn't you call or text me before now? We were worried about you both! Alice can't see you, you know, and when you left with Bella, she couldn't see her, either."

"Can she see her now?" I asked him just to get him to relax a bit.

"No, she can't see either of you. That's why I had to call. Rose and Emmett took Edward out to hunt."

"Good, that motherfucker is gonna get his ass kicked when I see him again. They better have taken him to hunt his natural food source, so this shit won't happen again."

"Now Pete, you know they didn't; it won't happen. Edward feels nothing but remorse and pain for what he did."

"He feels pain? He fuckin' feels pain? What the fuck does he think Bella went thru? Fuckin' pain? He's a fuckin' pain in my ass; that's what he is!"

"Carlisle isn't too happy with him either right now; he's just got in from the hospital, and well, he wants to check Bella out and make sure she's ok."

"It's fine now; I took care of it." He was silent while the hiss of vampires could be heard in the background. I laughed darkly.

"Fuckin' chill out! She's just fine. Here talk to her a minute." I handed Bella the phone and examined my jeans. Yep, I'd have to burn these too, and I just got to wear 'em this one time.

"I'm fine, everyone. I was just shook up a bit. Peter will bring me back there in a minute, okay?"

"Damn, Bella, we were so worried about you. Alice can't see you; Peter didn't bring you back right away…"

That's just stupid; I had to interrupt. "Now, why would I do that, you fucktard? Bloodlust is running rampant at the Cullen home, and you want me to bring back the meal? Catch a fuckin' clue, not gonna happen. Now that the little bitch is gone, I'll bring her back."

They all heard me; just like I'd heard them. I'd be damned if I let her out of my sight tonight. She's covered with my scent. She has my venom in her skin. She smells like me; this made me proud. I so desperately wanted to pound my fist across my chest and yell like Tarzan thru the jungle.

After Bella hung up the phone, I leaned down so that she could wrap her arms around my neck easier. With her legs around my waist yet again today, I started running back to the Cullen place.

"What do we say to them, Peter? I mean about what happened…..between us."

"Nobody needs to know anything you don't want them to know Bella." I was ready to tell them all to get fucked; that's what I was ready to do. I wanted Bella now. I wanted her for my own.

We were about three miles away from the Cullen home, so I pulled my cell out and texted Jasper to leave a garbage bag for our bloody clothes and some fresh pants or a robe to wear. He'd have it ready for us in the backyard before we got there.

Just as we made it thru to the backyard, I saw the pile of clothes and the bag waiting for us. I grabbed the pile with Bella still attached to me and ran over behind the garage to change out of the blood stained clothes. I sat her down and opened the bag for the dirty clothes.

I turned around to give her some sort of privacy to change out of the soiled clothing. In order for us to change out of the dirty clothes, I need to manipulate my shield so that we would be encompassed completely under a dome type. I didn't want to drop the shield completely; I was still on edge and needed to protect her to my fullest. I slid my bloodied jeans off and replaced them with the sweat pants that Jasper had left for me. I waited patiently for Bella to let me know when she was done changing.

"Okay, Peter, I'm finished." I turned around; she was wearing one of Alice's silky bath robes. By the light of the moon, I could see the perfect outline of her breasts; the material did absolutely nothing to hide her form. I immediately adjusted my protective shield for the both of us.

"Peter? What's wrong?" I stood there staring at her for I don't know how long before I actually spoke.

"I need to burn these clothes before we go back into the house. We can't leave bloody clothes just lying around, especially here."

"Where do we burn them?"

I grabbed the bag and headed toward a large metal barrel that I knew Jasper had burned things like this in before.

"You just stay there, Bella. I'll light these up, and I'll be back over in a minute." I dropped the bag into the barrel, took out my lighter and lit a small corner of Bella's bloody skirt. The fire quickly spread to the rest of the clothes. In no time flat, I was again by Bella's side.

"Are you ready to go back in now, Bella?" She still had a worried look on her face; I still had to reassure her that I wasn't going to let anything happen to her.

"I don't know if I can see him right now, Peter. I don't know what to do." She was genuinely worried about the new situation.

"You don't have to see or talk to anyone you don't want to. I'll be there with you, Bella, as long as you want me to be."

"Let's get this over with; I'd kindly like to take a shower before I have to go home." She forced a nervous laugh.

I picked Bella up, held her against my chest, and started towards the house. I didn't want anyone near her right now; she was still too shook up to be questioned. I needed for Jasper to get everyone out of the living room and out of the way, so I could get her into Alice's room so she could shower. I wanted to take her to my fuckin' room, but I wasn't sure how she'd feel about that right now.

"Jasper, we're on our way up" I stated in a normal tone knowing that he'd hear me. "Bella isn't ready for this. Please get everyone out of the doorway and living room, so I can get her into yours and Alice's room. Just have Alice leave her some clothes out on the sink in your bathroom."

"Sure thing, Pete. We'll all convene in the dining room 'till you get done."

"Thanks for the clothes, Jasper. We really appreciate it." I was serious; I do really appreciate how my brother falls into step with me. He knows when I request something like this of him there is a good reason behind it.

"Thank you for helping me, Peter; I'm not sure what would've happened if you hadn't been here for me today."

"You're welcome, Bella. Like I said, I won't let anything happen to you. If you need anything, just let me know, and I'll be there."

As we approached the house, I could hear the hushed voices within. I ignored them and took Bella straight to Jasper and Alice's room. There was no way in hell I was letting her shower and stay in Edward's room. Fuck That!

I knew our combined scents were still hidden as long as I held my shield over her. I gently put Bella down on the bathroom floor and took a step back from her.

"I'll wait outside this door while you take care of what you need to Bella. If you need anything, I can help you out, or I can have Alice help you."

"Thank you, again, for everything, but I should be just fine."

I stepped out of the bathroom closing the door behind me. I was not leaving their room 'till she was done. I stood stock still while I heard her turn the shower on. I was dreading the moment when I took my shield from around her body. How would they react to smelling my venom on her skin? Would my own brother still welcome me in his home?

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