Sorry about the long hiatus. I may continue this story with a sequel possibly. Enjoy!

Marique entered her chambers, Bella was finally awake, she was smiling until she got a good look at her lover's face, "What's wrong?"

Marique knocked over a table in frustration, "My father wants to take you from me!"

"What?", Bella got out of bed to console her, she put her arms around Marique and rested her head on her shoulder, "So, what are we going to do?"

Marique sniffed her hair, "I take you back home."

Bella backed away, confused, "You, you would do that for me?"

"After last night I would gladly die for you my pet..."

"I don't want you to do that but it's very sweet of you."

Marique smiled and brushed a hand across her face, "There are not many like you from your time, are there?"

"I wouldn't know. So, like what's the plan?"

"You let me worry about that, I'll take care of everything."

Bella was worried, she wasn't sure what Marique was up to, she loved her, that much was for sure but could she trust her? Bella was instructed to stay in the room while she went out, she promised to be back shortly. Bella wasn't sure how much time had passed, but it felt like 10 hours had passed, "She's a warrior woman, what do I have to worry about?", she thought, passing the floor. She heard footsteps, she turned around with the biggest smile on her face, that changed in a heartbeat. Khalar entered, he looked angry, Bella had her back up against the wall, fearful that he was going to knock her out.

"Where is my daughter?!"

"I...", Bella just could not get words together, Khalar got closer, Bella had nowhere to run, two men were watching from the door.

"You will answer me, slave!"

"Father!", Bella could not see where the voice was coming from, the brute was blocking her path, he turned revealing Marique, Bella smiled in relief, "She's mine!"

"Marique, stand down! You will obey me!"

"She's not from this time, Father. I can prove it!"

"What are you talking about?"

"She spoke of a distant time, falling through a portal. I found something in the caverns just west of here, a portal that can go back there."

"I have been there many times, there's nothing there."

"Well, you didn't look hard enough."

"What is this foolishness? Has this peasant gotten to you?"

"I don't care about her!", Marique hissed, startling Bella, but she knew that she was only saying that.

"Then what?"

"If we have an entrance to the future, why not use it to our advantage?", she got closer to her father, placing both hands on his shoulders. It looked like he was thinking it over, the idea of being able to pillage and conquer. He answered his daughter with a slap across her face, she staggered backward, Bella was scared for her, she wondered why she couldn't just use her magic to get them both to safety. Marique held her face, holding back grunts of pain, "I see through your lies, Marique! I know you only care for your whore slave!"

Marique was not standing for that, she swiped her claw hand across his stomach, tearing at his abdomen, the two men standing guard advanced on Marique; she could easily beat them both, she was as much a skilled fighter as they were combined. "Bella, run!", one of the men tried to hold Marique's arms behind her back, she freed herself and knocked him out by throwing him into the other guard. She caught up to Bella, she held her hand tight, leading her outside.

"Is there really a portal in the cave?"

"Yes, but I am not sure if it will get you to the right time or not."

She took her into the pitch dark cavern that seemed to go on forever. They stopped at what looked like a dead end, pure black; Bella stuck a hand out and experienced a sudden cold flash like she had just stuck it in a freezer. The sound of male voices echoed off the cave walls, Marique knew they hadn't much time, "Go, Bella, now!"

"You're coming with me, right?"

"I have to hold them back. They can't get to you!"

"But!…"

She shut her up with a kiss, long and savouring, she didn't want to leave her without a goodbye kiss, "I will never forget you!", she ran off, her hand with the blades out, ready to battle. Bella walked through to the unknown. Bella woke up in the arms of Jacob Black, wearing her regular clothes, she was soaking wet and coughing up water, "There's no way it was all a dream!"

She was told she jumped off the cliff and was not gone for as long as she thought, not days but minutes. But it was such a convincing dream, everything she felt, her love for Marique, could her brain have possibly made all of that up?

She was sitting in her bedroom, days later, staring out the window blankly. She had lost two loves, abandoned and forgotten. Suddenly she felt someone standing behind her, she turned to see Marique.

"Is…is it really you? Am I crazy?"

"The last one!", Marique declared, she grabbed Bella by her shirt collar and pulled her into a deep kiss, using her tongue the way Bella liked. Bella sat in her lap, she couldn't believe she was reunited. Marique quickly pulled back from her, "This will take some adjusting I'm sure."

"Don't worry, I'll be here to help you."

"This time. I will be your slave", she smiled. This gave Bella some ideas.

The End?...