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Overwhelming Darkness
A/N: This story is written as a collaboration by both Xo Bella Italiana oX and DeathQueen26. We hope that you enjoy the story and look forward to reading your reviews. If you have any questions or comments, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note! Enjoy!
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: There has been a commonly asked question within my reviews about Bella's virginity and the fact that Jasper had taken it when she had already been pregnant with Jacob's baby. I will be answering that question at the bottom of the chapter in my Author's Note where I usually answer the questions that my reader's post in my reviews. So, if this is something that you haven't understood and would like the answer to this frequently asked question, continue reading after the chapter has ended. Thanks!
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Previously…
(Bella's POV)
"I know. She'll be alight." Jasper said as he stood there with a smile on his face, grinning down at me. "She's a tough vampire to mess with. Not to mention, her mate's close by and will mangle anyone who threatens her and her happiness."
Marcus nodded as he let me return to Jasper. Upon turning back to look at him, I couldn't help but to briefly frown as I watched him look down at his ring, stroking the glass that held what was left of his beloved Didyme's ashes.
He sighed and looked back up at the two of us. "As much as it pains me, I must take the prisoners and head back to Volterra." He walked over and shook Jasper's hand. "Please take care ofmi Cara. She has been hurt for far too long and deserves this happiness." He then kissed me on the forehead as he pulled his phone out and began to dial.
"Let's hunt before we head back. I want to talk to you about something." I whispered as I held his hand. "Faia and Sai can handle things until we return. Kirk and Natalie have help with the kids since four more seem to have been added to the ranks. I don't think there will be much of a problem now with Maria gone."
"Sounds like a great idea, Darlin." Jasper whispered as he pulled me into his arms, as he took off running towards town.
I couldn't be happier. I just wished my son and best friend could be here to see it. Not to mention, my father. I just pray that Charlie is as happy as I hope he is. Even with after all the heart break, I still was able to hold myself together. I couldn't be more proud of myself, if I tried. I just hoped that things would be forever slow and uneventful.
Chapter 26: A Hunting We Will Go
(The Woods outside the Compound)
(Jasper's POV)
We all began to head off in separate direction, my arm wrapped around my mate's shoulders. Relief seemed to be the dominant emotion filling nearly the entire compound, myself included in the mix.
"Wait," Bella announced to me, turning around to face the retreating forms of our comrades. "Marcus!" She called, louder this time, regardless of the fact that he was able to hear us as he aimlessly twirled the glass ring on his finger.
He turned around and looked at her with questioning eyes, "yes?"
She pursed her lips thoughtfully, her eyes flickering down to his ring and back up to his face. "If there was a chance that you could have Didyme back, would you take it?"
Marcus sucked in a breath, his eyes filling with venom as he swallowed thickly. "Without question," was all he said before turning away and continuing on the path towards his quarters.
Catching on to the reason behind her question, I waited until he was out of hearing range before I turned to Bella and quirked a brow. "Why didn't you tell him that we could help bring his mate back?" I asked dumbfounded.
Bella let out a sigh as she turned us to continue our track deeper into the forest. "All he has left of his mate's ashes are inside of that ring. It's not very much and I don't want to get his hopes up if Nick says that it's not enough to do anything with. So, I would like to speak with him privately first with some definite answers before I would approach Marcus with the possibility."
I nodded in understanding, pulling her tighter against me as we walked. The thought of not having Bella in my life with no hope of seeing her again made it unbearable, causing my mating instincts to scream at me to not let her out of my sight, let alone arm's length, ever again.
We started running at a slow jog before picking up our pace and flying across the ground at our vampire speed towards Houston. It was the best place for us to hunt, what with the diet that we have, not to mention the closest. I was anxious to learn about what it was that Bella wanted to talk to me about.
(Houston, Texas)
It was completely dark outside when we finally made it into the city about a half hour to forty-five minutes later. We ended up at a bar just inside of the city limits in an unruly part of town. Country music blasted from inside of the establishment, along with the laughter of several drunk patrons. The bar was known for housing lowlifes and multiple offenders, many who were nearing their third strike or just haven't been caught yet.
"Shall we?" Bella winked, a dangerous smile on her face.
I nodded and, together, jumped off the edge of a building over-looking the bar into the dark alley below, landing silently on our feet.
"Wait thirty seconds before coming in after me so that it doesn't look like we are together. It will be easier to hook a meal if they think I am alone and helpless." She instructed.
Balling my fists at my side, I gritted my teeth and took in a deep breath, giving her a nod of approval. My mating instincts really did not relish the idea of any male not recognizing her as mine, but my rational mind knew that she was correct in her assessment and that it would go a lot smoother and faster if I did not argue with her on this. There would be plenty of time to stake my claim on her after we had both fed.
Appraising my facial expression and my tense mannerisms, Bella leaned up to mold her body against mine, allowing my scent to cover her as she wrapped her arms around my neck and pressed her lips to my own. I groaned and enveloped her lean body into my arms, immediately swiping at her bottom lip with my tongue, demanding that she open to me before swallowing her gasp.
Our tongues danced for several seconds before she finally wretched herself away from our intense make out session, a lustful gleam in her eye. She rose up on the balls of her feet, pulling me down to her once again, but not to kiss me as she had only moments before. Instead, she turned my head and nibbled teasingly on my ear lobe.
"I'm yours," she murmured, her lips brushing seductively over the shell of my ear, "Never forget that."
I couldn't help the shiver of satisfaction that danced through my spine, the male vampire within me purring loudly at her admission.
Bella winked, turning her slender body towards the mouth of the alley, but I reached out in a flash and grasped her wrist, pulling her against me once again. I cupped her jaw with my other hand and pulled her lips back to mine, devouring her once again.
Pushing her back up against the cement pavement, I ground my erection into her, enticing a moan from her plump, fruity lips. She hiked up her leg so that it wrapped around my waist and began purring loudly as she forced her sex to rub against me. I grasped her thigh with my whole hand, slowly moving up her leg to palm her ass as we continued to kiss.
Knowing that we were both quickly losing control of our body's baser instincts, I sucked in a breath and used all the inner strength I possessed to push myself away from her. I helped her lower her leg so that her foot was firmly on the ground as we both tried to slow our breathing.
Pressing a kiss to her temple, my lips remained there only a second, long enough to whisper, "Don't you forget it."
Bella tilted her head back to kiss my chin, "Never."
Grinning, I pushed away from the wall, allowing her to exit the alley, but not before playfully swatting her ass, bringing a giggle from her as she turned the corner.
I counted to thirty in my head before I followed after her, turning the corner before spotting several patrons near the entrance to the bar. Each of them had a lit cigarette between their fingers at various lengths of burning, but they all were feeling quite lustful.
Before I could begin to overanalyze their emotions, my phone buzzed from within my pocket.
Internally sighing, I pulled it out and opened the new text message from Peter:
Keep going, not up to par with your particular taste.
Lil Bit has found your meal for tonight.
– All Knowing Yoda
Closing out the message, I turned off the screen and slipped it back into my pocket before striding past the three patrons, pulling open the front door to the building and slipping inside.
I marched up to the bar without scanning the crowed and took a seat on a stool at the far end, closest to where I had entered. Noticing my arrival the bartender made his way over to me and leaned over the counter so that he could hear my reply over the rowdy noise.
"What'll it be?" He asked.
"Give me a Jack on the rocks," I answered, going for something that a vampire like myself could drink without being forced to puke it back up.
"You got it, boss," The bartender replied and immediately went to preparing my beverage.
While I waited, I turned slightly, allowing my senses to roam the bar until I found Bella. She was at the opposite end of the bar at the pool table with several scruffy looking men who were leering at her as she leaned over the greenery with a pool stick, preparing to make her shot.
"I'm getting me a piece of that tonight," a big biker-looking middle-aged man mumbled to his buddy with a salt and pepper beard and shaved head. "You want in?"
His friend turned his head and began appraising Bella, his lust skyrocketing as dirty thought no-doubt filled his head.
"Fuck yeah," he agreed and groaned. "Take a look at that ass; it'll fit both of my hands perfectly."
"Are you okay with getting a little…persuasive… if she don't comply?" The biker-looking man mumbled, lowering his voice further to assure that they weren't heard.
His buddy tore his eyes from Bella, surprise and intrigue now coloring between the ever-growing lust. "Most definitely," He answered just as quietly.
The two men clinked their beer bottles before taking a sip and began approaching Bella, who rose from her earlier position with a triumphant smirk. At first glance, one would think that her smile was because she had just made her shot, the red ball bouncing off of the ledge and into the corner pocket. However, I knew otherwise as her emotions showed determination and disgust, as well as the approval that she directed towards me, signaling that she had indeed found our meal for tonight.
"Here ya go, boss," the bartender slid the drink in front of me as I slapped down a twenty dollar bill down onto the bar before rising to my feet and grabbing for the glass.
I made my way over towards the old-fashioned juke box that was blaring country music, stopping in front of it before dropping fifty cents inside and picking out the next tune.
Just then, a blonde woman who appeared to be in her early twenties approached me, a sly, seductive gleam in her eyes.
"Well, hello there," she hummed, a wine cooler in hand.
"Ma'am," I nodded politely, as per my upbringing demanded of me.
"I haven't seen you around here before," she observed as her eyes consumed me from head to toe, not bothering to hide the fact that she was checking me out. "You just in town on business?"
I shook my head leaning against the bar to give me a better view of Bella and the two ruffians we had our eyes on. "No, I'm here on….personal matters." I answered cryptically.
She nodded and turned to lean against the bar next to me with her elbows, puffing out her breasts as if to give me a better view. "Well, I'm quite familiar with the area and would be happy to act as your personal tour guide." She reached down and rested her hand on my thigh, leaning in to whisper in my ear, "I know all of the best places that you'll definitely want to visit while you're here."
Bella's eyes flashed dangerously as she heard what the woman said from her spot next to the pool table and I quickly brushed the woman's hand off of my leg, not wanting to get Bella's mating instincts going crazy before we could get out of the public bar.
"No thanks," I answered Blondie, my eyes never leaving Bella's.
Blondie, however, noticed this and she instantly followed my gaze to where it landed on Bella with her two ruffians.
"I think she's taken," she observed with a smirk. "Hawk and Razor will take really good care of her tonight."
Feeling the malice in her emotions, I turned my head to look at her straight in the eyes. "Is that so?"
She nodded, "Oh yes. You won't have to worry about her ever again," she leaned in to whisper in my ear. "Not when you can have a woman like me for the night."
Before I could tell her to fuck off, my phone buzzed once again from inside of my pocket.
"Hold that thought, Darlin'," I smirked, and she grinned, pulling back to lean on the bar.
I pulled my phone out from inside of my pocket and peeked down at the new message, once again from Peter:
She's in cahoots with Bella's
2…bring her along. Call me when you're done.
I'll explain.
- All Knowing Yoda
Shutting the text box and closing the screen, I pocketed my phone and turned my body to fully face Blondie.
"What did you have in mind?"
A/N: So, I thought I would end on a high note for this chapter. I know it's short, but bear with me. There are only a few more chapters left before the Epilogue and I promise that they will be longer! Any thoughts on what will happen in those next few chapters before the end of the story?
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Frequently Asked Question: How can Bella still be a virgin if she had been pregnant with Jacob's child in the beginning of the story?
Bella'Xo: Well, this is possible because when Bella was changed, her hymen was healed, just like any other scrapes or injuries she had suffered as a human. Therefore, she was 'revirginized' as a vampire lol!
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