A/N: Hey guys sorry for the long update I had alot of graduation crap to sort out but I'm finally out of high school. I'm not gonna give you guys a regular update schedule for now I'll update when I can, I may do once a week but I'm not sure, plus I have to get back to my Mean Girls fic. Sorry but job hunting and procrastination are my creative brains mortal enemy. So please review as always and remember I'm open to suggestions.
Bella didn't know what time it was when she awoke or how many days had passed all she knew was that she was hungry and in pain. Her senses were dull and she was weak. She could hear voices through the walls. Edward was angry, he was yelling at his siblings, trying to understand how his wife had access to human blood.
Edward had warned her time and time again that drinking human blood was dangerous. He said that it made them into monsters and that the moment he stopped drinking it was one of the happiest moments of his life, apart from meeting her that is. Bella had never questioned the reasons; she just went along with it. Maybe drinking human blood was dangerous, if it caused her husband to react so violently towards her than it must be. He was only protecting her after all, but how can something so dangerous taste so good and make her stronger.
She heard someone enter the room and felt a cool hand on her head. "A-Alice is that you"? There was no answer she heard someone moving closer and felt her heartbeat quicken out of fear. "Who gave you the blood, Bella" a rough voice said, she recognized it as Edward's. "No one gave me any blood, I found it". He pulled on her chains and her body twisted in pain.
"P-please stop-"He looked down coldly at her. "You're doing this to yourself, darling if you tell me your punishment will be much less severe, I may even let you out tomorrow" His offer sounded good but as desperate as she was she wasn't ready to sell out one of the Cullen's at least not yet, plus if she did and they proved themselves innocent, she'd be in more trouble. "I'm telling you the truth, I found the blood". He growled and began pacing back and forth impatiently, running his hands through his hair.
"Where did you find the blood", his eyes were dark and his fangs slipped out in anger. "T-there was a little on the floorboards, in the living room, a few drops I don't know where it came from" tears were pouring down Bella's face and her voice was cracking. "You are lying Isabella, you and I both know there has not been a human in this house apart from Carlisle guests for quite some time, try again".
"I went into the basement and I found a packet of blood in one of Carlisle's books, Edward now please, untie me" Bella pleaded weakly, all she wanted was to sleep and feed. He laughed it was a bitter laugh that sent a chill up her spine. "Do you really expect me to believe that my father, the one who saved my life and prevented my bloodlust from turning me into a monster would secretly break his oath and drink human blood"?
"Edward I'm telling you the-"however her pleas were interrupted when a burning sensation shot through her wrists. "Enough how dare you accuse my father of such disgusting acts, don't you see Bella he helped me and my family live normal lives, because of him we are not monsters"
Bella nodded and he gently kissed her forehead, "I am trying to help you, darling and the sooner you see that the easier life we'll have, now because of your accusations I should extend your punishment for a few more days, don't you agree"? She forced herself to smile at him and nod, knowing that if she said no her punishment could be prolonged into a whole month, "however I must take into account that you are still a new vampire and from my experience it takes a while to control these urges so I will be sympathetic and let you out early but only if you promise not to drink human blood again"
"I promise, Edward I will never drink human blood again". A part of her knew that was a lie but at this point she was willing to sell her left arm if it meant getting out of the chains. He smiled and started to unravel them, exposing her bloody wrists. The damage wasn't permanent and the skin would grow back when she had some blood in her, although with animal blood the healing would be a lot slower and more painful. At the moment she didn't care though, she was just grateful to be freed of those chains.
They went downstairs to see the Cullen family sitting at the table and talking. "Edward, Bella I'm glad you've manage to join us for dinner I hope there will be no more problems with your diet, Bella" Carlisle said as he poured her a bowel of warm deer blood. "There will be no more slip ups; father I assure you, right Bella?" She smiled and nodded at her husband's words.
"Well enough talking then, let's eat" Jasper said as he began spooning blood into his mouth. Edward wiped the corners of her mouth and smiled the charming smile that reminded Bella of why she fell in love with him. It was hard to believe that it belonged to the monster that chained her to their bed and starved her for days. Still as she tasted the bitterness on her tongue, she had a feeling that she would be spending more days in that bedroom.
A/N: Okay so hope you enjoyed Chapter 4 of Temptation. Now for starters thank you Indigo for your suggestion. I was planning to focus more on Bella's perspective, my idea is that the Cullen family knows about the abuse going on between Bella and Edward but choose to ignore it because they consider Edward the "golden child" or they think that it's for her own good since she won't stick to the diet or something, oh and for one chapter in the future I might use Alice or Rosalie's perspective but I mostly want it to be in Bella's. So please review.