Chapter 26

"I am taking her up to my father's old room; she has seen enough in this room tonight. Jacob, I want to maintain a smaller quantity of twenty-four hour guards. I want two in the king's sitting room tonight. Please send these two rebels to the dungeons with the others. I want two of you to go to the king's suite with us." He turned and quickly picked me up and we were on our way down a hall and up a flight of stairs to the King's quarters. "Bella, I love you. It's okay we are safe now; you can wake up for me whenever you would like." He wrapped my hands in one of his father's old undershirts. He sat on his mother's chaise, pulled me in close and cleaned off my face very gently. He moved my hands up over my heart. I started coming back around; but then the events of the evening all came rushing back to me. Edward held me as much as possible trying to control my crying and sobs. He whispered as he protected and rocked me, "We did what we had to do."

"I know, but?" I sobbed.

"We're alive and that is what I promised; this was our greatest concern. Can I see your hands?" Edward slowly opened the wraps on my hands and now he could see them. Some of the blood had been absorbed and cleaned away. Both your palms have cuts and slices and some of your fingers have cuts as well. I'm sure your palms will need stitches. But he wrapped them back up and put them over my head so we could try and get more of the bleeding under control. "I love you so much and no one could be more proud of the Queen of France than I am. Do they hurt?"

"Some, but the adrenaline and emotions are still running wild," and he leaned down and kissed me. We were in the middle of the kiss when we heard, "Ahum, I hear the queen needs my assistance again."

"Yes, her hands are cut up pretty badly from the dagger that she protected herself from." An hour later, my hands were stitched and wrapped up. "Keep them clean for at least two weeks and you'll be fine."

"Are you ready to go to sleep?"

"After you take care of my legs, help me get into a dressing gown and a couple glasses of wine; then I'll be ready for bed. Plus Edward we get a real bed tonight." While he was helping me change, I asked, "Does this mean my family can be released from the tower later today?"

"Bella, if you don't mind, I will let you see them later today; but let them stay up there one more night please. Just to be safe."

"Our daggers are coming to bed with us for a while still!" I heard a knock at our door. I jumped. "It's okay. I'll be right back," Edward said as he gently ran his hand over my face.

At the door, I heard, "Yes." Then I heard, "Okay and thank you, Max." As Edward came back to me, he said, "Our two guards are in the sitting room." He finished undressing me except for my underwear and my gauze wrapped on my legs. Then he scooped me up and carried me to bed. When he laid me down, he slowly came up along the side of me and kissed my ear and said, "I have a good surprise for you."

"What's that?"

"I am so going to enjoy putting my seed into you by the end of the week. Bella, your monthly started."

I was so excited. I sat up very quickly and hugged Edward. "I love you and cannot wait to have you seed inside of me and hopefully have your child within a year."

"You realize twins run in my family and I might get you pregnant with twins."

"Really, they do." I said with a smile.

"Yes, you are just fortunate so far that my brother didn't get that lucky with you yet. Now lay down, so I can take care of your legs and then we will take care of your womanhood next."

"Edward, you are kidding me, aren't you?"

"No, my beauty, I want to be involved with every part of you. I have since the day I plowed into you. If you've never had a lover until me, how do you know exactly what I need?"

"Simple Beautiful, it makes you smile and happy, so that must be the right way to do it or even better I see how excited you get."

"Now lay still," and the gauze went away on my legs. Edward reapplied the salve and he whispered, "Tomorrow, I may just have to make you lay in your room for a few hours naked so that your legs get some fresh air. They need the sunlight to help you heal better and plus I want to see how they're doing with some good light on them. I think they're looking a lot better."

What's the real reason you want me to lay in here naked? For you to enjoy the view."

"Well, I will enjoy the view even more when you're not black and blue, your legs are perfect again and there is the start of the mound developing right here," and he ran his hands over my belly.

"Edward, come here," and he did; but again at the side of my body and the kiss we shared was amazing and deep. When he broke away this time, "Stop that," he said.

"No, I love you. You are so gentle and care about my needs." He then wrapped my legs back up. He stripped my undergarments off, got the water jug, gently cleaned my womanhood and then helped me partially protect myself from the bleeding. He helped me put on my dressing gown and robe. He lifted me up pulled back the covers and laid me in our new bed. Edward went and put on his dressing gown and robe. He pulled me close to himself and offered me a glass of wine to help me fall asleep.

I said, "Yes please." I went to hold it myself and said, "Ouch," but Edward caught it before I dropped it.

"I guess, your hands finally hurt and they are a bit bulky."

"Yes," so he slowly brought the glass up to my lips and I drank it all. Then we snuggled back down together.