Chapter 13: Cabin fever.
He read the letter again. The letter was how James had sent word that he was on his way to Forks to get his vengeance on the dying man that had placed them both behind bars. The code was not something anyone would break. It really sucked that all of his mail was read before he got it. This letter would have been better in plain English. He licked his lips. He'd just gotten the call from James. All in code yet again.
Tonight was the night that he would get his revenge. He couldn't be there to see it, but he would know when it happened. And James would send him pictures. It would have to do.
***
Bella was nervous sitting in the passengers seat of the Volvo. Edward had blindfolded her and said he had a huge surprise for her. She felt the car wind around curves and had absolutely no idea where she might be. Excitement had her hand fluttering as she talked to him about her day. She was ready for dinner and a movie but it seemed she was in for a whole lot more.
Edward wanted to smile and be excited by her excitement but his hands gripped the wheel in a death grip as he raced toward the cabin that was nestled in the mountains just outside the Quillutte reservation. His brother, Emmett ran the camping and skiing resort up there with is wife, Jasper's sister, Rosalie.
No one would find them on these curvy mountain roads. Edward pulled into the office parking lot. The light was on in the upstairs living area where Em and Rose stayed and Edward honked for him to come down with the keys to the Jeep. The supped up Jeep had the power and all terrain tires needed to make it to the secluded cabin that he was taking Bella to.
"Hey, here are the keys, man. Enjoy your weekend." Emmett said to him as he handed him the keys. There was also some other vital things in his hand to give along with it. The security code to the cabin to get in and one to set the alarm. If the alarm went off, Emmett would be there with a grin and be ready to fight. "I know I hope for some action out there." He winked at Edward.
Edward was too busy strapping her in with the specialty seatbelts to notice anything around him. He was so focused on Bella. He hadn't noticed the car that had followed him to the campgrounds at a safe distance with its lights off. He didn't notice the movement in the woods of two people on foot, watching them.
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James knew these woods like the back of his hands. The sacred woods outside the safe zone of the reservation. It possessed some of the magic of ancient Indians who once roamed their hidden passages. The clearing was within a mile of where they were now. In fact at one time they had stayed at one of these very cabins under some inane alias that Victoria always insisted they use. She probably had given some spill about them being on a second honeymoon. Funny, he thought, I don't remember a first one.
James loved Victoria. She was after all bound to him in a way a marriage could never bind them. In blood and sacrifice. They had performed the sacred rite to bind them but she would not take his name as was thought traditional, and she was in no way his wife. They were two halves of the same soul, in two beings. They belonged to one another without question.
The sex was full of passion, never dull, and it never felt like a chore for them. They ceremonies kept them alive in their passions. Tonight's ceremony was not only about revenge. Tonight would be a ceremony that Laurent would have never allowed. A ceremony to allow fertility for Victoria. She craved a child. James wanted to make her happy so a child she would have. Tonight they broke all the rules.
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Bella had never seen a cabin so magnificent as the one she was in. Well, to be honest the only cabin she'd ever seen had been one she had seen in a horror movie about a camp. This one had all the modern day conveniences. A kitchen with stainless steel everything, a gigantic bathroom with a whirlpool bathtub big enough for a family of five, and a hot tub in its own special room. All the furniture was made of big sturdy logs of light wood that was polished and lacquered. There was a new flat screen in den area with a video game system hooked up.
What she was really flattered by was how nervous Edward seemed to be. He was putting away their clothes in the bedroom that he had packed for their stay. Bella felt guilty that this weekend would be spent without Charlie, but she really was glad to be here with Edward. She had a surprise for him, too. Underneath her clothes was something she had bought in case she got a chance like this. A black lace barely there kind of teddy. She bought it when she spent the day with Edward's sister, Alice.
She was falling in love with his family too. Alice was dead set on them being best friends. She just knew Bella and Edward would end up married. Of course Alice didn't really know Bella's opinions on marriage.
Edward came out on this thought, and Bella lost that thought altogether. He was smiling a lopsided smile but his eyes still had the nervousness showing in them. Oh my God, Bella thought, there is only one thing that can make a man this nervous. He was going to propose. She just knew it. Why else would he bring her into the woods to this beautiful cabin?
He knew he should stop her when she sauntered to him. He knew what was on her mind, he could see it in her eyes. She crushed her mouth to his before his brain told him to stop her. He needed to be watchful. This would not help him. All his blood was elsewhere besides his brain in a matter f seconds. His arms wound around her and his hands tangled in her wild mane. It was all over.
She slowly unbuttoned the blue shirt she was wearing and he could see scraps of black lace that cover more than a bra but only enticed him more. When she was free of the shirt and her jeans he saw that it cover less in some areas than her usual underwear attire.
The black lace clung to her rib cage and stopped right above her nipples as his eyes traveled up. As his eyes made their way back down her torso to the bottom half, he saw the lace split open right where it needed to. It would allow her to wear it while they made love. And seeing this made him harder, and it made him push why they were really here to back of his thoughts.
His hands were running all over her. Stroking through the lace, she could feel everything as if she had no barrier to him. She'd have to thank Alice for helping her pick it out. She pulled away from him enough to pull him to the bedroom.
***
Victoria knew that the damn cop had set the alarm on this cabin before fucking their sacrifice. She would be a little used but she would still work for what they needed her for. Victoria licked her lips and hoped that she wouldn't take off the sexy lace teddy before they got to her. She and James were so hot and turned on by what they just saw that they almost couldn't restrain themselves and save it for the ceremony.
She smiled knowing that this latest erection he was packing wouldn't be leaving until after the ceremony. He could think about old ladies and puppies all he wanted, he was stuck with it. They had watched that cop defile their altar. And they had been angry and turned on.
She must admit, the cop had a nice package. She wouldn't mind initiating him into this. He would know how to get her off, maybe even better than James did.
She needed to focus. She tried all the windows, and finally found the bathroom one unlocked. She tested it, hoping that it wouldn't set off the alarm because she wasn't breaking it. She held her breath and slithered in the window. Glad she came because James would never fit his broad shoulders through the tiny half window of the bathroom.
She was almost worried about the cop catching her. It was the kind of thrill that gave her some sort of high. She slinked into the tub and sank low into it. She would not be seen when someone entered. Her luck was on tonight.
The door came open and in came her precious altar still clad in the crotch less black lace. Victoria felt the smile come across her face as she took aim with the sleeping dart. It only too a second for the serum to overtake Bella and have her falling back. Victoria was there to catch her so there wouldn't the sound of the fall. She reached for the door and locked it before pulling her towards the window. She was very thankful that Bella was slim and light. As she passed the tub, she turned the water on. This would buy them enough time to be well on their way to the clearing.
***
Edward paced wondering why she was bathing with the door locked. "Bella? Is everything ok?' He said once more to the door. Had he done something to upset her?
His cell rang and looked at the ID. "Hey, Em."
"Uhm did you open the bathroom window after setting the alarm?"
"Bella is in there in that monster tub. She might have gotten hot."
"Has she been in there since 9:36?"
He check his watch. It was 10:15. She had gone in there about twenty minutes ago. At 9:36 she had been laying with him glowing and smiling at him in the bed. "Shit."
"The alarm sends a signal after a window has been open awhile. It only goes off right away if one is broken for entering."
"Shit. Em, get up here. I am going to owe you a door."
"It's on the house, brother."
Edward put his phone in his pocket as he ran toward the door. Shoulder first, he heard a crack. It wasn't open but one more ram should do it. He hit it harder this time and he fell right through. He looked at the empty tub with the water running right into the open drain. The window was still open.
Edward ran toward the front door. He threw it open and looked at the blinking light on the alarm. He would let it sound, he would let the police come and help with the search. Emmet was already outside on his ATV. "Get on. We'll find her."
Edward didn't want to think of what would happen if they didn't but he had no idea how far ahead they were. He was racking his brain trying to pinpoint the time she actually went in the bathroom. Had it been twenty minutes? Or was he wrong? Had she gone in there thirty minutes? They could be miles out, and they were in woods that were thick.
Emmet knew the woods well, but trees slowed his pace down especially because it was dark. Still it was faster than walking. He knew where he wanted to go. There was a large clearing about a mile or so out and it was where kids went to make out, do drugs, and get busy. He'd also been there himself when he and Rose were teenagers. There had been strange things found there then and he had a feeling it had something to do with sacrifices.