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BPOV
I always knew that my life would be nothing more than just servitude but never had it crossed my mind what kind of servitude it would be. "…you will spend the rest of your existence serving others." My mother's word's echo in my weak conscious state and I hate to wonder if what Aro said was true? Had my mother truly known the point of my existence? Had she told me the whole 'helping other's with thirst' to protect me from the truth? I refuse to believe that this is my purpose in life; to be drained day in and day out. But I cannot stop thinking about it, even as my black out clears away, I can feel it tugging at my mind. So I continue to question my life and everything I've ever done; I think about the mysterious creature who took my innocence away and forced me to be a monster of my own. I can hear rustling and I automatically know its Demetri; his scent burning my nostrils. I ignore his presence; refusing to be equally present in this horrible process.
However I cannot continue feign my comatose façade as Demetri begins to touch the sore areas on my arms where the needles are still attached. My eyes involuntarily snap open when I feel his skinny icy fingers trailing up and down my arm, leaving an unpleasant sensation in its wake. I try to push his hand away with my other hand but forgot that my arms can only move so far. He smirks when he realizes that I'm awake and loosely applies pressure to the needle that is deeply nestled in my vein. It's not enough to hurt but enough to remind me of where I am and how I'm going to be spending my time.
"I'm glad to see you're awake…tell me Bella do you always faint when you bleed?" he doesn't stop his explorations of my arm as he speaks. "No need to be shy Bella, I'm sure that there is much you want to say," Can I speak? My throat feels raw and uncomfortable from screaming. And as if reading my mind Demetri leans in towards my face. "You are quite the screamer Bella, it make me wonder how else I could make you scream."
I no longer care how tender my throat feels or how sore it is. With his face being as close as it is, I take the opportunity to spit in his face. I smile when in see the shock administer on his face. He stands up to whip a handkerchief out from the inside pocket of his suit. To my surprise, he begins to laugh as he wipes his nose and mouth. His laugh is threatening and laced with bitterness but nothing will stop me from enjoying being able to fight back somehow.
"Oh you're going to regret that Bella," he says as he neatly folds his handkerchief back into his pocket.
His steps were agonizingly slow as he walked up to the bed, his eyes a slightly darker crimson than before. Suddenly he speeds up his pace and has my arms in a tight death grip. Not only are the needles threatening to rip through the veins which they are entrenched, but his hold on me is tight and painful. I turn my head away to avoid his glare but somehow he is able to grab hold of my face, roughly turning it back to him.
"Look at me Bella," he nearly shouts. With my face squished between his hand, I have no choice. "I really wanted to be nice, but you've managed to change my mind."
"Enough," a voice booms at the door. Demetri glowers angrily before throwing my head against the headboard. I can see that it was Aro who spoke and I could almost hug him…almost. "You know the rules to which we abide by Demetri; do I need to repeat them to you?" He looks at me as he speaks.
"No,"
"Good, because as you know I do not like to repeat myself. Isabella is to be treated as a guest while she is here." I snort angrily.
"Is this how you treat all your guests? Holding them against their will?" I pull on the chains to emphasize my point.
"Oh Isabella, trust me, you would not like to be treated like our other guest," he pauses as if in deep thought. "They don't usually wake up," He clapped his hands together. "I simple cannot contain my excitement; this truly is a day to remember,"
"The day you told me that I would be your blood slave?! I do not see anything worth remembering," I spat.
"It's rather sad that you see it that way Isabella, however I cannot find a reason to care," he brushed me off. "What I do care about is the delicious smelling blood that has been prepared for me. And for that I must thank you Isabella."
"You're delusional if you believe that I'm going to accept anything from you," he smiles.
"I really don't understand why you are so hostile Isabella, is this not your fate? Your job? I do remember you saying that it was your duty to help others…to serve. Just Think of this as an occupation now; I am your boss and you are my employee, I rather like that, don't you?"
"You're crazy," I say while shaking.
"Crazy? Why Bella if I cared about feelings I'd say that hurt me, but then again I don't so let's begin." He quickly snaps his hands and Heidi enters the room with a large silver tray with a round top covering its contents.
I already knew what was hidden under the top of the tray and my suspicions were proved true when Heidi lifted the top and revealed large golden ornamental goblet. The Chalice was encrusted with red and green gems and I gaped at the size of it. Immediately the room was filled with all members of the guard; no doubt to watch their "master" drink my blood and to see the enhancement of his powers. However I was less enthusiastic about and showed it by pulling against my restraints. Demetri's eyes flickered to mine and he winked.
"Thank you again my dear Isabella," Aro said before bring the cup to his mouth.
Aro's face changed as he drank my blood, his eyes darkened and a loud awkward growl rumbled in his chest. His eyes closed and I could tell that the effects of my blood were kicking in; he was practically strangling the cup with his two hands. He bent his head back and tipped the rest of my blood into his mouth. As he slowly brought the cup down I could see his outline trembling, he grabbed onto the end of the bed for support and a low guttural sound erupted from this throat. I shrank back in terrible anticipation; surely one cup would not quench his desire. But where was the rest of my blood? His head snapped up and he motioned to Heidi to do something. I hadn't been paying attention and noticed that she held another full Goblet in her hand. He drained this cup more easily in than the first.
"Amazing," he whispered. He looked around the room in fascination and I did the same; did he see something.
All the vampires in the room seemed to be struggling, they all held onto to something for support. Of course I knew why; no vampire could resist my blood and I was sure that they would all have their chance to taste it. My eyes caught Demetri's expression; his eyes were closed and he was inhaling and exhaling heavily…somehow it made me even more terrified than this whole situation did. Before Aro interrupted us, Demetri was intense and eager to hurt me. And I knew that if we were left alone again he would have his chance to do so. I wanted to be brave but the horrible truth was sinking in…no one would be saving me from this hell.
My mind threw bittersweet images of Jasper at me, almost to show me that I might have a chance at a "normal" life…. "Jasper's thoughts revealed that he was searching for your heartbeat so that he could spend forever with you." I clung onto this small hope although I doubted that they would expect for me to be here. Carlisle told me how much the vampires feared the Volturi and only visited when completely necessary. Jasper wouldn't come here looking for me…would he? I pushed those thoughts away; it hurt too much to think of my life here but it hurt even more to think about Jasper. My love for him still burns as much as it did when I was with him but I'm destroying myself in the process; loving him and knowing that I will never be able to show him how much, razes my heart. But I can't bring myself to forget him; somehow I know his memory will make this hell slightly easier to live in.
"Amazing…" he repeated. "Just by looking at you, I can hear and see all your thoughts, your desires, your fears and dreams. It's incredible Isabella," did he honestly expect me to be excited about this? "Every event in your life is clear; it is almost as if your blood has amplified my gift." He looked down at me with great thrill.
The vampires were getting antsy; they wanted their turn too. Aro raised one hand and they instantly calmed; he truly was the leader. He handed back the grandiose cup back to Heidi and closed his eyes while raising his hands as if he was summoning a force. He looked like an idiot, a very pale, cold, repulsive idiot. His eyes snapped open and he glared at me. He rushed to my bed and wrapped his hand around my neck, effectively cutting off my air supply. I tried to move my hand up to claw at his hands but it was no use; my hands couldn't go up. He tightened his grip and I could feel my throat threatening to collapse under his grip.
"You will learn to watch what you think around me Bella," He released my neck and I had the urge to rub where his hand had been.
Snap out of it Dominant Bella scolded, you need to be strong. She was right, being weak would just be giving them more than what they wanted and I was beyond giving them anything. My thoughts are my own, you may be able to control how much blood you take from me but you can never have power over my thoughts. Aro whipped around and smiled.
"You are turning out to be quite foolish Isabella," he said calmly. "And very obtuse as well; you still do not understand the power I will have with your blood; of course I can control all of you," I smiled.
Using my own gift as well I blocked my thoughts. I had learned his thousands of years ago when I had been helping a vampire who could read minds. I found it very easy to block all I was thinking with much effort. Aro must've not seen it because I hid it so well, how could've I forgotten about this barricade? I smirked as his brows furrowed.
"What are you doing?" I did not let my smile falter even as he stalked forward. "Why can I not hear your thoughts? Everything else is clear but I cannot hear you," I closed my eyes and ignored him.
Suddenly I was jerked up by my hair; I snapped my eyes open and met Demetri's cold ones. He continued to coil my hair around his hand until my scalp was up against his knuckles.
"Answer him," I could bear this pain so I just closed my eyes. "I said ANSWER HIM" He screamed in my face. However I was unmoved by his attempt to rouse me. "Hmmm, we'll see what you do when your little friend suffers," He released my hair and my head flung back.
The room was silent for a brief minute and then I could hear the distinct whimpers of Damien. I opened my eyes to see that his arm was missing; it didn't take me long see that Demetri held it in his hand as it twitched uncontrollably. Damien looked at me with complete fear in his eyes while he struggled against Alec's hold.
"The other hand can come off too Bella," he said civilly. "But then I'm going to have to find something to do with this one," he tossed Damien's arm into the air. "I fancy burning it, what do you think,"
"No, please." The words flew naturally from my mouth.
"Hmm well I can give you what you want, but you have to give us what we want,"
"You already have me locked up in here, what else could there possibly be?"
"Why can't master hear your thoughts?"Oh that, well I couldn't tell him that I was blocking him, but I couldn't just let him dispose of Damien's arm.
"My blood…has different effects on vampires," I said quickly. "It depends on the gift they have before they drink it. Aro has the gift to read minds by touch so I assume that my blood should enhance that, however the effects are never immediate."
"Why can he read the rest of us but not you?" Think Bella think.
"Because it is my body that contains the blood and so I am usually immune to such gifts."
"For how long?"
"My blood only affects the vampires once, so you see there really isn't a reason to keep me here." Aro laughed.
"For a vampire, you are one terrible liar. The truth please," Alec pulled on Damien's arm and the room filled with his cries.
"Okay, okay just stop hurting him," Aro raised his hand and Alec stopped pulling. "Do you promise not to hurt him?" Demetri nodded. "You need to drink more than two cups for something like that," I whispered, well knowing that it was the truth; the more they drank, the greater their gift would.
"Ah, well we are more than willing to do that," he smiled. "See, don't you feel better now that you've told us the truth," I looked down. "You can give the newborn his arm back." Demetri dropped his arm on the floor and Damien ran to get it. "Start the draining Demetri, we are going to need to have extra stored." They were going to drain me again. Aro must've seen the panic on my face. "Is there something wrong Isabella?"
"You cannot take more blood from me," he closed his eyes and sighed.
"This is proving to be more difficult than I thought."
"Not like that, what I mean is that my blood can only be drained every twenty four hours, anything before then will have no effect." He arched his brows.
"And how can we believe that to be true?" he asked. I lifted my hand up.
"Check for yourself." I played the memory over and over in my mind; a vampire who continuously drained me while I tried to help him. Aro took my hand and furrowed his brows.
"Interesting, she seems to be telling the truth." He dropped my hand. "Very well then, well shall be back exactly two thirty am tomorrow." He turned.
"Wait." He turned back around.
"Yes my dear?"
"If you keep me chained up like this, my blood will not get good circulation which will effect its potency" He clapped his hands together in the same manner as before.
"Oh thank you Isabella for pointing that out, Demetri please remove her chains but keep a long one attached to her ankle."
"Master, she is not to be trusted," he waved him away.
"Yes I am well aware of this but where can she go? You will find her, won't you?"
"Yes," He said proudly
"Good, so do as you are told," he lifted his large cloak off the ground. "Alec take this one." He looked down at Damien.
"You said you wouldn't hurt him,"
"Hmm I do not recall a saying such a thing." He smiled.
"Demetri you promised!" I shouted.
"Yes, I did, however Aro did not," he spoke as he removed the chains from my arms and one of my legs. I stretched out and brought my hand up to my throat.
"Fine but don't expect any good blood from me." I curled up into a tight ball and although my body ached, I held onto my knees tightly. "I can sit like this all day," I closed my eyes.
"Why is he of importance to you?" Aro asked. I opened my eyes.
"Because he is my only friend here…I need him," which was partly true; the need flowing from the Volturi was enough to keep me awake…forever. But Damien was my friend.
"Oh but Bella we are your friends too," Demetri said amused.
"No you're not; you are the vampires holding me against my will for my blood… that is who you are to me."
"With time I really hope you will come to see us differently. You are a part of the guard now and as much as I…dislike to keep you chained up like this, it's for you own good," I rolled my eyes. "One day you will come to accept your fate and we will be waiting for you with open arms. However for now, it is best that you stay in this room," Aro said.
"If I have to stay then you must at least give me a few things that I want." Aro raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, I think I know what you want but I am unwilling to acquiesce to your request"
"I know you will not let me leave, but that is not what I want."
"Please indulge us Isabella"
"I want Damien to stay in here with me…alive and well fed," I said.
"Is that all?" I thought about what I could ask for: I could ask to have one phone call to the Cullen's but I doubt that he would allow that, well knowing it would cause a all out warfare.
"Yes,"
"Very well, he may stay in here. However I'm warning you, he will eat in here too…and we're not vegetarians Bella." He turned and disappeared out the door.
Damien was on the floor struggling to put his arm back on correctly. I leapt to the ground and helped him reattach it correctly. He was still shaking with fear as I wrapped my arms around him. The others watched amused.
"You all can leave now." I sneered.
"You will find clothes for you and…him in the closet, anything that needs to be washed you can put in that chute." Heidi pointed to a small slot in the corner. "Enjoy," she said before leaving the room with Jane, Alec, Marcus and Caius following behind.
"Get out," I warned.
"Come on Bella, you can't honestly say that you don't want to continue where we left off," He smirked.
"So is that what you want? To force yourself on me? Because I promise you that I will hurt you."
"Don't flatter yourself Bella, yes you're quite mhmm mouth-watering but not in the way you think. And I doubt you would be able cause any real damage to me. If I do touch you it's only because I love to watch you squirm" He walked to the door. "I'll see you tomorrow. Heidi should be in shortly with your dinner Damien…you're looking a little black eyed." He laughed and left the room.
Damien snuggled in closer to my chest and I couldn't help but to hold him in my arms.
"I won't let them hurt you Damien." I cooed. "I will never let them hurt you,"
"Thank you….you saved my life," I hushed him and smoothed back his dark hair from his face.
There was a knock at the door and then Heidi entered. I thought she might be one of the nice ones but she just proved me wrong. Behind her she had a gagged bloody human. I could feel Damien stiffen under my arms.
"Be strong Damien I know you can do it."
She pushed the crying human girl into the room and closed the door behind her. The human instantly fell limply to the floor and writhed in evident pain. I released my hold on Damien and slowly crawled to the crying girl. She snapped her eyes opened and pleaded with me not to hurt her.
"I'm not going to hurt you," Although my throat burned from not feeding, I did not let it take over me. "Shh, I'm not going to hurt you," I heard shuffling in the corner of the room. I may not hurt the young girl but I wasn't so sure about Damien I thought as I stared into his onyx eyes.
I know I know sorry bout the cliffy but i'm trying to get you guys to review more! lol so let's recap: Aro went all creepy when he drank Bella's blood, Demetri does not want to rape Bella, I repeat he DOES NOT WANT TO RAPE BELLA! I know some of you were worried about that. Bella has managed to trick Aro and save Damien's life but at what cost?
Next chapter: Jasper's POV, I know I promised it last time but I was so into BPOV!
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