Disclaimer: All Twilight characters belong to Stephanie Meyers, while I'm just teasing and bending them for a bit. No profit is being collected from the fiction contained within.
The storyline and non-Twilight characters are my creative fault and mine alone.
This storyline has women loving women. If this kind of love scares you, well darling turn around and go back the other way. There are plenty of splendid writers who delve into straight couple relationships; for the most part, I'm just not one of them.
The rating is M just to be on the safe side, do to the language and the possibility of the sex scenes becoming a bit graphic but no promises in that area. Oh, there will also be mention of threesomes and 'gasp horror' vampires and other supernatural creatures getting it on with each other.
All boo boos, snafus and misdeeds within the story are all mine and mine alone.
Author's Note: As the location has moved to Europe, I've made the creative decision that when one becomes a supernatural the rewiring of their brain allows them to understand and communicate with other supernaturals even if their native languages aren't the same.
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(Location outside Sian, Leah's and Gabi's suite)
Alice and Bella watched as the three vampires, two males and one female make their way towards them. The female, who had curly long auburn hair, seemed in Bella's opinion to be in charge as she was the one leading the three. Both men seemed to have a resigned look on their faces as they drew closer.
"Well, it seems what we heard was true," the woman said stopping in front of the two girls. Looking up at the taller men, "the bitch did bring a mongrel with her. Move aside girls I want to meet the mutt that Gabriella dares to bring here." Wrinkling her nose in disgust, "God, you can smell the filthy thing from here, not even Gabriella's sluttish odor can cover the mutt's."
Deep growls from Leah and Sian snuck out from the room and filled the hall.
Bella felt herself bristle at the woman's rude comments about Gabriella and Leah. She didn't know who this foul creature was but Bella knew if it hadn't of been for Alice stroking her hand softly, Bella was damn sure she'd have gone off on the woman. Instead, she bit her tongue literally and allowed her pixie to take the lead, knowing Alice was far better at handling people.
"No, I don't think so," Alice chimed out, tilting her head, smiling politely at the three vampires. "They really don't like to be disturbed."
The woman sniffed as she looked down at the smaller woman, "do you think I care what that thing likes or dislikes." Her crimson eyes studied Alice and then drifted over to Bella and she smirked, "let me guess, you're the bitches new play toys. Her tastes must be changing you two seem rather young for her."
Glaring at the woman who was only a smidge taller then her, Bella hissed out her eyes thinning to narrow slits, "we're nobodies toys. Now fuck off and leave."
"Feisty little thing," the more muscular vampire chortled out. His red eyes glimmered as they swept over Bella's form. "And quite pretty as well."
Alice stepped forward no longer smiling but still trying to keep her tone civil, "yes my mate is quite beautiful and it would be in your best interest not to rile her anymore."
"Mate?" the thinner male said quirking an eyebrow at the two. His crimson eyes first trailing over Alice and then Bella he smiled, "well, I must say you both are quite fortunate and as a male I must say I'm quite jealous that two breathtaking women have claimed each other."
"Yes, yes, lovely," the female vampire bit out scathingly. "But we didn't come here to socialize Robert." Then glaring back at Bella, "or be threatened by little girls who should treat their elders better."
"Ah come on Dorcas, you wanted to know if it was true that Sacha and Vanya would allow a mutt in their place and we have." Robert stated as he tugged lightly on his goatee. "There's no need to upset its friends."
Slipping between the two, Alice placed a hand on Bella's stomach to quell her lover's rejoinder. As enraging as the auburn haired vampire was, the smaller vampire knew she couldn't allow things to escalate. She could hear Sian and Leah getting dressed and knew Leah's wolf temper could explode any minute and just hoped Sian could keep her calm. Inhaling deeply she caught the familiar reassuring fragrance of Gabriella and a small smile played on her lips.
"As our elder," she smirked at the woman. "I would think you would know how to behave as guests in some else's home."
Dorcas opened her mouth to offer back a retort but slammed it shut and whirled around staring down the hall her full lips pulled back into a sneer. Both the male vampires followed suit but they expressions held no animosity as they peered down the hall.
"Damn, you weren't exaggerating about her scent Dorcas," the muscular one remarked inhaling deeply as Gabriella turned the corner. "It's almost as tantalizing as human blood."
"Gabriella's a fucking kresnik, Tomas." Dorcas seethed out as the svelte vampire slowly floated towards the group.
Furrowing her brow at what the woman said, Bella shifted slightly so she could question Alice and mouthed 'kresnik', but her lover shook her head revealing she didn't know what the word meant either. Watching the older woman approach, she noticed that Gabriella's right arm was no longer bound up.
"Wow," both Tomas and Robert murmured as the stared at the nimble vampire as she slid closer to them.
"Don't get sucked in, it's her scent blinding you, making you lust after her, because it certainly isn't her fucking looks." Dorcas said but her tone did not have the bite that her words did, so focused on Gabriella she didn't notice Leah and Sian emerge from the suite. The womanwas rapidly blinking her eyes as if trying to dislodge a speck of dust."She's just a skinny ass skank."
Admittedly, compared to Dorcas whose full figure would've rivaled the likes of Jane Russell or Marilyn Monroe, Gabriella was definitely on the slender side. Yet, neither man seemed to mind the difference as their eyes tracked up and down her body. They both seemed to be beguiled by the svelte vampire whose whole presence seemed to glow from the smile that was gracing her lips.
"Now, now, Dorcas," Gabriella purred out as finally reached the group. Leaning in close to the smaller woman, "don't be a such a shrew. It really is an ugly trait."
Bella waited for the other woman to snap at her friend but it didn't happen. Glancing at Dorcas she saw the woman's eyes had a slight glaze appearance, as did the two male vampires. Their expressions had a rather euphoric look about them that caused Bella to raise an eyebrow in curiosity. Observing the others of their group, she could tell she wasn't the only one mystified by the sudden change in the three vampires, well except maybe for Sian who looked more amused then baffled.
None of them, not even the bitch, could tear her eyes away from Gabriella as she skated around them ignoring all propriety of their personal space. As the taller woman passed by Bella and Alice, she winked at them and gave them a tender smile. She circled the group one more time before stopping in front Sian and Leah who were both dressed in shorts and a tank top.
"Good morning my loves," Gabriella said her rich voice sounding more mellifluous to Bella's ears. The supple vampire reached up and kissed both women on the lips quite passionately, which brought forth soft moans both women. "Hmmm, I do hope you slept well."
Sian smiled revealing the tips of her fangs, "like well fed kittens, darling. That is until we sensed our new visitors."
Gabriella nodded tenderly caressing Leah's cheek, "stay calm my sweet wolf." She crooned softly before turning her attention back on the three vampires. "Knowing Dorcas," gazing at the smaller woman. "She's probably not even done proper introductions." Tilting her head slightly she trained her eyes on the two male vampires, "let's see, you already know my name Gabriella, the two breathtaking vampires are Alice and Bella and these two gorgeous creatures are, Sian and Leah."
Leah growled at the three vampires, she could smell their arousal, "don't even fucking think about coming near my mates."
"Shhh, darling that fat arse slag and her two gits are nothing to worry about," tigress purred as she gently stroked Leah whose body was trembling.
Dorcas's head snapped up as if she had been slapped. Whatever had caused her glassy eyed expression was gone. A hiss sprung from her lips, as she bared those shiny razor sharp teeth and her crimson eyes narrowed glaring first at Sian and then Leah. Neither woman was scared and hissed right back at her. Gabriella reached out and laid one of her hands on Leah who was of the two the most volatile and hummed soothingly to her.
"Fucking cunts," Dorcas spat out as she shook her head.
"Ah, ah, ah," Gabriella wiggled her index finger in front of the woman. "You should have better manners Dorcas, you did after all come from a highbrow family, unlike me."
The woman snarled as she smacked her companions in their solar poleaxes making them stumble back into the wall. "Shake it off. She's bedazzling you it's why she's so damn good at killing her fellow vampires." Ignoring the growl from Leah, the woman jabbed a finger into Gabriella's breastbone, "Patience should've let you die in that fire."
"So you remind me every time we meet," Gabriella remarked with an indifferent sigh. "But if she had you'd be dead as well, something you always seem to forget."
"Listen bitch," Sian began her blue eyes morphing into cat slits as she hissed at Dorcas. "You'd be wise not to touch her like that again."
Leah was trembling more violently and struggling to keep herself from shifting. The wolf in her was crying to be released, to tear into the woman. It really was an impressive display of control on her part, especially for such a young shifter. Yet, Leah's rational part knew her mate was not feeling threatened by the puny bitch so she kept squashing down her angry wolf.
"Shhh, it's alright Sian, Leah," Gabriella soothed out towards them laying her hands on both of them. "Now that her curiosity has been assuaged I'm sure Dorcas and her charming companions will be leaving."
"Yeah, we uh…we should be really going," Robert sputtered out very un-vampire like as he nudged Tomas.
The bigger man nodded his head in rapid agreement. "We just wanted to see a female er uh," dropping his eyes towards Leah who growled at him. "Shifter. Never seen one before."
Bella added her growl to Leah's as she glared at the man burning her golden eyes, which were morphing towards black, into his red ones. Yeah, she was at least a foot smaller and a hell of a lot less muscular then Tomas but his size was nothing when compared to Emmett so she wasn't the least bit intimated by him. Walking towards the man until she was less then two inches, away she tilted her head up her lips curled into a snarl. "You're really pissing me off, go away."
"I warned you not make my mate mad," Alice remarked lightly giving the two male vampires a thin smile.
"You've got them all enthralled," Dorcas snorted as she looked at Alice and Bella. "Why else would they willingly be with a fil…" her words were cut short as Gabriella's hand arm shot forward her fingers wrapping around the woman's throat.
Picking the woman up off her feet, she slammed her into the wall and shoved her body up tight against the smaller woman removing her ability to fight back effectively. The strength of Gabriella's grip on Dorcas's neck was sending tiny splinters across her rock hard skin and the woman's eyes were bulging out. If it was a physical possibility it would be fair to say the auburn haired vampire would of wet her pants just from the ferocity in Gabriella's dark amber eyes.
Gabriella crooked her head so her lips were a fraction away from the squirming woman's ear and she said in a deadly tone. "Dorcas, I put up with your abuse towards me because of our past but I shan't allow it towards those I love, so take heed you used up old twat, if you finish that sentence, once I release you, I'll take your fucking limbs off and shove them up so far up your ass you'll be able to join P.T. Barnum circus as a sideshow freak."
Warning looks from Bella and Alice, along with growls from Leah and Sian, kept Dorcas's two male companions riveted in their spots. Not that either one of them had any real intention of interfering. The men unlike the shape shifters didn't dismiss Alice and Bella's fighting ability because of their size. They had also heard what the five women had done to the shape shifters and that alone was enough to make them weary.
Hearing Dorcas's squeak of understanding, Gabriella released her and stepped away from the woman. As the auburn haired vampire slid down to the floor, her hands went to her own throat as if making sure it was still attached to her torso. Her legs splayed out in front of her when her butt finally reached the floor. Seeing the heat in Gabriella's eyes directed towards them Robert and Tomas scurried over to Dorcas to help her up. Being relatively wise and absolutely terrified young vampires they hauled her away before she could recover and say something they all would regret.
Letting loose a chuckle as she watched the two men manhandle Dorcas away, Gabriella craned her neck slightly as if it were stiff before turning to face the other four women. Lifting her lips into a tiny smile, "small world, eh? Now," clapping her hands together lightly, "we should get some grub for you two, discuss what I was able to learn and then we're going to make plans."
Releasing her hold of Leah, Sian stalked over towards Gabriella causing the vampire to back up against the wall that had so recently had Dorcas's ass against it. In fact, the tigress had her pinned against the wall but instead of her hand crushing the vampire's throat, Sian's hand was cradling Gabriella's face, while her right leg nestled in between the vampire's legs.
Alice and Bella were trying their best to suppress the giggles that wanted to erupt from their lips. Bella had her hand clamped tightly over her mouth; while Alice just had her, lips compressed firmly together as, they watched the two women. Both knew if Gabriella wanted she could've easily of dodged Sian pinning her against the wall.
"How about this instead my love," Sian began with her voice carried a no nonsense tone as she tenderly stroked the lithe vampire's cheek. "We leave this place first and you can share what you learned in the car. I'm sure I speak for Leah on this in that we both can wait a wee bit longer until we eat."
"Hell yes," Leah grumbled out her dark eyes glittering but a tiny smile was playing on her lips as she watched her two lovers. Seeing Sian go all cat was very reminiscent of one of their times in bed. Yet, it had been her being on the receiving end of that moment and well she was squished pleasantly up against a very naked Gabriella instead of a wall.
"Ahem, and that sounds like a dandy plan," Gabriella swallowed back a moan as Sian's azure blue eyes drilled into her own and felt the woman's muscular thigh rub back and forth on her crotch. "Er in fact, it's so much better then mine."
Patting her lover's cheek before pulling away, "lovely. Let's pack." Sian turned taking Leah's hand in her own and the two smirking went back into the suite. "Don't tarry too long. The sooner we're gone the happier I'll be."
Missing the warm muscular thigh, Gabriella heaved out a sigh, "great two more women who have me wrapped around their damn pinkies."
"Wow, you are so pussy whupped," Bella giggled out. "In more ways then one."
Alice smirked at her friend, "and you know our Gabi loves it."
"Oh hush you two," Gabriella chuckled before pushing off the wall. "You two better get your things together before our tigress comes out and tries to bite you two in the butt to hurry you along."
"And don't think I won't. Oh and darling," Sian called out from the room. "We will be talking about that cow, later."
"Of course we will," Gabriella muttered as she walked to the suite ignoring the chiming laughter from Alice and Bella that followed her.
(Time Shift-Location SUV near Helsinki)
Though Sian wasn't quite the speed demon that Alice was, she was damn near close enough as far as Leah was concerned as she watched the world whiz by. It took all her concentration to pay attention to what Gabriella was telling them about what she had learned from Vanya. As the SUV slowed down, she realized they were nearing their destination and heaved a sigh of relief.
Hearing Leah's sigh, Bella grinned at the frazzled woman. She could still recall her own panic of getting into the passenger side of a car with anyone of the Cullens when she was a human. Their need for speed always scared the crap out of her.
"So," Alice said softly as she curled into Bella's side in the back of the SUV though her eyes were on Gabriella who was in the front passenger seat. "Vanya thinks the ancient that's with Edward is an Egyptian named Meryatum."
Gabriella nodded with a small smile playing on her face, "yes and I think she's correct. After the Volturi, I know only two Romanians, who still survive," a low growl followed her voice as she mentioned them. "There is one ancient in South America, I'm familiar with and Vanya knows of only two others, this Meryatum and a female named Beomia."
"But could there be others?" Bella asked as she fiddled with her pixie's hair.
"Extremely doubtful, my dear." Shaking her head slightly, "not after all the various purges and vampiric wars over the centuries."
"Beomia?" Sian played with the name as she kept her eyes on the traffic that she was deftly weaving around. "Sounds bloody familiar to me."
"It might be, my dear cat, she's from your neck of the woods, been there since before the Roman invasion according to what Vanya gleaned from her encounter with the woman in the 1500's."
"Of course, Beomia the wild demon woman from Caledonia who tore out the hearts of the accursed Roman invaders," Sian said with a feral smile. "So she weren't a myth but a bleeding vampire."
"Yep, and according to Vanya, she hardly ever ventures far from her home country so that pretty much discounts her."
"What about these Romanians, you mentioned?" Leah asked gazing at Gabriella. "Why not include them?"
"Their smell is burned into my brain," the lithe vampire replied grimly. "If it had been one of them I would've known in New York. No, I'm certain it's the Egyptian."
"Okay so we've a name," Bella remarked frowning slightly. "Did Vanya have anything else to say about him that would help like a location?"
"Oh, if she had done that love, I'm sure we'd be heading that direction instead being back here in Helsinki," Sian answered as she found the street where their hotel was located.
Alice lifted her head from Bella's shoulder and gazed at Gabriella. "Wait, you said we'd be making plans, which means you do know where he is."
"No, I've an area where Vanya thought he could be residing not an exact location, but I won't need one, my dear." Gabriella said her amber eyes glinting. "I've his scent, his physical description and his name, I don't need anything else to find him. I just need time to meditate."
Bella stared at the older woman in astonishment, "you can find him now? Just with that?"
Gabriella nodded, "yes, his scent wasn't enough for me to track him. I can focus on his image, his name, the region and I'll be able to locate him. It'll take a bit of time to lock him down but we won't need to be running all over the world just my brain." Turning in her seat and seeing the amazed expression on the three women she chuckled, "it's why I'm good at what I do."
"So this'll be over soon." Alice remarked softly with a sigh as Sian brought the SUV to a halt in front of their hotel.
"Yes, my petite one," smiling tenderly at her. "After we check in, you two" Gabriella said glancing at Leah and then Sian "can get some food, while I meditate. You all go on and get our key, I'll grab our stuff."
"Well as soon as my stomach catches up with me, because I'm pretty sure I lost it on that turn forty miles back, I'll be ready to eat," Leah remarked as she exited the vehicle on slightly shaky legs.
Bella giggled as she and Alice scooted out and joined the younger woman who was making her way slowly towards the entrance. She couldn't believe that this whole thing would be over soon. It was just too unreal.
Glancing back at Gabriella who along with Sian was grabbing their luggage, she shook her head and murmured, "and she says I've an amazing gift."
"You do sweetie," Alice said taking her hand and squeezing it lightly. "Also I don't think what she's going to do has anything to do with her teleportation gift." Turning her head also towards the older women a tiny frown played on her lips, "uh we'll talk about when we get to the room."
Shrugging her shoulders Bella nodded in agreement, as they made their way to the check in desk.
(Scene Shift)
"Sian, I really don't want to get into this," Gabriella's voice entered the room as she opened the door to the suite. "It's a damn name, one I might add I'm not very fond of hearing, so please instead of sinking your teeth into this subject, just let it go."
The two smaller vampires could feel the exasperation that Gabriella was projecting as she entered suite. Though she gave the two girls a small smile as she set down their luggage, Alice could see it didn't reach her amber eyes.
"Gabi," Sian said as she closed the door and stared at the lithe vampire. "I don't understand why? Kresniks were fascinating creatures of lore, a human being who was gifted by the gods to protect humans from evil and thought to be just that a myth until now."
There was a determined sparkle in the tigress's blue eyes that Alice knew well. She had seen it in Sara, when the woman was researching a plant for it's medicinal properties and nothing could distract or deter her from finding out everything she could. It was probably the only time the woman was blind to everyone and everything around her.
Bella crinkled her forehead in thought, "what exactly is a kresnik? I've never heard of such a thing before."
"It's just another damn mythological creature to explain why others are drawn to me and some people like Dorcas prefer to call me it." Gabriella responded shaking her head, "as opposed to calling me a siren or a vela."
Sian shook her head, "a kresnik is a wee bit different then those two creatures." Glancing over at the smaller vampires, "a kresnik is a special kind of human being that hunts and kills not just vampires like Leah and her people," nodding towards the young woman who emerged from the bathroom and joined the rest, "but other supernaturals."
"Please, Sian, this is just not a topic I want to explore, okay. I was just like you, a regular old human before Patience bit me." Pinching the bridge of her nose with her right hand, Gabriella let out small sigh; "the only creatures I ever killed were chickens, pigs or whatever I could find to keep my children fed. No supernatural beings."
The wolf in Leah wanted to stop Sian for continuing because it was making Gabriella uncomfortable but the human part of her was damn curious. Sure, she knew about sirens and the like but she had never heard of a something called a kresnik. She had been taught that only shape shifters protected humans from vampires but now she was learning something different and it was fascinating.
Ignoring her lover's comment, the tigress continued her explanation with enthusiasm. "They have been given these skills, gifts, they're really quite extraordinary beings themselves. The scent of a kresnik is able to enthrall a supernatural and they can supposedly bend the creature to their will." Smirking slightly, "you saw the glazed look those three had, even that harpy was effected."
"Yeah, they looked like they were drugged or some such thing," Leah remarked softly.
"Exactly," Sian nodded her face glowing with delight. Turning from Leah back towards Gabriella, "darling, I'm not complaining about you being a kresnik. Actually, I find it absolutely brilliant, in fact I don't think you were every just a regular human."
Letting out an expulsion of air through her lips Gabriella gazed at the Scottish woman, "Sian, I was born Gabriella Christmas Tamm in Tennessee. I worked my parent's farm until my father married me off at fourteen. Just a fucking normal backwoods girl struggling to survive the frontier, that's it."
"I seriously doubt you were every normal, my love. Gabi, you're like no vampire I've ever come across and I've met a few in my life time." Sian replied tilting her head studying her lover. "What I don't understand is why not admit that you were and are a kresnik? Something very rare and unique."
"Oh yeah, being a kresnik is just so fucking unique and special so much better then being a normal human." A bitter chuckle escaped her lips as she turned away from the group. Walking away the willowy vampire disappeared into one of the bedrooms. "So goddamn special, I couldn't even save my babies from burning to death."
The words were whispered but they all heard them as loudly as if a bomb had gone off in the room. The only one who wasn't stymied into action was Alice who flitted from the group and followed Gabriella into the bedroom.
"Oh bugger," Sian murmured as she watched Alice dart from the group and follow Gabriella into the bedroom.
"It'll be okay," Bella said softly as she glanced at the door Alice had closed. With a small nod to herself, she could her the two women speaking in whispers to each other before returning her attention back towards Sian. "It's just that even after all these years, according to Ali, Gabi still feels tremendous guilt in regards to her children's deaths."
Plopping down on one of the chairs in the room Sian laid her head in her hands, "I know, I know, I should've stopped, but I'm like a cat stalking a bird when I get into something that intrigues I keep moving forward until I've captured it. Goddess, I can be such a dithering idiot, going on and on like that. I was just so enchanted by the idea of her being a kresnik," Sighing as she lifted her head of her hands, "such a rare creature."
A small frown traced across Leah's lips as her dark eyes went from the closed door back to Sian. Her thoughts were going in a direction the wolf in her didn't like and was scolding her for having them.
Moving over towards her lover, Leah knelt down beside her, "Sian, if Gabi is this kresnik, could it be I didn't imprint on her but it's just her scent enthralling my wolf."
Sian gazed into the worried dark eyes, before pulling her into a hug, "no love. Don't get me wrong. I'm sure her scent drew you to her like it does nearly everyone in someway, but it's not the same thing." Pausing she kissed Leah's forehead before continuing, "think about the three vampires and how they acted. The glazed look in their eyes, that's because she purposefully enthralled them."
Bella nodded her head in agreement; "you saw how she focused on the three, circling them like predator does their prey. Besides, if her scent worked that way, wouldn't it have affected Jake the same way? He may have had some lusty thoughts about her but nothing more then that."
"You love are just as unique as our Gabi, a female shape shifter who has two imprints," Sian chuckled running her fingers through her lover's short hair.
Feeling her wolf shame her for her doubts Leah ducked her head into the crook of Sian's throat, "I guess, I'm still adjusting to all this." She whispered.
"I know, love, we all are and we're all running high with emotions and I sure as hell didn't help with my pushing." Tilting her head and looking at the door, Sian could hear the soft murmurings through the wall coming from Alice and Gabi. "I should go and talk to her."
Laying a soft hand on Sian's shoulder, Bella smiled, "no, give Alice time with Gabi. Those two have an emotional connection," shaking her head slightly. "That is really hard to explain. All I know is they're like each other's Prozac."
Reluctantly, Sian nodded and just held Leah tightly to her as they all listened to the soft whisperings happening behind the closed door.
After several minutes, Alice's melodious giggle accompanied by Gabriella velvety chuckle floated into the room as the two emerged from the bedroom. The small vampire was cuddled on the back of the willowy vampire, her chin resting on Gabriella's left shoulder.
"See told ya," Bella lips tweaked into a grin. "Prozac."
Gazing up at the smiling vampire, Sian felt her heart race triple time, seeing the gentle love reaching out from the amber towards her and Leah. Gently releasing Leah, she stood up and hurriedly went to her lover's welcoming embrace.
"Gabi, I'm truly sorry," she murmured tucking her head on the woman's right shoulder.
"Shhh, you've nothing to apologize for my love," caressing woman's back. "I'm afraid seeing Dorcas stirred up feelings, I was trying to keep down and well, as my granddaughter says I became rather emu about it."
"Emo, Gabi," Alice giggled merrily in her ear before slipping off her back.
"Short for emotional." Bella added with her own snigger as her pixie rejoined her and gave her a quick kiss.
"Ah, well that does make more sense," she nodded as she beckoned Leah who was now standing but holding herself back. Relief flooded her face as she saw the young woman practically jump to her other side, "my dears, forgive an old moody vampire who is still dealing with torturous demons from the past." Giving the two women soft kisses, "come let's sit down so I can explain my rather dramatic outburst."
"You don't have to love," Sian said quietly as the vampire led them over to settee in the room.
Settling herself in between the two taller women and taking hold one of their warm hands in her own, while Alice and Bella sat on the carpeted floor next to them, Gabriella just shook her head faintly.
"You four," she began her eyes touching each of the four women. "Have become interwoven into my life and it behooves me to explain. Yes, I probably am a kresnik, though," tilting her head. "I'm not sure it's the correct term to use since I've become that which as a human I was created to kill." Rubbing her thumb over Sian's hand, "and as my drama queen moment huffed out, I don't like to think I was anything but a normal human before being turned."
Sian nuzzled her face into the woman's neck, "I should've thought of that before I pressed on."
"Shhh, it was an irrational response on my part spurred on by my own fear of loosing those who've become a part of my life."
"Us," Bella offered up and Gabriella nodded.
"And like Patience," Alice chimed in gently resting her hand on the old vampire's knee.
Nodding her head, "yes my petite one, like Patience." Closing her eyes, she let a small sigh; "because of me Patience was killed by a newborn during a battle between the Volturi and the Romanians. And unlike the myth, I don't have the ability to bend supernaturals to my will, only mesmerize them for a short time period. The Romanians had quite a few newborns."
"Newborns?" Leah asked not familiar with the term.
"Newly turned vampires," Bella answered. "They are stronger and faster then regular vampires."
"And they are also extremely primal, they are driven by lust in all its connotations. To make a long story short, my scent drew a lot of them to me but I couldn't keep them all enthralled for very long and even with my gift, it was a struggle fighting against them. Patience tried to fight her way to me and was torn apart before I could save her." Glancing at each of them, "if I had been a regular vampire instead of a kresnik, she might've lived."
"And that fucking bitch uses that word like a knife to cut into you," Leah growled wanting to go back and tear into the woman.
"Well, she was Patience's mate before I came into the picture so her hatred of me is understandable," Gabriella remarked with a sigh.
"Darling," Sian breathed out as tears fell from her eyes cuddling tighter into her lover.
"No tears my dear cat," gently wiping them away though she was damn tempted to taste them knowing they carried the flavor of the woman but held back. "And my sweet wolf no tracking Dorcas down," she soothed out kissing both of them on the forehead. "Now before things become way to maudlin, we've other things to focus on. You two need to eat, I need to meditate and as for you two," smiling at Bella and Alice. "It would be best to not wander far, we are in shifter territory though most should be better behaved then the group we encountered in Russia."
Sian shifted slightly, "personally I find room service to be divine so I vote for staying in."
"I second that," Leah said not moving from her spot.
Alice glanced over at her lover and smiled, "well since Bella has had enough stress for a while I won't indulge in shopping so we'll be staying put as well."
"Thank god," Bella murmured causing Alice to stick her tongue out at her.
Chuckling, Gabriella brushed each of the women a kiss on the lips before standing, "I'm going to lie on one of the beds and begin my loves. This could take a few hours. Oh and you don't have be quiet or anything just act normal."
The four nodded and watched her go back into the bedroom she and Alice had come from earlier.
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