An hour later, a fresh and clean Izzy was stretched out on the bed in our room, eyes closed listening to my iPod. I had taken the time she was in the shower to inform Jasper of my talk with Aro, and told him the way shit was going to go once we left. When he found out just how close she was to the edge of losing it, he fully understood my position, and why I was so pissed off. He consented to the terms, like he had the choice, and that was that.

I was kicked up at the desk on the laptop I borrowed to get a few things worked out, since I decided that when we leave we are not returning to northern Canada, so I had to get shit figured as to where we were going. I hated that area this time of year and wanted to go somewhere a little warmer. I would have asked Izzy where she wanted to go, but seeing as how she had no memories of anything prior to a month ago, that was a dead end street. I'm leaning towards Colorado or New Mexico though. The estates I have there are more like compounds, so plenty of room for her to grow up.

Once it was narrowed down a little I set the computer aside and rolled my head to the side and just watched as my girl wiggled and bobbed a bit to the beat in her ears, a small smile on my face. I had no doubts that she would be fine. It would take some time, but in the end, she would be fine

Getting up from my chair I walked over to the bed by her head, set a hand on either side and leaned over her and waited for her to open her eyes. When she did, she flashed me a blinding smile, and her eyes seemed to twinkle a little. Smiling back at her, "How you feelin' Sugar?"

She pulled the earbuds out before responding, "I feel good. How about you? You looked upset before."

I sighed a little and shrugged lightly, "It's alright and nothin' I want you worrying about. I got this Sugar."

Her eyes narrowed a little, "Are you sure? You keep saying things like that, and I feel bad because it always seems like the longer I'm around, the more shit you have to deal with. It doesn't seem fair that I'm upsetting your life so much."

I chuckled a little as I dipped my head down, pressing a kiss to her lips. Pulling back I smiled at her, "Comes with the territory, Little Lady. Babies upset lives, it's what you do, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Chances are, if things were seamless and uninteresting, I would get bored, and I would cause untold chaos in YOUR life to liven things up. Something you might want to keep in mind since you're gonna be around for a very long time, Sugar. I get bored very easy, and you ain't gonna be a baby vamp forever. Don't you worry about shit being unfair now, 'cause once you grow up, it's gonna be my turn."

She giggled a little and shook her head, "Karma right? You're gonna do to me worse than I did to you?"

My chuckle was a little darker this time, "a hundred fold, Sugar. You just go right on ahead and be the biggest bitch you want to be for now, because My Little Lady, I am an asshole, and you're stuck with me. There ain't shit you can think of that I can't top with minimal effort, and next to no thought."

She smirked and defiance entered her eyes, "that sounds like a challenge, Petey."

I tsked as I shook my head a little, before locking eyes and grinning back, "You have no idea, Sugar."

She lifted her head and got real close to my face, eyes daring even as they shone like rubies, "bring it on, Petey."

Oh, my little Sugar, you really shouldn't have done that. The moment she cocked a brow at me, my lips crashed against hers in a brutal meeting. I heard her intake of air through her nose before she twisted a bit and wrapped her arms around my neck, using me to gain the leverage needed to pull her body closer to mine. I used her actions to lean forward so she was now on her back. Sliding an arm under her, I picked her up a little, and slid her into the middle of the bed without breaking or slowing the kiss.

When she was where I wanted her, the arm that was under her back went behind my neck where I grabbed both her wrists, and lifted them over my head and held them above hers. Using my free hand, I held myself up while Iz moved her legs to either side of my hips before wrapping them around me locking her ankles, flexing her muscles and pulling me closer and harder against her.

Yes fucking ma'am.

Licking her lip, I purred deep when she opened and allowed me the pleasure of my favorite treat, so far. I arched my back a bit and rolled my hips against her making her rip away from the kiss and threw her head back, a choked gasp getting caught in her throat. Being the opportune asshole I am, I focused on the long creamy column of her neck, alternating between open mouthed kisses and raking my teeth across her flesh.

She started to try and free her hands, prompting me to pause and growl at her. Once she stopped pulling at her hands, I continued my assault on her neck. Using my knuckles on the hand that bound hers to hold my body up, I used my other one to grab the front of her shirt and just ripped it off and out of my way. She was really big into tank tops with built in bras so once the shirt was gone, there was nothing else keeping me from the perfectly perky tits that were literally staring me in the face.

With a lustful growl in my throat, I licked my lips before dipping my head and licking the right peak once, before wrapping my lips around it. Iz arched at the sensation pushing more into my mouth and I adjusted accordingly before I began to suck on it like a nursing human. My free hand found its way to not be so free and began to knead the other one, squeezing and pinching the mound like a stress ball. Once she was sufficiently out of her mind, I switched the hand that held hers, so that I could give the same attention to the other one. She really does have the absolute perfect set of tits.

After playing with both of them fairly, I left the north and ventured further south, nipping, kissing and scraping my way along her toned and chiseled stomach. I already knew every inch of her body by sight having seen it multiple times a day for a month, but there was just something different when you map perfection by feel instead. The tip of my tongue met her stomach muscles and was introduced to the dip of her hip. I had let go of her hands in lieu of continuing to play with her breasts, so she took advantage of it and slid her fingers into my hair when I slipped my tongue under the waistband of her shorts.

Taking the sides of her little boy shorts in between my fingers, with a snap and light twist of my wrist, the barrier between me and my destination was gone, giving me an up close and personal look at the untouched petals of my mate's lower lips. Every female becomes a virgin again during the change so even if she had known the touch of a male prior to this, one she didn't remember, and two, she never would again. This was completely and totally mine.

The scent of her want filled my nose and clouded my mind putting me in a haze of desire so thick, that I was hard pressed not to just attack it like a puberty bound teenager.

I had to swallow a mouthful of venom before wiping the drool that leaked out of the corner of my mouth from the hunger that gripped me. Lifting my eyes to look up at the desire ridden female, a smirk came to my lips at the sight of her shifting her hips trying to figure out how to rid herself of the coil in her gut.

Focusing back on the task at hand, I let the tip of my tongue swipe once from the bottom to the top of the glistening slit before me, a purr sounding from my chest at the explosion of flavor that coated my taste buds. She jerked a little at the feel, but I put my hands on her thighs to keep her where I wanted her before running my tongue across her again, adding pressure and depth with each pass.

Her fingers tightened in my hair and the most glorious sounds fell from her lips. I dug my fingers into her skin as one thumb slid across her mound to the most magnificent creation in the world, and my personal favorite part of the female body; the clit.

The second I ran my thumb over it, her back arched off the bed and she pulled my hair so hard I was a little afraid that she was gonna rip it out. Might be time to start working on helping her control that, since this was going to become a VERY common occurrence. The girl was the single best tasting thing I have ever found, and I wasn't about to go more than a few hours without tasting it again.

Chuckling lightly at the enthusiasm, I added pressure with my thumb and pushed my tongue as far inside her sheath as I possibly could.

She didn't last long, only a couple of minutes but the payoff for me was just about on par with what she got from this. Her call of completion had my ears ringing as I very eagerly lapped at the flood of her essence she willing gave me.

I took my time with the clean up making damn sure I didn't miss a single drop of her. I would sooner go vegan than waste any of it. Once I was positive she was nice and clean, I pulled her fingers from my hair before pulling my shirt off, and made quick work of my belt buckle.

Lifting myself back up onto the bed I crawled up her body, once again mapping her out with my lips and tongue, my eyes looking up through my lashes and bangs at her panting, and ecstasy colored face. Once I reached her neck, I lifted her chin with my nose to give me a little more room to play before placing biting kisses on her useless pulse point.

She bought her legs back up and around my hips pulling mine hard against her bare sex, gasping at the feel of the denim of my jeans against her still pulsing clit. And that is why I love that little button so damn much. If you know what you're doing with it, just about anything will keep a female floating on her cloud of madness for as long as I saw fit.

Dragging my lips up her throat and around her jaw, I pulled back and just looked down at her, my black eyes locking on hers. A cocky grin pulled at my lips when she could barely open her eyes. Yes ma'am, you are welcome.

Just as I was about to dip down and kiss my girl, every last OUNCE of desire I had in me was once again FUCKING GONE. I was gonna kill him. So instead of going in for a kiss, I dropped my forehead on her chest with the most pissed off sounding growl I have ever let loose.

With a snarl, I got off my startled mate, grabbed the bedspread and tossed it over her fantastically still naked body, and not bothering to re-fasten my jeans or put back on my shirt, I stalked to the door and damn near ripped it off the hinges, coming face to face with the very soon to die asshole empath.

He didn't even look sorry for this shit. Yeah, he was about to die.

Before I could say anything to him, he beat me to it, "put it away Captain. You can kick my ass later, but we got a problem."

I snarled at him, "You're goddamn right we got a problem, you fucking asshole. Three fucking times now you pulled this shit and I swear to god Jasper…"

Next thing I know I'm not even pissed off anymore. Now how 'bout that shit. Pissed off or not I still hauled back and blasted him in the mouth, "cut it the fuck out already, Jesus. One of these days I am going to find that fucking empathy gland of yours and rip it the fuck out."

He didn't look surprised about getting hit. Good, because I was about to it again; with my knee to his nuts. Him being the smart fucker he is though, backed out of my range of attack. He was rubbing his jaw as he locked his eyes on mine, "She needs to get dressed. I said we had a problem, and it's a little more important than you getting laid."

I pointed a finger in his face, "There ain't shit more important than getting laid jackass; especially when the end result is claiming my fucking mate. Now, what was so goddamned important that you felt you had to once again stop me from doing so?"

"Alice was a busy little bitch before she got here."

I looked at him a moment before glancing off to the side as the little people in my head started talking a mile a minute. It takes a practiced mind to understand the little bastards when they got excited like this, so when he went to open his mouth I held up hand to tell him to shut up. My eyes slid closed for a second as the gist was figured out, and when that happened all I could do was growl.

Opening my eyes I looked at him, "Thirty seconds," then I slammed the fucking door in his face. Dropping my head back on my shoulders, I rolled it around a few times before rolling my shoulders and darting into action. Grabbing Izzy some clothing out of our bag, I got them on her and re-fastened my pants and belt and didn't even bother with a shirt before grabbing her hand and pulling her behind me back out the door with five seconds to spare.

With another glare at Jasper, "You had better be glad this is that fucking serious."

He nodded at me, knowing that even under the influence of his power I was still boiling. I am a very hard guy to piss off because my give a damn is so past busted, but when you start getting between me and my sex life, people tend to die, very painfully.

Izzy was silent for the most part but once we started heading towards the main section of the palace, she apparently couldn't take it anymore, "What's going on?"

I looked down at her, and the innocent fear in her eyes softened the boiling rage in mine. You cannot be mad when you look her in the eyes. Pulling her to my side, I tossed my arm over her shoulders, "I ain't gonna lie to you Sugar, this has to do with you."

Her gasp was caught in her throat behind the terror that entered her eyes, "What?"

I nodded as I pulled her closer, "You're apparently a very highly coveted commodity."

She shook her head and after a glance at Jasper, looked back up at me, "I don't understand."

I nodded again, "I know, but you will." I looked at her a moment before pulling her to a stop with me and looking at Jasper, "You g'on. We'll be right behind you." He nodded to me, gave Iz a wink and went on his merry way while I pulled Iz into a side hall. With the grip I had on her hand, I twirled her in a circle before pressing her back against the wall, chuckling a little at the carefree giggle that came from her at the childish action.

That was the best thing about vampires her age; they were only really affected by the emotions of the moment.

When I pressed myself up against her again, the scent of her want near immediately smacked me in the face prompting a purr to rumble my chest, "Christ almighty, do you smell fantastic Sugar." Setting my forehead on hers, I looked into her rapidly darkening eyes, "you make no mistake, Darlin'. By the time the sun hits the horizon tonight, you will be mine in every way you can be. We got this one thing to deal with right quick, but I meant what I told you, when I'm done, you ain't gonna be able to walk."

I chuckled when I felt her tremble a bit and butted my nose against hers lightly. "I really wanted to do this a little differently, but unfortunately" I drug my lips across her cheek, around her jaw and down her neck while saying, "shit happens to the best of us." Once I reached where I was going, "Deep breath Sugar 'cause this is gonna hurt." And I sank my teeth into her pulse point over the mark that made her claiming my mate and leaving the visible proof she was taken and ridding her of any other bite marks on her neck that were not mine.

I heard the intake of air through her teeth and clamped my hand over her mouth right before her scream was given life. Injecting my venom into her vein so that she took on my scent, I kept my teeth embedded in her flesh a moment to make sure there was enough of me in her to overtake her scent completely before I let go, lightly running my tongue over the bite to sooth the burn and seal it closed. I gave it a look and nuzzled it with my nose a little. It was a fresh bite so the teeth marks were raised and extremely noticeable and would be for about a week or so before they set into the skin.

For as much as I knew that shit hurt, I smirked when the scent of her orgasm flooded my senses. Pulling back and looking at her, I cocked a brow, "You can also be assured that that will be the one and only time that nectar is ever wasted you little freak, you." She just gave me a little smile, and an airy giggle.

I ran the parameters of this situation through my head and grinned at what I came up with; spent female, fresh bite mark, lack of personal body scent on her; yeah everyone and their fucking mother is gonna know what's what the moment we walk in the room. Hello ego, nice to see ya.

Once her breathing was under her control again, as unneeded as it was, I crooked a finger under her chin and forced her to lock eyes with me. When she did, I tapped her new mark with the pad of my finger, "This is never to be covered. Not with your hair, not a shirt, nothing. I want to be able to see it at all times. Ya hear me, Mate?" She smiled at me and nodded once. I purred at her as I dipped down and took her lips with mine again, "good girl."