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A month passed in this manner and Carlisle could now get within three steps of her before he lunged at the blood. A week later he had enough control and belief in himself to reach for the fresh finger, but when he did Bella pulled it away from him. He frowned and gave her a look of confusion. Bella grinned.
"I never said I'd give it to you, Carlisle. You have to take it from me in order for me to stop stealing fingers from the humans." She said and Carlisle swiped at her hand. "You'll have to learn to fight to get it. Not ever vampire is as kind as I am." Carlisle tried to pay attention to both her movements and his control as he tried to grab the finger, but quickly realized he couldn't. A few minutes later he lunged at the blood, completely forgetting his goal. She quickly tripped him and pushed him to the ground. "We'll continue tomorrow." Bella said, when she saw he could no longer maintain his composure. "Go hunt." Before he could respond Bella ran off to dispose of the finger.
Carlisle was lucky that Bella's territory had such a large forest in it. When he'd asked her why she chose this place as her own she'd answered that she wanted it since one of the cities in it was where two major trade routes met, another one of the cities had one of the best colleges in the world.
A scent pulled him away from his tracking of a doe. He turned back around and went to find Bella. She was in her house, reading as usual.
"I smelled the scent of another vampire." Carlisle was both excited and nervous about Bella's reaction.
"Did it smell bitter yet spicy, with just a tinge of blood?" She asked without looking up from her book.
"Yes." Carlisle was disappointed with her monotone response and lack of reaction.
"He owns a territory near my own. I wouldn't recommend you bothering him, Carlisle. I've seen more than one Volturi member go into his territory and never return. Along with that throughout the years I smelled the distinct odor of burning vampire."
"He lives close enough that you can smell him and you haven't even met him?" Carlisle couldn't wrap his head around that.
"This is not some happy community we live in as vampires." Bella said as she closed her book and looked at Carlisle. "When one of us lays down territory it clearly means we do not want to be disturbed. The only exception to that rule being of course the Volturi."
"Sorry for disturbing you." He said and Bella scoffed at him.
"Just go finish your hunt so I can teach you about the great philosophers."
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