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"You helped me." Alistair said while grinning like an idiot after the Volturi left. Bella ignored him and walked to where he'd left the crippled human that was meant as her gift. She lifted him up easily before slicing his neck open and drank deeply. After she was finished she dropped the empty corpses onto the ground.
"Consider that my payment for services rendered, not me accepting any of your gifts." Bella said while growling. "If you haven't noticed yet you're in my territory, and I don't take kindly to that." Alistair quickly moved the two steps it took to cross the border. He could tell Bella immediately relaxed a bit.
"When are you going to admit that we're mates?" He asked while looking down at her. They'd never been so close together and not fighting. She was so small, yet he knew she was deadly.
Bella looked up at him and sneered. She was rather attracted to him, not that she'd ever admit that.
"I'll make you a deal. If you can defeat me in battle I'll consider thinking about the possibility of you being my mate and yes, I will be using my gift." Bella half hoped he'd back down, but she also hoped he'd accept. His grin was all the confirmation she needed. "Good, Alec's gift won't wear off completely for at least another hour. Go and hunt, your eyes are dark. I'll meet you here tomorrow and we can finally settle this."
So I just had to have them fight at least one more time! What do you think of Bella's challenge?