*A/N: Thanks to my lovely beta and awbffe NessiesMomma for beta reading. She practically outlined this chapter*
*Disclaimer: I do not own twilight or its characters, SM does. I do however want Edward Cullen to spend eternity in my bedroom ;]*
EPOV
"Alice!" I growled.
Bella hadn't been answering her phone, and I had been a complete mess because of it. As soon as Alice saw the vision of Bella, alone, in our house and James and Victoria capturing her, we raced to the nearest place with reception and began calling her. I would've run all the way to Forks if I thought I'd get there in time. As it were, I was contemplating it.
"I'm trying, Edward! It doesn't help if you yell." She hissed.
I pulled on my hair. They could have her. James and Victoria could have her and I'll never see my precious Bella blush scarlet again. Or tell me she loves me. I started pacing. Emmett could do nothing but stare at me.
She's gonna be okay, bro.
I stared at him and smiled sadly. The fact was, I didn't know if Bella was going to be okay. With what James had going through his mind when he saw her, I didn't have much hope. I knew I shouldn't have left her with the mutt. How did she end up alone?
"Emmett call the Black kid again." I spat. When I looked at his face I frowned. "Please."
He nodded, and walked away from us holding up his cell phone. I turned to my sister, who was sitting with both her hands on her head, focusing hard on the future. All I could catch in her minds eye was flashes of them with their hands on her.
"They must know, Edward. They're not making any concrete decisions. My visions are all over the place."
"I shouldn't have left her," I breathed.
My sister stood up and placed her hand on my shoulder. "You couldn't have known. What do you want to do?"
"We're going to Forks."
She squeezed my shoulder. "I knew that already. I meant car or run?"
I looked over at Emmett who had hung up the phone and eyed it questioningly. "They got into a fight, and he stormed off, leaving Bella alone on the beach. When he returned after he calmed down, he caught her scent going in the direction of the house. When he got there James had Bella over his shoulder. He tried to chase after them, but they got away before the pack could corner them."
I was seething my hands were in fists, and I wanted to get to Forks as fast as I could, and beat the shit out of the filthy mutt. My breathing was heavy as I thought of James with his dirty hands on my innocent Bella.
"He's a mess, dude. He could barely talk over the phone."
I laughed. "His face is going to be a mess when I see him. He had one job. Protect Bella. And he failed… miserably." I turned towards Alice. "We're taking the car."
BPOV
I opened my eyes groggily. I was in a dark room that appeared to be a basement. On the one wall seemed to be all kinds of instruments. Blinking my eyes, I tried to straighten out and I realized my body was sore and my hands were above my head chained to the ceiling. I tried pulling, but it was useless, my strength didn't seem to be helping me in this situation. Looking around the room I noticed there were no windows and the ground below me was cold and hard. Definitely a basement.
I heard movement from above me, which I knew was intentional. The door opened quickly and I was met with the sinister smile of James. He walked over to the instrument table and grabbed a syringe. He placed the needle into a clear bottle filling it up before walking over to me.
"Hello, Isabella." He sneered. "I heard you trying to break the chains. You can try all you like, sweet Isabella, but you're not at full strength, thanks to this." He waved the syringe and then pushed it into my shoulder. "The Cullen's don't protect their guests that well. It was all too easy for Victoria to go into the study, and get all of Carlisle's discoveries about you."
"I don't recall Carlisle drugging me."
He laughed. "You wouldn't. The journal said you were only five at the time. He tried a very powerful sedative and it appeared to have weakened you. His studies have only turned to our advantage, Isabella. You're our ticket."
"What do you want?"
Shaking his head, he walked over to the table placing the syringe back in a case. "It's always the same inane questions."
If I had any hope of getting out of here I needed to figure out what was going on. "Please."
James turned on his heel, and held my chin in his hand within a nanosecond. His eyes had darkened with desire and he was licking his lips. "Don't beg, Isabella. You don't know what that does to me." His mouth moved closer and I scrunched my eyes as his breath fanned across my face. His nose skimmed along my jaw and down my neck, inhaling. "You have no idea how amazing you smell. I can only imagine what you taste like."
His tongue licked along my neck and I shivered. "Later, Isabella. I'll taste you later."
Her released my chin and walked back up the stairs just as I fell into unconsciousness.
EPOV
"Go directly to the Black's house! Fuck the treaty!" I screamed.
Alice shook her head violently. "That won't solve anything, Edward. They'll meet us at the treaty line as promised."
"Jacob won't be there. He's probably running away."
"He'll be there." She reached over to grab my hand. "Sam promised the whole pack. You're not helping Bella if you put yourself in danger."
I released a breath in an attempt to calm down. Bella needed me to be strong for her. If the mutt isn't at the treaty line, I can deal with him after Bella is safely in my arms. Alice drove us to the house, where she parked the car and we all jumped out and ran to the treaty line.
The pack was there, as promised, including one tail-between-his-legs Jacob Black. I strode towards him purposely, but Sam and Paul blocked me.
"Do you think you can excuse me? I have a few choice words for Jacob."
No, Edward. I will not let you harm him. Sam thought.
I looked between them towards Jacob. "Phase back."
I'm not stupid.
"Could've fooled me." I snorted. "How could you, Jacob. I put my life in your hands."
You don't have a life. You're dead remember?
I growled and Sam and Paul closed their ranks. "She is my life you moron. I trusted you because of your obvious feelings for her and you failed me. You had one job, and that was to fucking protect her, and you left her alone on a beach!"
And that's when the image passed through the entire packs mind. Jacob's hands on my Bella. His mouth claiming her has his, as she clawed at his chest in an attempt to get him off her. She grew limp under him and when he pulled away she smacked him across his face.
I chuckled darkly. "You kissed her? She's mine, Jacob. When are you going to understand that? Thanks to you, neither of us may ever get to see her again."
My face fell while saying the last statement. Alice clasped her arms around me in an attempt to soothe me.
Edward? All this fighting isn't going to get Bella back. Sam reasoned.
"You're right." I placed my thumb and forefinger on the bridge of my nose. "Can we relinquish the treaty? Make the land free reign? Just until we find Bella."
Sam nodded. We caught the scent heading east.
"Alice sees her in a dark basement with no windows. He's injecting her with something, but we can't be sure what."
Is there any way of telling if she is in a residential area or in seclusion?
"No," I shook my head. "I can only guess seclusion, based on the fact that they are not like me and my family. Human blood would be alluring to them."
How have they found a residence so quickly?
I shrugged. "There's no way of knowing. I think the best bet is to separate and scan the area. If we could have Seth as means of communication with the pack that would be helpful."
Of course.
"Thank you."
I see Jacob stepping forward, pushing Sam and Paul out of the way. Emmett immediately gripped my shoulder, holding my in place. I'm really sorry. I know I messed up.
"I'll deal with you later, Jacob. But Bella's needs come first."
He hung his head just as Seth walked towards us. We'll find her right, Edward?
"I'm going to do my best, Seth."
You really love her. Don't you?
I smiled sadly. "I really do."
BPOV
"Wake up! I don't like to be kept waiting!"
I unwillingly opened my eyes to find James snarling towards me, mere inches from my face. My body feels weak and I barely have the effort to lift my head up. Thankfully James does it for me.
"You're not here to sleep, Isabella!"
"Then stop drugging me." I state matter-of-factly.
He laughs. "You're quite smart, Isabella. But I'm afraid I can't. Don't exactly want you fighting me off, now do we?"
His hands run along my sides, and I fight the urge to throw up. But when I feel his hands make contact with the skin of my thigh, I freeze. I was definitely wearing jeans this morning. I look down and I'm in a tight black corset dress that stops above mid-thigh. I even have black pumps on. Oh, I wish I could push my heel deep into his eye. But, sadly, he has them spread with a bar and chained to the ground.
"I hope you don't mind," he sings, "I had Victoria change your outfit to something more fitting."
"Fitting for what exactly?"
Chuckling his fingers run up and down my bare thigh. "Always so curious, Isabella. No worries. I plan on telling you… some things."
He walks over to the table and pulls a stool out from under it, and brings it in front of me. "I'm positive your boyfriend hasn't told you anything about me, has he?" I shake my head and he continues. "Doesn't surprise me. You're boyfriend may not remember me but I remember him. Edward Masen. Stringy little seventeen year old who was always too nosey for his own good."
Masen. It fits Edward somehow, though not as well as Cullen. How could James have known Edward when he was human? And why doesn't Edward remember this? Or maybe he did, because he told me…
…He wanted you. He's sick, Bella. Sadistic even. First he wanted you simply for your beauty, then because you belonged to me, and then, when he smelled your blood, he wanted to … drink from you…
Does Edward remember James? He told me James wants me because I belong to him.
"I'm a Dominant, Bella. Do you know what that is?" James asks.
I shake my head.
"It's a guy who enjoys seeing pretty little girls like you tied up, like you are right now. Though don't quote me, that's not a general definition, just a personal one."
My mouth drops, but I shut it quickly before he can get any ideas. "What does you being a… dominant have anything to do with Edward?"
"Well, I'll tell you, impatient one. I had a pretty girl just like you tied up in my living room, not the best place for it but that was my fault, as you see I've learned this time, anyway, Edward peeked in through the window and the police were quickly at my door. It was in prison that I became what I am today. Victoria is one of many submissive's that I've had. Though she is a favorite so I keep her around. She's not opposed to me straying from time to time."
"But what does all this have to do with me?" I question in a small voice.
"Revenge, Isabella." He smirks and his hands rub the inside of my thigh inching upwards. "I plan to drink from you and then torture you."
EPOV
Jake's found her scent. Seth thought.
"Is he sure it's not a false trail?" I question as the four of us still.
Yeah, it's more potent than the others we've found, and its heading towards Ucluelet.
"Tell him to put all but four towards the scent, and that we'll join Jake. The rest can have the surrounding area."
"Are you sure you want to be with Jake, Edward? You won't try and kill him?" Emmett asks.
"I'm sure." I breathe, annoyed. "Jake cares about her just as much as I do. He'll fight for her."
Jake said he'll wait for us up 20 miles.
"Okay, let's go."
BPOV
He reaches between my ankles to the bar and pushes it further apart, while his hand still grips the inside of my thigh. I'm trying not to scream and give him the satisfaction of the power he has over me.
"How do you like my spreader bar?" he asks. "Comes in handy when a girl is fighting me off."
He brings his other hand to my ankle, lifting it slowly up my leg, and stops it when it's equal to the other. He looks to be debating something before he runs his finger over my panties at the apex of my thighs. I bite hard on my lip to keep from screaming.
"Maybe I'll take you before I finish you off, Isabella." His finger runs along my panties again and he groans. "It's been awhile since I've had others besides Victoria."
He stood up and pulled the chain, pushing it away from my body while, pulling it down, so that I'm bending over. I hear him walk towards the table and he pulls something that smells of leather. He walked around to my backside, and my body tenses up afraid that he's going to have his way with me. I debated in my head whether or not to tell him I'm a virgin. But decided that would only spur him on because then he would have taken yet another thing from Edward.
"This is going to hurt, Isabella."
Suddenly a sharp, fierce pain can be felt on my backside. I groan in pain and he hits me again. He continues his onslaught hitting me all along my backside. I felt his hands grip my underwear as he pulls them down my thighs and I'm crying out in tearless broken sobs.
It's not supposed to be this way. My first time is supposed to be with Edward, on our bed. It's supposed to be with someone I love and want to spend the rest of my life with. And then it hits me, I should've said yes to Edward's proposal. I'm such an idiot. Why wouldn't I say yes to the love of my life? No, that sounds wrong, the love of my existence.
James surprises me by bending at his knees, and gripping my thighs and I release a heavy breath in relief.
"I don't know why you're relieved, Bella. This is going to hurt far worse."
And then I felt it, the sharp pain of something digging into the skin of my thigh. His mouth was on it immediately and I begin to feel the swift loss of blood. He's draining me. I cry out, loud and hard, hoping someone hears me.
EPOV
We were searching what appeared to be abandon houses in the area when I heard a loud heartbreaking scream coming from the house two over. It's Bella. We asked Seth to stand guard as the four of us make our way to the house. Victoria was inside so we knew we had to be careful and plan it all out. I look towards Alice for help.
"I can't be entirely sure because of the interference with the wolves," she whispers, "but our best bet is to focus on getting Victoria out of the house and just getting to James. He's drinking from her Edward and he plans to do a lot worse."
With Emmett, Seth, and Alice working on Victoria it's up to me and Jake to get Bella. The three of them make their way into the house and after some quiet dispute, we see Victoria running as Seth and Alice chase after her. Emmett exits the house, and waves us in and I run to the basement door, wrenching it open.
There before me was my innocent Bella chained up in a corset bent over with James at her feet draining her, from her femoral artery. He stood upon hearing us, and immediately charges for me. He intended to go for my neck but I quickly dropped into a crouch and charge him towards the wall, causing it to crack under the pressure. I stand and tear a piece of his neck off just as Emmett stands behind me, gripping my shoulder and gesturing to Bella.
Jake and Emmett finish tearing off James' limbs as I raced to Bella. Her scent hit me like a wrecking ball, but her agonized face brought me back. That asshole didn't seal the wound. I immediately go between her and I felt her body stiffen as if I was going to finish her off. I take my tongue, loaded with venom and seal the wound, ignoring the monster within me growling in the anticipation for more of her blood.
I leaned over her placing my arms underneath her neck and legs and lifted her up into my arms. "I'm so sorry, Bella."
She smiled sadly before she passed out in my arms. Emmett started the fire, and he and Jake began throwing pieces of James' body into it while I brought Bella out of there. I crush her close to my body and wait for Carlisle to arrive with the blood transfusions.
"I love you, Bella. I'm so sorry I left you. Please don't leave me. I cant live without you."
I closed my eyes and brought my forehead to Bella's just as I heard Carlisle pull up in the Mercedes. I felt a warm gentle hand in my hair, soothing me, and I opened my eyes and stared into Bella's deep brown ones.
"Yes," she whispered in a strained voice.
Carlisle reaches us, and bends to his knees taking Bella's free arm and immediately begins setting up the transfusion. I stared into her eyes, my eyebrows furrowed.
"Yes." she swallowed hard. "Yes, I'll marry you." She smiled and her eyes closed.
