Chapter 17

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We turn seeing Charlie and Tanya fucking on the couch. The bitch had compelled Charlie. I could read it in her mind. She saw me at the dance with Bella. She was jealous of how I was with her. The visions of how I held her and kissed her had her in a fury. I was never like that with Tanya. All it was between us was sex. I grit my teeth as I find out who sent her. Who told her where Bella lived and who her father was. The anger crossed through me and it felt as though daggers where shooting through my chest.

CARLISLE!

"DAD!" Bella yells furiously.

"YOU WILL GET AWAY FROM HER FATHER!"

I yank her off him. Bella tosses a blanket over her father. She grabs her father's gun and turns to both of us.

"Get that fucking bitch out of my house!"

Her handshakes unsteady, tears streaming down her face.

"I'm done with this! ALL OF IT! Compel my father to forget! Take your bitch and leave!"

I look to her in shock.

"Bella…"
She cocks the chamber.

"We're done! NO ONE TOUCHES MY DAD!"

Tanya is stupid enough to laugh of course. Bella might be human but not one you wish to piss off. Bella grits her teeth and fires hitting Tanya in the thigh. Tanya hisses out and begins to charge towards Bella. I pull her by the roots of her hair forcing her head back.

"So this is it?"

Bella doesn't even flinch. I nod, my heart was just ripped out of my chest. Tanya had succeeded. She got what she wanted. I compelled Charlie as she wished. I dragged Tanya back to the house.

I was done. I shove her inside and back hand her as she falls to her knees. My coven comes to their feet at the display before them. I cup Tanya's chin. I was far from done. She was going to suffer first.

I sigh and shake my head.

"Tanya…" I say softly.

I bite down on my wrist. I let her feed as if my concern was for her to heal faster. I caress her cheek as I do this. I moan out like I'm enjoying it. She smiles as she continues to suckle. I bring her to her feet.

"I want you…" I purr.

I put my forehead to hers.

"It's you Tanya it's always been you."

"Edward…" She says making me nauseas at the sound of her saying my name.

I force a smile.

"To my room now, I wish to make you my bride."

She smiles and rushes up the stairs. Once my door shuts I turn to my coven. I turn to my master.

"Edward no…" Alice says pleadingly.

I unbutton my shirt and wink. Carlisle grins and takes a seat as I make my way up. Before I open my door I nod towards Jasper and Emmett. I shut the door behind me as I enter.

Tanya awaits once again naked in my bed. The scent of my lover's father still upon her. I had to fight not to cringe. I could smell his arousal and everything on her. I literally felt nauseas. I leap on the bed and crawl over her. I rub myself against her but for once I wasn't even hard. All my sexual drive was gone. I go to kiss her lips but quickly cover her mouth with my hand. I roughly press against her. My eyes black with fury. I lean into her ear.

"You're dead to me now." Her eyes widen as she struggles beneath me. My clasp around her becomes harder. I stare into her eyes as I snap her neck. I grab her and drag her down the stairs. The other girls scream out as Jasper and Emmett hold them back.

"EDWARD!" My master yells in his disciplinary voice.

I don't even bat an eye.
"This is what happens when you dishonor my wishes!"

"EDWARD MASON CULLEN YOU WILL NOT KILL HER!"

I turn with a smile and kick out her neck. I toss Carlisle her head. The entire coven looks to me in utter shock.

"I no longer follow your orders."

"HOW?!" Carlisle demands slamming me into the wall.

I laugh and grip his wrists.

"To the basement now!" He demands.

This is supposed to be the part where I fly back unwillingly. Carlisle's eyes widen.

"Fuck you old man. I'm done with this coven done with you."

He punches my face and I send him across the room.

"You cannot defy your master's orders. It's unheard of!"
"I just did and you're no longer my master."

I don't even grab anything. I turn my back and leave it all behind.

Edward's entire body shakes, his eyes even darker than before.

"As you can see I must stop now. I've to feed."

The interviewer nods and leans back in her chair. Edward lights a smoke and leaps out from the window.

Edward returns an hour later. He wipes the remains of a bloody smudge from his lip. He takes a seat but looks towards the window. With his eyes closed…

Carlisle… He huffs shaking his head. Edward swallows back.

We've got history, making all this much more painful. Like I said before a Master and his progenies there's a bond… But what happens when your creator is no longer your master?

I ran and fed. That's all I did. With no real purpose to my life anymore, what need was there for anything else. Bella, I had given her everything I had. There was nothing else. Call it pathetic, call it what you will. But I'd been around for over a fucking century and had never been in love. It took me this long to find her. Someone I'd willingly die for. I'd had my share of women but not a single one, was able to make me feel the way Bella did. This girl had my heart and soul. When I left that house with Tanya they remained with her. I no longer cared about my wellbeing nor my morals. Bella was what kept me tamed. She's the only one able to keep the monster within me at bay. Without her love why should I give a damn?! I no longer bothered to compel when I fed. I left the ones to die that I deemed worthy of death. The others I left screaming in terror. I didn't even concern myself of my whereabouts.

I ran and didn't stop.

Occasionally I'd steal some clothes or booze when I felt the need for it, with no longer the need to dress to my master's orders. I changed my look as well somewhat. I wore black more it seemed to suit my mood, black leather jacket, black pants, black boots, the only thing not black was my shirt it was charcoal, my hair untamed.

This continued for four months. I'd been shot a few times, stabbed, chased… I loved it. Anything to take my mind off HER! I couldn't rest every time I did she entered my god damn mind. Her scent, the sound of her heartbeat, the way she felt when I touched her, her laughter, her smile, her eyes, her body, everything about her tormented me. There were times I'd hear her calling to me. I'd look around in sheer hope. But I knew I'd gone off the deep in. For one thing I was in Canada at one point. There's no way she'd been here. I tended to jump the globe during these months. Deep down though. I hoped she was happy that she was alive and well. I might have been heartbroken. But I knew I'd never stop loving Isabella Swan. Nothing could ever get in the way of how I felt. That's why her words continued to cut like daggers.

I spent this time thinking she hated me. That there wasn't an ounce of hope or love left from her side. I mean honestly could I blame her? It all replays in my head. I felt entirely selfish. Here I was trying to get her to join my coven, to become my bride. HELL I COULDN'T EVEN STAND TO FOLLOW CARLISLE! I just never realized it until Bella shined that light within me.

However I grow weary in thought and start to slow down. The more I tried to get her out of my mind. The more her face fired back at me. The more the guilt piled. I leaned back and lit a cigarette. But I can't lie either. I was mad at her as well. I felt she'd turned her back to me. I wanted to blame her. I wanted to make this all her fault! It'd make it so much easier.

I no longer bothered to feed. I allowed her memory to haunt me, in fact I started welcoming it and laughing upon my own misery. Time continued to pass…

Bella continued to take over my mind and body. I closed my eyes trying to push it away. But her scent became heavier than it ever had, her calling my name seemed so fucking real. I grit my teeth in anger on this. The heat of someone's blood called to me. The haunting of her scent followed even heavier. I don't even bother to look as I dive down. I slam down my prey and bite down. They scream out, I grin in satisfaction that my prey sounded and tasted just like her. With fury I dug in my teeth deeper and drained them harder. I grew hard in her memory…

"EDWARD!"

"NO!"

I swallow back and open my eyes. I flew back realizing I was feeding off my own damn arm.

I pause and narrow my eyes though.

"Edward?"

I shake my head on this.

"Stop it." I hiss pulling at my hair.

I know he's here I saw it. Come on Edward where are you?

"Alice?"

Dammit he better be here. Bella's already tried to kill herself once!

WHAT?!
"Jasper?" I stumble back at his thoughts.

Bella hadn't been eating. She'd started drinking. She was blaming herself. She took it hard when she'd found out I managed to break away from Carlisle's influence. Dammit, Bella was actually still in love with me. It was only because of Alice's vision Bella's not dead. She was drunk and jumped off the La Push cliffs. To my surprise… Carlisle saved her.

Where is he! She's about to pass the fuck out! Come on you little dickward where the fuck are ya buddy.

And thank you Emmett. He's the only one to ever call me that. Jackass…

I leap down cautiously, afraid this was still some sort of fucked up delusion from hunger. I slowly follow the thoughts. But at one point I close my eyes. Her scent hit me like a punch to the face. With one hand I lean against a tree.

"Edward?"

I turn and there she is… her hand covered her mouth. Her eyes roll back and she passes the fuck out. I catch her before she hits the ground. I turn to see Emmett, Jasper and Alice each on one knee before me. I rear back at this. I begin to scope out their thoughts…

"WHAT?!" I hiss at their thoughts.

Master…

"Fuck…"