"True Intent"
Chapter eight
~Emmett~
It's been a week since Bella, Garrett and I got back to Forks and over that span of time, all of our guest have gradually arrived.
I haven't had the chance to propose to Bella yet because of all the people in the house, trying to help them get settled as they come. But I definitely plan on rectifying that tonight.
Like Alice informed me, I found the perfect ring in Seattle yesterday. It's not as big as I wanted to get, but Alice reminded me that Bella doesn't like anything that is too ostentatious. So I got her a four karat oval solitaire diamond that is sat with an eight prong platinum infinity band. I also got the matching, his and hers, wedding bands with my name engraved in hers and her name engraved in mine. I also had 'For all Eternity' engraved on the underside of both bands.
God, I seriously hope that she says yes. I don't know how to exist without her, and I seriously do not intend to ever find out. Alice says that I have nothing to worry about, but I'm a damn man and I'll always worry when it comes to my Isabella…always. No matter what it is.
As I had been informed earlier, while we were still in New Orleans; Peter and Char were waiting on us when we got home and as soon as they met, Bella and Char hit it off instantly. Those two are like peas and pods with the way they like to pick on us men folk…especially Peter.
A day after we got back, the Denali coven arrived and as soon as they walked in, Kate and Garrett took one look at each other and that is all she wrote. Looks like Garrett is gonna finally make the switch in diets. That man is a love sick puppy over Kate, and I can tell that he will do just about anything for her. They remind me of the way Bella and I are; all lovey dove and shit that newly mated couple exude.
I honestly don't care what everyone thinks about how I am with my mate. I love that woman and I have made it abundantly clear that I am a whipped mofo and very proud of it. As soon as Irina and Tanya got here, I had to make that clear when they both tried to hit on me. I also had to hold Bella back so she wouldn't kill them. Yeah, my mate can't stand those two at all.
Anyway, after the Denali's arrival, Carlisle and Esme came home with the Egyptian cove. This is my first time meeting them and I have decided that I really like them. Well, all except for Amun. He is in simple terms, an pompous asshole. His mate, Kabi, is alright I guess. She's shy and submissive so I haven't really gotten the chance to know her. Bella tried to talk to her once, but Amun became really mean to his mate for saying a simple hello to Bella. So Bella just glared at him and left Kabi alone so he wouldn't act like that. Now, I think Bella, Char, Alice, and Kate are plotting Amun's death for the way he views woman.
Now, Benjamin and Tia are actually nothing like their coven leader and his mate. They're surprisingly outgoing and outspoken, especially Tea, and I think she has been plotting Amun's death for a while now. I like them a lot.
When Bella asked -why Amun was acting like he was- Benjamin told her that Amun believes that a woman should never talk to anyone but her mate and family. Poor woman, is all I have to say about that fucked up situation.
It took Alice and Jasper almost a week to get back with the Amazons. They were the last to arrive, and they came barring a gift for Carlisle in the form of an ancient and rare book that Alice said would help us understand more about what happen to me and Bella. Carlisle has been hold up in his study with Eleazar, trying to find out all he can.
I don't really know much about the Amazon coven, but I do know that Zafrina is very talented and very, very protective of her sister, Senna. Zafrina can make anyone see anything she wants them to see. I was actually really excited for her to use her powers on me and Bella, but when she tried, it didn't work, and I was disappointed that Bella and I didn't get to see what everyone else saw.
Carlisle said that Bella was a shield when she was human and it's most likely to have transferred over to me when she and I went through our change together. Eleazar agreed, then told us that Bella and I have more gifts other than the shield. He said that all our gifts are linked to one another but we can use them separately if we needed to. He said that our gifts were bonded just as much as she and I are.
Bella and I have been working with Eleazar on our talents but we haven't had much success in some areas, such as linking our minds and being able to talk telepathically. Our shield is what we have had the most success on. Now we both are able to push it out and protect everyone around us, and when we are touching; we can turn our mental shield into a physical one; make it solid so to speak. Nothing and no one can penetrate it in anyway. We haven't been able to do that by ourselves yet, but we're getting there.
It's feels so weird to be so gifted, because I have always been just Emmett; the playful and fun loving but bigger and stronger than most, vampire. I actually feel quite powerful now but when I'm with Bella I feel almost untouchable in the sense that no one could ever hurt us, which is perfect with whats head our way.
"Emmett" I smile at the sound of Bella's voice, and my smile grows when she kneels down behind me with both her knees pressed into my sides. She starts to rub my shoulders, pulling a loud blissful groan from my lips as I continue to kick Garrets ass at call of duty. "Char and I are going hunting. She wants to know what bear taste like, so I offered to take her." Bella giggles as I pause the game and look at her over my shoulder.
"That's fine, babe. Just be careful." I let my head lull to the side when she rubs my neck harder as she rests her chin on my shoulder. "But to night, you are all mine." I reach out and pull her around me and into my lap playfully. "I got plans for you, woman, and I don't intent to let you out of my arms until tomorrow night."
"Mmmm." Bella kisses my lips softly. "Do you promise, big daddy?"
"Damn straight." I mold my lips to hers in a searing kiss, causing Jasper to groan in annoyance, but I don't give two shits because my woman has her hand up the front of my shirt and her her tongue in my mouth.
I pull my lips from her and gaze into her beautiful eyes as I caress her soft cheek. God in heaven, I really fucking love this woman.
Tonight is the night that I plan to pop the question, and I intend to make love to her all night long. Alice has arranged for the house to be empty so that we can have a bit of privacy. Fuck, I really hope Bella says yes. Alice told me that I have nothing to worry about, but I seriously cannot help but to worry.
Bella smiles at me as she drags her fingertips down my cheek then across my lips. "We'll be back in about two hours or so, and then I'm am all yours baby." She leans in and kisses me once more then jumps out of my lap and walks to the door. "I love you."
"I love you too, and please baby, be careful." I smile at her then continue with my game after she and Char have left the house.
"You are seriously whipped, bro." Peter chuckles as he walks into the room.
"Damn straight, son. At least I'm not in denial like the rest of you fuckers." I grin at Peter as he reluctantly nods his head before finally sitting his crazy ass down on the couch and begins to aggravate my Pixie sister instead of me, that is until she slaps the shit out of him.
A couple of hours later I begin to get a strange feeling in my chest and then the panic hits me like a fucking mac truck. Alice shoots up from her seat like someone lit her ass on fire. She then looks at me with pure fear in her eyes. "Bella and Charlotte! Why didn't I see this sooner?" I look over at Peter and he is looking like he is about to kill anyone that get in his path. I just know that I look much the same as he does.
Bella and Car are in trouble and somehow I can fell it.
"Emmett, can you hear me?Please Em, please be able to hear me." I look around at everyone and then realize that Bella's voice is in my head.
"Bella? Baby, where are you? Are you okay? What's wrong?" I concentrate on projecting my thoughts to my mate as I look over at Jasper and Peter, and nod my head towards the door as I get up off the floor.
"I'll explain everything later, but you, Jasper, Alice, Peter, and Garrett need to get to the river now! Char and I are about twenty miles south. Come now! I love you, baby."
Bella sounds pissed and a little frantic, so I waste no time in telling all involved to get a fucking move on before rushing out of the house and into the forest.
The five of us have been running for only five minutes when I catch the scent of several vampires that I don't know and one that I really wish I didn't know. My feet suddenly begin moving faster towards my mate.
That bitch, Rose, will die and she will die today!
~Bella~
Char and I have been hunting for a couple of hours now and I can tell that she really likes the taste of bear and wants to hunt down another one, but I figured that it was time to get my ass home to my man, and she reluctantly agreed.
After we have our dead meals buried we walk over to the river to wash the dirt and blood off our hand before heading back to tell Peter that he is gonna have to change his diet for his mate. I seriously cannot wait for that conversation.
Char suddenly snaps her head up and looks at me wide eyed. "Bella put you shield up and around us both, now. Try your damnedest to make it solid, girl." Char tells me and in that moment I smell them. Vampires, and a lot of them. I don't recognize any of the scents but when the four vampires step out into the clearing I recognize two of them. Victoria and Rosalie.
Damn, Rose is looking a little rough now days. Not at all like the last time that I saw her, and icky Vicky still looks like the dirty ass raggedy Anne doll, that I had when I was little. The other two look just as dirty and nasty as the two whores that are glaring at me.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the little human and her hillbilly body guard." Rose sneers at me and Charlotte, causing us both to laugh hysterically. I'm seriously gasping for air and holding my side with one hand and Char's shoulder with the other.
"Why the fuck are you laughing, Bella? You are about to die. You should be scared, you little bitch!" Victoria interrupts my laugh fest.
I sigh sadly at her. "If you want scared, you should have been there to see James' ugly ass face when he met a bonfire head on. Hahaha, get it, head on? well, head off, in James's case." I look over at Victoria and wink at her with the biggest smile on my face.
"I'll kill you, you fucking bitch!" She screeches loudly before charges us.
I can feel my shield become solid but I keep the area open where Vicky will enter, and as soon as she does I close it. Char takes a step back because she knows that I can take care of myself, and she knows that I want Victoria's head.
Vicky finally gets within arms reach so I move faster than anyone can see, and as soon as I'm behind her, I take her feet out from under her and pin her to the ground on her belly with my foot pressed into her back and her arms stretched out behind her as far as they will go without tearing them off. I can feel raggedy Anne's minions pounding away on my shield and when I look up, I lock eyes with Rose and grin at her.
"Emmett bit me when Fuckward attacked us, but I didn't become just a vampire. Oh no bitch, I became something more and so did my mate, Emmett. We have the best of both worlds now, and you know what? I really look forward to ending you, Rosie." I smile when she growls at me then starts to pound away at the wall of my shield, again.
I feel like I'm slowly loosing control over my shield the longer I keep it up. I need to do something, and I need to do it fast or Char and I are gonna have to fight two on four and I really do not like those odds.
I close my eyes and try to make a connection with Emmett in our minds, and through our bond. Eleazar said that he thinks that is one of our shared gifts and it was possible that we could connect like that even if we were miles apart. We have been trying to work on it for days now, but we haven't had any success in doing it.
"Emmett, can you hear me?" I call out to him repeatedly in my mind; praying to god that he can hear me because I don't think that I can hold my shield up for much longer. I can literally feel myself getting weaker by the second.
I look down at icky Vicky when she begins to struggle harder. I pull her arms back further and completely remove them from her body, causing her to let out a painful roar.
"Remove her legs so I don't have to hold her down anymore, Char." She nods and does what I tell her to do because she can see just how weak I'm getting. A few seconds later Vicky is laying on the ground, unable to move because she is just a head and torso.
Now that I don't have to hold the bitch down anymore, I try harder to contact my mate while I focus on keeping my shield in place. "Emmett, can you hear me?Please Em, please be able to hear me." I continue to call out to him and finally I hear him respond to me. Oh thank god for small favors.
"Bella? Baby, where are you? Are you okay? What's wrong?" His voice is loud in my head but I don't mind that one damn bit.
"I'll explain everything later, but you, Jasper, Alice, Peter, and Garrett need to get to the river now! Char and I are about twenty miles south. Come now! I love you, baby." I tell him hurriedly just as Rose begins to pound on my shield harder.
About four minutes later my shield is slowly beginning to soften and the look on Rose's face is smug and proud when she realizes this. Oh fuck, we can't take them all. We might be able to hold them off until back up arrives but someone will most likely get hurt.
Suddenly Rose stiffens and it's then that I hear the sound of my mate and family coming towards us fast.
Rose growls then glares at me. "I will get to you soon, you fucking bitch!" She screeches like a damn banshee, then she and her minions are gone, and all that is left in the clearing is me, Char, and a whining and crying Victoria.
"Shut the fuck up Raggedy Anne. Or do you prefer icky Vicky?" I growl down at the bitch, then laugh as I lower my shield. "I like both, so no worries. Oh and as soon as you give us all the info that we need; you will be joining your idiot mate in hell. I promise." She growls at me but doesn't say a word.
"Bella!" I hear Em yell just before he runs out of the tree line and straight over to me, scooping me up into his big strong arms. "Oh fuck baby, are you okay?" He sets me back down on my feet, then begins to check me over with his eyes and hands just as Jasper, Peter, Alice, and Garrett run over to us.
"You should have seen it Em! Bella kicked ass and took souvenirs." She points down at Raggedy Anne. "And you should have seen the look on Rose's face when she realized that Bella took Vicky out by herself and was still able to keep the rest of the mod squad at bay with her shield. It was fantastic!" Char grins as she pushes Peter off her because he's still trying to make sure that she isn't hurt. "babe, please stop. I promise you that I'm fine."
I turn back to Emmett as he hugs me to him, the both of us ignoring Peter's crazy protesting.
"You did that baby? You got the physical shield to work properly without me?" Em smiles down at me then kisses me hard when I nod.
After a wonderfully thorough kiss I pull away from his lips and grin up at him. "Yep. All I had to do was add layers upon layers of my mental shield, and there it was; working like a charm, but I began to feel weak the longer I held it up." I tell him before he kisses me again. Mmmm, I really love my mans lips on any part of me.
I'm so damn close to jumping my mate, but I stop when Jazz clears his throat. "Okay guys…" He walks over to the pile of icky Vicky and smiles; along with Alice, Peter and Garrett. "Lets get this nappy headed bitch back to the house so we can get what we need from her then kill her."
"Jazz, her name is either Icky Vicky, or Raggedy Anne." I laugh causing the nappy headed skank in question to start growling like a dog.
"Fuck you, you stupid bitch! And I'm not telling you shit! You redneck asshole!" Vicky screams then spits her venom on Jasper's favorite boots, causing him to roar in rage before kicking her in the face.
"You know what?" Jasper smiles as he props his foot on a stump to clean Victoria's venom off it with the bandanna that Peter gave to him. "I do believe that you would rather die than to spill the beans about yours and Rosie's little plan. But guess what, bitch?" Jasper grins at her evilly. "I have a way of makin' anyone feel like being real fucking truthful with me, and you my dear are gonna find out who you're dealing with, real soon."
"Come on baby, lets go hunt so you can build you strength up." Emmett lifts me up so that my legs are wrapped around his waist. "And afterwards, I'll be feeling the need take you to our room and to strip you down to make damn sure you don't have a scratch on you."
"Mmmm, now that sounds fun." I lean in and drag my tongue across Emmett's lips. "Hurry, big daddy."
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