A/N: important note at the end.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything twilight related.

Previously,
"She sent us for her, for Bella." He states slowly, stepping back as I heard and felt the snarls and the wolves shifting around me.

"You will not touch my mate." I hiss, red tinting my vision.

Bella POV

Blood.

Delicious.

No blood.

Father. Protect. Father. Love.

Food. Drink kill.

Pain. Protect kill. Attack

Blood. Bite.

Not right. Blood sweet, heart fast.

Smells forest. Familiarity.

Mate. Purr. Soothe.

Fear, new comers. Snarl. Protect mate.

Denali… Denali… Kate.

Horror. Confusion. Mortification. Shame.

"We came searching for a woman, we were sent by Alice, the seer." I felt my body tense as I let out a whimper releasing my teeth from Nahuel's neck.

What have I done?

My stomach churned violently as I realised the blood I had been drinking was his. Oh god, I could have killed him.

"Shhh Bella, it is okay; I am not angry." His voice was rough but soothingly. It was laced with pain but he wasn't angry. Why wasn't he angry at me?

Looking at his neck I held back the sensation of wanting to bring up the blood in my stomach and licked the wound. I knew my venom from biting him was burning, his muscles twitched in his neck and shoulders.

"Who is it you seek for? Who did she send you to look for?" Nahuel demands while everyone around us moved closer.

I felt Nahuel's arms wrap around me tightly, comforting me and protecting me from the strangers. The name Denali echoing in my mind made me nervous, I knew that name; the name of the family who the Cullen's called cousins.

"She sent us for her, for Bella." The man spoke, his voice cracking slightly at the end. I felt and saw the anger and protection on the wolves' faces before they phased and the vicious protectiveness on my Amazonian sisters.

I felt Nahuel's body tense, his arms tightening almost painfully around my body. "You will not touch my mate." he hissed dark.

"Nahuel," I whimper, worried. "Wait."

I couldn't let him attack; I didn't want him hurt when he was so weak.

"What is wrong Bella?" he asks worried, pulling me back slightly as he scanned my face and neck.

I was disgusted in myself as I saw my reflection in his dark teal eyes. My eyes were glowing; my hair a mess and blood covered my mouth and nose, dripping slightly down my chin and neck.

"Wait. We need to hear him out. We need to leave, Charlie… hunt." I tell him, my words jumbling together as I tried to get my brain to push aside my instincts to function.

"Okay… Make sure they do not leave." He whispers to someone around us before pushing through the wolves and taking off in a run, he was slower than normal; his legs sometimes begin to give out.

"Let me carry you. You are weak, please Nahuel." I beg through my shame filled sobs.

"No, we're almost to a town." He utters softly, his eyes full of pain but so much devotion shone in his eyes as he held me tighter. I could have escaped and just picked him up, but I didn't want to hurt him anymore then I have.

Soon I could hear the familiar hum of electricity and the hustle and bustle of the city.

"You stay here okay?" he tells me softly, brushing the hair away from my face. I still couldn't believe how he could completely ignore the blood – his blood – on my face.

"Hold your breath and hide in the tree like the sisters taught you." He chuckles with a smile.

Nodding I do as he asks, bending at the knees and launching into the tree branch above. He nods with a smile before taking off towards the city while I pushed myself into the trunk and branches a bit more, my body posed in a crouch. The sun was starting to rise, it was still a hour or so off but I could see the sky begin to lighten.

My Amazonian sisters taught me how to blend into the wildlife as we ran to Forks, playing chase the majority of the way; to teach me how to move quickly and stealthily through the treetops.

They taught me many things, to scent another vampire, to keep up my guard at all times, separating the scents around me.

My shield was a thing that Zafrina was trying to help me with, but I could not feel my power. I didn't know what to do and she didn't know how to work it as her gift was different.

Cocking my head to the side, I pushed myself into the tree a bit more, pulling the leaves around me as the sound of footfalls grew louder.

I knew it wasn't Nahuel as I could hear two sets of footfalls, one lighter than the other. My body tensed as I readied myself to attack if necessary.

"Huilen!" I cry as I saw the familiar tanned dress and ringlets.

"Bella?" she asks, coming to a stop with Maysun.

Dropping down from the trees she spun to face me, her eyes wide as she took in my messy features. Blood stained skin and dirty clothes and hair.

"Bella, where is Nahuel? What has happened?" she asks frantic, coming to my side as her eyes and hands trail over me.

"Nahuel is hunting for us." I whisper softly, looking down.

"Whose blood is that?" Maysun demands in a hiss causing me to whimper and Huilen to growl.

"Nahuel's, he tackled me from draining my father and I bit down. I didn't realise what I had done till I breathed in his scent." I whimper ashamed.

"Oh Bella, it is okay. It is a natural instinct to bite down when hunting and someone or thing interrupts you. Though when it is a vampire you tend to let go, but seeming Nahuel has blood, I understand Bella." Huilen whispers understandingly, pulling me into her arms.

Sobs wracking my body as the guilt and shame began to grow once more. How could she not be angry at me? I had attacked her nephew and could have killed him if I didn't realise.

"You could have killed him!" Maysun yells furiously, yanking me back from Huilen and onto the ground.

"No she couldn't have. She is my mate and her instincts wouldn't have allowed her like mine did from draining her too. If you lay a hand on her again Maysun, your mate would be getting you back in pieces." Nahuel snarls viciously as he steps from behind the trees. Two bodies slung over his shoulders, his eyes light once more and skin shingling healthily.

"But we don't know if we can heal from that." She whimpers causing Nahuel to smirk.

Turning his attention back to me, his face softened. "Here my sweet little swan, these are for you. Eat." He whispers while dropping the bodies on the ground.

"I tried to find the sweet smelling one's for you, one is a drug dealer and the other was about to stab an innocent man." He tells me, nose scrunching up at the unconscious men.

"Thank you." I whisper, smiling up at him.

A/N: well here you go.

Ellie