Wow! Such an amazing response to the first chapter, I'm humbled, honestly. Thanks to you all for signing up for alerts and taking the time to review, my phone hasn't stopped buzzing.

This chapter sets the scene for the rest of the story and gives a background to the characters motivations. Chapter one had to squeeze in the background story and set the scene, this one has more to get your teeth into and carries a smut warning.

I also forgot to mention in the previous chapter that I'm English which explains some of my grammar choices.

Enjoy!

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Previously on Crimson Bonds

Bella ran as fast as her new body would allow, everything was blurred and yet she saw every vein on every leaf as she passed. The heartbeat wasn't moving away, it wasn't running. Bella wanted it to run. She wanted to chase it down, to play with her prey. She could smell it now, it smelled better than any meal she could even have imagined as a human and her throat was tight and burning. God it was burning. She burst into the clearing and tackled her prey to the ground, the man underneath her, screaming as he looked up into the face of his death, all sharp teeth and red eyes.

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"Bella! No!" Alice growled as she finally caught up. Her words struck Bella with an almost physical force and she stood to face the competition for her first meal as a vampire. Alice looked shocked that Bella had even heard her and was now looking right at her instead of draining the human dry. "We don't eat humans, Bella," Alice tried to reason with newborn. Bella looked at he man on the ground who was now unconscious.

"You don't eat humans, I'm hungry," the fledgling vampire retorted, eyes flicking back to the man. "This one's Ok to eat." That made no sense to Alice, he was human and therefore off limits.

"Bella no, you have to fight it." Alice pleaded as the two vampires circled each other, the prize of the human's body between them.

"I'm hungry!" Bella shouted into the smaller vampire's face.

"Then we'll hunt together, an animal," Alice reasoned, still unbelieving that a day old new born hadn't ripped out the human's throat yet. "I'll hunt with you," she entreated softly, reaching out for Bella's hand which was shaped into a claw. "Bella, please?" Red eyes stared back at her and what could only be described as a pout appeared on the newborn's face. Suddenly the brunette tensed and a second later Alice did too as the tang of blood hit the air, human blood.

Bella whined, fangs extended and aching as she looked down at the man who had suffered a shallow graze that was only now oozing tiny droplets of blood. After feeding from Bella, Alice was extremely in tune with her blood-lust and it wasn't Bella that snapped first, it was Alice.

Alice was the first to bite the man, sharp fangs sinking into his neck, Bella following her a split second later as she ripped his jacket off and bit at his wrist. It was the best thing she had ever tasted, the thick, hot liquid rushing over her tongue and lighting her body on fire. Alice was also lost in the sensation. Until she had bitten Bella it had been many, many years since she'd taken human blood, a human life but she couldn't stop, all she could focus on was the thumping of the man's heart as it pumped the nectar down her throat.

Until.

It stopped.

Alice pulled back with a gasp, inhaling unnecessary air as she threw her head back, blood dripping down her face, eyes black as they met Bella's over the corpse. The pixie scrambled back from the body on all fours, panting, her eyes still locked on the newborn's. The brunette's face was also bloodstained as she crouched over their kill.

Their kill.

Bella growled and launched herself over the body and tackled Alice to the ground, the petite vampire landing on her back, pinned to the moist earth, Bella's newborn strength and speed easily overwhelming the pixie. There were no words as their mouth's met in a clash of teeth and tongues, the blood still pumping through their bodies and removing all reason. Bella was much stronger than Alice and held her down as she tore at the pixie's clothes to shreds in an effort to reach the creamy flesh underneath, when she had Alice's chest exposed sharp teeth bit at her nipple, lips still coated in blood sucking it deep into her mouth. The smaller girl growled in pleasure as she spread her legs, pushing up into her captor, grinding against her. It all felt so right.

"Bella," she moaned. Bella purred as she heard her name said with such passion.

The pixie froze as she felt teeth nip at her neck, now this was pleasurable foreplay for both the giver and receiver of the bite and Alice's neck bore a permanent scar there as did most vampires who had experienced repeated sexual encounters. Again, this was something Bella had questioned as a human but had received no reply from Edward who bore no such marks, instead it had been Rosalie who had filled the shy girl in on the reason behind the scarring causing her to blush heatedly and berate Edward for not telling her himself and avoiding the embarrassment.

The teeth nipped again and Alice growled, moving so quickly she dislodged Bella and threw the newborn onto her back, coming to rest so she was straddling the brunette's hips, She was not going to allow the newborn to mark her, Bella was hers. So, without further thought Alice sunk her fangs into the sensitive flesh of the brunette's neck and Bella's world exploded. All she could feel was Alice, all around her, every sense overloaded by the small vampire as she pulsed through every fibre of Bella's being as her maker claimed her.

Bella needed more, her body held down by the pixie, completely submissive as she writhed beneath her captor, hands desperately clutching at her maker's clothes as she whimpered, the feelings Alice was causing to well within her both unfamiliar and overwhelming. Alice wanted to possess Bella in every single way, the newborn's cries spurring her on, in seconds had thrust her hand inside Bella's jeans, the button fly offering no resistance to her small hand as fingers slid into the newborns panties. Alice growled as she encountered slick folds and Bella's obvious arousal spurred her on and she entered her, roughly pushing two fingers inside, starting an erratic rhythm, each thrust being met by Bella's hips as the pixie kept her teeth buried in the newborn's neck. Despite her position under Alice, Bella fought the pixie for enough control to return the favour, gasping as she encountered hot, wet flesh before effortlessly sliding her fingers inside the pixie.

They met each other thrust for thrust, moaning and whimpering as they let their instincts run rampant on the floor of the forest.

Alice growled as she felt Bella begin to contract around her fingers. Bella was completely lost, she had no sense of self, only of Alice, it was all about Alice and her hand inside Bella, rubbing, stretching pressing and twisting inside driving her higher than she had ever known possible. The scent of Bella, the taste of Bella, the sound of Bella, it was all hers. With that thought Alice sought out the one spot inside the newborn that would bring her over the edge, her nimble fingers rubbing and pressing both inside and on her clit as Bella thrashed and cried beneath her, completely helpless as Alice claimed her.

Alice roared as Bella came beneath her, a gush of fluid coating her hand and the rush of orgasm in Bella's body made her come along with the brunette, pleasure ripping through her without pause, the waves causing her to collapse on top of the newborn. Bella lay still, unable to move as she tried to comprehend what had just occurred but she was too overcome to think straight as she looked up into the pixie's black eyes before Alice withdrew her hand and slid off the newborn's finger before she rolled to one side. Bella turned her head to look at her maker, eyes blinking as she tried to regain coherent thought, all she felt was loss, the loss of Alice's weight on her body, teeth in her neck and hand inside her.

Alice lay on the ground and the enormity of what had just happened hit her like a freight train, her chest expelling the unneeded air in a loud sob.

"Alice?" Bella crawled over to the prone pixie and hovered over her on all fours. "Alice, are you Ok?" The newborn queried softly as she reached out to stroke her friend's cheek only to have her hand pushed away with a growl, the rejection like a slap in the face as she hunkered back onto her haunches as she warily eyed the petite vampire.

"Why didn't I see?" Alice kept chanting as she tried to make sense of events. She had checked, checked and nothing she had seen in her visions had given her any indication of what had just taken place.

"Alice, you're scaring me." Bella pleaded softly and she knelt by the vampire's side. "It's Ok," she tried to reassure her friend.

"No it's not fucking Ok Bella!" Alice sprang up to her feet with an inhuman twist of her body. "We just killed a man, there is nothing fucking Ok with that!" She growled, red eyes practically glowing as a result of the blood she had just consumed. "Look Bella, look what we just did!" She gestured to the man on the ground, they hadn't been gentle, his neck was broken and his chest was crushed due to Alice's grip. Bella had shredded his wrist and the arm was bent at an unnatural angle. All in all he looked as though he had been thrown around by a bear.

Bella looked dispassionately at the man, she really couldn't see why Alice was so upset, he hadn't been a good man.

"Alice, he's dead, let's leave." Bella urged her friend, stepping closer to try and calm the pixie who just eyed her incredulously.

"Have you any idea what we've just done?" She shrieked is disbelief when Bella's only reaction was to smirk.

"Well I enjoyed myself, I think you did too?" Bella replied bluntly as she waved her hand to take in their torn clothing and the scent of sex in the air along with their blood smeared skin, the pulse between her legs a very pleasant reminder of their indiscretions.

"What's wrong with me?" Alice sobbed. "I killed and I -." She knew she couldn't blame Bella, she was just going with her instincts, but she should have been able to stop herself she had failed leading to a man's death and her cheating on her husband with Bella, Bella of all vampires. The pixie was distraught and the newborn was getting agitated, not a good combination. "Oh god Jasper!" Alice danced around as she thought of her husband.

"Jasper will understand," Bella responded. "He knows how easy it is to lose control, he won't blame you". Her words were meant to sooth but they weren't impacting the small vampire's distress.

Alice calmed herself enough to use her power, after losing herself in her visions for a few quiet moments she pulled out her phone. The Cullen's were all using state of the art satellite phones which actually worked out in the wilderness where they lived, past issues with lack of reception had caused them far too many problems.

"Rose, make sure you're alone and away from Edward," Alice gasped when her sister answered, noting that even the mention of her brother's name drew a growl from Bella. "We need you, come now," the pixie pleaded and gave brief directions knowing Rose would find them by their scent trail once pointed in the right direction. "Come alone and make sure no one follows." Rose grunted a reply before ending the call. They only had to wait a few minutes before Rose appeared in the clearing, shock the only emotion on her face as she surveyed the damage the two vampire's had caused.

"Bella?" She turned to the newborn. Rose was shocked but she wasn't surprised, she knew how hard it had been to resist the pull at first.

"I'm sorry, Alice tried to stop me," Bella responded, Alice froze at the words. Rosalie's brain kicked in then and she took another look at the scene laid out before her as she scented the air.

"What did you do to her!" She rushed Bella and had thrust her up against the nearest tree, the trunk issuing a loud crack under the force. "What did you do?" Rose was beyond angry, her eyes black as night. "Did you hurt her, did you force her?" She yelled into the newborn's face. Bella just took the abuse without flinching and Alice suddenly realised the conclusion her sister had reached and understood why she was so furious. She thought Bella had raped her.

"Bella?" Alice stepped towards the two vampire's locked against the tree.

"I'm sorry Alice." Bella apologised to her friend, their eyes meeting over Rose's shoulder as she pinned the newborn.

"You're sorry?" Rose raged, "saying sorry is not going to fix what you've done to her. Words don't make it go away."

"I know," Bella remained limp in the furious vampire's grasp. Alice saw what Bella was doing for her whether out of friendship or guilt. She tried to see what the outcome of Bella's actions would be but nothing was clear. Maybe Bella's power was shielding her from the pixie's sight?

"Rose, Rose!" Alice pleaded with her sister. "Put her down. It's not her fault." She begged, tugging on her sister's immovable arm.

"Yes, it's always their fault Alice," Rose spat as she turned her black eyes on the pixie.

"Alice don't!" Bella cried out in warning as the blonde vampire shoved her particularly hard against the tree and it cracked even further.

"No Bella, you're my friend. Rose, it wasn't Bella's fault! I -, I wanted it too. It was me." The words took a moment to sink past the blonde vampire's rage and when they did her body sagged as she looked between the two darker haired women.

"What?" Rose croaked, Bella held still despite the loosened hold on her body.

"It was me who went for him first, not Bella. The sex was, well it was me as well." Alice admitted, slumping to the ground, totally without her usual innate grace. "I killed a human and cheated on Jasper. It's wasn't Bella's fault, I think if I'd have stayed in control she would have left him alone but he started bleeding and I -." Rose took a few deep breaths to give herself time to think. "I called you because Jasper couldn't handle the blood and I can't -. I need your help Rose." The blonde finally released Bella who stepped back to give the sisters space.

"You shouldn't have done that," Alice turned her red eyes to Bella. "Thank you, but I can take responsibility for my own actions."

"I know but if I hadn't -." The pixie cut off her friend's apology.

"You mess with my visions, I thought everything would be Ok. I never saw this!" Fine hands ran through short dark hair as Alice rested her head on her knees.

"You would do that for her?" Rose questioned the display of loyalty Bella had exhibited, risking being thrown out of her new coven to protect her friend.

"She's my Alice," the brunette stated matter of factly which caused the two older vampire's to exchange a look.

"Oh god Jasper!" The petite vampire was dealing with so many emotions all centred around the guilt she was feeling.

"Hey," Rosalie rested a comforting hand on her sister's shoulder. "Jasper will understand, out of all of us he will understand the most." Alice nodded at her sister words. "I'll clean up this mess. You two go wash up and erase any trace of the human's blood. We will go home and I will watch Bella while you talk to Jasper. If you decide to share any of this with the others then that's your decision but I don't think Bella really cares what happens between her and Edward right now, do you?" She addressed the newborn direct. Bella just shrugged.

"But you might Bella," Alice entreated, "when you're not so overcome by all of your newborn urges you'll want to be with him, right?" Bella's eyes went black and she snarled before turning her back on the other vampire wondering how she could think that with what had just occurred, what they had shared. Her mind might not be functioning at it's highest level but she knew she would never willingly be with Edward. She belonged to Alice.

"No, leave her." Rose urged softly, her heart with Bella and disappointed with her sister for dismissing the newborn's feelings, she could see how the small vampire's words had hurt her. "It's too much and he never was a good match for her anyway," Alice frowned at the comment but didn't push the topic any further.

The bloodstained vampire's ran to a nearby creek and washed in silence, the cold water erased most signs of the errant scents and the rest could easily be explained away if the need arose. Bella kept shooting sideways glances at Alice and ended staring outright but the pixie continued to ignore her and it hurt. When they returned to the clearing the body was gone and Rosalie was standing there waiting with a loaded question.

"What about Edward's powers? She queried into the tense atmosphere, the forest's wildlife silent in the apex predators presence.

"We wing it." Alice announced. "I seriously hope that Bella's power blocks his in the same way it does mine. It he finds out we'll deal with the consequences then. Ok Bella?" The brunette but her lip and shrugged.

"Whatever, if they make me leave it won't be so bad," but her face belied the truth of those words.

"They will not make you leave Bella!" Rosalie's' defence was vehement as she stood watching the two guilty vampire's. "Let's go. I'll go home and grab something on the way back to cover where I've been. It shouldn't take long, I smelled a herd not far from here. You two make your way back slowly and I'll see you there." Once the blonde had left them alone Bella tried to speak.

"Alice I -."

"No Bella, let's just get home we can talk later but right now I just need to know how all this is going to play out."

"Ok, but I will do anything you need me to." The brunette sighed and they started to jog back to the ranch, neither looking forward to their reception.

Rose tracked the herd she had scented, her kill automatic as she tried to drown her unease with the hot blood pumping down her throat. Things were going to change.

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Next on Crimson Bonds

Alice. The wholes experience had been beyond her wildest dreams as a human. The blood in her throat, the petite vampire's fingers inside her, fucking her. She got lost for several minutes studying her naked body in the full length mirror, mapping the path Alice's hands had taken and brushing over the now barely visible bite on her neck until a knock on the door brought her attention back to her surroundings.