Hi, another chapter for you as promised. I just posted the last chapter of my other story so managed to finish this today as well. It's been a very productive week :D.

It get's a little smutty so you have been warned!

Next couple of chapters are almost done and as you know reviews encourage me ;0)

Lil'D xx

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"Thank you," Bella murmured as she began to recover a little. Rose just tightened her arm and buried her nose in the brunette's hair, inhaling deeply.

"That's kinda weird Rose," the newborn mumbled which caused a bark of hysterical laughter to emit from the blonde.

"No, that's not weird, you smell good," Bella could feel the smile against her hair. "What's weird is that this whole bond thing exists."

"I guess. But -. I could feel you Rose." The newborn moved slightly and looked up at her. "Just the hell does this make us?"

"Are we like Tanya and Kate? They aren't mated but -."

"But they're very close," Rose finished with raised brows as she looked down at her, -? Friend?

"Um, yeah," Bella pulled away and rolled onto her back. "About that." Rose tensed, unsure of where Bella was going with that, it didn't sound good.

"Yes?" She kept calm and waited for the newborn to continue. If she had learned anything about the newborn it was that she constantly surprised her.

"Thanks, for wanting to help. Like if I'd wanted, um, more." Rose blinked, a little unsure of how to respond.

"Well," she drawled, "the offer's open any time," Rose finished with a wink. Bella's head whipped round so she was staring at the blonde with a mixture of fear, apprehension and more than a little lust. Rose grinned, she decided that after her recent release and their bond connection being activated that she was not going to tip-toe around the issue of Bella's sexuality. Bella was incredibly attractive and both Rose and her beast were now happy to acknowledge their interest in Bella as a potential mate.

"I'm serious, I'd rather you came to me than Kate," she continued, her voice carrying a hint of a growl. "I can ask her to teach me what she did today?"

"I think I'd like that," Bella dropped her eyes but there was a shy smile on her face. "But double standards much?" She challenged the blonde who baulked at the question.

"Um, Ok. Good point." Rose admitted sheepishly and it was quiet for a while.

"Tanya said it was because you didn't want to use me, like Alice." The newborn stated bluntly.

"It was." Rose admitted as she held Bella's eye. "I'm not a nun Bella. I came here to be with you but until I did I always had Emmett to go to. For when -. You know." She finished awkwardly.

"When you wanted to fuck?"

"Yes. When I wanted to fuck and I didn't want to travel." The blonde confessed with a sigh. "Emmett and I are -. Well, we're best friends but I prefer females, Bella. So, when I need to let loose Em and I have certain vampires we visit when we want sex, that was not just with each other." The confessions kept coming, Rose wanting to get this out in the open now and not have Bella find out later.

The newborn scrambled up so she was kneeing next to the blonde. She was surprised by the revelation but not shocked, she now knew there was a lot more to Rose than she had thought when she was human.

"I like control and Kate let me have that, she knows me well enough to give me what I needed." Her words were soft, it was a very private part of herself she was revealing. Bella was slightly shocked by what she was hearing. Partly from Rose sharing such an intimate part of herself and also the sexual connotation to her words, her preferences.

"Um, well -. Um, if we ever, you know -." Bella stuttered.

"Have sex?"

"Yeah." Bella knew she would be blushing if she could but decided to man-up. "Well," she purred, staring Rose in the eye. "If we ever- , have sex," she allowed her fangs to drop as she spoke, "I'll be sure to remember that. But, once I have more experience I can't promise to behave." Rose inhaled sharply as she was assaulted by images of Bella in a more dominant position and if she was honest it excited rather than scared her. Bella was also quick to notice the change of scents Rose was putting out and the smell of the blonde's arousal made her beast growl possessively.

When they both had themselves under control again Rose spoke.

"But, I don't want to rush anything," she paused as she gauged the newborn's reaction. Bella was listening intently but showed no signs of getting upset. " I don't want to rush because of the bond. The last thing either of us wants to feel, is used." Bella frowned and was about to speak. "Wait." Bella closed her mouth and received a smile from Rose as she reached out to cup the brunette's cheek and stroked it gently with her thumb.

"What I mean is that we both have urges but I don't think that you especially are ready to deal with a full mate bond. There is still so much for you to learn, to experience. Don't get me wrong, I want to be there with you every step of the way and have no doubt that you are mine Bella," the blonde growled possessively as her grip tightened on Bella. "But for this to work we need to take out time, we can't force it, it will come naturally and when it is time we must allow our beasts to make that choice." They were locked in an intense stare, neither breathing. Bella was first to move, pushing forward until her lips were pressed against the blonde's and they stayed like that, sharing a chaste kiss until they heard raised voices from downstairs.

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Tanya easily capitulated to her sister, Kate quickly covering her body with her own as they shared soft kisses.

"We'll call her when we're done here, Ok?" Tanya whispered as she comforted her sister. She was feeling the distance too but it was always Kate who felt it first, they both doted on their youngest sister and missed her presence.

"Mmm, Ok," Kate was currently sucking on Tanya's neck but not breaking the skin, pleasantly distracted from the loss she felt. Tanya reciprocated as she tasted her sister's skin but also using her teeth to tease her scars. She soon had Kate moaning and when they kissed she pushed her hips up, indicating her need. It was unnecessary, Kate had sensed the arousal of her sister, both through her pheromones and the scent that was tantalising her from between Tanya's legs.

Not wanting to deprive Tanya of any foreplay she ripped her sister's shirt off to expose her breasts, if she looked carefully she could see faint white scars marking the slightly darker skin of her aureole. These were soon covered by her lips as she took the left nipple in her mouth, lashing the already hard peak with her tongue before biting down, piercing it with one fang.

"Kata," Tanya called out, reverting to the old tongue in her passion, Kate being a modern shortening of her sisters name. "Harder," she urged and Kate increased the pressure until she was drawing blood and lapping it from the wound. Once the wound began to heal she switched breasts, lavishing the same attention on the other until hands in her hair urged her lower.

And lower she went, travelling down Tanya's body until she was level with the fastening of the jeans the other blonde was wearing. They went the same way as her top, shredded in one swift move and thrown haphazardly away. Kate smiled when she was her sister had no underwear on, her thighs already wet for her.

Tanya lay back and groaned when Kate's very talented and experienced tongue entered her in one hard thrust. It was only seconds before her first orgasm ripped through her as Kate grabbed her hips and pounded into her, the vampire's tongue hard and stiff, the strong muscle never tiring even as Tanya clenched around it.

"Horny much?" Kate pulled back far enough to speak as her sister recovered above her.

"Always, for you," Tanya groaned, back arching as Kate went in for round two this time entering with three fingers and drawing them slowly in and out. She liked to tease but had been kind enough to take the edge off first but now the torturous dragging of the pads of her fingers against that one sensitive spot was causing Tanya's hips to jerk uncontrollably.

"Easy!" Kate warned and held still, waiting for her sister to calm. All she got was a growl and dark eyes looking down at her. But, Tanya knew the game well so forced herself to relax, it was always worth it. Kate smirked and as a reward took her sister's clit into her mouth.

"Ah!" That felt so fucking good, Tanya arched her back to increase the pressure and Kate obliged, firmly circling it as she renewed the movement of her fingers.

"I can't wait for 'rina to get back so we can both fuck you," the younger vampire smirked. "Or, you can fuck me, fucking her. How does that sound?" Tanya was unable to speak as the images plus the sensations Kate was drawing from her willing body totally incapacitated her thought process. All she could feel was Kate.

"Please!" The elder blonde moaned, totally out of control, memories of past sessions with both her sisters playing through her mind as she focused on the hot tongue toying with her clit. It seemed like an age before she was allowed any kind of release but it was slow coming, Kate gradually increased the pace of her fingers and the pressure on her clit, slowly, slowly until Tanya was literally quivering beneath her then a well placed nip to her engorged clit sent her crashing over.

She lay there, chest heaving in unnecessary breaths.

"Better?" Kate purred as she slid but her sister's body.

"Oh yeah," Tanya lowered her mouth to steal a kiss. They lay together for some time, exchanging touches and more kisses. They were in no rush and were allowing their passion to build slowly.

Suddenly Tanya pulled back from their kiss to stare at Kate. "Do you feel it?"

"Yes." Kate answered with a smile and they both took a vampire moment to make themselves half presentable before running downstairs.

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"What's going on?" Bella lifted her head as she heard a commotion from downstairs. Rose cocked her head and listened for a second. They had politely ignored the sounds of the sister's love-making but it hadn't left much to the imagination, Rose in particular as she had first hand experience of Kate's 'talents'.

"Come on," she smiled and leapt up from the bed and smiled at her -? Friend? Bond-mate? She would analyse that later but now Bella was watching her curiously. Rose was beckoning so she got up and exited the room as the blonde held the door open for her. It was a nice gesture but should Bella read more into it? She wasn't sure so waited for her friend who caught her hand as she went past, interlacing their fingers.

"Ok?" Rose asked a little shyly. Bella nodded and gave her hand a squeeze. She was actually grateful for the contact, she found it reassuring, especially after her experience earlier and she liked that it had been Rose that had initiated the contact.

Rose led Bella down the stairs, the newborn seemed a little apprehensive but then she did not know who the newcomer was. As they descended the staircase Bella peeked over the bannister and saw a blonde vampire wrapped up in an enthusiastic group hug with their hosts and the chatter of excited voices filled the air.

"Irina," Rose murmured softly but the sound was picked up even over the torrent of vampire conversation that was taking place between the three other women.

The newborn tucked herself behind Rose as they came to stand in the living room.

"Bella, this is our sister Irina," Tanya introduced her sister who stepped forward to regard the newborn with open curiosity. Bella saw a vampire with pale blonde hair, almost verging on white when the light caught it, she was around Bella's height and her eyes were more of an amber than gold. Bella knew that this meant she had probably fed on a human fairly recently but not enough to turn her eyes completely red, like her own. She was of course beautiful and the planes of her face were similar enough to her 'sisters' that a blood relation could easily be claimed. But, Bella also knew that was one reason she had been selected by Sasha, that and the other sisters attachment to her.

"Bella?" Irina entreated the shy newborn. She had been filled in on the basic details by her sisters upon her arrival. That they had guests and the unfamiliar scent was that of the Cullen's human turned vampire, Isabella Swan.

What she hadn't expected was the obvious protective vibe Rosalie was projecting or the way the normally reticent blonde was holding the newborn's hand. She flashed a quick look at her sisters who shrugged and she sensed that it was a conversation for another time.

"Bella?" She tried again and watched as Rose nudged Bella and stepped back so that the newborn was unable to hide behind her any more. Irina allowed her gaze to travel over the brunette's form with gentle curiosity and she liked what she saw. This was a beautiful young vampire and although apparently very shy she sensed a strength to her. But, she mused, that was to be expected as she knew from first hand experience how much strength it took to live amongst vampires as a human and survive, however much they loved you it could be a risky endeavour for the fragile human.

"Hi," Irina blinked when the young one finally spoke, her voice was low and musical and very pleasing to the ear. She smelled good too, the blonde noticed. She could feel her sisters watching her intently, cataloguing her reactions to their guest. She tentatively reached out with her chi.= to get a better sense of the newborn.

Bella gasped and Rose growled as they both felt Irina's chi reach out for Bella. It was a new experience for them both. Bella feeling the light brush of what felt like a slight breeze, again a different character from both Kate and Rose. Rose just felt an instant aggression when she sensed the touch but it came via Bella which was strange but none the less threatening to her beast.

"Oh!" Irina blinked again then smiled. "Amazing!" She turned to her sisters who smiled back at her.

"It is," Tanya agreed. "They are very special and very welcome in our home." Kate confirmed to the pleased mortification of the younger vampires.

"Then I welcome you too, young ones," she beamed at them and both Rose and Bella relaxed, Rose a little embarrassed about yet another uncontrolled growl but nobody had taken offence so she hoped it had gone relatively remarked.

"Thank you," Bella straightened up to her full height and felt a burst of confidence and offered the absent sister a genuine smile. Irina was slightly taken aback as it enhanced the newborn's beauty ten-fold.

"Rose," Tanya called the young blonde's attention. "There will be time to socialise later but it has been a long time since we saw our sister -." She let the sentence tail off and Rose's brows hitched as she caught the unsaid words. "I believe it would be safe for Bella to travel with you as long as you avoid populated areas."

"We will talk later, Bella," Irina nodded to the brunette.

"I'd like that," Bella replied, inexplicably shy again. Rose caught the look Tanya and Kate exchanged and frowned but she would dwell on it later.

"Come on Bella, want to see something cool?" Bella knew that they were being dismissed and she also knew why but appreciated the fact that the sisters were being subtle about their obvious need to re-connect with one another, however they chose to do that. She also couldn't complain about the alone time she would get with Rose so it was a win win as far as she was concerned.

Next on Crimson Bonds

From what Rose had said she expected Irina to be flighty and less substantial than the other sisters but she didn't find this to be the case. Instead, she seemed down to earth and extremely likeable. And pretty. Bella chastised herself for the thought, especially after what had transpired between herself and Rose earlier.