So, glad you all seemed to enjoy the last chapter. Here is the next for your reading pleasure, things are moving on story-wise bit not sure how soon I can get the next chapter up as at the moment I am working from scratch and not my draft which slows things down...Plus I envision hot lesbian vampire 3 way sex next chapter so gotta get that right, right?

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Previously on Crimson Bonds

Victoria had never felt anything like it, she was able to feel Bella's climax approach as well as her own, she knew exactly what the newborn needed to push her over, just as Bella knew what she needed, the newborn quickly switching the position of their legs to improve the angle so they were now riding the others strong thigh. Hips thrusting at inhuman speed they came together, jaws and sex clenching as they lost themselves in their bond.

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"Fuck!" Rose's cry startled the Denali's who had been relaxing in the living room whilst Rose had retreated to the room she shared with Bella.

"Should we check?" Irina sniffed, directing her question to Tanya, the most neutral party where the younglings and Victoria were concerned. The eldest sister paused and reached out to the young blonde via her chi.

"Kate, you go," she suggested and her sister shrugged before freeing herself from under the pile of tangled limbs and jogging up the stairs.

"Are you sure that was the best idea?" Irina questioned again, "I mean, I know Rose and Katarina are close but she did just sleep with Victoria."

"And you never have?" Tanya shot back with an arched brow. "No, Kate understands Rose more intimately than you or I. She's not a completely tactless oaf when it comes to these things."

"If you say so," Irina shrugged and closed her eyes, settling back into the space Kate had vacated.

Rose had been reading quietly on the balcony of her room, occasionally looking up to take in the array of stars above, she noted the moon was nearly full One day she wanted to see the stars visible only from the Southern hemisphere, but saying that she still wasn't bored with the ones she could see. Vampire eyes were better than most telescopes and what she could see made her feel very insignificant. It wasn't helping that Bella was with Victoria, their mate so elusive that any time with her was precious to them both.

Rose wasn't jealous, not really. She knew that given time Victoria would become more settled and free with her presence. Well, she hoped that would be the case. The blonde placed her book down on the table next to the large leather armchair that she had dragged out on to the deck and sighed. The noise garnered an inquisitive whine from Storm who was curled up next to and draped over the vampire.

"I'm fine," Rose chuckled at the noise and continued to scratch the young wolf behind her ears, something the pup loved. It never ceased to amaze her how intelligent the creature was, the way she picked up on every mood. As soon as Bella had left the wolf had stuck to her heels like glue, sensing the blonde's need for company in the absence of her mates.

Rose stared up at the cosmos and allowed herself to drift off, thinking about her own plans for her date with Victoria. She had some things in mind but had not yet finalised the details as she wasn't sure how soon the nomad would be up for more company. Soon, she hoped but she couldn't claim to understand Victoria or even her need for space when her own mating bond called so strongly to the ancient. Bella's too, Rose knew and that was why she had no compunction agreeing to Bella taking the first date with their elusive mate.

A few minutes later and Rose was becoming agitated. She shifted, trying to get more comfortable in her chair but it was more than that. She took a deep breath to centre herself and tried to gauge what was unsettling her, finally pinpointing the fact that her bloodlust was rising rapidly. Strom yelped from an over zealous scratch from the vampire.

"Sorry, sorry little one," Rose sighed, debating whether she should go hunting but she'd only fed yesterday so had no reason to be 'hungry' yet. But she was and it was rising by the minute.

"Fuck!" That was when it hit, the wolf leapt off the blonde as she cried out, spine arching off the chair as she was overcome by pure arousal. It left as soon as it had arrived but left her feeling more than a little off balance. Rose extended her senses to see if she had been caught by the sisters having sex somewhere in one combination or another but all she could hear was their surprise. Bella, it must be Bella. Had she been feeding? Rose shook her head in attempt to clear her thoughts. No, feeding never triggered that response in her but maybe if it had been combined from Victoria and Bella? It would explain her own bloodlust but that still didn't-.

"Can I come in?" Kate's voice queried softly as she rapped on the door to the bedroom.

"Yeah," Rose sighed and patted her lap, encouraging Storm to return to be petted, the wolf eagerly making herself comfortable again.

"So...Bella and Victoria, huh?" It took a moment for Kate's word to sink in and when they did rose threw her head back against the chair. "Ah," Kate felt a little awkward to be the bearer of that news. It seemed that Rose hadn't quite connected the dots, not having the same experience of the nuances that could be carried by their bonds as the elder vampires.

Rose just inhaled deeply and shrugged, eyes glued on the stars again as she tried to make sense of what she was feeling. Kate sat on the edge of the deck that made up the balcony, legs dangling though the railings, back resting against the side of the young blonde's chair.

"Wanna talk about it?" She suggested, trying to be helpful. There was no answer from Rose but the younger blonde did reach out to ruffle the silken locks of her mentor and friend, appreciating the company. "Just look into the bond, that will tell you everything you need to know," she advised before falling silent.

Rose didn't acknowledge the advice but followed it none the less. She concentrated first on Bella, the newborn was satiated, her content practically purring through the bond. She was happy and relaxed but there was a sexual element to that contentment. Next Rose reached out to Victoria, this was harder and took more focus as it was a more unfamiliar link. However, when she did refine the emotions enough to analyse them she felt much the same as Bella's, except for one element. Yearning.

"Speak to them," Kate murmured, having felt enough via Rose to get a vague grasp on the situation. "Let them know how you feel." The younger vampire took a moment to figure out how the hell she did feel. She wasn't jealous in the traditional sense, their bond just didn't allow for that to be possible. It wasn't how the mating bond worked. No, it was more feeling of having missed out on whatever her mates had shared and it seemed that maybe Victoria felt the same?

"Focus, pull your emotions down into your chi," Kate guided the young one through the manipulation of Rose's bond. "When you think you have achieved the intensity of what you wish to project, exhale and push it out with the breath."

Rose listened and tried to put words into action, intangible though the bond was sometimes it felt like she was hard-wired to her mates. It was not the case now, maybe the distance? Instead she had to imagine gathering all the tendrils of what formed the bond and hold them tightly in her hand that was pressed against her lower belly, where the bond seemed to stem from. When the blonde felt she was ready she 'pushed' and hoped her message got across. That she missed both her mates and was looking forward to seeing them, soon if possible.

"Now you wait, at least they are probably on the same continent. It can take 'rina days to get back sometimes," Kate sighed wistfully. Rose didn't reply but returned her hand to Kate's hair and they sat in companionable silence.

"They're coming," Rose sat bolt upright and Storm went flying onto the deck, looking up at the blonde reproachfully as she stood and leaned against the railing, body straining to see into the forest.

"Are you going to meet them? " Kate asked, still sat on the floor.

"No, it's too 'parent waiting on the porch'," Rose lamented with a sigh.

"Hmm, get what you mean," Kate agreed, grinning up at her friend. "want to come and make all cosy with me and my ho's?" The only response that suggestion was dignified with was an arched brow from the younger vampire.

"And that would be helpful, how?" Rose shook her head at the confusion that little scene would wreak.

"Show them that you weren't lonely when they were out banging -, OW!" Kate rubbed the side of her head where a granite hand had just connected with her ear.

"You're just a big pile of horny, troublemaking vampire, aren't you?" Rose snorted, not even wasting the energy on exasperation but following up with a little kick.

"Yes, get your ass down here so we can spank it!" Irina called through the house.

"You heard them," Rose growled playfully, "go get spanked," she urged, adding a little of the Alpha behind the command.

"Did you seriously just -?" Kate was gob-smacked at the young blonde's audacity but she jumped to her feet regardless.

"Now!" This time Rose's tone was forceful and although Kate could hear her sisters chuckling away downstairs she was compelled to join them, giving Rose the finger as she left.

It was only moments later that Bella and Victoria appeared on the edge of the forest. They had felt their mates call and had hastened to answer as soon as they had recovered from their shared climax.

Victoria had been the first to extract her fangs from her mate's neck, Bella whimpering as she withdrew and lessening the intensity of the connection they had shared.

"Rosalie," Victoria had husked and that simple word had spurred Bella into action, pulling away and jumping backwards so that Victoria could stand. They spared no concern for their appearance before the nomad set a punishing pace back to the Denali homestead, not leaving Bella behind but making her run at her upper limit. So, they made it back in what seemed like moments and were now loitering in the tree-line wondering what their reception would be.

"I can see you, get your ass inside, Bella," Rose called into the darkness. "You're welcome too, Victoria." If they were going to drag their heels in the yard like errant teenagers she was going to make them sweat a little.

"Come inside?" Bella entreated her companion. "She's missed us." Victoria hung back until Bella reached for her hand. "I know you've missed her too." The red-head wouldn't meet her mate's eye, instead studying the ground beneath her bare feet.

The decision was taken from them when Rose could be heard to mutter 'fuck this," and proceeded to take a flying leap over the balcony.

"This is why you're scared?" Rose queried gently when she landed in front of Victoria, accurately reading her mate's emotions as she reached out to gesture at the human blood soaking her clothes and coating their skin.

"It is not appropriate but I did not think, when you called we -," Victoria spoke awkwardly as she faced her mate.

"You came because I asked you to, that's all that matters to me," Rose reached out and cupped the cheeks of both her mates. "But next time I would appreciate it if you took a quick bath in the river," she teased. Both Victoria and Bella were very surprised that Rose had not had an issue with them killing a human so messily. Rose sensed this and sighed, such strong but silly vampires!

"I've killed humans and believe humanity benefits from the death of some," Rose shrugged and tried to ease her mate's guilt. "Just because I don't want to have their blood inside me doesn't mean I can't accept that Bella does, that she wants to feed that way," Victoria blinked at the explanation. "If you chose to kill innocents, children or those they were dependant on then I would disagree with your choices but it would not stop me loving you." Rose ran her thumb over the nomad's cheek and the ancient leaned into the caress, letting out a gentle purr as she did, surprising herself with the action but it felt too good to stop.

"Come inside? Please?" Bella entreated the red-head who was now much more at ease. "You can use the shower?" Rose chuckled when Victoria perked up at that suggestion, the nomad had become quite enamoured of that luxury.

"I will," she eventually conceded and followed Bella and Rose up into their room.

"You go fir-st -," Bella stopped when she came face to face with and already naked red-head. Rose turned a split second later and also caught an eyeful of perfectly formed viking.

"Fuck me now!" Was all the blonde could mumble as she and Bella stared after Victoria when the ancient strutted to the bathroom.

"Did she -?"

"Yeeeeeah."

"She knows how to work the room, doesn't she?" Bella chuckled, still a little dazed.

"But not the shower, it seems!" Rose giggled as a stream of guttural Scandinavian streamed from the large bathroom followed by a loud crack. "Don't hit the shower! We've only just fixed it!" The blonde pleaded as she dashed into the bathroom, Bella right behind her. Both younger vampires falling in love even more when they found their mate holding the handle used to adjust the water in her hand, sheepishly blowing a stray curl off her face, still totally naked of course.

"Here," Bella held her hand out for the offending part and rapidly pushed it back into place. "S'ok, I do that all the time," she reassured the hangdog vampire, blurring forward to peck her on the cheek.

After the kiss Rose grabbed the newborn's jacket and tugged Bella towards her.

"What are these?" She questioned, only just realising that the marks on Bella's face were not random smudges.

"No idea, she did it," Bella nodded as best she could towards Victoria considering that the brunette's chin was being held in a gentle but firm grasp by Rose. The blonde raised a brow in question but the red-head was avoiding her eyes. For an ancient bad-ass vampire she certainly had issues with personal interaction but it was not something either of the younger vampires would ever question out loud, they had spent enough tine with Victoria on their travels to know that she would speak when she had something to say.

"It is a tribal mark," the nomad finally admitted. without looking up from the tiled floor that seemed to fascinate her. "For my tribe, celebrating our kill,"slender finger pointed to the mark on the newborn's forehead. "Bella is a fierce warrior," a point to the right cheek. "She has a wild spirit," a point to the left cheek, "and would have ridden by Odin's side in the Wild Hunt."

"You marked me?" Bella was awed by the action of her withdrawn mate. Victoria shrugged then locked her eyes on Rosalie, stepping forward with such speed that Rose took an involuntary step back so she was pressed against the sink. Both young vampires watched in fascination as Victoria bit her wrist, teeth snagging the skin until a wide gash was revealed.

Rose held very, very still as a bloodied thumb was swiped over her skin in a rapid succession of movements. Bella watched, fascinated as similar markings to her own appeared on Rose's pale skin except Rose was only given two, on her forehead and breastbone.

"Here, see," Victoria tugged Rose's arm so she was able to see herself in the mirror. "My tribe," the mark on the blonde's forehead was the same as the one on Bella's then she rested the tip of her finger over where Rose's heart used to lie. "Freyja, Queen of the Valkyries, feared goddess, ruler of the fields of Fólkvangr and giver of sexual prowess," the red-head purred, curling her upper lip back to reveal her fangs.

"What she said," Bella mumbled, rather overcome by watching Victoria get her purr on. What entranced her even more was seeing Rose offered the still bleeding wrist, the blonde hesitantly lowering her mouth to the wound. As her mouth tasted the nomad's blood again a low growl emanated from the blonde's chest, echoed by both Bella and Victoria.

Rose was lost in the blood as she took several deep pulls from the still open vein. The blonde growled, lifting her mouth from her mate's wrist, the blood was rich and it was obvious that the nomad had just fed, that and the ancient's blood was naturally richer than that of a younger vampire. Her mates were excited by Rose's blackened eyes and needed no further urging to follow when she took off, blurring from the bathroom and into the forest. The hunt was on.

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