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I arrived at the Swan house early in the morning, by the time I was approaching the front door the Chief was already exiting the home.
"Nervous, son?" Charlie questioned pausing in his walk to his car to talk to me. I had to admit I did like the older man, he was less infuriating than any other human I had come in contact with.
"Not really." I responded honestly. "If I'm correct, Isabella is more nervous than me."
Charlie laughed moving to set his mug of coffee on top of his car. "That girl can worry about anything." Charlie took out the keys for his car, but paused before he started it. He turned back to me and his face grew far more serious than I had ever seen it. "Do me a favor son, and make sure that Cullen boy doesn't get anywhere near her. I don't want him to continue to ruin things for her."
I smirked because truly he and I were thinking the same. I didn't want that boy anywhere near Isabella either, and I intended to do just about anything to make sure Edward stayed away from her. "You have my word, sir."
Charlie nodded and got into his cruiser. "Good. Have a good day, son, and keep an eye on Bells for me."
I nodded my head and turned to walk up the steps to the house. I knocked on the door, the knock was one for the Chief's benefit, I didn't need him to think I was just barging in on Isabella. As soon as he was gone, I opened the door and stepped in. I could hear Isabella fumbling around upstairs. "Have you eaten?" I questioned as she came down the stairs.
Isabella nodded, "I had a pop tart, and some juice." She responded slinging her bag over her shoulders. I watched as Rex came down the stairs and quickly came towards me. I sighed and petted his head as that was obviously what he wanted from me.
Isabella smiled at me as she made her way towards me. "Let's get going, Rik, I don't want to be late on the first day."
I couldn't help but smile as she stood on the very tips of her toes to kiss me. "I thought you wanted to leave?"
Isabella smiled her hand running through my hair, she was fixing it, I noticed. "I do, but it's customary to always get a Good Morning Kiss, Rik." She stepped back and her smile grew. "We're good to go, Rik."
I followed after her as we made our way to the door. I couldn't help but roll my eyes as Isabella kneeled down to pet Rex, she coddled the dog far too much. "Isabella, we're not going to be gone all day, I'm sure he's going to survive."
She turned to me and frowned, "I know he's going to survive, but I don't want him to believe I'm abandoning him." She leaned down for a moment and kissed Rex's nose. "I left the back door open for him, hopefully he won't get bored."
I watched as the dog sat by the door, I sighed and leaned down to pet his head before I stepped out and closed the door behind me. "Your father gave me orders to keep you away from that stupid boy."
"I can only imagine how eager you are to follow those orders." She responded looking over her shoulder at me with a wide smirk on her face. She was right, I was going to take in a lot of joy over keeping that childish boy away from her.
Isabella got into the car and I followed behind her, she looked over her schoolbag double checking that everything she thought she would need would be there. "Do you really think you'll be needing all those pencils? You have close to 30 in there."
Isabella smirked and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't think I'll be needing them, I really only need about one and that would be about it, but you'll soon learn that the students at Forks high aren't the smartest. I can bet you that no one will have usable pencils, and I really hate giving away my good ones. So I buy the cheap ones so that I can give those away."
"Why can't you just say no?" I questioned, it really wasn't her problem if other students had pencils or not.
Isabella shrugged, "Because I'm used to doing this, and I can't stand it when they don't get a pencil and then they ask to borrow my notes because they couldn't take any. I don't mind giving away pencils if it means I get to keep my notes clean and organized. I let Mike borrow them once and he put his number at the top when he gave them back, in pen, as much as I tried I couldn't cover it up."
I couldn't help the roll of my eyes, since meeting that boy, I had found him to be really quite pathetic. From everything Isabella says about him I can't help but see him as a pathetic hormonal teenager. "Is it completely necessary that I be polite to this boy?"
Isabella smiled, "Yes, despite Mike's annoying tendencies he really is a nice guy, and he's been my friend since I got here."
"He's only your friend because he finds you attractive." I responded because let's be honest, the only reason any boy was ever nice to Isabella was because they found her attractive, not because they wanted to be friends with her.
"I don't believe that." Isabella responded, "He dated Jessica for a while and we were still friends."
"Isabella, really think on it, if he, or any of these other humans were really your friends, they would've appeared at the hospital at least once." I responded, I could see the hurt in her eyes, but then it disappeared and it was replaced with an emotion of anger.
"Rik, at the time, I wasn't their friends. I had isolated them several months before, they had no reason to visit me because I no longer spoke with any of them. I was so wrapped up in the Cullens and Edward that I completely ignored everyone else." She responded, and maybe she had a point, but even then they could've stopped by at least once, just to make sure she was alive.
"It's only the girl and the stupid boy, correct? The others supposedly graduated?" I questioned, because I really did have to be prepared, I needed to know just how many were going to be there to help Edward from doing anything stupid when I start provoking him. I know my boundaries, but I doubt that stupid boy truly has any boundaries.
"Only Alice and Edward." Isabella agreed, "It's a good thing too, because Rosalie is by far the worst of the Cullens."
I couldn't help but smile as Isabella's distaste for someone else made me happy to see that in her. "I've never had the displeasure of meeting her."
Isabella smiled widely. "You're so lucky, every student at the school tends to refer to her as the wicked witch of Forks." She smiled as we pulled into the school. "Are you sure about this? You're the new toy in the box, Rik."
I couldn't help by laugh, because she wasn't worried, she was amused. "I think I'll make it out alright, Isabella."
She smiled her hand reaching for the door. "I don't know, Rik, you're awfully cute, and Lauren is a natural flirt. I don't think you'll make it through the day, you don't have the same amount of patience that I had on my first day."
I couldn't help but laugh lightly when she got out of the car. I grabbed the bag Isabella had chosen for me and slung it over my shoulder. "I think you underestimate just what I'm capable of."
Isabella smiled as I approached her. "No, I don't. I just know you well enough to know that you hate having too much attention on you, and you don't like it when people you don't know or like touch you. And let's face it, Lauren really is going to be all over you."
"I'm slightly upset that you're not going to fight for my honor." I responded draping my arm around her shoulders. As I had hoped for Isabella grinned and laughed lightly.
"I thought out of the two of us I would need defending. I didn't know you couldn't handle a few humans, Rik." Isabella responded with a smirk, her eyes were bright, and she seemed happy. A side effect to that was that it made me happy to see her. I leaned down and kissed her temple.
"I can handle a human easily, but I remember you said that I couldn't kill anyone." I responded.
Isabella looked up at me and smiled. "You can't, the town's population is already small, you don't want to decrease it. You're already going to decrease the population in Seattle, you can't do it in Forks as well."
I smirked, and stopped walking as soon as she did. I turned to the small group of humans that now stood in front of me. I recognized the blonde boy, Mike, he was standing beside two other boys, and beside them was one girl.
"Hey, Bella." The dark haired girl greeted, she looked to me for a moment before turning back to look at Bella. She widened her eyes and tilted her head back, an indication that she wanted some sort of explanation towards who I was.
"Hello." Isabella greeted, she turned to me and smiled and I could already see the amusement in her eyes. "This is Henrik, he's a new student here. I've been showing him around town since the beginning of break." She turned to face me. "This is Angela, and that's Ben and Tyler, you've already met Mike."
I nodded my head, "Pleasure to meet you all."
The girl Angela opened her mouth to speak, but was instantly pushed to the side as a bit taller girl pushed her to the side. Her face was overly filled with makeup, and my enhanced eyes could see just how much she had applied. "Hi, I'm Jessica. Do you need help getting around school? I'm more than happy to show you around, I practically know this school like the back of my hand."
I didn't need to look at Isabella to know she was amused by the situation. "Thank you for the offer, but Isabella and I have the same schedule, so she'll be showing me around."
Isabella smiled, "Speaking of, we should go find our lockers. I'll see you all later." Isabella grabbed my hand and led me away.
"Did she annoy you as much as she annoyed me?" I questioned draping my arm over her shoulders once again. "I believe I handled that very well."
Isabella turned to me and smiled. "Perfect, Rik, but just so you know, she hates me even more now, and she is going to do anything possible to get you to fall in love with her. And when her and Lauren start competing, it's going to get harder for you to stay so calm and polite." Isabella stopped walking and gestured to a pair of lockers. "I think my dad called the school and had them assign your locker next to mine, because originally this belonged to a Junior name Kristy, and she's suddenly gone and you have a new locker."
I couldn't help but smirk because I knew she was probably right, her father was capable of doing something of the like. Her dad had begun to drop hints that I should begin to properly court Isabella. "Your father does sound capable of doing something like this, but I was the one who had Kristy request a locker change and I asked for this particular locker."
Isabella looked at me with her brows scrunched together as she tried to figure out what I had done. "Did you use your powers on her? Because no matter how good your charm is, there's no way you can make someone just decide to change their locker."
I smirked, because she was wrong, my charm was impeccable and I was more than able to have someone change their mind. "I did not use my powers on her, she agreed of her own free will."
Isabella shook her head, "I have to know, Rik, how did you do it?"
I smirked, "Last week while you were out with your father I had to make a stop by the school. I had to make sure that my classes matched yours, and it just so happened that Kristy was here. She's part of the school council and they were having a meeting. I happened to mention that you were my first acquaintance here, after some charming hints, she offered to switch lockers with me so that it would be easier for me to learn my way around." My smirked widened at the thought of what I was going to say next. "That and she thought you and I would be awesome together, in her words I was a lot better suited for you than Edward."
Isabella rolled her eyes, "I agree, but how would she know who's better for me? For all she knew you could be just as crazy as Edward is."
I leaned against the locker as I watched her settle her things in. "I'm a lot better looking than Edward, and my personality doesn't scream psychopathic teenage boy who is overly spoiled by his adoptive vampire family."
Isabella smiled, "I'm sure that was exactly what Kristy was thinking, Rik."
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I was slightly disappointed Edward hadn't made an appearance at school, I was looking forward to antagonizing him. I looked down at Isabella who was standing close beside me, but was talking to Angela, obviously the girl was more than eager to know just how friendly Isabella and I were.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Angela." Isabella said trying her best to hide her annoyance, it was good enough to fool Angela, but not good enough to fool me. Isabella was just too easy to read. "Henrik is taking me home, so I don't want to keep him waiting any longer."
"Oh okay." Angela responded, she looked to me and she forced a smile onto her face. "It was nice getting to meet you, Henrik. I'll see you both tomorrow."
"Goodbye, Angela." I responded watching her leave.
Isabella sighed, "You left for one minute during lunch and I was assaulted with questions about you. I thought Jessica would be the worst, but Angela was awful."
I couldn't help but laugh, I moved and opened the door of the school for her. "If it makes you feel better, she hates me."
Isabella laughed, "She does not."
"She does, if you haven't noticed, she prefers Edward to me. Obviously, she needs better glasses if she can't see just how charming I am." I responded smiling as I earned a laugh from her. As we reached my car, I opened the door for her and helped her in.
"I just noticed that Edward and Alice didn't come to school today." Isabella said as she buckled in her seatbelt, a habit I still found to be unnecessary. "That must've been why today went a lot better than expected."
"I'm a bit disappointed." I responded moving quickly as I was tired of being in that school. "I had so many things I wanted to do to Edward today."
Isabella laughed. "I can just feel your disappointment, Rik." She reached over and laced her fingers with mine.
We drove to her home in comfortable silence, Isabella was humming a soft song to herself. As I pulled into her home I saw her tense and I knew the exact reason why, on her porch stood the entire Cullen family.
Isabella looked more than angry, "They must be driving Rex crazy!"
I followed her quickly as she got out of the car. I walked directly behind her as she moved to enter the house. The blonde one Isabella hated was blocking the door.
"My family needs to speak to you, and you need to listen to them." Rosalie demanded and I could already tell that Isabella was being put on edge.
"I don't need to do anything." Isabella responded glaring at the blonde. "Now move, I want to check on my dog."
"No." She smirked down at Isabella. "You can't make me move."
Isabella nodded, "You're right, I'm human and you're not." She gestured to me, "But he's stronger than both of us and I'm more than sure if I ask nicely he'll move you for me. Only he'll be more violent about it."
I smirked widely, because she was right. I would take such great pleasure in taking her down a notch. "You don't even have to ask, I'm more than happy to do it." The big one, Emmett, he grabbed Rosalie and pulled her out of the way. Obviously, he was smarter than the rest. I watched Isabella walk and enter her house, I could hear Rex's bark of excitement as she had arrived.
Isabella stepped back out and walked over to my side, "Is there a reason you're here? I'm hoping that you're going to announce your departure."
I smiled, because that truly would be perfect. "I'm hoping you're leaving as well."
"We're here to discuss Bella's safety." The mother of the group announced stepping slightly away from her husband to make better eye contact with me. "Obviously you must realize how unsafe she is at this point. You cannot allow her to continue to attend school when her life is in danger."
I smirked as I could already tell Isabella was upset. "Isabella can do as she pleases, and she enjoys going to school."
Isabella crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm with Henrik, I'm sure that he can protect me just fine if I need it. I am not going to drop out of school just because you all seem to think that I need it, I intend to graduate this year and nothing is going to stop me from doing that. Especially any of you, if I haven't made it clear before, I'll make it clear now. You all left, therefore you forfeited any right you had in being involved in my life and the decisions I make. I'm am asking you all for the final time, leave me alone and stay as far away from me as you possibly can. I no longer want anything to do with any of you, you are not my family, you are not my friends, you aren't even acquaintances anymore. You are nothing to me."
I moved to stand in front of her as I saw Rosalie growl and inch forward. "You take another step forward and I'll have your pretty little head hanging over my fireplace as next year's Halloween decoration."
I felt Isabella place her hand on my back, "See, I told you, I think he does a fine job of protecting me." Isabella said and I could hear the smile in her tone as she spoke. "There's no need for you, all you are is a liability and a distraction. If you would all please get off my porch and go back to your cave, that would be awesome. My dad is going to be home any minute and I know he's just itching to lay into you all, he doesn't like you very much."
I smirked and nodded my head in agreement. "He doesn't talk very highly of any of you, and I know he would be more than pleased to press charges for trespassing on his property." I led Isabella to her front door and smiled as the Cullens retreated to their cars. "And I wouldn't worry about Victoria and her little army. I have that under control. It would be best if you leave that situation to me, it would be ideal."
I stayed at the doorway and made sure that they left and didn't stick around, I could tell that they weren't exactly happy, and that had me thinking that Edward would do something incredibly stupid. A small part of me is hoping it is stupid enough that I can kill him for it. Really, I'm sure I can spin anything to be a good reason to kill him.
I walked into the house to see Isabella already shuffling around the kitchen. "Be cautious of Edward, he's stupid enough to try and do something."
Isabella turned to me, she searched my face for something before she finally nodded. "Yeah, okay Rik." She turned back around to finish pulling out food from the fridge. "Anything would be a good enough reason for you to kill him." She responded turning to me with a wide smile on her face. "I know that's exactly what you're thinking."
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I led Isabella in the other direction of her friends, they were already on my nerves and spending the entirety of lunch with them was an idea that I absolutely despised. "I hate your friends." I explained as Isabella gave me a questioning look as I led her to the outside of the school.
Isabella rolled her eyes, "You're being ridiculous, Rik. They've calmed down a bit since Monday." She responded looking around. "And I was looking forward to lunch, because of you I couldn't have breakfast."
"You seemed to have enjoyed our morning activities." I responded, because she truly had enjoyed it.
Isabella blushed lightly, "That was then, now I'm hungry and I regret not having breakfast. You wouldn't know what I'm feeling since you never really get hungry. I need fuel to keep up my energy, Rik. At the very least, I need some sort of granola bar so that I don't end up fainting before the end of school."
I couldn't help but smile, "You're milking it, Isabella. I know you always carry a couple of those awful pop tarts in your bag." I moved so we were sitting under a tree, and Isabella was sitting on my lap.
"They're not that bad." Isabella said with a smile. "You only seem to think that they're annoying when they speak to you."
"They just don't stop." I responded, I don't know how they had time to breathe with how much they talked. "You can't tell me you don't find them extremely annoying, they don't talk about anything of interested, only the stupidest irrelevant topics I've ever heard."
Isabella laughed, "You're being far too picky, Rik. They're not even that bad. You're making them sound worse than they really are." Isabella pulled out the small package from her bag and opened it up pulling out the treat she had in there. She smiled at me. "I'd offer you some, but I know you don't really like to eat, which is a shame because I think these are some of the most delicious things in the world."
I could only smile, it amazed me sometimes how the smallest of things could make her happy. Tonight, had plans to leave to Seattle to handle the problem once and for all, and as much as I hated to admit it, I needed (wanted) to spend just a little more time with Isabella before I went. I knew it wasn't safe, but I did depend on her, she was now a part of me and I always wanted to be around her.
"If it makes you feel any better about them, Jessica is drooling all over Edward now. I'm sure she'll leave you alone now, she has the high expectation that she can make Edward fall in love with her." Isabella said with a smirk. "I thought it would be a lot worse to have them stay in school and not just leave, but they do a wonderful job in distracting Lauren and Jessica."
I smiled and held her closer moving to place a kiss on her neck. "They're still horrible to be around. I fear that if you spend too much time around any of them your brain cells will start to disappear."
Isabella laughed, "You're over exaggerating, Rik."
"No, I'm not." I responded, "I believe Angela was a very smart girl before she started to spend too much time around Jessica and Lauren, and now she's just as bad as them."
Isabella rolled her eyes, "Angela is far nicer than you would think, she just doesn't like you for some reason. Which is hard to believe because you're so nice to everyone."
"Careful, Isabella, your sarcasm is showing." I responded I couldn't help but smile as Isabella kissed me. "Besides, you know you enjoy spending time with me, and away from them."
Isabella smiled, "I do find you charming and entertaining to be around, Rik."
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Seattle was miserable in the nighttime, there were more people on the streets that were considered dangerous. In my 15 minutes of being here I've already been threatened twice, both idiots receiving wounds that would most likely cause them to need further medical attention, but nothing that will kill them… at least not immediately. I had promised Isabella I wouldn't kill any people more than necessary, and technically I was keeping that promise as these men would die of infected wounds.
It didn't take long to find the newborn campground; she really did make this far too easy. I had no real idea why the Cullens act as if this was going to be harder than it really was. First, kill the newborns, she would be completely defenseless without them, making it better for me to torment her. Afterall, no one threatened Isabella and got to live.
I could hear the distinct growls and whimpers as these newborns were beginning to get out of control. They were fighting each other, trying to see who was the strongest of them all, pathetic. They were unknowingly weakening themselves and making my job easier. I moved and climbed one of the trees surrounding the log cabin. With the easiest of movements, I used my gift to rip away the front door, the commotion causing them all to go silent for a moment. Then one spoke, causing a frenzy with the others, I extended my power in a wave of energy and shattered the windows to pieces.
I couldn't help but smirk as I heard the gasps and footsteps as one very brave newborn decided to step foot outside the cabin. How foolish. No one followed after him, making him the sacrificial lamb in this case. Without moving from my comfortable position in the tree I extended my power and with whip like motion my energy sliced through the newborn's marble like skin. Using just a bit of extra power I sent the head flying back into the house.
The gasping, yelling and growling filled the air as they looked at their deceased friend. I couldn't help but find their reactions amusing, I didn't need to see their faces to know that they were all a strong mixture of angry and fearful. They all exited the cabin, the large group gathering together and searching their surroundings for the threat. Obviously they were too stupid to look into the trees. I decided it would be far more entertaining to kill one of them at a time. See the last ones standing get scared knowing that they're next.
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Finding Victoria wasn't hard, the trial of her scent was strong around the newborn camp house, she had clearly been running around the newborn holding area to ensure that none of her little creations were getting too out of hand.
Right now, she obviously knew that there was something wrong. She was pacing and growling, further destroying the rundown shack she called home.
Approaching slowly, I spoke before she could sense me. "Did you really think you would win this fight?"
Her pacing stopped and she growled out, something I knew to be a warning, but her warning was useless. I believe it would be the same as a small kitten warning a wolf, I of course was the wolf.
"Can you stop that insufferable growling. You sound like a pathetic cat." I shouted out, "You should come out here and face me, it seems like we have some things to talk about."
In a seemingly blur of movement, she was out of the house large mess of curly red hair was covering her face partially. "You don't belong here."
I merely smirked, "That's where you are wrong, I do belong here. You were building an army to come after Isabella Swan, and I have a bit of a problem with that."
She straightened out the hair falling away from her face and I finally saw the damage on one side. Obviously, she had had a bit of an altercation with a rowdy newborn. "A mate for a mate. She was the cause of my mate's death so she will die."
I couldn't help but roll my eyes at her, of course it would be something so stupid that she would say. "That pathetic boy isn't her mate, he was just a very toxic romance of hers. She traded up and is now with me, and you can see why I need to kill you now. You're going after Isabella, and that just can't be allowed, not by any means."
She growled and crouched. "I have no problem killing you in order to get to her."
I laughed loudly, "Your deformed face says you can barely handle a newborn, what makes you think you can handle me? I will destroy you."
She laughed before launching at me and that was when I decided that I would make this experience especially painful for her. Afterall, she had threatened the only person I cared for, and I can't let that go.
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I needed to stop and get the awful sent of venom off me, I hadn't anticipated inflating her like a balloon having her venom explode everywhere, but we all have to learn from our mistakes. Before I did anything, I had to check in on Isabella. I had tried calling her before, but she never answered and that was my first warning. The second had been when the Chief called me asking for her whereabouts as she was no longer home. I of course lied and told him that we had gone to the movies and for a meal and would be home soon.
I didn't want to be right, but I had a feeling of where she could be.
As always the Cullen family had to do things in a grand and exaggerated way, and their house showed exactly that life of leisure they enjoyed to live. I didn't bother knocking on the front door, I walked in simply hearing all the chatter that was coming from the garage. They were packing up to leave, cowards.
I ignored them, they would be dealt with at a later time, for now I had a bigger mission on my mind.
Isabella.
I closed my eyes for a brief moment and focused.
I could hear her muffled sounds, and I followed the sounds. It was a room that was covered in the stench of the boy. I entered the room quietly and saw Isabella tied up on the bed, a cloth tied around her mouth silencing her. Her head tilted up once the door opened and she looked relieved when her eyes met mine.
I walked over being able to see the distinct lines of were her tears had been spilt and had dried. I immediately took off the cloth around her mouth, but she didn't say a word. "I thought we agreed that you were going to stay out of trouble tonight." I whispered as I removed the binds on her legs. "This isn't what I was thinking." I continued as I untied her hands, I was a little surprised when she lunged at me. Her arms wrapping around my neck tightly, her head buried into my neck where I could feel the wetness of her tears on my skin.
"Don't worry." I shushed her as I carried her with me to the door of the room that led to the woods. "I'm getting you away from here." I carried her away from the house, taking her to her home wasn't a good idea until she calmed down.
Getting to my home was easy, getting Isabella to let go of me was harder. She was crying harder and I could only fear that they had done something to her. I finally got her to sit down on the bed. I kneeled down in front of her and took a hold of her hands. "Isabella."
She sniffled and I could feel one of her tears fall on my hand. "They killed my Rex." She whispered.
I let go of one of her hands and reached up to wipe her tears. "They didn't kill Rex."
Isabella nodded her head vigorously. "No, he showed me the picture. They snapped his neck, Rik."
"Isabella, your father called me and I heard the mutt in the background. I'm sure he's perfectly safe with your father." I responded seeing her ease greatly at the news. "Did they do anything to you, physically."
Isabella nodded her head and I had to do my best to try and control my anger. "What?"
"Edward hit me." She whispered quietly. "When I wouldn't go with him, he hit me and I blacked out."
I stood up and tensed. "Where?"
Isabella slowly pushed back her hair and I could now see the bruise starting up on the side of her neck and it went all the way into her hair. "It's kind of throbbing, and it hurts, but it's less than before."
I placed my hand carefully on her neck. "He's going to die slowly and painfully."
She closed her eyes and took comfort in my touch. I could tell that my power was working as she opened her eyes and stared at me with wide eyes. "I have a few tricks up my sleeve, I had to be careful with you."
She gave a small smile, wiping her cheeks. "Thanks for coming for me, Rik."
"You should know by now that I'll always come for you." I kneeled back down in front of her. "I need to get you back to your dad, I don't want him to think I kidnapped you. And I have to go take care of the Cullens."
Isabella nodded her head. "Can the Cullen massacre wait until tomorrow? I really just don't feel safe anymore, Rik. You make me feel safe, so can you just stay with me for the night."
I nodded, if the Cullens left I could find them in the blink of an eye. "I'll need to change first, I smell like venom and I think your dad will be suspicious of that. Stay right here, and I'll change."
Isabella nodded, she closed her eyes as I kissed her temple. "I love you, Rik." She whispered as I went to my closet to change, I whispered to her in return and did my best to change as quickly as possible.
When I returned she had already wiped her eyes away, and was doing her best to look more presentable. "I don't want to worry my dad if I come home crying."
I held out my hand to her and as soon as she placed her hand in mine I pulled her close. "Let's get you home, and to bed."
Isabella clung to me and I carried her to the car, "If I show up on foot your dad will get a bit suspicious."
Isabella nodded her head and got into the car. I followed after her and my rage against the Cullen family only grew. I was going to destroy them.
Arriving at the Swan house Isabella got out of the vehicle and looked around. "They're not anywhere around." I assured her as I got out of the car to walk her to her door. "Let's get you inside."
Isabella smiled and wrapped one of her arms around me as I walked her to her door. "You'll be back once you take care of your car, right?"
I nodded, "It'll take less than a minute, and then I'll be back."
Isabella nodded, "Good, I'll be waiting for you." She let go of me and walked towards the house. She turned to look back at me before she entered the home. I heard her greeting Charlie and I moved quickly to get the car out of the way.
Arriving back at the Swan house I entered Isabella's home, entering her room through the window, I saw her already laying on the bed. She was curled up into a ball, with Rex at her feet and her head turned to me as I entered. "You're welcome to talk about it."
Isabella smiled, "Maybe another day, Rik. I just want to sleep, apparently crying your eyes dry can be exhausting."
I tried to smile, but the idea of her crying so much had me seeing red. I wanted their heads. "They're going to die slow and painful deaths, of that I can assure you. No one gets to hurt you an live."
Isabella smiled, "I know." She responded and I joined her in the bed.
"Go ahead and sleep." I said as I held her. "No one is getting near you."
Isabella's eyes drooped slightly as she was starting to be overcome with sleep. "Thanks for staying, Rik."
"Anything for you, Isabella." I responded kissing her head and leaning back on her bed letting her lay comfortably on me. I didn't need to sleep, so I would stay awake.
Most importantly, this was my time to think of something creative to do that stupid boy. All of my anger was going to go into coming up with a course of action that would satisfy my anger.
No one got to hurt Isabella and live.
