Chapter 15: My turn.

My Bella was bright red and she avoided my gaze. I decided to let it go. For now.

"Isabella? Have you two reached an agreement?" She nodded and her blush seemed to deepen. I puzzled over this for a moment before deciding to deal with it later.

"Good! We should go let Aro know. Is everyone ok? Still in one complete piece?" There were murmurs of assent from throughout the room, and I decided that was enough.

Bella POV

I was a tomato then I was extremely tired. I was not as tomatoey now. but so. . . tired . . .

Do you know why this is happening? I ask Iz

We've tired ourselves out mentally. It's just like any other part of our body. Use it too much and it gets tired. We can strengthen it over time, but for now, we need sleep. I nod outwardly. Even Iz's voice sounds quiet.

"I need some rest." I mumble, feeling faint. I swayed slightly before feeling strong marble arms encircle my waist. I turned, seeing Caius behind me.

"You look pale." He muttered. Then a wave of dizziness and nausea came over me and his beautiful, concerned face was the last thing I saw before the black.

I woke up a few hours later with an extremely worried Caius at my bedside. I smiled softly at him, mentally shaking Iz awake.

"Hi." I whisper. His face relaxes as he sighs. One of his hands come up and softly stroke my face. I lean my cheek into his palm. He leans closer, burying his face into my hair. My fingers sift through his long silky hair. I can feel his body vibrating with the tearless sobs of a vampire. I pull at him uselessly, wanting to comfort him. He climbs onto the bed as I move over, curling his body around mine. I feel warm, though his body is cold. Tears are running down my cheeks as I cry for his pain. Iz tentatively reaches out a comforting thought and I grasp onto it, a lifeline. She is full of his sorrow as we are the same.

Me and and Iz comfort each other and my tears abate. I pull his head away from my shoulder and look into his eyes. I can see the anguish, the sorrow, the self hatred.

"I am here. I am yours." My voice sounded strange, layered. I think it was because me and Iz were speaking together. I hugged him to me. "I choose you, Darling." His voice was muffled by my skin when he answered a moment later.

"Then why do you continually try to leave me?"

"I dont." I whisper. "I am trying to stay with you. It's just that there are a few bumps in the road. Our love will succeed. I swear to whatever god there is, I will kill whoever tries to mess that up." My eyes have a fire in them and my lips curl back into a snarl as i growl out my promise. Iz smirks in my head.

I'm already rubbing off on you.

Shut up. I reply.

You know its tr-. She cuts off with a gasp as Caius' lips suddenly descend onto mine. I groan quietly and wiggle on the bed, wanting him on top of me as I kiss back. He pulled away and I could taste his breath in my mouth.

"That was hot." I shake my head, amused at his antics.

"How on earth did me promising to kill people do this!?" I reach down and grasp his hard penis in my hand through his pants. His groan made me smirk.

"I've told you before, the sadistic side of you turns me on. See?" He thrusts his hips up, pressing up against my hand.

Thats hot. Iz says to me. You have a promise to uphold. I get him this time.

I sigh and pull away from Caius.

"I hope you mean that." He looks confused. I roll my eyes and tell him.

"Part of my agreement with Iz was that she gets to ummm..." I trail off awkwardly, not able to look him in the eye.

"fuck me." He was not quite as lacking in confidence. I nodded shyly, avoiding looking at him as I became a tomato again. He kissed my neck from behind.

"I'm s-sorry." I whisper.

"I really do not care. Not one tiny bit." I take a deep breath.

You ready? I ask Iz.

Hell yeah. I could feel her smirk form on my face as I let her take control.

Iz POV

"Hello, darling." I purred. "Miss me?" His low groan was answer enough as I turn to face him. I lean in to whisper in his ear. "I'm not quite as breakable as Bella. You can have a bit more fun now." I thrust my hips against his with a smirk. He was panting now as I bit into his earlobe, not exactly softly either. I turned my head to kiss him.

He smoothly rolled us over so he was lying on top of me. I gave him a smirk as I settled beneath him. His answering heated kiss was enough to make me want to hurry things up. As our clothes rapidly disappeared I felt more at peace. Less. . . tense. The need to hurt and hunt and kill slowly dissolved. This is what he could do. This was the magic of the mate. . .

Bella POV

When I woke, Iz was satisfied and asleep. Caius was staring at me intensely.

"Hello." I whispered and smiled at him. He smiled back.

"Hello." I blink at him slowly, still trying to wake up fully. He grinned at my sleepy expression and leaned in to kiss my nose. I hummed quietly in happiness. He smiled at me, the marble corners of his eyes crinkling.

"We should get going," I murmured, while snuggling closer. "Don't you have kingly stuff to do?"

"Meh. The world can survive without me for a day." I laugh quietly.

"Are you sure?" He frowns slightly before grumbling

"No." I laugh again, kissing his nose.

"Then go. Save the world." I grin at him as he sighs, pulling me closer.

"Come with me?" His voice was muffled against my skin as he kissed down my neck.

"OK. Keep me safe?" He was the one laughing at that as he pulled away.

"I think Iz can do that fine on her own."

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