First. Thank you for the feedback, keep it coming good to see if everyone is on board. Trying to be as original as I can. I would love to see more stories like these written. Last we seen Bella she had seem to reach rock bottom or at least a bottom. What could happen now?

Esme POV

I watched the Swan's house very carefully, studying it from my bedroom window some times hours at a time. In the kitchen I tried taking my mind off of things but I couldn't forget about Bella and how I felt about her. I was drawn to her the very moment I saw her get out of that van. She looked like such a sweet girl, not much unlike my own stepdaughters though she lacked confidence in herself, she had no idea of what power or resilience she may possess. I could still see her face when she rang my doorbell, I had just gotten out of the shower and found myself staring at her, my robe was left open on purpose just to see what reaction I might get from her. She looked so frightened but perhaps from being caught staring and not just the fact she was staring at a naked woman.

It didn't take me long to realize something was wrong. With that house anything was possible, I've seen people come and go. This year had been foretold in the town's history books, it was highly likely we would all be ended by this gypsy curse but I didn't want to believe that. I had survived hauntings before, my family had prepared me for it just as I am preparing my children even if they think I'm crazy.

I was outside tending to my garden when I got this strange feeling of being watched. Bella's stepmother Renee was spying on me from her side of the fence, I brushed the soil from my knees and walked over; I had only realized now that I hadn't given proper introduction to her. But those eyes of hers, so dark and cold, isolated. "Hello, neighbour" I so naively greeted. She gave me no response, I don't even think she blinked once. I wanted to tell her I was there if she needed anything but I was too afraid to speak anything else.

"Stay away from her."

"Excuse me?"

"I know you've been watching her. You think you can take her away from me but that's not going to happen", she was very intimidating, I knew now that the darkness was inside of her and would soon claim Bella.

At first I thought I might have been jumping to conclusions to quickly, she could just be bipolar or something, my worries were confirmed however after talking to our family friend Donny. I was aware of graffiti on the walls of the house after it was last abandoned and mentioned to Donny before about cleaning it up before the neighbours moved in but he didn't want to do it for nothing. Alice guilted him into doing it at a fair rate since it was an ugly thing for anyone to encounter when moving into a new home.

He spoke to me on the phone that evening explaining how uneasy he was meeting the woman and asked if this was our greatest fears come true. "Are we fucked? Is she the succubi or whatever it is you call it?"

"Succubus, Donny. We need to be careful, keep your family safe."

"What about that girl in the house?"

"Something tells me she won't harm her, at least not yet. She's going to need blood soon."

I knew what needed to be done but I couldn't endanger myself or my family, you might be wondering why I don't just pack up and leave if I was so concerned for my well being. You could say it's a sense of obligation, my ancestors didn't leave when things got tough and neither was I, I was a protector of this town and I was going to see to it this beast was slain.

I had just the blade to cut, it would be Bella's weapon. The thing would penetrated Renee's chest and cut out her heart, it was the humane thing to do, not only was everyone in town in danger but so was Renee and she would suffer most of all. I waited for the best time to speak with Bella, I couldn't just show up next door so I stood in the backyard, waiting for the perfect opportunity for her to come to me.

I didn't hear any yelling or anything like that over there which was troubling. In a flash, Bella was outside looking distraught, I so desperately wanted to take her in my arms and stroke her hair. I called her over with my friendliest hello and offered her to come over as if she was a battered housewife. There was no real way of breaking the news gently to her, she was a teenage girl looking for answers but something supernatural wasn't really on the table. The dagger I presented her with surprised her to say the least and the speech I gave her about cutting out her guardian's heart clearly crushed her spirit. No matter what else I said she wasn't hearing it and ran out of there in a futile attempt to save her mother.

I sat at the kitchen table waiting for my daughters to come back before dark, Jessica hated the new curfew but it was needed, it was when Renee was likely to feed. They came through the front door in distress. Alice helped Jessica inside as Jessica held the side of her head in pain. I ran over to them, assisting Jessica to the couch. Her ear! It looked like a huge chunk had been ripped off.

I remained calm. "What happened?"

"We had a little incident with Bella, the new girl" Alice didn't take her eyes off Jessica, like she was still processing what had happened.

"Ah! It hurts!" Jessica winged. I ran back into the kitchen to get some ice, quickly running back to hear Alice tell me everything that happened. "She's fucking crazy! Her and her mom!"

"Jessica. Language."

"Mom, there's something you should know...I know you tell me I shouldn't hide anything from you but well...I wasn't sure what to do..." Alice looked embarrassed but I insisted she tell me at once as it could be a matter of life and death. "I saw Bella kissing her...not on the cheek but on the mouth and her mom was wearing those chaps without an ass around the house."

I felt sick to my stomach. Just the thought of that monster touching her and controlling her. "You're going to call the cops right?" Jessica was very upset but I knew I couldn't do that.

"No, Jessica, honey. The succubus clearly has a hold of Bella."

"Really?" Alice was easier to convince and I still had doubts she fully believed all that I warned them about.

"It's not real!" Jessica snapped, "They're just crazy! I can't believe you would let someone attack me and get away with it!"

"Jessica. Just let me deal with it" I knew she hated me, "Alice, take herself upstairs please."

"She's not this angel you make her out to be. She's not even a virgin, you should read all the stuff written about her!" I wasn't hearing it, nothing bad about this girl who was clearly a victim.

I was too afraid to go next door I would leave it until tomorrow, who knows what horrors were happening over there. I took it upon myself to visit in the morning and hopefully put an end to this without having to harm Bella.

I was shaking as I walked up those steps. Before I could even extend my hand to knock, the door opened. I was welcomed by cold tired brown eyes, Bella was wearing the worst makeup I had ever seen she looked like a cheap whore, a slutty clown even with that lipstick and eye shadow. Her hair was a tangled mess and it looked like she had some kind of cheerleader outfit on.

"B-Bella?"

"You can't be here, Esme" she spoke with little concern for my well being.

"Bella, you have to leave. You can come live with me. I'm not mad about Jessica."

"I don't even feel bad about what I did. I know who I am now. This is what I deserve" she spoke so neutral, like a robot, clearly this succubus was draining her.

"Bella, if you stay here any longer she'll kill you or want you to kill for her. The harvest moon..."

"I'm working on a deal with Renee. She wants to pop my cherry that night. I only told her that because Evelyn at the porn shop thinks she can find a way to fix all of this. If she doesn't then I'm prepared to take one for the team."

I shook my head in disbelief, I tried hugging her but she pushed me away. "Bella, I want you. I want you to live with me. I can take care of you like you were my own."

She raised an eyebrow, "You wanted me to kill her."

"Bella, honey, I'm just trying to protect you."

"If I see you here again, I will kill you!" She slammed the door in my face. I was so scared but thought about what she said. The porn shop? Bribing her own stepmother with sex? That outfit she had on?

Evelyn.

"Sorry, not opened yet!...Esme?" Evelyn was shocked to see me barge into her sick little shop.

"What the hell have you been up to?"

"I have no idea what you're..."

"Has a young girl been coming here, cuz?"

"Are you joking? What is this a raid?" She laughed but stopped once she got a good look at just how serious I was. "This is about Bella isn't it?"

"What kind of ideas have you been putting in her head, Evelyn?"

"Now, cuz it's not like that I swear!"

"She's dressed like a prostitute! She's making out with her own stepmother and promised her sex on the night of the harvest moon!"

"W-WHAT?"

"Oh like you didn't know!" I scolded.

"I didn't know she was doing all that. She did have a list Rene gave her for some dildos but I didn't think she intended on using them on her."

"I can't believe this! She's only doing this because she thinks your lazy ass is finding some spell to undo all of this!"

"I am and I'm close!"

"She's just a poor, innocent young girl!"

"She might be stronger than you think!" She looked past me, she had a line up of dirty men wanting to come in and check out some of the disgusting things she had on display. "Now if you'll excuse me, cuz, I have customers."

"Just know that if anything happens to that girl it's on you!" I left her with those final words and pushed a man aside on my way out. I was so frustrated that I couldn't even think straight, maybe a lot straighter than Bella or Evelyn that's for sure. I needed to do something, the harvest moon wasn't far off and I was running out of time.

Tune in next time to see what direction I go in. Will Bella really have sex with Renee?