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Chapter 12
F POV
Running with Jane was more tense than usual given the fact that I was still pissed off about her recent incompetence. I could hear her huff every once in a while, as we ran at her pace. We both knew if I really wanted her to get lost I'd just run at my pace and let her catch up later. We came to a stop around where Alec and Demetri had run into and killed a group of newborns, and I could detect a light scent trailing off in another direction with my heightened senses, waving Jane after me as I took off again, tailing the scent.
It was an old trail now, nearly a day old, so my chances of finding this vampire weren't too high unless it would lead me to a meeting spot. We came close to Port Angeles, the scent taking us just skirting around the borders before looping back as if looking for something, or someone. The trail curved abruptly to the left then simply…vanished.
I stopped and held my hand out, halting Jane's movements as well. I stood and took a deep inhale. Something was wrong. This vampire had to be good enough to be able to cover their tracks…I looked up.
"Trees" I grunted at Jane, before I scaled the one to my right, once again finding the scent as I reached it's top. We continued on, jumping tree to tree, following that damned scent that now seemed to be taking us back the way we came again. Almost as if…
"They're fucking with us." I surmised, pausing on a branch and looking at Jane whose own eyes narrowed as well.
"All the more reason to find them then" she replied, lurching forward towards the next branch with renewed determination.
After about ten minutes we were back in Port Angeles, close to where we'd doubled back the first time. This time I saw it; a small beat down house or shack, slumped over by some trees just out of sight from any main road. This had to be where they'd gone.
This also seemed to be when Jane thought it was a good idea to save face, "Look Felix, I'm—I can't even imagine what it would have felt like, especially now that I've found my mate. I won't grovel, I won't apologize anymore but I will vow that it will never happen again." She said, head held high, chin stiff as she waited to be thwarted once again.
"Ok" I nodded my assent, seeing her flash a quick grin which melted into an impassive expression as we approached the shack.
I could smell them – whoever was inside. They must have just left, maybe to hunt, maybe to find a new meeting spot. Didn't matter. We went in and looked around, and what we saw made my venom boil. Jane gasped, hand flying up to her mouth as she took in the walls filled with pictures and drawings of Bella – my Bella. The pictures were of her working, talking to her friends, driving her truck, shopping, there were even a couple of her shot from her yard through her bedroom window. The drawings on the other hand were done with pure rage; horrifying scenes of a disembowelled brown haired girl, beheadings, being drained by multiple vampires at once. I had to turn away, the rage and panic consuming me. I started sucking back air, heaving it out through my nostrils trying not to just tear the whole place down around me. Jane flew forward, grabbing them all, every single picture and sick, twisted drawing, taking them outside and lighting them all on fire. Then she turned to me, flames flickering in her irises making her appear the witch everyone called her.
I spoke the two words on both our minds: "Find them."
B POV
By the time I'd finished my story, Tristan was snacking on some popcorn, and Alec was sitting on the edge of his chair, chin rested in his palms and elbows on his knees as he'd been thoroughly entertained by my story. He especially enjoyed his own cameo in Volterra, requesting I 'play him up more' to which Tristan threw a handful of kernels at him in protest.
" Wow," Tristan said, stretching out on the couch before standing up. "I now feel completely versed in the world of the supernatural. That's some crazy shit you've been through Bella." He said shaking his head in disbelief. It was nine o'clock and I didn't want Charlie worrying despite my be home by ten text, so I stood as well.
"Alright Demi, chop chop, let's get out of here, where's my UberVamp?" I wiggled my fingers towards the taller vampire who'd taken up a spot leaning by the door near the end of my story.
"Actually, Lil B, I'll be escorting Mr. T back to his place and guarding him tonight. Twin 2 will be your chaperone this evening. Don't pout—you're the human they're after and regardless of my epic fighting abilities, Alec's gift is way more helpful in a scenario where one could be heavily outnumbered." I still pouted a little because we both knew Alec's loud mouth was going to be a handful trying to keep shut around Charlie.
"Alright Bellsy, hop on! I won't swing you around like my dear old sissy poo did back home!" his smile was so wide it was pretty unnerving, but I knew he wouldn't actually hurt me, so with a sigh I turned and waved to Tristen and Demi before hopping onto his stone back and clenching my eyes shut as he took off.
When he put me down outside my house, I immediately turned to him, "Alright pipsqueak let's get things straight. Inside that house is my dad. Dad does not know about vampires. Dad can not know about vampires. Vampires must be very careful to not let dad know they are in fact vampires. We clear?" He nodded along.
"Clear as a bloodless vein" he said.
I looked at him frowning, "no—that wouldn't be, wait what? No. That is-no. Goodnight and no more…vein talk. Just keep an eye out and don't make noise." I shook my head, stalking back towards the house and going inside, kicking off my shoes before calling out to Charlie.
"Hey dad! How was the boys' trip, catch any big ones?" I asked as I walked towards the tv hearing an old cop tv show playing through the speakers.
"Oh yeah Bells! I caught a couple of huge ones, had to keep em at Billy's though because his freezer is way bigger than ours. I did put a few of the smaller ones in our freezer that we could cook up later this week. How was your weekend, I heard there was a party busted at some mansion, know anything about that?" he raised one bushy dark brow at me. Knowing I had to stay on his good side I figured I'd go the honest route.
"Yeah, it was supposed to be a party for seniors only, but some college guys crashed it with booze. I left pretty soon after they got there. My friend Jane and I really didn't like them and her family is really strict about…drinking." I tried not to snort at my own play on words.
"Well I'm not too happy, but the deputy said you weren't there so I'm glad you're smart enough to know when the party's gone sour. Who's this Jane friend of yours, last I heard Angela was your friend?" He asked, eyes still half on his show, half on me.
"She's an exchange student from Italy here for the rest of the school year. We hit it off pretty quickly, we both don't like shopping or tons of attention so I kind of rescued her from my more exuberant classmates. I'm still friends with Angela and Jessica, they like Jane too and we all hangout between classes and at lunch." I smiled, thinking back on how easily they excepted Jane into our little group.
Dad nodded along, "sounds great Bells, I'm glad you've got a little gang of friends, much better than sticking to one…family all the time." He hedged with a tip of his head.
"Yeah, yeah I know dad. Anyways, I'm pooched and I've got a lot of review to do tomorrow for my midterms this week. Are you working a double or regular shift tomorrow?" I asked, leaning on the railing as I paused on the stairs.
He sighed, "it's a double, sorry honey, you think you can handle a school night alone tomorrow? I don't mind if your friend Jane or whoever female wants to come over. Just check with their parents first, got it?"
I gave him a quick salute, "yes sir. Thanks dad, goodnight!" I called, bounding up the stairs, his chuckles following my excitement as I hummed walking through the hall to the bathroom to get ready. I'd started stashing some pyjamas in the hall closet for easy access now that it seemed someone was always close enough to my bedroom window to give me pause.
Brushed, washed, and changed, I headed for my room. I snuggled down into bed and turned off my lamp. I spent the next half an hour tossing and turning trying to get comfortable only to sit up in frustration. Looking over, something caught my eye: Felix's shirt from earlier when I'd napped in it before changing. I scrambled out of the bed and snatched it up, burrowing back under my blankets to change out of my top and into his under the cover of my duvet.
Tugging it into place, I sighed collapsing back onto my bed, passing out almost instantly surrounded in his comforting scent. I woke briefly to the sound of Charlie leaving for work and dozed off again knowing I'd have another hour or two before my alarm would go off.
What felt like minutes later, I could feel him, hear him puffing cool breath, and growling. It was low, intimidating, and every bit the sound of a predator. Gasping, I sat up, eyes scanning his wild appearance.
Red eyes glowing with more emotion than I could categorize, muscles straining, shirt torn and hanging limply around his mid section and hips, pants also torn up. Felix looked like Satan himself coming to drag my soul to hell.
I cocked my head to the side and studied him, eyes scanning his body again and holding out my hand expectantly. His eyes flickered between my face and hand, obviously noting that I wasn't afraid or backing down.
He prowled forward as if caging me in oh what a cage that would be…focus Bella! He looked down and suddenly the blankets were on the floor and his eyes were scanning over my now exposed pyjama-clad body. His nostrils flared slightly as he noticed his shirt clinging to most of my body, and that seemed to help him find more composure.
My hand was still raised, outstretched towards him. I wiggled my finger tips at him slightly, encouraging him to take my hand. This time he did, and crawled onto my bed at my urging, instantly curling his hulking body around me in a giant cocoon. His growl had morphed into a purr at some point, and as he clutched me tighter, I could hear him still breathing harshly with his nose buried in my hair.
We laid like that for a while, and I snaked out a hand to stroke it over his bicep in a slow soothing manner. I fingered the frayed edges of his shirt, thinking pensively.
"Felix?" I got a grunt in response. "Why don't you take these off? They're all torn and smell a little…ashy." There was some grumbling, followed by the sound of clothing tearing, then I could feel all of him, pressed up against me. Maybe I didn't really think that through. It was going to be a lot more difficult to think with his sculpted body wrapped around mine. Thank god he at least had briefs on or I'm sure I would've fainted.
He drew my duvet around us, no doubt worried his cool body would be too chilly for me, and also to block out everything else as we laid in our own little world.
"I do have school today…" I trailed off, pausing at his low growl of disapproval. I sighed.
"Alright then I need my phone so I can text Tristan and ask him to get any of the notes I miss for the day from Jane and Angela, and I need time to study later." He grunted again, shifting until my phone was dangling between his fingers in my face.
I grabbed it, sending off messages to Tristan, Jane, and Angela as well saying I still wasn't feeling the greatest after Friday night. Jane's response threw me a little.
He's going to take a while to calm down. Maybe try to distract him a little…
I raised a brow at the message, then looked up at the man in front of me, pulling back in his stone arms so I could see his face.
"Hey" I coaxed softly, dropping my phone and cupping his face with both hands. I started running my thumbs under his eyes which were screwed shut, his lips moving a mile a minute so softly I had no chance in deciphering their words.
"Babe what is it? What happened out there? Are you okay?" The questions had been on the tip of my tongue since he'd shown up in my room.
His eyes opened and they flickered between mine, still warring with more emotions that I could grasp.
"Bella" he breathed, rolling so I was beneath him and my hands slipped to his shoulders while his hands rested fisted on either side of my head. "Bella" he said again, lips swooping down to capture mine briefly before he pulled back and settled his head over my hammering heart. "Bella" he sighed this time, arms curling around under my back. I started running my fingers over his back, skating across the smooth, cool skin and hard muscles beneath it. The motion reminded me of Saturday morning when he'd done the same for me as I recovered from the drugs in my system.
At this point it'd been about an hour since he'd arrive and I still didn't know anything. I tried again, "Felix, you have to tell me what happened…please? I've just—I've never seen you like this and I need to know if you're okay. If we're okay." My mind began conjuring up different scenarios; who could he have fought, what did they say, did he meet someone else? He must have felt my panic because his head shot up from my chest, eyes narrowed as he dragged his body along mine to come face to face again.
"My Bella" he whispered, fingers ghosting along the side of my face, down my neck, and back up the same trail.
I grabbed his wrist, kissing his palm then whispering back steadily, "I need to know what happened."
He squeezed his eyes shut then rolled with me, so I was settled on his chest. He laid his arms out flat and clenched his fingers, breathing in and out a few times. I propped myself up on his chest so I could see his stoic expression as he started to talk.
"Found a trail where Dem and Alec disposed of some newborns. Followed it to Port Angeles. Found a shack there, the owners weren't home but—" he shuddered, arms coming up to wrap tightly around me,
"But?" I hedged, worrying my lip as I watched his conflicted expression.
"But" he continued, "they'd left behind evidence that they were after you." He said.
"And this evidence? How bad is it?" at his grimace, I pushed, "Felix. I deserve to know, please. How bad?"
"They had pictures Bella—pictures from before we got here and after. Pictures of you in your truck, at work, school, in your fucking bedroom. And they had drawings, ones of things they wanted to do to you—ways they would kill—" he stopped, choking slightly on the word.
My blood felt ice cold as his words sunk in. It had to have been Victoria. My eyes shifted to his, he wasn't just unnerved, he was livid. I looked down at him, then off to the side of the bed where his scraps of clothes were laying on the floor.
"Did you find her?" I asked, trying not to be too hopeful.
I deflated a little at the shake of his head, "No, but we did find some of her followers. I tore them apart and left one piece of each newborn in her shack as a message of sorts" he grinned , obviously reliving the helplessness of the newborns against his superior strength and speed.
"Did you save any fun for Jane?" I asked, trying to shift the mood slightly.
He raised an eyebrow in acknowledgement, catching on to my tactics before shrugging, "she owed me. Now we're square."
I was glad to hear he and the smaller vampire had truly reconciled, Jane's family and by no means perfect.
"Well I'm glad to have you back," I blushed looking down at his chest which really, really wasn't helping, "I missed you" I whispered, as if it were a secret.
His answering rumble sounded pleased, "did you, now?" I didn't have to look up to know he was smirking now, attention completely diverted onto a new train of thought.
"You know," he started, an air of mischief in his tone, while he reversed our positions once again, "many years ago when a warrior returned from battle, his woman would welcome him home with gifts and…favours." Now he was leering down at me, challenging me to speak up when we both knew I too chicken shit. Well, not today. Not with him looking so delicious and clothing free and…
"And what favour would you like, my might fine warrior?" the question passed from my brain to my lips before I could think to stop it.
His grin widened, "oh kitten, there's so many things I want from you, but I don't think you're ready for them yet…" he sighed, eyes drifting over my body in a way that made me ache.
I tapped one finger to my chin as if really thinking over his proposition, "how about just one thing then?"
He froze above me, eyes calculating before I felt him at my ear, "just one?" he breathed, cold breath dancing across my skin as I nodded and he replied, "well then I guess I better make it count" he winked at me, and before I could protest, he shifted my body higher up onto the bed, sliding himself lower.
"Anything?" he asked looking up at me for permission. At that point with his delicious little smile and mouth-watering body on display, I would've said yes to just about anything. I nodded sharply. His cool fingers slid up to my hips, thumbs brushing under the waist band, sending shivers up my spine. "Anything at all?" he questioned again, I bit my lip, nodding again, trying to focus. He thumbs hooked around and dragged my pants down my legs and off, tossing them over one huge shoulder. Turning back, his hands smoothed up my legs, resting on my hips again. "Certain?" he kept checking, and if he didn't get on with whatever his favour was I felt like I was going to combust. I cracked a little, "my god Felix, please just do something!" I said, exasperated.
I heard a dark chuckle before a breeze as he stripped me of my panties. Curious, I glanced down and gulped at what I saw. Grin stretched out across his face, he was gazing down at my exposed body, eyes devouring me, tongue darting out to slowly run across his full lower lip as he groaned and inhaled deeply, making heat rush from my head to my toes. He seemed to be contemplating something, and suddenly he was moving again.
He backed up more and squatted down at the foot of the bed, grasping one ankle in each hand and giving a kiss to both before slowly dragging me down the bed, legs spreading wide, blush flaring as he completely and shamelessly opened me up before him with my legs dangling over his shoulders and his breath blowing out against me.
I let out a squeak at which he chuckled, hands coming under my butt, palming a cheek in each hand to steady my hips. The angle already had my back arching, but at least from this angle I couldn't really see him, which made the whole thing slightly less intimidating. I'd heard Lauren talking about how guys never knew what to do down there, but I had a feeling my mate would be a different case. "Too late to be embarrassed my mate. Lie back and enjoy the ride." I could hear him purring, the rumbling in his chest now causing vibrations that rocked through my core as well, making me squirm a little.
My breath caught when I felt the first flat swipe of his tongue across me, a low growl rumbling through him. He pressed forward again, tongue passing between my lower lips and running up the length of me, causing me to try and raise my hips which he'd anchored in place. I heard a muttered, "tastes like cherries too" before that thick tongue was swirling up around my bundle of nerves, cool lips wrapping around it for a second, making my fingers clench in the bedsheets.
I'd been biting my lip against the sounds threatening to burst forward from somewhere more primal, but when he growled with my clit between his lips, the vibrations were my undoing.
"Holy fuck—Felix! Oh god, please don't stop" I started babbling nonsensically, egging him on now that my initial chagrin seemed to be out the window.
"Mmmm" he pulled, back slightly, "that's right, baby, let me hear how good I make you feel," his tongue went back to exploring, probing around as it lowered until it started slowly circling my entrance. I could feel something building in the pit of my stomach, swirling and burning as the sensation grew with his ministrations. My hands shot to his hair when he plunged his cold tongue, taking up space inside me and emptying my lungs at the shocking new sensation. He moved it around a little, stroking me from the inside, curling it up and hitting all kinds of spots that made my spine tingle.
Then his tongue was trailing back up to my clit, lapping at it as one of his hands snuck underneath me to tease my entrance again.
I was panting now, mumbling a string of pleas and all together incoherent requests when he pushed one large finger into me, probing slightly further than his tongue, as if searching for something. I knew he'd found it when I whimpered, heels digging into his back as he continued to rub the spot while he pulled my clit between his lips again. The feeling in my stomach that had been building suddenly snapped, rushing forwards, causing me to scream out my release and throw my head back as the feelings surged through my body.
"That's my girl" he crooned, slowly pulling his finger from my body.
I was panting as I came down, a blush staining my cheeks again, Felix's shirt I still had on was now pooled up by my breasts from the angle I'd been lying at. The owner of said shirt was growling contentedly as he continued to lick at my folds, satisfaction and pride glowing in his eyes when they finally locked with mine.
I squirmed around a little, feeling more exposed now as he continued "Felix—I, I don't think I can do anot—" all I saw was red eyes narrowing in challenge before I found myself facing my headboard, hands settled over the top rung. I glanced down my body to see his eyes glittering up at me from below. I was, effectively, sitting on his face, and blushing bright red with the realisation.
"I think you can take…hmmm, just one more?" it sounded like he was the one compromising. I opened my mouth to protest but he had other ideas, burying his back into me with renewed need.
"Oh jesus" I moaned, his hands wrapped around the tops of my thighs, urging me to press in closer and grind my hips down. I whimpered, now gripping the rung in front of me, worried if I let go I'd pass out from the stimulation.
"Come on baby", he coaxed again, voice like dark silk, "ride me" he thrust his tongue inside me like before, causing my hips to jerk and expletives to tumble from my lips. I found a rhythm, rolling my hips gently moaning when his hands would encourage me to grind down when I rolled.
Like before, one of his hands snuck around, except this time it headed to my clit, gathering moisture from lower before circling up and around it, playing with the sensitive nerves and making my hips jerk every so often as my second orgasm steadily built. I could my feel peak, just within reach, and let him know I was close with my head flung back, hips circling, knuckles white from hanging onto my bed. Hearing I was close caused Felix to let out a long, low growl, and its vibrations proved to be the final push I needed, sending me over the edge again calling out his name.
"GOD, oh god Felix, yes oh—" I came down for the second time, legs a little shaky as he let me clamber off him so I could readjust and just drape my overheating body over his cool one.
After a few minutes of letting my heart rate return to normal, I patted his chest as I looked up into his eyes. "I thought the favour was supposed to be for you." I said, a slight frown forming.
He chuckled, smoothing back my hair, "that was all for me. Best favour I could get, and I got seconds" he grinned and raised both brows as he leered at me.
I scoffed back and blushed but then snaked my hand down slowly to where I could feel him hard against my hip. He caught my wandering hand just as it reached its destination, tutting at me as he held my wrist in one hand.
"Ah, ah, ah gattino. You're not quite ready for that yet, and someone mentioned studying earlier." At my pout he kissed my nose then stood up, pulling a bag out from under my bed that had my own brows raising when did he..?
"Yesterday before I left," he answered my unspoken question, "come on I'll make you some breakfast while you take a shower."
I grinned back at him this time, "or you could shower with me…"
"Not today, I wouldn't want to wash anything off." With that he winked and left me to scrunch my nose up, trying to figure out how grossed out I'd let that statement make me before grabbing a towel and heading to the shower.
I knew we'd have to talk more about what he found on his scouting mission and what he was planning on doing moving forward. Regardless, I took my time in the shower to reflect over our recent activities. Sex had always been something I knew of but didn't prioritize, the first time sex or anything beyond a simple kiss was on my radar was when Edward and I had begun to explore our physical relationship at a snail's pace. Felix on the other hand…even now thinking about what he'd done and how my body responded so willingly to it all brought a fresh round of blush, noticeable despite the heat from the spray of the water. Felix struck me as a more instinctual vampire from the get go, so I guess it goes to say things like sex are not exactly as trivial as my Victorian ex boyfriend thought. No, he had no problem whatsoever in taking our physical relationship to the next level.
Still, my toes curled slightly against the floor of the tub as I thought about those eyes watching me as I came undone the second time, and how he dragged me up his body for the first. If just doing that was that good, I could only imagine that everything else could only get better. Feeling more determined now to prove to my mate I was capable and ready to return the favour, I decided I would go to Lauren and Jessica tomorrow in search for a specific kind of advice that was right up their alley.
I stepped out of the shower, wrapped myself up, and got ready before heading downstairs to devour the eggs benedict Felix had whipped up, then got started on tackling math first.
By four-thirty, I'd covered math, English, and history while getting note updates from Jane. I was about to reluctantly dive into Chemistry when there was a knock at the door and Jane entered followed by Tristan, Alec, and Demetri.
"We have arrived, the gang is all back together now!" called Alec as he strode into the living room to find it empty.
"We're in here oh mighty, all seeing vampire" I called, earning a kiss on the head from Felix as he passed me to head into the living room to no doubt talk to Alec about last night. Tristan came into the kitchen, dropping his chem book on the table and pulling out a chair.
"Thank god, I was dreading this one" I said, grateful to have his help.
"Yeah, yeah, how was playing hooky today?" he hedged, flipping open the book to find the right page.
Thankfully, he missed my blush, but unfortunately Jane didn't. I heard a little squeak and looked up to see her with a wide grin mouthing 'later' with a wink before she followed Demi into the living room.
"It was fine. Alright, let's get this over with" I grumbled as we started on the first set of questions.
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Some gruesome stuff going on, hopefully nothing 'the gang' can't handle! R&R 3