—•Bella•—

"Thank you for taking me to the library." I smiled at the woman next to me.

"My pleasure love." Didyme wrapped her arms around me."You are welcome to come there any time you want."

"Trust me I will." I assured her.

"Good, I know I there's a few book I would love for you to pry into."

"Really? Like what?"

"Like "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde."

I gasped."Oh my gosh yes! I know that one, and I absolutely love it too. I used to read it all the time when I was a child."

"As a child?" She chuckled."I'm guessing that means the book did not give you any nightmares?"

"Oh, no no no. It definitely did, the nightmares are actually the reason why I stopped reading it. Well banned from reading it."

She threw her head back and laughed, pulling me closer to her. "You got banned from reading."

"Not really, just that one particular book, and a few others too."

She laughed again." Now, that's a first."

I blushed."But yeah, my mother didn't really like having to wake up every night, just to comfort me every time I had a nightmare."

"To be quiet honest with I wouldn't want to either, takes away from my sleeping time." She chortled. "If it was my child." Her voice suddenly lowered. "I would've taken her into my bed and let her stay with me in there, to make her feel better. We could have cuddled together, mother and daughter."

Her facial expression was unreadable, but I could tell she was remembering something from her past. Probably from her human life, whatever it was, it must've been something very memorable to her.

"Didyme?" I said softly, gently stroking her cheek. "Are you alright?"

She grinned, and trapped my hand on her cheek."Yes, just remembered something."

"Okay." I grinned back at her.

"Good, now let us make our way to the kitchen." She moved our hands so that they were intertwined with each other, and from there we continued our path through the hallways.

I felt a very strong urge to comfort her, I didn't even know what was wrong with her for Pete sake, yet I felt like I just had to. I've never had feelings like these with Edward, actually I don't think- you know what no, just no, I refuse to even begin to think like that. Ugh! These women are messing with my mind.

"Well here we are." Didyme led me inside the kitchens.

"Thank you for bringing me here." I went to begin cooking, only to be stopped by her. "What-"

"I should've told you before we came here, but Sulpicia wanted to cook for you. As a way of welcoming you to Italy." She beamed.

I looked around confused."I don't see her-"

"Boo!" A pair of hands grabbed me from behind, causing me to jump and drop the pan in my hands.

"Aah!"

I heard a laugh that sounded more beautiful then an opera singers voice."Oh, you are too easy!" The woman laughed.

Didyme rolled her eyes at Sulpicia."See if she had tried that on us, Athenodora and I would've most likely smacked her."

"And you would've failed to do so too." Sulpicia smirked.

"Whatever, you're so childish." Didyme shook her head.

"Yes, I am, but thats what you love about me." She kissed Didyme.

Didyme looked annoyed, but highly amused. Sighing she stood up."I'm going to go handle some matters with Athenodora, see you later my loves." She kissed my cheek. "Have fun." She gave Sulpicia a quick peck on the lips, and then disappeared.

As soon as she left, Sulpicia turned her attention to me. "Alrighty then, I guess you're all mine now?" She clasped her hands in front of her.

"Yeah, I guess." I would've given her a better reponse, but I was too distracted by the mouth watering scent coming from the pots on the stove.

Sulpicia smirked, putting one hand on her hips."Something smell good?"

I nodded, unable to turn away from the stove. She walked over to the stove, and took the lid of one of the pots. Immediately a cloud of steam escaped out into the air, revealing a boiling orangey red sauce. She reached next to her and picked up a wooden spoon. Holding her hand under the spoon she came towards me with it.

"I'm afraid my taste palette is not as reliable as yours, so I hope you won't mind if you gave it a little taste and tell me how it is."

"Uh,sure." I leaned forward and took the spoon into my mouth.

Instantly a range of flavor exploded into my mouth, the sauce tasted as good as it smelled, if not, even better. I felt like everything I knew about cooking was wrong. If Sulpicia was human, I'm pretty sure she could've been a rich chef, that owned a restaurant in every continent. Or even have a cooking school named after her.

"This is delicious!" I grinned.

"I'm glad you think so, it's a pasta recipe I found online, the ingredients didn't really agree with me. So I added, took out, and changed a few things." She put the spoon down and took out a plate.

"Oh, you don't have to do that." I said when I realized what she was about to do.

"No,no,no, it's fine, it would be my pleasure." She winked. "Please sit."

I did as she told me, and sat down at the table. Waiting for her to hand me my plate.

"Enjoy." She set down my plate.

I was excited to eat, I could already feel my mouth watering at the sight of the dish. For a vampire, this woman could really cook. My body moved before I could, picking up my utensil and going in for a bite before my plate was even put down. She chuckled at my eargerness, and took at seat next to me. It wasn't until I finished eating that she spoked.

"You want some more?" She asked.

And of course like the idiot I am I only shook my head, since when did I shake my head to say yes or no?

"Alright then, I'll have Gianna store the rest in the fridge for you." She stood up and began cleaning up.

"Oh you don't have to do that let me-"

"I know I dont, I just like things to get done fast." She winked and smiled.

I froze for a moment, confused at what she meant by that wink. I didn't figure it out, but I will admit I was a bit flattered. Even if I didn't know what she meant by the wink.

"So." Sulpicia sat down again. "What would you like to do next, we have a whole day ahead of us."

I bit my lip, unsure if should say what I was about to ask her."D-do you think you could tell me about the people that use to rule here?"

She seemed to frown for a moment, but quickly gathered her features when she realized I had noticed that. I heard her sigh, and then stood up. She held her hand out to me, and beckoned me towards her. I took her hand and let her lead me out of the room.

"It all started with a war."

—•Didyme•—

I found my wife in her bedroom, skimming through a book. She smiled when she saw me, and made some room for me on her bed.

"How was reading with our mate?" She greeted me with a kiss.

"Wonderful." I returned her affection.

"I'm guessing you already know?" She asked.

I sighed, and pivoted my legs so I could spoon her. "The humans have assumed a serial killer is at hand."

She chuckled."Better they assume that, then know the truth."

"Agreed." I nuzzled her neck.

"You know we must take action soon, before this gets anymore out of hand." She sighed in pleasure.

"Yes, and we will, we shall plan our next course of action, but until we do.." I flipped us so I was on top of her, and I had her hands pinned above her head." I think I would like to explore the wonders of my wife's body."

"Hmmm, I think I'd like to do that too." She gasped.

She moaned when I swiped my tongue at her. I took that as permission to enter her mouth and dominate her tongue with mine, knowing very well that was one of her weak hands flew to the back of my dress, tearing it off with one flick of the wrist. Immediately, she had gone to work I kneading my breast, pinching and pulling at my nipples.

I knew at this rate it wouldn't be long before she would have me wriggling under her.

Sorry for the long wait, I know this is short, but hopefully chapter 6 won't take as long to be released (and wont be as short). Like and comment. :) As you may have noticed I took out the part about Athenodora's backstory, I felt that didn't fit well enough to be put in right now, so I'll be saving it for later chapters.