Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Fallen Angels

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 02:

Connolly

Unbelievable. Months of capturing, killing and in some cases, disabling and torturing vamps led us to New Orleans. According to a few of our prisoners this was supposed to be the largest vamp gathering in a couple decades, the largest ever on our soil.

The mission was should have been simple, find the gathering place and attack once they were all gathered, wiping out the power structure of the vampire world. So of course the President shot that idea down. The gathering was in a very high profile house in a historic district. We couldn’t even get agents on the ground close enough for intel because of the presence of numerous guards with heightened senses.

Instead we scouted, identify and take out as many as we could in silence, no more than three at a time. The ones we felt were top dogs, like the freaks who arrived from Italy were first on the list. Vampires had been feeding on humans for thousands of years. Now we finally had a chance to take a lot of them out at once instead of chasing loners across the country. It was time for humanity to go to the top of the food chain once again.

I should have been out on the street, staying sober, looking for vamps and passing the targets onto the snipers doing their best to hide on the tops of Bourbon St. buildings, praying no vamps decided on a rooftop run.

But the vamps we had seen had made no move to take any humans into one of the several alleys and dark streets on either side of Bourbon. They were just fucking tourists and as long as they were in a tourist spot, we couldn’t exactly fire and hope our fellow humans didn’t notice bodies breaking like stone and lighting on fire.

We also had to be careful to clean up messes quickly. We fuck this up and too many vamps see one of their own taken out by a human weapon, at best they flee the city and at worst, they overrun us.

Since this was all such a clusterfuck and in my mind a monumental waste of time, I decided to get off the streets, sit in the back of the bar next to me and drink. Against protocol? Yeah, definitely, but I was a hunter and I couldn’t hunt tonight. Drinking sounded better than following vampires like some creepy stalker.

So of course, not five minutes after I had sat down, almost done with my first beer, the hottest damn woman, human or vampire, I have ever seen walks right up to me and offers me a beer.

Bella Swan.

Her eyes told me what her diet consisted of. Bright crimson eyes were turning darker by the second.

Black, red, made no difference, her and those eyes were gorgeous.

When I shook her hand, I thought I would have to keep my face neutral, not show that the cold skin of a walking corpse bothered me. Instead I felt an electric shock from her that I could tell caught Bella by surprise too. What the fuck was that about? It wasn’t painful at all. Quite the opposite.

Her hand was cool, skin smooth, and damn did she feel good.

Maybe death by vampire wasn’t so bad a way to go. All the fem vamps were incredibly hot. This girl took it to another level though.

I should probably talk.

“So Bella, what brings you to the Big Easy?”

She shrugged her shoulders and smirked a bit.

“I guess I like things that are big and easy. What about you? Local or tourist?”

Fake background, fake background, what the hell was my fake background?

“Neither. I live about six hours away up the coast in Texas, a little island called Galveston. Needed a new place to drink so drove up today.”

I can’t believe I just told her where I used to live. Technically that was where my mail still went.

She didn’t look impressed. “Galveston? That little sand bar in the arm pit of the Gulf of Mexico? Nicki told me the beach looks like the ocean took a dump and it all piled up on the Texas Coast.”

Okay, that pissed me off. Yeah, the Gulf is muddy. Sure a sand shark could climb up your asshole and out your mouth before you knew it was there. Yeah, the thousands of large freighters that sailed around it every year may have had not had the best impact on the water quality. It was still home though.

“Who is Nicki?” I asked, instead of taking offense. She was here. My target, one of my targets had just willingly walked up to me and this was no time to address her insults.

“My much older, less attractive sister.” she told me. “She has a modeling gig in New Orleans for a few days so I decided to take in the city while she is stuck in photo shoots.”

Modeling gig, huh?

“So what is it you do? College?”

Bella nodded her head and grabbed my beer, tilting it back and draining it. From what I understand, later that is going to come back up. Of course I could say the same about a lot of human women I have been with who couldn’t handle their alcohol.

“I’m working on my PhD. Mostly environmental studies but I dabble in physics sometimes. I suppose you could say protecting wildlife is one of my passions. What about you Tex? How do you pay for those jeans you are wearing?”

Yeah, the jeans that are getting uncomfortably tight the longer she looks at me. She is the enemy. She is the enemy. She murders humans, drains out all the blood in their bodies. She is a monster.

One hot fucking monster with an amazing body and a blue dress made out of some flimsy material that would be easy to rip off her.

Focus damn it! I’ve seen dozens of female vamps. She is just like the rest… only a lot hotter.

“Just got out of the armed forces a few months ago.” That wasn’t technically a lie. “Sort of in a career transition at the moment. Thinking about some underwater demolition, maybe deep sea welding.”

I think I just impressed her. Maybe? What fucking difference did it make? I was doing what I do. Killing her kind.

She reached across the table top and grabbed my hand.

God, touching her is like a hit of Ecstasy. Not that I would know how Ecstasy makes some feel. Ty just described it to me once.

I lie to myself even in my own head.

“You feel that?” Bella asked curiously. She seemed surprised. Maybe it wasn’t a vampire power she had. Static electricity? In a bar? Not likely.

“Yeah, I do.”

I stopped the nearest waitress and ordered another beer.

“What would you like, Bella? Another Corona?”

Bella shrugged her shoulders. “Alcohol is not really my drink of choice. But since I can’t have what I want this weekend I suppose shots will have to do. Tequila, four for my friend and four for me to start. Keep them coming until I say stop.”

Hot vamp reached into the top of her dress and pulled four hundred dollar bills out of her bra, handing them to the waitress whose eyes widened.

I think I am in love.

Killer, monster, feeds on humans. Vampire damn it! Get your shit together Connolly. She is a fucking target!

“If I didn’t know better, I would think you were trying to get me drunk.” I mentioned. How the hell was I supposed to drink shot after shot and keep my head about me? I was good but that would be kind of ridiculous.

“I want to see what kind of stamina you have.” she told me.

“I can think of other ways to test that.”

I closed my eyes, not believing I said that. What other ways? You gonna fuck a vamp who can crush a car without any effort? How does that work genius? It wouldn’t get that far because you would pass out from blood loss in about five seconds if she takes her time.

I knew Bella heard my quiet and idiotic response but looking at her I could tell she was humored. No doubt wondering how I could hope to fuck a vampire.

But it was possible, right? If I did and she didn’t kill me by some miracle, I would have an excellent source of unwitting intel.

If it was a chance I had to take, I would do it for my country. I’m all about patriotism.

“You staying near here?” I asked.

“The Windsor. My sister and I have the Presidential suite booked for the next week. We thought we would stay on for a while after her shoot is over. It’s only about a ten minute walk from here.”

“Yeah, I know the place.”

These two definitely weren’t loners living in the wild. That damn suite was over $5000 a night. This was definitely a gathering for the rich and famous of the undead world.

“Your sister must make quite a bit of money from modeling. Is she famous?”

Bella shook her head. “Not really. I guess you could say we have family money, inherited and all that. Like I said, she is much less attractive than I am. I really think she could make something of herself if she was as disciplined as me.”

Damn it her foot was brushing my leg under the table. Thank God the shots just arrived.

She downed all four of them in seconds.

“Your turn.”

Hard to ignore a challenge like that. A small part of me, one easily ignored, said having a beer on duty was one thing, but downing Tequila shots while a hot vamp was rubbing my leg with her foot was another.

Like I said, it was a small part of me and the larger part downed the four shots, not as quickly as she did but not far behind.

Four more shots were laid before us by our overeager and thanks to Bella, overpaid waitress.

I looked at them uncertainly then glanced at her. She had a humored look on her face and an eyebrow raised.

Then her shots were gone, leaving the next move to me. This was stupid. I couldn’t win a shot contest with a vampire. She was obviously wanting me drunk, easier for her to take me somewhere and fuck me or kill me. Probably both.

“I think I am done for the night. You win, I guess. I would rather stay somewhat sober in the presence of your company. You are the most fascinating person I have met in a very long time.”

She reached for my hand again. There was that damn low grade buzz that gave me an instant hard on.

“We have hardly learned enough about each other for me to be the most fascinating person you have met. I’m going to cut to the chase here Mr. Connolly. I have had to focus on my studies for the past two years. I haven’t gotten laid in the last two years. I really want to fuck you. We doing this or do we need to ply you with more alcohol?”

I took a look at the shots then her. She was wearing a black lace bra under that dress. The top had come down just a bit so I could see it.

There was no way this was happening. She would crush me. It wasn’t possible. She was a walking corpse, a living nightmare, an undead…

“Hell yes we are doing this. Looks like I will get to see the grandeur of the Presidential Suite.”

Bella shook her head quickly. “My sister is a real buzzkill. She would give me hell for bringing over a hu… a random man I met at a bar and spoke to for twenty minutes. We need to find another place. Where are you staying?”

Yeah, I sure as hell wasn’t taking her to a rundown motel where over thirty spec ops trained to kill vampires were.

I should probably. It would be the smart move if I was smart and had any sense of self preservation. One shot, she would never feel a thing. Sure she would hear the bullet coming for a second, could even get out of the way if she was expecting it but she likely wouldn’t. One shot to the back and she lights up, turns to ash.

That wasn’t going to happen.

I needed her for intel. I had to keep her alive for intel. That’s it. That’s the only reason.

“Just got into town today. Haven’t found a place yet. I suppose I could find one now. Wanna help?”

“I think we can find a place very quickly. Let’s go.”

Bella

This is such a dumb fucking idea. I was probably going to break every bone in his body and while the idea of fucking the life out of him turned me on the thought of him dead didn’t which was extremely strange.

Still that feeling that coursed through my body when he touched me made me wet instantly. I couldn’t ignore that. I would just be careful. All I really had to do is hold still, let him touch me. That touch, he was so delicate but to let him keep touching me, I was fairly certain I could orgasm from that alone.

Besides he also had a tongue. If his skin made me feel that way, what would his tongue do to me?

I had to think about this. What positions could I use that wouldn’t kill him when I came? Garrett was easy. I didn’t have to hold back. Sure I almost snapped his arm off one time but that was only a week after I started fucking him. Newborn sex frenzy and strength etc., etc.

This man though, if he was a vampire, I would keep him on a leash. A leash would look cute on him. He’s obviously in great shape and as a vampire, if I could maybe get him one of those collars with the spikes…

No, bad girl. Nicki would be so pissed if I tried to turn a human. First, I would probably just drain him by accident. Second, she would not want a newborn guy around to train no matter how hot he was. Third she would probably want me to share and that wasn’t happening. He was mine.

He was mine? What the fuck? When did I become possessive?

I could handle this though. I’ll just tell her about it afterward. Just in case I need her help making a body incinerate. Controlled pyrokinesis wasn’t exactly a specialty of mine. I usually started a small wildfire. Nicki would be angry if I turned him, angry if I drained him but only slightly annoyed if I killed him during sex and not let me live it down for the next decade. I would also never get the puppy I want. Lamborghini? No problem, whatever you want Bella. A couple million dollar mansions around the world? Nicki has that covered. A beach house on a private island in the Caribbean? Nicki has two islands. Bella wants a puppy?

Nope. You won’t housetrain it Nicki says. You won’t take her for walks. A dog is not living inside our residences. Sorry Bella, not happening. I can buy you a poodle ranch if you like but you have to visit them there.

I don’t want a fucking poodle. I want a Pitbull.

The truth of the matter is Nicki killed some werewolves at some Indian Reservation in Washington State a long time ago. She had gone after a medicine man who pissed her off and four of them tried to kill her. She slaughtered them easily but swore she couldn’t get the smell of wet dog out of her hair for weeks. Funny how fate works huh? My great grandmother kills some oversized werewolves and close to century later I can’t have a puppy in the house.

What was I thinking about? Oh right, Jason Connolly wearing a spiked collar.

I needed to focus. How could I have a massive orgasm without breaking him completely?

Like magic, I will just have to wing it and hope everything around me doesn’t explode.

“Excuse me?”

You gotta be fucking kidding me. The short animal terrorist.

I stopped and so did Jason, abruptly since I was holding his hand.

“What?” I asked, annoyed. I was horny as hell, worried about how to orgasm without crushing his skull or pelvis or legs and now I was a bit annoyed that Nicki wouldn’t let me have a puppy. I didn’t need this shit right now.

“We weren’t properly introduced earlier. My name is Alice…”

“I don’t give a damn. I have somewhere to be with my friend. Somewhere important where you won’t be.”

“I just need a moment of your time. It won’t take long.”

Jason stepped up beside me, taking her in with curious eyes. “This is friend of yours?”

“No.” I told him quickly, not wanting to be associated even under false pretenses with animal killers. “I saw her at my sister’s modeling shoot today. You model children’s clothes, right Alice?”

Wow. That must have hurt. I saw a moment of cute little anger on her face. “I’m wearing Gucci Genius Jeans and a custom designed top. These boots were made by hand in a small Shoppe in Paris. Not many children wear these.”

“Congrats, you wear overpriced clothes. Now… shoo. Be gone.”

She wasn’t leaving. Instead she crossed her arms and pouted. If I didn’t do something about this, she would keep following us. I could imagine me fucking him on the bed while she stood at the end pouting with her arms still crossed.

I faked a breath and turned to my human sex toy. “Put my number in your contacts. Text me when you find a place and I will be right there after I have a talk with Alex.”

“Alice.”

“Does it fucking matter?” I growled, making her step back a bit. Turning back to my boytoy I gave him my number and patted him on the ass when he walked away, warning him not to take too long. If nothing else I could track that delicious scent.

Left alone with Alice I was a bit happy that she seemed intimidated even surrounded by hundreds of humans.

“What the hell do you want?” I met a human tonight by luck who I was fairly certain could give me an orgasm though prolonged touch. It has been a very long time since I didn’t have to take matters into my own hands so to speak.

“My entire family attended this convention because we were assured no humans would be fed on in the city. I realize you fascinate Aro but the rules apply to every vampire, even his favorites. I would hate to see you make a mistake that could land you in trouble. I realize you are young…”

“Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, 1400 Washington Ave. Its five minutes away. Should take us less than a minute. Its closed right now. We can talk there.”

I moved for a dark alley and hit the rooftops and she followed. I give her credit for having the courage too. I wouldn’t follow a young sexually frustrated vampire witch into a haunted graveyard.

We arrived quickly and I took it in. It was just after midnight and Nicki would be pissed, I wasn’t at our designated rendezvous but she knew sex trumped everything except blood. Sure she would be texting me in minutes or pop into my head but she would understand.

The cemetery was everything I thought it would be. Creepy, beautiful and very haunted. I could see six ghosts strolling the grounds. The tall above ground tombs were spectacular. I would have to be careful. This was a major historical landmark and I didn’t want to destroy it.

Sure we were alone from living humans I turned towards her.

“What the hell do you think you are doing? I haven’t bothered you idiots. What gives you the right to remind me of the rules and assume I was going to feed from him?”

“I can see the future and I saw you going into a room alone with him.” she told me proudly. The bitch was smiling. “I am trying to help you out.”

I looked at her doubtfully. Her power was flaring constantly. A passive power yet one that tried to cover me. Despite its power she couldn’t touch me.

I turned my back to her and began walking through the rows of tombs until I found a path surrounded by trees.

“In the novels, the Mayfair Witches were buried here.” I said, talking to myself. I suppose she thought I was talking to her.

“Those are great books. I have read all her works several times.”

I turned and gave my best friendly smile. According to my Sire I still looked a bit evil when I smiled but it was charming on me.

“Did you learn the most important lesson from those books?”

“What was that?”

“You don’t fuck with witches. Tell me, can you really see my future?”

The girl shook her head. “No, I looked for his and saw you.”

“Did you see me feed from him?”

“No, but your intent was obvious. The vision ended before I could see you killing him.”

I nodded my head. As I suspected.

“It’s too bad you can’t read my future. You would have seen this coming.”

I grabbed her throat and launched into the air, slamming her into the concrete walk below us. A short girl sized crater was present but it wasn’t enough. I swung, over and over again, loving the feel of her face crunching. I haven’t been in a fight in so long I forgot how good this felt. I stuck her ribs twice and the cracking was divine. She screamed and it was music to my ears.

Unfortunately my focus on the scream cost me when I felt a vampire strike me from behind, knocking me away from her.

I stood up quickly and faced the blonde male, her mate. Judging by the scars on his bare arms it was obvious he knew what he was doing in a fight. No power could touch me, every harmful object that came towards me was redirected except for fists. Nicki and Garrett had proved that time and time again in combat training.

This guy could be a problem.

His aura was intense, a lot of power, offensive in nature and he was unleashing it on me.

I watched him closely and to my surprise he began to calm down.

He was calming down quite a bit considering his mate was still on the ground behind him.

“You’re an empath, aren’t you?” I realized. He was trying to calm me down and it was only driving him into a calm that would get him killed. This was too great.

He must have realized what was happening though because his power was drawn back into himself. Damn. Now he was awake.

“I don’t give a damn who you are. No one attacks my Mate.”

“I don’t give a damn who you are. I haven’t been laid in two years and she interfered. I was ordered to have a good time tonight by my Sire. She prevented me from following that order. Someone is going to pay, you or her? I hate disappointing my Sire.”

“Back off bitch.”

The blonde female and the big male walked up beside him. The two heads of the coven were helping tiny out of her hole. Where is… oh there he is, to my left. The bronze haired pretty boy.

“Finally we have a party.” I whispered and raised my hands. The dark magic flowed freely around me, the winds picked up and the small lights around the cemetery shattered.

“Adda laratu kashaptu ida rakibu!”

Nicki doesn’t need chants to cast a spell. She has a complete mastery over the darkness. Me? Not so much. Spells help me focus, short simple phrases in ancient Sumerian usually do the trick just to get me warmed up.

The Cullens were afraid now and I couldn’t blame them. It wasn’t only my appearance, my eyes completely black, wind flowing around me, my feet coming slightly off the ground, my arms outstretched.

No the were seeing the dead spirits I had raised, the angry spirits who had not crossed over, who stayed trapped in this cemetery.

Despite not having physical forms, ghosts could do pretty amazing things, like scaring the shit out of someone and making them frozen, literally too scared to move. Kind of like looking into the face of the devil I would imagine.

“Not him!” I ordered the spirit heading towards the blonde male.

The blonde looked at me once again, anger filling his face.

“Stop this!”

“Make me.” I told him with a wink.

He did and my suspicions about his ability were correct. He was beating the hell out of me. I did my best, but after being a vampire for only three years, my physical combat skills needed quite a bit or work.

I found myself on my knees, him behind me, arms wrapped around my neck.

This wouldn’t do at all.

“Stop this now, witch!”

Stop? Not one of my favorite words. He should have lifted me higher from the ground. Some spells did require a certain amount of physical properties. The one I needed was just under my hand. I stuck my fist into the concrete and brought the crushed dust to my mouth.

“Alu” I whispered into the dust and threw it over my head into his face.

The man’s grip lessened and I stood up, tossing his unconscious body to the ground.

“Bella Stop this now!”

More vampires. I know Garrett did not just try to order me. Doesn’t work that way. And of course the rest of the animal feeders were with him. One day he would have golden eyes and all the memories of out sexual pleasures would be tainted in my mind.

I took a look at Jasper, definitely resembling a corpse, eyes closed, not breathing, passed out to the world.

The Cullen clan were kneeling on the ground while the spirits of the dead roared into their faces, too afraid to move.

Why would I stop? Two curses working perfectly. Sure I had to resort to my broken Sumerian but I really feel I had a grasp on it tonight.

“Why would I stop? I haven’t had this much fun since Amsterdam.”

Damn it. He looked relieved. That meant…

Yep, Nicki just landed next to me. She was no longer wearing her dress. Now she was decked out in that black leather she loved so much. I knew if she got into a fight there was absolutely no way her heels weren’t going to break off her boots and she loved those boots.

She waved her hand and the dead went back to their graves.

Show off.

“Nicolette, I am glad you are here. I never thought I would say that.” Garrett admitted.

Nicki stood by my side.

Fireballs lit up in her hands. Not just fire but what she lovingly referred to as hellfire, guaranteed to burn a vamp.

“Nice job taking Jasper out. Take the rest of the Cullens. Garrett and the whore coven are mine.” she told me.

I loved my Sire.

Deciding to follow her lead like the obedient child I am, I called forth balls of hellfire and was mostly confident I wouldn’t start an inferno that would burn New Orleans to the ground.

“There is no need for this!” the head whore in charge of the Succubae yelled, bravely walking forward. That was a mistake. She barely ducked as Nicki’s fireball flew over her head into a tomb behind her.

I looked over at the Cullens and chose my target. The big guy. Not because I had anything against him, just because he was the biggest and if I missed, I would never hear the end of it. Nicki may have toyed with Tanya but I was expected to be perfect.

My attack was stopped short by the clapping of hands. Aro was walking out with Caius next to him.

Nicki turned to me and the fireballs were gone. She was actually smiling.

“Nice job, Bella. You made me proud.” Nicki whispered.

Aro walked up to me and placed his hands on my shoulders.

“We have been watching since Alice followed you here. That was brilliant dear. Another five minutes and you could have killed two covens. So beautiful. Nicolette you have outdone yourself.”

Nicki wrapped an arm around my shoulders and pulled me close.

“Credit goes to her. She is a natural. The sleeping curse was a brilliant move. Keeping the coven members terrified to move so you could pick them off one by one. You definitely need work on hand to hand but that will come. I suspect in a year, you will be able to cast with only your mind.”

Once of the many things I loved about Nicki was the self-confidence she gave me but never sugarcoated anything. I would be nice to not mispronounce Sumerian to cast. She has told me that my horrible dialect is a sign that I really only need it to focus and not as an actual tool.

Dark Magic is so fun.

“Aro! My coven was attacked for no reason by Bella Swan” Charles, or Carlisle maybe, told Aro. “Punishment is warranted. I do not wish her harm but there must be some form of penance for what has gone on here tonight.”

“And excellent point Carlisle.” Aro agreed. “Bella dear, why did they attack you?”

“We…”

“Quiet Carlisle. You will be given time to defend your coven’s actions. Bella?”

Tell him what happened kid. No worries. Nicki popped into my head.

May as well be honest.

“Master Aro, I was in the process of taking a human to a hotel room for the purpose of having sex with him. The short one Amy… Alex… Alice, yes her, she interrupted me. We came here so I could figure out what the hell her problem was away from humans. She told me she had seen the human’s future and believed I was going to feed from him though admitted she had not seen that, only me being alone in a room with him. I was ordered by my Sire to have fun tonight. Since she prevented me from obeying this order in my mind this was a direct insult to my Mistress. I could not let that stand. After beating the hell out of her, her Mate attacked me then I found myself outnumbered by his coven. I was forced to call forth the dead to immobilize them while I dealt with the Mate. He continued to attack me so I sent his soul into the abyss. That’s it. You know the rest.”

Aro shook his head. “That is a serious charge Carlisle. Preventing a child from obeying her Sire? I am disappointed. I thought you raised your children better than that.”

“She was going to kill a human! She just admitted she planned to have sex with him!” Doctor Killjoy told the coolest vampire king ever.

“There is a rule against feeding in New Orleans for the next few days. No one said we couldn’t kill humans.” Nicki pointed out. “If she had drained a human she would be punished, would she not Master Aro?”

Aro nodded his head. “I think two weeks spent under Volturi watch at our Villa in Sorrento would be sufficient. Were you aware that Nicolette and Bella are able to enjoy the sun without humans noticing? A simple glamor spell. Nicolette used it on the Guard once and we all had a wonderful time on the beach. That would have been what? 1962?”

“Yes Master Aro. It was a wonderful time. Perhaps Bella does need a reprimand. I haven’t been the Villa in many years and we could both use a bit of sun and relaxation after this unprovoked attack.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Everything I have is always open to you. No reprimands needed. Bella do you believe any punishment is warranted for the Cullens?”

I checked for my phone and saw it was in pieces in the hole I used Alice Cullen to make.

My damn phone. I would have to track him by scent tonight. Shit. How long have I been here? His scent, thousands of humans, tracking wasn’t really my thing. Nicki said that Demetri guy can find anyone.

“No Master Aro. I believe they have received all the punishment due for getting in the way of following my Mistress’s order. I think it is time I leave. The bars are still open and I have a human to track.”

I walked away dejectedly, knowing he was probably lost for the night. If I could get a new phone in the morning, I should be able to keep my number and maybe he will call or text. A girl could hope, right? Animal feeders. They ruin everything.

“Wait! What did you do to Jasper?!” Alice screamed.

“Sleeping curse.” I told her.

“Wake him up, please!”

“I can’t. That’s’ up to you. You’re his mate, right? Only true love’s kiss can break a sleeping curse, remember? Haven’t any of you ever read fairy tales? Watched Once Upon A Time? Seriously? You should do some research before you fuck with a witch, Cullens.”

Nicki, Aro and Caius accompanied me from the cemetery. We were almost near Bourbon St when I finally couldn’t take it anymore.

“Okay, seriously, how angry are you?” I asked the three, but my focus was on Nicki.

“Angry?” Caius asked and to my shock he was actually smiling. “I haven’t enjoyed watching something that much in decades, maybe centuries. I had a perfect view of Emmett Cullens face. I wish I could have seen the ghost near him but he was petrified! Oh it was glorious. I admit I was a bit indifferent to your arrival tonight Bella. I honestly thought Nicki would waste a decade training you but Aro is right. Beautiful performance.”

“Exactly.” Aro agreed. “Did you see Garrett’s face when Nicki’s hands lit up? I had Demetri on one side of the cemetery and Felix on the other recording the whole ordeal. I can’t wait to get back to Volterra and see it in our theater room. I do have to ask, were you truly going to attempt relations with a human, Bella?”

“Yeah, what’s up with that? Hundreds of vampires in the city and you want to get it on with a weak human. His body isn’t hard enough to do anything. It would be like fucking an eggshell.” Nicki pointed out.

Hmmm. Should I tell her he can make me wet with a touch? Probably not a good idea to bring it up in front of the two kings.

“Research? I was just curious if it could be done.”

“ Bullshit.”

“ Can we talk about it later? Alone?”

“ You bet your cute ass we will. What’s this about his touch you are trying to hide? This could be a problem. I’ll get them to split then you are going to tell me everything.”

Damn it.