Bella MacLeod's Twilight Fanfiction

Blood And Steel

By BetterInTexas

Chapter 09:

Mexico, close to Texas border.

“Yep. Definitely a body dump.” Connolly told the Mexican Federal Officer in charge of the investigation. The Mexican Drug Enforcement Task Force, a nearly impossible job in this country, had been scanning the area for tunnels that led under the Texas border. Drug traffickers often used these to transport drugs and illegal immigrants into Texas. Instead the ground penetrating radar had led to a huge chasm like space that shouldn’t have been there. Upon landing the Mexican authorities could tell a small area had recently been disturbed. Thinking it may be an arms cache they began digging. What they found frightened them.

At least three hundred bodies so far under the desert fourteen feet down and two hundred feet in circumference. The bodies on top of course were the freshest and least decomposed, the freshly dug grave showing the body of a girl taken from a village not far away three days ago. There did not appear to be any blood in her body. The deeper the pit got the older the bodies until some were little more than decomposed skin on skeletons. Connolly had a feeling the pit went very deep.

“Any caves or tunnels found near here?”

“Not that our sonar could pick up.” Ricardo Sanchez told him. “We asked for the FBI’s help, but understand this is our case. We can at least give some families of missing persons some closure. Perhaps figure out who or what cartel is using this area.”

“And what will you do when you find them? The cartel I mean? Raid them? What is your plan to put an end to this? You could stake this area out and hope to catch one of their hit men. Then what? He either rots away in prison or is killed in one to keep him from talking, most likely by one of your own prison guards.”

Sanchez sighed, knowing Connolly was right. There was really nothing they could do about this. He had no doubt some of his own men were paid by the cartels and would be on the phone soon if not already alerting their underworld employers of the discovery.

“What would you suggest?” he asked Connolly, the strange FBI agent who arrived with a strange team. These men looked more like battle hardened soldiers than FBI agents even in their suits. The women… something was different about the women. He was not sure but he suspected they were not with the FBI. CIA perhaps?

“Continue to work the crime scene. We will find the killers.” Connolly told him.

“And what will you do with the killers?” Sanchez asked.

“Bring them justice of course.” Jason smiled.

Sanchez did not miss the fact that he said bring them justice rather than bring them to justice.

“I would like to be a part of this justice you bring.” He told Connolly.

“Sorry Ricardo. I sense that you are a good man but you want no part of this. Keep doing what you are doing. Work the scene. We will handle the rest.”

As Sanchez suspected, these men and women were not FBI. Nor were they CIA. They were a hit squad. The look in Connolly’s eyes discouraged him from asking anymore questions.

Jason turned and walked away, his team following.

“Where are you going?” Ricardo asked.

“To do what we do best. Don’t worry bout it. We got this.” He told him, his Texas accent obvious.

Sanchez shrugged his shoulders and focused on the gruesome scene before him. He wondered how long this pit had been here. How many bodies buried. How many years it would take to identify all of these people.

Then he thought of justice and the looks on the soldiers faces. He took some satisfaction from those looks and returned to the task at hand.

The team entered three desert colored Hummers and drove off. Before they were a mile down the road Connolly was on the com.

“Vivian you there?”

“Where the hell else would I be sir? What am I supposed to call you anyway?”

“I’m Connolly. That works. What are our satellites showing near here? Say within a thirty mile radius. Any tunnels or underground caverns?”

“Yes. A small mountainous area, that appears to have a large cave inside of it. There are at least four smaller tunnels exiting the mountain. They don’t appear to be difficult to get down to. I can send in robots to scout out the tunnels but that would take time.”

“Forget about robots. You have been briefed on what we are dealing with, correct? Any large drops we would need ropes to descend?”

“Impossible to tell but from what I have now there don’t appear to be so. The cavern is only about one hundred feet underground. It will be a hard run back up if you have to retreat.”

“Send me the schematics on my portable. Can you pick up any movement in the large cavern?”

“Possibly. Large groups of movement. Impossible to see how many are down there. We can send in small drones…”

“If we alert them to our presence they are gone. If they are hiding there during the day we have them.”

“They will most likely come out to feed at night.” Winter told him. “We can wait until morning or mow them down as they come out.”

“Bullshit. I’m going in.” Connolly told her.” I’m not giving them a chance to kill someone else tonight. I flush them out and the rest of you cover the exits. When they run, mow them down. We hit hard and fast. We have four hours of daylight left. We strike in three hours. One of the Auroras will handle the tops of the mountain. Dante you can handle that. Hawk you cover one exit with your XM214 minigun. Anything that comes out blow to hell. Winter can be with you. Bella you, and John can hold another exit. Clive you and Mina got the third. Mikey I want you on the guns of the other Aurora covering the fourth exit. Anybody I don’t smoke inside is going to have to exit. We get them all. Ty I want you on the highest peak here. You can see three exits. Take out anyone you can. Winter how many vampires, if you had to guess are we looking at?” Jason asked her.

“Anywhere from two to two hundred. Also they could have gifts we know nothing about. What is the plan if they overrun you and just decide to keep you there for a while?” Winter asked. “I mean I know you like to be John Wayne and all but…”

“You questioning me?” Jason asked Winter, surprised at the normally quiet girl.

“Bella and I are the vampire killers. You and this team support us.” She told him forcefully.

“You think she is ready for this?” Jason asked, looking at Bella.

“You think you are? She is as fast and strong as they are in the darkness and can’t be touched by gifts. You? Not even close. They will take you in a second.” Winter pointed out.

“I’m ready. I’ve got more experience and have survived more encounters with vampires than you have. I’m pretty sure you have zero experience.” Bella told Connolly, angry at his assessment. “I walked out of the Volturi castle, a place you have only seen on a map. Don’t worry about me.”

“Yeah and with the two auroras in the sky you really think it’s a good idea to go in alone LT? We never go in alone unless we have to.” Ty pointed out.

Connolly took a breath and looked at Jack and Ty.

“Fine, The four of us go in. Ty, Winter Bella and I. We drop some grenades, fire a couple thousand rounds and chop some fuckers to pieces. Then you guys pick off the hostiles who escape us. Sound better everybody?”

The team nodded. Jack had a point about too many alpha dogs being on this team. He normally was never questioned. He had a bad feeling about this but decided Winter was right. He had to fight the urge to protect Bella. He had to remember why she was here.

“I want all of you in cover then. Fire suppressors on the rifles. Each of you shoot for the heads. If one gets past you do not chase. Vivian I expect you to keep the team apprised of where the hostiles are. You up for it?”

“I know my job.” she told him. Jason could almost swear he could hear her smacking gum.

Two and a half hours later the team was nearly ready. Bella and Winter sat together in an empty room close together.

“You ready for this” Winter asked her.

“I don’t know. I’m pretty damn scared to be honest. I never really planned on dying a virgin.” Bella admitted and then laughed.

“Yeah glad I got that little issue out of the way.” Winter whispered and looked off with a grin.

It took a moment for Bells to catch on.

“No you did not bitch!” she said and laughed.

“Yep.”

“With?”

“Yep.” Winter grinned.

“How was it?” Bella asked, genuinely curious.

“My jaw still aches and it was so worth it.” Winter smiled.

“I can’t believe you!” Bella told her bumping her shoulder.

“Yes you can. You should let her teach you a few things. Your man seems like kind of a dick.” Winter told her.

“He is nervous. Not for himself. I think he had this idea of taking on the world by himself and having us there as a last resort.” Bella told her a bit defensively.

“Damn you got it bad don’t you?” Winter noted, smiling. Bella realizing how quickly she became defensive smiled.

“Yeah I guess I do. He asked me out.”

“What did you say?”

“I would think about it.”

Winter laughed.

“He will probably want to take you to play paint ball or to a gun show. You should really give women serious consideration Bella.”

“You’re not going to try to kiss me again are you?” Bella joked.

“Are you kidding? After Mina? Your new look is hot and all but uh…”

“Gee thanks for building my confidence.” Bella told her.

“He is crazy about you. You know it. You have all the confidence you need.” Winter told her honestly.

“Thanks. You really think so?”

“You can be so fucking stupid it hurts sometimes. I love you but damn can you be stupid. Hank liked you in eight grade and you were clueless.”

“He had acne!” Bella said goading her friend.

“Who didn’t back then? He still had a decent body.”

“I was 14.” Bella pointed out.

“And you spent most of your time staring at the mirror wondering if your boobs were going to get bigger.”

“Yeah. Unfortunately I took after my Dad in that department.” Bella said with a sigh.

“They are perfect on your frame. Trust me. If there is one thing I know its women’s bodies.” She said with a grin.

“At least a certain Israeli spy.”

“By the way I wasn’t supposed to tell you so….”

“Then why did you?”

“I had to tell somebody. You are all I got Bella. I don’t want to lose you tonight. Stay by my side and shoot anything that moves and doesn’t have a heartbeat. Okay?”

“What if I can’t shoot fast enough?”

“Then pull that sword and let it go to work. You know what to do. Right?”

“Yeah. No worries. I’m going to be around a long time so you can lust after me. I get a boob job and you will forget the Mosad agent in a heartbeat.”

“Maybe. But I guarantee she won’t forget me.”

“Hey you girls ready to move? We are loading up.” Connolly said walking in. Both Bella and Winter stood up. They were wearing the matching jackets Mina gave them and had hand guns strapped to both there thighs.

“Yep. I guess we are. Just make sure you stay behind me. I’ll protect you.” Bella told Connolly and winked. She patted his ass when she walked by as he stood there in shock.

Thirty minutes later the silent aircraft had dropped all the team at the designated locations. Winter, Bella, Ty and Connolly stood at the entrance. All were dressed in black as it would be dark in the tunnels. Connolly had night vision goggles on and Ty had infrared set to pick up movement of anything between 88 and 100 degrees. Winter and Bella both agreed those were the standard temperatures of vampires depending on how long it had been since they fed and how much. Bella shivered as she remembered how she kept Edward Cullen fairly warm each night.

She remembered Jake’s heat from the one kiss they shared. The night before during the blizzard wrapped up in him. Had it not been for Edward she may have fallen for him. Had she stayed that is. But it wasn’t to be. She knew that the moment she saw Jason.

She remembered Jason running a knife’s blade so gently over her legs.

Bella made up her mind. She would survive tonight.

The four descended into the dark tunnel. Due to the weakening sunlight outside the tunnel became very dark but it did not matter. She knew with the sword her eyesight was as good as a vampires.

Both her and Winter heard movement up ahead. The four had already walked down the tunnel at a steady descent for twenty minutes.

Then the movement stopped.

Bella placed a hand on Ty’s shoulder who grabbed Connolly at the front. Ty placed a finger to his lips.

“It’s too late. The fuckers can hear our heartbeats.” Winter told the three.

Connolly made a decision. Get stuck in the tunnel or rush the opening. It wasn’t a hard choice. He ran, Ty behind him. Bella and Winter moved to catch up, both cursing under their breath.

Connolly and Ty reached the end of the tunnel and looked down at the pit twenty feet below them.

They both froze. Even in the darkness their goggles showed them all they needed to see. Bella and Winter didn’t need goggles to see.

The pit was wider than a basketball court and filled with vampires who had been… it looked like a feeding orgy down there. Humans were mixed with vampires.

The vampires kept the humans for snacks.

The one in the middle stopped and looked at the four new arrivals. She was a Spanish woman by descent, that was easy enough to deduce for Bella and Winter even in the darkness.

Bella wondered if this was the woman, Maria, who Jasper had told her about.

Connolly estimated at least fifty vampires were present.

“You can’t drop a grenade. Some of those people are still alive.” Ty pointed out.

Connolly opened fire. The first vampire he shot in the head. His head was half torn off. This caused the others to panic and forget their momentary snacks.

“Take them!” the Spanish woman in the middle yelled pointing at the four.

At least until Ty Gavin blew her head off her shoulders, causing her body to erupt in flames and light to fill the room.

The vampires panicked, running for the exit. A few were brave enough to attack the humans. Winter looked at Bella who nodded. They both jumped into the fray.

Moving like ballerinas in a dance of death, swords flashing in the darkness, they did not need night vision to separate friend from foe. Connolly and Ty continued firing from above, concentrating on the exits. Four vampires rushed the top of the pit and attacked. Connolly dropped seeming to pass out. Gavin was right behind him. The four continued until Bella, sensing something was wrong turned and tossed her sword in Jason and Ty’s direction.

The katana twisted in the air, cutting the approaching vampires legs off. A vampire grabbed her from behind and prepared to bite her. A katana flew past Bella’s cheek and planted itself into the vampire’s forehead. Flying back to Winter’s hand she grabbed her sword and backed up to Bella. More had decided the exits were not suitable and began attacking the two girls in the middle. Bella was focused on the two men above her. She could feel they were under some sort of spell by a vampire still on the ground, legless, crawling towards the two men. She focused all her will on her two friends who rose from their stupor and fired, taking out the four vampires. Bella called for her sword with her hand. The katana, embedded in the rock shot back to her. She grabbed it in midair and turned to swing towards Winter who ducked instinctively. With Winter low Bella’s blade cut through a vampire who had approached Winter from behind.

“Summer the exits!” Winter screamed.

Bella circled Winter, cutting vsmpire hands and stabbing chests as Winter concentrated on helping her sister’s soul affect the corporeal plane. Two exits crashed, rocks filling the tunnels. Six vampires were cut off and quickly mowed down by Connolly and Ty.

Up above a stream of the monsters reached the surface. The first group of three survivors was greeted by a very large human holding a very large weapon. The weapon had six barrels and began firing the barrels turning in a circle shredding them.

Six vampires were met by Mina, Clive and Jack Webb who shot from cover. The vampires never saw the bullets or guns that ended their existence.

At the other exit John Anderson was not so lucky. Ten had made it out. He fired and was seen immediately. Still he had the Aurora flown by Mikey Boller as backup.

Vivian alerted Mikey in the sky. As Mikey aimed his guns, he was seen by another vampire. John pulled his knife but was overran. He slashed two necks before his own was snapped. Mikey Boller opened fire. He was startled when the defensive guns on the Aurora began firing. Who would fire on his ship? Before he could move a rock thrown by a vampire had struck the underside of the left wing sending the craft into a tailspin. Although he tried to avoid it, the loss of control made it impossible for him to steer. Another large boulder crashed through the cockpit window, smashing Mikey Boller’s head and ending his life.

“Boller and Aurora 2 are down. Anderson is down. Dante I need you on the East side. We have 5 running in the open desert.” Vivian’s voice alerted the team.

Dante Youngblood held in the horror at what he had just heard. He had seen battle and lost friends. The time to grieve would be later. He moved over the range. The running vampires stopped as they heard the approaching craft. One began to look for another boulder but they were in flat land. It didn’t matter. The minute they stopped Dante unleashed a hellfire missile. It struck the ground among the vampires and shrapnel and fire covered two hundred yards of desert reaching back into the exit and scorching one survivor. He took the craft over the top of a mountain and lit the now dark sky with UV light. It had become daylight over the mountain.

Inside the cavern, Bella and Winter stood on top of a pile of vampire body parts, covered in red and black blood. Their swords were no longer shiny. They dripped blood. Bella saw Connolly had sustained a tear to his shoulder and could nearly see the muscle through the blood. Ty had a gash to his head and blood running down his face. Both had their weapons at the ready looking for targets.

“Everybody dead?” Connolly asked.

“Vampires are. Sixteen humans down here have throats ripped out. Two are still alive, barely. They have lost a lot of blood.” Winter told him.

“Can you two carry them and follow us out?”

“Yeah.” Bella agreed, placing her bloody sword back inside her jacket. She lifted one girl while Winter lifted the other and they both easily jumped the twenty feet to the exit. Ty took the tail while Connolly took the lead with the two girls carrying the two victims behind him.

One vampire jumped down where he had been hiding from an overhead rock formation, clamping his jaws on Connolly’s shoulder. A blade appeared from Connolly’s wrist and he reached back and sliced the creatures throat before and blood could be drained. Ty ran around and shot the creatures head.

They continued the slow climb until they reached the exit.

“Vivian you there?” Connolly asked, hoping they were high enough that communication could be restored.

“Here Connolly.”

“We are all free. We have two humans in need of immediate blood. Every vampire is dead down there. How are we doing up here?” Connolly didn’t notice the fire on the east side because Dante had the mountain lit up with UVs.

He didn’t notice at first.

“Dante?”

“I had to use a hellfire.” Dante said in a monotone voice.

“Anyone get away?”

“Not on this side.” Webb said. Me, Clive and Mina are fine.”

“I’m good. Got some vampire body parts I’m roasting.” Hawk stated.

“Cool. Anderson? Boller? You copy?”

Silence.

“Guys?” Jason whispered.

“We lost an Aurora. Anderson was overran and Boller tried to help but the defensive systems of the Aurora’s need work. He was taken down and Anderson… They are gone. That’s why I had to use the hellfire missile sir.” Dante informed him.

Silence.

No one said a word. Bella and Winter stood in shock. The adrenalin rush they had felt before, slaughtering vampires was gone in an instant. Both felt incredibly tired and were hurting, as if they had taken a blow to the chest.

It was Connolly who spoke finally.

“Vivian call Groom Lake and tell them we have a level black down and need retrieval and removal. Gather fire extinguishers from the Hummers men and let’s get our guys out. Bella and Winter will use their blades to cut metal if we have to. Let’s get our guys and get them home. Vivian also contact Sanchez and tell him we need a medivac for two females with extreme blood loss. We are going to start transfusions in the field. Ty can you handle that?”

“Yeah brother. Let’s go girls. Hurry.” Ty told Bella and Winter who still carried the girls in their small arms. The women were the same size making an awkward scene but Bella and Winter handled their bodies with no problems.

“Okay. Dante as soon as we get Anderson and Boller free take them to the base. Our base, not Groom Lake. Understand?”

“Yes sir.”

“Jack secure the Aurora. Don’t let anyone near it. Camo it from the sky. Blow it if you have to.”

“It’s already blown Jay. I will take care of it though.”

“Thank you.”

Bella walked back over to Connolly who stood motionlessly.

“Let me see your shoulder.” She told him, holding a roll of tape.

“I’m fine.”

“You’ve got an inch deep gash in the muscle. Your are not fine. I need to bandage it and put some sort of sling. You don’t take care of it you won’t be able to stay combat ready. We need you Jason. I need you.” Bella told him.

“I got them killed.” Jason said quietly, sitting on the ground. “This is over. You and Winter, you are going back to Wonderland. We… the damn aircraft was supposed to be… this should have…”

“Would you have given your life if it meant saving two girls?” Bella asked him.

“Yes.”

“So would they. Winter and I aren’t going a damn place. Don’t think you are the only one who gets to save the world. We must have taken out thirty to fifty vampires tonight. Just us. Mikey and John died but what we did tonight, what we all did saved countless humans for hundred of years to come. Did you think no one would get hurt? Killed?” Bella asked him.

“I figured if anyone would it would be me.” he admitted.

“We didn’t sign up for this to be safe. I thought I was going to die. I saw you and Ty drop and you could very easily have died. This is what we do now Jason. You told me that. Don’t back out. They need you. They are going to be hurting and they are going to need you. I need you to be strong. We all do.”

“They need me? I got… it was a dumb plan. I went in not knowing, underestimating the strength…”

“And those two girls would be dead instead of getting medical treatment. I have a feeling if the President wanted someone who would be cautious he wouldn’t have chosen you.”

Connolly said nothing but did allow Bella to start wrapping her shoulder. Neither knew they were being watched by three individuals two miles away.

“Looks like your hunch was right again Peter. That was Maria’s feeding ground that was found.” Jasper said.

“I can’t believe what I just saw. Eleven humans just took out her entire army.” Peter whispered.

“Nine humans now.” Charlotte whispered.

“And one of them was Bella fucking Swan.” Jasper added, catching both by surprise. They hadn’t noticed.

“Did you see her and that other girl carrying those two half dead girls out? Where the hell did those tiny girls get that kind of strength?” Jasper asked.

“Got no idea. Did you see that bomb that damn UFO unleashed? Since when do bombs kill us? Especially at night? There was metal in there. Shrapnel flying through the fire cutting those bastards to pieces. What do you want to do Jasper? Take Bella?”

Jasper thought about what he had just seen and doubted very much whether he could take Bella or even if he should.

“Nope. But we are staying the hell away from Edward. I can’t have him reading our minds. We keep this to ourselves. See the guy getting his shoulder wrapped by Bella? He must be the leader. We need to find out where they are going. Where they live.”

“Why? You want to take him out?” Peter asked doubtfully.

“Take him out? His team just destroyed Maria’s army. I want to shake his hand. But first I need to know more.”

“This changes everything Jasper.” Charlotte observed correctly.

“Yep. Change ain’t always a bad thing, as long as you are on the right side. That’s why we have to be careful.” Jasper told her.

“They ain’t gonna be easy to follow.” Peter told him.

“Don’t have to. Only one place a ship like that could be built.”

“Area 51?”

“Area 51.” Jasper said, agreeing with Peter.

“So we are going to break into that place? Jasper that could be suicide.”

“Yeah but we can hack it. At least I bet Jenks knows someone who can. Will get him to find out who these people are and where they live. Then we will watch.”

“What then?” Charlotte asked.

“I guess we will figure it out as we go along.”

Ten miles off the coast of Galveston Texas. Orion deep water drilling platform.

The past week had been difficult. The team was quiet, no one really celebrating the victory in Mexico. Bella was still getting used to her new quarters. The base was not what she expected. From the surface it appeared to be an ordinary drilling rig, one of hundreds that dotted the Texas Coast. This one however had an elevator that carried the team to a base attached to the bottom sitting under one hundred feet of muddy Gulf water. The base was three levels and made of concrete and steel. No windows looked out into the water. It was the equivalent of being in a very, very large submarine. The confined space bothered her at first. Frequent trips up the platform manned by soldiers posing as oil rig workers, who were actually MPs and told to guard the platform and not ask questions about the inhabitants below, did little to comfort her. The only time they had left the rig was for a flight to Washington DC to be at the funerals of Mike Boller and john Anderson. The team poured over satellite images, trained, ran on treadmills, scuba dived, sparred, and shot at the indoor shooting range. Still they were all anxious. Anxious to get out on the next mission.

All but their leader.

Connolly had led the training. He had spoken at the funerals. That was it. The rest of the time he stayed holed up in his quarters going over and over every bit of data he had on vampires.

Jack Webb entered his quarters without knocking. Ty Gavin was behind him.

“Come in.” Connolly said snidely.

“Where you been? Guys want to go fishing. You need to be up there.” Gavin told him.

“I lost two guys last week. Not really in the mood.”

“We’ve all lost guys. We will lose more. You are our leader. They need to see you strong. You start doubting yourself they start doubting.” Webb told him.

“Maybe they should. The President wants me to recruit more. He thinks our battle was a success.”

That’s because it was. We won. We were outnumbered and we won.” Webb pointed out.

“I know.”

“You and me were in the mess of it. Bella saved both our asses and could have been killed in the process if it wasn’t for Winter. That botherin you?” Ty asked.

“Yeah. Everything is bothering me.”

“Man the fuck up or get off this boat. That girl upstairs got every reason to be afraid and she ain’t. Why the hell are you?” Gavin asked angrily.

“I’m not fucking scared! I am fucking pissed off!” Connolly yelled.

“Then fuckin act like it. Get your ass out there, get some more guys, get on those geeks at Area 51 to give us better shit and start actin like a fuckin leader!” Webb yelled back.

“That’s it? You want me to go fishing? I want to go kill these fuckers and you want me to fish?!”

“We want you to act like a leader. You aren’t going off on your own. We are going with you whether you like it or not. You know how to be a leader. Yeah we took a fucking hit. It’s war. We have lived with that our whole lives. Your problem is you thought you would get through this unscathed. We all would. It’s going to be as bloody and messy as you can imagine and you need to come to grips with that.”

“I can’t lose her!” Connolly shouted before he could pull it back in.

Gavin knelt in front of him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

“You ain’t got her. You don’t get your shit together you never will. You the best Seal I ever seen. Me and everybody here would follow you through hell and that is exactly where we are going. We knew that when we signed up. We got problems. Jenks called and said his vampire Jasper wants him to hack Area 51 and find us. They must have seen us in Mexico. Who knows who he told? The President says we need more guys and you need to find them. Our men need you back. And if you really want her, stop pouting in your damn bunk and go do something about it. Bella wants to see you before you go up.”

Jack and Ty stood up and walked out.

After a moment Jason walked out as well. On his way he knocked on Bella’s door.

She told him to come in. He opened the door and his heart stopped. She stood there in a short black satin nightgown.

“Uh…”

“Close the door.” Bella told him.

“What’s going on?”

“Since those funerals I have been doing a lot of thinking. I’ve decided life is too short. You are the one thing I don’t want to live without.”

“Yeah I kind of came to the same conclusion about you.” He admitted.

“I want you. You want me. You asked me out? We can go fishing. But I don’t want to smell fish on you. So I figured we were going to do this first.”

“You sure this is what you want?” he asked.

“I’m sure I want you. I’m sure I am going to take what I want. You want me I’m yours. All you have to do is come here.”

Connolly stepped forward. Bella placed a hand on his chest.

“How is your shoulder?”

“Good enough.” He whispered.

“I want the man who went into a pit of vampires with me. Is that you?”

“Your damn right it is.”

“Don’t ever forget it Jason.”

Bella pulled off his shirt and ran her fingers over his chest. She raised her arms and he slipped the nightgown over her head, seeing her standing in only a matching black satin thong. He slipped those down to her ankles and she stepped out of them.

He tried to take in the beauty of her naked form but she was on her knees in front of him, tugging his pants down. Using her hand was unnecessary to get him ready but she did it anyway sending shockwaves through his body. Her tongue ran up his shaft and he took a deep breath as her lips went over his head. Rather than sucking though she let her tongue explore him. Finally she stood up and grabbed his cock with her hand, backing up to her bed.

“I’ve never done this before.” She told him.

“I know.”

“You don’t have to be gentle.”

“Never crossed my mind. I’ve never done this before either.” He admitted.

“I think we both know that’s not true.” She said grinning.

“I’ve never made love to a woman. Sex sure. But Bella I love you. I’ve loved you from the moment I saw you.”

“I love you. I’ll love you with everything I have whether it’s one day or 80 years. Take me. Show me how much you love me.”

Bella lay on her back and spread her legs. Instead of the pain she expected she gasped when she felt his tongue part her folds. His fingers and mouth drove her crazy to the point she was afraid she would hurt his head by squeezing her thighs together too tightly. She suddenly wished she had asked Winter to take her sword away from her closet.

It didn’t matter. As soon as his tongue caused her to orgasm he entered her quickly causing her to scream. The pleasure and agony hit her at once. At a loss for what to do she pressed her lips to his and opened her mouth, letting his tongue in. His hips began rocking and his one good arm wrapped around her back. His other hand stayed on top and alternated playing with her breast and tweaking her nipple. She moaned into his mouth and they kept moving. Soon the pain was gone. Bella felt like they were one. She wrapped her legs around him and let him take her back and forth until she felt his seed fill her up. Instead of withdrawing he lay on her and continued kissing her lips gently and teasing her nipple. He used his tongue to explore her body and then took her to the shower where he washed her.

She was sore. She hurt.

She had never felt as much pleasure and pain at one time.

And neither had ever felt more complete.