Chapter 03
Argent had thrown them out to the yard when Bella’s yelling at Chief Black became too loud for him to sleep to and by the time she was done yelling and hearing the story, she was even more furious. Scott went away to get them all some breakfast seeing as it was almost 8 am in the morning, and Isaac simply watched Bella as she paced around the yard as if she was a caged animal.
He knew what it was like to experience the first few days after being turned, even though she’d been turned so long ago, she was now fully aware of the changes within her body. Full moon was going to be a bitch. She was rubbing her wrist for a very long time, almost as if there was an itch she couldn’t scratch but when he asked, she shoved her wrist in his face. “The scar’s gone. I can feel the remaining venom creep into my veins. It sucks.”
“Look at it this way,” he said lightly. “At least now you have a chance to fight the Cold Ones yourself.”
She stared at Isaac for a moment, considering what he had just said before a wide grin appeared on her face. “I’ll rip off Alice and Edward’s heads and shove them up their sparkly asses. I’ll do the same to the Volturi but then Aro’s head up Marcus’ ass, Marcus’ up Caius’ ass and Caius’ head up Aro’s ass.”
“That’s the spirit.” He understood that her emotions were heightened now, but in all fairness, this scared him just a little. If she was already thinking about doing what she had just said to him, he sincerely hoped she’d calm down so she wouldn’t go off on regular humans. “Just don’t go after humans.”
She huffed. “I will kill Chief Black. And the shaman. I’ll wrestle with Jacob and might let him win. Wait, am I stronger than Jake?”
“I don’t know, but you’re stronger than you were.” Isaac replied as she started pacing again. “What about the sounds, they’re not bothering you?”
“No, I remember having a sun stroke or a migraine when I was ten, it was worse then,” she replied, shrugging. “Fuckers. I was at the reservation when that happened.”
Okay, that was a good thing, he figured. She would still experience heightened senses, but at least she had had a taste of it when she was younger. It would make the transition less stressful. “What else?”
“I don’t know. Ever since that migraine I had a severe dislike for blood. The smell… the color… I usually walked around with headphones on blasting music so I wouldn’t get overwhelmed by noises. Mom wanted me to get tested for my anti-social behaviour but the doc said there was nothing wrong with me.”
“It explains a lot though.”
“Now it does,” she said, rolling her eyes at him. “My whole life I felt out of place, out of step. Clumsy as fuck.”
“How do you feel now?”
“Angry,” she replied as she stopped pacing and sighed. “And whole.” Bella ran over to him and jumped in his arms. “Horny.”
“I told you, not here,” Isaac laughed as he kissed her lips.
“Then let’s go somewhere we can have some fun.”
“Scott’s buying us breakfast. We’ll go after. Well, after we’ve gone to the veterinarian.”
She eyed him as she wrapped her legs around his waist. “I thought he was a druid,” Bella kissed him eagerly as she buried her hands in his hair, making sure Isaac couldn’t respond to her. She let go of Isaac and fell to the ground when the both of them were being hosed down by Argent holding a garden hose after they had been sucking each other’s face for a while.
“Glad to see you’re taking this well, Bella,” Argent greeted the both of them while he kept the hose on them as well. “Now kindly get dressed. Scott’s already waiting for you two to come inside for breakfast.”
Isaac blushed as he jumped out of the spray of cold water. “Sorry, Mr. Argent.” He pulled Bella to her feet and nudged her towards the open back door. “We’ll get changed, it won’t happen again.”
After breakfast they went to the veterinary clinic where she met Dr. Deaton. He introduced himself as the veterinarian, but over breakfast, Scott had explained that he was more than that, he was a mentor, a druid, and helped him and his friends a lot. Bella thought he was odd guy, the way he spoke was almost systematic, almost as if he needed to think of the words he was saying or simply because he didn’t like speaking to people much, she couldn’t tell. She was just glad that Argent had already filled him in on the whole werewolf thing and Isaac proceeded to fill him in on her experience with the Cold Ones.
“I don’t see why you want me to check her over, Scott,” he said to his employeé. “She looks in good health to me. Maybe a little underweight, but that’s it.”
“I’m here,” Bella said frustrated. “No need to talk about me as if I’m not.”
“I know,” Scott replied to him and sighed. “But there’s a problem. She had a scar on her wrist, created by a Cold One and it disappeared. She then said it was itching her way through her system.”
“Oh, that is certainly interesting,” Deaton agreed as he handed Bella a specimen jar. “Would you be so kind as to give me a urine sample?”
Bella glared at Isaac. If looks could kill, he’d be dead. “No, I’m not.”
“Such a shame, then I’d have to resort to blood testing,” Deaton said absentmindedly as he grabbed the kit with needles. “I was told you didn’t like blood.”
“I don’t,” she scowled as she snatched the jar from the table and headed towards the toilet.
Isaac grabbed a notepad and scribbled down a message for Deaton. Now that Bella was a werewolf, she could hear everything and he didn’t want to let her know that he was asking Deaton to check if she was pregnant or not. It had been eating away at him ever since she ran the first time and never did take that pill.
Deaton blinked at the message and nodded before getting another stick to stick in the urine to check. “She might need some extra vitamins, although her werewolf make up should be repairing any damage done by bad nutrition or the lack of vitamins. Just make sure she gains a bit of weight, she does look a bit too skinny.”
He still grabbed the blood kit. “And I’m still going to need to do this,” he then looked at Scott. “It’s best if you stick around in case she freaks out.”
“Why would you need to do that?”
“Because of the vampire venom. I want to see if it stayed in her blood.”
“I heard that,” Bella’s voice could be heard from the bathroom. “No poking holes in me.”
“It’s for your own benefit, Bella,” Deaton said after he heard the toilet flush and the sound of her rinsing her hands in the fountain. “What if that venom causes harm to you?”
“Then it harms me. As long as it doesn’t become a problem to everyone else,” she simply stated as she walked back, drying her hand on her jeans before handing Deaton the jar. She then looked at Isaac and sighed. She definitely had plans for him. Scott, Isaac and Argent had faith in them being able to handle the Cold Ones, and now that she was a werewolf – always had been, she knew that the Volturi had to back off and that it was none of their business how much she knew or not. To be around Isaac for longer, she had to know if she’d be harmful towards him. She stuck out her arm towards Deaton while she kept her eyes on Isaac. “Fine. Do it.”
Deaton kept talking while he prepared Bella’s arm to get her blood drawn. “Scott, why don’t you go down to the Sheriff and alert him that a missing young woman is currently in Beacon Hills but that no further action is warranted and that you will take care of things?”
“Uh, okay.”
“I’m sure Isaac can handle Werewolf 101,” Deaton smiled at the teenager before pushing a needle up Bella’s arm, causing her to wince.
Bella wanted to smack Deaton, she really wanted to but she knew he was of importance to Scott. She was definitely going to have sex with Isaac later. She had this pent up rage inside of her that needed to be sated. It was a little bit weird to think that she could actually be saved from the Cold Ones. While Argent had stated the facts, it was Scott’s positive attitude that convinced her that she didn’t have to give up.
In fact, from what she could tell, she was going to love Beacon Hills. It was a little like Forks, but then much much warmer. Once Isaac would allow her her bank card back, she could buy a house or rent one. Oh god, her blood smelled disgusting.
“There, that wasn’t so bad,” Deaton said as he turned around, causing Bella to look at her arm. To see the tiny hole heal up so fast was mind blowing. Sure, her scar had gone and whatnot, but this was a fresh ‘break’ and amusing. No more broken bones or bruises, this was awesome. Scott was already gone, Bella hadn’t even heard him leave. She had been too intently focused on Isaac to block out the idea of being pricked by a syringe and blood flowing.
“When will you know?” Bella asked as the sting of being stabbed with the needle ebbed away.
“Some tests I can already tell you, others take some time to cultivate,” Deaton said as he looked over to the urine sample he had already put some strips in. “Oh.”
“What?” Isaac asked, a slight hint of panic in his voice. “Is something wrong?”
“No. Maybe,” he replied as he turned around to look at the two young wolves. “Will you two answer some questions for me to satisfy my own curiosity?”
“What’s wrong?” Isaac asked again.
“I’m not going to tell you, just yet. I need some answers first.”
Bella scowled as she hopped onto the kitchen counter. “And I want to have sex with my — fling, so you’d better hurry it along, doc.”
“Yeah, she’s a new werewolf, I don’t think you should poke her with a stick right now,” Isaac nodded to Deaton. “Well, not if you want your head still nice and firm on your body.”
“This is all new to me as well, Bella, please be patient with me as I’m trying to collect all the data to give you a better picture,” Deaton said in his doctor voice, soothing and calm, just like he used on the animals. “You see, I’ve never come across someone like yourself; a werewolf but spelled not to be one. Mr. Argent went in incredible detail when he explained it to me, but I’m curious if you’ve had heightened senses or a temper after it happened.”
“Yes.” Bella replied curtly and then rolled her eyes when the doctor motioned for her to elaborate. “Smells. Not all of them, but the smell of blood, for example. Or the stench of red bull. Made me want to throw up. I listened to music a lot to block out certain sounds that kept echoing in my head. I always thought it was a remainder of my bad migraine.”
“Uhuh, and what about your period?”
“I don’t know, pretty normal, I guess, but my dad insisted I turned into a hell beast.”
Isaac couldn’t help but snicker at that, causing Bella to grab a roll of towels and throw at Isaac, surprised that it actually hit the side of his head, causing her to mischievously grin at him.
Deaton nodded at that, before turning his attention to Isaac. “You’re usually a sensible young man, angry, but sensible. Why did you engage her in France?”
“I didn’t! She came on to me!”
“You could have blown her off, why didn’t you?”
“Because at that point I could do with a good romp?” Isaac shrugged and then smirked widely at Bella before looking back at Deaton. “That’s it? Can we go?”
“No.”
“What else do you want to know?”
“Think, Isaac, think. Did her scent pull you in? Did her scent change over the days you spent with her?” Deaton urged.
“I don’t know! Why is it important?”
“What about you, Bella? What moved you to go after Isaac?”
“Uhm, have you seen him? He’s hot!”
“Yes! That was it!” Isaac agreed. “She’s hot! Why turn someone down who’s as hot as she is?”
The veterinarian looked between the two teenagers and tiredly rubbed his eyes. These two were a nightmare. “And you didn’t think of practicing safe sex?”
“No,” Bella said with a shrug. “I was with a cold, dead person. He was too much of a prude to dare touching me. No need for pills.”
“Heat of the moment,” Isaac nodded. “But! I did the responsible thing and went to the pharmacy first thing to get her the morning after pill.”
“Which I refused to take,” Bella quickly said. “Because I was going to die anyway.”
“Yeah but now you’re not going to die,” Isaac pointed out.
“I could still take it, doubt it would work,” Bella shrugged as she hopped off the counter and walked towards Isaac. “Anything else, Doc?”
Yes, of course. There were many more questions he wanted to ask because if his suspicions – and Argent’s – were correct, this was something unheard. Or extremely rare. Was it cause to tell the teens about it? No, not yet, not until he knew more and confirmed it. And about that other tiny thing, well, there was going to be enough time to make a decision about that too – their decision, not his, but still plenty of time once he had gathered more information.
Deaton sighed. “No, you two can go. I’ll let you know if I find something worth mentioning.”
Bella almost pulled Isaac out of the office and once they were outside, Isaac dragged her off to the nearest rent-by-the-hour hotel. They both didn’t want to inconvenience Chris Argent and found it awkward to even have thought about doing it anyway, but this was the best solution. The other one would be to go to the woods but the hotel was closer.
They couldn’t be fast enough with undressing themselves the moment they stepped into the room. Isaac was all over Bella, kissing her, tugging on her clothes, thankfully remembering not to tear any as they’d had to be presentable after. When he had her all naked for him on the bed, he started to kiss her neck as his hand cupped her breast and played with her nipple.
Bella was so lucky, Isaac thought. He would have given anything to have had sex after Derek turned him and was still trying to get himself together. She was very responsive to his touch, her body involuntarily moving underneath him and she was so beautiful.
It felt as if every nerve ending was on fire, every organ, every cell in her body when Isaac ravaged her, his lips now close to her belly button and his hand still on her breast, squeezing, tugging. It was funny how she used to read about the scent of a man somewhat changing when they got aroused. She hadn’t noticed that with Isaac until now. His base scent had gotten deeper, more intense and intoxicating, driving her insane with every breath she took.
“Oh, this isn’t fair,” she moaned again as his tongue circled her belly button. “What about your pleasure?”
He playfully bit her stomach as he let out a short laugh and shifted on the bed. “Get out of your head, Bella Swan,” he warned her with a low growl. “If you honestly believe that making you feel good doesn’t make me feel good, you’re mistaken.”
“But…”
“No,” he grabbed her legs and pulled her closer to him. He had planned on eating her out, but it was so much more fun to see her come for him, to feel her body play catch and release with his cock. Grinning, he plunged inside of her, causing Bella’s eyes widen in surprise. “However, if you’re still up for it after this, you can suck me, how’s that?”
After they had gotten whatever it was out of their system, they picked up some coffee before going back to the Argent house. Isaac felt that it had been a productive way to get rid of his own anger and hoped that Bella would choose to stay in Beacon Hills once she was rid of her demons. If she’d leave, would he follow her? Yeah, he probably would. Would she want him to follow? Probably.
“What’s that smirk on your face?” Bella snorted as they were walking back.
“Nothing,” Isaac grinned as he put his arm around her and took a sip of his coffee. “But you have to admit, that was the best sex we’ve had since we met.”
“Hmm…” she thought for a moment and then nodded. “I definitely feel more relaxed.”
“Think you can get some sleep tonight?”
Bella shrugged. “We’ll see.”
“Alright, so, they expect me to tell you about being a werewolf,” he said as he opened the gate to the Argent’s backyard. “More like the rules and what to expect.”
“Ugh.” Bella said as she sat down in a chair and took a sip of her coffee. “Okay. New thing, new rules. Shoot.”
“One being the most important one and the most sucky one,” he sighed as he squatted down in front of her and took a sip of his coffee as he looked at her. “Even though some might cause you to want to rip their heads off, humans are a no-go when it comes to hurting them. Especially Stiles. He’s Scott’s best friend, any harm come to him and we all suffer from it.”
“No harming humans, got it.”
He then thought for a moment and shrugged. “I suppose beating them up is okay, as long you don’t bite or scratch. But Stiles is still off limits.”
“I like that idea better,” she said with a nod. “What else? Let me guess… don’t let the humans know you’re a werewolf. It’s kinda obvious. Use strength around humans in moderation, especially seeing as I’m a girl and girls aren’t supposed to be strong.” When Isaac gave her a surprised expression, she rolled her eyes at him. “Hello? I spent years with vampires and surrounded by werewolves.”
“Okay,” he laughed. “I forgot about that.”
“Uhuh,” she eyed him suspiciously. “What else is there?”
“Your wolves, your best friend, does he have any problems around the full moon?”
Bella shook her head. “They’re not really wolves, they’re shifters who happen to turn into huge ass wolves. They can shift at will after gaining control over it. Emotions are an issue though. Rage often triggers a shift. There’s one, Paul, who still hasn’t been able to control his rage so he still suffers from involuntary shifts.”
“Huh,” Isaac said as he took a sip of his coffee.”You made me curious about what they look like now.”
She fished her phone out of her pocket after setting her cup on the table and flicked through her images before showing Isaac. “That’s Jacob with me.”
“Shit, that’s huge!” He then had to laugh. “They look like fluffy toys!” Yeah, they didn’t look dangerous to him at all, so if they’d been magically created to tear a few vampires to pieces, then surely they’d have it easy when those vampires would come and find Bella. He really hoped she wouldn’t leave.
“Will you show me?” She asked as she put her phone down and looked at him.
“Show you what?”
“You.”
Grinning, he held up his hand and allowed it to phase into the werewolf. “This, you mean?”
“So uhm…” She gently took his wolfed out hand and ran her finger up and down one of his nails. “I’m going to need some big ass nail clippers?”
“No,” he snorted, surprised by how small and delicate her fingers felt on his hand. “Ready for more?” When she nodded, his eyes began to change color, a golden yellow. “Getting photographed is a bitch because even in our human state, our eyes are reflective like that of a dog.”
“I didn’t like getting my picture taken anyway.”
He smiled widely at her, revealing his teeth, before his face changed before her, ridges appearing between his eyebrows that had been replaced with more skin, sideburns and his ears changed. When Bella gasped and let go of his hand, he grinned. “It’s still me, I’ve got it under control.”
She gently felt around on his face with her fingertips as she kept looking at him. “What’s the difference?”
Isaac shrugged as his face changed back and his fangs and nails retracted. “Level of anger, distress, the amount strength needed… I don’t know. It just happens. The claws and fangs usually come out though, makes it easier to fight. Although since we’re not allowed to bite anyone, they’re pretty useless unless you want to scare people.”
“Oh, Halloween is going to be so awesome,” Bella giggled, causing him to snort. “Will I be able to do that?”
“You already are, but it takes some time to get that under control.”
“Okay,” she said with a nod.
“Which brings me to the next problem,” He grabbed his cup from the ground and took a sip of his now almost cold coffee. “The full moon. Forget about the myths that werewolves only come out during the full moon or that they can only change during the full moon. It’s mostly like any other day, except, that full moon will be a hindrance. It will make you want to change, want to take a bite out of someone, the shifting is easier, you’re stronger. Basically it gives you more power and it won’t be easy to try and control that power.”
“Can you?”
“Yeah, but I’ve had a few full moons to practise,” he grinned as he gently took her wrist and enclosed it with his hand. “On my first full moon, Derek chained me up and I asked him how he was able to control himself, if he didn’t feel the effects. He did, he just found something to hold on to, an anchor, to ensure he wouldn’t give in.”
“Kinky,” she smirked as she looked at him. “Are you going to tie me up?”
“We most definitely are. Wouldn’t want you to go on a rampage.”
She licked her lips. “You do realize I have excellent self control, right?”
“I haven’t noticed, really,” he softly kissed her. “At least not when it concerns to pleasures.”
“Ah, but that’s because pleasures should be enjoyed and not restricted,” she brushed her lips against his before she heard a window open from above them and the moment she looked up, she saw how Chris Argent dumped a bucket of water over them. “I’m running out of dry clothes here!” She called out to him before turning to Isaac. “Can I kill him?”
“He’s human.”
“Damn.”
She met Isaac’s friends – other than Scott – over the next few days while they were trying to come up with a plan, despite Bella insisting that making a plan would be useless due to the gifts the Cullens had. In the end, she simply gave up on trying to talk some sense into them and let them formulate ‘the perfect plan’ while she had convinced Isaac into teaching her how to fight with her new werewolf strength.
Bella wasn’t even sure if the Cullens would come all the way to California to pick her up, maybe they’d decide it was too much hustle, but she knew for a fact that the Volturi were coming to get her for breaking her part of the deal, or at least her attempt of running. She couldn’t help but to picture Jane’s head separated from her body.
“Oh, Kira!” Bella greeted her happily as she put her arm through hers and dragged her away from her boyfriend as she bumped into them while getting something from the supermarket. “Can I ask of you a huge favor?”
“Am I going to like it?” Kira warily looked at Scott, who simply shrugged.
“Oh, don’t worry, foxy lady,” Bella winked at her. “I simply want to ask you if you’d like to be part of an experiment.”
“Experiment?”
“Yep, I don’t know if you can use it as a paper for school but if it works, it could benefit you all if you allow me to stay,” She said that to Scott, who had this adorable confused puppy look on his face. “Because,” she turned her attention back to Kira. “You’re electrical, right? You can shoot electrics from you hands?”
“Kinda, but I’d rather use my—”
“Good!” She then turned back to the Alpha. “You can come too, of course. Isaac’s already waiting in Argent’s backyard. I just have to pick something up from the store and I’ll be right there.” She released Kira from her hold and made a shooing motion with her hands. “Hurry along now, don’t keep him waiting.”
After buying a jar of Nutella and some breadsticks, Bella made her way back to the Argent house with a big smile on her face. She had noticed a change within herself after the spell lifted, the shield that the Cullens claimed to have, the one that prevented Edward from looking inside her head, seemed to have evolved and she had the strength to push it outward. Isaac didn’t believe her of course, and that’s why she needed Kira. She was going to protect Isaac from Kira’s electricity and make a believer out of him.
“Oh God, is it time for your period?” Isaac gasped as he saw Bella walk through the gate.
She looked down at her jar of Nutella that she had opened on her way home and dipped her bread sticks in and shrugged. “No, I just felt like eating an entire jar of Nutella all by myself,” she simply replied before putting it on the table. She pulled Isaac with her towards Scott and grinned at Kira. “Try to hurt us.”
“What?” Isaac stammered. “You’ve actually lost your mind!”
“No! Trust me.”
“I’m with Isaac on this one. We can take a pretty big hit with us being a werewolf but…”
Bella looked at the two boys she was standing next to and rolled her eyes. “Do I have to ask Mr. Argent outside to prove a point?”
“I could kill him!” Kira shook her head, a panicked look on her face.
“Then stop stalling and just try to hit us already, I can stop it from hitting us, I swear.”
“You promise?”
“Yes. If it doesn’t work you can slice me up with your katana, I promise.”
“What? No, that’s not going to happen,” Isaac said panicked while Bella had a huge grin on her face.
The bright light emanating from Kira blinded Bella for a moment, throwing her off guard – she hadn’t expected it to be that bright – but she managed to throw up her shield again just in time and the three of them remained unharmed.
“Oh, that is awesome,” Scott said breathlessly as he looked at Bella and then at Isaac. “Did you know about this?”
“No, but I agree, it’s awesome, what is it? How can you do it?”
“Well,” Bella said as she walked to her jar of Nutella again. “Edward was always frustrated that he couldn’t read my mind, said I had some sort of mental shield. I became fully aware of it when the spell broke. Since I became a werewolf, I’ve been playing with it,” she shrugged. “I guess it’s the vampire venom thing that made it into a magical shield that nothing can penetrate it apart from fists and stuff. Probably bullets too, but I’m too chicken to try that out.”
“So, are you staying then?” Scott asked as he looked at Bella. “Because if you are, that’d be cool. You’d be stronger if you’d stay with us.”
“So would you, wouldn’t you?” She retorted with a small smile. “To be honest, I haven’t given it much thought – yet. But seeing as Isaac and I had an arrangement and I’m not tired of him yet, I suppose I could stay.”
“What arrangement?” Scott looked at Isaac, confused.
“No strings attached. Sure there are some strings attached now that we’ve gotten to know each other better but we still can walk away and don’t look back whenever we feel like it.”
“Well, I think you two make a cute couple,” Kira smiled at them. “You’re made for each other.”
“We’re not a couple,” Isaac and Bella chorused.
Scott eyed the two of the skeptically. “Right…”
“Don’t be ridiculous,” Bella huffed as she scooped some of the delicious spread out of the jar with a piece of bread stick and chewed on it. She knew she had to stop soon, it was simply too sweet and she didn’t want to feel sick later. “So when is that full moon you guys are so worried about?”
“Tonight,” Scott replied, causing Bella to close the jar. “That shield of yours, are you sure that it’s just that and can’t hurt anyone? And physical attacks won’t be stopped?”
“Yes, but I’ve been saying it multiple times over the last few days, I have excellent self control,” the statement caused Isaac to snicker again. “Especially with things that don’t concern him. You’re worrying for nothing. Besides, I’m pretty sure that the Volturi will arrive soon or at least some Cullens. I’ve been using my bankcard since yesterday.”
“What? You didn’t even inform us? It’s pretty rare we can expect a fight to happen and what were you thinking?” Scott fumed. “It’s full moon tonight!”
Bella looked at Isaac. “He always this uptight?”
“He kinda has a point, couldn’t you have waited at least until tomorrow? Not because we’re not prepared or anything but…”
“What? Argent said I could and that I should. The sooner, the better, he said.” She couldn’t believe how gullible Scott was when it came to this. There were veins in his forehead and Isaac looked wary as he had taken a stance next to her in case his Alpha would flip out. She couldn’t help but snicker. “Down boy, I was just kidding. You guys seem to freak out about the full moon tonight a little bit too much for my liking.”
“It’s serious stuff, Bella,” Scott said, visibly relaxing. “And that joke wasn’t funny. At all.”
“It kinda was,” Isaac remarked with half a shrug.
“If anyone would be fucking up and reveal that I am here, it’d probably be the Sheriff for trying to contact my dad when he’s not on the reservation with the wolves. I told Billy that I want to talk to Charlie when he gets there on his own, but he hasn’t visited Billy yet so…” Bella said with a shrug. “The Sheriff could contact the Chief of Forks and —”
“He wouldn’t do that. I told him not to do it.”
“When it comes to missing person cases, there’s nothing that a cop wouldn’t do, even when told by a teenage werewolf alpha that he’s handling it,” she replied, looking at Scott with a sigh. “Trust me, he may comply in leaving me alone, but it won’t stop him from digging up more information. He’s a cop. It’s what he does. And if it’s not him, it’d be a deputy.”
“Yeah but Stiles…”
“I know he’s your best friend, Scott, and that the sheriff is his father, and that they have a good, open, relationship. Same with me and Charlie. However, he’s still a cop.”
Scott seemed to think for a moment and sighed. “I’ll talk to him, again. In the meantime, better get some food inside of you, it’s going to be a long night for all of us.”
“And I still think you’re overreacting.”
“And maybe you’re taking this too lightly, ever thought of that?”
After Scott and Kira had left, Isaac let out a breath of relief before squatting down next to her. “How about we go for the middle ground, huh? You meet Scott halfway.”
“I already agreed to you guys chaining me up,” she ruffled his hair with a big smile on her face. “Let’s have some fun today.”
“Like what?”
Bella shrugged. “If I’m going to stay here, I’m going to need a house. Let’s look for houses.”
“Boring.”
“Necessary,” she said with a nod. “Besides, you don’t have a home either,” she pointed out. “Wouldn’t you like to have your own bed, your own shower, your own food without having to rely on other people?”
“Like you?” Isaac grinned and softly kissed her.
“Well, sure. If you’re going back to school to finish your last year, I suppose I’ll be doing the cooking, the cleaning and ugh. The laundry.”
“I don’t know, I stayed at Scott’s house before. The only objection his mom had was that while it was somewhat teenager proof, it wasn’t werewolf proof…”
Bella laughed. “What did you guys do?”
“Scott may or may not have ended up throwing me out of his room on occasion…”
“Okay, we’ll be looking for a house with sturdy walls then.”
“We?”
“Yep.”
Isaac blinked at her. “You’re stomping into couple territory now, you sure you want to do that?”
“We both know we’re not a couple. What better way not to inconvenience other people because we’re basically homeless? Besides,” she said as a wolfish grin appeared on her face. “I’d like to keep you close by incase some needs arise.”
“You’re crazy.”
“I know,” she replied, smirking. “The smell of real freedom in the near future is intoxicating.”
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“Why is she here?” Derek demanded seemingly annoyed when the group of teenagers entered his loft. “I thought you’d go to Lydia’s lake house.” Yeah, of course he had met this girl in the last few days. Once. Because Scott wanted him to take a look at her almost like a latest addition to his pack ‘look what I got now!’ and that shit. It was good to see that Isaac seemed to have completely fallen in love with her as the boy deserved it after what happened to Allison, although Allison had never been completely his. Everyone knew that.
“Well, one, Lydia’s mom is hosting a party tonight. Two… this is the other option in case she gets out of control,” Scott replied simply. “Less chance for her to accidentally snack on a human too, if she’s here instead of… I don’t know, our basements?”
“I hate the full moon,” Malia stated as she stomped in, carrying a sports bag that rattled with chains. “I hate it, I hate it, I hate it.”
“Relax, you’ll get the hang of it, eventually,” Stiles, the doting boyfriend, walked in after her.
Derek pointed at Stiles. “He’s human.”
“Yeah but he’ll be the only one.”
“Fine,” Derek grumpily gave in. “But only this time. You’ll have to find a different spot next month. And, if they both destroy something, you’re paying for it.”
“What’s here to destroy?” Scott smiled at Derek. “Don’t worry, they won’t ruin your pretty loft. Malia is actually quite pleasant once she remembers to focus herself and Bella… well… not sure about her.”
“Bella says she can control herself despite not having experienced a shift before, but Scott doesn’t believe her. Bella doesn’t mind having to prove herself and doesn’t get mind getting chained up while she proves it to him,” Bella replied angrily as she watched Isaac zip open their sports bag. “In fact, she finds it very kinky and would love to ravage Isaac one time when he’s all tied up.”
Isaac blinked at her for a moment, unsure what to say. He decided to ignore the remark, she was probably trying to get a rise out of everyone else. Not him. Nope. His cock twitched at the thought of taking advantage of her while being tied up though. Silently groaning, he realized this was going to be a long night. When Bella sat down against the cold pillar in Derek’s loft, he started to chain her to it, wrapping the long chain around the pillar a few times before securing her in it.
Bella retrieved her phone out of her pocket with the one hand Isaac hadn’t secured yet when it started to vibrate and grinned as she picked up. “Hey Jake.”
“Hey! You’re finally answering your phone! Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m fine,” she responded. “Didn’t Billy talk to you?”
“Oh, so you’ve spoken to my dad, but you haven’t bothered to talk to me?”
“It’s complicated.”
Isaac looked at Bella, a little bit impatient as he really needed to secure that arm of hers and frustrated because her best friend was on the phone. “Gonna need that arm.”
“Hold on, Jake, let me put you on speaker,” she said as she turned on the speaker and put her phone in her lap before the rattling of chains could be heard and Isaac was securing her previously free arm.
“Who was that? Where are you? What was that sound? Are you in some sort of trouble? No wait, don’t answer that, of course you are in trouble, the Cullens are out for blood.”
He definitely sounded like a possessive would-be boyfriend, Isaac thought and yanked on the chain to make sure Bella couldn’t escape. The first time Derek chained him up, he had done a piss poor job at it, seeing as Boyd and Erica needed to be tied up as well. Fortunate for Derek, Isaac had been a quick study and had helped him contain Boyd and Erica before they quieted down and Derek restrained him again as well. He didn’t want want the same thing happening to Bella, really. Being manhandled was a bitch.
“Yeah Bella, tell him what we’re up to,” Isaac grinned at her, yanking the chain again.
“I’m being chained up.” Bella deadpanned as she looked at Isaac. “By my fuckbuddy.”
There was dead silence on the other end of the phone as everyone in the loft glanced in their direction curiously as they tried to go about their business as if they weren’t paying attention the best they could. “Please tell me that you are joking Bella,” Jacob eventually responded quietly. “That’s not funny.”
“Why should I? You could have told the truth about me.”
“He knew?” Isaac looked at Bella, confused. “You knew and you didn’t tell her? Dude, that’s fucked up, what kind of best friend are you?”
“Who the hell is with you? What is he talking about? What have you gotten yourself into Loca?” Jake demanded causing Derek to snort from across the room.
“I’m with my fuckbuddy Isaac, who’s a werewolf, his Alpha Scott, also a werewolf, Scott’s friend Stiles, who’s a human, his girlfriend Malia, who’s a werecoyote and a former Alpha called Derek who’s also a werewolf. Oh, and by the way, then there’s me. Also a werewolf,” Bella said evenly as she shifted a little on the floor, but due to her restraint it was a bit harder to get comfortable. Isaac really hadn’t given her much leeway. “I’m in chains because they think I’ll bite their asses during the full moon which is happening in about… 10 minutes or so. I can feel the effects but yeah… not as antsy as Malia right now.”
“…Are you on drugs? Look, just tell me where you are and I’ll come get you. I can help you, protect you and we’ll fix you back… It’ll be like before, like nothing happened. You’ll like that, right?”
“Spells like the one put on Bella before require a huge amount of power,” Derek piped up. “No doubt some sacrifice has been made to ensure that she would never turn into a werewolf. Good thing the True Alpha came along, huh?” Whoever this Jake was, he didn’t like him.
“Jake, I’m fine. You and the tribe can royally fuck yourselves. We’re done. I’ve only been talking to Billy because of my dad but the first chance I get I’ll rip out your throat.”
“Is that the full moon talking?” Isaac looked at Bella, who shook her head.
“No. It’s a pissed off girl who got her heart ripped out by her supposed best friend who claimed he would always be there for her then he upped and disappeared when he said he’d be there for her and then wasn’t,” she sneered into a deep growl. “Then he lied about her very being her entire life, after knowing exactly what she was after he became what he was and didn’t tell her the truth.”
“Oh boy,” Granted, Isaac hadn’t known Bella for that long and still didn’t know her well at all, but he knew that she was stubborn in everything, even her anger. It wouldn’t be soon, but she’d get her revenge on this Jacob eventually.
“What? I helped Jasper help you, Bella, there isn’t much I could have done. Tell me where you are, we’ll figure it out.”
“Yeah, tough, Jake,” Bella spat as she wanted to push the button to disconnect the call but could barely reach it. When she eventually did, she crushed the phone in her hand, redirecting her anger into it. “Oh, nice. That asshole owes me a new phone now.”
“Yep, good thing we’ve tied you up,” Scott said as he looked at Malia, who was already sweating as she tried to fight herself from turning. “Stiles, talk her down.”
Bella sighed as she rested her head against the steel column she had been tied to. “Damnit, I wanted to know if Billy had spoken to my dad yet.”
“My dad said he spoke to your dad,” Stiles said as he sat down in front of Malia. “He’s on his way over.”
Bella let out a low, threatening growl. She knew it. She knew that cops being cops, would fuck things up. “Any mention of someone coming with him?”
“A worried fiancé, I believe.”
“Stiles!” Scott whined as he slapped his friend on his head.
Bella only looked up with golden eyes and a thirsty grin as she was more than ready to do battle. “Great. I’m ready to rip his head off and burn his dick. I’m sure it’s not much anyway.”
“You’re engaged?” Derek blinked as he looked at the girl who was sitting quietly in her chains, not struggling against her bonds or fighting her transformation. She reminded him a lot of Isaac, who had – thankfully – helped him restrain Erica and Boyd when they first turned. Lots of restraint in that pretty little head of hers. “But aren’t you Isaac’s girlfriend?”
“We are not a couple!” Bella and Isaac breezed angrily.
“Sure, sure you aren’t.” Derek snorted. “Seeing as she’s engaged.”
“I figured by running away from the altar that the engagement was automatically over,” Bella said, fascinated by the long nails on her hand. “But it’s okay, he’ll get the message once he comes here, I’m sure of it.”
The elder wolf eyed her with curiosity, his head cocking to the side in silent query.
She glanced at him with a smirk on her lips. “I’m now a natural enemy. I can’t very well be his mate. You’ll see.”
Derek scratched himself behind his head as he looked at Isaac for clues.
“Some sort of vampire,” Isaac replied with a shrug. “It’s okay, I didn’t believe her either.”
“What kind of vampire?” he retorted easily. “The good kind or you know, the shiny ones?”
“The pansy ass ones with glittery asses in the sunlight,” Bella grinned. “Gay, I know. Right!”
He thought for a moment before a big grin appeared on his face. “Scott, I know I said I wouldn’t help you help your new pack member, but I’m in.”
The boy was confused for a moment, looking unsure as he slowly nodded. “Uhh, okay? Do I want to know?”
“It’ll be fun Scotty! You’ll see!” Bella cheered. “Plenty of chew toys for everyone!”
“Good work out too,” Derek deadpanned. “It requires at least some strength to rip them to shreds.”
“Don’t encourage her, Derek,” Scott sighed tiredly. “It’s Isaac all over again.”
“Hey, I’m still here,” Isaac said disgruntled. “And I haven’t changed one bit, I simply want to do it for a different reason now.”
A roar from the other side of the loft had all heads turning to Malia, with Stiles scampering away from her as she tugged on her restraints. “God, I wish I was like her,” she whimpered through her impulses. “This sucks.”
“You can use your rage and vent your frustration out on some sparkling assholes soon. Do you like blondes?” Bella asked curiously. “What about meddling midgets?”
“Doesn’t help me much now, does it?” Malia responded angrily. “I’m trying to focus, but it hurts too much.”
“Just take a deep breath, Malia.”
“Screw you, Stiles,” Malia sighed as she sat back against the wall and closed her eyes, zeroing in on Bella’s heartbeat as Stiles’ was just running rampant at the moment. Eventually, she could feel the moon’s influence get to the background of her mind. “Destruction sounds good.”
Scott and Derek both were watching as the coyote settled down, her sweating ease back with surprise. “Hm,” was all that Derek let out on on it before he walked away. “I’ll go get things started so we get you all trained before they get here.”
“The pixie sees the future based on decisions. I am probably going to be able to shield you from her intrusion and Edward’s mind reading,” Bella piped up. “But it doesn’t hurt to try and fight without making a decision on what punch to launch next.”
Derek looked back at her and nodded in acknowledgment. Leaving the loft, he left the pack to handle their own so that he could tend to his business.
“Can we order pizza?” Bella asked as she tried to shift again, her ass was getting sleepy and she wanted to be able to move. Granted, it had something awesome to be tied up and all, but she’d rather have done that in private with Isaac and then having Isaac lick her all over and… Yep. She had to stop thinking about that because it turned her on. Her hands had returned to normal again and she was a little bummed about that. Maybe she could focus the rest of the night trying to make herself change again. Willingly.
