In The Blood Chapter 8 Teaser

So when we last left our hero, he was waiting for his audience with Aro, ready to see if he or any of the vampires there know anything of his lady love, Isabella. Unfortunately, nothing is easy for Edward, is it? Yes, he gets in to see Aro, but from the teaser you'll have to ask yourself whether or not he'll be happy he did.

“Aro, you know my thoughts now, so you know why I’ve come,” he said trying to redirect the conversation to a more expedient path. Aro nodded slowly.

“Edward comes looking for his sire,” he said simply to Caius.

“What are you talking about,” his brother shot back with exasperation, tired of Aro’s show and ready to be rid of Edward. “Jane already told us that Carlisle’s mate is his sire.”

Unfortunately for Caius, Aro was just warming up. “Ah…yes. Well, it seems our dear Jane was wrong there as well.” Jane’s eyes flashed irately from Aro to Edward. Aro held up a hand to prevent her from launching into another denial or explanation. “Carlisle lied, dear one.”

Caius’s mind went ballistic. How dare that freak flout our authority? “Aro! Jane and Felix were our official representatives. They were acting in your stead. Can we allow this behavior? Is this how Carlisle repays our kindness and friendship? With lies and betrayal?” Caius’s past jealousy over Aro’s preference for Carlisle flowed back into him like a tidal wave.

Jane’s mind was no less vitriolic, although she could barely form a complete sentence in her mind. The words Hate! and Burn! pounded through her brain in a relentless litany. The only person in the room who wasn’t full of fear and jealousy and hate was Aro. I can only imagine what you’re hearing right now, he smirked at Edward.

Edward realized it was time for a dramatic stance and unfortunately it would require him to bow to Aro’s authority: publically and physically. He walked directly toward the Volturi leader, who waved back his guard before turning back to Edward. Surely you’re not going to be foolish, young one?

Edward looked confidently into Aro’s crimson eyes, then slowly lowered himself to his knees and bowed his head.

“Carlisle only did what he did because he was afraid I would be summarily executed. He had noticed the up-tick in murders as well and had been watching me, although he had no inkling of my talent. When he lied to your guard, he did so only with the hope of saving me, a stranger. Please don’t repay his kindness and compassion to me by punishing him for it. If anyone is to be punished, let it be me.” Edward continued to stare at Aro’s black, slippered feet. Please, God, don’t let them kill me. Not when I'm this close to her.

And he is close isn't he? Or is he? Well, you'll have to keep reading to find out. Mwwwwahhhahahaha!!!!

Who's evil now, eh?

The playlist song is "Breakdown" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

In The Blood Chapter 7 Teaser

While Edward is in Italy trying to get some answers, Bella is in Chicago with Emmett. Emmett's wonderful, attentive, and sexy...and not the beautiful boy:

Their declarations of love the night before should have been the fulfillment of Bella's deepest desires. Instead, she was confused. Sitting next to Emmett in the dark, her thoughts of him were mixed with her memories of Edward. When Emmett was awake, Bella attention was solely centered on her lover. As he slept, she imagined Edward's mouth on hers, his hands in her hair, his body weighing down on her. She'd spent almost a century trying to forget the beautiful boy, yet suddenly, in the darkness, he seemed to be all she could think about.

Emmett stirred next to her, pulling her down and reclaiming her, mind and body. Their bodies tangled, they exploded together, and Bella looked deep into his eyes. There was love there, definitely, but it was not the bottomless gaze the beautiful boy had when he looked at her. She wanted someone to look at her like that again.

And poor Emmett, he just doesn't know what he's gotten himself into.

The playlist song for this chapter is "Refugee" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.



You can find the new chapter at the same bat time (Wednesday), same bat channel (FFn & Twilighted).

P.S. And wasn't New Moon WONDERFUL? *swoon*

P.P.S. Oh, and how 'bout that Remember Me trailer?! *swoon* *thud*

Edward kicks it into action

Chapter 6 is up, dears! Enjoy!! http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5441647/6/

In The Blood Chapter 6 Teaser

Chapter six already? So much has happened. *sigh* Last time we saw Edward, we left with Rosalie telling him to get off his emo-butt and "figure it out!" Go, Rosie! And thank God Edward's not reading fragile's chapters because Chapter 5 saw Bella and Emmett grow that much closer. *queue the suspenseful music* But even though he doesn't know what's been going on with Bella for the past ninety-one years, Edward's ready to find out. And this is the chapter where he'll start that journey.

Part of that journey will take him to Alaska and the Denali clan, as you'll see in the teaser below, and I wanted to give you an idea of the house I was thinking of when I wrote this part.

Edward opted for speed over inconspicuousness and drove the Vanquish to Denali, making the over 3500 mile trip in less than a day. He called Tanya on his way to ask her if she would mind an impromptu visit from him, and she had been more than happy to hear the news. He had, of course, noted the time when he ended the call on his cell phone: 2:14 am. God damn it! He cursed. The daily reminder made Edward more determined than ever to get to the bottom of why Isabella had left him.

As he drove up the backwoods road to her home, he hoped Tanya’s enthusiasm would remain of the friendly variety. He knew she found him attractive but, even though she was as stunning as any of their kind could be, Edward had never thought of the strawberry blonde beauty in that way. Tanya had always felt like a cousin to him. As he saw her waiting for him in front of the house, on the wide flagstone patio that stretched from the entryway to the driveway, he could only hope the feeling was now mutual.

“Edward, it’s such a pleasure to see you again.” She pulled him close and kissed first his left cheek then the right. She inhaled his scent, and Edward tried not to hear her thoughts as she involuntarily wondered how he would be in bed.

Good Lord, I bet he’s got a lot of pent up sexual frustration. Rosalie said he hasn’t slept with anyone in the seventy-some years she’s been with the Cullens. That’s just far too long to go without sex. Oh, how I wish he would just let me kiss him, just once…

The playlist song is "Devil Delight" by Heart. I particularly enjoy the guitarist in this video with the crazy '70s vest that's cut to show his nipples (way to rock it out, dude!!!), although this has absolutely no bearing on the chapter itself (thank goodness for that!).



As always, the new chapter will be posted to FFn and Twilighted on Wednesday. I hope you all enjoy it.

In The Blood Chapter 5 Teaser

In last week's chapter, Edward remembers how he met his Isabella. In this week's chapter, "I'll Take My Chances," Bella shares some of her memories of her beautiful boy.

The day she first saw the beautiful boy, bent down to tie his shoe, she'd had every intention of dragging him to the nearest alley and draining him. She'd smelled his blood two blocks away, and only his attention to his untied laces prevented him seeing her approach at inhuman speed. When he looked up at her, his eyes a sparkling deep emerald and his mouth in a crooked smile, everything changed. She wanted him in a way wholly foreign to her; she wanted him for eternity. To disguise her shock, she had flirted with him in a manner called shameless in 1918. He responded by taking her hand, and the intense waves of electricity that passed through her body made her wonder if her shield had failed.


He looked so crestfallen when he thought he wouldn't see her again. However, she never truly left him when they parted on the street. She followed him for days, watching him with his family and friends, learning everything she could about him. She climbed into his second story window and watched him sleep. The chances she took to be near him would have made Aro cringe, but she couldn't stay away. Finally, she summoned the courage to approach him.

Maybe she's not as eeeeevil as she seems ;)

The playlist song for this chapter is "Straight On" by Heart.

Finally, Edward and Bella Meet...

Well, actually it happened about ninety years ago, but it's new for us, right? Chapter 4 is up over at FFn and Twilighted. Enjoy!

In The Blood Chapter 4 Teaser

So, wow, Bella and Emmett make a pretty hot pair, don't they? I wonder if those crazy kids will wind up together.....WAIT!!!! I'm not Team Emmett! I'm Team Edward! So for all of you whose allegiance was wavering after fragile's amazing last chapter, what if I told you I thought I could win you back with the story of how Bella and Edward met? Intrigued? Good! Because I present to you the teaser for Chapter 4, No Time To Wallow:

“Are you waiting for me to knight you?” she teased, her voice flowed like honey: soft and slow and unbearably sweet. Edward knew he was making a idiot of himself, but he continued to kneel before her. It just seemed the most prudent thing to do in the face of such perfection.

“Would you?” he replied with amusement. He stood up and looked down in to her unusual dark eyes. They seemed to be a peculiar shade of violet, almost burgundy, but he paid less attention to their color than he did to the jovial light in them. This gorgeous creature was flirting with him, and he wasn’t going to let the moment slip away on trivialities.

“Well now, I’m not sure,” he continued with mock deliberation. “Would my lady liege be beneficent or cruel?” While the woman before him was clearly stunning, there was something about her expression that told him she wasn’t all sunshine and light. It made her oddly more attractive, although he’d never been one to chase after vixens.

She laughed, and the sound of it made him think of the first time he had caught a single, perfect snowflake on his tongue as a child: cool and crisp and miraculous. He shook his head a little, trying to focus on the woman before him and not the way she was turning him into a giddy fool.

“Oh, definitely cruel,” she assured him. “Good is so over-rated.” She continued to stare into his eyes as if she were searching for something in them. His heart stuttered at the thought that she might see something special in him, then beat harder, wishing with every beat that she would.

The playlist song is "Light My Fire" by The Doors. Sorry you can't see it here, they've disabled the embedding, but I love this particular version, where they sing it on the Ed Sullivan Show. I hope you enjoy!

The new chapter will be posted to FFn Wednesday. Our Twilighted beta is LIGHTENING fast so I have high hopes that the chapter will post there on Wednesday as well.