Saved by the man with the red eyes

Chapter 10

Bella POV

I don't know how long we've been running, I don't know where we are, I don't know the people I'm going to be meeting, and I don't even know the man who I'm currently riding on his back... The only thing I know, is for once I feel whole, for once I feel safe.

It's ironic I'm probably in a situation that if it was a normal person in my place, they would freak out, scream, shout, do everything that they could to get away. Maybe I should have done the same... But I feel as if this was meant to happen... that everything leading up to this only occurred so I could be where I was, right now, on a strangers back, a vampire's back, my soul mate's back.

I didn't know a single thing about him... only his name, that he's a vampire, and that he feeds off of my kind, humans... I know this should scare the shit outta me, but in this moment, I've never felt safer, or more whole, holding on tight to him, it felt as if I were holding my whole world, and I have no doubt, that I am holding everything that I've ever wanted and everything I'll ever need, so I tucked my head into his neck and held on tighter, dreading the moment when I'll have to let go.

I raised my head after a couple minutes and looked around, it was useless to look, I knew that before I did it, everything is dark back blurs.

I smiled and raised my head a little more, enjoying the breeze through my hair and whipping my face.

It woke me instantly, the bitter cold air felt as if it were smacking me, and yet it felt amazing. I let out a chuckle, its the first time I laughed in a long time, I can't remember the last time.

I heard my Caius start chuckling underneath me too. It was the most beautiful sound I've ever heard, it woke every nerve in my body, and turned my bones to jelly.

I loved the feeling I got from it, it kinda feels like your drunk... But from happiness.

I took one of my hands and started running it through his hair, rubbing his scalp. I felt him vibrating and a strange purring like noise erupted from deep in his chest.

My smile widened, I remember once I was talking to Esme...

~Flashback~

I smiled lightly, I was at the Cullen's house on the love seat, Edward was hunting with his family, only Esme stayed.

I recently have been feeling as if... Edward wasn't my true mate, that he only loved me, that we weren't soul mates.

So I waited until I knew the family was far away and they couldn't hear my conversation with Esme... she's one of the only Cullen's I KNOW I can trust.

So I looked at my second mom, "mom, can I ask you a question? and you can't tell Edward anything about it..." I asked looking at her.

She looked worried, "what's wrong baby girl? I promise I won't tell ANYBODY, you know you can trust me, tell me what's wrong..." she whispered leaning forward, her worried look kept getting more and more intense.

It might be mean, but everybody in this family knows that I'm Esme's favorite girl, maybe even child.

"Momma, I don't think Edward is my soul mate," I whispered quietly, tears sprung into my eyes.

"Oh baby," she whispered sadly, she got up and wrapped me in her arms, she set me on her lap. I started crying, it might be childish, but I cuddled into her and sobbed, "why do you think that?" she asked gently as she rubbed my back and patted my hair.

"Because," I sobbed, "it doesn't feel the same, it feels like its forced, that we only love each other! That there's no deep connection."

Esme didn't respond, she just pulled me tighter against her body and whispered words of love and support in my ear.

After about 5 minutes my sobs quieted. "Mommy," I chocked, I never even called Renee that, "how do I know! how do I find out if he's my true mate?" I whispered snuggling into her more.

She thought for a couple minutes, then said "there's one way to know for sure, when your with your true soul mate, and you make them happy enough, content enough, they will make a purring noise, this only happens with the males, and it only happens when their TRUE soul mate makes them happy, do that to Edward and if he purrs, he's your true soul mate, if not, he probably isn't. But I do have a prediction, since you don't think you guys are soul mates, you guys probably aren't."

I nodded and buried my head into her neck.

~End of Flashback~

I felt tears come to my eyes as I thought of my mom, she didn't want to leave, she emailed me, told me that she didn't want to leave, they were forcing her too, that she loves me, and that she'll contact me whenever she gets the chance.

We soon stopped "where are we?" I asked rubbing his scalp, he purred again.

"We are in Virginia, we are staying for the night, then we are gonna steal a boat," he said.

"Wouldn't it be easier to steal a boat now? You know? In the middle of the night?" I asked in a sarcastic tone.

He chuckled, and it had the same effect on me, and I was even more grateful that I didn't get off his back yet. "Yes it would be, do you want to leave now?" he asked.

"Yes!" I said, maybe a little too quickly.

He chuckled again, "okay lets go," he said and he bounded down the dock, and he took a medium sized boat, it had bench seats, so I think that's where I'm gonna be sleeping, because as much as I hate to admit it, that cold air adrenalin rush has worn off, and it feels like its been years since I slept.

He gently took me off of his back and laid me on the bench seat and took a blanket that was under the other bench seat and wrapped me up the took a seatbelt and clasped it around me, I was about to ask why but he saw the confusion and answered.

"I am going to be going through the water really quickly, and I don't want you to fall outta the boat, because you and I both know you'll be sleeping in a matter of minutes," he smiled at me, placed a passionate kiss on my lips then went up to the drivers seat.

He was right, the boat only just started when sleep over came me and swollowed me into its darkness.