Eye Of The Tiger

Chapter 11

Making her way to Bella's house Rosalie was brimming with excitement. Not only was she getting to talk to her mate but she was going have uninterrupted one on one time with her. She would have never thought after she ran away from the school parking lot that morning her day would not only include spending time with her mate but also finding out that Bella was a shifter.

Once they reach the front door Bella unlocked it and ushered Rosalie into the living room. Rosalie sat on the couch while Bella took the chair her father preferred. She had the overwhelming urge to sit next Rosalie, hold her hand, snuggle her close but she couldn't understand why. Ever since locking eyes with her in the woods Bella wanted to be near the vampire.

It was confusing Bella that when Emmett attacked her in the woods she wasn't afraid for her own life but was concerned for Rosalie's. It took Rosalie laughing that clued her in to Emmett not being a danger and though still cautious she stopped her attack rationalizing that without a leg he wouldn't be that much of a danger to anyone. The fact that he deferred to Rosalie during the whole interaction made her lose the remaining bit of hostility towards him.

Rosalie looked around the room and noticed it was quite drab. It looked like a bachelor pad that had recently been spruced up to make it more of a home. There were a few pictures of what looked to be Chief Swan with an older lady and some recent ones of him with Bella. Seeing them side by side made the similarities in their very different appearances more noticeable. Bella had Charlie's nose, mouth and facial structure. It was very obvious to Rosalie that the were father and daughter. This had her thinking of what kind of circumstances brought Bella to live with a man who didn't know that his daughter was a shifter.

It was with that thought that Rosalie broke the silence with her first question "How is it that your father doesn't know you're a shifter?"

"Neither of my parents know I'm a shifter. They are both regular humans." Bella answered reluctantly.

"How is that possible?It's obvious Charlie is your father but who was your mother? Were you adopted?"Rosalie asked.

"I'd rather not get into my past right now it's a sensitive subject." Bella may have felt drawn to Rosalie but she didn't feel comfortable with her.

Even though she wanted to push for the information, Rosalie relented. She had to remind herself that they would hopefully have many more talks in the future. If Bella accepted the mate bond they would have all of eternity to find out everything about each other."Yes of course I'm sorry.I just want to know about you."

"That's fine.I want to know about you too. I guess my first question is why are your eyes gold and not red?"Bella asked.

"It's because myself and my family only live off the blood of animals. We don't drink from humans." Rosalie told her.

Bella stiffened."What types of animals?"

It was then Rosalie understood. Bella had stopped her from hunting the mountain lion. Bella wanted to know if they ate others of her species. If she had a beating heart it would be pounding wildly she was sure. Lying wasn't an option as it was almost impossible to lie to one's mate. She just wasn't sure what Bella's reaction to her answer was going to be and that had made her extremely anxious.

"We eat all different types of animals."Rosalie said.

Bella took a deep breath to control her anger."so you eat cats?"

Rosalie chuckled at the mental picture of one of her family members stalking a house cat. It was when she looked into Bella's angry eyes that she got serious."We eat large predators yes."