Eye Of The Tiger

Chapter 63

"Why are we doing this again?" Rosalie asked. She gazed at her mate hungrily as Bella stripped off her clothes in the forest.

"Because you need to hunt and they want to come along." Bella explained giving Rosalie a kiss before stepping back and shifting into her tiger.

Rosalie sighed and jumped on Bella's back. If she was going to have to share Bella she would at least stake her claim and not allow any of them to ride on her mate. That was privilege she alone should enjoy and based on the fact Alice already got to Emmett was probably going to try. She would be damned if that big oaf crushed Bella.

"You can follow us now. Bella's ready." Rosalie yelled and within seconds Emmett and Alice followed by a slower Jasper appeared in the forest in front of them.

"Oh man it was my turn ride." Emmett whined.

Rosalie shot him a smirk. "The only one who will be riding Bella is me."

"But Alice got a turn." Emmett complained.

"And it was only because Bella agreed before I had a chance to kill her did I allow it." Rosalie told him.

"You suck so bad." Emmett grumbled.

"We are going to go meet up with the mountain lion first then take her hunting with us." Rosalie explained to them as Bella took off.

When she tried to reach out to Bella Rosalie realized that Bella was running on pure animal instinct and she wouldn't be able to share thoughts with her. She could still feel Bella's intent though and could sense that Bella had caught the scent of a large animal.

"Wait up!You guys are going to fast we can't keep up." Emmett called from behind them. Bella slowed her speed but didn't stop as she ran towards the mountain.

As they caught up Emmett noticed a mountain lion standing next to Bella. His eyes went wide as he watched the lion walk towards a now standing Rosalie and rubbed it's head against Rosalie's thigh.

"Can we pet her too?" Alice asked excitedly.

Rosalie shook her head. "She doesn't feel comfortable around you yet. It's best to give her space until she gets used to you."

"What are we going to hunt?" Emmett asked.

"I think we should follow Bella and the lion's lead. We are after all guests on their hunt." Jasper reminded everyone.

"Bella says to follow but stay back a little from them because the lion is nervous.We've killed members of her family and she is wary of you." Rosalie told them.

"But she's fine with you. You even went hunting with them." Alice said confused.

"They recognize me as Bella's mate, because of that they trust me." Rosalie explained.

"Seriously! First the wolves let you hang out with them whenever you want, now you can hang out with mountain lions without them even batting an eye. All because you are Bella's mate. I don't get it! How were you able to snag such a cool mate?" Emmett said.

"Why does everyone think I'm not cool? I am very cool!" Rosalie told them.

"Yeah real cool." Emmett mumbled earning a glare from Rosalie in reply.

Having enough of the argument Bella took off with the mountain lion at a pace the others were easily able to keep up with. She led them to a rocky side of the mountain where they could see several mountain goats high up grazing on bits of grass and trees.

"How is she going to get up there to get the goats? Does she want us to get them for her?" Emmett asked earning an eye roll from Rosalie.

"Woah. No tiger that big should be that agile. Look at her climb. It's like she is just out for a stroll not even breaking a sweat." Alice said as they all watched in awe as Bella and the lion scaled the rocks with ease. Bella taking a direct route while the lion found more solid footing on flatter rocks.

"Oh man look at that goat.He's huge. How is she going to fight him without falling from that high up?" Emmett asked.

Rosalie smirked as Bella headed for the largest goat in the herd. He took a defensive position, head down ready to ram his huge curled horns and big head into Bella. Although it looked highly likely that fighting on the side of the mountain would result in Bella falling Rosalie had faith in her mate.

Bella wouldn't take unnecessary risks even when she was showing off and Rosalie had a feeling that Bella was in fact doing just that. Showing off that she was a good provider and could take care of her imprint. Rosalie didn't mind. She just sat there and watched the show,trying to keep her thoughts PG because when it came to her mate showing of her physical prowess Rosalie found it very arousing.

"What the hell is she doing?" Emmett yelled as Bella grabbed the goat's neck in her mouth and swung it off the mountain towards Emmett causing him to fumble the large animal as he tried to catch it.

They all laughed as Emmett juggled the animal winding up on the ground with the goat in his lap. He huffed as he stood up and put the goat on the ground.

"I can't believe she threw a goat at me. I don't know wether I'm impressed or pissed." Emmett exclaimed looking back up at Bella in case she got the idea of throwing anymore goats at him.

"I'm impressed." Alice said still laughing.

Jasper nodded in agreement."I'm impressed as well.She hit you with perfect accuracy and even with the fumble you did manage to catch it."

"I hope we get to hunt more than goats though." Emmett said.

"Bella is doing this for the mountain lions sake. She is trying to get it comfortable with the rest of you so she will hunt along side us and feel safe. Look they are already coming back down." Rosalie explained as Bella and the lion made their way down the mountain.

When she reached the bottom Bella walked up to Emmett and nudged him in the shoulder causing him to smile.

"Yeah, yeah, that was a pretty badass move. I admit it." He huffed. "Does this mean I can get a ride now?"

Bella nodded her head and before Rosalie could complain Emmett was on the tiger's back running alongside the mountain lion through the forest. She sighed and took off after them with Alice and Jasper right beside her.