Eye Of The Tiger

Chapter 71

"I'm not finding anything." Rosalie said in exasperation as she closed the book in her hands.

"Me neither but we still have lots of books to go through." Bella told her.

"I know it would just be easier if there was some kind of index. There are hundreds of books here and each of them is hand written. It's going to take us forever to go through all of them." Rosalie said.

Bella pulled another book from the shelf. "I know but this is the best place to find accurate information."

Rosalie huffed." I don't think I'm patient enough to go through all these."

"Other than frustrated how are you feeling? I know you've never drank human blood before. Are you feeling any blood lust?" Bella asked.

Rosalie leered at Bella." Oh I'm feeling lust alright. But to answer your question I have no craving for blood. Well beyond the normal craving that is."

"Do you think you now have blood in your veins? Your heart beating means it has to be pumping something through your body?" Bella asked thoughtfully.

"I don't know. We should probably check though." Rosalie said putting her finger in her mouth and biting down.

"What the hell are you doing?" Bella yelled pulling Rosalie's hand away from her mouth.

Rosalie rolled her eyes."I was trying to make myself bleed. However my bite didn't even break the skin. You try."

Bella shook her head. "I'm going to bite you hard enough to make you bleed."

"Although I wish we were doing this under more pleasurable circumstances I need you to bite me. We need to know if I'm now vulnerable. This could have changed my vampire abilities." Rosalie told her.

Bella thought about this. What if Rosalie was now vulnerable because of Bella's blood flowing in her system. She would feel horrible if she was the cause of making her imprint weak.

"Alright give me your finger." Bella held Rosalie's hand to her mouth and bit Rosalie's finger.

Rosalie sighed. "Sweetheart I know it goes against all of your instincts but you are going to have to bite harder than that."

Bella pulled the finger out of her mouth and looked at it in awe. "I did bite you hard. Harder than the time I bit you in the shoulder."

"What?" Rosalie exclaimed snatching her hand out of Bella's." There isn't even an indent. Not even a scratch."

Bella pulled Rosalie into a hug and rubbed her hands up and down Rosalie's back."You still feel soft to me and your skin is still warm."

"Do you think your blood made my skin invulnerable?" Rosalie asked.

"It's literally programmed in my DNA to protect you at all cost. It would almost make sense that having my blood pumping through your veins would cause it to protect the insides of your body." Bella mused not really sure.

Rosalie laid her head against Bella's chest. Bella's heart beat calming her racing thoughts. "I don't know how much more of this I can take."

"What do you mean?" Bella asked in alarm.

"It's all just so overwhelming. By the time I get used to one new thing five other things show up. It's a lot of change happening so quickly." Rosalie explained.

"Is it to much?" Bella asked. "Do you want me to go away and leave you alone?"

"Go away? Bella no. I don't want you to go away. I've just been alive over a hundred years and in the last two weeks more has happened than in all the time before combined. There is no way I am letting you go. We are in this together."

"Together?" Bella asked.

"Together." Rosalie reassured her with a kiss.

"Let's get back to these books. If it comes to it we may need to enlist the help of your family." Bella said.

"Let's wait a bit. We still have today and tomorrow to go through as much as we can. Bringing in the family should be a last resort." Rosalie told her.

Bella nodded in agreement and went back to the book she had pulled out. She wasn't feeling very optimistic about the chances of them finding anything any time soon.