Bella's Babe

4)My Three Goddesses IV

Previously

Edward grabbed me and pulled me close, so tight that it hurt. "You, are, MINE!" He growled and I backed down.

Bella POV

"Edward you know I'm yours," I assured him. "I am you lover, your mate, your fiancé, and soon I will be your wife." My words seemed to placate him and he calmed somewhat. "But I am not your property, your pet." Anger flashed through his eyes but I continued. "I love you and I will always be yours, but you don't own me. I am a person, not a possession."

Edward's arms tightened and I gasped in pain. "You are MINE!" Edward repeated. "You belong to ME! And I will not let them have you!" As he spoke he continued to hold me tighter.

"Edward stop," I begged. "Your hurting me." I heard something crack and pain shot through my left side, it felt as though I had been stabbed and a cry of pain left my throat.

"Say it!" Edward demanded. "Say that you are mine Bella?" He ordered me.

"Get off me!" I yelled, fighting him uselessly, from my left hip to my left armpit was still screaming in pain but it did not stop me from trying.

Edward released me and I stumbled backwards before being shocked my his open hand colliding with my face. I fell to the floor and brought my right hand up to the left side of my face which was still stinging from the impact and the coppery taste of blood entered my mouth. "You bitch," I looked up to see a furious Edward. He was not the man I had fallen in love with. He was not the man I was supposed to be marrying. He was a monster.

I froze in fear but before he could continue he went flying backwards, taking chunks out of the door frame as he went. I knew as soon as I saw her honey coloured hair, even before she turned and I saw Kate's face. Before I knew it my three goddesses were there. Tanya lent down and ran her relievingly cold fingers across my injured face.

All three girls growled. "He will pay for what he has done to you!" Tanya vowed and with that all three women were gone.

I could hear a fight going on downstairs and I slowly made my way towards the commotion. It was slow progress as I couldn't move without feeling as though someone just jabbed a sharp knife between my ribs. When I finally reached the top of the staircase I saw what was going on down below. The Cullens were trying to protect Edward and the Denalis were trying to keep them out of the fight while the three beautiful goddesses were alternating between holding the Cullens at bay and attacking Edward.

Everything I had felt for Edward was gone when he hurt me, but that didn't mean I wanted him dead. I might have no respect left for him, I might want nothing more to do with him, but I didn't want him dead. He didn't deserve to die for his actions.

"Stop!" I called out and everyone froze. They all looked up at me and I probably looked fabulous right now, clutching my left side in pain, I just knew my hair was a mess and god knows what my face looks like right now. I addressed Tanya, Kate and Irina. "Please don't kill him," I begged and the girls all looked uncertain.

"He deserves to die for what he did to you!" Kate insisted, Tanya and Irina growled in agreement.

"No he doesn't!" I countered, wincing as the pain in my side flared up. "Just let him go." Hesitantly, the girls did as I instructed.

"I knew you would come to your senses," Edward began. "I'm sorry I hurt you, I just forgot my own strength for a moment when I saw you with Irina. I do love you Bella," the copper-haired vampire assured me. "Let's just put this behind us and continue as we planned. We'll get married, enjoy our honeymoon, and then you can be one of us, just like you always wanted." Edward smiled at me, that smile that I had once fallen in love with only now it seemed different.

Something he had said had set Kate off and the other two were holding her back while Irina reminded her, "Bella said not to kill him."

I however was focussed on Edward. His smile was kind and loving but his eyes seemed angry and victorious, almost sinister. I would never be stupid enough to let him near me again. Slowly and deliberately I removed the engagement ring and dropped it over the railing. It landed on the floor below with a satisfying clink which would have been a lot louder to the vampires. "Stay away from me," I insisted, staring at Edward. "I don't want anything to do with you ever again." I told him and his face hardened.

Edward growled. "You are mine!" He insisted again, pouncing towards me.

My breath caught in my throat and I leaned back in fear as he drew close. It was Rose who came to my rescue this time. Tanya, Kate and Irina were now standing in front of me while Rose threw Edward to the other side of the room. "Who the hell are you?" She demanded my ex. "You most certainly are not my brother, I would never be a part of a family where it is okay to beat a woman and call her your property!" Rose growled.

Everyone looked around, wondering if anyone would stand to defend Edward. Finally all eyes turned to Carlisle, searching for his reaction. The blond vampire turned to me. "I should probably take a look at your injuries, why don't we go to my office?"

"Carlisle!" Edward protested at his father's lack of support.

"Get out of my house." Esme shocked everyone with her hostility. "I never imagined you would treat a woman with such blatant disrespect and brutality. Rose is right, we don't even know you. You are not my son." I didn't get to see how things ended as Carlisle led me away and that was the last I could make out as he closed his office door behind me.

***After the rampage***

So apparently my left rib had been fractured, the third from the bottom. It could have been worse, the break didn't go all the way through and the bone was not out of place. Almost half my face was covered in a huge purple bruise and there was a tiny split in the corner of my bottom lip. But there was nothing serious or life threatening, I just had to try not to move around too much, although it was much better with the painkillers he had given me.

Finally he had left me alone with my three goddesses. "Why was Edward so desperate to keep you away from me?" I asked the question that had been plaguing me for some time.

The girls all looked between each other uncertainly before Tanya finally responded. "Because when we first laid eyes on you we recognised you as our mate." She told me and I took a moment to absorb her words.

"All three of you?" I asked uncertainly.

They nodded.

"We decided not to tell you straight away because we didn't want to overwhelm you," Irina explained. "We planned to wait until you were turned so you would feel the mating pull for yourself."

"We know it is a lot to take in," Kate began, attempting to calm me. "But we're willing to go at your pace, we aren't going to force this on you or pressure you into rushing things. We have waited centuries to find our mate, we are in no hurry."

The three goddesses, my goddesses, I had been thinking of them as mine for some time, all looked at me expectantly, awaiting my opinion on the situation. I thought very carefully about what I was getting myself into before responding. I made eye contact with each girl in turn. "I don't know the full extent of what is going on between us just yet," I began and their faces grew solemn. "But I'm eager to find out."

Before I knew what was happening I was wrapped in a hug. Six arms gripped me in a tender embrace, being careful not to aggravate my wounds. This was the beginning, of what I didn't know, but I knew for sure that it was something amazing

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