Shadows Of The Night (Wattys2016)

The Blood Vow?

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Standard Disclaimer: The following is a work of fanfiction using characters from the Twilight world, which is trademarked by Stephenie Meyer. I do not claim ownership of said characters. No copyright infringement is intended.

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Previously- “Right, three centuries ago. That’s three hundred years! Your people might have been obligated to my family back then, but now it’s the twenty-first century and it’s been too goddamn long since then. You have nothing to be grateful to me; I have not done anything for you, and even if I had, I would never ask you to work for me in exchange. My mother didn’t raise me up like that.”  

“I understand, Edward, but you need to understand this: when my family came to this land, they were in grave danger and your family let us stay here. You see, there was a huge war happening at that time and we were from the enemy land, but your family didn’t turn us to the authorities but instead helped us and gave us shelter. If not for your family, none of us would have survived, Edward. I would not be standing in front of you right now.”

I just stood, stunned. She, her family, all of them took this very seriously. But I was not going to let her work for me like I owned her!

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                                                    The Blood Vow?

“Bella…” I tried to speak to her in a calm soothing voice. “I know you think this is important, but, sweetheart, I cannot let you work for me without getting paid. It goes against my values, I just can’t do that. And really, you don’t know how glad I am that my ancestors helped yours, but why don’t we just keep this to our ancestors, and go forward from here.”

She started shaking her head. “No, Edward, you don’t understand. They made ‘The Blood Vow’.”

I looked at her in confusion.“What’s ‘The Blood Vow’?”

“It’s a binding made by exchanging blood, and it should never be broken or the consequences will be grave,” she said in a grave voice, like she was actually witnessing the binding right now.

“Bella, don’t tell me you believe in such bullshit.”

“It’s not bullshit, Edward; I have seen the consequences of breaking such a vow,” she said in a furious voice. When I looked at her warily she seemed to back-paddle.

“I-I mean not ‘see’, but I’ve heard some gruesome things.”

“What exactly are these consequences?” I asked.

“It depends upon the type of promise and its prerequisites and what you’re ready to sacrifice to gain something.”

“And what exactly was this promise and exchange in relation to our families?”

She took a deep breath and replied, “My family, we were injured and were in need of help real bad. My sister was...”

“My sister… you speak like you were there….” I asked her suspiciously.

“It’s just that I’ve heard this story so many times, I tend to get into it sometimes, I’m sorry,” she said sheepishly.

When I smiled she continued “So, my great-great-great-grandmother’s sister was terribly injured and they couldn’t get away from the area fast enough and stumbled upon this place and hid in the cottage behind the mansion but were soon discovered by the valet and were brought in front of your great-great-great grandfather,” she giggled.

I found I really loved that sound.

“Sorry, it’s just kind of funny saying it so many times.”

I chuckled. “Yes, three centuries, three hundred years, three ‘great’s’ and it’s the third time you’ve said sorry for nothing. Three just seems to be our lucky number here.” We laughed together.

“Why don’t we sit down and then you can continue your story. I have been travelling the whole day and I’m feeling really tired,” I said while stretching my hands above my head. I heard a gasp. I turned towards her and found her looking at my stomach which was now exposed. I chuckled softly bringing my hands down, she looked at me blushing. I smirked. Well, it was good to know I was not the only one getting affected.

“I’m sorry. Please have a seat. It’s your house you know, you can do anything you want.” She said, flushing again. Was there double meaning in what she said?

No, it’s just wishful thinking on my part. Shaking my head slightly I motioned for her to join me on the couch.

“Um...” she hesitated. “Why don’t you freshen up? I’ve cleaned your room; it’s on the right side of the second floor landing. The room next to it is clean, too, if you want to use it as an office or a guest room. The office is actually on the first floor but it’s really dusty and…”

“Bella…”

“… needs more cleaning, but if you need to use it I could cle–” she kept on going without taking a breath.

“BELLA.” She stopped and looked at me.

“Relax, Breathe.” She took a deep breath.

“Good. Now, it’s absolutely fine, I don’t need to use the office for anything, and thank you for cleaning the rooms but it was unnecessary…” she seem to want to interrupt but I stopped her by raising my hand in a stop sign and continued “… to clean two of them. If I want to use other rooms I’ll clean them myself or you can help me clean them if you want to but you won’t be doing any cleaning without getting paid.”

“You won’t be saying this once you know the whole story.” she warned me.

“Okay.” I said smiling at her “I think I will take a shower and then we can continue this.”

“Take your time.” She said, smiling.

The floorboards of the stairs were covered in thick rugs and muffled the sound of my footsteps which is why I paused when I heard creaking on the second floor. When I stopped the creaking stopped as well.

“Hm…these floor boards must be loose.” I muttered to myself.

When I reached the landing I felt a cold breeze blow through the hallway. It was really freezing out here. There must be some problem with the heating unit I thought.

I should probably speak to Bella about this.

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Hmmm... so, werethose floor boards loose? I'll let you guys descide.

Also, what do you think of Bella? Is it right for her to work for Edward free of cost? Or do you guys think its absolutely fine because she's obliged? 

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