Chapter 1

I had never felt a pain like I was feeling from the tip of my tail ever before and the throbbing from my head wasn't helping at all. I laid there for a moment soaking up what was going on around me. My eyes shot open and I rose up when I realized that I was breathing too frequently to be in the water and that I was dry. Looking around I found that I was on a bed in the corner of a very small room that smelt terrible. Tracing back in my mind the last thing I remember doing was swimming to the surface to take deep breath, next thing I remember is waking up here.

I was pondering what could have happened and who could have helped me when the door creaked as it opened revealing a huge guy who I had never met or seen before. "Thank God you're awake." I couldn't take my eyes off of him; I was afraid of what he was going to do. Not many of my kind meet humans and those who do don't trust them enough to tell them what they really are and here I am not able to lie because he has already seen my tail.

He took a quick step towards me causing me to panic; without thinking I scurried to the opposite side of the bed and hissed in pain when I got there. He looked worriedly at me before raising his hands as if he was surrendering before he took much slower steps towards the bed and me. "You don't have to be afraid of me, I'm not gonna hurt you." I took long deep breaths but still didn't look away from him. I had to admit that he was by far one of the most attractive beings I have ever laid eyes on.

His barely there black hair was just long enough for you to run you fingers through without having anything to actually hold onto. I swear I had never seen so many muscles on one body; his arms were covered in muscles and you could tell by the tightness of his tank top that his chest matched his arms and legs that were showing thanks to his tan cargo shorts. However, his most appealing feature would have to be his gorgeous blue eyes; they are bluer than any of the seven seas, and I could testify since I have been to all of them.

He carefully sat on the opposite side of the bed from me being sure to not jostle my foot more than absolutely necessary. I held onto the sheet tightly since it was the only thing that was keeping him from getting a free show. "I just want to check your," he looked confused when he saw my legs, "foot?" I shook my head and curled myself into a tighter ball trying to keep him from touching me. "You can understand me?" I nodded my head slightly. "Good, I just want to make sure your foot is ok, if it isn't taken care of properly than it could get infected, which could be deadly out here on the ocean."

I thought about it for a few moments before I carefully, and slowly, slid my foot out to him; he sighed and relaxed a little when I did this. He slowly removed the wrap that was currently falling off of it before he inspected the wound. I watched his face trying to see if he would give anything away without knowing it, but his facial expressions stayed the same. "That's really weird." I panicked and looked down but saw nothing out of the ordinary, besides having a foot instead of a tail. "Your toes nails, they are the same color that your tail was." I just shrugged not seeing how that was the weird thing considering I had a huge gash in my foot. "Well it doesn't look too bad considering but I think we I need to clean it again." He looked at me as if I had a say in what he was gonna do and when I didn't respond he continued with what he was doing.

He reached under the bed and pulled out a red box but he opened it before I had a chance to read the writing that was on it. "This is gonna hurt." I nodded at him letting him know I heard him and understood what he was saying. He had a clear bottle with clear liquid which he poured on a cloth then used it to clean the wound. I hissed in pain, it felt like a thousand needles were stabbing at an already soar area. He had pity in his eyes when he looked at me and placed his free hand over my ankle to keep me from moving.

After what felt like hours of torture he stopped cleaning it and wrapped it up again. "What happened?" He scratched the back of his head before leaning back against the opposite side of the bed but he still held onto my ankle as he mindlessly massaged my calf. "I was out in the water free-diving and I was on my way up to the surface when all I saw was what looked like a fin. I had seen sharks around this area before and I just reacted. I stabbed with my ankle knife. Next thing I know we both have broken the surface, you were screaming and there was blood all around us. I didn't even know what you were until I had pulled you out of the water and onto the deck of the boat, by that point you were out cold and I wasn't sure what to do with you. I mean did you need to be in the water or would you be ok out of it but I figured out of it would be better since you were bleeding and every shark in the area was bound to show up. I'm Emmett by the way."

He kept massaging my leg keeping my mind off of the pain but I think he just needed something to keep his hands busy. I wasn't sure if I should be thankful that he pulled me out of the water, essentially saving my life, or worried about what he had planned for me. I guess it didn't really matter how I should feel right now the only thing that mattered was finding out if I was safe with this man or in danger. "I'm Bella."