Walking down the hall, I take a glance around and take in my surroundings.

Long dark hallways, exactly what you'd think an evil lair would look like.

Maybe they will let me paint the walls with rainbows and shit, I thought.

Giggling, I walk down the hallway trying to figure out where to go. Not really finding anything, I start to wonder if anything interesting would happen.

More importantly, when was someone going to realize I left my room.

Pausing at the end of the corridor, I look to my right, noticing a small group of people coming my way.

Thinking of a way to make myself not known, I quickly get rid of that thought.

Your human you moron, I thought to myself. They most likely have heard or smelt me already.

Knowing I won't be able to simply escape, I take a more reckless approach to my situation.

"Hello," I tell them.

Immediately, three heads snap towards the sound of my voice. The tallest man, Felix I think, narrows his eyes at me in suspicion.

"What are you doing out of your room?" he asks me. Taking a glance behind me realizing that I am in fact all alone, he asks me who brought me out.

Giving them a confused look, I ask them, "The door wasn't locked. Was I supposed to stay in?" Looking at the other two behind them and seeing the looks of disbelief in their faces, I assume that I was in fact, supposed to stay in my room.

"You're literally surrounding be people who can easily snap your neck," possible Felix starts to say with a glare on his face," and you decide to wander around all alone?"

Grinning, I stick my hand out to him, "Hi. I'm Bella."

Looking down at my hand, he simply snorts and says, "Felix."

Although I was satisfied that I was correct in my assumption for his name, I rolled my eyes at him, and muttered, rude, before walking past them, heading to who knows where.

"Well if you don't mind," I say as I start to walk from the group, "I am going to figure out where to go from here. I'm sure that I'm supposed to be somewhere and simply sitting in that bed will get us nowhere."

Walking backgrounds, I give them a wink and a salute, before swiftly spinning to walk away.

And I would have looked so fucking cool if I didn't run into a wall. Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath before turning back around.

"I meant to do that," I said. Looking towards them, I see Felix smirking and the others laughing.

Frowning at them, I was confused. "Okay cool, the little human ran into a wall, fuck off and quit laughing." Apparently, that was the wrong thing to say, as they all just started laughing.

Wait, a minute.

There shouldn't be a wall there, I was going through a fuckin hallway. Slowly turning back around, I see what I thought was a wall. It was a sweater. Well, a person, I guess. My person?

Looking up, I see Demetri staring down at me. Staring.

And staring.

And staring.

Fuck, I think I am in trouble. Let's play this cool. Felix was right, I'm a walking meal to these people, what was I thinking?

I was thinking I was tough shit, that's what I was thinking.

Okay, I must play it cool.

Don't be stupid.

Grinning up at him, I said, "Hey, I was just looking for you!"

He didn't look amused. Still staring me, all he did was lift an eyebrow while asking, "Really now?"

"Yes, clearly," I replied, "and now that I found you, let's get going."

Walking around him, I started walking down the hallway once again. I should have known that it wasn't that easy. Quickly, he got a hold of my arm and pulled me in front of him again. Hearing snickering behind me, I looked back towards Felix. Frowning at them, I gave them the finger.

"You could have told me he was their dipshit," I hissed at him.

"Don't get mad at him," Dimitri mumbled from behind me. "You're supposed to be in the room where I left you. Not roaming around the castle."

"Technically," I said turning back at him, "I wasn't told to do anything. Clearly based on my past choices, I don't make good ones. You can't fault me at that. So, if you'll excuse me, I will just be on my way now."

Giving him a nod, I made my way around him only to be stopped again. Now glaring at him, I bit out, "What?"

Maybe I shouldn't have said that. Raising an eyebrow was one thing. Now though, now he's glaring at me. Taking a deep breath, mainly to calm myself down, I spread my arms out and put a smile on my face.

"Can I help you, kind sir?"

Cleary I just need to shut up. He seems to be getting more annoyed by the minute.

I think that I need to remember that messing with the vegetarians was one thing, but this dude looks like he means business. Am I his business?

I'll think about that later. For now, I need to figure out what is going on, what is happening to me, and what I am supposed to be doing. I assume we still need to figure out what is going to happen with Cullen, and unfortunately, I need to be there for that.

Looking up at him, I start to realize that I should be nicer to him. I mean, I guess I am spending the rest of my life with him. I really shouldn't be starting off on the wrong foot here. Especially if I am going to be turned because then that means I'll be dealing with a lifetime of misery.

Plus, he is cute.

Can't have him mad at me now, can I?

Taking another breath, I look down. I hate apologizing, but I guess we can start there.

"Ok look," I started. I scratched at my chin before looking up at him, continuing, "I'm sorry that you left the door unlocked, therefore, easily allowing me to walk out of the room. BUT, what if someone just walked in and started to snack on me? Clearly, that's on you, not me."

The glare was back.

"I am sorry that Felix back there," I pointed behind me, "did not think it was a wise idea to stop me before I went on my way. I mean come on, I'm a walking chicken nugget here and he thought 'she'll be fine' and was just going to let me go? Clearly, you need to train your guards here better, because I do not feel safe here. Like at all."

Thinking of all the guards, I started to wonder out loud, "Actually, I feel like you would have assigned someone to keep an eye on my room. You would think that being your mate and all, you would make sure that I was safe at all times until I was a sparkly popsicle stick."

Looking up at him, I saw his mouth twitch and I was quick to point it out. "Smile, dude," I said. "For all we know, once we go back to the meeting I might die and then you'll be alone again."

The glare was back. This is not something I should easily be bringing out of him.

"Sorry, that went too far. But honestly, this is all on you guys. Shouldn't there be security or something?"

"Or something," he said, glaring at Felix. "You were supposed to be keeping watch and making sure she didn't get in danger. Walking alone on the hallways are not keeping an eye out."

"Look," Felix started to argue back, "It is not my fault your mate decided to leave the room and wander around. And technically, we were here with her, so really all is good. If you want to be mad at anyone, be mad at her. She should know to be careful since Cullen seems to want to take her back home."

Giggling at them, I said, "No, he is too stupid to figure out how to get me."

"Plus," I said while winking up at Demetri, "I have this guy here making sure nothing will happen to me, right?"

Snorting, he just looked at me before walking towards the end of the hallway. Assuming I was to follow him, I quickly caught up before waving goodbye to Felix and the others. Quickly, we fell into sync, our footsteps echoing through the castle. Maybe it had to do with this mate nonsense?

"So, being your mate," I started, "What does this mean exactly?"

"For now, it means I will be looking after you," he started to explain. "It means that until we get some time to really talk things through, we will stick by each other's side. Mainly to make sure you don't get hurt of course, but for you to figure out if you are alright with this."

We stopped in front of a familiar door. Realizing we were at the entrance to the main room, I stopped him from opening the door.

"Yeah, I get that, sort of at least," I responded. Chewing on my lip, I looked down, wondering how to ask him. Feeling his hand on my cheek, he pulled my face up to stare at him.

"Come on, you haven't been scared before," he said. "Go ahead and just ask."

"Will you make sure they don't take me from here? Because I can't go back to them, I'd rather die."

Grinning at me, he nodded his head, saying, "Don't worry, you won't be leaving this castle. I'll make sure your safe and we will get everything sorted out."

Feeling the tension leave my body, I realized that I could trust this man. At least, for now, that is.

Giving him a little smile, I asked, "And then we can talk about this mate crap later right? Because I don't know how I feel about not understand why my stupid heartbeat goes fuckin crazy whenever you look at me. I can't be a badass bitch if you can control me with a smile. It's not cool."

Hearing his laughter, I grin wider at him while he responds, "Sure, we can talk about that later."

Looking towards the door I can hear screaming going on. Knowing full well they probably are arguing about me, I take a deep breath.

"Don't worry," he said, "I'll be there the full time, making sure nothing will happen to you."

Looking down at me, he said one last thing before opening the door.

"Try not to let your mouth run this time."

Guess who's back?

I finished school guys! I graduated with my BA and now have a lot more free time to waste on this story. I started working on a Harry Potter one too, but I will still be putting focus back onto this guy.

What do you think of the chapter? I will try to update once a week, but since I have no idea where I am going with this story, it's up to you to let me know what you want to see!

See you guys next time!

-Liz