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Emmett spoke up. “Will she be ok Carlisle?”

He nodded. “She should be fine. She’s dehydrated, and has lost a lot of weight.  From the look of it she hasn’t slept and it looks like her body just gave out. It happens to people that push themselves past the point . . . “

Carlisle cut off when Esme gasped and Rose called out, “What the fuck!”

I had been avoiding the thoughts of the women to give Bella as much privacy as I could, but immediately I saw what they had seen.  I shot off the couch yelling. “What kind of sick sadist did that? What happened to her?”

I started pacing and was growling. Jasper put a hand on my arm to calm me.  I wrenched away from him. “Leave me alone!”

He didn’t take offense but spoke in a calm voice. “Talk to me brother. What did you see? What happened to Bella?  Is she ok?”

I tugged at my hair. “Yes, no, I don’t know. She’s . . . marked.” I couldn’t bring myself to say more.

Emmett came up to me. “What’d you me marked?”

I swallowed and put my hands on my hips trying to get the vision out of my head, but it was burned there and would never leave.

“On her stomach . . . it looks like she was cut with a knife . . . multiple times . . .” I took a deep breath.  I couldn’t even say it.

Carlisle spoke. “What else son?”

I looked at him and whispered, “Someone branded the word ‘MINE’ over it.”

Hello to all our lovely readers, thank you for reading and reviewing Enduring His Cimmerian View.  A lot of you were shocked by the level of abuse, but from the story in Edward’s POV the abuse was clearly going to be a factor.  Thank you for all the kind words and things said, trust us we want to hug Bella too, she is such a good person.  I personally feel a connection of sorts with our Bella, and I hope that Nikky and I are able to continue to write her in a way that allows you the ability to feel a connection too.  There was a few questions regarding the talk of Aro being married and mixing up of Aro and Marcus.  In Bella’s thoughts she is remembering seeing Edward outside of Gina’s office and then again outside Aro’s office.  Marcus did marry a girl who was one of Aro’s girls, and Aro married Sulpicia who is the girl that Bella witnessed being raped.  I hope this helps to make sense of a misunderstanding.   As for future POV’s we have planned, the next one we will write will be the Esme and Carlisle joint POV.  A lot of you have requested a Rosalie POV and we will do it, but it will be a while before we post it.  We are very honored that so many of you take the time to share with us your thoughts and we are so glad to have you all on board reading our stuff.  Thank you, Kasi (&Nikky)

Extra teaser just for you... from upcoming chapter
“Miss Swan, we saw the picture you did for Matt, and we were wondering if you could draw one of your mom and dad for us?  We’re in need of one so we have a clear picture as to what they looked like.”

Bella nods her head.  “I have a lot already. They’re at the apartment in a sketch book.  There’s one with both of them when they used to dress up. You could use that, but only if you promise to give it back so Seth and Leah can have it.  I drew it for them so they always have a picture of their parents.”

They both nod their heads at her, agreeing to return the original once they had a copy.  “Of course, thank you. When can we come collect it? Oh, and while I’m thinking about it, could we please get into your mother’s room to have a look around?  That may give us some insight on how to find Harry and Sue.”

Bella looks at me, almost pleading with me to help her, and I know it’s because she’s worried about people entering that bitch’s room.  “She can’t hurt you, Baby. I won’t allow her to.  They need to get in there because it sounds like she’s in a lot of trouble.”

Bella nods her head at me and then turns back to the detectives.  “You can. However, I’d like Edward to get everything for you.  I mean, if you just want the paperwork, then can’t he get it and take it to you?  If you still need to get into the room after that, I’ll let you in.”

They both nod again, and I think Spades is shocked that she’s so willing to help.  “That sounds fair,” Scully responds.  

Well Nikky and I both want to thank you for reading and reviewing.  All of the questions, compliments, anger (at the characters), love and kindness in the reviews is what keeps us going so strong.  SO, thank you, for reading, reviewing, sharing your stories and most of all for loving the characters—the characters who may not belong to us in name, but who we’ve taken and made into something completely different.  It is very cool to take a loved character, change them and make them different and still have people love them so much or fall in love with them all over again.   There were lots of reviews filled with questions about the newspapers and what Charlie told them.  First in regards to the newspapers, just like when Renee went all press goddess on them, the news already knows Edward.  Edward has made no secret of his lifestyle, how else would Charlie so easily have found out about Edward.  Therefore there was really nothing to put in the press, Charlie could try but it would not be front page news anyway.  Also if you remember right, Edward doesn’t really put a lot of stock into the media reports.  There are a lot of great things to come yet, so have patience and trust.  No stones will be left unturned.   Thanks again for reading and reviewing, Nikky and Kasi~

TEASER: Phil and I walk into Jenks’ office. I decided that I no longer want any of this shit spoken about at the club. Bella loves the club and I didn’t want any additional bad feelings in it for her.

“Jenks, Benjamin,” I say taking a seat; Phil nods at them.

“We’ve found the last of the girls and even another case that was not dropped.” I look at them and they hand me a picture of a girl I have actually met and I’m in shock. 

“They have DNA from a brutal attack and rape of her,” Jenks says as I look over the paperwork behind the picture.

“You’ve got to be kidding me?” I say and they both shake their heads.

“Now you really need to look at this,” Jenks says handing me another stack of paperwork.

I read the papers and frown. “How the hell did he make Chief of Police?” I ask rhetorically, not really asking anyone.

“I’m really not sure on that one, but he will lose his job with all of this.”

I sigh rubbing my face. “Make it happen,” I say and stand up, walking out the door.

“Edward?” Phil yells after me.

“Phil, just let me calm myself. I’m really close to losing all of my control. The more I find out about Charlie Swan, the angrier I become with him.”

Phil nods in understanding. “There’s a boxing ring a few blocks from here, how about we get padded up and go for a few rounds?”

I sigh and look at him, but I stop myself from speaking. I can see he’s clearly as angry as I am. “Sounds good, just watch my face,” I say and I hear him chuckle.

“Yeah, Bella will kick my ass if I hurt your pretty face. Do you think she’s ready for Saturday?”

I shrug my shoulders. “We’ll work together to get her ready, and then we’ll all be there for her on the other side. No matter what, I know she needs to do this, even if I hate the idea of it.”