“Oh Bella…” He sighed deeply and picked me up off the floor in one swift motion, carrying me into our bedroom. He set me down on the edge of the bed and began to sit down next to me, but I held up my hand and he stopped instantly, a confused look crossing his perfect face.

“Edward…” I blushed and looked away from his eyes, though I was smiling as I did so.

“Mhmm?” He questioned, unsure of what I was about to ask, and I knew for a fact that right now he was wishing he could read my mind.

“Can you…” I looked up meekly, trying my very best not to laugh, “Could you… pounce on me again?”

He laughed loudly then – not in jest though – and shook his head. “Bella, Bella, Bella,” He was still shaking his head as he stood there, fighting the temptation to laugh again, “I just ‘pounced,’ as you so amusingly word it, on many various large animals, and now you want me to do the same to you to… to…”

He never finished his sentence, and I didn’t know where he had gone until I felt his cold body collide with my warm one, and I looked up only to see his gorgeous smoldering gold eyes gazing in want into my own. He was holding me so tightly in his arms I was surprised I could breathe.

“Please don’t eat me,” I squeaked, sounding so genuinely scared that he burst out laughing again, causing his sweet breath to blow into my face and causing all rational thoughts of mine to come to a standstill.

He loosened his hold on me slightly, adjusting his hands so that one was on my waist and the other on my cheek, and I made my move.

I pulled lightly on his collar and brought myself up to meet his lips. Mine met his, and any thoughts I’d had that made remotely any sense flew straight out the window. In my unintelligible state, my hands went straight to his shirt buttons and undid them without any orders from my brain. That was probably why I had no trouble whatsoever undoing them.

I slid my hands under his shirt, feeling the cool perfection that was his body, and eased his shirt off of his shoulders, tossing it aside carelessly. I hadn’t even looked at what I was doing, and the one sane part of my brain marveled at how I had managed to do so.

I began to move my tongue along his bottom lip slowly, and he drew back quickly. I was afraid I had pushed him past his limit – which would have meant we couldn’t go any farther – but instead he just slid his hands under the straps of my dress and lifted it over my head so fast I barely saw it pass by my eyes.

Then our lips were back together, but Edward soon progressed to my throat as I undid his pants slowly.

“Bella,” He whispered, looking into my eyes with pure desire. Suddenly I was flat on my back instead of leaning against the pillows, and he caressed my cheek slowly as he sank down on top of me to meet his lips with mine again.

Finally, we would complete all but one condition, and we would be forever bonded in a way no human and vampire had ever been before. We truly belonged with and to one another, and no one could do or say anything to take our love away.

How had Edward said it in Paris?

“Pour toujours,” I whispered breathlessly as I broke off our kiss, allowing the rest of my thoughts to float away as we finally gave in to all of our utmost desires – all but one, anyways.

“Together forever,” Edward agreed, understanding me completely.

No more comprehensible conversations were possible after that.