OK - I think this bit is actually ready. Not the chapter - just the teaser. :) There's still a lot to do on the chapter, but it will hopefully start coming along a little quicker.
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“Forks will be mine, you know,” King Aro said in a low voice. “It is only a matter of time.”
“I am tiring of your threats,” Edward responded. He had managed to regain some of the control in his voice again. “We have done everything you have asked to maintain peace between our kingdoms. There is only so much one can give.”
“But there is always more I can take!” Aro announced. His voice turned low. “And take I shall. You go ahead and hold out as long as you can, but when I am through with you, your pathetic kingdom will be under my control.”
I felt a shiver run through me, and I pushed my back up tighter against the inside wall of the stairs.
“If Forks is so insignificant, why do you continue to demand more of me?”
Aro cackled, and the high pitched sound made yet another shiver run up my spine. His voice deepened as he snarled out his words.
“Because there was once a man who thought he could live in my shadow and continue to look down upon me. He ignored his duty and refused to unite our lands for the greater good. Now his son tries to do the same? No. Not again.”
“What is this?” Edward’s voice rose slightly. “My father?”
Aro’s bitter laugh filled the hall again.
“If you had spent more time studying in your youth than you did lying with your whores…but it does not matter now, does it? You have demonstrated quite affectively that common women cannot bear kings. You have two at your beck and call, but there is no decent place for your seed to find purchase, is there?”
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He's really not a nice guy, that Aro...
Oh heck no! Interesting though, that there is another backstory that we didn't know about. *bows* Well done, Ms. Savage... Well done, indeed. :D
ReplyDeleteAhh, so Angela is not pregnant either, when will theyfigure out Aro is having someone give Angela and Bella something to keep them from getting and/or staying pregnant? Looking forward to this chapter!
ReplyDeleteI bet it is that tea... wonder if Jane i aware..
ReplyDeleteis this fast forward 6 months and Edward slept with Anglela and she didnt get pregnant either? I knew this was gonna happen, speed forward and dont give details, like nothing happened. Why? Did he relly slept with Angela for 6 months straight? My God!
ReplyDeleteKings Aro's words in the last paragraph are sO TRUE...listen to them Edward.....
"“If you had spent more time studying in your youth than you did lying with your whores…but it does not matter now, does it?
at this point it doesnt take a genious to know that it is the tea. I just cant cope well with the fact that it wasnt worthit the sacrifice and humiliation....im heartbroken....
ReplyDeletehmm.. I think my theory is a bit right.. :) and yea, Aro's an ass
ReplyDeleteAnd another layer is coming. Excellent!!! When Edward learns what Aro has done (both with his father and the current plot to keep Bella from getting pregnant (because I'm convinced he's behind it!)), there will be no mercy...
ReplyDeleteyeah, But im just going to laugh at this Edward until he wakes up and smells the coffee.....lol. Im hoping he wont cry in front of Aro too, like a little girl. What a compete loser and clueless idiot!
ReplyDeleteexcellent savage, looking forward to it ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's the tea, I know it. Because Angela is drinking it too now. I hate to think that Jane is betraying Bella though, so imma blame it on Aro somehow. I'm sure it is him anyway. And I guess Edward is sleeping with Angela. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteI'm such a dumbass to try & guess, cause I'm always wrong. Guess I'll just have to wait and see what's up. :)
Sounds like he is pounding on Angela big time. Pounding the hell outta her. hahahahah
ReplyDeleteI know this is only the teaser...but it seems like she is jumping forward a bit. Kind of brushing over the whole "been bedding Angela" thing for the last six months. I wonder if she is going to give us more or less on that situation or just move the story forward. Can't wait to see/read.
ReplyDeleteIf she wants to keep it real, she shouldnt jump in time. But i think she will give some vague details and make it seem like nothing really.....funny huh?
ReplyDeletewhy is everyone acting like he for sure slept with angela? for all we know he could just be sitting with her doing absolutely nothing every time he's in there
ReplyDeleteIt's the tea!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG I was thinking the same thing
ReplyDeleteJust a little grammar correction... should be effectively rather than affectively. :)
ReplyDeleteSo Angela isn't pregnant. Surprise, surprise. didn't see that coming. -_- good job Edward, you've officially been named as the biggest tool to ever be portrayed in fanfiction. No thanks are needed.
ReplyDeleteI'm really really really hoping that Edward's not doing anything with Angela. Perhaps they sit in her room and play a medieval version of checkers? **willing to offer babysitting duties for life if this is the case** ;)
ReplyDeleteBut I have a bad feeling that he is sleeping with Angela (I will never be happier to be wrong in this case) with obviously no results. If this is true, I wonder how Bella is faring with all of this. IF Edward is sleeping with Angela, does he still have sex with Bella? If he's not, I think Bella should move out of her room- perhaps go to her rooms where she goes during her period- but I know Savage's Bella will never even consider doing this. She's much too focused on appearances and duty.
Im guessing since Bella and Angela ate unable to bare children (im guessing because of the tea Jane makes for them) Aro wants Edward to end him marriage to Bella and take Jessica as his wife uniting the two nations.
ReplyDeletewow Aro needs to go
ReplyDeleteFinally got up the nerve to read this. So sad...I DO NOT want to think about Edward being with Angela. Poor Bella, I know this is killing her. I am still holding out hope that he and Angela are just pretending. Please?!?
ReplyDeleteoooo an edward point of view chapter looking foward to that and can bella get pregants to i don't know if i can cope with the angest that i love so much :)
ReplyDeletewhether or not he is "sleeping: with angela or not, it seems she doesn't get pregnant... what's to say jessica will... maybe it's him...to much whoring earlier... at least it seems that his ideas about who killed his parents may be right... poor bella... she doesn't know anything but "doing" her part for the good of the country and not her... this part is why i love what savage writes whether i like the outcome or not...waiting semi-patiently for trhe update
ReplyDeleteLOve your stories, but I am confused about UC. Is one baby going to take away Aro's power? Unless Edward is secretly plotting against Aro to take his power, and he never slept with Angela, there is NO excuse for him sleeping with her, unless Bella has a knife to her throat. I guess there is alot I don't know about the story. My confusion about Carlisle not having other heirs is in my review under Ch. 20. I was never raised to be a leader but even I know that one baby isn't going to take away Aro's power, I thought Edward was bred to lead? Again I am confused. He is so loyal to the bible and his kingdom but he chose Carlisle above God I guess. did you ever play chess? A good lea
ReplyDeleteYou story has had me thinking constantly I'll admit I am with most of the people I do not like him sleeping with Angela, but I do understand this is what happened years ago. I ache for both Bella and Edward, I do wonder though why Alice and Jasper can't have a child that would be heir like Alice and Edward were to Esme & carlise. I'm not sure I want to read your update when it comes LOL not many story's give me the shocked factor like yours I think only 3 before yours
ReplyDeleteNo idea how much time has elapsed here, but I certainly think it's possible that Angela isn't pregnant because Edward isn't sleeping with her. Maybe they're trying to figure something else out in the meantime. Or, could Aro be taunting Edward like this because he knows Angela won't get pregnant either? This would be buying into the idea that Aro and Jessica are behind the tea thing if that's in fact what's causing the infertility. Even if that's the case, it could still be that he isn't sleeping with Angela. Aro would just think it's because of the tea, and not because he hasn't been with her.
ReplyDeleteAnything is possible really. There's so much information that we don't have yet.
I had a problem typing on this site for some reason. Anyway, if you ever play chess, a good leader is ALWAYS strategizing and planning his next move. Unless Edward is secretly doing this and he is leading Aro to believe he is sleeping with Angela, I can not accept your reasoning in this story for Edward sleeping with Angela and further humiliating his wife and breaking his promise to God. Also in the movie Braveheart, the princess gets pregnant with the commoner's child and he becomes the future king. My point is there are other ways. I hope in your story you are working out these other ways since as of ch. 25 I am not buying into the concubine thing. Sorry.
ReplyDeleteYay! Angela is not pregant:) Thankyou for that one piece of happiness:D
ReplyDeleteHello. I posted earlier under "guest" but my screen name is bcc06. I think I should wait until the story ends to continue since I don't want to assume anything bad. But so far, I can't see the comparison between King Henry and Edward. King Henry had arranged marriages with no love and he had all the power. Edward loves his wife who he is slowly shattering and the confict that needs to be resolved is Aro's power, ad taking it away. The baby will not take his power away. So far your explanation for concubine is not acceptable. As I mentioned in my review of ch. 20 for almost 2 years Jane, who Edward doesn't trust, is giving Bella healing tea for mentrual crmps. He allows Bella to consume a substance from someone he hates for 2 years.The characters believe tea affects the body, but no one has been suspicious of daily tea for almost 2 years? I am sorry, but I am just even more confused here.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who keeps mentally shouting "DON'T DRINK THE TEA!" to the girls? Just curious... Maybe I'm insane?
ReplyDeleteHaha! I hope they are playing checkers too! I can't stand the thought of them together like that!
ReplyDeleteSo here's my theory - you don't have to tell me if I'm right - just throwing it out there.
ReplyDeleteI think Aro wanted to betrothe Edward and Jessica when they were young, and Edward's father turned him down. Angered by the insult and hungry for power, Aro had Edward's parents killed. Somehow Aro got to Jane, which is why she is giving both Bella and Angela the evil tea. Without an heir, Aro will be able to arrange the marriage of Edward and his daughter which is what he wanted all along.
BUT, I don't think Edward is really sleeping with Angela anyway. May be wishful thinking on my part, but I choose at this point to have faith that Edward won't be able to betray Bella that way - even for the good of his kingdom. I don't think he's told Bella about this however.
At some point, given his distrustful nature, Edward will notice/be told of the women drinking Jane's tea. I think Edward will immediately put two and two together, and God himself won't be able to save Jane then.
I think eventually, Edward will get Bella pregnant and he will confess to never sleeping with Angela. Aro will be defeated and all will live HEA. The End.
Yes hopefully he didnt slept with Angela, but at this point im not sure anymore. Savage will lead us there. I was coming to terms with that fact, but I was holding hope it would be maybe 2-3 times before they discovered that damn tea who appears to rule the whole Kingdom and fuck with their brains and ovaries. But, what im really sad about is that if Edward slept with Angela and had sex with her in regular basis for a long period of time, then this is not called angst anymore, angst ended the moment Angela came as Edward's concubine in chapter 24. This is called being cruel and mean and making Edward look like a complete brainless weak idiot who doesnt have any other palns other than fucking, be it his previous whores, his wife or his virgin concubine. Yeah thats how he will defeat Aro....sarcasm
ReplyDeleteI hope if Edward is doing Angela nonstop, he never touches Bella again. How can he switch from having sex with either of them? The women know eachother, its not like Bella does not know who Edward's concubine is. How could they see eachother in the morning without mortification? what are they going to discuss while drinking their morning tea:Oh hey Angela i had a great night last night. Edward made love to me 3 times, how about yours? how do you feel? is he gentle with you, are you more convinient now? How many times did he spill inside of yu last night, does he cries my name while he shoots inside of you?....yuck....
ReplyDeleteNope, been shouting that ever since she started drinking it and then couldn't get pregnant b/c there was another fic I was reading where they used it for birth control. Maybe we need to mentally throw something at them while we are shouting. Actually I think I am shouting out loud. Huh. *shrugs*
ReplyDeleteI agree with "Guest" about this being Aro's revenge betrothal and he is somehow controlling Jane. I am willing to bet that Edward didn't sleep with Angela and he just fooled them into thinking he did. Then Angela meets Ben and they fall in love and Edward can't sleep with her but Ben can if they are together. Well...Ben can't get her pregnant and they figure out its the tea. Ha!
ReplyDeleteOr someone recognizes the scent of the tea and tells them what it is and that's when all hell breaks loose. Where the hell is Esme and all of her "brilliant" insight? She should have already figured out what the hell is going on and fixed it. Come on!
Hello. I love your stories. When an author creates a character people are less concerned re. historical accuracy and more concerned about characters behaving in a consistent way throughout the story. We see as realistic, even though it is fiction. It might be accurate that they don't see sex outside of marriage as cheating. Also, the other circumstances might be a cause for adultery.The author would have to convince us, however, that Edward having sex outside of marriage would be something the Edward in this story would actually do, regardless of the circumstances. I think that is what I was trying to convey in earlier posts. Based on the character you created I would say he couldn't cheHis lack of foresight when coming up with the concubine idea is consistent with his character. However following through, regardless of the circumstances would be creating a whole new Edward in the middle of the story. A much more likely scenario would be
ReplyDeleteedward visiting Father Banner, instead of the concubine on the night he leaves ISabella. Then faking the sex with Angela over the next 6 months to fool Aro.
I dont want to be the pesimistic one here, but people, you better brace ourselves for the worst. Im preparng myself for the horror of Edward sleeping with Angela, a this point he is so week that if Aro asks him to jump he will say "how high". He doesnt have any allies, any plans any support form that useless king called Carlise, or from that pathetic hypocrite Queen called Esme. He is puting all his hopes on the heir, as if it will be the ultimate salvation, at the expense of the person he loves the more, his humble, innocent, selfless wife. This is wrong on so many levels, but it is happening folks. For how long I dont know. Eventually Edward will wake up, but it will be too late to undo what he's done because he was recless and stupid. I hope he has the courage to look his wife as he once used to you without feeling shame and remorse. But im sure Savage will write Bella in a way that she will take all the shit on herself in the name of duty will and forgive everybody. Oh the excitement!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm just gonna throw this out there....be the devil's advocate. Every review I have read mentions "the tea". Well, maybe it is and I agree that it very possibly and more than likely is the tea BUT WHAT IF......it's "Edward"? No one has mentioned THAT!!! What if he's sterile? I think Bella should have sex with another "heir", if there is one, and she if she conceives....then "there you have it". How would dipshit Edward feel ABOUT THAT!! I truly adore this story and Savage. She's a fantastic writer and I DO NOT get into angsty stories but I have been hooked on every story she has ever written. Can't wait to see how this story plays out. I just hope my heart can take it!! I just had to throw out the "sterile" thing. Who knows....
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear you are feeling better, bet you've had a hectic week catching up after your vacation. I wanted to thank you for recommendingIn In My World; I've really enjoyed reading it while waiting for the UC update. I like it when the writers I like recommend other stories, because I know they will be good.
ReplyDeleteAro is such a prick. It will be nice to see Edward finally put some of his misplaced aggression and anger to use towards this chode.
ReplyDeleteAs for AngelaGate '11, it will be interesting to see how all three handle the awkward situation the next morning. Bella probably didn't even get a chance to sleep due to the stress and heartache :/
However, Jane's magic tea is actually the perfect setup if Edward and Angela are indeed just pretending to enjoy pleasures of the flesh by banging the walls and moaning like that scene in Easy A. She's not knocked up and everyone can believe that sex is being had. Honestly, they're probably just playing cards and talking about how wonderful Bella is, as it appears Aro isn't sending an official to watch them and relies on bloody sheets.
I hear you sista. I so want for this to be true and then Bella to be forced to screw a noble prince. I want to see that loser of Edward reaction to that, and I want Bella to tell him she is going to do it out of duty and bring his hear and that he will love the child because it comes from her body. I want Bella to chose Jasper, since he is Edwards best friend and he loves him. It will be better than forcin Bella to lie with Riley for example. Oh my gosh, if that loser screwed Angela, I so want Bella to get it on with Jasper. Please Savage, make this happen.
ReplyDeleteI understand that he is forced, and that he would never sleep with an other woman but really don't like it.Ttheir love was epic for me, was one of the best written fan but now i don't have the power to read when you update because i am afraid to discover that he slept with Angela. As for the people who say that the concubine thing is stupid is not true. That thing was very known in ancient times and the child would not be bastard if Eduard wold accept the child as his.Iif we speak about king Henri VIII and the problems Elizabet had when she came to power the reason is that because his marriages had been annulled, she legally never occurred, so any child by that marriage would be illegitimate. We are not speaking for countries like Italy,France or Spain that were especially catholic and very strict with the rules.Iif Forks accepted a maid as their queen the wan't have any problem having their heir produced in that way.
ReplyDeleteAnyway i love this story.
I wanted to say this about the concubine thing because i studied Middle-Ages history and there are many examples like that.
Je shume e mrekullueshme!(you are wonderful)
Puthje nga Shqiperia (greedings from Albania)
I've suspected the tea as well but after what Bella did for Jane, THIS is how she repays her? Who's behind this treachery! So many enemies to choose from! Give us all the gory details, Savage! We can handle it!! :)
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