There is danger in pursuing what your heart desires. A seductive and mysterious stranger leads Bella into a path of unsettling self-discovery. How much can she sacrifice to find out what she wants, what she needs? AH Darkward BxE Sexual Themes

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This is not made for TV. This is the raw, brutal underground of no-holds-barred combat. Inside the cage there is nothing but me and the pain I inflict on those who dare enter. In the cage, I never had to worry about anyone but myself. When she started standing outside of it, everything changed. I was no longer fighting for the money or the glory – I had to fight for her. UFCWard! E/B NC-17 – LVS

Bella has recently lost her husband of 10 years to a tragic accident. Follow her through the pain of loss and in trying to build a new life for her and her three children. Edward comes back into her life after losing each other in high school...will they be able to build a friendship (or anything else) when Bella is so hurt? Can they rekindle their high school romance?

**This story deals with the aftermath of death as well as drugs and adult situations. Rated for future lemons as well.**

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After a terrible shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea, Isabella Swan, marquise de Courville, her two best friends, and her loyal servants are rescued, but only to become slaves and serve the Volturi brothers, three men with very dark desires. Will Edward let Bella suffer in their hands or will he try to save her? On what side does he stand ? All Human. Domward. Canon pairings.

All Isabella Swan ever wanted was to be noticed; to be remembered, to be happy, and hopefully, one day that someone could love her. But as a twenty-eight-year-old virgin with only one true friend, Bella has started to come to the stark realization that maybe she's just made to live alone.

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Nessie is a girl taken from her home to be a slave of Volterra. She is purchased by Edward Cullen and his wife, Bella. They find her a delight and make her a useful member of their life, even gifting her to Edward's captain of the guard, Jacob.

Jacob accepts Nessie as his personal slave, but as each day passes he realizes that his affection for her is growing. She loves him, and he her. However, her status as a slave means that he can not truly honor her by sharing his life with her as he wishes.

He knows to have her as his life partner he must free her, but he fears losing her if she is free to choose.

But before he can move to free her she catches the eye of Caius, the nephew of Volterra's ruler. Caius is a cruel and sadistic man who has never failed to get what he wants and he wants Nessie.

Bella, suffering a huge loss, relocates to Reno, Nevada to start a new life. She never expected to find the life she found. Her friend Alice helps her adjust to a new life...but what will happen when they meet the Cullen boys, Edward and Jasper? *Rated for future lemons*

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Welcome to the Academy! Bella Swan, former American Ballet Academy Prima Ballarina and Ballroom dancer, finds herself employed with her friend Alice Cullen at Alice's families dance academy. As a Seattle institution the Volterra Academy of Dance received national acclaim when the dance prodigy signed on, but is that the only purpose when the Cullens hired Ms. Swan or did they have hopes that she could teach more than just the students something? Edward hasn't placed competitively since his partner left him high and dry three years ago. That was when he came to teach ballroom at his family's school. He's convinced he's happy, spreading the love for dance through the younger generation, but that all changed when he spied a brown haired stranger. He saw the way she moved at the club and now he can't get her out of his head. He tells himself that it's best that he doesn't know who she is. He doesn't want another woman in his life to complicate things. It would be best just to forget her, so why can't he. What will happen when he finds out that the girl he can't forget is the new ballet instructor at the Academy? More importantly can they ignore the chemistry that they have from the beginning? Will Bella shake Edward out of his shell and will he find the strength to get out and dance again? Can she teach him to leave it all on the floor? Find out

Bella and Edward were ready to become parents as seniors in high school, but tragedy ended their dreams and pulled them apart. Ten years later, they reunite, but all is not what it seems. ExB

If there’s one thing Bella Swan knows for sure it’s this; she's a fucking wreck. Living in the shadow of her father’s death has certainly taken its toll on her. With no family and her friends on the other side of the country, her therapist is the only person she can turn to. When she finds a broken, lost little girl hiding in the subway, can they be each other’s saving grace?

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Bella ruled in Arizona, but when she gets to Forks, there is a new court. Will Bella rule or will she be conquered instead?  What faith do you put into dreams?

Adopted from "Dark Queen is What I'm Called".

Edward is a single father and CEO of Cullen Corporation.  He's emotionally closed off and doesn't want a romantic relationship.  A couple of chance meetings with Bella, a part time entertainment journalist and one of Cullen Corporation's new employees, and that could all change.  Everyone has a past, but can love be enough to build a future?  Bella is willing to try, but Edward's self imposed rules on no dating make it difficult.

Alice's visions are subjective. She sees things based on what people decide. But what happens when the decisions are made too quickly and without conscious thought? Alice can't stop what she can't see. And when she sees Bella crash her truck, she fears she may be too late...

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