Blood and Glory by drotuno

Official Description:

The definition of a mercenary is a soldier for hire. His crew are trained fighting machines. Hers are smart PIs. What happens when they need each other to survive? Canon couples. AH/AU/ Rated M for lots of reasons, including violence and lemons

If you are not reading drotuno’s Blood and Glory, you NEED to run, NOT walk, and read this story. Blood and Glory is one of those stories that will suck in you and put you on the edge of your seat from the moment you start the prologue.

Blood and Glory characters coupling are canon but unique in their own way. Bella is not your normal cannon “Bella”. She is feisty, strong, and snarky. If you cross this feisty Bella, she makes sure you know you it.

[dcs_p]I’d known Jake my whole life, it seemed. His father worked with my father. We’d attended schools, parties, and Twilight Tech company functions together. When Jake had decided to work for my father, it was supposed to have been a good thing. It wasn’t. At first, it was traveling and late nights that kept Jake from being home. Eventually, it was his personal assistant – Lauren – that did it.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]I wrinkled my nose as I thought of her. Jake and I had talked marriage, kids, and futures, but it came to a halt when I started getting suspicious. Late night texts, phone calls, and emails to my long term boyfriend had a tendency to do that. And I chased cheaters for a living! You’d think he would have been sharper about it, but deep down, I think Jake had wanted to be caught. He’d needed an out.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]I gave him one – in the form of a poster sized picture of him taking Lauren on the desk in his office – doggie-style, I might add. I hung it right above the bitch’s desk out front in the lobby of my father’s company, Twilight Technology.[/dcs_p]

Edward, known to current readers as Mercward, is still strong, demanding, and over thinks things but when forced into certain situations he becomes shy and his, oh so adorable, speech impediment (stutters) comes to play.

[dcs_p]“I love you, Bella,” he whispered. “I’ve n-never f-felt this w-way about anyone, the way that I f-feel a-about y-you. I won’t take it for granted, I promise. And I will make it so that you’re safe…”[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]I felt tears well up into my eyes, and I had to close them when his tongue snaked out against the inside of my thigh, swirling over my skin. He was so close, but my emotions were getting out of control.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Love you, too, E-edward,” I stuttered.[/dcs_p]

Have I mentioned yet that the lemons are so hot; they practically curl your toes and leave you needing a cold shower? Have you ever wanted to hear Edward say:

[dcs_p]His hand slipped up my arm into my hair, and he leaned in to kiss my forehead, cheek, and then lips. “I’d kiss you everywhere, baby. And I do mean…everywhere,” he rumbled, in the sexiest voice I’d ever heard him use. It was low and filled with such sexual promise that I moaned in response. “I’d want to taste you. I’d want to feel every inch of you shatter when I make you come with only my mouth, Bella. I’d want to leave my mark on you – in places that only you know exist.”[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Jesus,” I breathed, squeezing my eyes closed and unable to keep from slipping closer to him. I was drawn to his voice, his body, his thigh that was now gliding between my legs.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Then I’d roll you onto your stomach and start all over, baby,” he whispered, kissing down my neck. “I’m nothing if not thorough.” He suckled at my earlobe for just a moment, before continuing. “I’d want to see every inch of you bare and underneath me. I want to watch your face when I slip inside of you, move inside of you for the first time. I’d wrap your legs around me, so I can take you deep and slow. And I damn well make sure you were satisfied completely before I came, Bella…”[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]His voice – hell, his words alone – were making me press down against his thigh.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]One of his hands cupped my ass, helping me find the right pressure, the right speed as I used his rock hard thigh to shamelessly get off again.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“But I wouldn’t stop there,” he crooned against my ear. “Uh uh, no way. You’re too beautiful not to keep up…all…night…long,” he rumbled against my jaw. “I’d love to see you move on top of me, baby – your muscles tensing around me. I’d love to be able to kiss down your back as I move in you from behind. I have knowledge that will blow your mind, Bella. I want to make you come with just my hands. I’d take you against the wall, so I could control every single second of your orgasm.”[/dcs_p]

Gah!

Let’s not forget supporting characters like Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, and Alice. They are written superbly. Blood and Glory’s Alice is not your average Alice who in most fic’s has a passion and flair for fashion. Oh no, this Alice has a different niche…

[dcs_p]“Who’s Alice?” I asked him, but it was Ben that answered.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Alice Brandon,” he stated, like he was reading it off the screen. “Arrested at twelve years old for hacking into the New York Stock Exchange, planting a virus that stowed away two-point-five million dollars into an off shore bank account – which, by the way, has never been recovered. She’s a member of MENSA, a reject from the NASA program, and currently under the employ of Gravity Investigations as the computer specialist…hmm, I’d like to talk to her…” He mumbled the last part.[/dcs_p]

This fic is a fast paced story and packed with action. Currently with 28 chapters, you have intense action ranging from storyline plot, character development, scenes loaded with gun fights and violent situations, to sweet lemony goodness. Updates, at the moment, are twice a week, but the story is close to finishing with a possible sequel in the works… A TOTAL SCORE. Again, if you are not reading drotuno’s Blood and Glory, you NEED to run, NOT walk, and read this story. So, strap on your seatbelts… and be prepared for one fast ride.

Sometimes you come across a fic that’s practically screaming to be made into a movie. Blood and Glory is that kind of story.

The story starts off with Edward and Bella meeting as 12 year olds when their dads, who are partners and best friends, have some business to attend to. They become fast friends over that afternoon.

[dcs_p] It was the first and last time we met. We emailed and texted almost daily the whole summer and the first few months into the school year. We traded pictures and music and book titles we were interested in. But just like most young, long distance friendships, we slowly became different people. By the time I’d reached the first year of high school, we weren’t talking at all.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]The next time I saw Edward Cullen, he was saving my life.[/dcs_p]

Fast forward many years and we get PI Bella and Soldier of Fortune Edward. Because of a case that Bella is investigating as well as some dealings that go wrong where Charlie is concerned, Bella is kidnapped and tortured for three days. Carlisle (former military and also a mercenary) asks Edward to help him on his mission to protect Bella.

Edward agrees and assembles his team, made up of Emmett, Jasper, and OC Mickey. After Bella is rescued, her PI team (Rosalie, Alice, and Makenna) join them and together, they go underground to get to the bottom of what’s going on. NGL, I don’t really know how to describe what happens in this story to you–it’s got literally everything you could ask for in a fic: edge-of-your-seat action, a mystery, off the charts UST, and fuckhot lemons, and probably one of my favorite Alices ever.

[dcs_p]“Who’s Alice?” I asked him, but it was Ben that answered.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Alice Brandon,” he stated, like he was reading it off the screen. “Arrested at twelve years old for hacking into the New York Stock Exchange, planting a virus that stowed away two-point-five million dollars into an off shore bank account – which, by the way, has never been recovered. She’s a member of MENSA, a reject from the NASA program, and currently under the employ of Gravity Investigations as the computer specialist…hmm, I’d like to talk to her…” He mumbled the last part.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“She works with Bella,” my dad added, but he didn’t look at me, because he was currently turning on Bella’s phone.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]With a few touches to the screen, he made a call that was loud and clear on speaker phone. It rang a few times, before a mumbling, but rather fast talking girl answered.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Bells, don’t you dare renege on an early weekend, you cow! Mack said you gave us today off,” she said quickly, shuffling around on the other end of the line.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Alice, I’m sorry, but it’s not Isabella. This is Carlisle Cullen,” he said, and there was a squeak and a loud thump on the other end.[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Shit, Mr. Cullen, I’m sorry…hey, this is Bella’s phone,” she growled. “What the hell?”[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“I need your help, Alice,” my father said, trying to keep a calm voice. “I was supposed to meet Bella, but all I found was a note to call you…”[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Oh-shit, oh-shit, oh-shit,” she chanted, and it sounded like she was running. “Give me a sec. Tell me, Mr. Cullen…was her phone taken apart when you got there?”[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Yes, and her gun,” he told her, looking around the room. “And call me Carlisle…I have a feeling we’re gonna be talking a lot.”[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Fuck, fuck, fuck,” she chanted. “If she took apart her phone, then she’s wearing the GPS chip I gave her…”[/dcs_p]

[dcs_p]“Thank fuck,” I growled, thinking that we may be finding Bella sooner than I’d expected after seeing the room.[/dcs_p]
[dcs_p]“Not so fast,” she sighed, typing furiously on the other end. [/dcs_p]

I love the way that drotuno allows Edward and Bella’s relationship to evolve. Though they are in a sort of “bubble” that undoubtedly influences the intensity of their relationship, they address it and meet it head on. I love that about them–they talk about the way they are feeling, even when they don’t want to.

Believe me when I say that I recognize that I don’t have the words to explain how much I love this. Thank rob taylowendy did such a great job telling you to RUN to read this! I do have to warn you and say there is some violence in this story–Bella is tortured for three days, and though she isn’t raped, she is threatened. I hope you’ll check this story out. It’s almost complete, and is made of win.

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