The Hunt for Human:
Victoria's Story
Preface
I ran as quickly as I could through the trees, Laurent by my side. James, my love, had disappeared to go finish off a human whose blood smelled of nothing we had ever smelled before. And he wanted it. "I must track her down." He had told me before he left. "I'm hooked and can't let go!" And that was the last time I saw him. Now, it's been a few days later and no sign of him still. My heart tells me that something is wrong.
Laurent and I pass wandering eyes through the shade of night. Since it's always filled blinding light here in Phoenix, through darkness is the only way we can travel unnoticed. I smell the air to see if I find anything familiar. Faintly, my darling's scent flows to my nose. "This way!" I whisper to Laurent. As I follow the scent, we walk down the twists and turns of the cold, dead street. Finally, the scent becomes strong and slightly fresh in front of a closed dance studio.
As I push open the clear glass door, I start to smell smoke. I turn to Laurent with fear spread across my face. As he turns to me, I see sudden surprise through his dark, red eyes. I run into the main room of the studio and spot the glowing ashes of a dying flame. "No! JAMES!!" I shriek as I sprint to the side of the fire. My love's scent fills my mind as I start to weep for my fallen hero. How could this happen? I ask myself. He was such a wonderful fighter and so skilled in the act of killing humans. What could have gone wrong? And then it hit me. "HIM!" I growled in rage. I turned slowly to Laurent, my furry building. Laurent still had that dumbfounded look on his face as he stared into the embers. "That Cullen boy killed MY JAMES!!" I screamed to him as he finally looked up at me.
"If my guess is true," Laurent began, "then the boy was only protecting his mate. James did try to kill her." He shuddered at the thought. "I don't care if he was trying to protect the whole world!" I argued back. "He slaughtered my love!" A sudden sense of a need for revenge slipped into my brain. "And for that he will pay. Pay with the one thing he loves most." Shock flowed through Laurent's face as he realized my brilliant plan…..