I stepped out of the clearing to see them, all of them, standing there and in an instant I had complete focus. These people were not my friends. I knew what my purpose was. I would kill them all. I would end their immortal lives.
Chapter One
It was a rainy Thursday when I came to Forks. I cringed, hating the rain. I loved the sun, the sweet fragrant sea spray of my home away from home. I had smelled them, sweetly alluring, when they were in Jacksonville. I was up from St. Augustine, hunting. It was night time, and I smelled him on the beach and I knew… I knew he was the one I was looking for. The Volturi had sent word. If they couldn't have him, them, no one should. I laughed at the way they were together. No one ever loved me that way, and their love was overbearing and obscene. She was just a human, he a vampire.
"Edward," the human had said. I smirked. She was weak sounding, but human none the less. Pretty, but humanly so.
"Bella, that's enough," he had replied as he linked hands with her. I knew that tone, that soft way he spoke. We had never met, but Aro had shared with me everything inside this Edward Cullen's head. Such a fascinating place to be.
It was Aro who came to sunny Florida. It had shocked us both. He had coming looking for a warrior, a strong, warrior. Instead he came to my condo and stood in the dark as I entered. I had sense someone was there, but his presence surprised me. I did scream and he looked at me, uncertain. Seeing that we were whom the other was looking for, we both laughed and I was given the name and address of the Cullen Family, there in rainy Forks.
I pulled into town without any fanfare. No arrangements needed to be made. I'd be in and out in a matter of moments. I needn't have even killed the engine, the silent beast it was. I climbed from the car, two of them, bigger, older stepping from the garage. Not Edward. I could see Edward clear in my head. These two were different. Emmett and Rosalie. I ran through their history as seen through Edward's eyes in my head.
"Are you lost?" Rosalie asked quietly. She was beautiful. I couldn't deny it, because that was what she needed to be, but I could also tell she had been beautiful as a human. I held a map in one hand, a cell phone in the other. It was raining; fat drops on my map, causing the ink to run. I smiled on the inside, forcing a pained look on the outside.
"I… I think I may have made a wrong turn," I said. Even my own soft voice surprised me. Rosalie looked at Emmett, as if they were having a silent conversation between the two of them. I knew how I looked to them. I was small, imp-like as Aro had called me. Someone had sent him to me, to do this for him and his family. I looked like a little girl, barely mature. Forever stuck in a fifteen year old body.
"Where were you heading?" Emmett asked as he determined that I posed no threat to either of them. Looks alone told him that, the beating heart in my chest confirmed it. My hair was darker than honey, almost caramel in now soggy ringlet curls. My eyes were green, almost like bits of darkened emerald set in my eyes.
"I was looking for Forks," I said smiling up at him. He was a tower, tall, muscular. I could take him easily.
"Well, you're just outside of the township," Rosalie said quickly. "You're actually on Cullen's lands."
"Cullen's lands?" I said letting my voice quiver slightly. I glanced to them both, making sure my eyes widen just at the appropriate time. The pair looked at each other as another pair exited the house. I could see them in my mind. Carlisle and Esme.
"Rosalie? Emmett? Who's your friend?" Carlisle had asked merrily. I almost would feel bad about this. I looked up at him warily.
"I don't mean to intrude," I said quietly as I continued to be drenched in rain. I held up my map, the ink pouring down it in a rush. "I'm lost."
Carlisle gestured for me to approach and I glanced nervously at the two younger ones as I walked briskly towards the house. I counted slowly in my head before I tripped, spilling my bag and scraping my hands. I knew they could smell it, they'd approach me now. I felt hands on my arms and I looked at the obvious leader, Carlisle, with my eyes wide. His eyes, golden and glowing despite the gray haze were wide with surprise. I knew what he smelled. He was beautiful because he had to be attractive to his prey. I smelled like the way I did, irresistible, because that was how I had to smell. I was irresistible to everyone.
It was a lonely life.
"Are you ok?" he asked. I nodded slowly as I tried to stand. I looked to my palms, the abrasions were very minor. I'd barely lost a full drop. That's all I needed. He helped me to my feet and I noticed that he wasn't breathing.
"Are you ok?" I asked carefully. He cocked his head to the side and laughed.
"Why wouldn't I be?" he asked as I steadied myself. He had already begun to pull away and I knew I didn't need to look around to know that the other three were gone. The smell for them would be most pleasant, which was to say, it would be painfully unpleasant to resist.
"You look like you're holding your breath," I said carefully. I looked away from his eyes and down at my hands, my muscles flexing ever so slightly. I focused internally on my heart and hormones, increased the adrenaline to make the blood just that more tempting. He took a breath and I could practically feel the saliva increasing in his mouth.
"Let me take you inside and get those cleaned up," he said almost eagerly. I felt the joy bubbling up in me, but I knew I must go about this carefully.
"Um…" I hesitated.
"I'm a doctor," he reassured me. Mentally, he was licking his lips the scent of blood making him hungry. "I'm Dr. Carlisle Cullen."
"Eva," I said as I followed him slowly. "Just… Eva."
"How old are you, Eva?" Carlisle asked as he pulled out a huge looking kit.
"Get hurt much?" I asked stupidly.
"Doctor," he laughed pointing at himself. I blushed. Naturally, I remembered. It was a curse, this memory of mine.
"Right," I said nodding. I knew that now that he had the scent of my blood in him, the blush would only intensify his hunger. Aro had been right. He was very much in control of his desires. A weaker one would have already tried to feed from me. I laughed aloud, my eyes twinkling.
"So your age?" he pressed as he began by pouring iodine over my wounds. I frowned, knowing that it helped him as much as it cleaned my wounds.
"Sixteen," I said. That was the legal age to drive, that was the number on my driver's license. Granted, every few years I had to make a new one.
"And where are you from?" he asked. I had a feeling that he was trying to distract me. The human one had a problem with blood. She really must be a klutz.
"Florida," I said quietly as I watched him work.
"What brings you to Forks?" he asked me quietly watching me watching his hands move. He was being careful not to move them too fast.
"Business," I said. The thing about lying was telling enough of the truth to make the lies believable. He laughed.
"What kind of business do you have in Forks, Miss… Eva?" Carlisle asked cautiously. I grinned and leaned forward.
"I'm here to kill a man," I breathed. I felt him stiffen as I made my heart race. His eyes widened and I laughed. I sat back. "Actually, what I have to tell this man really might kill him. I am here to tell a man that he's a father. A little affair some odd years ago, more of a one night stand kind of thing. I hope he doesn't have a heart attack when I show up on his door step calling him Daddy."
"Best of luck to you on that," Carlisle said. "I'll make sure I'm working the hospital that night, certainly."
"Good thing," I said. I looked at my hands, knowing that with the bandages on them securely, I could start letting them heal. It itched the way that the fibers and threads knitted together, but a much needed process to form the healing flesh. I stood. "Thank you for your kindness."
"You're very welcome, Eva," he said smiling.
"One last thing," I said as I picked up my map. "Can you tell me if you know how I could go about finding Charles Swann?"
A/N: Normally not my normal M.O. but since I am stuck with this in my head while I work on my other story, I figured: get this out of your head quickly so that you can continue on with your regularly scheduled stories. The only thing… there is more… so I have a feeling I might be writing two different book fanfics at the same time.