I wiped the remaining blood off of my hands in the small creek before joining Edward back in our walk to the house. We'd been hunting for a while, but Edward picked up Alice's thoughts off unease and rallied us in. It had only taken us a minute or so before we caught up with the rest of our family. Everyone was silent as we approached the house.
Right away I noticed a brown package on the door step. The packaging was crinkled; like it was delivered a lengthy journey, but the weird thing about it was that I couldn't catch the scent of it. It was like there was no trace of anyone on it; no human, vampire, or even werewolf scent lingering on it. I reached for the package cautiously, as if it could really hurt me, a vampire with impenetrable skin. The package felt heavy in my hands, and written lavishly on the front was Isabella Marie Swan-Cullen. Confused on the proper title, and no return address, I gently ripped open the cover on the delivery.
"Love, what's that?" Edward asked.
"I don't know but it says my name on it." I shrugged and continued opening it up.
Four books placed delicately in soft paper tissue lay inside. Each one with a title inscribed into the black covers. They read: Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn.
"What stupid titles!" Emmett declared. I didn't realize I read the titles out loud, but then again we do have vampire hearing.
"That's what I saw in my vision! I couldn't see who, or what, delivered them, but I could see a package being placed on the steps," Alice exclaimed.
"Well that's unusual even for your unstable visions Alice," Carlisle said, his brows furrowed in confusion.
"Should I read the first one, Carlisle?" I asked, almost reluctantly.
"I don't see why not." He said. I opened the one that read Twilight, assuming it was the first one. A small piece of paper tumbled out onto the ground as I opened it.
"What does it say, Love?" Edward said.
"Yeah mom, what does it say?" Renesmee asked.
"It says: Read all the books out loud to your family."
"Well read it Bella," Alice said.
I opened up to the preface and read
"I'd never given much thought to how I would die… though I'd had reason enough in the last few months…but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this.I stared without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes of the hunter, and he looked pleasantly back at me.Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved. Noble, even. That ought to count for something. I knew that if I'd never gone to Forks, I wouldn't be facing death now. But, terrified as I was, I couldn't bring myself to regret the decision. When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.The hunter smiled in a friendly way as he sauntered forward to kill me." And that's when I dropped the book.
"Oh my god, this is exactly what I was thinking right before James attacked me!" I yelped.
"Someone has been watching you," Alice said.
"No, someone's been watching all of us," Carlisle said.