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"You remember what I told you?" momma whispered to me, sadness covering the beauty of her crimson eyes.
"I love you," I whispered back, nodding in agreement. My vision was blurred with abundant tears.
I didn't want to let go of her, but she made me promise. Granpa Charlie said once that you couldn't go back on a promise, and I believed him. His words only brought me sorrow, though. I couldn't go back on my word to momma, but I didn't know what she was making me promise.
My tears were proof of my despair for promising to go when she asked me. I never meant this to happen.
"I love you, too. More than my own life," she said, gently, touching my necklace and kissing my forehead.
Jacob and daddy were watching us intently with scared expressions. None of them said anything.
Momma said something about getting as far from where we were as possible to Jacob, but I wasn't really paying attention. I wanted my daddy. I wanted to touch his cold skin and hug him tightly. I knew that it could be the last time I would do it.
Daddy complained with hurt eyes that momma was hiding things from him, but she said she wasn't. It was from the vampires that wanted to hurt us, not from him. She looked unbelievably sad, admitting that aunt Alice had given her hints from what would happen.
He turned his attention to me again, kissing me feverously, and I held on to him firmly, sending him pictures of the two of us together, of the many times he put me on his lap, and played the piano for me. I was telling him how much I loved him, and how much I wanted to be with them, begging him to release me from my promise.
He just tightened his embrace for a brief second, breathing on my scent, and put me on my Jacob's shoulder after that.
Again, momma said something next to my Jacob's ears, something about him protecting me. Then, she told him that she loved him. It was goodbye, I knew it. Daddy also said something that made my Jacob whimper in agony. I couldn't comprehend their words. I was too focused on the fact that I would be separated from my beloved family.
The others saw our exchange, and decided to say their goodbyes to their loved ones, too. They were all going to die. And it was all my fault. I sobbed quietly on my Jacob's shoulder, and he barked to me. He was trying to soothe me, but nothing could change the fact that we were doomed.
"Get ready," momma whispered to the others. "It's starting."
For a while, nothing happened. My tears started to fade away, leaving only the melancholy's weight in my heart. We just watched as the three Volturi leaders confabulated, reunited in a triangular formation. I saw a mysterious mist rising from the ground, but it seemed to not be able to reach us.
My family and friends started to speak confuse things. Everyone of them said chose an opponent on the group of cloaked vampires. I could only observe with wide eyes.
And then it happened.
The vampire that had touched me a few minutes before, Aro, said something to his army in a foreign language. Instantly, one of his soldiers, the one that was as big as uncle Emmett, jumped ahead of their semi circle, snarling, and charging furiously in our direction.
"Go, Jacob. Now!" momma yelled.
My Jacob scampered at full speed through the meadow, entering the forest. I heard snarls and light paws steeps near of us, and turned to check on it. Seth was following us. I didn't think momma was counting on this.
Behind us, there was a mix of howls, screams, and sounds that resembled a lot like thunders. It was the battle. I screamed, too, imploring my Jacob to go back. But he didn't listen to me. He just continued running.
Suddenly, Seth howled desperately, and I turned around in time to see a male vampire jumping on his back, trying to climb on him like a horse. Seth cleverly stopped in a halt, and the vampire was thrown several yards ahead of us.
My Jacob turned his body quickly, changing his direction, and stormed toward the river, passing by Seth and the vampire. They were fighting furiously against each other, Seth clearly having advantage. Certainly, my Jacob thought that the vampire would be too distracted by Seth to notice our new direction.
We ran for about three miles without being followed. My Jacob ran straight forward until he reached a big cliff. When we were almost at its edge, he changed direction again, running along to the cliff's border. I could hear the violent sound of the running water at the cliff's bottom.
Grandpa Charlie said that I wasn't allowed to walk along the cliff's border, it was too dangerous, but I trusted my Jacob. I knew he would never do something that could harm me.
He growled, furious, startling me, and I heard the rustling of running behind us. I knew it wasn't one of his pack mates because it sounded like footsteps. My Jacob's fur bristled, and he tried to turn his direction again.
That was when I saw him. The same vampire that daddy had marked as his, Demetri. 'Did that mean that daddy…? No, it couldn't be true.'
Demetri threw his granitic body on my wolf. I held even tighter on his fur for balance. Jacob had turned his body to the left, approaching even more to the cliff's border, and receiving just a small amount of Demetri's weight, therefore, he was able to sustain us upright, but only for a few seconds.
The vampire had recovered rapidly, and charged again, grasping my Jacob's front paws, and lifting them, making him stand. I tried desperately to hold firmly onto his fur, but my palms were sweating. Jacob bended his massive head, biting hard on the vampire's arm, but that only made his grip tightened over Jacob's paws. I heard the sound of his bones breaking.
Jacob howled in pain, and his body convulsed violently. My right hand slipped, and I panicked. I must had shown my fear to Jacob because he released Demetri's arm, and jerked his head to me, trying to check on me. That was the distraction the cold creature needed.
Demetri sank his sharp teeth in my Jacob's neck, and he whimpered miserably, shaking even more, falling heavily to his flank on the cliff's very edge, and I found myself lingering above the abysm. I was sustaining all my weight in only one hand, trying to climb on his back again, but then the vampire punched the wolf's stomach with all his might, vibrating all Jacob's body, and I couldn't hold on anymore.
My hand slipped, and I fell, hitting my head on a rock. The cold air surrounded me in a suffocating embrace. The fall seemed endless, only disturbed by a distant pained howl. I couldn't pay attention to it, though, because my head was dizzy, and my lungs were obstructed by the heavy wind.
Finally, I hit the freezing water. The impact was hard due to the fall speed, knocking the rest of air out of my lungs. I struggled fiercely to reach the surface, trying to breathe, but the water was running fast, creating a void that sucked me even deeper down.
The water was producing a booming sound, and its speed increased even more the deeper it went throughout the forest. When I managed to break into the surface, I saw that I was almost reaching a waterfall. I tried to swim against its gravity, but I was already too tired, and my eyes were insisting on closing.
All too soon, the waterfall border came, and I fell again. The cascade was very long, and I flew along with it for several minutes before hitting its bottom. Again, the water height pulled me deeper in its embrace, and I felt myself starting to drown. I simply didn't have anymore air in my lungs to breathe.
I made another desperate attempt to pull myself to the surface, moving my legs with the little strength I had left. Thankfully, it was able to swim against the violence of the river, and I felt a rush of air filling my aching throat, but it was already too late. The blackness took control of my world, and I fainted.
A/N: Without the Sun it's coming to its end and some people had asked me to make a sequel. Turns out that I don't have a plot to continue it, but their request got me excited. And this story popped out in my head. Hope you like it.
I believe I won't be able to update it as fast as I did with Without the Sun, but I'm planning to make a good story, so stay tuned.
Also, this story will have lemons in future chapters. They're very necessary to the story, so bear with me, okay? ;)
Thanks.