Authors Note:
I am starting with re-posting the original chapters first and will hopefully have something new for you by the second week of September. I am a little behind with my original schedule because I have recently started a new job and they have had me working 6 days a week. I apologize. The original chapters have only had spelling and grammar updated but otherwise have been left as they were originally written. I look forward to bringing you the new chapters!
Chapter One
Prologue
Mom and I were sitting at the mouth of the cave, watching the waterfall in front of it fall. Outside it was raining, I could hear the pitter patter of the drops hitting the hard ground. Mom was holding me close to her chest telling me again about the Italian, Vampire city… Again.
This was like the tenth time I've heard it. But I could understand her caution. She wanted me to be free, unlike her. The brand mark on her arm was proof of that. It had my father's initials, and the number date of him finding her.
She told me that I was a halfling, which meant I wasn't fully vampire and I wasn't fully human. I still needed to drink blood and eat regular food. But the only blood I could drink around here was the rabbit blood that my mother caught. We usually ate fruit, small animal meat, fish, roots and vegetables. We could only have a fire once a week, mom didn't want to attract unwanted attention from the 'catchers'.
The catchers were male vampires that found and sold wild females to their
mates. Mom said that my father was a catcher and that's how he found her. She said it was awful, how they treated women.
She said their only jobs were to have babies and clean the house. And that they couldn't go anywhere without their mates permission. She hated it. That's why she left, because she loved her freedom and needed it. She didn't want to have her child within the city walls. So she ran.
But she never told me how she got away, or what she did. Just that there were so many obstacles that she had to overcome. It wasn't easy, it was one of the hardest things she had to do.
Even though she ran away from the city, she still had a connection with my father. She said she didn't exactly love him, but she did miss him from time to time. He did have qualities about him that she liked, a lot. Though she didn't tell me why, she just giggled when I asked her about his qualities.
She never taught me how to speak, for fear that I would get us caught. I only knew a few words like yes, no, mom, food, cold, hot, and vampire. I only knew vampire because she said it so much. But lately she's been referring to them as devils or demons.
Her hatred had taught me to fear the world and everyone in it. Especially the vampires. She told me the ones I had to fear the most were the Cullens.
They were vampire royalty, they owned almost every country in the world. They ruled Italy with an iron fist. They were cruel and merciless. She hated them, so naturally I hated them with her.
I hated every vampire for what they had done to my mother. And one day they would all pay for what they've done to the world.
As we were gathering food for later, I heard voices. Mom did too. She dropped everything and dragged me back into the cave. She scuttled me back into the corner pressing my body tightly against the corner of the cave. The voices got louder.
"No one's here James. Good job boy." A harsh voice called out and a thumping sound came after his voice.
"I thought I smelled some females. But whatever we had to come this way."
"Charlie you okay? You look a little sick." The same man said, I heard footsteps very close to the entrance of the cave.
"I'm fine. I just thought I smelt, it doesn't matter anymore. Just put up some sensors James, and hurry up I want to get back to camp." I heard footsteps and
mechanical sounds outside the cave. Mom was shaking, and holding me tighter. I cuddled into her bosom, like I use to when I was younger. She had her hand over my mouth so I wouldn't make any noise.
Renee's POV
I heard his voice. He was back, and I knew he could smell me. I prayed that the waterfall would throw him off track. Confuse him. There was no way in hell I was going back to that place.
And I wasn't going to let them take Bella away from me. I knew what would happen if they found us. I would go back to Charlie, and Bella would most likely be put to sleep. I'm her mother but even I knew how wild she was.
Bella stuck her face in my breast like she did when she was younger. My fear fueled hers. She was shaking as hard as I was.
"Come on lets get going. We don't have all night." Charlie said, obviously annoyed. I knew James and Laurent. Charlie had introduced me to them when we first got married. They worked together for years before Charlie met me.
I rocked Bella slightly to keep her from crying. I didn't want her to start sniffling. Like she usually does when she cries. She pressed her face harder into my breasts, almost painful now.
I heard them leave, after a few minutes I sighed in relief knowing that they were long gone.
All night I held my baby girl. Praying that they wouldn't come back. Ever!