I look around at the crowd of people in the square…so joyful. The sun is bright and hot on my back but all I can see is him. My feet seem to glide towards the arch. I see his jet black cloak ripple along the wind as a breeze suddenly passes. Time has stopped. My brain disconnected from my body. This was it, the moment I've been waiting for. Whatever happens next will change my life forever. I can't help but think how reckless this is. However, each step is bringing me closer and closer and yet I cannot bring myself to turn around. This was my fate. How much time had passed? My eternity has only been five minutes. I hear the clock chime in the tower…it sounded so glum. It reminded me of a eulogy, which, I suppose would be appropriate. I blink and realize that I've come too close, there's no turning back now. My hunter speaks and my world goes black.
~ July 20, 1921
My name is Rosalie Whitlock. The dark corridor overlooking the garden always makes me remember the past… and in particular, my last day as a human. That was twenty years ago, I am now a vampire and my life is forever changed. See, I was chosen by a very powerful and wealthy vampire clan; The Volturi. I am now married to a man I don't love and a guard for a family I do not care about. But, I never had a choice. The only person I have any attachment too in this life is my best friend Bella Dunne. She was human with me and changed around the same time. We were both chosen for our talents; we can both see the future. There was one minor difference, though. I was also an empath, as she was also a shield. I cannot count the times I think about the possibility that I could have prevented this. I was only seventeen when I was changed. Bella was sixteen.
I was brought out of my reverie when Bella sat next to me.
Her crimson eyes met my golden ones with a worried look.
"What's wrong?"
"Felix wants to speak with you, it sounded urgent"
I simply nodded my head as she patted my shoulder and took off back down the corridor swiftly. Felix was my husband. He was also the one who hunted and changed me. To say I did not like him was putting it mildly. I could never forgive him for taking my life away from me. He didn't love me, but it angered him immensely that I took many human lovers. He knew I loved another, and that also made him angry. Edward was only human and I would never see him again, he told me. He constantly reminds me of who I am and I should learn to love someone of my own species. Edward was not a human lover of mine though. He was the one I loved before I was changed; I often find myself thinking of him. Although I cannot be happy, I hope that he is.
I decided it would be best to go find Felix now before he became too impatient. I put on the mask of happiness and love towards my husband, and took off. Bella was the only one who knew my true feelings besides Felix. In this life I was an actor, and right now, I had a role to play.