She could feel his eyes on her from across the camp fire, although no one dared say anything but the quiet stories that were being told. My eyes shifted from his muscular torso to the camp fire in front of me. I was the only one who could feel the heat radiating from it, which I assumed was the only reason the fire was going in the first place.
At this point it was late at night and everyone shared that same gut wrenching feeling of terror. In the morning we were to confront the Volturi, which meant we had a fifty fifty chance of walking out of there alive. I was determined to come out of there alive.
As the story came to an end I rose from my spot on the log and made my way over to Emmett, taking his hand in mine before leading him over to the tent we had set up for me.
Just last year I never would have imagined I would be where I was today. I would have met Emmett if I hadn't made the decision to move to Forks, which had seemed like a death sentence at the time.
I had made my way into Emmett's history class and since then we had been inseparable. We had made it through what seemed like the impossible and I decided to stay with him even when I found out he wasn't human. I told him I would keep his secret, but apparently someone else hadn't made that promise.
Word had gotten out that Emmett had a human hanging around with him and now we were to meet with the highest ranking among the vampires.
As Emmett unzipped the tent I smiled up at him before slipping inside. I laid on the inflated mattress before wrapping myself in the blankets sprawled across it. He slid into bed next to me, pulling me into his arms. "How do you feel?" he asked.
"Honestly? I'm a little scared. I mean what if the Volturi decide that I'm a threat?"
"I'm not going to let that happen, they won't hurt you," he whispered before pressing a soft kiss to my temple. I let out a soft sigh, relaxing in his arms. Although I wasn't fully assured, it was the best I was going to get at the moment.
Emmett had never given me a reason not to believe in him, and that was a good thing, but we never had to deal with something so serious before. There was always a possibility we wouldn't walk away alive tomorrow and I didn't like that thought.