Eternal Moon.
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Chapter Two.
BELLA POV:
"Now, Bella, I will be asking some questions, and you will answer. Truthfully, Bella. I will know if you lie to me, I'll be able, to smell a lie from you. You don't want to do this, it won't make me happy." He waited for my response, so I nodded, in confirmation. He continued. "Would you like to know, what were to happen, if I were, to be made unhappy?"
He stared at me. "When people, make me unhappy, they get hurt and then they die. Painfully."
Dear God. Breathe, just breathe. One lie and he would kill her.
"You're on my lands, Bella. Why?"
"Please, I… I don't know, where here is? I swear to God, I don't. Please." She expected, backlash from him, when she couldn't give him the answer, he required.
"So, you weren't sent, to spy on me? To, hurt, me?" He spoke, with shock marring his god-like features.
"NO! I don't know where I am? Or, who you are?"
"Well, this is a definite, blow to my image. Ouch! My ego." He said, acting as though, I'd shot him through the heart.
What the hell? He teased me… While my fate, rested, between life and death. He fucking teased me. Sadistic, bastard. This started to spark anger, which lay dormant inside of me. Unfortunately, this anger seemed to knock, any common sense, I had, on the head. "I'm sure you'll survive. Unfortunately." I said, muttering the last part.
"Oh, wow. What have we here? This little kitten has claws. Meow." He mocked, pretending to slash his hand at me.
This, started to get me madder, then my common sense, seemed to wake up. Don't forget, this is only charm. Underneath lurks a predator. Yes, thank you, very much, common sense, glad you got your invite, to this party. Lucky for her, she decided, to keep her mouth shut.
"Okay. Let's try a simpler, question. Do you know what you are, Bella?"
WHAT! What the hell question, is that? "Well, I know that one. I'm human. Civilised, educated, unlike…" Oopsie. She always, forgot about her temper, that had always, been her weakness.
"Unlike me?" He said, finishing her sentence. Smirking, at her.
She remained silent, waiting for him to continue. "Ah. Ah." He said, wagging his finger at her, as though, she was a child, being punished. "Clearly, it is you, who are the uneducated, here, Bella. Allow me, to enlighten you. You are, what we call, a divider. You, separate two worlds, your light world, and this dark one, hence, the name divider."
"NO!" She blurted out. What in god's name was he, talking about? A divider. "Impossible. The things you're talking about are only in books and films. This is not real."
He started to chuckle. "Please, then Bella. You, be the one to enlighten, me, about this place and how you come to be here. Come on, Bella. I'm waiting."
"I can't tell you, because I don't know. But, what you're talking about, it's…"
"Impossible?" He said, interrupting. Again.
She nodded, her head, in confirmation, to his answer.
He stroked his chin, deep in thought, while the light from the fire, flickered across his god-like features. "So, Bella. Answer me this. What of your mother and father? Tell me of them."
The change of subject, from impossibility to personal, sent a shock through her. The shock, brought along, the feeling of, homesickness. About to graduate from, high school, she had started to look forward to moving from her home, that she shared with her parents, to the apartment, she had been planning to move into, with her best friend, Angela. The homesickness, made her wonder, why she ever needed to move out, of her home in the beginning. All she wanted, at that moment, was a cuddle from her mother, and in that embrace, she wanted to stay.
"Bella, I demand an answer." He said gruffly. "I'm starting to feel unhappy, Bella. Need I remind you, what will happen, if my mood doesn't start to change, drastically, Bella?"
I swallowed the threat, which felt like acid, going down to my stomach. Which felt like any moment, I would hurl? "My father is a chief of police, where we live in Forks, and my mother, is a receptionist, at the local high school." A perfectly, normal, family. In her, mind. Well she liked to think that way, even though she'd always thought she never seemed to fit. Not with anyone, and not anywhere.
He scowled at her. "Well, that was an entirely, useless bit of information. Right, so, let's imagine for a moment, that I've met others that are like you, before. Now, in your family, does anyone have a tendency, to disappear, on their birthday, like an annual occurrence? Does anyone, not like their birthday, and prefer to be alone, for the occasion?" He looked hopefully at her.
"Not to my knowledge." She replied bluntly.
"Any family members, who have moved, yet never made contact again. Think carefully." What the hell, was he trying to get at?
"NO!" She answered to the best of her knowledge.
"Umm. Any family member, ever tell you scary stories, when you were a little girl. About, a land, that has no sun, forever, in the shadow, of the moon. Where, bedtime monsters, roam, freely. A warrior leader, who does, terrible, cruel, things?"
"Uhh, no. I think I would've, remembered, being told a story, like that." I said, starting to feel, exasperated, with his questions, which made no sense.
His gaze, looked over her body, and seemed to linger, hungrily. "Now, that is a shame. If only one divider had come from your lineage, I surely, would've found you, of some use, to me."
Ah, now the truth. It wasn't about her, exactly. He wanted to know, of her family. How could, someone so cruel, look like… like, well, the way he looked? It made her think of one thing. Sex. The way, his gaze, lingered, sent shivers, down, her spine. That was just, plain stupid, letting him affect her, like that. It also made her feel guilty.
It made her think, of Mike. Her, boyfriend. They'd been seeing each other, for the better part, of a year. She had, been the one to approach him, and to ask him out on a date. See. No kitten, would've asked first. They'd been each other's firsts, he was always, so gentle with her. She loved him.
"Will, you, please, stop looking at me like that?" She stupidly, yelled at him.
He smirked, with amusement. "Well stop enjoying, it, and so much. Just think about, the threat that, hangs in the, balance here, sweetheart." He laughed. "Not about getting into my bed. Anyways, you're not to my, taste. Too… too young. I like my WOMEN, to have a bit more mileage, than what I'm sure, you're used to."
"Well, that's a relief, for me, because frankly, you're too OLD, for my tastes." She responded, with a snarky tone.
You, could tell, I was wearing, on his nerves, by the muscle tic, in the corner of his eye. "I'm too old for anyone, sweetheart."
Obviously, her last comment, had hit the, bulls eye. The very idea, of getting one up on him, made her cocky. "Whatever." She replied with, a nonchalant shrug.
"As I, was saying before, I have no use for you, sweetheart." He spoke, with a growl.
Okay. That's not good. Get under control, before you push him, passed breaking point. Right. "Oh, I just remembered, something." She blurted out, clutching at straws. He waved his hand at her, to continue. "I… I know someone, who, umm, disappears. Like the way, you said."
His response, to this information, was a slow and wicked smile. Equally split, between being a charmer and being a bastard. He breathed, through his nose, like he was sniffing the air, around me. "A lie, I think I told about that, didn't I. Warned, you, of the danger, of lying, to ME." He stooped, down to me, and stared me straight in the eye. "I murdered the last divider who did."
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