Chapter 3:

BPOV

As the days passed we got accustomed to having a lot more vampires around and everybody got on fairly well, the talented of us were training like crazy, Eleazar had discovered that I had a shield ability and Kate expanded upon his verdict with the notion that I would be able to push forth my shield to protect those around me. With this new found information I decided that I would do anything and everything that I could to protect my family and friends with my shield. David, after meeting Reneseme, became much more friendly, he spoke for hours with Edward about the past, his adventures, when he was changed, how he came to be a vegetarian and how he had loved and lost his mate.

Hearing his tales and stories of his journey I slowly developed a great respect for him as well as a deep sadness for his loss, he told us that her name was Constance and that she was a human as I had been, his cover story at their time of meeting was that he was a local photographer working in New York for a small time newspaper, he said that he saw her for the first time in a small cafe off of Ludlow St in Manhattan, that the moment he saw her he was hooked, quite like Edward and I or Jacob and Reneseme.

He continued by telling us that he felt compelled to go and speak to her, so he sat opposite her in the booth after asking whether or not she was with anyone, she had said no so he sat and complemented her on her blue eyes and lovely hair style, after that they began talking, joking and laughing about the goings on of everyday life. They had dated and loved each other very much, David had told us a few days after we had asked him, but then one day as he was walking to the papers editing studio he received a phone call.

'A cop was on the other line' He told us. 'He told me that Constance had been asking for me, so as anyone would do I legged it, I ran to the hospital where she had been admitted, the Cop in question had told me that the guy was just some punk, looking for easy money and that the Gun wound wasn't that serious' he continued with apparent pain. 'Serious my ass, I could hear her laboured breathing, her frail heart beat, I pushed passed the Cop and entered her hospital room, nurses urging me to leave, none of them matter, she was all I wanted to see, I wanted to gaze into her eyes, just once more. I got my wish, she stared at me with pain and sadness written in her eyes, I grabbed her hand and she smiled at me, "It's gonna be ok, I'm going to be with Jesus" She had a strong faith, not that I had ever been enticed by it, she had tried to take me to church but it never stuck with me, I smiled a weak smile back at her. If our kind could cry then I would have been weeping buckets at this point, at that moment her vitals went mad, the beeping was crazy and I was forcibly ejected from the room, she flatlined within minutes and I never saw her again' his voice broke as he uttered the words. 'I got my revenge on the punk kid though' He flashed a grim smile.

'I found out his name and portrait from the cop, who said he was already in the system, it didn't take me long to find him.' He looked pained but also had a look of grim satisfaction as he spoke. 'He was sitting on a bench in Central Park not a week after she passed and I just went and sat next to him, he didn't look at me, I don't even think he noticed me, of course it was 10pm on a Tuesday and no one was about. I wish I had taken the time to read his mind at the end, just to wonder at what pathetic thoughts had run through his mind.' David spat the words through gritted teeth. 'I took his throat in my hand and with one jab I ripped his heart from his chest.' We gasped as the realisation that this once loving and caring Vampire had become a monster, a murderer transformed by hate and grief. 'That was the one and only human to die by my hands and I intend on keeping it that way.' And with that he got up and left us in stunned silence