Chapter 4 – First Sight

CPOV

I took an unnecessary breath as her deep green eyes bore into mine. To say she was beautiful was pointless; it did not describe the intensity of what I saw in her face. Her eyes were the colour of the green and brown in the trees, perfectly camouflaged. The beautiful eyes were framed with lashes that sparkled with perspiration just below eyebrows of deep, warm brown. I moved my eyes a fraction to examine the rest of her face, not caring that I felt I had to breathe, to take in as much of the air as she was breathing. The scent coming off her body was unlike anything I had ever felt. It wasn't just her blood; her skin radiated warmth that made me want to run my tongue over it. Every inch of it. I was too mesmerised to try and understand what these peculiar urges meant.

The frame of her face was a perfect shape, her ears pinned backwards, and hidden by the soft, long hair I had seen before. I moved my eyes lower yet to see her full parted lips, again, the edges of which were glistening with perspiration, I hoped for her sake she didn't taste as good as she looked. I wanted to devour her. I had tried to be intimate with other vampires before, but nothing had me interested. I realised that fate had a much more deserving prize for me. I raked my eyes, swiftly, absorbing every detail of her muscular frame. Her muscles were sewn perfectly along her arms, around her shoulders, weaving through her legs, right down to her feet. The pathetic piece of fur that clung to her breasts was threatening to break, and I wanted it to, so that I wouldn't have to try and feel guilty for ripping it off myself.

Her stomach was firm with muscle but soft, with a small layer of fat. I imagined laying myself on top of her, the comfort, and the tempting warmth between her legs which added to her amazing scent. At that a wave of something strong came over me, causing my body to ache, the very core of me throbbing and coming alive at the same time. Aro had found it strange why this did not happen to me around the other females, why this part of me did not come alive at the sight of them. A dark laugh erupted through my lips as I imagined being tempted by one of them, next to this beautiful creature. Impossible.

I quickly realised that this had taken place over a few seconds. Nothing had happened, she had not even moved, but I felt as if I had been pounded a hundred thousand times, I felt like I could fly, like I felt when I ran with blinding speed towards my prey. I stepped forward, she misunderstood me and half-crouched, ready to pounce. I laughed, a deep throaty sound, I never usually had anything to laugh about. She must not know what I was, even if she could defeat a beast, she had no chance whatsoever against me. Not in a million years. Surely she must know. As soon as I had laughed, her lips peeled back to reveal a set of perfectly white teeth. She did the last thing I expected her to do, she growled. It would be seen as deep and menacing for a human, but dangerously arousing for a vampire. Apparently she had no idea what I was. I appeared as another predator, ready to steal her prey.

What was she? This magnificent creature covered in long gashes as her flesh lay open. It was then that I smelt it, the blood seeping seductively, temptingly from her fresh wounds. As much pain as I was sure she was in, I wanted again to lick her all over, not just to taste her skin, but her blood. The thought of it made my head spin with ideas. I closed my eyes lifted my head back and allowed myself to inhale everything about her, blood, skin, sweat, and…something else. I quickly tasted the air again; it was like nothing I had ever experienced. It was more than human, as intense and powerful as another vampires scent, but not at all similar.

I ignored her incessant growling, even though she was visibly annoyed to say the least that I had not yet backed away. I tried to ignore this, I had to find out what the scent was, what she was. I was so absorbed in my assessment of her that I almost didn't register her running at me through the forest, towards me. Almost. She was even more beautiful and…arousing, as she was running over the dead carcass towards me. In an automatic response I flexed and squatted as if to pounce and mimicked her as I lifted my lips above my glistening teeth. By now, I would usually be able to hear the heart rate quicken and the breathing rate increase. And, of course it was always so much better when they at least tried to run away. Suddenly, I heard a large crash and a whimper. It took me a fraction of a second to understand that she had not stopped, or tried to run away, but she continued towards me. She had run headlong into me, and, as I had stood there solidly with perfect balance. Well, she had more of a chance of running through a solid wall.

Quicker than I thought humanly possible, that's if she was even human at all, she jumped up, coming dangerously close to me, lifted her head up in defiance and snarled at me. At this point, I was so glad Aro wasn't here to see me, because it would have been impossible to disguise how….excited I was. I stepped lithely to the side, toying with her; she stepped perfectly in time with me whilst letting another growl rip from her chest. Her, perfect, voluptuous, blood covered breasts. How that animal skin had stayed there so long, was beyond me.

I was so absorbed in her that I barely noticed her try and engage me with her eyes. For the first time I looked into her eyes with my own, I saw everything I had ever and would ever want. She had not even spoken to me and I was transfixed.

"Leave"

What? She spoke with such clarity and confidence that I thought I had to have misheard her. Unfortunately I laughed in confusion. Evidently this was not the correct thing to do.

"I. Said. Leave. Now. This is my prey and my forest."

Oh. She thought she had competition as a predator. How could she not know I was after her? She must have no idea what I am, that I would never, EVER, touch the blood of an animal. That I would reduce myself to infecting my body with that filth. The concept was too much, and I began laughing again, harder this time, at the sheer ridicule and strangeness of the situation. She honestly had no idea.

She was getting even angrier now, and I loved it. I loved watching her have no idea what she was doing to me, that she could possibly scare me. She had no idea what she did to me. It was then that I realised I had never actually spoken to her, she was warning me away with her eyes and body, albeit unsuccessfully, the effect her body had on me was quite the opposite. I chose now or never.

"I do not want that miserable excuse for an animal there, the food I have in mind is far more…delicious."

I realised I was using a voice and expressing body language that would have usually, no, always terrified any other human and sent them running for the hills. Like they ever had a chance. So I was even more surprised when she chuckled, a raspy sound because she was clearly in pain, no, agony.

"I'm not afraid, if I tell you to leave. You, will, leave." Her bloody lips turned up into a snarl and she resumed her crouch. I was about to show her the real me, the predator, the infallible hunter, when I heard Aro call for me. It seemed to be urgent as he wasn't concerned about others not hearing us. A growl ripped from my throat and I turned in the direction of my brother and ran, not before stepping up to the girl and leaving her with a warning.

"I will return." I almost thought I imagined her reply, "I'm counting on it." This was going to be good. Very, very good.

Ok so I'm really sorry that took so long to update, I've been crazy busy, I should be writing another chapter(s) this weekend but I would really love just a little bit of feedback. Thank you so much