Chapter 7:
Edward now kept a sharp eye on me, now that he knew about the visions, it wasn't helping now that he became more stalk-ish; than ever, everywhere I went, I could always feel his eyes on me, making me question everything that I either wanted or needed, I was now more afraid to even get anything because of him now. I had now become silent, I refused to talk to anyone, including the Cullens, my dad, or even Jake, my eyes were very much dual, black bags under them, every time I looked in the mirror, all I could see was a shell, a shell that was once full of life and happiness, but now, it was a hollow shell, without feeling. Emotionless.
No one, not even my dad or Jake, noticed that I wasn't happy, no one ever did.
It was the night before the wedding; when Edward came in through the window, he gave me a kiss, he said the moment he pulled away, "I know that you're going to be so beautiful tomorrow. Promise me that I will be yours forever."
I said, "Forever."
He gave me another kiss; one that sadly got interrupted by Jasper, who said, "Time to go, Edward."
However, before he'd left, he handed me a bottle, and he said, "Don't worry, Bella, everything will be as the way it was. Just drink this before you go to bed tonight."
That's when he was gone, leaving me to wonder what it really was, so without wanting to disappoint him, I drank whatever he'd given me.
But little did I know, he'd given me his venom.
Changing me into a vampire in the dead of night.
The next day, I woke up, but as I rolled over, no sound came out of my mouth, I realized that I was in pain, as I got up, I refused to lay back down; I mean, today is my wedding after all.
I only managed to get out of my bed, until the pain increased; I refused to shut my eyes as tears begin to fall, I couldn't move, my insides were on fire, my heart beat had also begun to increase, as well as the pain in my arms and legs, for the longest time ever, the fire raged on; and when it was done, I heard the last of my heartbeat, and it went still.
Never to beat again.
I got up, I noticed that when I had looked in the mirror, my eyes caught me; they were a blood red, that's when I saw another pair of blood red eyes beside me, and the person said, "No... My Lady?"
Before I could say something; they had already fled, I turned back to my blood red eyes, for some strange reason; I found comfort in not only the blood red eyes that I now have; but also in the strange man who also had blood red eyes too.
Alice soon showed up, one look told me that she knew something, but even I was afraid to ask, knowing that she'd tell Edward, who, later on, would confront me; she only said, "Come on, Bella. Let's go hunt."
Before I could do anything, she dragged me outside, and we both went hunting, which involved a mountain lion and a deer.
Before going to the Cullens.
Once at the Cullens house, while getting me dressed for my wedding, Carlisle knocked, and he said, "Alice, I need to have a moment with Bella."
When Alice didn't move, he said, "Alone, and don't even think about it too."
When Alice was gone, Carlisle shut and locked the door, he sighed, turned to face me, and said gently, "You saw him, didn't you?"
I looked around; when he saw that, he said, "Don't worry, both of them are busy at the moment. It's just you and me. You're safe."
I looked down, for only a moment; when I suddenly looked at myself in the mirror, after what seemed only for a few seconds, I saw the same blood red eyes looking at me, I turned around, and there he was, just looking at me.
I only looked at Carlisle, who said, "We're trying to help, Bella. He won't hurt you, I promise."
I turned back to the stranger, who said to Carlisle, "Do you know who did this, Carlisle? How did she become so... silent... in a matter of months?"
Carlisle said, "First of all; I don't know who had done it. Edward must have known something... Alice ended up forcing her to tell her what the punishment was; if she told anyone the news. Which led to her being silent... Even before this, she refused to tell anyone, which I completely understand."
The stranger took a step towards me, however, I only backed up, he stopped, and after a moment; he turned back to Carlisle, and said, "Is there a way that I could somehow take her back with me?"
Just then a knock sounded, I only backed up some more, my back hitting the wall, I slid all the way to the floor; where I started banging my head against the wall, making a dent in it.
Carlisle said, "Uh oh, she's doing it again. Quick, Caius, try to stop her from doing that, while I answer the door. The last time she did that, her head was bleeding. Quickly."
Caius, who was in front of me, bend down to my eye level, and whispered softly, "Young one, you don't want to have us exposed, now do you?"
The softness of his voice, make me look in his eyes, for some odd reason, I don't know why; but I had finally stopped, all I could do was looked into his eyes, he gently pulled me in his arms, for a moment, I thought that he would disappear; when he didn't, I felt his arms wrap around me, holding me to him; while I slowly, very slowly, shut my eyes, feeling safety and comfort in his arms. Especially his blood red eyes.
The moment I shut my eyes, I finally felt complete, as we both stayed like that, the scent of human blood caught me, he let go, notice me looking all over him for the scent, he only chuckled, I looked up at him, and he said softly, "My Lady, you must still be hungry. Here's a little snack for you to eat before your... unworthy... marriage."
He pulled out a blood bag, the blood was getting to me, after he handed it to me, I had another different type of snack, only this one was so much sweeter, I was a little disappointed that it was gone, I looked up at Caius, who pulled out another bag for me, however, Carlisle shut the door, which made both me and Caius look up at him; when he notice that Caius and I were having a snack together, he shook his head, and said, "Well that's one way to calm a newborn down."
Caius said as he pulled out another bag for me, "Indeed, Carlisle. When she first caught the scent, she began attacking me, which later stopped when I gave her the blood bag of human blood."
Carlisle said, "Let's hope that she'll make it through the wedding without having to stop for a quick lunch break."
As he watched both of us, I finished yet another blood bag, he was about to pull out another, when I stopped him, he looked at me, and asked, "Finished, my Lady?"
I let out a small smile, nodded, and snuggled into him, making him wrap his arms around me.
Carlisle said, "I'm sorry to break up your little snack time, but Alice is outside, and she worried... again."
I clung to Caius, who said after a moment, "Of course, Carlisle. Although; try to get her away from the humans, I'm not leaving just yet... That's if you know what I mean."
Carlisle said, "Of course, after all, she may want dinner as well."
I looked between Carlisle and Caius, both of them turned to be, with a look of sadness, I looked down, disappointed; when Caius lifted my face, I looked into his eyes, and he whispered softly, "Don't worry, my Lady, I won't leave you, I promise."
He softly gave me a kiss, sending me in a world of stillness and perfectness, however; when he pulled away, I whimpered quietly at him, he said, "Don't fret, my Lady, soon we shall be together again. For all of forever."
He gave me one last soft kiss, pulled away, and said, "Mine."
When he was gone, I felt empty, Carlisle said, "He's offering to take you out to dinner, my Lady. Don't worry, you two shall see each other in a few hours."
I only nodded; as Alice finished getting me ready, I only looked blankly in the mirror, once she was done; she said happily, "There, you're done!"
I just nodded, while she went to go get ready, I heard Caius whisper, "Your dark angel, my Lady."
I slowly closed my eyes, those red eyes came back to me, sending my skin in a craving for his touch; I had to force myself from not hunting him down, knowing that I felt safe with him.
Knowing that I was meant to belong to him.
Instead of with Edward.
While everyone was happy for me and Edward, Carlisle said as he and Esme came up to greet us, "Why don't I take Bella out for a bit... She needs to hunt."
Edward said, "Carlisle, I could take-"
Carlisle said, "No, Edward, I want to take her. Besides, I need to talk to her about something anyways."
Edward sighed, and said, "Fine."
Once away from the humans, Carlisle said, "More like escort you to your mate..."
As we walked into the forest, I caught my dark angel's scent, and before Carlisle had enough time to say something, I flew towards my dark angel.
When he caught me, in his arms, I gave him a soft kiss, only he wrapped his arms around me, deepening the kiss, even more, I realized that I was in my safe place, a place that involved me and my mate.
A few moments later, Carlisle showed up, and he said, "No wonder why she took off."
I glared at him, he caught it, and said while backing up, "I understand, my Lady."
I nodded, Caius said as he wrapped an arm around me, "Well, Carlisle, we must be off. Can't have her eating one of the guests, now can we?"
Carlisle said, "Of course, besides, she did look hungry after a few of the guests went up to greet her and Edward. Had to tell him that I wanted to talk to her, but really, you're the one who's taking her to dinner, after all."
Caius said, "Well, she won't be that far from the wedding, we're going hunting in another town. Have to have her return on a full stomach."
As soon as we were far away from Forks and even farther away from the wedding, we went hunting, taking our victims into an alleyway, and we both had a lovely dinner together.
After dinner, we went back to Forks, much to my displeasure; however, while in the forest, he stopped; and pulled me in for a kiss.
I couldn't even think straight; as we both refused to even break, I need him, it was something that never left me, this burning desire for him, and only him, kept me wanting him more and more, with each passing minute of every single day, that we don't see each other.
It had indeed felt different, kissing my mate, compared to Edward's kiss back at the alter. With Edward, his felt a little... blunt, but with my mate, it felt just right.
We both broke away, when we smelt Carlisle coming towards us, I had to bit my lower lip from not attacking my mate, who took a small step back, once Carlisle had found us, he said, "My Lady, everyone's wondering where you have gone off too."
I gave my mate one last kiss, before forcing myself to walk towards Carlisle, however, my mate grabbed my arm, I turned back to look at him, and he said, "It was nice having dinner with you, my Lady."
I nodded in return, gave him one last kiss, looked into his bright red eyes, and I whispered weakly and quietly, "My dark angel."
He said as he was about to leave, "My Lady."
When he was gone, I sighed, turned back to Carlisle, and he said, "My Lady, did you just speak, once again?"
All I said as we started walking back to the wedding, "My dark angel."
I soon was silent once again, and as we headed back to the wedding, I felt empty.
Once again.
As soon as we got off the boat, Edward refused to waste any time, once in the master bedroom, he attacked me; destroying my close in the process, once I was in nothing but my undergarments; with just one swift move, he was naked and ripped off my underwear and bra.
That was the first of many nights while we were on our honeymoon.
A honeymoon, I realized, later on, that night, without my mate.
I wanted and needed my mate.
Now!
