Short, very short chapter.
Chapter 9
Bella's POV
Everyone around me tensed at the small noise.
Through the trees in front of us, you could barely hear someone running.
"Carlisle we must go forward into the woods or else we'll be seen."
I don't who had said it but they were right. Absolutely right. And also, I didn't want whoever this was near my family. Edward picked me up and carried me swiftly into the woods. Once out of sight he broke into a run.
It seemed like a very long run, though I knew it was only a few seconds at the most. That was when we met up with the newborn.
Normally, a newborn should frighten you.
"Bella?"
"Aunt Alyssa?"
We simply stared at each other, and it took me a moment to notice the eyes. Crimson red.
"You- You're-"
Alyssa's POV
Bella! Bella, Bella, Bella!!
"You- You're-" Bella was trying to make sense out of me.
I was happy to see her. Who wouldn't? I haven't seen any part of my family since... Alec.
I refused to let those thoughts clutter my mind now. Right now I was with Bella and I would be happy.
"You're a vampire?" she said it like a question. However I would have said it the same way had Alec told me. I didn't figure out what I was until I'd attacked half a village. Again, I shut away my memories for now.
Then - the wind blew.
And suddenly I was thirsty.
Edward's POV
Alice, Jasper and I were the first to pin Alyssa on the ground. Alice had seen it seconds before, Jasper had felt her hunger, and I had read her thoughts.
Alyssa continued to uselessly snap at Bella, who was standing a few feet away.
"Please don't kill Alyssa."
Bella wanted her to live? After she'd just tried to kill her? I turned to look at her questionably.
"You didn't kill Jasper. Don't kill Alyssa either."
"We'll let her go when she won't kill you."
"Good."