Chapter 10- Blood
I ran into the forest with the others. I tried to resist the impulse of the smell but my vampire half took hold. I thought of maybe stop breathing but once I smelt it, I couldn't let it go. Every step I took, the smell got stronger and sweeter. I began running faster and faster. Everything became a blur all around me.
I was suddenly pulled into a stop and bask into reality. I looked around me for the fool that dared to try and stop me. I saw the one pair of eyes that I didn't want to see again.
"Ingrid…" the angel's voice said.
"Get away from me!" I yelled.
"I can help you. You don't have to do it this way."
"Stop it!" I screamed.
"I might have to kill you…but I don't want to." he looked down at his feet.
"Just…leave." I said as I fell on my knees. You're going crazy. I thought.
"You're not going crazy." The voice said. I eyes darted up.
"How are you?" I spat.
"Edward. Edward Cullen. Nice to meet you, Ingrid." He said as he extended his arm toward me. "Gabe is looking for you." How does he know Gabe? "Gabe and I are old friends. We helped each other through the hardest times. Carlisle and I taught Gabe the 'eat animals not people' trick." He helped me up and I brushed myself off. "Stop breathing." He said immediately. I obeyed him without question. I was kind of intimated by him. "Don't be scared. I won't bite." He said with a half smile.
I felt a breeze of air flying past me. Suddenly, Gabe came out of thin air.
"Edward…" he said shaking his head and smiling.
"I've always got your back bro." Edward said with a smile.
"You're brothers?" I asked stunned.
"Technically no. But we're not related to any of our brothers." Gabe said looking down at me. His smile faded as he hugged me. I rested my cheek on his shoulder.
"Alice saw that you were in trouble." Edward said. I looked up at him.
"Alice?" I looked back to Gabe. Gabe nodded.
"Alice is our sister. She has the ability to see things that haven't happened yet." Gabe said.
I thought for a while before it hit me. "Where's Elliot?" I asked in haste.
Gabe looked at me then at Edward. "He…he was just behind me."
"Victoria." Edward said in a low voice. I found where his gaze had drifted. Victoria was standing right there.
"So, you think you can hind, eh?" she cocked her head to one side. "We'll see about that."
Edward grabbed my hand. I looked up at him in shock. Gabe grabbed my other hand. I suddenly got extremely scared.
"Think of a safe place. Think of Edward's house." Gabe whispered in my ear. I closed my eyes. All I could see was Victoria's furious eyes. I tried to block her out. I pictured me and Alice holding hands at the forest's edge waiting for our boys. I opened my eyes to see Victoria again. This made me focus even harder. I thought of that picture again and again. Then, I saw it. Elliot running toward us. I opened my month to say something but that's when everything disappeared. I closed my eyes with fear.
"Edward..?" I heard a sweet, soft voice ask. I opened my eyes to see a beautiful house towering over me. "Edward!" the voice squealed again. I saw a short girl come into view. She had short brown hair cropped into a pixie style. She jumped up and hugged Edward. He smiled.
I was still in shock when Edward said, "Alice, this is Ingrid."
Alice came and hugged me. I was taken aback by her movement.
I saw more of us come into view. Edward nodded and they disappeared before my eyes. I looked up at Edward.
"I have to go but I'll be back. Hopefully. He muttered the last part and then, he too, disappeared.
Gabe came toward me and kissed my face. "Where is my father?" I asked after he had kissed me.
He looked down at his feet. "I don't know."