Listening to David Usher - Morning Orbit. This chapter is written in Tristan's point of view. Just a word of caution, this part of the story is darker. What can I say, I like my vampires bad!

Part II

Chapter 13 Tristan's story

I ran through the forest aimlessly. I didn't want to think about Renesmee. Her smell still lingered on my shirt. It was so difficult for me to walk away from her. I had to force myself not to look back. I wouldn't be able to bear the sight of her holding back her tears. I could almost see her long brown hair blowing in the wind right now. I stopped running to punch my fist against the tree trunk. Running wasn't going to cut it. I needed a car.

Buying a car was always an amusing experience since I usually buy it outright with cash, be it a Ferrari or a Maserati. It amused me to see the shock on the salesman's face every time.

I had never bought the same car twice. This would be a first. I drove the silver Audi R8 out of the dealership after paying full price for it in cash. People often wondered about my wealth. The truth of the matter was that I have been around for a long time. It wasn't difficult to accumulate wealth when I own century old properties all over the world.

I drove east on the highway as I listened to the engine purr. The sound was soothing to my ears. I finally got to my destination around midnight. The city street was quiet with only a handful of people out in the cold winter night. I turned into the familiar alley and parked my car in the dark.

The vampire scent was strong so I knew Alexis was inside. I tapped the heavy metal door once. Alexis opened the door. Her dirty blond hair partially covered her eye in a sultry way.

"What kind of wind brings you here?"

"Can't I pay an old friend a visit?"

Alexis looked at my car and raised her eyebrow. I drove a Porsche 911 the last time I was here.

"I see you treat your cars like you treat females, use and discard." She said mockingly.

"Are you going to invite me in?"

Alexis looked at me with her crimson eyes. Then she turned around and walked inside leaving the door ajar. I walked inside and closed the metal door behind me.

The apartment was the same as I remember it. It was decorated with dark wood and black leather furniture. Alexis wore a red v-neck mini dress. The sky-high platform heels made her legs look curvy in all the right places and I liked it. Most males would consider Alexis as beautiful. But she got nothing on Renesmee. In fact, it was because she was so different from Renesmee that made me come here in the first place. I was desperately in need of some distraction.

"You cut your hair." Alexis remarked.

"It's a long story." I replied. I really didn't want to discuss that with her.

I walked up to Alexis and pulled her into my arms. Alexis and I have known each other for more than a century. We both preferred a variety when it comes to being with a mate. Males flock to Alexis similar to how females come easily to me. I didn't know what females saw in me that was so great. Frankly, I didn't care and I didn't complain. To us, an eternity was too long to be tied down to one mate. All this was true for me until I met Renesmee. She turned my world upside down.

I couldn't let myself pine after her anymore. She had made it clear that she didn't want me. I had to forget about her, even if I had to force myself to.

Alexis traced my chest and stomach muscles with her roaming hands and it felt good. I crushed my lips on her lips and wanted them to be warm and soft. I grabbed a handful of her blond hair and wished that it was brown. Before long, our clothes were scattered on the floor and we were on Alexis's bed...

The sky was just starting to brighten up. I got up and ran my hand through my short black hair as I looked into the mirror.

"Are you going to stay?" Alexis asked.

"No." I replied without looking at her. She knew I never stay. I didn't know why she bothered asking.

Alexis suddenly threw a candleholder into the mirror and it scattered into pieces.

"I am tired of your bullshit, Tristan, I am not your whore!" Alexis cried spitefully.

I was surprised by her outburst. I didn't know this was how she felt. She always had others and never cared if I stay or go.

"I am sorry you feel that way." I said as sincerely as I could. " I won't be back again."

I left Alexis in her room and finished putting on my clothes. I let the metal door slam shut behind me and walked towards my car. Suddenly, I was crippled by a tormenting pain. I shut my eyes tightly and dropped to my knees. I knew very well what that meant.

It meant Jane was here.

"It's been a long time, Tristan." Jane's angelic voice rang through the alley.

I had been dodging the Volturi for centuries. I have moved from places to places all over the world and Felix was always able to track me down. It wasn't until I moved to Paris and changed my diet to mainly animal blood, was I able to stay hidden from his radar. I thought they might have given up on looking for me, but I wasn't so lucky.

The excruciating pain forced me to the ground. I would have grunted loudly but I didn't want Jane to have the satisfaction of hearing my agony. Jane came around to stand in front of me.

"If it wasn't for your friend Alexis, who knows how long it will take us to find you?"

I couldn't believe that Alexis betrayed me after all this time. She must have contacted Jane. I should have known that I couldn't trust any females.

Jane signalled for Felix to come over. I saw him approach but I couldn't move away. He picked me up and threw me against my car. I was already in so much pain that Felix's assault didn't add much to it. I curled up on the ground as a black limousine drove up into the alley. I didn't have to wait for the door to open to know who was inside.

"Tristan, my boy, I have missed you dearly."

Sitting in the back seat of the black limousine was my father, Aro. He got out of the car and crouched down beside me. The pain slowly eased away as my father tried to help me up. I cringed away from his touch instantly. I hated that he could intrude into my memory.

"I am not going back with you." I said stubbornly.

My father had always wanted me to join him in the Volturi. That was the reason why he converted me into an immortal and killing my mother in the process of converting her. I could never forgive him for that. I didn't share my father's ambition to control the vampire world. He might have left me alone if it wasn't for my ability to emit high power sonic waves. He spent decades training me to use it as a weapon. The frequency was too high for human and vampire ears to detect but the force can still incapacitate anyone within 20 feet in front of me. Werewolves, on the other hand, can be fatally impacted by it.

Jane looked eager to use her gift again. My father lifted his hand up to signal her to wait.

"I am sorry, Tristan, I cannot bring your mother back. I am your only family left. Why won't you come back?"

I scoffed when he said the word 'family'. He only wanted me to follow him around and protect him. Just like Jane and all the other guards that he surround himself with. He never cared about me, not like how my mother did.

"You will have to make me." I said as I pushed my father aside.

Jane stared at me with her wide eyes as I shocked her with my sonic waves. Felix ran towards me and I moved my hand to aim the force at him. I turned to look at my father. He stared at me with his red eyes, daring me to use the force on him. I dropped my arm and turned around. I hated myself for not being able to hurt him.

Just as I began to run, his hand touched the back of my arm. I shook him off instantly and ran towards my car. Jane and Felix were still incapacitated. My father watched me drive off without pursuing me in a chase. I was beginning to worry that he had read my memory. If he did, he would have seen the one person I had in my mind. I desperately hoped that he didn't see her.