I bet you didn't see this coming either! Wait till you get a load of the ending of this story! I'm not giving it away though! And don't worry I'm doing another Eliza story after this one. Happy reading!

-E.J.B.

Chapter 14: Hungry

He stepped forward and inhaled the air around him. The smell of my blood was delicious to him. His smile was content with a little evil playing at the sides. He looked at me and spoke.

"My name is Derek. And you are?" his voice was velvety smooth and almost charming.

"Why do you want to know?" My voice was shaking and injected with fear. Not the more confident voice I was trying to portray.

"I like to know who people are before I kill them. I like to know your human identity. It interests me."

"But the human isn't going to be around after you get to them. Besides, I'm not a human." I tried to sound more certain, but it came out as a small whisper. He scoffed, thinking that I was lying just to get out of my death. My heart was beating faster.

"I'm not fooled. I smell your blood. It is quite delicious smelling." I shuddered and stepped back. He stepped forward.

"But−" It was too late. He inched closer stroking my cheek and panic set in. My heart was racing. He sniffed my hair wrinkling his nose when he smelled Jake on me.

"You smell like a dog but I won't let that stop me." He stepped back getting ready to spring. I tried to run but time slowed down. I was running in slow motion and my heart started racing faster. Horror took me but I tried to fight it. I tried to calm down enough to will a giant oak tree fall in front of him.

It broke his concentration for long enough for me to run with the most speed I had ever run, screaming Rosalie's name because I knew she was nearby. She appeared at my side. I hugged her in desperate need of comfort. When she saw my face, she looked up at him for less than a second and pushed me behind her so she was in between the monster and me.

"So she has a little protector, eh?" A growl rose from the back of her throat.

"Leave her alone." Rosalie had a scary expression on her face. It seemed to scream, "die". "She's part vampire. She has the teeth to rip you to shreds."

"That's impossible. You are lying to me just like the girl. Who by the way, never told me her name. That is the most preposterous thing I have ever heard." He inched closer ready to fight for his meal. Then Bella appeared out of nowhere.

"No it's not." He looked up at her with the slightest bit of curiosity. "My husband and I conceived her mother before I became this," she gestured at her body, "But he was already one. She inherited it from him." Derek thought about it for a minute.

"That was an Interesting story. But I'm still hungry and her blood is so tempting. I can't help myself." He lunged at me but Rosalie blocked him.

"Run!" Bella screamed and I ran even faster than before. My mind was racing as fast as my heart. My I welled with tears of utter fear. I thought about calling Alice, Esme, and Nessie, but they were ahead of me. Alice must have seen it coming. She should have warned me before I left. We met in the woods. They were relieved that I was ok. They quickly embraced me and tried to reassure me, but I knew they weren't sure what was going to happen.

"You have to call Jake, Liza. Tell him everything when he gets here." Nessie had panic in her voice. She was just as scared as me. They ran off into the woods to assist Bella and Rose. I ran toward the house trying to calm down but I couldn't help but think of what could have happened. I bolted into the house pushing the door aside, almost breaking it with my force. I pulled out my phone and paced across the living room. I waited for Jake to pick up, impatient with fear and worry brewing inside me.

"Eliza, what's−" I cut him off and almost screamed into the phone.

"You need to come here. NOW."

I waited in the living room. I tried to sit on the couch but was too anxious and scared. Finally I heard his car pull up and I flew out of the door and barreled into him and immediately burst into tears. He wrapped his arms around me.

"It's all my fault! I shouldn't have asked to go hunting in the first place!" I cried into his chest.

"Tell me everything." So I told him how wedding planning was getting exasperating and Rose needed to hunt and I wanted to go so Bella tagged along. Then I told him how Derek appeared in the clearing and all that happened there. I cried harder, soaking his shirt. He pulled it off and let me use it as a tissue.

"I need to go help them out. You are obviously in no shape to stay here alone so I'm gunna get Seth to come by and stay with you while I'm gone." My hysterics calmed down a bit when I heard that Seth was coming. Jake picked me up like a little kid but I didn't mind. I was too absorbed in my fear to care.

As soon as Seth came Jake passed me to him like a mother handing over a baby for someone else to hold, and started running into the forest.