Epilogue 2 - Bella
The melancholic dance of the autumn leaves exacerbated the forlorn longing within Bella's heart. Prowling the city streets, she was oblivious to the admiring glances thrown her way. Pushing her blond hair away from her face, Bella tried to deny all that was troubling her. Concentrating on the hard task of emulating a young woman, she succeeded in keeping the memories at bay, but not for long. Soon she found herself at his wedding, once again watching his life unfold from afar. The years she'd spent far away, looking for a place to call home and a man to call love had proved fruitless, for she ended up where she'd begun still suffering for the same man.
Sometimes she wondered if the very circumstances of her changing were keeping her from moving on. Maybe it wasn't just her body that was frozen in time, maybe so was her heart. She'd died trapped in a position of unrequited love and maybe that's how she would spend her eternity. All those musings led to the question of his heart. Did he die as a selfish teenager? As a boy constricted by the morals of his time? She would never know, but she would always wonder. The sounds of joy coming from the guests brought her back to the present and the heartbreaking scene she was witnessing.
For years, she'd managed to avoid detection while still keeping track of him. However, that evening something reckless and desperate had her coming too close, almost as if she wanted to be seen. A slight twitch of his nose had her believing that maybe he'd smelled her, or maybe sensed her, but she was bound to be disappointed. The sight of him kissing another was too much, so she turned her back and started to walk away. But his low voice reached her ears and Bella held the cherished poetry book she always carried closer to her heart as she completed the stanza …
" … in secret, between the shadow and the soul."
And she smiled.
And this is the end. How did you like my first vamp story?