The Whispering Woods

Chapter Twenty-Five

"This is the time you usually run," Bella whispered in the dark. There was that coldness again. "Not that I blame you, this is some pretty weird shit. Do you need a moment?"

Edward shook his head, taking a few deep breaths in the hope to avoid a panic attack again. "I'm glowing blue and your glow is gold, why is that?"

"I have no idea, but there are some people in town that do this, too. No clue why." She shrugged and wrapped her arms around herself.

"Was I glowing before?" He studied his arms and swirled a finger midair to find the particles that made his glow dance around.

"It was subtle, and sometimes I thought my eyes were tricking me. Then, suddenly, when your posture straightened and you called me 'Princess' it stopped being subtle."

Her hands landed on her hips and Edward realized his vision had adjusted to the dark. Enough to see the tantalizing curves of her body.

"That makes no sense." He made a face and asked her to turn around, loving how the gold glow she had moved along with her. What would happen if he touched all that gorgeous skin?

"Exactly!" Bella started to pace. "We need more answers. I've been all over this country and have only seen people that glow in Forks and a hot spring in Colorado. There was someone in Chicago during a layover, but he disappeared before I could focus on him to be sure."

"If you have no answers, considering you've lived here, where do you expect to find them?"

"My dear aunt Esme, my father, and my uncle Garrett." She sighed then groaned. "How am I supposed to get all of us in one room together?"

"Wait, why them?"

She looked at me and bit her lip. "Are you sure you want to know?"

"Of course, I do, Bella." Edward waved his arms around and it seemed to cause more of the weird, blue, glowing particles to disperse around him.

"Okay, the reason we need to talk to them is that they all have a similar glow, too."

AN: BOOM!

Thanks to MC for your help with the chapter. Any mistakes are mine, I tinkered. I'm currently in Starbucks, hoping to write for a few hours, hoping I can curb any hunger until 1 pm. Can you believe it? That much free time! My schedule has now about 2-3 hours every other day, I can't always get to Starbucks to write, but I'm trying. Working on Crosshairs and the stubborn ending of Incognito, and more Whispering Woods today *crosses fingers*. See you Thursday.