Chapter 2: Unknown

Nessie's POV

It was raining when I landed in San Francisco a few hours later. It was a stark contrast to sunny Phoenix, Arizona. Unlike back home vampires could freely move around in the daytime if they wanted to.

For some reason my mother had always preferred the sunnier cities. Even though it meant that she could only leave the house at night to avoid detection. It was not a big deal for me since sun light didn't affect me the same way that it did to a full vampire. As I was walking through the airport I came across a scent that made me freeze on the spot.

I sniffed the air again just to make sure that I was not imagining it. Without even giving it a second thought I quickly began to track the scent. Not even bothering to look where I was going.

"Um miss! You can't go back there! Stop immediately!"

My head snapped up. A police officer stood behind me. Her hand clutched onto a taser gun on her belt. It was then that I realized I was heading into an authorized personnel only section of the airport. Oh God how stupid can I be?!

I saw her speaking into a walkie talkie of some sort. I wasn't really paying attention though. I was trying to come up with a good enenough excuse as to why I was about to head somewhere I wasn't allowed. Something that wouldn't make me sound like I was some crazy terroist.

I gasped when the door opened behind me. I quickly spun around the spot and then froze completely when at the sight of a vampire. One sniff and I knew that it was him I had been unintentionally tracking. His uniform said K9 Explosive Detection Handler. On his right hand side stood a German Shepherd wearing a vest saying K9 Explosive Detection Dog. What really caught my attention was his eye color. I had gotten so used to seeing my mother's golden eye color that I had forgotten that the normal color was actually red. An indicator that he drank human blood on a regular basis. I shuddered.

He looked at me curiously. Probably trying to figure out if I was human or vampire. Mom and Jacob had always told me my scent was an unsual mixture of the two. It smelled human enough to attract notice and vampire enough to keep me safe.

"What exactly is going on here Alyssa," he had a bell like voice. Just like my mother.

"This girl was about to enter the back area. She needs to be checked-"

"The girl is clean," the vampire said without taking his eyes off of me.

"How if your dog hasn't even-"

"My dog would've alerted me immediately if she had something on her. Yet my dog hasn't signalled that anything is wrong. Trust me, the girl is clean. Now let her go,"

"But-"

"The girl is clean. She is not a threat. Now let her be,"

"Fine,"

With that one word I took off as fast as I could. Eager to get away from the airport and especially that vampire.

I had almost forgotten about the rain until I was outside. I had no umbrella, no jacket, no anything to protect me from the elements. I had to find someplace warm stay until I figured out what I was going to do.

"Hey kid!"

My heart skipped several beats when I heard his voice. I quickly assessed my chancss of escaping the vampire. I had to admit they weren't good. I may be inhumanely fast and strong but a vampire would still win any day.

"Hey kid what's your name?"

I turned around and saw the vampire, still dressed for work, along with his dog walking toward me.

"It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you. I just want to help you,"

Help? That word caught me by surprise. Why would he want to help me?

"What's your name?" he asked me again.

"Um Renesmee. Nessie," I answered nervously.

"Well I'm Joseph," he said. I took a step backward.

"It's okay k-Nessie. I know what you are. I just want to help you. How old are you?. Where's your family?"

He knew what I was? How did he know what I was? Only my mom and Jacob kknew. It didn't make any sense.

"How do you know what I am?"

He smiled for half a second. "My son is just like you. Half vampire and half human. Ryan is only eight years old though. Although he could easily pass for 17 or 18 among humans. How old are you?" he asked me.

"Seven," I couldn't believe what he was saying. Another hybrid? I wasn't the only one in existence.

"and where's your family?" he asked.

"It's kind of a long story,"

"Well I have a lot of time. Why don't you come home with me? I can make you some dinner and you can tell me everything,"

It went against pretty much everything that I had ever been taught but I chose to go with him. A human blood drinking vampire. It was mainly because I was curious to meet this other hybrid.

"So why don't you tell me where your family is at?" he asked me again.

"My mother went missing a few months ago. That's why I'm here. I'm trying to find her,"

"Wait a minute did you just say that your mother went missing?" I wasn't sure why he was asking. I knew that he could hear me perfectly. "How many months ago exactly?"

"Three," I answered. "Why?"

"Because my wife went missing three months ago while hunting in Sacramento," he explained sadly. "She just vanished,"

"I'm sorry,"

"Nessie don't you have any other family? Where's your father at?"

"It's just me," It was easy to lie. I didn't have a father. Well Jacob was like a father to me even though I never called him dad. He was like a father to me and that was all I needed. I deliberately chose not to tell him about Jacob so he wouldn't try to send me back.

"So you're out here on your own then?" He asked.

"Yes. I have to find my mom. She's everything to me,"

He didn't say anything else to me as we rounded a corner. I followed him up to a nice, fancy looking house. There was nobody home.

"Ryan is probably still out hunting in Sacramento. He should be home soon. That city seems to produce better tasting humans for some reason and it's far enough to evade detection. So if you're feeling thirsty that's the best place to go,"

The way he talked about hunting people left me feeling unsettled. My mother had said that our diet of animal blood was pretty much unheard of in the vampire world. But to hear a vampire talking so openly about killing humans? It was a little unnerving. But I decided not to keep my face as neutral as possible.

"Are you hungry? I know my son likes to eat a diet of both human food and blood,"

"Yes," I answered. "Why do you have a dog?" I decided to ask. I was definitely curious about that.

"I wanted to be a police officer. I wanted a job where I could help keep people safe. The only position they had available at the time was in the K9 Explosive Detective unit at the airport. So I was paired with Luna. She's trained to detect explosives in luggage and on people. Of course I don't need a dog to tell me if a piece of luggage, or a person is safe or not. My nose is better than a dog's nose after all but I have to keep up appearances. Plus we like her company,"

"Can I ask you something?"

"Anything kid,"

"You want to keep humans safe but you still hunt them. I don't understand,"

"You hunt humans, don't you? Just because we hunt humans doesn't mean we enjoy taking human lives. We try to do as little damage as possible,"

Had the guy never thought of hunting animals instead? I decided to drop the topic. I didn't want to risk offending him when he was trying to help me. I heard someone enter the house. Then a man's voice ask "Dad is someone here? I thought I smelled-"

The boy stopped talking as soon as he saw me. Our eyes locked together and my heart skipped several beats. He looked like a slightly younger Liam Hemsworth. He was muscular and beautiful. Very beautiful. His smell was indeed a strong mixture of human and vampire. He was by far the most handsome guy I had ever laid eyes on.

I didn't know if it was my raging teenage hormones or that he was the only other hybrid, male at that, that I had ever met before but I wanted him. I wanted him badly and I wanted him right now.

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