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Chapter 6
BPOV
Gone. Disappeared. I know he was bitten by a snake. I saw the snake. I heard the rattling sound of that venomous animal. I saw it slithered away. I witnessed Edward's agonizing shrieks of pain. But, where are his wounds? They suddenly disappeared. It was impossible. This is not happening.
"I must be dreaming. I need to wake up. I must wake up. This is a dream. Wake up Bella" I was lightly slapping mg face forcing myself to wake up from what I thought was a dream. Aro was looking at me with pity while Jane was looking at me as if I was the most unfortunate person in the world. Edward has his face hidden behind hands in exasperation.
I started slapping my face harder trying to wake up from what I think is a nightmare. It seems to be a futile attempt after several minutes. Jane broke the silence of the situation.
"Edward, you have no choice but to tell her now. There is no going back now. We all know that she is part of it. She deserves an explanation." Jane told Edward while looking at me with the same "you are very unfortunate" look. A deep sigh escaped Aro before he spoke.
"I agree Edward. She needs to know the truth for we like it or not she is now part of this" nodded Aro.
"What do you mean? What are you pertaining? This is just a dream. I'm going to wake up soon. This is a really weird dream... haha…" a dry laugh escaped my lips.
"Bella, listen to me please", Edward finally spoke. There in his eyes was a glistening mixed of emotions that I can't figure out.
"See, you even know me here in this dream. I am sure when I wake up and go to your house to confront you, you will deny this again" I shrugged nonchalantly, still trying to convince myself.
"Bella, I didn't want you to be part of this. I am sorry. This was all my fault but I didn't chose you. She did. I don't want you to be involved but her curse does." I can hear pain in his voice. I can hear his agony and my heart constricts with this.
"I don't understand any of this. Who is she? What do you mean that she chose me? What curse?" I asked eye brows knitted together due to the questions I do not know the answer to.
"I am Edward Anthony Cullen and I was born on July 20… 1847" I was stunned, but looking straight to his eyes I realized that he was not joking about this fact.
"What?! How is this possible?" my eyes almost bulged out from their sockets. I looked at Aro and Jane to see if they are just pulling a prank on me but their faces matched Edward's face of seriousness. Fear started to creep on me.
"I was engaged to a woman five years younger than me. Tan belonged to a good family. Our families were close because his father was a very good friend of my father. We were living in Port Angeles then. My parents and her parents decided that we are perfect for each other. She was very beautiful and a great person. She was very patient, too. She also approved of this agreement. She said that she loved me very much. I also agreed to make my parents happy. However, I didn't love her the way the does love me. However, Tan still became patient to my cold shoulder. She gave everything and tried to capture my heart. It was three months before our wedding when I met Victoria. I felt an attraction to Victoria, an attraction that I did not feel towards Tan. I told Victoria about my situation but she told me that we could continue our relationship in secret. We met several times a week in my family's cabin in the forest. We shared intimate physical moments during those times we meet. It was one week before our wedding when I figured out that Victoria was a deceitful woman. She planned for us to be caught by Tan that night. I can still remember the shock laced with pain and anger in her eyes when Tan saw me on bed with Victoria…"
EPOV
"I miss you so much, Edward!" she attacked my lips with hers fervently. I responded to the kiss just as passionate as she is. I did not waste time and immediately led her to the bed to take her. I know we can't do this as much as we want, so when we meet we do this as much as we can until our bodies retire from exhaustion.
We were already naked in bed when the door opened revealing a shocked and furious Tanya.
"How dare you! How can you do this to me? I love you so much and this is what I get from giving you my heart? You are so ruthless Edward!" Tanya shouted at me while her eyes flowed with tears because of her heart-clenching discovery.
"Tanya, let me explain. I am sorry but I don't love you. I see you as a friend and family member but not as a lover. Please understand my feelings" trying to cover myself with a blanket while Victoria is naked behind me.
"Is it painful dear? Do you now understand James' feelings when you left him for Edward?" Victoria snickered behind me.
I was stunned with her words and when I looked at her all I saw was a wicked smile lingering her lips. The truth dawned on me. It was planned. She planned this to hurt Tanya. James, Tanya's ex-boyfriend, planned this and used Victoria to get back with Tanya.
"You lied to me! You are a liar!" I roared at her but it did not even affect her. Victoria just stood up put on her clothes and told me "Well, I enjoyed our meetings but sorry you are not my type. My man is waiting for me," she laughed at me and walked towards the door. Tanya immediately pushed her back inside. She started muttering words I cannot understand while holding a necklace and looking sharply at us. Her eyes were full of wrath and hatred. I felt so much scared, the act felt like she was calling all evil. My heart was pumping fast and my fright was almost too much to bear. I looked at Victoria and I saw an utmost horror, too.
"You are a heartless man! You deserve to feel the pain of loss forever. You will feel every single pain until you beg for death but you don't even deserve death! You will never find peace and will only have pain repeatedly! You will breathe but will not have a life, I know you will never find the answer that will break the curse for you can't do it with the one who loved you. They will all die after 150 days. One hundred and fifty days, for you to see them die slowly." She put out a dagger and then ran to Victoria and stabbed her. Victoria shrieked in pain and her shrieks stopped just as Tanya used the dagger to slit her throat.
"Accept the blood of this woman and strengthen the curse to this man!" she said like speaking into the air. I looked at the possible ways to escape. I looked at the window saw this as my only way out. Tanya walked slowly towards me; her face reflects fury and evil. You can't run from this curse! Hahaha! You shall feel every pain and will never have peace." She laughed wickedly with a sinister look towards me.
She then stabbed herself to death while shouting the words repeatedly "One hundred fifty days! One hundred fifty days! One hundred fifty days!"
BPOV
"I lost consciousness seeing that horrifying event. When I woke up, I was already at home with my mother crying beside me. Tanya's family got angry with us because of what happened. We need to transfer to another place." Edward's voice cracked at this point and wiped his tears.
"They both died?" I whispered after hearing his story. The alarm was still in my voice.
"Yes. I underwent depression and panic attacks. A few weeks after, I decided to commit suicide but what I discovered was even more horrifying. I cut my wrist; I felt the pain of the knife as it goes through my skin and my muscles. I felt my warm blood trickling down my wrist and arms and its rancid metallic smell reached my nose. I shouted at the excruciating ache of my wanted death. I am slowly losing consciousness, I was happy to end my life and finally find peace. However, I was woken up by my mother's scream and my brother, Emmett's, yell as well as my father's instructions on what to do. The clock struck six that afternoon and my wounds disappeared like nothing happened." Edward continued his story, I saw tears dropping from his eyes.
"I saw them die Bella. I saw my parents, my brother, his wife and their kids die. I saw every one of them die. I saw them grew weak while I stay young but feeling lifeless and without soul. I saw their once happy eyes grew sad thinking about me and the curse. I saw their eyes when life left their bodies. After several years, I met Bree. We became friends and I was very much careful about my relationship with her but it seems like it was part of the curse. We see each other accidentally and I feel this pull. She told me that she loves me one day. Exactly one hundred fifty days from that moment, she died from and unknown condition. Next came Kate, Irina, Leah and Lauren they also died from the same reason, loving me. So please, do yourself a favor and go away from me." I can hear panic and fear in his voice. His eyes were pleading to me to forget him and to never come near him.
The story was like taken from a book. I never thought that I would be involved in one. All I wanted was some answers on why they were denying their knowledge about me. Now, I am facing a cursed man crying his eyes off begging me to not come near him because I will probably die being associated with him.
I nodded my head slowly to express my understanding of the situation.
"I understand now. But, did you ever try to find a way to break the curse? What if there's a way of someone who could do that?" I asked them.
"I did. My family consulted priests, shaman and other people who could possibly help my situation. None of them worked" Edward closed his eyes as if remembering some painful memories of his spooky past.
"We are going to give you some privacy to settle all things" Aro spoke before exiting the room with Jane.
This is probably why I can't control myself thinking about him. He is cursed to love and feel the pain of their loss.
"I know your family probably told you about this a million times but don't lose hope in finding the solution to break this curse. You didn't know that Victoria tricked you. It was not enough to justify cheating on Tanya but people makes mistakes. You will find the solution and then live a normal life," I said trying to encourage him not to lose determination in finding the solution.
"Huh, Bella I am a one hundred seventy three years old. I lost hope a long time ago," he answered shaking his head slowly looking like a person who was told that everything in your life would be darkness and grief.
"The last you should hang on to was hope. Please don't lose it, too" I answered back.
"You don't understand Bella. This is all part of the curse. This is to make me feel all the pain and agony. I was cursed to grieve and never feel happy. I cheated on Tanya. Yes, Victoria planned it but I should've not responded to it. I should've not let myself be her puppet. I was not in love with Tanya but I was her friend." His eyes were again glistening with unshed tears because of remembering his sins of the past.
I did not answer him because it is true that I didn't know how it feels. More than a hundred years of sorrow, this will really pull a person down to his lowest point in life. This will really make one person blame himself repeatedly for his own sadness. This will really make one person feel that death is a paradise should it be given to him.
I know he wouldn't accept a rebuttal right now but I did what it feels right at that moment. I stood up went towards him and held his hands.
I can see questions in his eyes. Then, it turned to hurt and pity. He was probably thinking about the result of this situation. He knows we can't be friends anymore and can't be connected to each other after this night.
After several minutes of silence, I took the courageous step to end the night.
"Edward, I need to go now. It's becoming late" I stood up and walked towards the door feeling my heart constrict of feeling this lifetime goodbye.
"Take care Bella. Please be safe," I didn't know that he was very much close behind me until I felt his two strong arms hugging me from behind and a kiss at the back of my head.
I fought the urge to turn around and hug him back. I need to remind myself of the true situation.
"Bye". I walked through the door and the gates with a weeping heart. Why do I feel this way for a person I barely know? I guess this is part of his curse and I need to bear it in mind that I should not be a part of it.
I rode my truck and drove towards home. What happened that night was still reeling in my mind. It was like being sucked into an alternate universe and learning something you thought before was impossible.
Cursed? My goodness, any person would laugh at me if I tell this to them. My mind was replaying the events when I saw a blinding white light, which made me cringe. A few blurring moments later the light was replaced with pitch black surrounding claiming my consciousness.
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