Elena's POV: (Opening thoughts)
Time to find out the truth. But I know when I get home Bella is going to be awake... and wanting answers that I do not know if I can give.
We are now in the car on the way to my house. I stare at him but he does not speak. I realise after a few minutes that I am warm and getting too warm.
"Okay I think I'm warm enough now," I tell him reaching out for to switch it off at the same time as him but as our fingers touch I gasp. That was like touching ice. "Your hand is so cold."
As we approach the police station I am surprised to see lots of lights flashing. Oh god. What's happened?
"Whoa! What is going on?" I say to Edward as a police van stops to pull out in front of us and I recognize one of the cruisers in the parking lot. "My dad's still here. Can you pull in?"
He also looks curious as we head into the parking lot. But apparently Edward also recognizes one of the cars in the lot. "That's my father's car on the end. What is he doing here?"
The both of us get out of the car. As we do Dr. Cullen comes out of the door.
"Carlisle, what is going on?" Edward asks as we approach him.
Carlisle sighs as he approaches us both.
"Waylon Forge was found in a boat out near his place," he explained to us both and my eyes widen as I recognize the name of the man who's a good friend of my father. "I just examined the body."
I am upset now. Poor Charlie. "He died? How?"
"Animal attack," Dr Cullen tells us and out of the corner of my eye I see Edward look shocked as his adopted father sends him a meaningful look that even though I seen I did not understand.
I glance from one to the other. "Was it the same one that got the security guard down in Mason county?"
Carlisle takes a deep breath and nods.
"Most likely," he agrees.
"Must be getting close to town then," I point out.
"Elena," Carlisle says getting a little closer to me. "You should go inside. Bella came earlier as Wayland was your fathers friend. He told Bella to stay at home but I'm sure he needs some comfort."
"Okay," I said heading towards the work place and then I turn back to speak to Edward and the two Cullen's turn to me. "I'll see you later."
I then head inside and walk over to my dad and place my hands on his shoulders as he sits at his computer.
"Hey," I say to him and he replies with the same.
"Dad I'm really sorry," I tell him and he turns to glance at me before turning back to his computers.
"I've known him going on 30 years," he informs me and I feel even more sorry for him as I place my hand on his shoulder and he places his own on top. "Don't worry. We're gonna find this thing. Meantime... I gave Bella one as well so I also want you to both to carry one of these."
I look down at the mace bottle in his hand.
I pull a face at him. "I don't know if I..."
"It'll give your old man some peace of mind," he tells me and against my better judgement I take the bottle.
"Okay," I agree with him to make him feel better.
"Let's go home," he says and I can see how tired he is. "Bella is probably waiting."
As I head out towards the car, they are bringing Wayland's body out. I glance at the pale body and surprisingly it reminds me of how pale the Cullen's are.
Bella is waiting in my room when I get back. Predictable much sis I glance at her and I know what she is going to ask.
"It's just dinner," I tell her and she raises an eyebrow. "Okay ask me what you want to ask?"
"Where to start," she jokes and I sit down on my bed and take off my shoes. "What is going on between you two? Are you dating? Do I need to talk to him about breaking my twins heart? What are the details?"
"That's a lot of questions," I tell her and she just waits. "Don't know... not sure... probably nothing to talk about... and there are no details."
She sighs. "You know you don't have to hide anything from me right."
I hesitate but thank god she does not notice. "Of course I do... I'll see you in morning."
Having got into my PJ'S while we were talking. I now get into bed and pretend to go to sleep. I wait till my twin had done her nightly routine and she had fallen asleep before getting out of bed and moving towards my desk.
I open the book that I had brought at the bookstore. Time to hopefully find out the truth.
Some of the pictures attached to to these legends are very vivid but I have a rough idea of what I am looking for. I find a picture of some sort of mask and under I finally find the words 'Cold ones.'
"Cold one," I whisper out loud not wanting to wake Bella.
I type this into google search engine. I am hoping it will give me more then the book is... which is basically nothing.
The first result I click on says 'The cold one: Aptomakin'
This is about a giant beast trying to eat kids and the picture is of a skeleton of some sort doing exactly that. I go down to where the other results are and click on the Egyptian myth.
'The immortal drinks' This shows people holding chalices of what is supposed to be blood.
India: 'Scourge of the ganges' Clawed beast that is about the size of a child.
Peru: 'The demons dismemberment' Someone being ripped apart over a burning fire.
The more I see the more I am disgusted. Then I found a picture of a man being held down and his chest bleeding and I see words that are sticking out to me.
'Undead', 'Speed', 'Strength', 'Cold-skinned', 'Immortal', 'Drank blood'.
As I see each of these words I think of how he got to me so fast and stopped Tyler's car with one hand, I touched his hand and it was freezing cold and I imagined him biting me.
That night I woke up from a nightmare about him biting me.
The next day I waited for him outside of school despite Bella's protests.
"I'll meet you in school," I tell her. I have a feeling she shouldn't know about this. "I just want to talk to Edward."
She does not look happy as she heads towards Mike and our other friends. I stare around at everyone as I cannot wait to speak to Edward. I am 100% sure that he is a... It's weird to even think the word.
He finally arrives and he does not seem surprised that I am here.
I stare at him as I walk towards him. I do not speak as I carry on walking but stare at him as I go past. He follows me as I head into the woods.
When we are alone I begin to speak as he stays behind me. But even as I speak my breath is shaky.
"You're impossibly fast and strong. Your skin is pale white and ice-cold. Your eyes change color. And sometimes you speak like... like you're from a different time. You never eat or drink anything. You don't go out in the sunlight. How old are you?"
I can tell that he has come up right behind me as I was making my speech.
"Seventeen," he tells me.
I know that there's more to it. "How long have you been seventeen?"
"A while," I hear him whisper behind me.
I gasp. I cannot believe it... it must be true.
"I know what you are," I point out to him. I hope he does not kill me for knowing.
"Say it," he keeps his voice at a whisper. "Out loud. Say it."
He says the last bit louder and in a tone that makes me internally flinch.
"Vampire," I finally say what I have known all night. Known but not wanted to admit.
"Are you afraid?" He asks.
I am confident in my answer as I look down before turning to him. "No."
"Then ask me the most basic question," he says staring straight into my eyes. "What do we eat?"
I blink rapidly. Jacob said they were different.
"You won't hurt me," he grips my elbow and pulls me along as he walks further into the woods. "Where are we going?"
He speaks as he continues to pull me along. "Up the mountain. Out of the cloud bank. You need to see what I look like in the sunlight."
In a blink of the eye I found myself gripping onto his back as he races through the forest at inhuman speed. I gasp. OH MY GOD. This is ten times faster than mine and Bella's truck.
I cling onto him like my life depends on it... which it does right now... as we go speeding up a hill. He comes to a stop within a few seconds but we seemed to have traveled miles. I slide off of his shoulders and land, shakily on my feet.
"This is why we don't show ourselves in the sunlight," he says as he steps into the beam that is shining down onto some rocks and begins to undo his shirt. "People would know we're different. This is what I am."
WOAH! His skin is glowing like a thousand diamonds all over his body... every inch where the light touches it.
"It's like diamonds," I point out what I am thinking and he looks down, probably expecting me to freak out. "You're beautiful."
"Beautiful?" He questions with a scoff. "This is the skin of a killer Elena."
He steps off of the rock and I follow him as he comes out of the sunlight. I can't help it. I would follow him anywhere.
"I'm a killer," he points out as we are now in the shade and I step down from the rock he was on.
"I don't believe that," I tell him before nearly tripping on a tree.
"That's because you believe a lie," he points out and he stops and turns to me. "It's camouflage. I'm the worlds most dangerous predator. Everything about me invites you in, my voice, my face, even my smell. As if I would need any of that."
He suddenly disappears. Where the heck did he go?
He reappears by jumping down onto the rocks. "AS IF YOU COULD OUTRUN ME!" He tells me before jumping from tree to tree and then appearing once more at my side. "As if you could fight me off!"
He rips one of the trees up from its roots like it was a twig. He really is strong. He then throws it against another. I gasp again.
"I'm designed to kill," he continues his eyes wide.
I shake my head. "I don't care."
"I've killed people before," he points out probably trying to scare me off.
I shake my head again. "It doesn't matter."
"I wanted to kill you," he continues and despite trying to stay calm this does scare me a little. "I've never wanted a humans blood so much in my life."
We had now gotten so close to each other that we were nearly touching. "I trust you."
He touches the side of my face with the tips of his fingers. Then he puts his face right near mine. "Don't."
"I'm here," I say stepping even closer. "I trust you."
He races away from me and I gasp as I turn around looking for him. After a beat he appears in a tree above me and I look up at him.
"My family we're different from others of our kind," he explains. That's good probably while I am still alive. "We only hunt animals. We've learned to control our thirst. But it's you, your scent. It's like a drug to me... even your twin her blood doesn't appeal to me as much as yours. You're like my own personal brand of heroin."
He then jumps behind the tree and I step towards him. No matter what he tells me I cannot bring myself to be afraid of him. I get so close that we are face to face. "Why did you hate me so much when we first met? You didn't even seem to hate Bella as much as me."
"I did," he says kneeling down so we are nearly nose to nose. "Only for making me want you so badly. I still don't know if I can control myself."
I climb the tree a little so we are even closer but he moves back a little.
"I know you can," I tell him.
He gets off of the tree and I follow him as he turns away from me.
"I can't read your mind... or your sisters," he explains. "Although I thought I nearly read yours once but I must have been imagining it... But you have to tell me what you're thinking."
I am now against the tree and he has one arm on either side of me. I cannot help but feel really close to him.
"Now I'm afraid," I admit.
He lowers one arm so I could move if I want to.
"Good," he says.
I know I need to explain to him. "I'm not afraid of you. I'm only afraid of losing you. I feel like you're gonna disappear... and it's not the first time a guy has disappeared on me."
He seems a little shocked when I admit this. Damon Black was my first love and he dumped me. This does make me worry it will happen again.
"You don't know how long I've waited for you," he points out and it makes me wonder how long he has known about me as he places his hand on my chest. "So the lion fell in love with the lamb."
I blink rapidly.
"What a stupid lamb!" I tell him.
He retaliates with. "What a sick masochistic Lion!"
We do not speak for a while after that.
"Where were you?!" Bella asks as I enter the house. "You said you'd meet me in school but you never turned up. Did you skive off with Edward?"
I barely listen as I think back to us laying in the field together. But I nod to Bella. "Yeah sorry. We got talking and we lost track of time... you gonna tell Charlie?"
She shakes her head.
"No," she says and I sigh in relief. "I'm glad you found someone after what happened with Damon... but I don't trust him so please be careful."
I nod and take her hand. "Thanks for worrying about me Bella and I promise I won't do that again. I am not one to repeatedly skip school."
She nods and I go back to daydreaming about Edward and I laying in the field.
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