Chapter 10: My Story

Bella's POV

I stalked the man the way a lion might stalk its prey. I waited for the perfect opportunity to strike but my thirst was unrelenting. It had only been two years since my transition but my thirst was still not one hundred percent under control. I had come a long way from my newborn days but I could still feel my control beginning to slip as the man's scent hit my nose. It wouldn't be long before I snapped and killed the guy. But I had to at least try to wait until he was alone. One human was all that I needed. Not two.

At last the woman he was with left. When I was sure there was no witnesses I attacked. My teeth sliced into his throat before he was even aware of what was happening. I ignored his screams as his warm blood soothed my aching throat. I did not let go until every drop of blood had been drained from his body.

I cleaned myself up properly before making my way back to the streets of London. Right after my transformation was complete we moved to England and had been here ever since. My memories of my time as a human were a little fuzzy. It was trying to see clearly through muddy water. When I tried to recall certain memories it was difficultly. Then there were the memories I had that I could see a little more clearly. The Cullens and my daughter were apart of those memories I had less difficulty recalling. I think it was because of the important role they all played in my life.

I felt as if I had been punched in the gut every time that I I thought about my daughter. I missed her so much. She was all that I had in my life that mattered to me. Leaving her was the hardest thing that I have ever had to do both in my human life and this one. There were still times when I wanted to run back home to her. I wanted her to see me alive, well sort of alive, and well. All I wanted was to be with my daughter again. If it were not for Joseph and Claire reminding me that it wasn't safe I would have flown back to San Diego a long time ago.

Joseph was the one who found me dying in that San Diego hospital from the Coronavirus two years ago. I'd recognized him for what he was as soon as I saw him. The red eyes and pale skin had been a dead giveaway. He was a doctor that had just recently been hired to work there. I was one of the patients that he had been assigned to treat. I think he knew right away that there was no hope for me. The cancer had already weakened my human body and the virus was about to finish it off.

"I'm sorry Bella. There is nothing more that I can do for you. I can just make you comfortable as I can," he had said.

"There is more you can do," I replied weakly.

"Yes there is," I replied.

"I'm sorry. I know you want to believe that there is hope but there is nothing else I can do for you,"

"But there is is something you can do that others can't,"

"I'm afraid that I don't know what you're talking about," he said.

"Okay. Vampire," I whispered the last word. He froze and stared at me in shock. Probably wondering how a human could possibly know his secret.

"How do you know about my kind?" he asked.

"You're not the first vampire I've met, I smiled weakly.

After that conversation he decided to grant my wish and change me. He disabled the security cameras that night and was able to sneak me out of the hospital. He brought me home that night and I began my three agonizingly long days of torture. My transformation was one of the clearest memories I had.

His family welcomed me with open arms. He and his wife Claire already had two adoptive sons. Joseph had saved Claire, Daniel, and Owen from the brink of death as well. They were a great family. Just like the Cullens. There was only one difference. That was diet. They drank human blood. We all did. I never once brought up the idea of drinking animal blood instead because ai didn't believe that I could stick to that diet. As much as I hated killing humans I didn't have much willpower when it came to resisting human blood. I didn't understand how the Cullens could so easily stick to that diet.

I felt a pang of guilt when I thought about the Cullens. My love never faded over the intervening years since I last saw them. They were my family. Edward was my husband. I thought that I would spend the rest of eternity with him by my side. That was until something arrived in the mail for me. Something that scared me so much I felt as if I had no other choice but to leave. It was a letter addressed to me. It said:

Dear Bella,

You don't know me but I I certainly do know you. You humans are so pathetic. I hate all of you humans. Especially you. You shouldn't be married to a vampire. It is so unnatural and against all the laws of nature. A lion simply does not marry a lamb. So how about I make a proposition for you. If you leave I will allow you and your precious vampire family to live. But if you don't leave I will kill you all. Even that little wolf you seem to be so fond of. Don't even think about telling anyone about this letter either. Because if you do I won't hesitate to come and slaughter all of you. Don't think that transforming into a vampjre will save you either. Because it won't. Only leaving will. You had better leave quickly before I change my mind and just go and kill all of you.

I was so terrified that I decided to leave without telling anyone. I left at the first opportunity that I saw. I couldn't risk getting my family killed so I had to get out of there quickly. It was not an easy task. I couldn't plan ahead because then Alice would know. I was surprised that she didn't know about the letter with her ability to see into the future but I was happy that she didn't.

When the family left for a hunting trip one day I made the split second decision to leave. I stole some cash they had left hidden in the house and sped down to the airport as fast as I could. I used some of the cash to book a ticket to San Diego, CA. The first city that came to my mind.

It was a few months after I arrived there that I found out that I was pregnant. I was shocked because Edward was the only person I had ever been with and vampires could not have children. When Nessie was born a few months later I couldn't have been happier. I just wish that Edward could have been there to meet his daughter. It saddened me to know that the Cullens would never know about Nessie.

I sighed as the memories played in my mind. Those muddied up memories that would never truly be crystal clear again. The only reason I remembered the letter so well was because I still had it with me.

"This book is amazing," I heard a human girl say to her friend.

"Yeah who knew a vampire love story would be so intriguing,"

"Yeah that Bella is one lucky girl. I wish I had an Edward of my own. The Cullens seem so nice,"

I froze on the spot when I heard that name. I looked back and saw the two girls sitting on a bench. Each holding a book that said Twilight on the cover. What were these girls reading? How could these humans know about the Cullens? We were in England so I was sure they'd never met the Cullens before. Unless...

"Excuse me can I see that book you're reading?" I asked one of the girls.

"S-sure," she sajd nervously.

I flipped through the pages and was shocked by what I was reading.

"Where did you get this?" I asked her.

"The bookstore. It's really good if you-" I handed the book back to her and went to the nearest bookstore. There it was. Twilight. I grabbed the first copy I laid my hands on and went to the counter. Once I paid for the book I went straight home to read and was shocked by tbe story the book contained.

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