Chapter 40: The Truth Comes Out

Nessie's POV

"What do you mean you lied to me?" I asked Alec. Not quite understanding what it was that he was trying to tell me.

"I didn't have a choice," he said. "The Volturi forced me to lie to you. At first it wasn't such a big deal. I mean we lie to people all the time. One tends to get used to all the effortless lies after awhile and-"

"Why?! Why would you do this to me?! Why would you lie to me like this?!"

He turned away from me. "Like I said I thought that I didn't have a choice. When the Volturi gives you an order you follow it. Unless you want to die that is,"

I was trying to understand Alec. Part of me did understand. But most of me was angry. Angry that he had caused me so much unnecessary pain. Angry that his lie forced me to go to Volterra. Angry that I had been separated from my family because of his lies. I believed that my own grandparents were dead.

"Nessie I'm-"

"Don't!" I yelled. "Don't tell me your sorry!"

"But I am-"

"Do you even understand what you've done? I thought my grandparents were dead because of you. I left my family because of your lies. I've put my own life in danger all because of your lies. God only knows how my own family is coping because of this!" I yelled. "So don't tell me your sorry. Sorry isn't going to erase all the pain that you've caused,"

I got up and immediately started packing my things. I could not stand to be near Alec for another second.

"Nessie where do you think you are going? It's not safe for you out-"

"As far away from you as possible. I'm half vampire so I think I will be safe," I didn't even really think about what I was saying because I was so angry. I just wanted to get as far away from him as possible as fast as possible. Alec didn't even try to stop me from leaving. Which he could've done easily if he really wanted to.

My anger had gone away a little by the time I was outside. probably because Alec was no longer in my line of sight. Now that I was outside in the city I had no idea where I was going or what I should do. I briefly considered going back to the hotel and then immediately decided against it.

Instead I started walking down the sidewalk. I took a few deep breaths to calm my anger down some more. After that I looked around and I mean really looked around and took in the sights of Berlin. It really was a beautiful city.

I didn't need to speak German to know that people were scared of me. Some would run screaming in the opposite direction. Others would go out of there way to avoid me. I ignored it all as best as I could. I didn't exactly blame the humans for being afraid of me. I would be afraid of me if I didn't know any better.

I went into a few gift shops. Thankfully Alec had thought to go to a foreign exchange counter when we landed at the airport. I bought myself a few souvenirs. Some new clothes that I thought were beautiful.

I also had a lot of time to think while I was out there roaming around the streets. Maybe it was stupid to feel betrayed by Alec. After he'd been apart of the Volturi for thousands of years. Maybe it was just in his nature to do these kinds of things after so many years of sevicing them.

But he had apologized. Didn't he? Maybe it really did mean that there was goodness in him deep down. He felt guilt. That was the only reason why he could have confessed to me like that. Unless it wasn't a genuine apology? I couldn't be sure. I wasn't sure of anything anymore. The only thing I was sure of was how angry I was at him.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

Pain suddenly exploded inside of my body. I was aware of something tearing it's way through my body as I fell down to the ground. I saw something, whatever it was that hit me, exit my body through my chest.

"Monster!" I heard someone scream. "You're a monster!"

I turned and saw a woman staring at me. She had a gun pointed toward me. I suddenly realized what happened. I was so busy thinking about Alec and how angry I was at him that I didn't realize I was being followed. This woman obviously knew who and what I was from the video. So she followed me and decided to kill me. I had been shot.

Adrenaline suddenly kicked in and I jumped up as fast as I could. I decided to run instead of attacking her. Thanks to my speed I got away quickly. I collapsed though as the adrenaline wore off and the pain caught up to me.

I had been shot. The words rang through my head. Blood was oozing out of my chest. I had a bullet wound on my chest where the object in question had exited. I was also bleeding in the back. I had been shot there to but I didn't know where.

Then something strange happened. The wound suddenly sealed itself up. It must've been a perk of being half vampire. The pain was still there but I wasn't bleeding anymore at least. I cleaned myself up as best as I could. I changed out of my blood soaked clothes into the new ones I had just bought.

I was fine. I told myself in amazement. Once I was sure I was able to stand I decided to head back to the hotel. I couldn't believe my luck. I was going to be fine. My wounds had healed up nicely.

When I got to the hotel I suddenly felt very winded and dizzy. I had to grab onto the handrail to keep myself from falling. For a minute I felt like I couldn't breathe. I struggled to get breath in. Then slowly I was able to breathe again.

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