Hey guys. Chap 24 already. We're almost at the 65.000 word count. Yeah!
Anyway let me know what you think!
JPOV
My heart tightened in my chest at those words. I tried to wrap my head around his words, but I just couldn't believe them. I stared at Renesmee's pale face, the light that shone through the windows was just enough to make the bruises on her face visible.
'What the hell happened to her?' Emmett said in a broken voice.
'Who did this to her?' Jasper said angrily.
Again so many question without answers. We just needed to wait for Renesmee to answer them, then we would make sure there were repercussions for the ones responsible. I would rip them to shreds, I would make them suffer that I could promise her.
'Can we take her home?' Bella asked Carlisle. 'Can we move her in this condition?'
Carlisle gave his permission to take her home, so we carried her to Edwards car and settled her on the backseat. Renesmee didn't wake or even noticed we moved her. The poor thing was in a deep sleep because of the sedatives Carlisle gave her. She would be out for a at least a couple more hours.
I car pooled with Emmett and Rosalie, now that we found her we didn't need to speed anymore. But Emmett still couldn't help himself and again in 3,5 hours we arrived back in Forks. Neither of us said one word the whole drive , we were all caught up in our own thoughts. I noticed that my body was exhausted and I was in need of some sleep as well. But I wanted to be here when she woke so I couldn't bring myself to go home. Instead I sat down on the couch while Edward and Carlisle carried her upstairs. I fell asleep eventually and woke the next morning with a blanket and pillow on their couch. Bella put down some coffee for me and I gave her a weak smile. She gave me a weak smile back.
'Is she awake yet?'
Bella shook her head. 'No, Carlisle thinks it could take a while.'
Carlisle was right. Renesmee woke around twilight. In the meantime I forced myself to go home, eat something and take a shower. So when I came back I was fresh and fed. The time we waited for her to wake up not much was said. We all felt terrible about what happened and none of us wanted to address it into words.
So around twilight we heard movement upstairs. Carlisle walked upstairs to check on her and soon came back to inform us we was taking a shower. In a set of clean clothes she eventually wandered down. The bruising on her face turned a darker blue with a yellow undertone, her upper lip was still swollen and the rings under her eyes were still present. Her face wasn't as greyish anymore but her eyes were still hollow and almost lifeless. They scared me. What once were beautiful pools of chocolate brown which sparked with energy and life were now hollow pools of desperation and pain.
I noticed her hands were shaking and that there was a constant frown on her face, making me wonder if she was in pain right now. Everyone was focused on Renesmee as she walked down the stairs, but she choose to ignore the pitiful looks and walked over to the kitchen where she turned on the coffee machine. Edward slowly stood up and walked over to her.
'Why don't we take it easy with the coffee right now?' He said as he turned of the machine and poured her some juice. She just shrugged her shoulders and took the juice from him. Esme brought her a straw which she accepted and with little sips she drank her juice. I expected her to join us in the living room but she didn't, instead she walked over to Carlisle's office and closed the door behind her.
RPOV
I sat down on the chair. I didn't even bother to turn on the lights. I grabbed a pillow and pressed it against my face and screamed. Even though the pillow muffled my screams I was sure the Cullens would hear it.
Carlisle soon joined me, closing the door behind him. Giving us as much privacy as he could. He didn't said anything but just sat down in front of me. My mind was cloudy and my head hurt with every movement. I knew it was because of the pills in combination with the sleep deprivation and the tranquillizer. My body needed to heal, needed some time to rest. But my body wasn't the only thing that needed to heal. Mentally I needed some healing too, but somehow I wondered if I could be fixed. Maybe I was finally too broken to mend.
'Do you want to talk about it?' Carlisle finally asked me.
'When I woke up I hoped it was just a dream. That it was just a bad dream.' I whispered. Talking still hurt, my gums were still sore of the removal of my fangs.
'Yesterday you told us they were coming for you. Who do you mean by that?' Carlisle asked patiently.
'It's the only reason I'm still alive. I am their scape goat. They making me take the fall for the whole massacre. It was a set-up. It'd been a set up all along.' I whimpered.
'Who set you up?'
Nervously I bit my nails. 'My parents. It was their plan all along, ever since I moved to Forks. They never wanted me to be happy. Their hate for you was much stronger than the love they had for me. So they wanted to torture us both.' I tried to explain the best I could. But my mind was so cloudy, I tried my best to make him understand but it was hard. There was soft knocking on the door and Edward walked into the room. He closed the door behind him and sat down next to Carlisle. His golden eyes were kind when he looked at me.
'Renesmee, why don't try to tell us what happened?' He asked in a soothing voice.
I knew Edward wanted me to drop the vail so he could see, he wanted to be in control. But I couldn't, because if I did they would know what I did. They would know that I took a human life, that I couldn't control myself. They would see me for the monster I was. He would also see the massacre. He would see how they broke me, how I gave up. I couldn't let him see that, I wanted to be the girl they thought I was so badly. But I wasn't. I wasn't the strong girl they hoped for. I failed them, I failed myself and I failed that boy whos life I took.
'I can't.' I said stormed back to my room. I locked the door and turned of the light. I needed some peace and quiet time. I sat down and leaned against the cold wall. I closed my eyes but flashes of the massacres flashed before my eyes.
The girls who were ripped to shreds right before my eyes. The panic in their eyes, the smell of fear in the air.
But also the screaming of vampires when Jane tortured them. The smell of burning corpses after Jane was done playing with them. The screaming of my mother…
'Enough' I whispered to myself. I couldn't think about that. I needed to suppress that memory for once and for all. Because if I relived it again it would break me all over again.
My eyes trailed to the jacket that hung over the chair, knowing there were still pills in them. I knew I shouldn't do it, but I needed to relax a little bit. I needed to clear my mind for a little while. I deserved that after everything that happened. I knew the Cullens wouldn't approve, so I grabbed to pills and hid them throughout the room. Leaving one in my hand which I popped into my mouth and swallowed. Then I sat down on the bed and waited.
THe pill started to work after a few minutes. I felt my muscles relax and the tingling of the drug on my skin. I sighted deep and closed my eyes, thank god. I stayed there in my bed for hours just staring at the ceiling. Carlisle came to check on me after a few hours, I heard how he picked the lock from outside the room. I was too tired to even be mad at him so I just pretended to be asleep. When he made sure I was okay he quietly left the room leaving me alone again. My mind slowly went to sleep and soon I dozed off.
I woke up because there was someone staring at me from the end of my bed. I slowly sat up and rubbed my eyes. What the fuck, who was lingering over me so creepily? Annoyed I searched for the light switch with my hand. When I flicked on the light the shadow figure was gone.
My annoyance slowly turned to fear. What the fuck was going on? Maybe I was hallucinating. Maybe it were just the pills messing with me. To make sure there was nothing there I turned around and glanced over the room one more time. In the corner of my eye there was the shadow figure again, slowly I turned to face him.
There he was, his lips were twisted in an odd smile. Dried up blood covered his face and neck. His skin was greyish his eyes completely black. He was standing there right in the middle of my room. His limps were twisted like a ragdoll.
I screamed.
I screamed on the top of my lungs and fell to my knees. I was losing it, there was no other explanation. I killed him, I ripped his throat out. There was no way he could be here. There were hands grabbing me and I did my best to fight them off.
This are dark times for Renesmee. Soon we'll find out what happened to her. What do you guys think what happened? Also how do you like the story so far. I know we've gone a little bit darker. But that was needed for the story.
