Dark-Heart chapter 2- Complications
As I poised, ready for the kill, Victoria stepped in front of James in a protective crouch, snarling. I searched deeper into her mind, realizing for the first time that Victoria and James were mates; she obviously wasn't going to let me kill James without a fight.
At that moment, my phone started ringing, the ID showing Carlisle. James and Victoria took the opportunity to escape, leaving Laurent behind. He was not going down without a fight. If Carlisle wanted to talk, he could leave a message. To prove my point, the phone beeped, indicating a new message.
Only a few seconds had passed. I wouldn't let any more time escape, not for Bella. She deserved better than that. Of course, it's not like Bella would approve of my revenge. Don't hurt yourself for me, she would have said. But I would never have listened to her, no matter how much I love Isabella Marie Swan… it really was terrible how I could never make her Bella Marie Cullen.
How unfortunate that I would have to pick them off; one by one until they were all dead. One way or another James, Victoria, and Laurent were going to die.
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I finished burning Laurent, with only a little bit of blood on my sleeve. He didn't really live up to his promise. A good fight yeah, right. Laurent was easy to kill, and the satisfying crunch of his bones made it all the better.
I didn't have a single interruption from a human; I was surprised that they didn't hear the screams of the dying vampire, and my masochistic laughter.
Now I would have to kill either James or Victoria; preferable James, though. But punishing him by killing his mate seemed like I good idea. Yes, that's what I'll do- kill Victoria first, mate for mate.
I couldn't read James's thoughts, so I followed his scent, which led to an airport in New York. The city was beautiful, but I paid no attention the lights and stores. I had wanted to take Bella to all of these places, but she hadn't made it for me to take her anywhere.
It seemed like a good time to check Carlisle's message.
"Edward… please, please call me back. This is very important, and the sooner you call me, the better. Goodbye, I love you." I wondered what was so important. Although I knew that he did, Carlisle almost never said "I love you." I called his number back, hoping that my voice wouldn't sound as dead as it had when I talked to James.
"Hello?" Carlisle picked up.
"Hello, Carlisle." My voice didn't sound as dead as it had before, which was good because that would have torn Carlisle apart.
"Oh, hi, Edward. I'm glad you called." Carlisle seemed troubled, and because he was so far away, I couldn't read his thoughts. "I have… very interesting news." He continued.
"About what?"
"Well, it seems that our legend is true- that when a boy vampire kisses a human girl, the human becomes... pregnant." Oh my god… he's saying that Bella was going to have a baby, our baby, before she died.
"Edward, Bella was one week pregnant before she died." Carlisle continued, sounding regretful.
At that moment, the world stopped. The phone dropped, and the Volvo jerked to a stop. Thankfully, no one was behind me, but I couldn't think of that now. My girlfriend, my soul mate, was going to have a baby before she died, and she didn't even know it.
