The Twilight 25 Round 2: Missing Moments

by SubtlePen

Missing moments and alt POVs. A series of drabbles, exactly 100 words, for Twilight 25. anything goes but mostly canon pairings. Darkness, angst, fluff, lemons, all pairings, a little of everything, each chapter based on a different one-word prompt.

16. Rapacious

The Twilight Twenty-Five, Round 2
Prompt: Rapacious
Pen name: SubtlePen
Pairing: Carlisle, Edward
Rating: T

Disclaimer: I do not own the Twilight series, or any of the characters created by Stephenie Meyer. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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RAPACIOUS

I found him a short while later, his clothing in shreds, and her broken body at his feet. He was smeared with her blood. His eyes were wide as he realized what he'd done, what he was capable of. He caressed her lovingly, as if to apologize. Her dead eyes stared up at him, and he covered them with his hand.

I'd warned him. "Not her," but his lust consumed him, and my plea fell on deaf ears.

Somewhere behind us, I heard her cubs leaving their den.

"It will get easier," I said. "You won't make that mistake again."