Chapter 4

Alice sniffed the air, she turned her head every angle until she was satisfied. "Alright we'll hunt here today," Alice stated and pointed at her feet. Edward let out an agitated huff. We had run about 20 miles from their home. My hair was a bit windblown and Edward had not spoken since we left. Edward was quite attractive, all vampires were but something about him I found appealing. His hair after the run rested around his face beautifully, framing his features. He had dark eyes full of emotion. His facial and body structure was perfectly carved, his cheek bones, chin, nose, arms, and other muscles. His smooth pale skin, a vampire trait, glowed in the shade and seemed ghostly. I stared into his handsome eyes wondering why there was a familiarity about him that I could not identify. He noticed my gaze and glared at me for a few moments. Then he blinked and shot a glance at Alice.

Alice raked her fingers through her short, dark hair, "Shall we? What do you feel like today? There are a few appetizing animals close by." She grinned revealing her white barbed teeth. Edward seemed to be loosening up a bit. Being away from the house and what ever he was protecting was helping. He could also be cranky from not hunting in a while. "I have no preference today I just need some blood to drink," I told her. That wasn't true at all, I was craving alligator but there was no way to get that in Washington. I had alligator a few times in Florida and the chase was quite exciting.

"Well Edward?" Alice implied. He said nothing. "Alright I'll choose then, I think I'll have the… elk that I can smell nearby. I haven't had one of those in a while."

"Sounds good. What's that smell? It's not familiar to me." I sniffed the air trying to identify the smell. A rush of different scents came to me, the trees, the air, all the surrounding animals and their blood, and even the faint smell of the other vampires. I tried to breakdown and identify all the smells but there were many. I focused on only the smell of that one animal. Alice did the same. Edward took one short whiff but said nothing.

"Is it the wolf maybe? There's one a mile away." Alice asked.

"It's a lynx," stated Edward, "They're endangered in the U.S. You can't hunt them."

I thought for a moment, it was less than a second. A human wouldn't have noticed the pause, "I see well I think I'll go for wolf then." There were many animals I had never tasted before and even others I could not recognize so I chose something safe. The thought of the hunt and blood gave me a small rush of excitement. The throb of thirst in my throat made me all the more anxious to begin hunting.

"Bobcat." Interesting choice by Edward. I had never had bobcat blood before. I'll have to try to get one next time I hunt around here. I also have to remember no endangered animals. "Any other rules I should know before I begin to hunt?" If I messed up and got them noticed in anyway I could be in huge trouble with not only them but the whole vampire world. That would be really bad.

"Don't let the humans see you hunt," Edward said coldly.

"Just don't get out of control. We trust that you can do this well," Alice said cheerfully. "Don't worry so much people hardly ever come around here."

"Well then… let's hunt," I said. We all went in our different directions for our meals. I kept breathing and smelling making sure of my route. I grinned, showing off my sharp white teeth to nothing while I moved quickly and stealthily toward my prey. These teeth will be the last thing that wolf sees.

I am working on Chapter 5 now, don't worry the story will be more exciting, i just have to lead up to it.