Chapter 2: Chapter 2
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Chapter 2: Chapter 2
"Bella," his voice came out as an unintended whisper that pained a very old bruise that still lived inside his chest. "Is that you?"
"Hi Jake. It's been a long time," she said and without thinking she pulled off her cloak revealing her soft loose curls and beautiful milky white face, enhanced with pink lips and auburn-red eyes!
His reaction was immediate.
"You murderous leech, you will die for coming here!" he exclaimed as he struggled again against the chains. She was what he had always feared, a monster.
She looked away lost in her thoughts, a look of sadness and shame crossing her face.
"You really did mean it when you would said that you would love me until my last dying breath," she whispered. "And now that I'm this—"a beat of silence followed "—you hate me so blindly."
She walked around the room feeling loneliness creep in, it scared her for it had been chipping away at her, making her almost forget that she had ever been human or had people who once loved her.
She could hear him struggling against the chains, the wolf within him screaming to kill her.
"You're going to hurt yourself," she pointed out.
"Shut it," he hissed and continued to move.
"I tied you up pretty darn…"
"I said to shut the hell up!"
She flinched again but felt the anger rise inside her chest. He didn't have to scream.
"When I get my hands on you…" he muttered.
"You'll what?" she interrupted, her demeanor changing as she ghosted through the basement and stared into his angry eyes.
She looked down on him like a tiny cockroach she could easily squash. "You'll break those chains then come after me, break my neck, rip me apart and burn me to ashes?" she gave out a bitter laugh. "Try it, I dare you. Come on do it, end me," she gestured.
He said nothing.
"DO IT!" Her screams echoed to through the room.
She was riveted in anger, a foreign creature barely appearing human. He could see that she was no longer the innocent, strong young woman he had vied for, fought for and wanted more than life itself. Instead, she was a wild animal ready to kill anything in her path.
But Jake was not the type to back down.
"I will," he said through gritted teeth, showing his discontent. "End you."
She snorted, actually snorted at his statement.
He tried to move again but the chains just felt heavier.
Why can't I break these chains?
"Stop trying Jake, you're only going to give yourself a hernia," she warned but then realized how funny the statement sounded. She laughed and it felt good.
"Did you drug me?" he asked ignoring her attempt for cheap humor.
She must have tranquilized me, he concluded but even then he would have burned off the narcotics by now.
She neared him and it surprised him that she didn't stink but instead smelled as always, lavender and something more.
"Oh Jake," she began, "I gave you something that you've always wanted."
He gave her a puzzled look.
"You're completely human," she whispered.
So have you guessed Bella's gift? Please review.