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"Tell me why you need an escort" I said fast before he could interrupt again. "What about your past lead to you having so many enemies?"

It was quiet for a moment then he let out a low, vicious growl.

EdPOV

She flinched! Good… atleast she has some survival instincts… She stared back at me with a look of panic; the ever sparkle in her brown eyes dimming fractionally.

I have to make her understand that my past, and who I am, isn't something normal… I've had nothing like the life she's had…

In a cool, practiced voice, I say, "I might as well tell you… even though I might have to kill you afterwards."

She only hesitated a second –a second which it was eerily quiet- then said, "We're in this together, Mr. Cullen. You need to get over this… isolated behavior! At least until this mission is over. It won't help either one of us if I don't know from whom or why I'm protecting you."

I pinched the bridge of my nose in annoyance. Ha… it doesn't matter if I can't hear her thoughts; all I have to so is wait and it all comes rushing out.

"Are you going to answer me or not!?" she said angrily.

I automatically snapped my head up at the tone of her voice and narrowed my eyes in her direction. After a few seconds I walked over to the window to open it. This smell is driving me crazy. It's making me irritable and clouding my mind.

After taking a few breaths of fresh air, and still staring out into the night, I started to talk.

BPOV

He looks beautiful… back lighted by the moon like that. His lean figure was resting against the window frame; a black silhouette against a blazing white full moon. With his bronze hair bleached silver by the night lights he looked mysterious and otherworldly. Maybe even unreal…

My thoughts were cut off as he unexpectedly addressed me.

"Isabella Swan… What an appropriate name for such a fragile human. Swans are pure and elegant but their necks are so easy to snap." He said this last part while making a motion with his hands as if breaking a twig in half.

I looked at him in confusion. I had no clue where he was going with this but it raised the hairs on the back of my neck.

He continued to look out the window. All of a sudden he went from a mysterious beauty to an unknown darkness as he said, "Bella? When you were a child, were you ever afraid of scary movies? The type with killers, blood, and monsters… like vampires?"

He turned then to look at me. His golden eyes burned like candles while most of his face was still hidden in darkness. I instinctively inched further away but then stopped myself. Whatever he was about to tell me was important to my mission. If I show my true emotions right now he may stop talking. He didn't wait for my reply.

Keeping eye contact with me he says, "All you need to know is that I have associated myself more than once with people that will cause children nightmares; people that really deserve to be in those movies. I, too, can frighten children. If you saw the real me, the things I've done in my past, you would be afraid too." Here he paused as if preparing himself for a confesstion. "I'm a monster, Bella."

He had such a look of eternal pain, a self-loathing that even I couldn't begin to comprehend. I stood up slowly. His hands were in rigid fists and his eyes were staring straight into mine.

I approached slowly, wanting nothing more to comfort him; to erase the mask of pain from his face and the horror from his eyes. As I took hesitant steps toward him –my arms stretched out in front of me- he grew perfectly still. He really does look like a statue… a statue that's ready to crumble.

Suddenly, when I was no more than a foot away from him, a breeze blew through the open window. My hair blowing in the wind shocked us both out of our trances. What happened next was very quick.

I moved my hands to try and get the hair out my eyes and in that instant Edward moved.

"Ed-?" I began. I stared at the spot he was previously in not more than 2 seconds ago. Then I felt a tight grip on my shoulders. I had just enough time to choke in my breath as I turned and saw black fire in his eyes and a ferocious smile glinting in the moon light.

AN: :D!! Sexy Right? I Think I'm On A Roll Right Now! -does happy dance- Plz R&R!! I Might Update This Weekend! I Already Know What I Want 2 Happen Nxt! Do You Feel The Seriousness Between EdxBella?! Next Chapter: Is Dracula Real?!