A.N. Oh, thank you all that reviewed the last chapter. Really people, hope you all love this chapter, too.
I got a vision. He was…incredible. He had the softest looking blond hair. Even with his red eyes and his scars he was gorgeous, but in his eyes is pain. Pain for what he's done. For all his kills; kills he thought he was doing for love. He was broken. He was lost and needed someone to put him back on the right track. He was walking down the street in Charleston South Carolina, hunting.
"Garrett?"
"Yes, Alice?"
"I think its time I go." I said.
He smiled. "It's alright, Alice."
"Thank you." I said "I'll find you if I ever need help with something interesting."
"I am looking forward to see what that is."
I smiled and left Garrett.
I had stayed with Garrett for about a year. I was a newborn and I didn't want to go through this alone and Garrett understood that. I found that if I thought about a person I could see what path that person was on. He kept killing humans and I stayed on my not human diet. He respects my choice; sometimes' he made jokes on how stubborn I must have been when I was human. I wanted to go meet the Cullen's but it didn't feel like the right time. And now I was going to go chase after a man I didn't even know.
I was in Mississippi. South Carolina was way over a hundred miles but I was a vampire and mileage wasn't a big problem. Garrett once told me we didn't have to breathe or blink and he was right. I stayed not breathing or blinking for days it was a little funny. Garrett stood in front of me not blinking and just talked...for day's barley taking a breath. I knew I could go for longer so I breathed; then went hunting.
I was looking down at my reflection my eyes were yellowish red, ugly. I needed to go through the river, I would just not breath, but there was a city on the other side of river full of humans I have been around humans but only for a little bit and my eyes were darker less noticeable; humans could mistake them for brown. I needed somehow to hide them. They would notice my eyes easily.
Night fall…I'll leave at night fall. Be there by midnight, I could borrow some cloths from someone leave them money for it. (I have a gift for knowing the future; makes it a bit easy to get some money out of simple things.) Then I could run to whatever state is next; and keep running until I get to South Carolina. Oh and hunt a little here and there along the way. I think that's a good plan. I should be there in no time. Now all I had to wait for was night fall.
I waited and waited. Sparkling in the sun, arms around my legs. Thinking about the little girl I killed. I didn't even know her name. Her family must be so broken. I will never forgive myself for killing her. Her eyes were always in my head.
My vision got blurred and the next thing I saw was a boy was walking to me. He was about my age; obviously human. He looked familiar; sky blue eyes and brown hair, with olive skin. But it didn't matter how cute he looked he could not see me sparkle.
I backed away actually wanting to talk to him or at least smell him. I got to the nearest tree and out of the sun. I closed my eyes and acted as if I were asleep; concentrating on his smell. He smelled like rain on fall leaves.
Why doesn't he smell like food? I asked.
I wanted to get up and smell him or taste him, to see that he was human. I've never gone by a human that didn't smell like food, it was just impassible humans were food!( Just because I didn't eat humans doesn't mean I don't think that.) He smelled a bit familiar at the same time, which made more no scents.
I could hear his foot steps closer and closer. His smell was clearer and had a bit more little smells; like lavender, and sage. He smelled like a garden. Well except for lingering odors of other humans he was around with.
He kept going past me, then he stopped and he came back.
"Um? Hello? Young lady are you okay? Ma'am?"
He got closer than he should have, touching my shoulder. "Ma'am?" he asked a slight countrieness to his voice. It sounded so familiar. I felt a little déjà, too.
Slowly I opened my eyes carful not to let him see me eyes. "Oh, what time is it?" I asked. Breathing in, trying to get his scent in.
"About to be night fall."
"Oh." Oh really? I should be getting ready to leave soon. I looked at the boy up until I saw the doll in his hand. Susie. "Where did you get that?" I asked.
"Oh, um, it's not mine. It was next to my sister's body. She died about a year ago."
"I'm sorry… How old was she?"
"Seven."
"I am so sorry."
"It's okay; she's in a better place. It looked like an animal attack but she had this next to her. It was strange. The authorities think it was probably from another little girl. "
"What was her name?" I asked fearing, knowing this was the little girl that I killed brother.
"Lilly. Lilly Abigail Force. I'm Logan Force. What is your name?"
"Alice."
"Oh, well you better be on your way home, Alice. You might happen to stumble into someone you might not want to meet."
"Okay, um one more second though. Can I see her for a second?"
"Her?" he looked down at the doll. "Um, okay." He handed her to me.
I stared at her face. And took a deep breath of the doll; she smelled like him and like the little girl; with a couple more lingering smells; but it didn't block out the smell of caramel, and a drop of cinnamon sunshine. "If it were a person that did it what would you do?" I asked.
He shrugged. "At first I just wanted to rip apart whoever or whatever did it. But now…I don't know. I think I forgave it. Lilly was a sweet girl that never held anything ageist anyone. I think she forgave that…anything as soon as she left this world. So, I did too."
"That's sweet. Not to hurt your feelings but I think you should leave, now." I said.
"But you might get hurt or something a little lady like you shouldn't be out here alone at this time." He said with real concern, it broke my heart.
I smiled with my lips closed, wondering if in my human life I knew anyone as passionate as him. I hope I did, they seemed nice. "Thank you for your concern Logan but really I can protect myself. I need to stay here for a bit longer. You go on your way, now."
He sighed. "Okay, be careful though. There might be wild animals around."
"Bye, Logan."
"Um, I know it sounds weird but I can I have the doll back."
"Oh, yeah, here." I said, giving the doll to the boy.
"Oh well carful." He said
"You, too." I said. I didn't kill the girl here though, not here in Mississippi. I was in…Oklahoma. "Wait another second though. You're not from here. Why are you here?"
"Can you recognize I'm not from here? Was it my voice?"
"Yeah, but why are you here?"
"The fairies. I run the fairies in the day everyday. Make some money to marry the girl of my dreams." He looked up in the sky with a dreamy look on his face.
"So are you from Oklahoma?" I asked.
"Yes. You're good with accents." He said. "Good bye, Alice."
"Good bye, Logan Force."
Then he turned and left.
I hope you have a long happy life Logan.
His future was good as I could see it. If he kept on his track he would always be with the girl of his dreams, Anna-leas. They would have a beautiful baby girl named Lilly Alison Force. And as the vision faded I felt like the weight of Lilly Abigail lifting
The sun was setting, the moon was starting to shine and the sky turned black. And I sunk into the water; looking for a man I didn't know. A man who's wounds ran deep but I was sure to help heal; just like Logan healed my shallow wound.
