Venom

by Sable Sun

It felt as if my blood was replaced with venom, unbelievably painful poison. A pain incomparable and agonizing. I wanted, no needed, it to be over. - A story that explores Bella's time alone after Edward leaves in New Moon. Told in 100 word snippets.

2. Chapter 2

I fell.

So, this is what defeat felt like. No, this was more than just defeat. It felt as though a part of me had truly and completely died the moment I hit the ground. I felt no need to get up, and I felt no want to live.

Numb.

What did I want then? I wanted nothing more than to simply close my eyes. The world, it drifted slowly to black, my eyelids fluttering shut. There, there…there was the empty nothingness that I longed for, the numb, hollow nothing that I needed to drown my staggering agony. There, there…