WWC Chapter 4
"Welcome!" said a pale, motherly looking woman in the kitchen.
Their home was gorgeous. Annabeth would totally gush over the architecture. I made a mental note to ask Annabeth what she thought. She loves being asked about architecture.
Edward sidled up to me, and asked, "Was everything all right? She seemed angry at me."
Annabeth suddenly appeared behind my shoulder, a flash of annoyance crossing her face. "She had mistaken you for someone she knew. If you wanted to know you really should've just asked. I can speak for myself"
Edward quieted and looked down at his feet.
Annabeth quickly felt ashamed and offered her hand as a truce.
"It doesn't matter. I'm Annabeth Chase. You must be Bella's boyfriend."
He seemed hesitant in clasping her hand. "Yes. Yes I am. My name is Edward Cullen."
"Charmed." she replied dryly.
EPOV
They weren't human.
The boy was unnaturally beautiful for a human. His gaze bored right into mine, expressionless, and I felt self-conscious. It was as if he knew what I was, like he could clearly see through the facade we had put up for him. The girl, on the other hand, moved towards me at a speed much faster than a human, baring her teeth at me. But the boy reacted just fast and clamped his arms around her waist, trying to hold her back. The anger in her visage was so obvious it scared me. Me. The vampire. Her stormy gray eyes seemed powerful and dangerous, a color I had never seen in a human, and the boy's sad sea green eyes had a certain clarity to it. It was so obvious that he was suffering. From what, I can only wonder. They had smelt so irresistible. No human, even Bella, had smelled this good. So they possibly can't be human.
More worryingly, I couldn't touch their minds at all, as if they didn't even exist. I talked to Jasper and Alice and they had noticed the same as well. Nothing.
Bella had told me that they both had had a rough childhood. Percy's mother had been married to an abusive man. Then, Percy and his mother were kidnapped when he was twelve, and god knows what they've been through. Annabeth had run away from home when she was seven and with some help, she survived on the streets. She was then taken in by some people who ran a summer camp. That was where they met, apparently.
Yet, something irks me about them.
Back to PPOV (Percy)
Annabeth and I had decided. We are going to confront the Cullens. It didn't matter if they knew we were demigods, the Volturi already knew of our existence. They could be dangerous to young demigods who don't know who they are their eyes…. Normal empousae eyes are a blood red, but theirs is a rich, golden color. Sorta like Hazel's, but colder.
After shaking Edward's hand, she had flinched, but only I had noticed.
"They're cold," she explained.
Annabeth smiled coldly at Edward's family. She was planning something.
"Let's sit down!", urgered the pixie whose name was Alice.
Tentatively, we sat down on the white velvet couch. I ran my hand against the soft material. That must have been expensive.
"Well we've hear-", began Carlisle, the blond father.
"We know you guys are vampires. Empousae", blurted Annabeth.
The entire group, including Bella, stared at us in amazement and incredulousness.
Annabeth, what have you done?