Bab 99: Lost
"What was that?" Bella asked, her voice was low but to the ears of the vampires in the room, it was clear as day.
Her voice carried a lot of emotion, the biggest ones that Alex could infer from it though were confusion, anxiousness, and maybe even fright.
*Sigh*
Alex released a slow sigh as he looked at her.
"I would call that my true form, what you see right now is merely a mask, something I hide behind while what you saw was what I really look like," Alex said, his voice was somber and it was clear that he wasn't having as easy of a time as he thought he would have.
"Your real form?" Carlisle asked from the other side of the room.
Alex turned toward him and nodded.
"That's right, what you see right now is just a mask, so I guess you can't even call that a transformation, what you're seeing right now would probably fit that term better," Alex said as he looked at the man.
Bella gulped, the sound of it resonating in the silence.
"You just looked so different, I thought that," Bella said and then had to stop as she caught her breath, continuing once more a second later.
"I thought that nothing had changed but I guess I was wrong." Bella's voice was disheartened as she spoke, it almost sounded like the voice of someone who had lost something dear to them.
"I'm still me Bella, nothing has changed," Alex said as he tried to get her to calm down but by the speed up beating of her heart, Alex knew that this time it wasn't going to be as simple as it had been last time.
He had killed someone, two people in fact right in front of Bella's eyes and it hadn't been a pretty sight, seeing someone's head fly off their shoulders certainly was nightmare material.
Bella took a deep breath as she turned to face Alex.
"What do you mean nothing has changed Alex, you just killed two people, how can you expect me to just deal with it and move on as if nothing has changed."
"Bella..." Alex started but his throat felt so tight that he couldn't continue his words.
"Bella, he did it for you, it was to protect you," Alice said as she went ahead and sat next to her.
"How do you know that Alice? They hadn't done anything yet and they could have just gone ahead and left, never even noticing me" Bella turned to Alice as she said, her voice was high, at this point she was close to screaming.
Stopping, Bella gathered her breath once more and then asked Alice.
"Did you see a vision, Alice? Did you really know that they would attack me? Tell me the truth" Bella asked as she looked at Alice.
Alice meanwhile stood silent, her eyes wandering off toward Alex.
Seeing her stare, Alex nodded, telling her to tell the truth. There was no need to lie in this situation, it would just become worse down the line when she eventually found out. Lies will always end up discovered one way or another, it is just a matter of time.
*Sigh*
Alice closed her eyes and released a soft sigh, the next moment her eyes opened and she shook her head.
"No, I did not see a vision about that Bella" Alice said as she looked at Bella whose eyes were nearly overflowing with tears.
Bella nodded and mumbled a soft thanks.
"Thank you for telling the truth Alice" Bella said and then turned to Alex once more.
"I do not know anymore Alex, at one moment you seem normal like nothing has changed even though you're a vampire and the next you seem completely different. Even the others don't, didn't do that" Bella started as she looked at Alex, her brother who had never left her side.
Her last words pointed toward the Cullens who she hadn't seen react like Alex. To her, at the moment the Cullens felt much more humane than her brother.
She knew that her words were hurtful but she was hurt as well, she was confused and scared about the entire scenario that had transpired.
Alex just looked at her, his mouth staying in a flat line as he watched tears spill over Bella's eyes and drip down to her chin.
"I did it to protect you Bella, they weren't good people, even if they hadn't noticed you, they would still go on their way and continue hunting humans as if they were livestock. Would you want that? For them to be left free in the world just so they could hurt more people" Alex finally said as he opened his mouth, his voice was flat, and no hint of emotion could be detected from it.
Bella stood silent for a moment and then with a choked voice she said while shaking her head.
"I don't know Alex, I feel like I don't know anything anymore," Bella said and then lifted her hand and wiped the tears off her face with the hem of her shirt.
"Can I go home, I'm tired" Bella said as she turned to look at Edward.
Edward stood silent and simply gave her a nod.
Turning to face Alex, he looked at him for confirmation, there were things he could interfere in but this was a matter between family, between Alex and Bella.
Alex simply nodded, his face had lost all expression. A poker face had taken hold and he showed nothing on the outside, but inwardly his entire mind was in turmoil. It felt like he had lost something dear to him whilst he had tried to save it.
Turning toward Bella, Alex opened his mouth and said.
"I can see the future too Bella, I knew they were going to find you out," Alex said
Bella stopped for a moment and then turned to Alex, her face contorted into a sad miserable smile as she looked at him.
Slowly she shook her head.
"How can I trust your words, Alex? I just do not know anymore if what you are telling me is the truth or not, you, your different now, I can't even begin to guess what you're thinking. Back then we used to know everything about each other but now, I don't even know if you're telling the truth or if it's just another cover-up." Bella said as she looked at Alex.
Her words were jumbled up together and maybe even illogical, Alex even felt that she was making up things but he could also understand, that what she had seen was something no human would remain calm after.
Alex was scared in fact, scared that he had scarred his sister forever.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 99, we sure have come a long way.
The second chapter of the day.
I tried to delve deeper into emotions but every time I do I felt like I was trying to do something over my skill level and it didn't turn how I wanted it to. I'll try to improve more in the future but this is the best I could do as of right now.
If you want to read ten chapters ahead and help me keep the lights on check out my Patreon at:
Patreon.com/WhiteAuthor
Lots of Love
WhiteAuthor
Bab 100: Summer
Alex didn't say another word as he saw Bella and Edward get up and head outside.
The room was silent as they watched the couple go away.
"Alex" Alice started but Alex just shook his head.
*Huff*
"All I wanted to do was protect her but maybe I didn't need to after all," Alex said as he turned to look at the Cullens.
"Do you guys have any questions for me? I didn't just promise Bella answers, I also promised you all" Alex said as he turned to face the rest of the Cullens.
"You explained it all already, thank you Alex for sharing with us," Carlisle said as he got up and gave Alex a soft smile.
Alex nodded.
"It's no problem, I had to tell you guys either way. I'll be going now." Alex said as he turned to walk around.
"Do you want to spend the night at us? With this entire thing happening between you two and all," Alice said as she looked at Alex.
Alex stopped and thought for a moment.
"Sure. But I'll be going out for some air, I'll be back later. Thanks" Alex said as he faced Alice for a moment and then gave a nod to the rest of the Cullen family and started walking outside.
Once Alex was out of view, already outside the mansion, Alice sat down on the couch.
She held her head low, her face wasn't visible.
"It's alright Alice, I'm sure they will figure things out for themselves," Esme said as she sat next to her daughter.
"I don't know, that was a pretty big crash if I've ever seen one," Emmet said from the side.
His remark earned him an elbow hit to the stomach by Rosalie and a look from Esme, it clearly told him to shut his mouth.
Holding his hands up, Emmet took a step back and then turned to head upstairs.
"I'll leave you ladies alone," Emmet said as he disappeared behind the walls.
"I know, it's just hard seeing him be so drained," Alice said toward Esme.
There was a moment of silence, the only ones in the room now were Alice, Esme, and Rosalie, Carlisle had also gone to his office to let them have some time.
"I guess this is what having a mate is like, it feels like my entire world is revolving around him. It's like every time I see him suffer even slightly a steak pierces my heart." Alice said as she lifted her head.
Her expression wasn't good and her facial features were scrunched up looking like she was crying but no tears came out of her eyes.
They remained the same just like they had for the past hundred years.
Meanwhile, in the forest outside of the Cullen mansion, Alex was walking slowly.
His mind was filled with so many thoughts that he felt like a tornado was raging in his mind.
Looking up, Alex saw a large tree, its size was more than twice the other ones around it.
In the next second, Alex disappeared from his spot and appeared near the top of the tree.
He could see the forest all around him, the clouds had started to disperse and it even looked like the sun was about to shine on the world.
'Next week is the final week of this school year, after that, it's summer vacation' Alex thought to himself as he looked at the sun as it slowly peeked from behind the clouds in the sky.
Clenching his hand, Alex continued his thoughts.
'At this point, I do not know what's going to happen, the plot of the first book is now finished and even finished early at that, Bella is confused beyond belief and I don't even know if she and Edward are at the stage they were in the original' Alex thought as he started climbing down the tree.
*Sigh*
Releasing a soft sigh, Alex dropped to the ground.
'Does it matter though? I guess not, my objective was to keep Bella safe as for whether they can keep their romance, I don't want to care about that. I'm not Cupid after all' Alex thought as he started walking deeper into the woods.
All around him, he could hear the wildlife as they ran away from him, his mere aura was shivering their timbers.
'I'll keep her safe, and if it comes to it she doesn't even need Edward, I'll just turn her into my kind of vampire, the problem is that I do not know if my coven would have the side effects I originally should have had' Alex thought as he saw a squirrel running away.
*Bang*
A split second later, Alex had grabbed the small animal in his hand.
'Dying in the sun, being unable to enter somewhere without the owner inviting you, being unable to cross running water, needing to drink blood and only human one at that, and there's a lot more side effects. If she gets the worst ones then it's much worse than just dying as a human' Alex thought as he petted the small squirrel.
Bringing it up to his face Alex opened his mouth and bit into it.
In a mere second, The squirrel turned into what could be called a skin bag.
Throwing it to the ground Alex finally stopped walking, deciding that he had cleared his mind enough and should return.
'This summer I should start getting my stuff ready, the first order of business should be making my coven which I can do pretty easily with daze, and by finding gang members in cities, by using them I should be able to experiment and find the side effects. Next would be starting to invest the funds gathered by the coven into companies I know will grow. When this is finished I should have a stable passive income and won't need to work ever again' Alex's thoughts ended there and he soon started running towards the Coven Mansion.
The school was coming to a close, Summer had arrived.
_____________________________________________________________________________
100 Chapters out already, it's been quite the long road until here, I hope y'all are still enjoying the story.
I'm going to sleep now cuz I haven't slept in about 24H, chapters coming later when I wake up.
If you want to read ten chapters ahead and help me to keep the lights on then check out my Patreon at:
Patreon.com/WhiteAuthor
So the first book plot is done, now it's the new moon plot but that has a 3 -4 month time skip between the books so I'll be making some other stuff and not just skipping the time entirely as described in the chapter.
If I made any grammar mistakes just point them out in the comments and I'll fix them when I wake up. <3
Lots of Love
WhiteAuthor
Status Power Mingguan
200+ Peringkat
Power 
3 Power
stone 
Komentar Paragraf