The Golden Swan // Edward Cullen

Chapter ten

Brea stood in the center of the deserted, green lawn.....

Edward stood on the other side of the lawn, staring at Brea... as she stared back.

"We need to talk!" Brea thought, knowing he could read her mind.

She walked past him, walking straight towards the dark forest that bordered the school.

"Edward! Don't go," Rosalie thought.

"He's already there," Alice thought.

Brea stood in the midst of trees, waiting.

Suddenly Edward appeared behind her.

"You're impossibly fast. And strong. Your skin is pale-white, ice-cold. Your eyes change color. And sometime you speak like...you're from a different time," Brea paused, turning to look at him.

"You never eat food, or drink, or come out in the sunlight. I know about the treaty," Brea continued.

Brea took a step closer to him.

"How old are you?" Brea asked.

"Seventeen!" Edward said.

"How long have you been seventeen?" Brea questioned.

Edward looked at her...knowing he can't hide anymore.

"A while," Edward replied.

Brea took a deep breath...preparing herself for what she was about to say.

"I know what the Cold Ones are. W-what you are," Brea said.

"Say it! Out loud. SAY IT! Edward growled.

"Vampire," Brea whispered.

"Are you afraid?" Edward asked.

"No," Brea said.

"Then ask me the most basic question: what do we eat?" Edward snapped.

"You won't hurt me, you're different," Brea sighed.

"Y-you think you know me," Edward scoffed.

Brea stood her ground...while Edward glares at her. Suddenly, he took her by the hand.

"W-where are we going?" Brea asked.

"Up the mountain. Out of the cloud bank. You need to see what I really am. What I look like in the harsh light of the sun," Edward said.

"Won't it kill you?" Brea asked.

"Myth. You need to see the truth," Edward smirked.

He pulled her but she stumbled....

"Slow down," Brea mumbled.

Suddenly, he's next to her.

"Are you afraid?" Edward asked.

"Of course not," Brea said...but deep down she was.

"Then come with me! Someplace where no one can protect you. Where I could do what I've wanted to do from the first moment I met you," Edward said.

"Okay," Brea replied.

"You should be afraid," Edward said, coldly.

Edward abruptly and effortlessly scoops her up into her arms... and raced up through the forest, Brea looked around. As he started picking up his speed. It was frightening, nauseating and intoxicating.