When I closed the door, the whole house fell into a dark silence.Rick sent me back. Before that, he did not know where to bring back a bag of new clothes with the tags still intact. I changed them in the hospital.When Charlie saw us, he was very worried. I repeatedly reassured him that Bella and I were fine, and I waited with him for Bella who was being checked.When everything was pretty much over, Charlie sent Bella back and Rick sent me home.

I heard the sound of a car leaving outside, and ran up to the bedroom on the second floor without even turning on the lights. I rushed quickly, stretched out my hand and opened the window of the bedroom very hard, and the cold air rushed in from outside. I also blow out my hair with steam.

I could see outside, the red car disappearing into the shadow of the trees around the corner at the end of the road.He's gone, I think he's safe, Edward didn't really scare him.I can hardly imagine who could intimidate this man, and for all his flaws, he doesn't look like he lacks courage.

I felt very tired, turned on the light in the bedroom, and wandered alone for a while by the bookshelf, touching the messy CDs on it, not knowing where to hide those emotions that were about to come out.

There is no warmth anywhere on my body. After I climbed out of the stream, even if I put on dry clothes, I couldn't warm myself up quickly.I struggled to support the wall and went to the bathroom to shower. When my skin touched the hot water, I finally struggled out of the cold. My stiff limbs became flexible again, but this could not relieve the burnout that almost blocked my blood vessels. Take away.In the end, I didn't have the strength to stand up, and squatted under the hot water, shaking constantly.

I'm only now starting to be afraid, and I dare to be really afraid. I almost lost him.Those thoughts about Edward's exposure, Bella's suspicion, and other messy things are far away from me at this moment. My brain is confused and heavy, and nothing can stop me from shaking with despair.The footage of Tyler's car rushing by is so fragmented, I can't imagine he would be dead if the car couldn't stop.

Never before had I experienced such intense worry, unimaginable dread mingled with his still-existing peace of mind into some emotional vortex I had never seen before.

Stretching out my hand to cover my face, this...is so strange, I didn't even know that I would be so worried about someone.He didn't fit any of my standards, there was nothing I'd ever dreamed of of love, there was nothing about this man from California that I aspired to.Even if he is so beautiful, it is so beautiful that it makes people tremble.

The hot water washed my hair into a tangle of seaweed that tangled around my neck, along my cheeks.I buried my face in my knees and wept silently and subduedly. The tears and the scalding water slid across my skin, making it terribly pale.

This hysterical feeling scared even me.

I was so dizzy from tears that I felt like I was going to suffocate to death in the end.Pulling over a large dry bath towel and wrapping myself densely, I staggered to my room, opened the closet and took out loose pajamas to put on.It's a hooded sweater, it's too old and too soft, and the hood is too big, I put the hood on and crawl under the covers to curl up.It started raining again outside the window, which reassured me.

I didn't have any sense of security, I opened my eyes and watched the light in the crevice of the quilt, I forgot to turn off the light, it didn't matter.Then I fell asleep in a daze, still haunted by the terrified emotion, blooming on my heart with my steaming blood.

Flowers of love, love.I told myself, maybe I finally know what love is.

Yes, so fearful and helpless, so emotional that I have nowhere to escape, I can't even imagine the consequences of losing him.This is completely different from family affection and the long-lasting relationship I imagined. No one told me that if you have this kind of relationship, it will be so terrible.

No longer ignorant and vague, it is so lucky to feel his existence so clearly.

I love him, I was deeply buried in the bed, feeling the warmth bit by bit, so hot flowing out from my heart, blood vessels, and bones.I hugged myself, lying on my side like a baby, and I said to myself, there is no denying that I love him.

The enthusiasm that has never been touched, the tenderness that is too young to hide.

I pressed my hands clenched into fists to my chest, feeling my heartbeat beating, and after a long time, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.The sound of rain was all around my ears, and the dizziness that got deeper and deeper dragged me into sleep, and I fell asleep slowly, without any sadness or pain.

I thought I was asleep for a long time and barely dreamed, but when I finally opened my eyes, my hair wasn't even really dry, I always forget to take care of my long hair, sooner or later I'm going to suffer .

Some sort of panicked discomfort made me sit up, someone was watching me, the window was open, the late night rain on Forks didn't stop for a second.My vision was still hazy from just waking up, and I rubbed my eyes uncomfortably, and finally I saw clearly that the person standing by the window was Edward.

He looked... about to break down.

All the clothes he hadn't changed today were stuck to his body, his brown-blond hair was a mess, and the rain dripped from his trousers onto my floor.

I exchanged glances with him, and Edward's eyes were black and bordering on madness, a tragic rage.He quickly looked away, as if he didn't want to see me, but he quickly said, "Claire, I need your help."

As soon as he finished speaking, I jumped up from the bed, rushed to the closet and opened the door without saying a word, grabbed the clothes I usually wear, rushed out of the room and ran to the bathroom to change.Then I ran downstairs, where Edward was already waiting for me.Time was running out, and I could clearly see the haggard look on Edward's face, and yelled at him in disbelief, "What happened? Carlisle and the others are all right."

I have never seen him in such a state of embarrassment in front of my eyes. I thought something important had happened, which made me anxious and almost collapsed like him.

"They're fine, but there was a disagreement at the family meeting." Edward frowned tightly. If it wasn't for his face not changing, I would suspect that he is turning blue now.Seeing me rushing over, he immediately opened the door for me. The sound of heavy rain outside the door was thrilling in the quiet night.

"What disagreement?" I put on my raincoat, planning to go wherever Edward wanted me to go.

"How to end Isabella's life." Edward's voice became cold, and the overwhelming darkness outside the door was so thick that it was about to pour in. He was as cold as the god of death standing at the door.

My fast pace stopped, and I could hardly imagine what I had just heard.His words cooled all the hot air in my body, and the chill rushed up from the soles of my feet.I looked up at Edward, his eyes were so serious, there was no hint of a joke. "Impossible, Carlisle won't let this happen." I emphasized word by word that even if the accident happened might be exposed, it wasn't a real leak. The Karen family still has the most basic respect for life. And with Bella's character, she wouldn't say it on purpose, so she wouldn't make the decision to murder Bella.

"I stopped Jasper. To be correct, it was Alice who stopped him, but it didn't work. I still need time to really convince him." Edward clenched his fist and swung it into the air. Who did he want to kill? , Then he squatted down, and I bent over and hugged his neck and shoulders without much hesitation, it seemed that he had come running all the way.

"Convince him? Jasper, didn't you stop him?" I always felt that there was a weird pause before and after Edward's words. We had already rushed into the rain, and I didn't even have enough time to ask him where he was going.

"It's useless to stop him. It's dangerous tonight. I have to protect Bella, otherwise she will die in her sleep and no one can help." Edward's hair was soaked by rain again, his voice was muffled , covered by a rain curtain.

I angrily raised my voice and said in his ear: "Why, Bella didn't leak the secret, she is harmless, she won't put you on the headlines or on the TV. Is it just because Bella saw that you saved her, did you decide to save her?" Kill her? I can't believe that such a ridiculous decision was made by you, if even Jasper is stopped by you, who will come to take her life?" The most dangerous is Jasper, he for She dares to do anything to protect Alice from being noticed by humans, and only Rose is left, but Carlisle and Esme can stop her. I believe that as long as Jasper stands still, Bella will be fine.

At the speed of a gust of wind, Edward kept running forward in this lightless world with me on his back.The cold rain hit my raincoat, and I could feel the pain. Edward's voice could not keep calm. He was cornered and said: "We didn't want her life, Claire, your accusation is not fair."

"Who is it? Who is going to kill Bella." No one will leak the secret, neither the Karen family nor me, including Bella.No one would intentionally escalate the situation. If it was impossible for the Volturi to find out without influence, then even if the identity was leaked, it would not threaten the vampire itself.

Edward was silent on this question, he had already seen the lights in the distance, it was Charlie's house, and I saw it too.Soon we rushed to the door. It was too late now, and I took out the key under the eaves of the door very familiarly. Charlie was probably sleeping.

I was very nervous, Edward's face was so bad, I was worried that Bella had been killed on the bed.His fingers trembled because he couldn't control the strength, and the key couldn't open the door for a while.When I finally opened the door, Edward had disappeared beside me. I entered the room and reached out to turn on the light. A figure standing at the kitchen door was startled.It was Charlie in pajamas, with a gun in his hand, ready to shoot a thief who sneaked in at night in excessive self-defense.Surprised, I quickly tore off the hat of my raincoat, and raised my hands in a dazed expression, "I'm Claire, Charlie."

"Of course, I saw you, oh, Claire." Charlie put the gun back, he was so careful that the gun would catch fire and hurt me, and then came and hugged me, my raincoat was still on, he didn't care at all . "Can't you sleep? I should have known you were freaking out."

It seems that the accident in the morning didn't just scare the few of us involved, I quickly comforted him, "You have to know that we are all safe, I just came to check."

Charlie let me go, he looked at the clock helplessly, and then humorously said, "It's two o'clock in the morning, your time is always so different, you sit down first, I'll make you a hot cup of milk, your big The house is not comfortable to live in." He said as he walked into the kitchen again, very dissatisfied that I lived alone, and he couldn't take care of anything that happened.

I quickly took off my raincoat, and it suddenly became cold around me. It was Edward who appeared, looking at the kitchen with a blank expression.Then he breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Bella was okay.I lowered my voice dissatisfied, "Edward, you must tell me how to protect her and who our enemy is."

There was obvious hesitation and struggle on Edward's face, he looked more tired than me who stayed up late at night, and then he said softly: "As long as tonight, Claire, you will follow Bella every step of the way tonight , and you don't have to do anything else."

"Aren't you going to tell me the purpose of this, Jasper and Ross, you fell out?" I couldn't stand him not saying anything, didn't he not understand that this would cause me so much pain, why kill Bella, why is Edward fighting alone.I absolutely do not believe that Esme and Carlisle will make the decision to execute Bella, and Alice... She stopped Jasper, proving that Bella was not destined to die in her prophecy.

"Even if we all agree to let her live, it won't do anything, the devil is with us." Edward muttered to himself in frustration, he wiped his face, it didn't help at all, it couldn't erase the tangled twist on his face .

I stared blankly at him, barely able to comprehend the brutality and cruelty in his eyes that were close to death together. I witnessed his process from despair to recovery, but people could not feel the encouragement of positive energy. He wanted to protect Bella , more urgent and brave than anyone else.I exclaimed inexplicably, "You fell in love with her." Undoubtedly, it was incredible, they had only known each other for a few days, and Edward didn't let anyone see his intentions at all.

I now know better than anyone what love feels like.

"That's not right." Edward was stimulated by my words and jumped up. In the blink of an eye, he was already clinging to the wall, and he gritted his teeth and looked at me.I don't know who I am convincing and continued: "Impossible, I just want her to live. She should not be responsible for my mistakes, nor should she die because of my carelessness."

The word death always makes me think of time that stops forever, and people who leave forever.I can't even understand Edward's mind. The things stuffed in his brain are different from ordinary people. I tried to comfort him, but he was too tense and scared. "Come on, Edward, you saved us, it's not your fault, no one is at fault, it's just an accident."

"A fatal accident." Edward looked at me with burning eyes, not accepting my comfort at all.

"You don't know how grateful I am to you. If you hadn't stopped that car, what about him... Rick?" I finally remembered the most terrible question. Bella was not the only one who saw the process. Why did he start from the beginning? Nobody mentioned another witness at the end, and if Bella might have to die for the secret, what about Rick Doyle?

I took a step back and saw Edward's cold face, he was not moved at all when he heard the name.The fear in my heart was finally uncontrollable, and I took another step back, hitting the chair in the living room with my back heel.I think my complexion is the same as that of Edward, the depressed vampire, the same expressionless and pale.

"You're not going to kill him, are you?" It was an image, and just the image made me almost scream at Edward.

Edward's face changed drastically, and he replied almost hatefully, "We are all dead and he is alive, he is very good, Claire."

This answer made my legs go weak, and I fell onto the chair, which was precariously missing a corner of the leg.Edward turned into a black shadow and disappeared in front of my eyes in an instant.Charlie came briskly out of the kitchen with a glass of milk in his hand. He looked around suspiciously, but I was the only one here and he didn't see anyone.Then he began to question his judgment, muttering strangely, "Who was talking just now?"

It seems that my confrontation with Edward was too intense, and the noise I made was heard by him.

Losing all strength, I reached out and covered my face heavily, hoping that Charlie wouldn't see my distressed expression. "It's okay, Charlie, I was just talking in my sleep."

Charlie came over, put the milk on the table, and then reached out and patted my shoulder, hoping to convey his concerns through this physical contact and make me feel better.Edward's sudden appearance, Bella may not be able to survive, and Rick's fate is unknown, all turned into chaos and huge pressure hit me.No one will leak the secrets, but I can't find any clues about what went wrong that made Edward want to protect Bella so madly.

Charlie stayed with me for a while before I remembered that he had to go to work tomorrow. I quickly adjusted myself and drank the milk. Then I asked Charlie, "Can I go and see Bella?" Tonight I I will stay with Bella every step of the way. I don't think Edward will deceive me. If my presence can protect her, I will never leave her.

Charlie was a little helpless, "Do you want me to wake her up? She took cold medicine before going to bed, and she should be sleeping deeply now."

I shook my head immediately, stood up and walked to the second floor, Charlie followed me, and I came to Bella's room door, which was actually very rude, because I opened Bella's door secretly.Charlie called me softly and urgently behind me, "Claire?" He didn't understand my behavior.

I just stuck my head in, Bella was on the bed, the desk lamp beside the bed was on, the dim light made me vaguely see that she was sleeping, the slightly rising and falling chest was her silent breathing.No fact of her life gave me so much comfort.I quickly backed out and closed the door softly.

Charlie was still trying to convince me behind me, he put his hands on his waist and said solemnly: "You should go to bed now, you have to go to school tomorrow, you don't want me to ask you to take a day off at home, If you plan on not closing your eyes all night, I will give you my room, and go to bed with me right now, Claire." Inspector Charlie’s last sentence was in the imperative form, and he was still very worried about me, thinking that I was so neurotic The move must have been frightened.I had far more accidents than normal people, and in Charlie's eyes, it was a miracle of God that I was still alive.

"Thank you, but I'll sleep in the living room." How could I get Charlie out of the room? On the sofa, I rubbed and patted the long and useless thick quilt. "Good night, Charlie." I lay down on my own, lifted the quilt to cover myself, and shrunk into a ball, only exposing my two eyes to stare at Charlie who was still standing aside.

Charlie finally looked at the ceiling, a gesture that showed his resignation, he couldn't persuade me, if I wanted to sleep on the sofa. "Good night." He reached out and stroked my head, like when I was an eight-year-old kid.I squinted and watched him walk into his room when I heard the door slam loudly.

I pretended to be asleep, it was hard, my hands and feet were cold.I couldn't make a sound, I silently stood up from the sofa again, hugging the quilt, imagining that it was a bulky long dress.I tiptoed up the stairs, I didn't intend to wake Bella, it wouldn't do her any good.

I opened the door of Bella's room and walked in quietly. Nothing changed.I came to the bed, and Bella didn't notice anyone approaching her. Her quilt was very messy, and her long brown hair fell on the pillow, so thick that it seemed to be completely black in the dark night.She's healthy, I can hear her light breathing, she's alive, no one can take her life away, I'm sure.

Carefully smoothing her quilt, I noticed that the window was closed, I went over to check, it was not locked, so I locked it again.If the killer who comes is a vampire, I don't think this lock is useful, it's better than nothing, I'm happy to comfort myself like this.

I don't know Edward's purpose and thoughts, but my doubts don't mean that I will ignore any of his words. He asked me to watch Bella tonight, so I will stay by Bella's side all night, this is what I should do.

I retreated into the darkness, the rain was still falling outside the window.I don't know where Edward went. He may have a more serious task than me.In the corner not far from the bed, I pushed away some scattered books and packed a few scattered clothes, then wrapped the quilt from head to tail, sat in the corner, and opened my eyes He looked at Bella seriously.

Bella isn't a good sleeper, she doesn't keep rolling out of bed like I do, but she talks in her sleep.I heard her mumble and baffle something, maybe about rain, maybe Phoenix's mother, and she uttered in surprise, broken words without any specificity.I thought she was waking up, and shrank myself even more awkwardly, not daring to look at her.Then I heard the words in Bella's mouth become clear, "Edward." She was unprepared, and kept chanting the name with her eyes closed in her own sleep.

So cherished and cherished.

And Edward, he is protecting Bella.

I don't think I have to worry about their relationship. No one has more authority than me to draw this conclusion because these two people are in love with each other.As for the gap between vampires and humans, if this is what they want, what can I say, I never think that love needs to value species.

I have some headaches, irregular heartbeat, and staying up late is not easy for me.I started to pay attention to my surroundings. Focusing on one thing for a long time will make you lose your sharpness.I looked at the old music player, and some uneven CDs lying nearby.The thought that I would feel better if I could listen to some music disappeared in a flash, and I continued in a daze, remembering everything about Edward tonight.

Something is forcing him, as if I leave Bella for a second, this cousin who is younger than me will be killed by some monster immediately.

It shouldn't be, no one can stop Jasper at all, so Edward heard his heart and felt that Bella should be protected.That's impossible, because if I'm useless to Alice, then I'm even more useless to Jasper.If I stop him, maybe he will kill me too.

I never thought that Jasper was a modest gentleman. Compared with Edward, who usually looks gloomy and awkward, Jasper, who is just dumb and stupid when he has nothing to do, is the real killer. The Cullen family has the least sense of morality.

It could be that my brain is really only the size of a pigeon, and it crashes when I get involved in conspiracy theories.I started to blur, I closed my eyes, and opened them again immediately, sleepiness has become my worst enemy, my eyelids are heavy and sore, tears are about to fall from my eyeballs, because I yawned too much.

I should find something to do. I tried to remember my past, searched in my memory box, and singled out Rick and put it away.He was beautiful, stunning, incomparably beautiful.I can seem to see his smooth golden hair fluttering in front of my eyes, his appearance in the water, I can see the color of his skin is as clean as the entire Antarctic ice sheet, and his lips and fingers are as gorgeous as flowers.Are they all natural?It makes people feel inferior, this kind of person.

Time passed by me minute by minute. I half-opened my eyes and looked at the rain outside the window. The night was slowly passing by.

Bella didn't call anyone anymore, she was tired and needed a more restful sleep.

I'm humming almost silently, maybe it's Whitney Houston or maybe it's Mary Carey, I need some support to carry me through the long lonely nights.

Not waking up anyone, not even a speck of dust, my voice was so silent that I could hardly hear myself.I nodded my head unbearably, then continued to look up and glanced at Bella who was sleeping, she was fine, then I continued to nod, closed my eyes accidentally, opened them in shock and looked at Bella hard, it was fine , she is sleeping safely.

When I lowered my head to my knees countless times, I lazily closed my eyes for a while. In just a few seconds, my muscles suddenly tensed up, and I couldn't feel the stimulation of being splashed with a basin of ice water all over my body.What is approaching here, the cold fur on the back wiped away all the warmth, my heart beat faster, my fingers grasped the quilt wrapped around me tightly, and the veins on the back of my hands popped out.

--vampire.

This feeling is a strange vampire.Not any of the Cullens, because they were people I knew well enough to cause me such a horrified reaction.

He was on the roof, outside the window, and I didn't even dare to breathe hard, staring wide-eyed at the dark window pane.

Where did it come from? I dare not make any noise, for fear of attracting that guy's attention.I'm glad I took off my shoes and now I'm barefoot. I stood up and walked towards Bella's bed step by step.Bella was very quiet, her face was extremely serene under the hazy yellow desk lamp.

I wish her a sweet dream.

Frightened, I came to Bella's side of the bed near the window, trembling in front of her, my shadow enveloping her.

Edward was right, there were vampires trying to kill Bella.But I can't protect her well, because with my own strength, I can't beat a vampire.Edward that idiot, where the hell did he get the confidence to believe that as long as I stay with Bella she'll be fine.

I stared at the window, the guy was still there.What was he hesitating about? Could it be that he couldn't open the window if it was locked? Maybe he was a particularly weak vampire?I began to regret not bringing the baseball bat downstairs. If he dared to stick his head through the window, I would give him a home run.

God knows what an ordeal it is to resist the warnings of your brain, to ignore that there's a killer just outside the window.

I didn't dare to move, and now I can only bear it like this, hoping that Edward or any kind-hearted Karen family can rush over to save me from the fire and water.

The physical discomfort is gradually weakening, and the vampire outside seems to be moving away. I am afraid that my intuition will be wrong again, so I dare not walk away.After a long, long time, when my calf was so numb that I was about to cramp, I slowly knelt and sat on the floor.When my legs touched the hard ground, I grinned silently, numb and itchy, so uncomfortable that I wanted to lie on the ground and cry.I held back, everything is over.

I don't know who that vampire is, but he is murderous, otherwise my physical reaction would not be so exaggerated.I don't know why he left any more than I don't know why he came.

I curled up under Bella's bed in a cocoon, but I dared not go to sleep.At dawn, the gray dawn came, the overnight rain began to condense, and white snow began to fall one after another.I spread out my limbs, which made my body exhausted to a point of disarray in one night, and the sequelae of staying up late made it difficult for me to even breathe.

Bella seems to be waking up, no, she has already woken up, because she has seen me.One was on the bed and the other was under the bed. They stared at each other for a while.I smiled awkwardly and said, "I seem to be sleepwalking. Good morning, Bella."

Soon, under her surprised eyes, I got up nimbly, dragged the quilt and ran out step by step.But soon I turned back and hid furtively outside the door of the room, I still didn't dare to go far.

When I finally saw Edward, he was not far from Charlie's house when I got into his car with my schoolbag on my back.He carried me into the car, and I was so dry that I was nothing but an empty shell. I was so tired that I no longer had the energy to choke him for answers.

We followed Bella's car, and I had never seen Edward drive so slowly, so insulting to the speed of his car.

"A vampire is coming." I said calmly, my eyes barely opening.

I don't know what Edward's expression is because I barely lift my eyelids.I continued: "Do you need me to follow Bella during the day? Yes, I will go to Charlie's at night, and the vampire may still come."

Edward was silent for a while, "Thank you, Claire, I'll just protect her during the day."

I rubbed my eyes vigorously, wanting to sleep, "Bella is my relative, I don't need you to thank me."

This is the truth, I should be grateful, no matter how Edward protected Bella, she is so important to Charlie and to me.

"You need to rest, Claire." Edward looked at me a little worried, maybe because my physical condition is as thin as paper. "I can ask for leave for you."

I stared blankly, rejecting Edward's offer.When I got to school, I saw Edward following Bella. He did it so stealthily that no one would know he was following someone else.I entered the classroom and saw Rick was already sitting there. His eyes were so sharp and terrifying, and the dark circles under his eyes seemed to be getting heavier and heavier. Could it be that he also stayed up late?

I walked up to him and looked at him seriously, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief, he's fine.I was worried all night last night, and tried my best to suppress the absurd imagination. I was afraid that something would happen to him, and I was afraid that no one would protect him. "Rick." I gave him a big smile, he wouldn't understand how happy I was at this moment.

He was a little absent-minded, and those gloomy sharpness were swept away by another emotion.I sat down, and collapsed onto the table as if paralyzed.When there was nothing to worry about and he was sitting next to me, exhaustion finally beat me down brutally.

I fell asleep, vaguely with a hand on my back that I vaguely knew was Rick.Familiar warmth stains my skin like sunlight on us.

Although I know that we are destined to live in the shadows for the rest of our lives.

I heard him warn me very angrily, "Stop this behavior."

My brain went on strike, and I sounded sleepy and perfunctory. "En." The ghost knows what he is talking about.

"Don't stay up late."

That depends on what happens if something happens to Bella.

Rick seemed to have a conscience, he was silent for a while, and then started harassing me again.

"That woman doesn't die in the night, Claire."

and so……

"You don't need to stay up late."

I have fallen asleep and slept for three classes, and no one of the students dared to wake me up.And even in my dreams, I was thinking about how I should protect him and Bella.

The author has something to say: a very weak vampire - Dmitri squatting outside Bella's window, looking at Claire in the window, to kill, or not to kill?

He fell into a deep tangle.

happy holidays.climbed over.

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