[The Twilight Saga·Carlyle] Hidden God

The temperature was surprisingly low that night, almost as cold as winter.But for vampires, this temperature poses no threat to them at all.

Carlisle moved his right hand, and used it to hold Edmund's waist tightly to prevent him from accidentally falling off the branch when he turned over. —He didn't know why his boy suddenly proposed to sleep in the tree, well, sometimes he couldn't guess what was going on in Edmund's head.

But isn't this a new experience for vampires?

Carlisle looked at the dull night sky, then lowered his head quietly to look at the boy's handsome face, showing a warm smile that he couldn't even notice.

Edmund was lucky enough to be probably the only vampire in the world who needed to sleep.Although he doesn't need to rest every day like humans, he can still fall asleep quickly when he wants to sleep.

Carlyle speculates that this may be due to the fact that the boy's talent is so easy to consume brain power.That's why his body formed such an adaptation mechanism.

This gave Edmund a richer life than other vampires, but at the same time, it also brought him a lot of trouble. ——If a vampire wanted to kill the boy, half the battle would be done by pestering him until he was exhausted and unable to rest.For this reason, Carlisle felt very lucky to be able to give him the shelter of a family.

When the two were in Kenya, the handsome blond vampire had advised the boy to get the most out of his body, literally by keeping him awake and seeing how many days it lasted.However, the result was very unexpected. ——Edmond can keep his eyes closed for 7 consecutive days, but after that, his body will be forced to sleep.

He was talking to the boy at the time, but the boy fell down without warning, so scared that he almost recovered his heartbeat.

Then Carlisle discovered that if the boy could sleep more often than usual, the seven-day period would be greatly extended when it came time to keep him awake.For this reason, Carlisle suggested that Edmund maintain his human habits on weekdays. ——It is best to take a nap every day, and the time does not need to be too long, just two or three hours.

At first, the boy had some objections, but when Carlisle said that he would always be by his side, Edmund agreed awkwardly.

Maybe he shouldn't have used the word "adorable" to describe a handsome lad, but it still came to him automatically when he saw his boy sleeping in his arms with his eyes closed.

As soon as he thought of this, Edmond murmured softly in his arms, and his left hand, which was originally on Carlisle's chest, clenched slightly into a fist, grasping the rather beautiful sweater crumpledly in his hand.

"What did you dream about? Huh?" Carlisle asked in a low voice, putting his palm on the back of the boy's head, so tender that he could squeeze water out.

"...Carlisle, if you dare to go to the bar with those little nurses, I'll bite you to death!" A few seconds later, Edmund snorted softly, grabbed Carlisle's clothes with both hands and shouted loudly.

"..." So he dreamed about this.

Carlisle rubbed his temples, trying to picture in his mind what the boy would say when he woke up.

【Oh, no, maybe now is not the time to think about this. 】——Half a second later, Carlisle shook his head slightly, and turned his attention to another imminent matter...

Victoria said she would kill Bella and Edmund, no matter how long it took, no matter how much effort it would take.As long as she is still alive, then this idea will not be given up.

Carlisle had no doubts about that. —he knew what would happen to a vampire once he lost his mate.

Restless, restless, confused, angry, sad.

He sympathized with Victoria, but he couldn't forgive her.

But whatever comes his way, his boy is the most important thing. ——Protecting Edmund, this is the most important thing for him at present.

The blond vampire lowered his head slightly, looked at the boy who was sleeping comfortably on his body, and then pressed his slightly cold lips to the other's forehead.

"good."

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The next period of time can be said to be without any waves.

Edward finally came back from Bella's house, but he looked worried.

"Yes, I was a little worried about Bella. But in a way I was unwarranted. After all, she had a dog at home—"

Rosalie expressed dissatisfaction with Edward's worry, but Edmund thought he could understand. — After all, the two of them broke up not long ago.Gotta give Edward some time, right?

Esme, Jasper, and Alice are still in Seattle, and every other day they call Carlisle.Sometimes I was asking Carlisle for opinions and suggestions, but more often I was reporting the situation there.

When a sunny weekend finally arrives, the family finally gathers.

Jasper bought Seattle's first morning paper of the day and handed him over to the newborn lying on the balcony floor with nothing to do.

The boy who got the newspaper immediately shifted his gaze from the light blue sky to the bold black headlines on the front page, stroked the ink-smelling fonts, and began to read aloud.

Seattle in murder scare

The city of Seattle was once the scene of the most serial murders in American history.Less than a decade ago, Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, was convicted of murdering 48 women.

Now embattled Seattle must face the possibility that an even more terrifying monster may be resident here at this moment.

The police believe that the sudden outbreak of deaths and disappearances is not the work of serial killers.At least, they don't think so yet.They did not want to believe that such a large-scale massacre could be committed by individuals.The killer - if in fact a person - would be involved in a string of 39 murders and disappearances, all in just the past two months.In contrast, Ridgway's 48 insane murders were spread out over a 21-year period.If the deaths were attributed to a single individual, it would be the deadliest serial murder outbreak in American history.

Instead, the police leaned more towards the gang theory, evidenced by the shocking number of victims and the fact that they were chosen irregularly.

From Jack the Ripper to Ted Bundy, serial killers' targets are often linked to similarities in age, gender, race, or some combination of the three.Victims of the crime ranged in age from 15-year-old top student Amanda Reed to 67-year-old retired postman Omar Yonkers.The related deaths also included 21 women and [-] men.The ethnic backgrounds of the victims were diverse: Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, British, Asian.

Victims were chosen at random, and the motive for the crime appeared to be simply killing for the sake of killing, rather than killing for a particular reason.

But why is it considered a serial murder?

Numerous similarities in common practice were sufficient to rule out unrelated criminal conduct.Every victim found was burned to the point of requiring identification of dental records.Substances such as gasoline or alcohol found in the burning materials showed that the criminals used some kind of catalyst, but no trace of any catalyst has been found so far, and all the corpses were discarded in alleys or roadsides without any concealment.

Even more horrific, however, is the fact that most of the wreckage indicates that they had been subjected to intense violence. —bones crushed or broken by some great pressure. —— Forensic analysis believes that it occurred before the time of death, although limited by the current evidence, these conclusions are not yet fully certain.

Another similarity that points to the possibility of a serial murder is that the killer left no evidence other than the wreckage.No fingerprints, no tire marks, not even a different hair.There were no signs of suspicion among the missing persons.

And the missing persons themselves—not easy targets, by any measure.No one is a runaway or homeless, people who disappear easily, and are rarely reported missing.Victims have disappeared from their homes, from four-story apartments, from health clubs and from wedding receptions.Perhaps most astonishingly, 30-year-old amateur boxer Robert Walsh entered a movie theater with a date, only to realize minutes into the film that the woman was no longer in his seat.His body was found just three hours later when firefighters were dispatched to extinguish a burning trash can twenty miles away.

Another pattern lies in the killing itself: all the victims disappear during the night.

So what is the most worrisome pattern?The rate of murder is accelerating.Three people were murdered in the first week and seven in the second.More than a dozen people have been killed in the past ten days alone.

The evidence is contradictory and terrifying. Is it a new evil gang or a crazy serial killer?Or something else the police haven't thought of yet?

Only one conclusion is undisputed: something monstrous is threatening Seattle.

Edmund stared at the last sentence for a few seconds before realizing that the matter was indeed much more serious than he had imagined. ——The information brought by the newspaper indicated that the cause of all this was a group of newborn vampires who had been transformed not long ago. They hunted humans wantonly at night, which had attracted the attention of the police and the media.

"Something monstrous is threatening Seattle." — Did the reporter who published this report notice something?Had he surmised in the evidence that there was something non-human in Seattle?

The boy scratched his hair and was about to return the newspaper to Jasper when a sentence caught his attention.

"Every victim found was burned to the point where dental records were required to be identified."

This shows that the newborns were conscious enough to burn the carcasses with gasoline and alcohol after hunting. ——This is not in line with common sense.A newborn cannot be born knowing that it should cover its tracks with fire.

Take Edmund himself as an example. After he became a newborn, his IQ dropped sharply. In the first month or two, he could hardly understand reasoning programs on TV.At that time, he only understood two things. First, he wanted to suck blood, and second, he loved everyone in the Karen family.Others, even things he could understand right away as a human, needed the right help to figure it out.Well, if Carlisle hadn't been emphasizing that "this is a normal phenomenon", the boy would almost have wondered if all his brain nerves had died.

Then—after the blood is sucked, destroy the evidence with fire.Who taught them this?In other words, who did it for them?Is it Victoria?

But according to Alice, Victoria doesn't seem to be in Seattle recently.

so--

"She must have a trustworthy person helping her." Carlisle walked into the room and lifted the newborn who was still lying on the ground from the ground and gently placed it on the bed beside him, "I'm glad you saw this .”

"...how do you know what I'm thinking?"

"Because I know you." The blond vampire sat on the edge of the bed and gently stroked the boy's soft hair. "When you're thinking normally.—Yes, 'normal thinking'.—I can easily Deduce how your mind actually works."

"So what am I thinking about now?" Edmund asked softly, squinting his eyes. "Guess what, Carlisle."

"You want to hunt," Carlisle replied with a smile. "I noticed you were licking your lips."

"Oh!" the boy said with some frustration, "You guessed it right."

"It's okay, it's not a bad thing." Carlisle lowered his head and touched Edmund's hair with his lips, "Let's go, I'll take you to 'dinner'."

The author has something to say: This is today's update~~~Please eat~~~

In the middle, a piece of content from the original work was added to promote the plot.Well, that is, the news in the newspaper.

PS: It will take some time for the US team's article to be released. ——Because I shook my hand today and wanted to post, but it turned out to be a big mistake. ——I lost the right to be listed in the article and the 200% points... So... HHHHH~~~ I'm about to cry myself.

PPS: Readers discuss the welfare group~~~[-]