Twilight: But it's a Thriller and I Never Read Twilight

Chapter 26: New Moon

"Excellent," she said. "I came with friends too, but I misplaced them. They weren't interested in seeing the beach. It's a pity."

"That sucks," I said. I needed to ask her, but the moment I told her I knew what she was, would be the moment she would try to kill me. I needed her to see I wanted to join her, to be like her.

"Hey, those friends of yours," she said. "They wouldn't happen to be wolves, would they?"

Apparently, she was getting there for me. I felt for the hunting knife under my shirt, still firmly set in the waistband of my pants. "Sorry."

"The friends that live nearby. They're shapeshifters, aren't they? Wolves of the forest or however it is they call themselves," she spat. She leaned in toward me and smiled, showing off pearly fangs.

"I'm not one of them," I said, trying to keep my voice even as I watched her. I was sure she was going to pounce at any second.

"I can smell that," she said.

"I want you to make me a vampire," I snapped before she could add anything more. The words just fell out of me and now that they were out in front of us, I wanted desperately to pick them back up and hide them away.

"You want to become a vampire," she breathed. "Haven't your wolf friends warned you of what that does to you."

"I know what it means," I replied. "I can make my own decisions."

I held my tongue to keep anything else from falling out between us as she looked me over, pondering my request. Her black eyes traveled up the length of my body as she licked her lips. There was all the likelihood that she was simply going to kill me.

"And what will the wolves think if I turn their precious little friend into a creature of death?" she pondered. "I suppose it would be adequate revenge for all the vampires they slaughtered."

I thought of the vampire in the meadow again. She didn't need to know that I watched her friend get killed by a wolf. I simply stood as she continued to ponder, that devilish smile on her face.

"And I'll need friends if I'm going to make this place my home, aren't I? Do you know this place well?"

"I do," I said. "I knew the vampires that used to live here."

"Then you'll be one of the vampires to take their place," she said. "Consider this my offer to you, Bella. I'll make you a vampire and your home will become your feeding ground. We'll make this place ours. Shall we?"

She didn't need to know that the Cullens had come back to town to protect me or that Jacob wouldn't let her live after she turned me. I didn't need her to live after she turned me, and I realized by my plan how desperate I was. I was willing to let her die just to get what I wanted and that should have hurt me. It should have made me think twice about letting her turn me, but I didn't care. I needed to be with Edward like I needed to breathe. I needed to be like him if I ever wanted to be free of this crushing weight.

So without a drop of regret or guilt, I held out my hand toward her like I'd done for Edward in so many dreams before. Slowly she stepped forward, eying me as she reached out and took my hand, bringing it up toward her mouth.

"This is your last time to ask me to stop," she said. "After this, there will be no going back, and it will hurt."

"I know," I said, still watching my hand so close to her lips. She opened her mouth wide and bit.