Dark Days and Places AU

[themidnightson]

It's been two months since he killed Isabelle Swan in the meadow.

It's been one month and two weeks since he walked out on his family.




The world's all a haze of red now.

Or maybe it's just his eyes.

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[themidnightson]

"It depends on what you think is brilliant."

He'd stopped in one location again. Closer this time, nearly at the edge of the light. But not yet.

And his tone was half a dark laugh.

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

She tilted her head in a manner so befitting of the girl she used to be. That girl never would dress as she did now: in a silky black dress cut mid-thigh that left little to the imagination. She had on combat boots, though, another bit reminiscent of the soldier.

"You killed her," she responded in a smug tone, reaching out with the abilities her Master taught her to perfect. "That human. What was her name? Weak and powerless and you snapped her like a twig."

[themidnightson]

Her.

Bella.

Bella, Bella, Bella.

Her name mimicked a fading heart beat in his thoughts even as he smiled in the darkness. "No, that would have been much kinder than I was."

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

Her eyebrows raised and the look on Jenny's face couldn't be described as anything but grotesque interest.

"Yeah?"

[themidnightson]

"Snapping her like any normal, common person wouldn't have served any purpose."

Edward took a slow, lingering, utterly pointless since he didn't need it, breath.

"Her heart would have stopped quickly and her blood would have fallen on the ground. It would have been a waste."

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

"Mmm," she murmured, running her tongue over her lips as she imagined the scene. "Did she taste as every bit as brilliant as you had imagined?"

[themidnightson]

"Better."

[bitunlikely.livejournal.com]

Still smiling, she steps closer to him and places a hand on his chest.

"I wonder if I can still taste her on you."