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Anna's POV:

White light was shining against my closed eyelids as I felt soft baby kisses being placed on the bare skin of my right shoulder. Edward's hand was tenderly brushing the curve of my hip under the sheet while my back was touching my husband's chest.

"Good morning love," he breathed as I rolled over on my back and groaned softly as I did so.

Edward immediately attacked my collar bone with soft kisses as soon as he had access.

"Good morning, you too. Didn't you get your share yesterday night or in the early morning hours?" I giggled amused at his eagerness.

I sighed in contentment as I recalled our activities on our bed and in the bathroom. I was glad that he trusted himself with me again because since the day we discovered that I was pregnant he seemed to be scared to touch me, scared that he would hurt me, break me, injure me in any way.

"I can't get enough of you." He murmured against my skin.

My hands touched his muscular arms and travelled their way up to his board shoulders, brushing firmly over his shoulder blades until arriving in his soft, silky locks.

"I love it when you play with my hair." His voice was huskily and filled with longing.

My husband moaned while I was playing with his hair and pulling it tenderly. Carefully and slowly he placed his head over my beating heart. His weight felt delicious on me though he was holding most it off me.

"We both share this like then." I breathed while a gazed down at him.

He shifted us so we were slightly lying on our sides with his head still on my breast while his strong arms held me as close to him as he could.

"I love you," I told him as I bend my head down to kiss the top of his messy locks.

Edward sighed contently against my chest. His cool breath was ticking my skin and I could help but giggle.

"I love you too, so much," he replied immediately but I could hear the desperation and fear in his voice.

I wished that there was a way I could make him see that this baby I was carrying under my heart was not something bad, not the reason why he would lose me because I would be fine for him and our child.

It was hard but I managed to suppress a sigh.

"What have you been dreaming about?" He asked me after a complacent while of comfortable silence.

"What?"

"Your brows were knitted together and you had a serious expression on your face before you frowned in your sleep." He murmured before he kissed my breast.

"Hmm," I hummed trying to remember what I had been dreaming about but there wasn't much I could recall.

"There were shadows and the colours: silver and violet."

He nodded against me and I started to softly push him off me. Edward gave me a curious look and I smiled softly at him.

"Restroom," I breathed as I grabbed his chin pulling his mouth to mine for a tiny peek on his lips.

Bouncing out of bed and going into the bathroom I took care of my business, brushed my teeth and combed my hair though I had to say I never woke up with a birds nest anymore. My hair was lush and thick and felt softer then silk to the touch. Still not like Edward's hair but close.

When I came back into our bedroom I saw him sitting on our bed with a wooden, red box in his hands. I crossed the room and looked curious at the box while I poured myself some of the black tea with apple juice that stood on my night stand.

"What's this?" I asked before taking a pull of my tea.

Edward smiled at me and patted the spot besides him. I raised a curious eyebrow and climbed back into our bed and under the covers, snuggling up against him.

My Vampire put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me in closer to him.

"Letters."

"What Letters?" I asked puzzled.

"While you were away I wrote to you."

"You never told me about that." I rested my head on his shoulder.

"It never really came up."

0~0

June, 20th 2009

We just settled in into the new house in Langdon, North Dakota. You would love the room that Esme and Alice decorated for us. It's all in white and warm brown colours.

Most of the brown reminds me of your beautiful hazel eyes that I miss so much and which I'm denied of. I always loved to gaze into those deep orbs that could be light and clear as the purest stream of mountain water or intense and powerful, shining in that unbelievable dark hazel of yours that was almost a black.

I could never decide if I liked the look when you smiled or when you were burning with lust for me best in your amazing pools.

Love, I miss your smile and your voice.

Love, I have to admit that I'm stealing kisses from you. Is that OK?

0~0

The question saddened me and my heart broke for my poor Vampire. I snuggled further into his side and placed a kiss on his chest as he continued to read the letter.

0~0

The sun is shining today and through the open balcony door a light breeze carries the scents of the summer into our room. It reminds me of the picnic I took you to over three years ago.

Was it really only three years ago?

It feels like an eternity, an eternity of torture, pain and loneliness to me without you by my side.

Love, please come back to me.

Only ever yours,

Edward.

0~0

He looked so sad and lost, drawing in his memories, while he read the letter to me. His voice was weak with pain and sometimes he could barely choke the words out. It broke my heart to see him like this.

"Oh Edward," I sighed and shifted on the bed so I was able to straddle his lap. I took the red box and the letter out of his hands and placed them on his night stand before turning back to him,

"I'm here with you forever," I vowed after I cupped his face in my hands, gazed into his sad honey pools and placed a soulful kiss on his lips.

Slowly he kissed me back, hesitantly at first, before his hands sneaked around my back and pressed me further into him as his tongue parted my lips and slid into my mouth.

I sighed in contentment feeling his cool, sweet tasting tongue battling with mine while my hands brushed over his strong shoulders along his neck into his lush locks where I curled my fingers into the silky softness.

Suddenly Edward moved with me still on his lap never breaking the kiss and rolled us over so that I was lying on my back while he was hovering over me.

I giggled when he gave me the opportunity to catch my breath.

"What?" He asked against the skin of my throat.

I didn't answer him instead I waited for him to look at me. After a few minutes of silence, feverish kisses and soft cries of pleasure he did as I hoped.

His face hovered over mine and he wore a curious expression.

"I love you," I smiled and lifted my head up to tenderly touch his lips with mine.

His expression softened while I locked my legs behind his back and pulled him closer to me, feeling his need for me against my heat.

"Mrs. Cullen, is that a hint?" He teased as he leaned down, letting his sweet breath wash over my face.

"I really have no idea what you mean?" I looked innocently at him.

"You tease," he groaned as I rolled my hips up to meet his.

He pushed back and it was my turn to moan before his mouth covered mine. All coherent thoughts left my mind as I was being fiercely relished by my husband.

0~0~0~0~0

I was sitting in the kitchen on the counter reading a baby book while Esme and Rose gushed over some magazines with baby fashion as Carlisle and Alice entered the kitchen.

"What's up guys?"

"We have to ask you something." Alice stated.

"Shoot."

"You told us that this male hybrid, Nahuel, lived in Chile?" Carlisle asked me.

"Yeah, that was what was said in Breaking Dawn. Why?"

"I tought that it might be helpful if we found Nahuel and Huilen to have the oputunity to ask them about the birth and about what happened to the baby after the birth. The information the book provided were quite tenuous."

"Sure but what for do you need my help?" I asked feeling that they wanted more from me then just to inform me about the plan they have come up with.

"Well you told us that I was able to find this Nahuel by searching for blank spots in Chile, south america, but I thought that if I stayed close to baby Cullen," Alice pointed at my still flat tummy, "I might get a clearer picture."

"You think that wil help?" Edward's voice rang out behind me giving me a fright.

I yelped and nearly fell of the stool I was sitting on. Edward had his arms immediately around me securing me while I held my hand over my racing heart.

"Anna you alright?" Rose cried instatly while I cranked my neck to glare at my husband.

"Don't scare me like that." I scolded him.

"I'm sorry my love." He apologised and kissed the tip of my nose.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry." I assured Rose and a worried looking Esme after I turned back around.

Carlisle looked at me through narrowed eyes and I could swear that I heard him count my heart beats in his head.

"I'm fine really." I exclaimed huffing at them.

"What did you come up with Alice?" I asked her to get their attetnion away from me.

"The more atune I am with someone the better I can see this person."

"OK." I nodded.

"What she trying to tell is that she will be your shadow for the next few days." Edward translated.

"Alright," I agreed just before Rose voiced her concerns.

"Do you think that something is wrong with baby Cullen?"

"No," Carlisle shook his head, "it's just that the baby is growing at a normal rate like a human baby and according to the books…"

"Like I said that was what stood in the books but I'm not giving any warrant on it." I held my hands up.

"How long do you think you will need to find them?" Esme asked as she walked up to Alice and put her hand her the little pixies shoulder.

"I don't know we will have to wait and see." Alice shrugged.

0~0~0~0~0

"Alice!" Edward growled at her while she was sitting at my side, on the big comfy couch in the living room, with had her hand on my belly.

"What? It's not like it's my fault that you are jumping her bones every chance you get." She rolled her eyes at him dismissing him with a wave of her free hand.

"Oh my," I sighed while Edward was stroking his fingers through my hair.

"Alice!" My husband exclaimed a few seconds later.

"What? If you want it to stop get your mind out of the gutter." She barked at him while Jasper was chuckling from his place at the panorama window where he was reading a science magazine.

Edward threw Jasper a dirty look what made him chuckle even harder.

"Could someone please get me my IPod so I can attempt to ignore these two," I whined in embarrassment whereas Edward was wincing at what he saw in Alice's mind.

"Here sweetheart," Esme smiled at me while she handed me my IPod.

"Is there anything else you need?"

"No, thank you Esme," I shook my head.

"Ahhh….good news, Anna, you will be able to eat normally again in twenty five days."

"Thanks Alice."

"Can you see if it's a boy or a girl? It would be sweet if baby Cullen was a boy." Emmett boomed as he entered the living room with his wife.

Rose rolled her eyes at her husband.

"Can you see anything about the baby past the pregnancy?"

"Sorry, Rose. I'm only getting pieces of things I really don't want to see," Edward growled at Alice again, "and fragments of things that will happen during Anna's pregnancy but not beyond."

"Is that bad?" Emmett questioned with worry ringing in her voice.

"It can but not necessarily so. Most likely it means that the baby has it's own mind and that is blurring Alice's vision since the labour is still too far in the future." Rose answered while she glared at Edward daring him to say something else.

"Can't decide when it wants to pop out," Emmett laughed.

"To put it simple," Edward sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

I lifted my hand over my head and stroked up and down his arm in comforting patterns as my head rested on his lap. Edward was still not happy about my pregnancy but he learned to arrange himself with my decision. He was even able to control his brooding better. He still brooded but he was careful not to do it while I was around.

It wasn't much but it was an improvement.

Over the next five days Alice was nearly constantly near me and had her hand on my belly while she searched Chile for any sign of Nahuel.

Edward's mood was getting worse with each passing day since he couldn't spent any alone time with me, while alone time was pretty much the last thing on my mind seeing what pictures of Edward's and mine near future Alice was most likely receiving.

"I got it!" Alice suddenly yelled besides while I was watching TV.

"You found a grey spot in Chile?"

"No, but I think I found Nahuel. The guy kind of looks like a Vampire but has a very fast heart beat." Alice smiled at me.

"You can see the hybrids," I breathed stunned.

When I thought about it for the dramatics it was beneficial that Alice was not able to see Renesmee in Breaking Dawn or Bella while she was pregnant. The detail had been obviously changed for the sake of the book.

"Any disturbances on your visions?" I narrowed my eyes at her.

"Not really. I got only a quick, small glance at him but now I know in which area of Chile to start the search."

"Was there a town that you recognised?"

"No, but mountains and a river," Alice smiled at me.

"If the books been wrong about Alice not being able to see the hybrids, we have to find out what more has been altered for the sake of the story." Carlisle murmured while looking at Edward and Rose as the three of them suddenly appeared in Edward's and mine bedroom.

Unfortunately, the knew discoveries made Edward even more wary of the pregnancy then he had been before. He tried to pull himself together in my presence while Alice and Jasper were in Chile searching for Nahuel but I would often catch him glaring at my belly.

Every time he did that I would take a deep breath and try to remind myself that he loved me and was afraid of losing me and that this was the reason he was acting like a jerk.

Yep, I was getting frustrated with him.

I wished I could just give him a lecture and everything would be better but I knew that in this case that wouldn't work. We would only end up having a huge fight and nothing would come out of it. All I could do was to wait.

I was hoping that once he saw and met Nahuel and would get to know that everything would work out in the end that he would go back to be my sweet, understanding Edward instead of that grumpy dark cloud I had to live with for the last few weeks though I had to admit no matter in what mood he was in Edward was taking his marital duties very seriously if not religiously.

My husband was on the top of me, nibbling and licking along my neck while his left hand was softly squeezing and massaging my breast. My back arched in response to his sweet torture.

"Edward," I moaned while my hands fisted into the pillow.

His edger mouth found mine and his tongue immediately pushed my lips apart so his tongue could slip into my mouth. His taste filled my senses and made my head spin even worse then it already was.

Our tongues were battling with one another, caressing and stroking the other as we moaned into the mouth of the other.

When he broke the kiss I was desperately gasping for air while he put his hand on my hip and maneuvered me on my side so he was able to spoon up behind me.

"What are you doing?" I giggled.

"I'm trying out a new position." He whispered huskily in my ear before placing a sweet kiss on my bare shoulder.

His hand went to my aching nub which he encircled with his middle finger a few times what made me push my behind against his throbbing manhood and moan at the immense pleasure.

"You are so wet for me, love." I heard the smile in his breathless voice whereas his finger was sliding through my drenched folds.

I whimpered and bit on my lower lip as he guided his hand along my body to my ladies and cupped first one and then the other while he was kissing and licking down my neck.

"Stop teasing me," I groaned trying to sound as disapproving as I could muster.

He chuckled behind me before he kissed the shell of my ear.

"If that is what you wish my love," I heard him breath before he grabbed my thigh and lifted my leg a little.

I braced my leg against his thigh while he guided his hand between us, grabbing his member and guided his manhood to my opening.

My body tensed and I whimpered when I felt him slid over my wet and slippery womanhood before he showed mercy and pushed his tip slowly and deliciously inside of me. I loved it to feel us becoming one.

We both moaned when he was fully inside of me.

"God, you are so tight in this position," He groaned before I felt him pull out of me a little only to push himself back inside with a quick thrust.

He repeated this disjointed but pleasurable movements a few times before we found a rhythm that we both liked.

Soon we were only a moaning and trembling mess of tangled limbs while we enjoyed each other slowly and tenderly. At some point I turned slightly around and we began kissing, relishing the erotic dance of our tongues while he was moving inside my body.

I could feel him getting bigger as he was ready to explode. His hand moved from my breast down to my nub again before he firmly stroked over the little sensitive point.

"Ungh…Edward," I moaned his name while all there was of me was centred in the little dot that was under my husbands mercy.

When I couldn't take it any longer and ripped my mouth away from his to let out a strangled cry before I turned around and buried my face in a pillow, biting the soft fabrics as my orgasm hit full force.

My walls were gripping him firmly and rhythmically and a few thrust later his body was shaking with his own release while I felt his cool thick liquid fill me…..

~0~

The next morning I woke up feeling Edward's fingers brush through my hair while I was lying on his chest as the sun that had broken through the grey/white clouds shone into my eyes.

The colourful fragments that reflected off Edward's skin danced around the walls and the floor. It reminded me of a movie I once watched where two kids hung crystals off a chandelier on a thread across the window and admired the play of the colourful lights.

It had been a long time since I saw that movie. I couldn't even remember what it was called, all I still knew was that I had been a kid myself when I watched it. The memory, even as unexpected as it approached me, made me smile.

"Morning love," I heard him say before he pressed a kiss on the top of my head.

"Morning," I croaked and raised myself up on my arms, turned around and reached for the bottle of soda on my nightstand before eliminating the desert in my throat.

"What are you thinking about?" I asked after I settled back on his bare chest.

Edward sighed and buried his hand back in my hair.

Moments past in silence before I felt his chest rise as he sucked in the air he would need to be able to speak.

"I just wondered how long we still have," I cranked my neck to look up at him and saw him gazing sadly and resigned out of the panorama window.

"I was wondering for how long I will sill be able to hold in my arms, to make love to you, to….."

"Stop!" I interrupted him while I simultaneously pushed myself upright into sitting position.

My legs were bent under me and my knees were touching the right part of his rip cage. Edward turned his head slowly around, away from the window and to me.

The look in his eyes hurt. It was so lonely and lost.

"Would you, please, stop doing this to yourself!" I trounced him with a stern look.

His eyes fell from mine in respond and he crossed his arms over his chest like a stubborn child before a grim, recusant and petulant expression settled on his face that was turned away from me.

Edward and his famous mood swings.

I sighed long and loudly while I fought against the annoyance I felt because of his behaviour. Taking a few deep breaths I pulled myself together. I knew then that I would need to swim soon to work off the frustration that I felt before I exploded on Edward and everything would go down the drain afterwards.

"Edward, I….Honestly ….," I tried to find words to assure him that everything would be alright but there were no words anymore that I haven't already spoken to appease him and nothing worked.

The truth was that our young marriage was in a crisis though Edward would love me tenderly or passionately or in any way that my still mostly fragile body in comparison to his allowed we barely talked and I felt that every day he was retreating more away from me.

It would have been almost funny if it weren't so screwed up. Emotionally he was shutting himself off while physically he couldn't leave my side even for the shortest amounts of time.

It hurt and it frustrated me.

And the most frustrating fact ever was that the only thing I could do was to wait either for Nahuel to come here and to prove to my stubborn husband that everything was going to be alright or if my dear Vampire was still going to insist to be a brooding grey cloud even after that meeting with the hybrid I would have to wait until after the birth of our baby and my transformation to get my Edward back.

Oh joy! I huffed sarcastically in my mind. And he better find a good way to make up for all that unnecessary stress.

"Whatever!" I snapped at him, fed up with his attitude, and jumped out of bed to do my morning routine and to give myself the change to calm back down.

I stepped out of the bathroom dressed in comfortable but cute looking, highly expensive and Alice approved sweat pants and a cute comfy top to complete the outfit.

I looked to my right and out of the panorama window when I heard rain drops hitting the glass wall that was only see-through from the inside while one saw a silver/turquoises metallic surface from the outside.

Suddenly Edward's arms were firmly around my body. I was being lifted off the ground just enough so that my feet couldn't touch the ground while he buried his face in my neck.

It took me a moment to respond to his attack but after a few seconds of hesitation, which I hated, I sneaked my legs around his waist, his arms travelled from my back down to my bottom to gently squeezed my soft curve before he lifted me further up his body until I was clinging to him in a comfortable position.

His face was hidden in between my boobs and it took him a few deep breaths of my scent before he pulled back and looked up at me.

His expression was pained, sorrowful, miserable and pleadingly.

He licked his lips before he made to say something.

"Please, don't be mad at me. I know…that I am currently not easy to be around," he croaked out in a tight voice.

"I'm sorry. Please don't turn away from me. Please don't leave me." He whispered in a fearful voice that was heavily laced with unshed tears that could never fall.

He was staring up at me with his big puppy dog eyes that looked so sad that it should have been illegal to be able to pull of such a look.

I sighed heavily and leaned into him, pressing my forehead against him before I closed my eyes.

"You're an idiot," I told him in a cool voice and pulled away.

His scared eyes were ripped wide open when I opened mine and his grip on me tightened. Edward was pressing me further into his body as if he was afraid that I would disappear out of his grasps any minute.

I smiled sadly at him and shook my head.

"But I knew that when I married you," I pursed my lips and narrowed at him in a playful manner.

I felt his body immediately relax and he graced me with a small but honest smile.

"Thank you, love." He sighed in utter relief before he placed a soft and loving kiss on my lips.

I pulled away from him, brushed my fingers through his hair a few times before I looked deeply into his eyes.

"I know that you are used to be in control, to know nearly everything ahead of time or fish it out of the minds of others and that this is what gives you security," I paused before going on, "but sometimes you have to let go and have faith as hard and scary as that is."

His eyes closed as a pained expression overtook his features before he buried his face in my neck.

"I hate it not to have control or not to know what I need to know." His chocked voice reached my ears.

"I know," I mumbled whereas my right hand was driving through his silky, brown locks.

"I need time to resolve it in my head, love," he murmured against my skin while he was peppering my collar bone with baby kisses.

"I know," I sighed heavily.

I was frustrated with him and highly annoyed by his behaviour but I knew all I could do for him was to give him time and be at his side. And that had become harder when Jasper left with Alice to search for Nahuel. Without his ability I had to keep my temper and annoyance in check on my own.

0~0~0~0~0

I was in my walk in closet looking through all the clothes that I possessed most of them bought by Alice which was why I needed to get a view of the things that I owned. Actually I was making sure that Alice hadn't thrown out the pieces that I liked most no matter if they were in or last season.

"Love?" I heard Edward ask me from the entrance of the closet.

"Hmm…." I answered being occupied with a little red dress.

"Is this for Christmas?" I asked as I whipped around and showed the very short cut dress to Edward.

"Am I supposed to play the roll of an elf? It would really surprise me if that went past my bottom." I wondered what Alice was thinking buying this.

"Actually if I think about it with my belly growing that would be more of the length a t-shirt now."

"Alice called they found them and are now on their way to the airport. And I shall inform you that she has plans for that dress." Edward offered me a crooked smile.

I scoffed as I eyed the short dress and put it back.

"You are quite sure that this meeting with Nahuel and his aunt will go over well." Edward murmured as he pressed his chest into my back and locked his arms around my waist.

"Yes, I am and I really hope that you will come to your senses after meeting Nahuel."

My husband chose to give the same answer as a rock would give me, silence.

"You are a pessimist." I sighed.

"Therefore I have you my optimistic sunlight." He whispered against the skin of my neck as he placed soft kisses there.

I rolled my eyes at him but titled my head to give him better access.

0~0~0~0~0

"Too much soda is not healthy." Edward glared at the glass of the Cola/Fanta mix on the counter while I was putting the bottles of Coke and Fanta back into the fridge.

"Do I look like I care?" I said in a monotone voice when I turned around to face him and caught the morning sun peeking from behind a huge, grey, fluffy cloud.

Some of the sun rays hurtled against my husband's left cheek and let him sparkle like a diamond. He looked quite hilarious with that sinister, serious and disapproving expression on his colourfully sparkling face.

I had to bite my bottom lip to suppress a giggle.

"But.." he tried again but I cut him off as I placed my right hand on my hip and glared at him.

"If we take this food that is not healthy thing seriously then there would be nothing left to eat because there is nothing that is healthy not even bio food. Someone will always find something to point out as bad and besides don't get between me and my soda." I ranted away before I set to turn away from him but though of something I wanted to ad to my little speech.

I held up my forefinger to get his attention.

"Haven't they taught you that in medical school? Don't get between a pregnant woman and her food that's a nasty place to be." I huffed at him, grabbed my drink and took a pull of my soda.

He braked a laugh and shook his head in disbelieve and disapproval before his head snapped up.

"What?"

"Alice and Jasper are back with the visitors." He informed me and after I finished my soda we ambled into the living room.

Edward and I sat in a love seat while Emmett and Rose were sitting on the couch as Esme and Carlisle were greeting Alice and Jasper home and welcoming Nahuel and Huilen.

Alice shot into the living room a few seconds after the front door opened and she had hug attacked/greeted Esme and Carlisle before she launched herself at me and Edward.

"Glad to have you back." Edward murmured into her hair while she was still clinging to us.

"Hi, Alice."

"While I was away I have the most awesome baby shopping trip planed known to man kind that is going to be fabulous." She chirped happily beaming like a Christmas tree.

"Of course you have," I smiled at her and caught sigh how Edward and Emmett welcomed Jasper back before Alice also launched herself at Rose who rolled her eyes at our sisters enthusiasm but hugged her back.

"Hi, Jasper." He smiled back at me and went to sit down on the love seat near the fireplace his favourite place in the living room.

Soon Esme and Carlisle walked into the living room with Nahuel and Huilen close behind them. Both of their attention briefly focused on me before they turned their attention back to Carlisle and Esme though Nahuel's gaze lingered a little longer on me.

I took the chance to take a good look at him. He looked just like he was described in the books. He had black hair that he wore in a braid past his shoulders. His warm teak eyes were a nice contrast to his pale brown skin.

Huilen was a nearly perfect Salma Hayek look alike if it wasn't for the fact that the venom inside of her smoothened out her human flaws and let her look like a priceless porcelain doll. And while her nephew had a pale brown skin tone her skin was a delicate olive-tone.

Introductions were made before we all settled down in the living room. Esme, being the perfect host that she was, offered our guests some substitute blood.

"That would be really nice. We heard a lot about it." Nahuel answered politely glancing briefly at Alice and Jasper.

Esme excused herself for a second before returning with a tray of glasses and two ewers of True blood.

Nephew and aunt eyed the liquid curiously.

"It smells good but it doesn't send me into a frenzy." Huilen noted after she took a sniff before she took a tiny sip. Her face immediately lit up with pleasant surprise and she quickly finished her glass of.

"That's really good." She said astonished.

We all laughed softly while Nahuel asked Esme for a refill.

After we exchanged some pleasantries Edward's patience ran out and he cut the case.

"I hope it's not rude of me to ask but would you mind to tell us about your sister's pregnancy," he addressed Huilen.

"Alice and Jasper have explained your situation to us. I honestly hope your wife will not meet the same fate as my sister." She smiled timidly at me.

I returned the gesture, while Edward tensed beside me.

"Thank you," He croaked out.

Huilen took a deep breath and seemed deep in thoughts while the entire room went dead silent as we all waited for her to begin.

"I do not remember my human life anymore there are just some pieces, pictures and flashes ripped out of the context that remained but most of Pire's pregnancy is burned into my memory and not even the fire of the transition could erase that time of worry and sorrow out of my mind." Huilen remembered.

"The first memory I have of Pire's pregnancy is when I was preparing a chicken for us for dinner. Back then the food couldn't be bought already dead and ready out of the supermarket," she laughed lightly, "I remember that I had just cut the chicken's head of and left while the body bled out."

"I had beheaded the chicken behind a little barn and when I came back Pire had the chicken in her left hand while her right hand was covered in blood that she was greedily licking off." She shook her head.

"Because of that incidence and the fact that Pire felt better after consuming the blood of the chicken I had no doubts anymore that what was growing inside her was from the seed of a Vampire."

"We had to leave. Maybe, if she was lucky, our parents wouldn't have abandoned her for being unmarried and pregnant without a father for her child. But once our father would have gotten to know what was growing inside of her he would have killed her himself." She shook her head sadly and an angry pucker showed between her eyebrows.

"In our part of the world and in the time back then, legends of demons that leeched on the blood of humans were common urban legends and there were many who knew them to be the truth and not only a story to scare children."

She went silent for a moment before her eyes narrowed.

"Pire always called Joham her angle," the pretty Vampire scoffed in disgust, "and Nahuel her treasure," Huilen cast her nephew an affectionate glance.

I was pleased to discover that Huilen seemed to love her nephew because in the book I got the impression that she blamed him for her sister's death. What horrible life must that be if the only mother, even if not the biological one, one knew would reject you and resent you?

"She was wrong in grads of Joham, obviously," her voice showed her rage and disgust for the man who impregnate her sister and then left her to die, "but unfortunately she didn't live long enough to figure it out or maybe it was even better that way." She mused thoughtfully.

"Aside of the blood consume the pregnancy went down like every other human pregnancy as well, as far as I remember and the one time we met Joham and the two girls, didn't give me any indication that I missed something meaningful."

"Though there are differences between a human pregnancy and one with a hybrid. For one the pregnancy with a hybrid does not last for nine months but for seven and then there is the birth it happens unbelievably fast. It is the clearest human memory I have." She said and closed her eyes.

"I was cleaning the kitchen while Pire was quietly singing a song, she had always had a beautiful voice," Huilen smiled tenderly before her face hardened, "then all of the sudden a blood chilling scream filled the air as her water broke and pooled around her feet."

"I had prepared myself for this but what I was not prepared for was how fast everything happened. Normally it takes hours from the moment the water breaks to the expulsive pains but in Pire's case it all happened almost in an instant." She shook her head again.

"Not even seven minutes later Nahuel was born. It was a natural birth. After I cleaned him a little with a towel I handed him over to Pire she was so happy to hold her baby in her arms but that happiness didn't last long." She looked equally sad and pained about what she had to tell us next.

"Pire paled and weakened before my eyes. I didn't understand what was going on until I felt the warm blood that touched my knees as I was kneeling besides her. Pire haemorrhaged. About fifteen minutes after giving birth she died." Huilen was fighting with her emotions after she told us her story.

Even though the death of her sister had happened over hundred and fifty years ago the loss of Pire still pained her.

"I don't understand how could Joham just leave? It's not like a baby can survive on it's own." Rose broke the oppressive silence that had settled over the living room.

"He came back." Nahuel answered. "He came back to the village he found my mother in to collect me but since my mother out she and aunt Huilen left the village….." His expression hardened, he clenched his teeth together and balled his fists before he spoke again.

"He told me that he only stayed with the first two women so he could observe what happened to them during the pregnancy and the birth," he shook his head in disgust.

"How Taniyah and Maribell can not hate him for what he had done to their mothers I will never understand but that's how they had been raised." He glared at the floor in front of him.

"I'm sorry to hear that," Esme murmured while she wore a saddened expression that was filled with sympathy and compassion.

"Was there anything unusual about your growth?" Carlisle asked after a few moments.

"He was born with a set of fully developed teeth which is why I'm here now," Huilen grinned slightly, "Oh and only the males are venomous apparently. He was able to collect a lot of knowledge but he matured along with his age though he aged a little faster then human children. The growth a human baby needed a year for he accomplished in nine and a half months…" Then she looked directly at Edward and me.

"Watch out for adolescence you are going to love those years," she said with a sarcastic colour in her voice before she shook her head and threw her nephew a disapproving glance at which he blushed and looked very uncomfortable.

Emmett snickered which is why Nahuel shot him a dirty look.

"Some of us unfortunately never have the opportunity to leave those years behind," Jasper piped up staring at Emmett while he spoke.

"What?" Emmett exclaimed and we all chuckled.