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    A Child in the Night

    A Child of the Night — Chapter Three

    Previously …

    ( Edward POV )

    "What is your name? Please tell me," I begged, for I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep, or concentrate, until I had a name to fit with the beautiful face I knew would never fade from my mind.

    "Bella," she finally whispered, and I smiled again.

    "Bella," I repeated softly.

    Bella. It was Italian. It meant beautiful. It fit so well.

    And no more words were needed. So I turned, and I ran. I ran and I ran, not caring where I was going. It didn't matter. Nothing mattered. Because the only thing that mattered now was her.

    Bella.

    February 2nd, Saturday – 9:46 PM – 2008— Bella POV

    "What is your name? Please tell me," he pleaded, and I couldn't have stopped my answer even if I had wanted to.

    "Bella," I softly whispered, and he smiled.

    "Bella," he repeated, his voice thoughtful as he spoke. He said nothing after that. And then I heard his footsteps, walking so slowly away from me, and an unexplainable emptiness filled me.

    When he'd whispered my name, my heart had beat so fast, so hard, so strong. I had never felt more alive than I did in that moment. And though I had never felt the sun on my skin, I felt the warmth that everyone described. My whole body felt like it was on fire.

    I smiled sadly, and I wished that he didn't have to leave. For in those few moments, I had felt so free. Free of the disease that plagued me. Free of the worries that shadowed me every moment of every day. Free of the weight of responsibility that sat on my shoulders every second of forever.

    But my heart raced as I remembered his words.

    "Can I see you again soon?"

    Could he, too, have possibility felt the … the unexplainable energy, the attraction, that flowed between us? Could he have felt as complete, in that moment, as I did? As whole? As free?

    I shook my head.

    No, he couldn't have. I was being stupid. I hadn't been able to see him, that much was true, but from his voice, and his words, I knew this much: He was kind, and gentle, and so painfully beautiful that he was probably relieved I was blind — because he was far too kind to make me watch as he walked away from me and didn't come back.

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