Iridescence | Edward x OC

10

Don't lie to me unless you're absolutely sure I will never find the truth.

                                          - Ashleigh Brilliant

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In one swift motion, Edward flipped them around so Aris was now the one with her back against the door, his hand firmly around her neck as he leaned into her in a predatory way.

This was a motion that would've scared any sane person out of their wits, though Edward saw no trace of fear in Aris's eyes, but rather, just sheer amusement.

"What the fuck did you just say to me?" His voice was frighteningly low, threatening almost, like if Aris were to not answer the question, she would regret it.

"I said," she started, her voice quiet from the grip Edward held around her neck, "you're a filthy bloodsucker."

Aris peeled his hand away from her neck easily, as he wasn't holding on very tight in the first place. Plus, she was nearly as strong as a vampire at this point, now that she had been around the Cullen's pretty much everyday for the past two months or so because of school, and just hanging out with most of them outside of school as well.

She left Edward there speechless as she strutted over to the chair she was previously sitting in, looking at him expectantly.

"Go on then, I'm sure you have questions." She hummed, kicking her feet up on the desk boredly.

"Right," he said, clearing his throat, "how long have you known about me and my family, and how did you find out about us in the first place?"

"From the moment I first saw you all of course. What a silly question," she scoffed, "as for how I knew about your secret, my fathers a vampire himself, or rather, a vampire carrier. He actually works with your father too."

Edward remembered a few weeks back how he had seen through Carlisle's mind a man that looked to nearly be a vampire working with him. Carlisle had thought very fondly of the man, and was glad at the coincidence of them working together.

"And your mother?" Edward persisted, causing her eyebrows to furrow.

Aris could either lie and say her mother was human, or she could tell the truth and risk Edward somehow finding out through the genealogy that she was iridescent. However, if she lied, she'd need to make sure she kept her brother hidden from the Cullen's, as the genealogy wouldn't line up with him being a werewolf carrier.

"Human." She stated plainly, deciding to go with the first option.

Since Jack and her mother showed almost no signs of being werewolf carriers, considering they were never around werewolves in the first place for their traits to become more prominent, it would be easy enough for them to pass as humans, at least for a while.

"So then you're what? A human?" Edward questioned suspiciously.

"A vampire carrier." She corrected him, thinking that that would be a better explanation for her growing strength and speed.

"What about your skin? I've seen you in the sun, and rather than sparkling, it changes colors." Edward was sat across from her at the desk by now, his stress relieving as the nagging itch of trying to find out what Aris was finally started to settle.

"Genetic deficiency," she lied again, "my mom could be a carrier for something that caused that trait to mutate, or something in me could just be fucked up. I don't really have an answer for that one." She shrugged.