Althea Ravenwood Swan was Bella Swan's sister. After Charlie got Renee pregnant, they'd begun to have issues, fighting everyday. Until finally Renee chose to break up their relationship and staying until giving birth and could finally take Bella and...
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ALTHEA's POV
Five months had passed since it happened. Five lonely and harsh months.
My mother had officially died, and I didn't know how to feel. She had committed suicide, I understood why of course. We'd only talked about her decision pretty much all my life. And that impending doom was held over my head ever since. But the longer we talked about it, the easier it was to let go. And even though I felt better about the fact that my mother had died, it didn't change the fact that it stung.
My mother was a vampire, the only one of her kind at the time until I came along of course. She'd spent decades on this Earth looking for a way out. The sun didn't harm her, neither did weapons, or drowning, or suffocation. She came back every single time. And every single time she became even more determined to find new ways to end her misery.
But she had finally did it. Apparently a steak to the heart was all she needed to take her last breath. It was a quick but poetically beautiful goodbye.
The good thing about her was that she never made me feel less than. Despite wanting to die, she let me know that it had nothing to do with me. She lived centuries upon centuries, never really knowing what to do with herself. And she wanted to rest, she never asked for an eternal life. She was a simple woman who wanted a simple life and she felt that she imposed the earth far too long with her life.
In those months I grieved her while taking care of everything that I needed to take care of. My mother isolated herself from the world as much as she could, but that didn't mean she didn't have business that needed tending to.
She believed she was some type of monster most of the time and wanting to live as human as possible was her way of coping. She built businesses, partnerships with people almost as old as her. And so she built an empire behind the scenes. She had fortune beyond what many would think of. And so with her death, came my inheritance. I would gain everything she worked hard for. It was all mine to do with it what I pleased.
But again, my mother had prepared me for this all my life. She made it clear she loved me and raised me as best as she could and for that I held great love for her. But she was a realist, and so she also reminded me that although she was made to live forever, she would find a way out at all cost. And I understood.
During this time, I had learned that Bella had gotten married and had a child and resided in Forks still with her new family. I felt great pride. She was young still, but she made that happen.
We didn't talk as often as we used to. We used to be super close as kids, but unfortunately things happened and we didn't see each other anymore. We sent emails back and forth, a few phone calls every so often. And ever since she took residence in Forks I hadn't heard much from her. But then again, I also didn't communicate as much either.
