Monsters Of Moonlight

Chapter Seventeen

Titan of Deaths Gates - the Family Pet.

Luna Remy Sallow-Uley

Luna was loath to admit that she had a truly wonderful time with Emmett and Jasper. After their time at the rink, the boys had taken her to a little café hidden just on the outskirts of town, it was a quaint little place with a rustic aesthetic and a lovely couple that ran it.

It was the kind of place she could see herself visiting again with a good book or her sketch pad.

Not to mention that it was more than a little entertaining to watch the two vampires pick, prod, and barely manage swallowing their food.

It was a lovely night to say the least, one that ended in laughter and smiles, Emmett trying and failing to steal a kiss or two along the way while she danced around him and Jasper laughed at them both.

The recent memories brought a smile to her face as she painted, hand gliding over a not-so-empty canvas her movements detailing the honey blonde curls she was growing so unwillingly fond of before staring into a pair of stunning amber eyes.

She'd been painting all weekend, barely sleeping Friday night after they'd dropped her off and instead finding herself drawn to her oils, several canvases dressed against the wall to dry, some detailing the forest outside before slowly transitioning into hyper realistic portraits of her two vampires.

Her two vampires?

Bollocks.

Groaning softly, Luna pulled away from the canvas, looking towards the ones against the wall, two particular paintings showing her mates in a light she would forever deny to truly see them in.

For Emmett, he was poised in a relaxed sitting position upon a large bounder by a flowing brook, the evergreens a dark veil around him as streams of sunlight broke through the emerald coverage, dancing across diamond skin, illuminating beautiful features that sparkled more due to the carefree grin on his face then the glittering alabaster of his flesh.

He was the literal picture of happiness and freedom. Someone that she found herself feeding off for that same jubilant light.

Jasper on the other hand was presented under raw moonlight, his surroundings consisting of a silver ridden, barren desert, the stars glittering above him, moonlight dancing over a caramel-coloured uniform while his golden curls more voluminous then usual due to the night breeze while his usual liquid amber eyes were a striking red, complimenting the ruby flecks dotting his uniform.

After what little they had spoken of Jaspers passed a few nights before, Luna couldn't help but let her mind project the new image of the vampire she now saw, one that wasn't that of a monster, rather a man who's scars truly complimented the soul inside.

She wasn't happy about his past as a confederate, if only for her hatred for prejudice but she admired the man she saw now, rather than the teenager that felt to have no choice in life that he had been before.

And despite her best efforts, as hard as she'd tried to shield and ignore the bond due to her own fear, she could see herself falling for them - could feel it already starting - indulging in the bond they shared.

Sighing, she rose from her stool, leaving the paints as they are before moving to her window, watching the rain outside before smiling softly, the shadows ensnarling her form before she found herself at the tree line outside.