an extension to Twilight

chapter 10

Chapter-10

The room was dark as the lights were off with only light coming from outside. It was so quite that I could hear both mine and Elizabeth’s breathing.

She leaned back into the chair and a distant look covered her face like she was in a very deep thought. I was getting impatient with every passing moment. “So” I raised an eyebrow. She just shook her head, indecision clear in her face.

“I just don’t know from where to start” she said.

“Why don’t you just start from the beginning?” I suggested.

“Okay” she nodded, and a sad smirk played on her lips, “the beginning” she mumbled and it was me this time who nodded.

She took a long breath and cleared her thought, “so you saw what happened to Chris..?” she asked and I just gave her a nod. “What do you think about it..?” she questioned and I got confused.

“What do you mean by what i think about it..?” I countered.

“I meant to say what you think he is..?” she cleared my confusion. I got a little uncomfortable; although I know I am not wrong but just saying it out loud feels weird. “Hmm..?” she pressed when I didn’t answer.

“Werewolf” I said so low that I doubt she heard it but she did because she gave a small sarcastic laugh. I gave her a hard look n she sobered up and then continued.

“You know that is one misconception which altered my life. I won’t say for bad, but it sure felt like that at that time.” She explained which irritate me more because she is not explaining anything, on the other hand confusing me more.

“There is a difference between a werewolf and a shifter...?” She said.

“Shifter..?” I asked. Now what the hell this is.

“Yes shifter. A werewolf only can change on a full moon but a shifter can change whenever it wants. But that’s not the only difference, although it was the basic one.” She explained.

“So Chris is a shifter.” I said and she nodded. “So how does one become a shifter..?”

“Well it’s all in the genes of a person. If you are a descendent of a shifter and if you came in contact with a vampire then your genes gets triggered and your body started to change. It’s a long and very painful process but that’s how one fully becomes a shifter” She continued but glanced at me at ‘vampire’, which as she thought, caught my attention.

“Vampire..?” i asked and she just shook her head. “Why you didn’t think of that..?”

“No I was just wondering, if there’s any mythical creature left now” I replied.

“I know it’s hard for you but you just have to keep an open mind” I nodded and she continued, “Yes vampires do exist and it’s the duty of a shifter to kill vampires. We are enemies by nature. The girl in the woods you saw that day was a vampire, and Chris was just trying to save you. You should by now know that he can’t ever hurt, in fact he is incapable of hurting you.”

“What do you mean by incapable of hurting me...?” I asked, as this is the thing which I already knew, maybe I was not ready to accept it but now that as she has said it I wanted to know why.

“Because you are his imprint” she said but it didn’t ring a bell in my head. She must have gauged my confused reaction so she went on saying, “in other words mates, more like soul-mates. Every shifter has one that person who is destined to be for him or her only, they are both physically and mentally perfect for each other and once a shifter find his or her imprint then its only them they want. They will do anything and everything in their will to keep them happy, so they are in a way, incapable of hurting their mates.”