A Twist to Twilight

Chapter 4

Althea POV

It's 1922, I am finally back, now I lost track of my father, I haven't spoken to him in years. I searched but couldn't find him alone; I went to Baltimore and Chicago. And you know what? I decided to track him the supernatural way. I found this woman over a decade ago in New Orleans who could do voodoo magic and I saw her curse someone too. This stuff is real.  I asked her if she could help me find my father and she agreed, she found him and I went on my merry way, even though I was skeptical at first over the whole ordeal.

I found him, I knocked on his door, and instead of finding my father,  a woman opened up. A vampire woman. No, he found a mate , I think in disbelief.

"Hello, can I help you?" she asks nervously, but smile anyway. She must have noticed my scent and appearance. I look at her, narrowing my eyes.

"Hello. Yes, I am looking for Carlisle Cullen. Is he here?" I ask her.

"He is currently at work. Is there anything you need from him?" She asks suspiciously and with a hint of jealousy in her voice.

This is going to be good, I think.

"Sorry, What is your name?" I ask her.

"Esme"

"Well, Esme, What I need from him is time, love and affection," I state to her.

She looks ready to burst and attack me, when we see my father driving his own car, he stopped in front of the house.

"Althea!" My father yells excitedly, running at vampire speed towards me, and he hugs me tightly.

"I have missed you dearly daughter" He says, in an English accent (It's still funny because his accent only changes back when he speaks to me).

Esme relaxed slightly, "Oh so this is Althea you mentioned".

"Esme dear, this is Althea, Althea this is Esme, my mate" He introduces us.

"I assumed as much father. I apologize for earlier. I wanted to see the type of person you are and I thought that you could be my father's mate. I wanted to see how you react to a woman asking about your mate"

"You did what?" my father hissed at me, protective for Esme's case.

This is so sweet! Look at him being all protective.

I just grin widely at him, then looking at Esme,  "Welcome to the family," I tell her, hugging her tightly as well.

She looks taken aback by my hug, but grins back and we walk inside.

"I have so many stories to tell you Esme, especially all those embarrassing ones. This is going to be so much fun" I tell her excitedly.

"Althea, we also have to tell you a few things" My father states.

"Alright, let's take a seat then."

We sat down and my father told me about Edward who has left a few months ago and he will probably visit soon. He told me about his new job and about Esme. And Esme told me about herself.

I told them about some of my travels and that this village attempted to kill me for some sacrificial rite. My father looked upset at that and Esme looked uncomfortable with the whole situation.

After a few hours of catching up and getting to know one another I drifted off to sleep for the first time in nine years. This normally happens when I am with my father or Belinda and Johnathan. Esme was freaked out over this even if my father did explain it to her before about my ability but I think he forgot to mention the sleeping part. I normally sleep for an hour or two.