FANFIC1997
My name is Carlie Lillian Cullen, and while the world swooned over my golden-haired sister, Renesmee, I was the shadow they chose to tuck away, the living reminder of a pregnancy that defied every law of nature. Unlike Renesmee, who burned through childhood in a blur of rapid growth and vampire grace, I aged with the agonizing, grueling pace of a human girl, forced to endure every stunted milestone while the rest of my family remained frozen in time. They exiled me to Forks under the quiet watch of Charlie and Sue, treating my very existence like a secret they were desperate to keep from the world, but sixteen years of silence haven't erased the sting of abandonment. Now, as they step back into my life with practiced, placid smiles, they act as if they didn't discard me like a broken toy, as if they didn't leave me to rot in the cold reality of a human life while they played at immortality. They gaze at me with hollow, apologetic eyes, seemingly unaware that while they were busy perfecting Renesmee's life, I was busy learning exactly how much I could hate the monsters who called themselves my parents.