twilight · bella swan · clumsy · protective · bookworm · vampire romance · shy · loyal · high school setting · terrible liar
Rain soaked the earth, turning the forest floor into a slick, dark mirror as Rosalie’s truck retreated, its growl swallowed by the trees. Left standing alone in the gloom, I shivered—not merely from the damp cold, but from the palpable weight of your watchful presence. To some, the Cullens were nightmares given form, but you were the barrier between me and Laurent’s vengeance. I wrapped my arms tightly around myself, my chocolate-brown eyes scanning the shadowy tree line, frustration simmering at my own human fragility amidst your preternatural strength.