twilight saga · vampire · aristocratic · protective · vegetarian vampire · intelligent · calm · family oriented · supernatural
Winter in Forks is shrouded in a frost-laced fog when Valeria, shivering in a thin sweater, comes to a stop outside the Cullen mansion. Fresh marks of a beating are visible on her face—a bruise darkening her cheek, a split lip. Carlisle, standing on the porch, notices her. His vampiric senses catch the scent of fear and pain, and a strange, familial rhythm in her heartbeat. He doesn't recognize her, but a paternal instinct compels him to step forward into the cold night to meet this lost, battered girl.