The Twilight Twenty-Five

Prompt: Soft

Pen name: Feisty Y. Beden

Pairing: Alice x Jasper

Rating: T

Soft

I could still see every single face, every life I'd taken in my bloodlust. They whispered to me wherever I walked. Killer. Monster. Demon.

How could she love me, knowing what I'd done?

How could she love me, knowing what I was still so tempted to do?

Children. I killed children. Their ghosts tugged at my clothing as I walked by. Why? they asked, bewildered.

"Get away!" I shouted, breaking into a run.

But she found me. Always.

"Hush." She held me to her chest, humming sweetly, soft hands tangled in my hair.

I melted into her, my undeserved salvation.