Chapter 1

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EC POV

Life since the incident with the nomad vampires was a lot different than before. I now had a human girlfriend who I now knew for sure was just my singer but I was too afraid to tell her that, being too afraid of hurting her and the uncertainty of whether she would tell others of our secret should I leave her to live her human life and I wouldn't have had to make that decision had it not been for him.

The day started normally and after picking up Bella from her house for school, we arrived to rumors of a new student. He was male from what I had gathered from the glimpse I caught in the teen's minds but other than that, nothing else was known about him, not even his name and people were curious to know more. I didn't think much of it and my family and I entered the school when they arrived a minute after me and Bella. I listened idly to Rosalie and Emmet's excitement about the new car parked just a few spaces to where ours were but my attention was more on Bella and her stories of Phoenix and her childhood which weren't exactly gripping but she was my girlfriend and both my mother's raised me to be a gentleman and so I paid all my attentions to her and her only.

Classes went as they normally did, nothing out of the ordinary and thoughts pf the new student completely escaped my mind although I did overhear his name from the gossipy girl Jessica who wouldn't shut up about how good looking he was to her friends and I found it weird that we didn't share the same classes but Jessica also answered that question for me, because it was his first day here and there were some things that needed sorting out, he wouldn't attend classes with us today, he would officially start tomorrow. I stopped paying attention after that and the rest of the day went in relative calmness and I spent the night watching over Bella like every other night before though I couldn't get rid of the feeling of being watched but there was no foreign scents that I could smell and I didn't see nor hear anyone but given recent events, I chalked it up to me being paranoid about Victoria seeking to avenge her fallen mate, I should have known better than to assume.

The next day is when things started getting out of hand for me. I drove Bella to school and the chatter about the new addition to the town and school had died down.

Everything changed during our first lesson though.

There was a knock at the door during biology and Mr. Molina called out for whomever it was to enter and in walked a God. He was 6"3' with midnight hair and eyed that looked like they held all the secrets of the universe. What struck me the most about him however was the quietness of his mind, I couldn't hear his thought and that shocked me because it want like Bella because when trying to read Bella's thought, it feels like something is blocking me, some kind of shield while he just felt empty, like there was nothing there and that baffled and fascinated me so much that I missed the introductions and the lesson. I only came out my trance like state when the bell rang, signaling the end of class and I had to leave for another one.

I still hadn't gotten his name and that just felt wrong so I probed into Jessica's mind when she passed by me, she would know given how much attention she would gave to new student and I learned that his name was Damian Jameson and he grew up in the Scottish highlands but did most of his schooling in London thus explaining his strange accent. I decided to investigate further at lunch with my family there, for now I would see what else I could find by chance.

Lunch came sooner than I had expected but I was no less excited to be with my family, their thoughts soothed me and allowed me to escape from the loud thoughts of other people in the building. Their minds were familiar territory and I felt calmer in their presence than I did anywhere else.

The new student, Damian came about halfway through lunch with nothing but an apple in his hands and he sat at the far end of the lunch room alone and he didn't try to socialize with anyone no matter how had Jessica kept trying to get his attention. I knew he noticed it because his eyes flashed with amusement before he went back to ignoring her.

"I can't feel his emotions" muttered Jasper distractedly, looking at Damian with curiosity and caution clear in his gaze and an unknown emotion in his eyes.

"I can't read his mind either"

"Maybe he's like me?" chimed in Bella

"I don't think so. He can feel your emotions clearly" I told her gesturing at Jasper.

We were now openly staring at him with the exception of Rosalie who no matter how indifferent she tried to look, I knew she was as curious as the rest of us. He saw us staring at him but she showed no outward sign of being uncomfortable or surprised which was another anomaly given that most people would probably be stammering and blushing at having our full attention but he didn't seem to care one bit, interesting.

The vibrating of a phone disturbed our concentration a little bit but when we heard his voice answering, we were once again watching him like hawks. There was just something about him that called out to me and I wondered if that was what my siblings were feeling too.

He didn't even check the caller I.D. before answering.

"Hello lítið hrafn" he answered quite cheerfully in French though I didn't understand what came after the 'hello'.

"Don't you 'little raven' me. You shouldn't have left without telling me. Anyway there's someone here who wants to talk to you" chimed an angelic voice like bells.

"Like you didn't know already know that I was leaving! Who is it with you? I am curious to know" he replied with an amused tone.

"Hello H. Can you imagine my surprise when I heard that you had taken this little vacation without even thinking about informing me? If I was anyone else, I would be quite offended you know?" said a new emotionless male voice.

"It's a good thing then that you are just not anybody else and come on, when have I ever told anyone of my plans huh? Anyway there is certainly no need to make such a fuss over such a small matter, I will visit you soon after Tokyo and everything so in a week I will be there with you" Damian said, still with that amused voice as before.

"That just makes me feel all so warm inside" replied the other man dryly

"No need for sarcasm dear. You know how I am so my disappearing act couldn't have been that shocking but I am curious as to why you called? There must be a reason or you wouldn't have bothered at all." He had a humorless smile on his lips.

"I'm trying to escape your sister's madness. The woman had the audacity to take over my manor and start a sword tournament and since everybody here is pretty much in fear of her, he conned them all into participating. Anyway I have to go, some paper work to finish and excuses to come up with so I don't get roped in too. Goodbye." The voice was still emotionless though I could detect a hint of amusement in it before I heard some rustling as if someone else was taking the phone and I was proved right a second later when that female voice answered again.

"You know I love you sis but a sword tournament, really?"

"Of course, what else am I supposed to do? It's so boring you know? Anyway I have to go, the tournament starting is about to start, you sure are missing out on a lot of fun"

"Whatever you say halvmåne, tell me who wins the tournament alright? Don't scare them too much, Tom is quite fond of them."

All that conversation happened in a span of a minute and nothing much was revealed about him except that he had one crazy sister who he was evidently very fond of. I was ever so curious to know more about him for reason that I was unwilling to explore right now, at least not until I had talked to my family.

"Curious, even I can't see his future. Just who is he?" questioned Alice, looking unnaturally serious.

"I guess we will find out" I told her looking straight at Damian who finally seemed to have noticed us and i dont know if it was just my imagination but I could have sworn that I saw his lips upturn in amusement at my last sentence as if he had heard exactly what I had said which was not possible because I could hear his heartbeat, he was human, at least I thought he was.

'Just what secrets do you hold' I asked myself. I guess I will just have to find out.