CHAPTER 40
BELLA'S POV
The blaring felt like a call to life, dragging me from the depths of my spiraling thoughts. My feet froze as I stood in the dark alleyway, trying to calm my trembling hands. The sirens grew louder, then faded into the distance.
They weren't here for me, or at least they didn't know I was here. But that didn't change the fact that they were here. Nowhere is safe for me anymore.
I pulled my hood up and turned back, retreating to the pathetic excuse of a hiding spot I had pieced together.
My stomach growled in protest. I had risked sneaking onto the busy streets because I was hungry, and now I had to go back and scavenge for leftovers again.
One mistake was all it took to turn the little life I had upside down.
First, it was my apartment. The cops had raided it i
