Wrapped Around Her Finger
Chapter 1
A 16-year-old Ella Keyes walked through the cobbled streets of a small countryside town called Volterra at night. She and her mom had came here for a brief spring break vacation in hopes of getting a short time off from their difficult lives back in America where Ella's mom had just finalized her divorce. Her mom had Ella convinced that getting away from it all would be appropriate for their situation. Still during the nights, Ella spent her time quietly sobbing to herself and wondering where her life went wrong, she blamed the separation of her parents only on herself.
Tears of frustration unwillingly shed from her eyes as Ella began to notice that after an hour of walking, she had only made a full circle around the town. As the town was still experiencing the shift of winter to spring, a gust of chilly wind engulfed the area where she stood making Ella pull her jean jacket closer to herself and more tears roll down her cheeks.
"Excuse me miss, but I couldn't help but notice you seem a bit lost." A deep velvety voice spoke from one of the dark crevices in a tall building. Ella sniffed and used the back of her hand to wipe away her salty tears. "Yes, I am. I have no clue where I am or the way back to where my mom and I are staying." She meekly replied. "If you don't mind, I can take you back to my home where you can contact your mother." The man stepped out of the dark into the dim moonlight. She gasped at the man, he was exceptionally good-looking with chocolaty brown locks and ivory skin. He slightly smirked and offered an arm to Ella. She blushed before intertwining her own arm in his.
"My name is Alec, by the way." He told her as they began walking through the empty streets. "Oh, I'm Ella."
"I can see by your accent that you are not from around here, you are from America, am I not correct?" She nodded "Yep. I'm supposed to be here for vacation but all it's turned out to be is horrible time." A few tears welled up in her eyes at the thought. "May I know why?" Alec questioned. Ella shook her head back and forth "I-It's a bit of a long story, and besides I don't think you'd want to hear it…" She automatically bit her lip out of habit. "Well I am sure we have more than enough time for you to tell it before we reach our destination." She looked up at him with disbelief; in return he gave her a smile urging her to speak. In Alec's head he wondered why he was so willingly kind to this girl, this human girl. Instead of looking for a late night snack, he had stumbled across more than just a piece of meat.
Ella proceeded to explain to him about her life back in America where her parents had recently divorced and how her mother's only intention was to sleep with different guys from the local bar than to spend time with her own daughter. He offered his sympathy but she replied with "I don't want your pity, it is the last thing of my very long list of things I'd want."
"And what is at the top?" Alec asked curiously. "You'd probably laugh at me." She answered; he shook his head insisting she tell. "Well, I've always dreamed of love; hopefully one day I'll find that right person." She ended with a dreamy sigh. "But unfortunately, I highly doubt I ever will." Alec didn't quite know how to respond to her answer so he kept quite while directing them towards the bell tower in the center of town. Ella on the other hand, had believed she had scared the beautiful boy off with her answer.
After twenty minutes, the bell tower struck one o'clock and the duo had reached the town square. "Were here," Alec softly murmured to Ella who was practically a walking zombie. "The clock tower is this really where you live." He nodded as they walked up the small stairs and into the front hall. The lights were dimmed setting a soft gold glow over everything in its path, Alec looked towards the receptionist desk where usually Gianna sat dutifully running different operations for the Volturi but then recalled how late it was. After centuries of not sleeping, he occasionally had difficulty remembering time.
At his side Ella let out an audible yawn, "If you would like, you may spend the rest of the night here and call you mother in the morning." Ella wanted to reject his offer and go home but was simply too exhausted. She nodded and Alec smiled. Quietly he led her to his bedroom where she dropped on his bed and fell into a deep sleep. He smiled to himself at how beautiful she looked. Wait, he thought, she is only a human merely food he shouldn't, couldn't be feeling this way about a human girl.
He stepped out into the hallways to get some air without the scent of a human. "Alec?" His twin sister Jane stood in front of him with a permanent scowl etched to her face which he had become accustomed to after the years.
"Oh, hello Jane," He politely greeted her "Is there anything you need?" She raised an eyebrow "Is there a human in your room?"
"Erm, well you see, it's quite a story…" Jane wove her hand to quiet him "Brother, get to the point. Is there or is there not a human in there?" Alec sighed, admitting about Ella asleep in his bed. "So I take it as you wanted her awake to kill her then, having them awake is so much more invigorating." An evil glint sparked in her dark maroon eyes. All though in the past Alec would have enjoyed Jane's idea, he couldn't bear the thought of hurting the defenseless girl.
"You do plan on eating her, right?" Alec could not reply leaving his jaw to drop. "I-I wasn't planning on it…" he quickly muttered underneath is breath. Jane's expression was livid "Alec! Never in all of eternity would I have thought you'd like a human. Of all creatures! I would rather see you like a dog then a human, they are food not some sort of plaything."
"Sister, please drop it. I will speak to Aro in the morning; we may not have to kill her Jane. She does not know anything, I didn't tell her anything. She was lost and I offered her a place to stay until morning." Alec insisted. Jane stormed off angry and most like to cause pain to a lesser pawn of the Volturi guard. Alec could hardly believe himself and truly understood Jane's perspective of him. Through the years, they made pacts to never fall for a human but then, they never thought they would. How could a girl he had only known for a short amount of time (with little conversation between the two) have such effect on him?
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