Hope you guys like my last stories cuz this one's gonna be a good one too. It's all about Marcus finding a new soul mate and it turns out she's a very special person. Very very very special, even in the eyes of a sad, lonely over 3000 year-old vampire. Read and see how poor old Marcus finds peace with a ten-year old girl who returns to Volterra after ten years of wandering and remembering a deep pair of sad red eyes.

Marcus P.O.V.

It was a dark, yet lovely night to be out; unfortunately it wasn't so lovely for the humans outside our city of Volterra. My brothers and our guard were out destroying a pack of newborns created by a maniacal vampire who loved playing games with strong covens like us. Aro and Demetri tracked him down and disposed of him while the rest of the guard and I were out taking care of the newborns.

I was just finishing up when I smelled a new scent of blood; it was deliciously sweet with a hint of fear, and musk. I looked from the top of the large building I was standing on and spotted a pair of newborns, a man and a woman, and a human child being held by the female near an alley with a few bonfires close to them.

"Zaire come on we have to leave!" the man was shouting at the woman but the woman wouldn't move or release the child. It was strange, the woman was definitely a newborn yet she wasn't feasting on the child; I could see it was hers, and the man was her mate but the woman looked completely terrified.

"Get moving now or I'll drain that brat!" the woman looked at the child clinging tightly to her torso. I saw that if the woman could control herself around her own child then there would be a chance to let them both live. As I made my way down I spotted Jonathon, one of our untalented guards run towards them; the woman acted quick and shoved the child into the alley, obscured from Jonathon's sight just before he jumped on her and grabbed her neck; I jumped from my spot and held out my hand.

"No! Leave her! She's not a threat!" I shouted at him but Jonathon shook his head at me.

"Aro said to kill all the newborns no matter what, so she's no exception!" before I could move Jonathon tore off the woman's head and threw it into the fire; in an instant her body followed and turned into ash quickly. Jonathon was about to move towards the man when I went up behind him and ripped his arms off; he cried out and turned to me in agony.

"Master Marcus why?"

"You were not to defy me Jonathon, and for your disobedience you shall die!" I ripped his head off and threw it where he'd thrown the poor woman. I looked to see the man had disappeared, but I looked around and sniffed the air for the child. I heard a slight moan and went into the alley where a little girl, no older than ten, laid barely conscious on a pile of garbage bags. The girl looked half-starved with hardly any clothes on except a long shirt and torn shorts, bruises on her arms and legs, and she appeared to have dark circles under her eyes. Something inside me broke at the sight of her, like something was telling me to save her and get her to safety before my brothers found her.

"Uuuggh…" she moaned looking at me but it appeared as if she could hardly see me. In a few seconds her eyes shut but her heart was still beating so she couldn't have been dead.

"Stay with me little one, stay with me." I looked around to see if anyone was looking, and I covered her with my cloak and held her tight as I jumped from building to building until I spotted a hospital. Ambulances and sirens were everywhere with humans from car accidents and attacks from newborns that hadn't drunk from them but broke some bones. I quickly jumped down from my spot and sat her down near the ambulance and went back to the roof as the doctors and nurses carried her inside placing her on a stretcher.

An hour later:

I had been standing in the same space and I could see from the windows that the little girl was sleeping peacefully in a large room with bandages on her arms and legs along with an empty tray next to her bed. I was glad to see she was alright and well cared for; as I turned to leave I spotted Alec standing on the building next to the hospital.

"Aro sent me to find you; all the newborns have been dealt with and we need to get back to the palace." I nodded and began walking towards him when he stopped me.

"I saw you save her, that little girl from the alley?" I gripped his shoulders and he winced. "Master Marcus please I haven't said anything!" I didn't realize how tightly I had him until I felt his shoulders crack under my fingers. I released him and his flesh built itself together again.

"How much did you see?" he straightened up and looked me in the eyes.

"From when you killed that guard up until now; it's not my place to spy on you, but I guess it's better than Aro or Caius or any of the other guard."

"I can agree on that, but Aro will find out eventually."

"Why not just tell him yourself? If not now but later?"

"That's not your concern; right now I don't want anyone to know about her or what's happened." Alec bowed to me and nodded.

"Yes sir." I took one last look at the girl, and ran back with Alec to the palace where Jane and Felix were waiting for us.

"Welcome back Marcus. Aro's been wondering where you've been." Jane walked up and embraced Alec briefly before turning to me.

"I was out tracking a newborn that got away; thankfully I got to him in time before more humans were killed."

"That's good to know, humans are such fragile creatures." Jane smiled and I couldn't help but think she was right.

"Compared to us they are." I walked in front of them until we reached the throne room where the others were waiting, including Sulpicia and Athenodora with their arms wrapped around their mates. Aro spotted me and came over.

"Marcus we were wondering what happened to you, no problems I suppose?"

"No brother, nothing wrong in our midst."

"Wonderful!"

"Yes now if you'll excuse me I'm going to retire to my studio." Aro smiled and went back to Sulpicia while I left the room getting a quick glance from Alec. I walked up into my rooms and took a seat near the window. I couldn't stop thinking about that girl, why did I save her? I couldn't see much of a bond between me and her, yet I did. This would be puzzling me for a good while, that much I could tell.

'I'm glad I got her to safety.'

Aro P.O.V.

It's been nearly two days and yet Marcus had not returned from his quarters, it was beginning to worry me. Marcus had never been this distant with anyone before, not even after my dear sister Didyme died. I was pondering around in the library when I heard someone enter through the doors; I recognized it to be Alec and Jane coming my way.

"Master Aro, I'm sorry but Marcus asked not to be disturbed for the remainder of the day." Jane bowed to me and Alec stayed quiet.

"Thank you Jane. You may leave." They both moved to exit. "Wait Alec, you stay." Alec froze and Jane left looking at him and me.

"Yes Master?" I walked up to him and looked right into his eyes.

"Tell me again what took you so long to find Marcus?"

"I told you, he was out tracking a loose newborn and by the time I found him he'd finished."

"Really? Then why do I sense a fib coming from you?" before he could move I grabbed his hand a saw his thoughts. I could see Marcus moving in an alley, killing one of the guards after he killed a newborn woman, and saved a young child looking rather weak. I could see Marcus taking the child, a little girl, to the hospital and leaving her on the side near the front entrance. After I saw what I needed I pulled away from Alec.

"Interesting…" Alec looked afraid for a minute. "Go, I'll deal with you later." After he left I went off to find Marcus in his room. I knocked on the door but there was no answer. "Marcus it's Aro, we need to talk." A small moan came from the room. "It's about what happened two nights ago." The door opened and I was pulled inside fast. Marcus locked the door and looked at me with darkened eyes.

"What did he tell you?" he was acting strange, frantic yet concerned; I hadn't seen him like this in years.

"He didn't, his thoughts told me. What I don't understand is why save a human child and her mother? Why kill one of the guards?" Marcus gave me a hard look, I remembered that look from after my sweet sister was taken from us.

"Yes I saved her, but I couldn't save her mother. The woman was being mistreated by her mate, he was telling her to leave the girl but she wouldn't until he threatened to kill her so she threw her child into the alley before Jonathon killed her. I told him not to but he didn't listen, so I killed him and the man escaped."

"That's when you saved the child? Do you even know her?"

"No, but that child didn't deserve to die. She was already on the verge of death I didn't want her to suffer."

"She's just a human Marcus, I understand your sympathy for them but if she was already dying why didn't you leave her? Or end her suffering?" he went quiet and looked away from me; then a thought struck me.

"Marcus…do you have a bond with that girl?" he tensed but said nothing. "Marcus please talk to me, you know you can tell me anything?" he didn't move.

"Yes…"

"Then why didn't you come to me when it happened?" he turned and gave me the same hard look.

"Since when do I have to explain myself to you? I should be able to have some thoughts of my own."

"I understand, and I know why you couldn't bring her back here."

"The guard and Caius would've wanted her, she had a strong scent." I scratched behind my head.

"I was going to say that she is a risk, but unless you can tell me she didn't see you then I suppose that we could let it slide?"

"I don't know if she saw me, her eyes were blurred and she could barely move or talk."

"In a way you must've been a mystery to her. You do realize if she did see you she might tell someone?" he smiled slightly at me.

"I doubt anyone would believe her, she hit her head when she was pushed. Who would believe a ten-year-old with a head wound saw a vampire dead in the night?" I laughed a bit.

"That is true, but of course you also know what would happen if Caius found out?" that made him turn to me and hold my arms tightly.

"You won't tell him about her! This will be kept between us and Alec, no one else is to find out!" I struggled to get free and calmed him.

"This is safe with me brother, don't worry."

"Good, because all hell will break loose if the guard found out."

"Yes indeed, but what are you going to do if she doesn't come back?"

"I want her to experience life; if she doesn't come back then I'll find her again." I placed my hand on his shoulder and gave him some confidence.

"I'm sure she will return my dear brother. And I'm glad to know you might've found a new mate." We embraced briefly and I went for the door before turning back to Marcus. "Oh and please eat something, can't have you starving yourself now can we?" he nodded slightly and started straightening himself up. I closed the door behind me and kept thinking how glad I was Marcus found a new mate.

10 years later:

Girl's P.O.V.

My name is Maureen Octavia Lombardi, born on October 21, 1985. Since I was ten I've lived with my now deceased grandparents Lorenzo and Katarina Lombardi, who found me in the hospital after I was mysteriously rescued from the streets in Volterra, Italy. Life for me after that had gotten better, but the one thing I remembered most of that night was seeing a pair of deep, sad, blood-red eyes looking at me, telling me to hold on.

I don't remember everything that happened that night ten years ago, only the smell of smoke and dark figures surrounding me and my parents, after that only those eyes and that look. After I recovered my grandparents took me back to Venice.

As it turns out my grandparents were extremely wealthy. Grandpa owned a big trading company, one of the biggest on the planet and Grandma had been his business partner. After they took me in I became their adopted daughter; I became fascinated with the supernatural and myths like Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology, legends, and even vampires.

It occurred to me when I was twelve that Volterra had a special celebration once every year called St. Marcus Day, where they celebrate a man named St. Marcus who drove the vampires from the city thousands of years ago.

I had been paying much attention to vampires for years, and every time I reviewed the legends some things didn't add up right, like when it said vampires glitter instead of turning to ash when the sun hits them, or if their bodies were made of stone instead of dead skin and bones. Sooner or later I found a picture of the St. Marcus statue and it had the exact same eyes I remembered from that night, and the face was foggy but when I saw it I immediately recognized it.

While I was fiddling I felt vibrations on my floor, someone was at my bedroom door. I opened it to see my aunt with my two cousins.

"Are you ready to go? The jet is waiting…" she asked me.

"Yes, are my suitcases in the car?" I was going back to Volterra to retrace my steps of that night. I was going to visit the big city and I found out that apparently there had been some disappearances in the clock tower building. Some rendered it to be rumors; others called it a curse of the vampires.

"Yes, the jet is fueled up they're waiting for your arrival." Aunt Mariana and her boys hugged me goodbye as I made my way to the front door and into the limo. I kissed them each goodbye and the limo drove off towards the airport where my family's jet was waiting. As it drove off I kept trying to remember him, the man who saved me, whether he was real or not I had to find out.

'I hope to see you soon. Whoever you are…'

It's not much I know, but it gets better in the next chapter. Might be a while before I update so please keep it simple and let me know what you think of this alright? Later…