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BOOK FOUR
TWILIGHT CONTINUED
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SYNOPSIS
Two years had passed; we still lived in Spain while our family life remained the same.
Thomàs' obstetrical practice with his two partners was thriving but because there were three physicians instead of one it was possible for Thomàs to have plenty of free time with his family; his family comprised of me, our four children and Jenny Cullen; his children's names were Thomàs Alexander, Isabella Marie, Michael Henry and Elizabeth Mason, the last two were twins and all four were surnamed De Volturi Del Conti but Jenny Cullen was the adopted daughter of Edward Cullen and myself.
Thomàs and Edward were my husbands' and actually I had two more husbands besides, Aro Senior and Aro junior; Aro senior lived in a castle in Volterra, Italy but came to see me often, he was very old but had insisted on marrying me, I found I loved him very much. Even though he was very old with papery white skin, he had long straight black hair and was very tall and very strong; he was a full blooded vampire but was human when his vampire wife conceived his first son Thomàs, who was then a part vampire, part human. Aro was changed to a vampire by his wife who had insisted on the marriage but he continued his existence without her and eventually became the most powerful vampire in the world; it was many years later that he met me after having many women but wanting none to keep.
From the moment he saw me as a human girl of eighteen, he wanted me and even though I had recently married Edward Cullen, he was determined to have me; I went to him very easily because he mesmerized me and we made love, it turned out that Edward wanted this, he and his family were proud to have such a great man claim me. During the course of our relationship, he wanted to give me some children and he did with the help of another woman named Sarah who died after the birth of twins. I became their mother and named them, the boy was named Aro Edward Carlos and the girl was named Carlotta Renesme Rose; as they were part vampire and part human, they grew much faster and matured much faster than full human children and soon passed Jenny our human child.
Aro senior encouraged Aro junior to participate with our love making because the plan was that he would eventually become my husband; I found out that vampires had certain rules or laws and one was a birthright. The father's wife, if she was not the one who bore the child, could be claimed by the son to be his wife or lover; Thomàs has already claimed me and married me and so Aro junior did the same thing, Aro junior was at present attached to the Italian navy because he had treated me badly and I was now seven months pregnant with his child.
Edward was my main love because he changed me into a vampire at my request and so his venom ran through my veins, his age was very deceiving because even though he looked seventeen, he was actually much older, he was originally from the turn of the twentieth century but wore his hair in a modern style, short but tousled on top; he was the vampire who had introduced me to my present existence.
Edward was pursuing his dream of becoming a surgeon and by now he'd finished with medical school and was doing a residency in the USA in New Hampshire, he had given me a cell phone so Jenny and I could talk to him every night and he came to see us during semester breaks. He had no choice but to take some lovers who requested him and Tanya from Denali was one of them; she finally got her way with him but he wasn't eager for her affection, he much preferred me.
Thomàs was an obstetrician, he was a younger version of his father with the same long dark hair, but still much older than me, and he had assisted me with all my pregnancies and deliveries; he was one of the most gentle, kind men any girl could want but very strict with me especially with regard to my pregnancies, he watched me like a hawk and there was nothing about me he didn't know including every part of my body and every way to stimulate me.
I loved him with the same devotion he had for me, he was a wonderful father and his children loved and respected him; he wouldn't even look at another woman now he had me although he had been by no means celibate before meeting me.
I also belonged to a second family and spent part of my time with them because we all lived very close, my second family comprised of Enrique Salazar, one of my lovers and who had provided me with two children, one boy, named after his father, Enrique Jose and a girl named Rosalinda.
Enrique chose not to marry me because he wasn't ready to settle down with just one woman, he had other women who chose him as their lover and who paid to honor him but he had chosen me and insisted on paying to honor me; he also chose my mother Renee to be his lover and she divorced Phil who had cheated on her. Carlotta, Aro senior's twin daughter had matured sufficiently and she was taken by Enrique as a virgin to be his lover; now however, she had other lover's including Edward and Thomàs' two partners, this was with Enrique's blessing.
Enrique took his women very seriously, he was overly protective to us and worried if we weren't where we should be, when we should be, he didn't have as much problem with Renee and Carlotta as he did me so he placed a chain around my waist and the other end was attached to a wrist bracelet which was held by whoever he designated, my husbands', lovers, my companion Emma or Jed my riding instructor.
Enrique had accidentally impregnated Renee who was human but with the assistance of Carlisle and Thomàs, she survived and had a healthy half vampire child, this child was named after Enrique's mother and her name was Ana Maria; Renee could no longer have more children because she had needed a hysterectomy after giving birth, all of us including Renee were relieved.
Enrique lived within walking distance to Thomàs' home, as did Edward's family; we were part of a vampire community in this area. Edward's family consisted of his parents, Carlisle, an eminent physician and his wife Esme, Jasper Hale and Alice Cullen and Emmett and Rosalie Hale.
One of the vampire laws had been for women and men to be prepared to honor other men or women at their request, I had been considered desirable by several men and forced to go to them with my husbands' permission, and because of this I had acquired several lovers, some of whom lived close by.
One lover was Mr. Moreno, a vampire who lived next door to Enrique, he lived alone but Enrique trusted him implicitly, they had been friends for many years, Enrique had sent me to him originally but I enjoyed his company as well as his sex.
Two lovers who lived close by were Siegfried and Antonio who were Thomàs' obstetric partners and shared call with him, Thomàs had sent me to them, he wanted his partners to share what he had; I cared for both of them very much even though Antonio was a huge giant of a man and sexually intimidating at first, Siegfried was a lot like Thomàs, gentle and kind.
Another lover I had was Wolfgang O'Rourke, he was my original lover who forced me to have sex with him initially because I needed to get used to the vampire law; if he hadn't persuaded me, the board would have made an example of me and taken away Aro senior's existence; Wolfgang was Aro's lawyer as well as friend and as a result he became my lover as well as my friend, his wife also was now my friend and because of her, they had moved into a home close by us so we saw them a lot.
Marcus was Aro senior's brother who lived at the castle in Volterra, he had begged Aro to allow me to become his lover and eventually Aro gave in; I considered Marcus to be like my grandfather before we started having sex but I still called him grandfather and he and I had many conversations about things I couldn't discuss with my husbands'. I loved him very much and he liked my nectar, the nectar discouraged him from drinking the blood of humans and until we moved from Italy, he would drink from me daily when we made love; when Aro senior came to see me, he would always return with plenty of nectar for Marcus who never left the castle despite my constant encouragement. I was unable to visit him often because Thomàs wouldn't allow me to travel after I was three months pregnant so he had to rely on the nectar I pumped from my breasts.
My nectar was popular with all my husbands' and lovers even though most of them were 'vegetarians'; because they all liked to drink from me as well as my children, I had a constant supply, the more that was removed, the more was replenished. As a result, I was sometimes overflowing and my breasts would enlarge to accommodate the nectar even to the point I would feel tight and sore. All of us continued to live as nudists for the most part and so my breasts were readily available if my men or my children wanted to drink.
In Denali, Alaska, Mr. Randy Johnson lived with his wife, a lover I rarely saw and then the board members or husbands of the female board member's came occasionally to enjoy me because they all resided in Volterra. There had been a split in the board because some of them were upset from an incident that occurred two years prior and new board members had been chosen to replace them.
Emma my human companion, had become involved with my father, Charlie and became pregnant, we had hoped Charlie would retire and live close by us but so far he remained the police chief in Forks, Washington State, USA, he wasn't aware of the child Emma had given birth to and because of her involvement with vampires, she wasn't allowed to tell him or encourage him to come to her; she accepted this because she was very loyal but hoped that one day, she and Charlie could live together near us with their child, who was named after his father.
All of the vampires I was surrounded by were very strong and very intelligent, this included my children who were part vampire, all the vampires were wealthy and none of us worried about money; some of the vampires had special talents. Aro senior could read minds if he touched even briefly the person whose mind he wished to read, he had many other talents such as being able to travel from one place to another without the use of transportation. Edward could also read minds, he didn't have to touch the person but he had to be in close enough proximity; his sister Alice could see into the future when she was concentrating on a certain person, her mind could form pictures of what someone else planned to do, her lover, Jasper was able to calm or heighten a situation.
I also had abilities, one of which was to see visions or nightmares, for the past two years I had been plagued by the same vision which I could never understand but which I knew had something to do with Aro junior, I had so far been able to avoid telling anyone about my vision even though it caused me to toss and turn in bed and sometimes I would perspire greatly; no one was able to get into my mind to read what was there and so my thoughts were my own. Alice however, had been asked to watch out for me by Edward unbeknownst to me, she had pictures in her mind which she related to Edward but none were clear and would change if some ones mind changed.
The vampire law which required men and women to go to those who requested to honor them had now been changed and it was not a forced requirement anymore, it gave people the choice whether they wanted to or not, Enrique, Edward and I chose to keep the lovers we had but didn't feel the need to accept anymore; our existence had therefore settled down to one of contentment and seemed complete.
Young Aro was making a name for himself in the navy, rising in rank and gaining respect as an officer by his superiors; he had even done some heroic acts to enhance himself but as a part vampire man he was able to arrange his heroism to complement himself and so his fellow vampires, particularly his father could see through the tricks he played on the humans.
Aro senior was not pleased with his son's conniving and there was a great deal of animosity between father and son; young Aro however, continued to play his tricks regardless of his father's disapproval.
What no one realized at the time was that young Aro had taken to drinking human blood, all his victims were young women who he had seduced and who he either killed or changed; the women he changed became full vampire newborns who also craved human blood, they in turn attacked men who they seduced and killed but as each vampire woman matured from their newborn state, they were able to change their men into full vampires.
In two years Aro had a large band of vampires of whom he was the leader, they lived in an abandoned farmhouse in Italy and fixed it up to suit their needs; Aro had settled his vampires there but continued in the navy to allay suspicion of his extracurricular activities. Some of the seamen on board his ship were also vampires of his own making and at every port the ship berthed, people disappeared; the bodies at first were hidden but then some vampires became careless and the discovered bodies caused suspicion of a serial killer who exsangrinated his victims, the crew of the ship were not immediately suspected by the authorities.
Aro senior had washed his hands of his son's mischief but even so, as international news began to spread, he became suspicious that the deaths were somehow connected to vampires but he didn't connect them to his son.
In the mean time a linkup occurred between the dethroned board members and the new vampires, the ex board members now had their leader; how fitting it should be Aro seniors own son.
