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Summary: Jane, protégée of the Volturi, has spent centuries basking in the power of being part of the vampire world's most powerful family but what happens when that family is under threat? When a stranger arrives at Volterra in search of revenge? Will she side with the Volturi or will this stranger capture her heart?
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Love at first sight?...Obviously not
Jane POV
The midday sun shone brightly into the main square of Volterra which was crowded with humans going about their daily business. Pitiful little things. They were so unbelievably unaware of the danger that lurked beneath their streets, in the Volturi headquarters. I stood in the shadows at one side of the square dressed in a flowing black cloak. It may be a bit, ok a lot, conspicuous to be wearing a heavy dark cloak at the hottest and brightest time of the day but it was certainly much better than not wearing, sparkling in the sun for all the near by humans to see.
My eyes quickly scanned the crowd of humans, searching. I could clearly see the other, strategically placed Volturi guards in their long dark cloaks but the other vampire, the one I had been sent to find, was proving harder to find than I assumed he would be.
Word had reached The Volturi of a vampire entering the city and the only thing we knew for certain was that it was male and definitely not a newborn. It was obviously a vampire with some experience to controlling their hunger as there hadn't been any suspicious deaths in Volterra.
My job was to find him and bring him back to meet with the elders of The Volturi; Aro, Marcus and Caius. We had to find out what his purposes of being here were and how much of a threat he posed to us, and the possible discovery of our kind. It may have been safe to assume that because he had control of his hunger, he would know not to expose himself and our kind to a human but assumptions were for fools. If we assumed anything like that then it could back fire and the human world would know of our existence as well as the Volturi no longer being the feared rulers that kept our kind hidden, but the fools who assumed and didn't prevent our existence being known.
I glanced around the square once more and my eyes landed on Demetri, who nodded his head slightly in the direction of an alley leading off the square. The movement was so small that no human would be able to see it even if they were looking for it. My eyes flickered in the direction he had indicated and I was just in time to see a black clad arm disappear around the corner and down the alley. Demetri had found the vampire we were searching for and it seemed, whoever it was, didn't want to be found that easily.
I looked back at Demetri and gave him a small smirk, indicating I would go on my own, and made my way towards the small alley way. After all, with my power, I could defend myself extremely easily. I knew the alley was, in fact, a dead end so the vampire wouldn't be able to escape me and also one of the many secret passageways into the castle was at the end of that alley. It did briefly cross my mind that perhaps this vampire was deliberately heading in that direction, to the entrance into the castle but dismissed the thought. If they had been avoiding us for days why would they suddenly decide to visit?
I walked silently through the shadows and turned down the alley to see a small figure dressed in black at the end of it. It was definitely him, the vampire we had spent days searching our own city for. I took a few steps down the alley to make sure I was well away from any humans who might decide to listen in on our conversation but not too closer to the newcomer.
He was dressed from head to toe in black with his back towards me. So, obviously he had the sense to cover up from the sun which would risk our discovery. He was roughly my height or maybe a little taller which shocked me, to say the least. It was very unlikely for a human to be changed that young. Although, unlike the immortal children, they were young enough to still be classed as a child but old enough to be aware of what had happened to them, what they had become and are able to control their blood lust.
He turned slowly towards me, much too slow for my liking, until he was facing me with his head bowed and the rimmed hat he was wearing covered his face, making it impossible for me to see who he was. I refused to let my curiosity show on my expression so I kept the smirk in place. After all, I was the protégée of the Volturi, rulers of the vampire world. I was allowed to be a bit smug, wasn't I?
He lifted his head slowly, as if trying to test my patience or making his revealing of his appearance more dramatic than it should be. He lifted his head enough for me to get a clear look of his child-like face. He had short ginger hair that was only just visible from below the rim of his hat and his eyes were a light, sickly orange like that of a newborn who had become vegetarian shortly after their change.
The thought of Bella and the Cullen's passed through my mind at that point but I shoved them away. The next time we met, and I would make sure there was a next time, I was determined to show that ridiculous little shielder the extent of my power. It was one thing when she was human and had been immune to my power, that had annoyed me enough, but now? Now she can protect her entire family from my power!
I kept my eyes fixed on the new comer in front of me as a wicked grin spread across his face which caused a slight pang in my chest where my heart used to beat. What was that? Attraction, maybe? No that was impossible. There was absolutely no way I could feel that way towards this vampire, this possible danger.
His eyes locked with mine and, if possible, his grin grew larger. That, along with the glint in his eye, reminded me of a predator stalking its prey and for once in my life I felt a slight shiver of fear.
"Well, hello, Jane. I was wondering how long it took before you found me. I was beginning to think the Volturi were loosing their touch, letting me stay in the city without any sort of confrontation. How disappointing." He said in his child-like voice, but even so, it sounded incredibly ominous, powerful. As if, he was a greater danger than anyone would think at first glance. I was vaguely aware of the slight southern accent to his voice but barely registered that as my mind was too focused on what he had said.
I froze completely at the sound of his words, my smirk faltering slightly. He knew my name. I was positive he had never been inside the city before so, how did he know who I was? If he knew that, how much more information did he know concerning the Volturi?
A/N: I apologise for not updating the rest of my stories but I have been really busy this week and on Saturday I'm going away to Jordan on holiday for a week so I won't be able to update for a while but I'll post the next chapters of my stories as soon as I get back!