Hello everyone!

This is my second attempt at writing a fanfic. I have done so for the Vampire Diaries once before. I happened to find this story on my desktop today only realizing that I hadn't uploaded it before, so here it is. Also, since I have almost finished this story, I assure you that the updates are going to be very quick!

I wrote this one back when I used to be a huge fan of twilight and although i don't quite agree with a few concepts in the book, I do love Alec as a character. I always thought his was a character that wasn't explored much and there had to be more about him - a lot more.

Also, in this story, I do have a slight modification to Alec - He is 20 years of age, Jane remains 14. Although they were supposed to be twins, I couldn't have them so. They do however have a very striking resemblance, as expected.

As for this story, I shall leave you with a summary to provide with the background. I hope you do share all your love with me by way of your reviews, tags and alerts. The twilight community is among the most active and among the biggest after all! So here goes -

Summary -

Clarissa was just another teenager enjoying a night at camp with her friends, blissfully unaware of the secret existence of the world of the immortals. When she is turned and abandoned by her maker, she finds shelter, love and affection among the Cullen family. The only thing that they don't know is that they infact nurture one of the most powerful immortals every to walk the earth, only matched by the likes of the three heads of the Volturi. Lured, betrayed, captured and tortured by the Volturi, she plots and conspires to head back to those she called family - the Cullens. The only thing that hadn't been planned was finding love in the way - Love in the most unusual circumstances and the last person to have been thought to be capable of love - the heartless, indifferent, arrogant and cruel Alec Volturi.

I own nothing with regard to Twilight, as we all know - it is the property of Mrs. Meyer. All I own is my OC and the plot.

Happy Reading! :)


PROLOGUE:

"Claire, over here." Ana called me.

The cold night air had an eerie feel to it tonight and for some strange reason, I was unsure if camping in the woods was a good idea. I walked over to my friend, nonetheless.

"Are you okay? You look like the dead." I could feel the tiny beads of sweat on my forehead and the unusual giddy sensation in the pits of my stomach. I must have looked pale. Nervousness did that to me very often, making me look like a ghost.

"Hmm." I acknowledged, helping her set up the tent in the clearing for the night.

Liam burned the cracking wood we had gathered to provide for the only luminous source of light apart from the dark night sky which shadowed a feeling a aloofness without the moon. It felt ominous.

He smiled at me when he caught me staring. Obviously, he had the wrong impression, but I had other things to bother about – like the constant suspicious movement in the bushes not too far away from the clearing we camped.

"Come on over." He called to me, trying to warm the frozen sausages we had carried with ourselves for food. I sat beside him.

"Are you sure this place is safe?" I questioned, looking around. I couldn't spot another soul around us. Assuming that they were all in their respective tents or had gone to pick something edible from the wild trees in the vicinity, I convinced myself that I was being nothing but paranoid. He smiled at me charmingly, handing me the sausage. My hands were cold and shaking. He held them, spreading the warmth radiating from his body. I felt secure, momentarily. His aura of confidence was contagious.

"Eat. I'll get the others." He winked at me before leaving.

Twenty minutes had passed and I hadn't been aware. The night had only grown darker, quieter and creepier. I wondered where my friends were and decided to check on them myself. I walked over to the tent I was sharing with Ana. The abominable sight sent a chill down my spine.

Her mangled body lay on the bedding in a pool of blood. Her lifeless corpse looked pale, bloodless, ghastly. I was mortally terrified upon noticing the wound on her neck. It looked like an animal, only it was too precise. In the shadow of our tent, the silhouette of a human feeding off another human was reflected for a short second and then it was gone.

Too scared to even utter a word, I ran from the camp site as fast as my legs could carry me in a direction I did not know. The darkness showed me my weakness – my eye sight was only upto human ability after all. I couldn't have noticed the small dent in the earth before me and I fell.

The next thing I knew was, the animal's teeth were sinking into my neck, a nauseating feeling engulfing through my body as I felt my energy, my life drain out of me. I succumbed to the darkness.


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