Is it happily ever after? It seems to be. After Volturi's retreat, the Cullens family is blossoming. But there is a storm brewing in Volterra. What will happen? I guess you just have to read to find out.
Volterra.
Aro POV.
I did not like the outcome of my recent meeting with The Cullens and their friends. They humiliated me in front of my Guard. I knew that Caius would have me attack them anyway, but I was wiser than that. We could not risk like that, in front of so many witnesses. Although Carlisle was my friend and he was right in his reasoning, I did not like to retreat to my city, almost like a coward.
Ah, but I was not one. I had to recalculate everything. With Alice back it was far more difficult, but not impossible. I ordered Demetri and Felix to stay behind, to get good read on the other hybrid, Nahuel I believed was his name. I knew I needed to find his father.
Of course I would punish him. Caius would get this second best substitute for the fight. Marcus, being Marcus, was withdrawn.
Finding Joham proved to be very difficult. Due to his talent or just pure luck, he managed to elude Demetri for some time. One day, about 17 months after our little venture to the State of Washington, the elusive vampire was found. We were so lucky to find him with his now 4 daughters. Always the fool, longing for another son, the one he would never ever have.
I stayed behind in Volterra this time, awaiting news. When those came, Caius, Renata, Jane and Alec joined Demetri and Felix over in Venezuela, where they located Joham, and hiss little family. I hoped, he got some satisfaction from the torture, I am sure, was delivered to Joham, for the risk of exposure. His aspirations to create a super-race, would soon enough spark a fire of suspicion among humans. We could not let it happen.
Apart our obvious humiliation, Carlisle was still dear to me. As much as I wanted to believe otherwise, I knew full well, that he will never do anything, to provoke the mighty Volturi.
Mighty, I snorted and smiled to myself. We were not so mighty in that clearing. And Bella, merely a newborn, proved us all venerable and useless. I would not stop till I teach them a lesson though. I might just have the means to achieve it... And it would not be without pain... Yes, that much I would give them...
"Jane, my dearest, how was your trip?" I asked my favourite member of the Guard. "Satisfying." Answered Jane, yet something in her voice stated the opposite. Oh, I knew she wanted to decimate the Cullens badly.
"How about our precious guests?" I inquired after the hybrids.
"Oh, they are still unconscious. Alec overdid it this time, but looking at their reaction to the death of their father, I don't really blame him. Oh, poor little freaks..." she added with a devious smile. She was truly and perfectly evil. I even cringed internally at the thought, of what was in store for Joham.
"Should I present them to you, Master?" as she said that, little vampire nodded towards Demetri and Felix to get them.
"Yes my dearest, I should like very much to meet them" I said with anticipation.
By the time the sisters were brought before me and my brothers, Alec withdrawn his power and let them become conscious. They were so scared, they resembled little creatures caught in the corner by a large predators. Girls did not fight any more, wise of them. Of course, I would not kill them, but I am more than sure, that they have enough of pain inflicted by Jane.
I wished in that moment, we still have had Eleazar among us. He would quick give us an answer to any potential talent of theirs. We had to work it out through time instead, and find out on ourselves... But we had plenty of time... I needed to be perfect... I could not afford to loose this time around... I did not need Alice to tell me the satisfaction of the sweet taste of revenge.
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