157 years ago

Third person POV

Marcus stared at his hands. The trial was almost over for his beloved Didyme. She would be out and in his arms in a few minutes. Everything would be fine. Closing his eyes, he attempted to hear what was being said in the trial.

"The crime she committed was unforgiveable, Aro! Our one and only law has been broken!" Caius' piercing voice filled Marcus' ears and filled him with doubt. He could hear Didyme's dry sobbing from his seat outside the throne room.

Marcus had not been allowed to participate with the trial; according to Caius, he was to biased to join in.

"I vote for her execution." Betrayal! Marcus growled as Caius declared his vote. He decided to stop listening at that and closed off everything. But then he heard... a scream? And was that a crackle... like fire...?

Marcus' eyes widened as he felt the world collide to a halt – his one love... gone... He started the dry sobbing. How could they? How?

He thought back to how he had first met Didyme.

A young lady, wearing a corset, obviously not poor, stepped into the throne room. Her eyes met with each of the vampiric royalty one by one, until her eyes met with HIS. Their eyes held a gaze, so private that no-one wanted to intrude. Someone cleared their throat and the gaze was dropped. The lady walked towards the man who cleared his throat, Aro, and held out her hand. Aro took it and saw all her thoughts.

"Madam, if you wish to stay with us for the night... until we can sought out your... situation?"

She smiled with an ease that made HIS heart beat again. She was beautiful. She opened her mouth to speak and a to HIM, the voice filled his ears, and made his dead stomach do a flip and fill with butterflies. "I would be honoured. But if I could first know the names of your clan, so I might become acquainted with them?"

Aro smiled, and told her. "That young man scowling over there is Caius, and the woman by his side is his mate,Athenodora. The woman next to me is my mate, Sulpicia. And there," HE suddenly felt dizzy as her eyes fell upon him, "is Marcus. I'm sure you both will get along famously!" Aro giggled like a child.

As they were all dismissed, the young woman approached Marcus. "So you are Marcus? Where is your mate?" Marcus hoped that the emotion flashing on the woman's face was jealousy.

He smirked. "I do not have a mate. I suppose a maiden as fair as you does though." She smiled at bit at him.

"No. I have not found the right vampire for me. Yet." She laughed, "By the way, my name is Didyme."

Didyme. He repeated that in his mind and embraced it.

Marcus almost smiled at their first meeting. But he couldn't, as he knew that he and Didyme would never see each other again.