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I raced my way through the cobbled streets of Volterra. The only noises were my labored breaths and the slap of my sandals hitting the sidewalk as I ran. As I darted around a corner, my hip connected with the edge of a crate and I cried out in pain. The sound echoed throughout the pitch black city, making the place seem more ominous than it already was. My arm dangled uselessly at my side, broken by him earlier that night. I pushed past a group of trash bins and sank to the ground, propping my back against the wall and cradled my limp arm against my body. That's when I heard it. A soft thud, like a sleepy cat jumping off of a couch. Even though it wasn't the best time, I thought about all of the things I knew. I knew extremely well that it wasn't a cat, and that the nearest couch was very far away. Terrified out of my mind, I closed my eyes in a silent prayer. I was terrified because I knew it was not possible for anybody to catch up with me that fast, and it most definitely wasn't possible for them to survive a thirty-foot freefall off of the roof of a building. Right as I finished my prayer, I looked up into the sadistic eyes of the creature I knew was going to kill me.

At the speed of sound, the trash bins I had been using as a barricade slammed against the walls of the alleyway. He wrapped his hands around my throat and held me against the wall of the building behind me. My toes just grazed the ground and my hands were wrapped around his icy ones in a futile attempt to pry them away from my neck. He laughed insanely, and I gurgled in response, half angry and half frightened. I kicked at his stomach, and his grip loosened ever so slightly. Jumping at this oppurtunity, I sucked in a gulp of air and screamed, a high, horrible sound that made my ears pop. It lasted for a split second before his grip returned, tighter than before. I felt my air leave my body, and his face blurred before everything went black.

When I came to, I was propped against a tree in a wooded area. There were two figures standing across from me, talking angrily. I regarded them through half-lidded eyes.

"You have to stay with her!" I recognized the voice as his.

"And why can't you?" The other voice insisted fervently.

"You know very well why I can't. I have to leave," His voice grated on my nerves, and an involuntary frown settled onto my face.

"I think she is awake."

Upon hearing this, my hands shook, and in a last attempt at escape I dived around the tree. A cold hand clamped onto my shoulder and whirled me around. My head slammed against the bark and I hissed in pain. He laughed at me for the second time that night. His lips pulled back over his teeth, and he sunk his fangs into my neck without a moment's notice. I gurgled in shock. He was going to eat me!

And that's when the fire started.

Alec POV

My cloak billowed out behind me as glided through the streets of Volterra. Guarding the city was a welcome escape of the monotony that was castle life. Demetri, another guard, followed swiftly behing me. He was dressed similarly to me, and a slight smile flickered across his face. We were just about to return to the castle when the scream reached our ears. It centered from a sketchier part of the city, and we would have normally if it wasn't for the cacaphony that accompanied it. Demetri nodded, and we took off.

When we reached our destination, quite a scene was taking place. Heaps of garbage and dented trash bins were strewn about, and in the center of the chaos stood one of us. Not a member of the Volturi guard, specifically, but a vampire. And his hands were wrapped around the throat of a human girl.

Demetri started forward, but I stopped him with my arm. Wait, I told him with my eyes. Maybe he was hunting. We found out quickly that this wasn't the case. When her head slumped forward onto his arm, he slung her over his shoulder and darted off into a copse. We waited a while, deciding on whether or not to pursue him. Our minds were made when her screams started again. Without a minute's hesitation, we darted off in the direction he took her, following his scent. When we arrived, there were three scents present, but only two figures. One was a vampire, although not the same one, and the other was the girl, who was now writhing in agony in the soil of the woods. Her clothes were in tatters and her hair in a frenzy.

"Follow him!" I shouted to Demetri, who darted off in the direction of the second vampire. I took off on the trail of the first, moving fast. I reached a point where his scent disappeared completely. Growling in frustration, I returned to where the girl lay screming and twitching. I moved closer, and sure enough, there were multiple crescent-shaped bite marks running from her jaw all the way down her arm. It only took one bite to transform a human into a vampire, and whoever did this was cruel. Tears slipped out of her eyelids, and I hissed. What did she do to deserve this? Demetri returned, and i turned to face him.

"Did you take care of him?" I asked the taller vampire.

He grinned. "Yeah."

He turned his attention to the tiny girl on the ground. "What do we do about her?" He asked quietly.

I shrugged, picking her up. "I guess we take her to Aro."

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