It had been a very long time -and one might even believe the first time in history- that someone had caught Alec's eye. He would later add that none of this had been his intention, but rather Aro's. Because the moment he saw what she was capable of, it would be an absolute waste for him to abandon such a useful resource. Alec knew not how they had brought her, simply that Chelsea was forced to often visit. It was three very long days later, when he saw her again.
Her hair as black as the dark night that swept over the streets of Volterra, her eyes just as brown as he remembered, but her face no longer carried the bright smile. Her face seemed sunken in, and two pairs of identical dark circles fell underneath her eyes.
Never had he felt so much sympathy for a mere human girl.
But Aro seemed oblivious to all this, as she inched closer to his throne only a large grin stretched across his face and widened with every step she took. Her hair had been twisted into an elegant braid, and a knee length dress wrapping around her frame. Her beige skin exposed. Caius and Marcus both glanced at her with mirroring expressions, Caius more inclined towards a scowl while the corner or Marcus's mouth quirked upwards.
"Hello child, we've been expecting you." His voice came across as eerily quirky, and Alec was sure that everyone in her room heard her steady heartbeat. But no one could place her thoughts.
He held out his hand, her expression stoic as she glanced at it, before sliding her own in his grasp. His eyes widened, as their gazes met, his smile slowly faltering.
"You are interesting," His voice low, as his eyes took her in, as if she were some magnificent subject. Alec didn't know why he didn't like it, he didn't understand why he felt so rigid and tense as he continued to prod.
"Tell me, why didn't your provoke Felix to kill you." Suddenly, everyone was listening more intently, even Jane seemed to straighten a bit as she eyed her.
"Because I want to be alive, I wanted him to bite, not kill. It became increasingly evident that if he did bite, he would kill shortly afterwords." Her voice was cool, and devoid of any emotion. As if she were revising a fact rather then expressing her darkest intentions.
"How did you come up with so many escape plans?" A bitter smile pressed against her face, while Aro continued to watch curiously. Alec wanted nothing more than to throw himself in between the two, pushing her away.
"You left me in a room full of books, it's only natural I gain some sort of inspiration." He nodded, he hoped that this would b the end of those questions. And that he may finally release her. But he was wrong.
"And why exactly did you consider for a split second on killing yourself by jumping out the window." Her eyes cast downwards, Marcus was the first to show a sign of alarm. Caius simply raising an eyebrow, a bored expression now crossing his features. It was he, who knew that the line had been crossed.
"I don't understand why you're asking so many rhetorical questions when you know the answer." She said, her voice calm. Not an emotion out of place. Aro mirrored her stif posture, and made the change in his expression either.
"I may have use for you yet," he whispered, obviously a subconscious thought which had mistakingly ventured into the blissful reality they lived in. If she heard, by some miracle, then she showed no change in expression as Chelsea led her back into her room.