Prologue
"Oh!" Aro's eyes widened in surprise and carefully concealed fury. "Well! That is definitely…suprising." He let go of his brother's hand.
"Suprising?" Caius spat. "Its terrible! Pathetic! We specifically chose thirteen humans for their talents, changed them, trained them, and they can't even kidnap a few human girls? Can't even save themselves from one measly pack-"
"Yes," Aro said gravely, seemingly unaware of his interruption. "It is certainly a waste."
"Ha!" Caius snorted. "Vampires as incompetent as that could never be a waste."
"Oh, but they were, my dear brother." Aro assured him. "You seem to be looking at this from the wrong angle. It isn't that our team of newborns was bad. Its that the wolves and Cullens were good." He sighed as shook his head good-naturedly, as if chastising himself for making a mistake on a math problem. "It appears that we underestimated them."
"I could always pay them a visit." Jane offered slyly, her ruby orbs alive with anticipation.
"Ah, no, Janey." Aro waggled a finger. "Bella, remember? No, we will only be able to beat them through shear strength and numbers, I see that now. Vampire powers are useless. Perhaps put them against…themselves." He glanced at his brother, awaiting his reaction.
It took a second for Caius to understand his brother's words. But when he did, his opinion on the matter was clear. "No." He said flatly. "I will not. I cannot stand to associate with those…barbarians." His nose wrinkled in disgust. "Are there even any left?"
"A few." Aro said off handedly. "And I'm sure they'd be willing to lend a hand in exchange for protection against others of our kind."
"I won't-"
"You won't have to!" Aro cut in. "We'll send them straight to Forks. In a few years, of course, when this last little…escapade has smoothed over. Little Janey won't mind tracking them down, will she, darling?"
"Of course not!" Jane looked horrified at the very thought of such a thing.
"They'll be next to impossible to find." Caisus grumbled.
"Next to being the key phrase here." Aro, as usual, was not to be discouraged.