Chapter Two

Alec

I had never felt so betrayed in all of my years of living. Yes, maybe the humans in our village had done terrible things to my sister and I before Aro had found us but this… this was fate. Fate, the one thing that was supposed to be on my side was telling me that a worthless human was to be my perfect match through blood?

It wasn't like I could deny it either, I knew that it was right. I could smell her the moment that she had entered the building. It wasn't just the smell of human blood, it was intoxicating. It stood out above everything else, it sang to me. The thought alone caused my eyes to darken with bloodlust. Then she had stepped into the room with the rest of the humans. The events caused her heart to race and I knew if anything, I would be the one that would feed on her. No one else was allowed to have her. She was mine.

I just couldn't bring myself to step toward her and have it. I didn't want to have it all at once. I wanted to savor every drop but the pounding, her heartbeat, was getting faster and louder.

"Could you possibly try to control that… beating." I said roughly from my seat at the desk in the corner of my room. She had ended up fainting while under the stare of everyone in the room and the only place that I could think to bring her was into my room and rest her in the bed that I only used for pleasure. She wouldn't have to know so.

As she stared at me with those bright, Hazel eyes, a hand moved up to land right over her heart. She seemed to know exactly what I was thinking of but she didn't say anything. Her only other movement was that of her brows that pulled in closer together and downward in a frown. "I can't." She snapped but just as her spark ignited it settled along with the fear in her eyes.

She was quiet for a long moment and I watched her gaze move around the room quickly. Most likely, she was admiring the room's beauty. It was my personal chamber where I spent most of my time so of course, it could only be explained as magnificent. The room was practically built upon black and red. My bed being covered with a black duvet while red pillows brought in attention. The curtains were black while the lamps in the room were the same ruby red shade. Black bookcases lined an entire wall of my room. Four to be exact wide and tall, reaching the ceiling. Arranged on each shelf, books categorized by genre then alphabetized. There was only one book missing which was the one on my desk that I had been reading before my guest woke up.

"What is your name?" I asked, turning in my chair to face her completely as compared to glancing over my shoulder at her. The girl looked sick in my opinion. She was pale and had bags under her eyes despite the nap she had just taken.

"Why am I alive?" She asked instead of giving me an answer. By now she wasn't even looking at me, her eyes had downcasted toward the duvet she was gripping and causing wrinkles in.

"If I were you," I began, standing from my chair and making my way toward her slowly. When I did reach her, I used my hand to lift her chin up and she immediately flinched from me. From fear possibly? "I would be counting my blessings that I was alive. I'm sure that you could see how unlucky the other's were."

She then closed her eyes and shuddered softly, either that or a shiver rippled through her entire body. "They could have just killed me. I-I don't know what they plan on doing to me but not that I am here… I can only imagine that the worst is about to happen." She said.

Disgust coursed through my body as I ripped my hand away from her. I hadn't even meant to bare fangs at her but I couldn't help it. "No one in this castle. This city. This country. Is going to touch you in any way that could draw blood or tamper with your blood. It is mine and you are mine. You belong to me and if I have to rip other vampires to shreds to prove that you are mind then I will do just that." I said. Once I had calmed down a bit, I had realized what she imagined that I was going to do to her in this bed. "You think that I have intentions of sleeping with you? I may have died before but I don't have that low of standards in women."

I must have upset her by saying this but I took satisfaction in knowing that she knew where her place was when she stood up with wet eyes and ran for the exit of the room.

Lorelei

"A complete and total ass." I say under my breath once I was sure that out of ears reach of the man I had just encountered. The man that I apparently had some sort of "connection" with. The only connection that I felt that I could have with him at the moment was one involving both my open hand and his beautiful face.

My mother had always told me as a child that crying over something a boy said to you was ridiculous but I wasn't sure of how else to respond. Not when I was unsure of what he was capable of doing to me. Besides, I hadn't cried yet. The tears were just there, blurring my vision. They hadn't spilled over just yet. Who was he to claim me as his property? Who was he to make me feel so worhtless?

"Not only an ass." A male voice said before it's owner had rounded the corner of the hallway I was walking down. "But a complete and total ass? That's a fairly large sized ass, wouldn't you agree?" The man had finally rounded the corner to greet me with a wide grin.

He was incredibly tall and of course, I had recognized him from the room that I can only now think of as the feeding room. He had pale skin but oddly enough, an olive tone was to it. His hair was layered and black. He would most likely be the most built man in the castle that I have seen so far but it was hard to be sure over his clothes.

I wanted to laugh but I didn't trust this man enough to let my guard down. Especially after seeing how large he is. He could easily snap me in half if he wanted to.

"I'm assuming that you and Alec haven't gotten off to a great start." He said. "So maybe I can be the good guy in the situation and have a pretty little human girl come running into my arms. My name is Felix." He said then. He then held out a hand for me to shake but I only stared at it. Would his hand be as cold as Alec's?

"Lorelei." I said quickly, not lifting a hand to shake his.

"You're afraid of me." He commented, his smile faltering before quickly lifting itself again. "I'll have you know that we are all very loyal here at the Volturi. Somewhat like a family. You are Alec's and you will not be harmed by anyone under this roof that is loyal to Alec. You are to be protected for him." He offered.

"Yeah, he made that very clear with his whole. 'Your blood is mine' speech." I scoff.

"Just your blood?" He asked with a surprised look on his face. "He'll come around. He just doesn't really like humans."

"Thanks for trying to beat around the bush but I think I know when a guy is completely repulsed by me. Something about not having low enough standards to be interested in a girl like me?" I raked off my brain before shaking my head. "Nevermind it. I just need to find a way out of this place so if you could point me in a direction…" I trailed off.

"I said before, I'm loyal to Alec. I'm not letting you leave here." He said sternly.

"You... monsters can't hold me here hostage!" I shouted becoming frustrated very quickly. "He's going to kill me!"

"If he knows what's best for him. He's going to be keeping you around for a while." The man said but then he stood up straighter and his eyes shifted passed me.

"You've found my guest. Thank you Felix." It was Alec's voice that came from behind me now and I wasn't ready to go back in that room with him without a fight.