Chapter two.
I didn't even feel nervous as I joined the tour group which would take me around the castle. Just worried I wouldn't find one of the leaders , Aro , Caius and Marcus , I`d seen pictures of them , I hoped id be able to spot them easily.
The castle itself was magnificent , the tour guide ( Heidi? it sounded like that) was telling us about how many room it had , far too many in my opinion , I was much more interested in the library we where going to visit next , the way Heidi had described it a few moments ago had sparked a tiny ember of excitement in me , something I thought I would never feel again. The little Spanish woman next to me was gibbering something in her native language. I couldn't understand her , but she kept grabbing my hand and repeating "de que sea demasiado tarde ahora, Señor, ayúdame, es demasiado tarde ahora" over and over. I moved away from her , I wanted to see the library , we were getting closer to it now , I could see the doors at the end of the hallway , they were huge ornate carved wooden ones , I just knew they would be heavy.
Heidi stopped just outside them "Well then group , this is the Library , one more stop after this one and our tour will have ended , please take your time to look around , we have some quite rare volumes in here. Please refrain from touching anything which has a sign next to it asking you not to , some items are personal to the members of the Voluri family and others are extremely delicate , now if you could follow me please" , And with that she pushed against those heavy doors and they opened easily , allowing me to enter into the most magnificent room I had ever seen.
It was huge , walls covered floor to ceiling in bookshelves bursting with books , ladders were placed periodically around the room , the bookcases were all made out of a dark wood , mahogany perhaps , there were high backed seats placed around the room , even a few love seats , all in the same dark red leather and dark wooden finish , tables were also scattered around the room , some with piles of books on them , others with just one book in a protective glass case , there was an area I could just see on the other side of the room filled with scrolls carefully numbered into pigeon holes. The whole place was lit by candle light or dim lamps , most of the light spilled out from the huge marble fireplace in the centre of the room. I smiled , the first proper smile since They left , I loved this room , it was perfect , beautiful , inviting , everything I needed right now to relax.
People started moving around me , heading towards the seats to sit down and relax , only a few went to look at the bookcases and those where the cases holding the more modern books. I headed to the section which seemed to house most of the 1800`s literature and proceeded to browse , I could see all my favourite authors , Mark Twain , Leo Tolstoy , Robert Louis Stevenson , Louisa May Alcott , Frances Hodgson Burnett , Mary Shelly , and many more , I pulled a book out at random and headed towards the fire , there where no seats left , but the rug looked comfortable enough. Just as I reached the edge of the rug I tripped , the book started to slip from my fingers but I gripped tighter on it , knowing my luck it would head straight for the flames. Since I was holding the book it ment I would bit the floor face first , I braced myself for the pain of inpact and squeezed my eyes shut. But it never came , a pair of hands gripped my upper arm , stopping me from falling further , a bored sign was the only sound I heard.
My eyes snapped open as soon as I realised the hands were ice cold , Vampire.
Stood next to me was such a handsome creature , he was tall , at least 6ft , with dark hair flowing to his shoulders in waves , skin white as new lain snow and eyes a deep red , eyes which looked at me in an utterly bored fashion , he helped me stand , then turned and gracefully folded himself into the chair he had just vacated. Never saying a single word , or changing his expression once.
"Marcus?" it was a whisper , one not ment to escape , but it had none the less , and I was stood there , gaping at him , mouth wide open and I was just staring at his face , his beautifully cold expressionless face. He nodded once , then went back to his book. I didn't know what to do , should I say thank you? should I ask to speak to him and his brothers? I hadn't expected to be so in awe of his beauty , I had expected to meet Aro first , he always seemed like the leader to me , and who would of thought of meeting on of the Volturi leaders in a fucking library? I was getting angry with myself now , I was still just stood there , gawking , I could feel my eyes filling with tears of frustration at my own idiocy.
I turned on my heel and stormed out of the library before I could be stopped, I would not let these strangers see me cry , they would assume it was because I was upset I had fallen or something trivial like that , no one would think it was because I was angry with myself.
As I ran through the halls I realised I had no idea where I was going , id become lost . Lost in a castle with Vampires who fed on human blood , this was not how I had planned it , I was supposed to find Aro , tell him I knew about Vampires , tell him I accepted my fate and let him kill me , it was ment to be simple , almost easy. It wasn't supposed to be this difficult , how hard was it to find a Vampire in this place anyway? I started to randomly opend doors as I passed them , all of them were empty , one after another , empty bedrooms , bathrooms , kitchens , huge empty rooms with nothing in them except years of dust , not one single person!
I slumped against the wall defeated , I couldn't even manage to get myself killed properly , no wonder I was alone now. Clumsy , silly Bella , I started sobbing , real heartwrenching sobs , of self pity. I didn't care who saw me anymore , I just didn't care at all , I just wanted it to end , the pain , the shame of being broken and alone , left behind , I just wanted it to all stop , but my cowardice stopped me from ending it myself , id tried , but I just couldn't do it in the end , that's why I was here , I knew I wouldn't be allowed to live , it was my easy way out , and now I couldn't even get this right.
I almost screamed as a hand touched my shoulder , I couldn't who it belonged to through my tears , I barely heard the voice over my own sobs.
"so much pain child , hush now , come along" the voice was dry , quiet , not soothing , not annoyed , infact no emotion at all was displayed.
I was once again heaved to my feet , then I was being led down a dark hallway to my right , Marcus had a firm grip on my arms , he pushed open a hidden door and I stumbled into the room , and came face to face with Aro.
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