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Raven POV
What have I done?
Aro continued to smile. "Yes, now, you two must clean up. You're both covered in blood." He said eyeing Alana and I in disappointment.
Alana looked up at me with her emerald eyes. "Che cosa ha detto?"
What did he say?
"Ha detto che abbiamo bisogno di ottenere ripulita." I translated again for her.
He said we need to get cleaned up.
She nodded. Aro smiled again. He clasped his hands together. "Excellent. Now, I'll take Alana to the wives and they will clean her up." He said reaching for Alana.
She recoiled away from him and held on tighter to me. "Che cosa sta facendo?" she asked terrified.
What are you doing?
"Vuole solo farti ripulita. Le mogli vi pulita. L'ho promessa di bene." I told her reassuringly.
He just wants to get you cleaned up. The wives will clean you. I promise it's aright.
She looked at Aro and then back at me. "Okay." She released her hold on me and moved to Aro's open arms, holding on to her teddy for dear life. She looked uncomfortable and a bit wary of him.
I walked over to her and I took her small hand in mine as I stared into her eyes. "Egli non ti farà male, te lo prometto." I took a deep sigh and added, "Lui è nostro padre ora."
He won't hurt you, I promise. He's our father now.
She nodded her head and looked at Aro. "Padre."
Father.
He smiled. "What did you say, Raven?" I gave a weak smile. The other vampires started to disperse and leave the room. Aro looked over my head. "Ah, Alec. Stay." I looked behind me to see the boy from before, Alec, stop at the door and walk back to us. My heart sped up a little. Crap, anyone but him!
I looked back at Aro, trying to ignore the fact that the boy that was one more second away from killing me was coming back this way. "I-I said that you wouldn't hurt her." I took a deep breath and added, "And I said you're our father now." I looked at the ground.
Aro grinned. "Well, you're right. She doesn't have any reason to be scared of us, we'll take good care of her." He put his finger under my chin and turned my face up to him. "Of both of you." His eyes glanced over my head gain. "Alec, please take Raven to get out of these filthy clothes and changed into something clean." He turned to walk away but stopped and turned back. "And, Alec, she'll be staying in your room until we find her and Alana each a suitable room."
"Yes, master." The sound of his voice made me jump. I hadn't expected him to talk. But with that Aro turned and carried Alana out of the room. I prayed she would be all right without me. "She'll be just fine. The wives will not allow anyone to harm her. Now come on."
I looked at Alec. He had a slight scowl on his face. I was a bit uneasy with him in the room. "Yeah, but what if she needs to say something but they don't understand her?" I shot back.
He rolled his eyes. "Sulpicia and Athendora are both fluent in Italian. They were born here after all. Now, move. I can only tolerate your slow pace for a shot while." He didn't even bother to wait for me before walking to the doors.
"Sorry." I whispered when I caught up to him.
He sighed. "Just keep up with my pace and you'll be just fine." he was walking pretty fast but for me it was like a fast walk. I could totally handle this. Or not. He quickened his pace.
"Hey, this is the fastest I can go! Give me a break!" I whined.
He let out a low growl and glared at me. "Will you pick up the pace?" I tried to but he just sighed in frustration and picked me up bridal style. Before I could object he said, "Just don't say anything and close your eyes so you don't get sick." I complied and soon I could feel the wind whooshing past and all too soon it ended. I opened my eyes to see we were in front of another set of double doors. God, what was with this place and double doors? Alec set me down gently and opened the door, holding it for me.
I hesitantly walked in. "Thanks." I whispered. The room was pretty big. It was dimly lit but Alec switched on a light switch that turned on the chandelier at the top of the ceiling. His room reminded me of gothic architecture in the high and late medieval ages. He had a king-sized bed with posts on all four corners. The top where it created a pyramid was draped with heavy black velvet, which created a dark canopy around the bed. I couldn't see the bed itself very well cause Alec had the velvet curtains pulled together. All the furniture was dark oak and the floor was a type of stone, I'm not sure what but it was a medium gray. In his sitting area, to the left, was a huge sofa facing the flat screen mounted on the wall. A coffee table in front of it and a loveseat to the side. The area sat on top of a huge chocolate fur carpet. His wardrobe was next to his desk- that was covered in papers- to the right and next to his desk was a door going to, what I'm guessing, his bathroom. "Nice room." I commented.
"Thanks." He grunted as he passed and walked to his wardrobe. He opened it and started moving hung clothes aside. He pulled out a deep red button down shirt and pulled it off the hanger. "Catch." He said throwing the shirt to me. I caught it easily. I moved the material around in my hands. Soft. Like silk. I looked closer. It was silk.
"You can get changed in the bathroom." He said pointing to the door by his desk.
I walked slowly across the floor, careful not to trip with my blood-covered boots. As I walked past, Alec was peeling away his clothes that I realized then, had been stained by blood when he had me in that vice grip of his. I could see the imprint of my backside on his front. I looked away when he started to unbutton his shirt. I walked through the door to the bathroom and closed it behind me. When I turned I gasped.
The room was huge! It was half the size of his bedroom. The bathroom was modern surprisingly. I walked over to the mirror and looked at myself. Gah! I looked horrible. My hair stuck out at weird angles where the blood had stuck to it. My clothes were completely drenched in blood. My face was somewhat clean from my tears.
I stripped there. My jacket was no longer white. My pants, although black, had blood splattered across them, along with my boots. The blood had soaked through my jacket and saturated my shirt. I peeled away a little at the bottom to see it covering my back. I groaned. God I felt filthy, just like Aro had said I looked. I kept my pants and shirt on. I took off my bracelet, earrings and necklace, carefully laying them on the marble counter.
I walked back to the door and opened it. "Alec?" I asked as I searched the room for him. He was still standing in front of his wardrobe, buckling up a fresh pair of black jeans.
I blushed at the sight. Alec on the other hand, didn't notice a thing. "Yeah?" he looked at me with a bit of annoyance.
I blushed harder. "Uhh, do you mind if I use your shower? The bloods covering me."
He looked back at his wardrobe and pulled out a plain black tank top. "Sure, I don't care." He said as he pulled it over his head. "Heidi's bringing you some, uhh," he cleared his throat. "Undergarments."
I swear if he could blush he would have. "Thanks." I said as I closed the door to the bathroom again. I let out a sigh of relief. What have I gotten myself into? I sighed again and stripped. I walked to the shower and got in, closing the curtain behind me.
The water was so warm I could feel my muscles relax one at a time. I put my head under the water and watched as the blood washed down my body and as the now orange water was carried down the drain. My hair was not even close to clean though. I grabbed the only shampoo I saw- Axe. I rolled my eyes. Just like a guy to have Axe styling stuff. I looked closer at the bottle. It was the Axe Lure, the soft hair bottle.
For a second I wondered what it would be like to run my fingers through his hair and feel the silkiness that it looked like. I shook my head. What the hell was I thinking! He almost killed me today and now I was thinking of what it would be like to just get the chance to run my fingers through his hair… and having his plump lips just- Snap out of it Raven! He-almost-killed-you! I said slowly in my head, enunciating each word.
I pushed every thought of Alec to the back of my head and squeezed the shampoo in my hand. After lathering, rinsing and repeating I grabbed the conditioner and repeated. I was surprised to see body wash in a guy's bathroom. I grabbed the bottle.
But looking at it- it's Axe too. The kilo one to be exact. Ha! Randy would use this all the time, his room reeked of it. But I have to admit, in small doses, it smells really good! What the hell, it is a guy's bathroom after all.
So I sacrificed my cinnamon and apple shower gel for Alec's Axe Kilo gel. I really didn't want to get out of the shower but the water ran cold, so I was forced out. But unfortunately The Fates were against me because as I opened the curtain the bathroom door opened as well. "Hey, Heidi just dropped off your-" he stopped when he realized I wasn't completely decent. I gasped and wrapped the curtain around me as fast as possible.
"Do you mind?" I asked, my face most possibly resembling a tomato by now.
He raised an eyebrow. "Uhh, it's my bathroom." He said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Yeah. And I'm using it!" I pointed out. He was seriously not fazed by the fact that I stood in front of him in my birthday suit! I don't believe this!
He rolled his eyes again. "Whatever. Heidi dropped off some of her stuff you can use. She said you were about the same size but, and I quote, "Her chest is nowhere near as big as mine so she can just go braless until Jane goes out and buys her something." Anyway, don't worry about her, she's harmless. But here." He dropped a small black bag on the counter, grabbed my dirty clothes and left. "Lock the door next time." He called as he shut the door.
"Che un asino." I muttered under my breath.
What a jackass.
"I heard that." He called from behind the door. I groaned and rolled my eyes. I unwrapped myself from the curtain and ran over to the door, tripping in the act, and locked it.
I sighed and walked to the bag, pulling out the skimpiest piece of cloth I have ever seen.
A thong... Heidi brought me a thong. I don't believe this. Who the hell is Heidi anyway? It was black and lacey and practically nothing was there! How could she do this to me? But it was my only option unless I wanted to go commando and risk flashing Alec, which I was very objective to! Damn vampires. I pulled it on reluctantly and dried off.
I wrapped the towel around my head and pulled Alec's red shirt on, leaving the top two buttons unbuttoned. I looked in the mirror. I looked better; my face was flushed from the shower and blood-free. My eyes on the other hand actually looked brighter than usual. Strange.
I unwrapped the towel from my hair and hung it up. I ran my fingers through my damp hair a couple of times, letting the curls straiten as they dry. His sleeves were long for me. I rolled them up to my elbows. I was lucky his shirt went to my mid thigh. I took a deep breath and exited the bathroom. Alec sat facing away from me as he watched the TV.
I walked across the room and sat on the floor, leaning against the foot of the couch. The News. Whatever, it was something. I heard Alec sniff. "You smell like Axe." I could hear the amusement in his voice. I looked up at him to see him smirking at me.
I rolled my eyes. "It's all you had. My hair was covered in blood."
"I know." He chuckled. He looked back at the news. I did the same. "You smell good in it." I blushed.
"Well, it's yours so of course you think it smells good." I pointed out.
He chuckled again. "Very true. Guess I'm just being bias."
I straitened and wrapped my arms around my legs. "Yes. Yes, you are."
He chuckled again. "You must be tired. Go ahead and sleep. I'm pretty sure the bed's comfortable." What's his gimmick? I narrowed my eyes at him. "What?" he asked innocently.
"You're being nice to me. Why?"
He sighed and muted the TV. "You're Aro's daughter now. I have to be nice to you. And Alana. I actually have to guard you but yeah, if we aren't nice to you two Sulpicia and Aro will rip our heads off. Literally. And enjoy it too."
"Wow…" That was pretty hardcore for something like that. "What are the wives like?" I asked looking him in the eye. His eyes burnt bright red, they were terrifying and exotic at the same time.
He broke the connection and stared at the wall next to the TV. "The wives are very kind… too kind for any of us." He glanced at me. "Especially Sulpicia. You and Alana are very lucky to have her as a mother figure."
Our eyes connected again. There was something smoldering behind them. I couldn't quite figure it out. "You look exhausted. Get some sleep Raven. You can use the bed. I don't use it."
I got up, careful not to flash Alec. "Thanks." I whispered as I walked to the bed. I pulled the velvet back to see a silk maroon bedspread. The pillows maroon and black, some black with red lace and other red with black lace. The headboard was enormous, intricate designs of mythology were carved into the oak. There were two lit lanterns next to the two headboard posts. I pulled the comforter back and crawled in. I jumped when Alec pulled the curtain on the bathroom side open.
"Sorry." He whispered and blew the lantern out. As fast as I could blink he shut the curtain and was on the other side of the bed where I had gotten in. "Goodnight." He whispered. He leaned in and blew out the other lantern. "Sweet dreams." He whispered again and shut the curtain.
I sat in darkness, not sure what was going to happen when tomorrow came. I prayed to god I at least lived to see tomorrow.
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