Chapter 2

After their guests had been shown to the guest wing of the castle the Volturi brothers gathered again in the throne room. They had asked only those who they considered to be their 'High Guard' to join them, as was custom there was an important announcement to be made. When everybody was gathered and waiting, the ornate golden doors flew open and in walked a gorgeous blond immortal with a caramel skinned man behind her. His wrists were bound and his head lowered. Chelsea lowered the hood of her ink black cloak, her blond curls fell down her back and over her shoulders, her strides long and confident. She smiled but her eyes were only looking at the three brothers on their thrones. She tugged on the thin leather cord that was tied to a collar the caramel skinned man behind her was wearing.

"Masters!"

She exclaimed as Aro rose and held out his hand, she placed her own in his and he closed both his hands around hers. Closing his eyes as he focused on what he could learn from her mind. A second went by and then another, all the eyes in the room were focused on the exchange. That is until Marcus suddenly stood up and took a step toward Chelsea and the man now kneeling behind her. Every immortal was shocked to see such an action from the immortal. Marcus was widely known for his lack of interest in anything. Several hundred years ago he had lost his mate in a vicious attack and he had never been the same since.

Aro's eyes flew open and he locked them on Chelsea.

"My dearest, what excellent, excellent news. I am so delighted that you have succeeded."

At this Caius sneered.

"Care to share with the rest of us?"

Aro chuckled and set back into his seat, waving his hand at Chelsea, but his eyes were only focused on the man behind her.

"Masters, my work is done. It took much less time and effort than expected."

Marcus nodded as he took his seat again.

"Fascinating", he sighed.

Causing even Aro to raise an eyebrow. Chelsea smiled and continued.

"Indeed Master, they truly are fascinating creatures. They have a natural instinct to belong to a pack, it's a deep rooted urge of the animal to belong to a greater group. In this case it didn't matter if the group was made up of his own kind or of that of ours. But besides that…"

She trailed off, looking at the man behind her and smiling.

"They have a magic in their blood. I have heard them call it 'imprinting', it means that they can be tied to another so strongly, it's even greater than the connection between our matings. For them it is a random occurrence if and when it happens, they cannot control it. However, I can." Chelsea walked around slowly, taking the collar off of the man and pulling him to his feet.

"Look up wolf."

He did as she asked and the moment his eyes met those of the three Volturi brothers his expression changed from angry and defeated to utter devotion. Aro exclaimed and started clapping, causing Chelsea to beam brightly at him.

"I've manipulated the bond to such an extent that you are all that he craves, his sole mission will be to please you and keep you safe. In a matter of weeks he won't even remember his old pack or his old mate."

The wolf took a couple steps forward causing the guards along the wall to move forward as well. The wolves crouched down and growled at them, Chelsea stepped forward and raised her hands.

"On my life I swear to you that he will not hurt our Masters."

Aro beckoned the wolf forward and he went willingly, sinking down on one knee in front of his throne, but his eyes remained glued to Aro and he was smiling widely. Aro leaned forward toward the wolf.

"How peculiar, I feel a connection to you to."

This caused some sharp inhales of breath among the guards in the room.

"It's true Master, it's the way their bond works. Only he feels it about a hundred times more intense then you do."

Aro nodded and put his hand on the wolves head, stroking the yet black hair on his head.

"And what is your name wolf?"

The man looked up and smiled.

"I'm Sam".

"Sam," Aro repeated.

"Sam why don't you go to the center of the room and show us how magnificent your wolf truly is."

The wolf nodded and he stood up, walking back past Chelsea toward the center of the room, he turned back to face the masters. He stood there silently for a moment, it seemed at first that nothing happened, but then the air around the wolf started to steam, like he was heating up, his skin coming to a boiling point. The water in the air around him, sizzeled and steamed, then suddenly he twisted his torso and threw his hands out and in a mere moment he had more than doubled in size, standing on all fours he huffed. His wolf form was indeed magnificent. He stood almost twice as tall as any man, his fur was a deep jet black, his eyes burning with desire and pride. Then his lip curled back and he growled slightly, shaking his head. Even though Sam was now imprinted to the masters of the Volturi, the most powerful immortals in the world, his nose was still very sensitive to their particular smell.

Aro stood up cautiously, he approached Chelsea and took her hand, placing a feather light kiss on her palm before he moved past her and toward the wolf.

"Master?" Jane's soft high voice sounded very insecure as she called out for her master. Aro merely raised his hand and continued.

"All will be fine my dears".

He came to the wolf and Sam quietly laid down on the ground so now they were about the same height, the wolfs ears twitched briefly and his eyes never left the master of the immortals as Aro's hand made contact to his cheeks. There was a pause in which everybody held their breaths before Aro exclaimed in utter joy and he stepped even closer to the wolf.

"Wonderful! I can hear his thoughts even now."

Caius snarled from his throne, he didn't look as if he would chose the world 'wonderful' for this particular situation. He scolded and turned to leave the room. Marcus was watching Aro and the wolf, nobody had seen him this engaged in anything that happened for centuries. It was truly remarkable.

Aro called Chelsea over and she was quickly at his side.

"You did well my dear, I am so very pleased with you."

And with that he dismissed everybody in the room. Aro was so focused on his new price that he didn't see the glares and looks some of the guard were throwing over their shoulders before they left.

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