MATT'S POV
Jane and Cynthia were in the other room talking. Why in the hell was she here? Why in the hell should I allow her to be here?
I owed her nothing. And what in the hell was 'her binds'? She was a sadistic witch bitch who took pride in killing innocent lives. It was because of her and Alec I couldn't live happily.
They took the one person I ever loved away from me. Thinking of Peppa hurt. It was like becoming a vampire except the pain of the venom didn't go away.
The night before she died I proposed. We were planning on going to Vegas in the morning to become husband and wife.
But because she hadn't hunted for a while she attacked a little boy, turns out she didn't suck out all of the venom and he turned.
The Volturi found out not long after, Peppa ran off, hoping they wouldn't find her.
By the time I had finally gotten to her she was an ashy pile. After that I went rogue. Simon and Ashleigh bumped into me at least once a month, checking up to see if I was okay.
It wasn't until they met Lucas and Cynthia I started living again. C.C was the bestest friend I could have, she half filled the gap in my heart.
When we met Rachelle and Ingrid I kind of hoped something would happen between me and Rachelle, but she wasn't my type. I liked girls who were feisty and incredible to look at.
I wanted a girl who knew how to look after herself, a girl who didn't need to rely on their man.
It wasn't that Rachelle wasn't extremely gorgeous, she just didn't check out for me. Jane was hot and feisty, but if she wasn't a sadistic bitch and a member of the family who killed my Peppa I would have been chasing her since day one.
But she seemed different. Why would she even hang out with Cynthia? I didn't know Jane, but I sure heard stuff about her. She was the type of girl who would hang out with guys and have no care for girls, especially ones like Cynthia.
"Hey ass wipe your turn," Simon joked.
"You sure? You're just going to get your ass kicked," I replied with a laugh.
"Just throw the freaking dart."
I laughed again and got three bulls eyes. Simon spat onto the ground and tried again. He got a bull's eye, double twenty and a twenty.
We played a little longer until Lucas came into the room, fuming mad. One thing we all learned since being in this coven was never to piss off Lucas.
He was a cool guy and everything but once he got into the 'kill zone' he wouldn't go back. When it came to a fight with Lucas he wouldn't know when to stop.
I remember one time when he and Simon got into a fight, C.C tried to stop Lucas. He ended up hitting her across the room.
The rest of the night all we heard was them two. It was the only way they ever made up when something happened.
Ashleigh and Simon didn't mind, but I did. I hated being lonely, the only one in our coven without a mate. Sometimes I wondered if I was going to be alone forever.
"Stupid Felix!" He snapped.
"What's wrong?" I asked him.
"He says he can't protect Ingrid. That he's got bigger issues to deal with!"
"Screw him. Ingrid will be fine; I mean she's hanging out with Aro and that all day. Knowing them they wouldn't want to anger you," Simon told him.
"I guess so. Where's Cynthia?"
"She's in the next room with Jane," I told him.
"Jane? Like Alec's twin Sister Jane?"
"Yep. Don't ask us why she's here. Cynthia bought her in," Simon explained.
Lucas stormed off into the other room where Jane and Cynthia were. They came out moments later.
"Meeting now! Jane I don't want Aro knowing about this so you're going to have to leave!" Lucas snapped.
Jane nodded and made her way to leave; her eyes a shiny red as if she was crying.
Cynthia stopped her from leaving, "We can trust her. She won't do anything."
"Cynthia let's not have this argument please. Just get her out!"
Cynthia shook her head, "No. She's staying. If you want her gone, then I'm going with her." Lucas clenched his teeth, "I'm not arguing with you Cynthia! Get her out!"
"Just trust me on this, please."
"Fine. Then were over."
Everyone went quiet. At first I thought Lucas was kidding, but the look on his face was serious and horrifying.
"I'm just going to leave," Jane said, breaking the silence.
She hurried out of the room. Cynthia closed her eyes for a few moments.
"As I was saying. We need to leave soon, Aro's very interested in us and that means he's going to want to split us apart. We also need to beware of Cody. He's newborn, C.C and Leigh know a lot about newborns and he's not going to be a slice of heaven to deal with," Lucas said.
Shit. He called Cynthia and Ashleigh by their nicknames. He never called Cynthia C.C, so he must have been serious about them two breaking up. He only ever called Ashleigh, 'Leigh' when he knew she would be difficult.
It was true they had experience with newborns. Not long ago in Seattle there was a newborn rampage, Leigh and C.C went there for a shopping spree, unaware of the situation and ran into a small group of them. If it wasn't for some kid called Diego that was among them that night. C.C and Leigh would have been shredded to pieces. Both of them then studied the newborn stage of vampires religiously. How to kill them and how to defend yourself from them.
Cynthia and Ashleigh were like a family. Ashleigh the mother and Cynthia the teenage daughter.
"We can handle 'em. Rachelle killed Cody once she can do it again," Ashleigh snapped, standing next to a shocked C.C.
"That's different. Cody was human; he wasn't as strong and fast as he is now."
"The Newborn stage only last for a few months. Estimating how long he's been vampire, he should be at the end of his newborn age."
"We don't know that for sure!"
"Look, Lucas! We can handle this! We're the second most talented coven there is! The Cullen's are next and they survived an attack of almost 20 newborns and the Volturi!"
Lucas went quiet. I could tell he was stressed, angry and heartbroken. C.C meant everything to him. He didn't mean to treat her in such ways as he did, but he never meant it.
"Just be on the lookout and protect yourself a bit better," he said leaving the room into his bedroom.
Cynthia bit her lip and looked over at the open bedroom door. I sighed got up and left the room. I walked down the hall until I was in my own. I took off my shirt and shoes and sat down in one of the wicker chairs in my room.
A picture of Peppa on the cupboard next to my bed. I grabbed it and kissed her lips.
"I miss you baby. More than you could possibly imagine," I told her through a cracked voice.
JANE'S POV
I sat in my room looking at the wall. Was Cynthia coming to see me? Not possible. Lucas said they were over; she probably wanted to fix things. But I wasn't concerned about that. I was concerned if she could keep my secret. I didn't want to be binded again. I killed too many innocent lives; I didn't want to kill more.
Especially not for them three sick mutts. I sighed and looked up at the ceiling. I closed my eyes.
The sun was up. We were standing in one line, a wild red hot fire next to me. Alec, Aro, Caius, Marcus, Felix, Demetri, Afton, Chelsea and I were taking in the crime scene. The accused were standing in front of us. The man had to be about fifty, his eyes a glowing red. A small girl was clinging to his leg. She was about four and had blood red eyes. Blood through her hair and on her small body. I smiled at her and then she screamed. The man tried to protect her but I just looked at him and he was the one screaming, Felix and Demetri grabbed the man, Alec close behind them. I for one went to the girl and picked her up. She had stopped screaming but was looking at me in surprise. I turned to Alec as he blinded the man, who moaned for his sight. I smiled in deep satisfaction as Felix and Demetri tore him up. The girl started to scream again. I grabbed her by her hair and pulled it off, half of her head connected. Then I chucked her distorted body into the raging fire just as Felix, Demetri and Alec did for the man.
Aro smiled at us, "Nice work my children. I didn't expect such success on our second outing; this is a day of celebration."
I smiled, "Yes it is. Alec don't you think so?"
"Yes I do sister," Alec replied, not smiling but nodding in approval.
I opened my eyes in alarm, scared by the sudden memory. The girl stood right in front of me, by my door.
"Why? Why did you kill me?" She asked, upset.
"AHH!" I screamed.
I ran out of the room and ran into Matt.
"Watch were you're going!" He snapped.
"Sorry," I apologized looking down at the floor.
He walked past, but then stopped, "Why were you hanging out with C.C?"
"She…um… knew I was upset so she let me hang out with her."
"Ok. But if you do anything to hurt her or anyone else in my coven I'll kill you," He sneered before leaving.
