Aro looked behind him towards his brothers with an expression I couldn't read. Then I saw their lips moving as if they were talking, but I couldn't hear what they were saying.

I saw Marcus nod, then the next thing I knew, I was getting shown into another room. I had a feeling this was something that had nothing to do with the tour.

"Umm… Where am I going?" I asked cautiously. The two men escorting me simply looked over their shoulders. Okay…

Once I reached a well-lit room that sort of looked like a lobby. "Stay here." The man with the spiky hair told me, and for some reason, I knew to do what he said. It was probably another aspect to the weirdness.

The two men left me alone with a woman who introduced herself as Gianna. "Do you know why you have been placed in here?" Thank God. Someone who seemed the tiniest amount confused. "I have no idea. I don't even know what's going on here." Gianna pursed her lips, as if she were trying to think.

I heard the most blood-curdling scream. Then another. And another. Until the other room was filled with a whole chorus of screams. Gianna looked almost unfazed, while I sunk to the floor in shock. What was happening to those people in there?

All of a sudden, it stopped. "What the heck just happened in there?" I nearly screeched. "I can't tell you." Gianna told me with a sympathetic look. "Once I do, you will never be able to escape."

I didn't even want to guess what that meant, so I just stayed in the floor, shaking violently.

The girl named Jane came in and motioned for me to follow her. I nodded, slowly getting to my feet.

I was terrified of going into that room. But once there, it seemed as if no one was in there at all. Until a saw a man run out from behind a large statue, screaming at the top of his lungs.

It all happened at once. At first, no one was anywhere near the hysterical man, then the two men I saw from earlier were beside him, biting into his wrists.

I couldn't even scream as I saw the man sink to the floor, dead. A second later, every emotion in the world hit me.

~ARO'S POINT OF VIEW~

The poor child was trembling and sobbing. I felt like I should do something, but I didn't know what would help. We weren't used to that much emotion.

~BELLA'S POINT OF VIEW~

I felt two ice-cold hands take hold of my shoulders. I fell forwards, unable to handle anything. I cried even harder, feeling as if I were going to throw up with each sob. "Shh, Bella, shh." A hand took hold of my face and wiped away the tears.

As my vision cleared, I noticed this was Aro. Before, he seemed very refined. Now, his eyes held all of the sadness, pain, and remorse. These emotions were so evident, I felt the need to hug him, I was just too painfully shy to actually do it.