"Alec, leave us now," ordered Aro, "I need to talk to Eva – alone," Best that we sort this out before explaining to the others.
"No," Eva cut in, "I need him here, in case..."
"Eva, Eva, Eva," Aro interrupted her, his voice sounding gentle, but taking on a slightly unfriendly tone, "You really must learn to respect your elders, especially those in authority," Have the Cullens got to her already? Eva glared at him as Alec left.
"Now..." began Aro, but trailed off, noticing Eva's malevolent gaze. He started again,
"Rule number one, behave or you go back to the Cullens. Misbehave severely and..."
"Yeah, yeah, I know, I misbehave, I die, no second chances," said Eva.
"Your moods do seem rather changeable, don't they now," Aro stated. Was I wrong to allow her to stay?
"I can't help it," Eva told him coolly, "When you can feel the emotions of everyone around you, it's a little hard to keep track of your own,"
"I can imagine. The question is, now that you are here," Aro paused, head bent in thought, "What do we do with you?" Really wish I'd thought ahead.
"You gave a good impression of having it all planned out," Eva told him, "I wondered why your ideas didn't seem to move ahead by more than five minutes at a time,"
"You are being very blunt," This could get annoying...
"Stop making statements like that," complained Eva, "It's doing my head in! Also, the little asides...you might as well just say what you're thinking,"
"True, true," Damn. Maybe this was a mistake. A really, really...
"You're doing it again!" Eva grasped Aro's hand. He didn't have her advantages, and didn't see it coming. The avalanche of thoughts between him and Eva was...well, he could call it phenomenal but...he didn't like it. His mind was private, as far as it could be around mindreaders – and even then, just the one. Then Eva broke away. Aro looked at her face. She looked...scared? Or confused? What was wrong now?
"You...you're...like me," she gasped.
"What?" Aro asked sharply what does she mean by that? What has she found out? What does she know? Questions bombarded him thick and fast, he didn't understand, he didn't like this helplessness of not knowing...Eva was growling softly, clutching her head.
"Shut up," she snarled, "I can't focus with your thoughts shouting at me like that," Aro was stunned into silence. The girl was mad! You couldn't just walk into Volterra and tell the leader of the Volturi to shut up because his thoughts were too loud! It just didn't happen.
Eva, noticing his thoughts, decided that some form of respect might be a better stance.