Chapter Three

It was either that Demetri respected Caius so much he paid that strict of attention to his instructions or the fact that he seemed to be enjoying making Zondrea more annoyed than necessary. Either way, he didn't let her out of his sight. It was as if an invisible force were joining the two at the hips.
It had only been a week since Caius had, for lack of better word, grounded her to staying with Demetri twenty-four seven. Before this had happened, Zondrea had thought she liked Demetri, thought that his power and personality was interesting. But, now she was sick of him, sick of everything about him. Being with someone for that long of a time all at once was absolutely tiring and aggravating.
She still couldn't get the Cullens out of her head though. Throughout the week she had been sneaking information out of Felix and Demetri, trying to not come off as suspicious. Which wasn't that difficult, the two of them thought nothing of it. In fact, they seemed to love talking about the coven of vampires, as long as they got to put in a few nasty words about them.
Zondrea had reeled a lot of information about them. Like, the fact that were nine of them, she knew most of their names. Alice, Esme, Carlisle, Bella, Edward, and so on. She also had heard the coven was close to werewolves. She, herself, had never gotten the pleasure of coming across one. Zondrea had always been curious about the mysterious beasts and had always wanted to see one.
The quick noise of footsteps flying up the stairs knocked her out of her train of thoughts. She picked up her head from where she had been looking down, red-brown curls bouncing as she did so.
Demetri and Zondrea were in the study, a place full of books and a couple desks. Demetri had been researching while Zondrea had been staring off into space, thinking and pondering.
Caius drifted into the dim room, his features in cast shadow from the lighting. He nodded at Demetri who marked a place in his book and stood up politely and in a manner of respect. Zondrea stayed sitting, her legs propped up onto a table, avoiding eye contact with Caius.
"Greetings Demetri," Caius said in a pleasant tone, causing Zondrea to glance up for a moment, her eyes narrowed in a confused way.
"Caius, what brings you here?" Demetri asked, also confused, but trying to mask it.
"Just thought I'd come by and take Zondrea off your hands for a while. Though, I thought I'd mention that you've been doing quite a good job." He proposed and Demetri eyes went wider, almost surprised to get a compliment from the Volturi's most hateful member.
"Why that's very kind of, Caius." Demetri nodded, taking a step back and looking on to Zondrea who made no gesture that she was planning to move or get up any time soon.
"Come on, then, Zondrea." Caius ordered, his accent making the 'r' in her name come out in a roll.
She thought about her options for a second, before deciding to get up. She had no clue where or what he was planning on doing. But, anything would be better than sitting in the same spot with Demetri for the next couple of hours.
He smirked down at her as she approached, his sharp cheekbones defined in the dark room with shadows casting around his eyes, though Zondrea could easily see they were dark with hunger.
He led the way out, his back straight and gate smooth, easily graceful. She gave him a curious look, not sure where their destination was. But, surely he wouldn't bring her out of the building without a shield of some sort. He would vulnerable and she would be powerful.
She didn't bother asking, already knowing he wouldn't give her a straight forward answer. Instead she just continued following him, easily keeping up with his pace.
He led the way to the exit/entrance. To no surprise to her, a new secretary was sitting at the the desk that Gianna sat behind only a week ago. This time, the secretary was one of them, with brilliant red eyes and an odd way of tilting her head when she saw the two walk past her, Caius didn't even bother throwing a glance her way.
The two exited through the underground way, Caius going first and patiently waiting for her on the other side. Now, she couldn't help but ask, "Where are we even going?" He looked at her again, a devious smile on his lips.
"Considering you haven't been out for quite some time and we both haven't hunted in quite a while, I thought the two of us could get something to," He paused for a moment, either to add effect or trying to find the right word, "drink." He finished, smirking.
They continued walking, side by side this time. Zondrea was half tempted to say something unpleasant, but he seemed to be acting fairly nice, so she decided to play his game.
"I thought you usually just have your humans brought to you. Why the change of pace?" She asked, not looking at him, rather the sky above, and discovering it was a full moon.
"I'm not always served on a golden platter." He slightly argued, but his voice stayed light. "I do like the rush of a good hunt." He explained shortly.
She nodded, in understanding this time. There was nothing like the rush you got from hunting, seeing the light fade from the humans eyes...
She shook her head, this is exactly what she had wanted to stop only the day before. She didn't want to hunt humans anymore. And her mind went straight to the Cullens, curiosity still prickling at her.
They continued on walking at a fast human pace, till they reached the end of the street, the lamps lit brightly. Caius tilted his head towards her, a mischievous look on his face. "Think you could keep up?" He asked.
She scoffed. "Is that a challenge?" She asked back, raising an eyebrow.
He seemed to think of it for a moment. "Yes, possibly." She shook her head, let out a light laugh, and then took off like a rocket, her legs moving fast and she jumped and ran at a fast speed.
Caius came up beside her, glancing at her and sharing a moment of eye contact before he confidently smirked and surged forward. Zondrea, being very competitive, wouldn't let him, of all people, beat her.
She picked up speed, dodging lamps, buildings, garbage bins, and many other items. Caius and her were even in speed, both of them charging forward at full speed.
Zondrea could have went on like this for days, never getting tired and just running. But, the burning in her throat paused her and she started slowing down, the scent of blood washing over her, small, but still very fresh.
Caius slowed down beside her, obviously able to smell what she was smelling. She slowed down till she had stopped altogether. He stood beside her, towering over her. She glanced up at him, to see what he was thinking.
"Lead the way, little hunter." Caius insisted and she didn't need any more encouragement. She followed the scent with ease. She may not be a tracker like Demetri, but her instincts lead the way.
The smell of blood now made sense, outside a home were two humans. One boy and one girl. She could hear them arguing in a different language from english, she knew the language, it was Spanish. And she picked up a few words. All of them were very...offensive. The blood scent was coming from a scratch on the man's face.
She hurriedly made her to the back of the house, Caius following, watching her. She jumped, landing on the roof of the house with no problems. She kept low, creeping around to the front of the house.
Her eyes never left the two humans. Both of them were completely clueless to anything happening around them, all they were focused on were themselves.
"Ready?" She asked him, not looking away from the two.
"As soon as you are." He replied and she nodded, tensing her body and ready to spring for the man who was now wiping the blood from his face, as if just realizing it was there. Well, it was too late for them anyways.
Zondrea sprung, landing directly on target. Her feet hit the ground, planting evenly and she wasted no time.
She grabbed the man by the neck and twisted, hearing a crack and then she bit deep into the jugular, feeling the faint pulse of the man as his heart started to give in.
Zondrea hardly remember Caius beside her, finishing his meal with a swift bite.
Once she had finished draining the man completely dry, she let his body fall to the ground. The eyes of the man were still open, a shocked expression plastered on his still face.
"Good call on that one." Caius complemented, and she gave him an actual smile. She felt power rushing through her veins and it caused a lightness inside of her.
"Shall we continue?" He asked and she nodded vigorously.
He nodded towards the left and both of them took off again, heading for a different city.

The two of them fed till they no longer wanted to, both of their eyes newly bright and bloody. She felt like she was floating with happiness. When vampires overfed, especially on humans, it was a similar feeling to be drunk.
Caius was even in a good mood the whole night, letting her lead the way and use her powers to lure humans to them. He was highly amused by it too.
They made their way back to Volterra, still floating on the high from having so much blood. And so much excitement. It was fun, seeing how fragile and little humans were.
As they made their way down a familiar street, she felt Caius stop beside her. She paused for a moment, confused as to why he was stopping.
"Come on, the sun will be-" But he cut her off mid sentence. He, very fastly, spun her around and pinned her against the building beside them. If her heart still beated, it would have skipped from surprise.
He paused for a moment, his eyes narrowing as they glanced into hers. And without any more hesitation, his lips were pressed against hers.
She didn't know what to do think or do, confusion was what she felt. Zondrea was almost frozen, but her lips automatically responded back. Why would Caius, of anyone, do this? She had thought he didn't like her.
But, apparently that wasn't the truth, because his lips started to get greedy, just as he usually was. She could feel time ticking and knew the sun would be coming up soon, very soon.
Caius seemed to sense that too, because he pulled back. His lips formed a smile, a very confident smile and as she looked up into his eyes, she knew what they meant and as this thought ran through his head, it was like it was running through her head at the same time.
"You're mine, now."

(A/N: Alright, I know this one might be a little bit of a shock for some of you, but I hope you enjoy it! As always, review and stay tuned for the next chapter that should be up by tomorrow or Wed.)