Chapter 3:
Father told me that the way to best defeat your enemies is to cut off their resources and pick them off one by one. But Father is dead, and I don't have that kind of time.
First things first. I need to get rid of the witch twins. They are the closest to the Volturi, they will be missed the most. I'm in the middle of my thoughts when one of the said witch twins crosses my path.
"Alec." I try to say with a pleasant smile, which is hard to do when I know that I'm doing it to one of my family's murderers. "Annalise...Master Marcus wishes to speak with you."
"Oh yes. Where is he?"
"Down this hallway and on the second door to the left. By the way, congratulations on making it in. Not very many people can interest Aro like that, in fact, he's still pining over the Cullen's Alice.
"Thank you. I'll just go and talk with Master Marcus then." Alec seemed decent, but that won't stop me from ripping his head off in the end.
I open the door that leads into Marcus's office. He's standing by the window, staring off into the distance and seems to be in deep thought. I bring him out of his daydream.
"You wished to speak with me, Master Marcus?" He turns around and faces me. "Ah, yes, Annalise. Come in child. Sit down." He gestures towards a chair that sits across from the desk where he sits down.
"I wanted to talk to you about my brother."
"Aro?"
"No. Caius." I look at him a little confused. "Caius?" He nods his head. "Yes. I wanted to tell you that even though Caius may seem a little hard and intense on the outside, it's just because he's had his heart broken in the past. So please, be easy on him. That's all, you are dismissed."
I blink. 'What the heck is he talking about?' But, I don't want to ask him so I just exit and walk back to my room.
...
It's midnight. Everyone is out on the town. Except for me, the three kings, and the witch twins. Time to make my move.
I track Jane to her room, making sure no one saw or followed me. I slip silently into her room and pull my shield up. "Hello Jane." She whips around and tries to inflict pain, but gets frustrated when it doesn't work.
I smirk at her, "That won't work, Jane. Nothing works on me."
"Annalise. What are you doing in my room?"
"I'm getting my revenge." Her brow furrows even more. "Revenge? what are you talking about? I thought that werewolves killed them."
I chuckle darkly at her ignorance. "It's true that my coven was killed. But it wasn't by werewolves. You killed them, Jane. You and your brother and other members of the guard."
Jane narrows her eyes at me. "What are you talking about?" I rush up to her and practice Renesme's power and show her my memories of the night they were killed. Her red eyes widen in shock. "The Romanians."
"Yes. The Romanians. I watched you as you threw my father's head into that fire. Well, Jane, you're going to die tonight." I send out one of her pain signals and she whimpers. 'Music to my ears.' I decide to stop.
Jane looks scared for her life now. "They'll know it was you." She hisses at me. I smirk again. "No they won't."
To her horror I transform into an enormous wolf. Something I picked up in Forks. Half of me has white fur an a blue eye, while the other half has black fur and a red eye. Jane lets out a shriek as I rip her to shreds. I shift back and wipe her remains off of my mouth. Just for good measure, I spit on her decapitated head.
I run out, making sure to look frightened. "Someone, help! Somebody!"
Caius's POV:
"Someone help! Somebody!" My head shoots up from out of my book. 'That sounds like Annalise.' I rush out of my study. Annalise is running down the hallway screaming her head off.
I grab her by arms. "Annalise, calm down, calm down. What is it? What's wrong?" She takes in a deep breath and chokes on a sob. "It's Jane."
"Yes. What about Jane."
"They followed me here, the werewolves. Please, you have to help." We run to Jane's room.
Annalise pushes the door open and steps out of my way so I can see. Jane's head stares up at me from its place on the floor. I feel sick to my stomach. And worse, Alec walks in.
"Master Caius, what's-" He stops in the middle of his sentence when he sees the gruesome scene. "Annalise, get Alec out of here please." She silently nods and takes the shell shocked Alec out.
In a second, Annalise is back and waiting for my next command. "Find Aro and Marcus. They'll want to know about this." She nods and runs out of the room again, returning with my brothers.
"Oh dear. What a pity. She was always my favorite." Aro states too calmly. I know in reality that he thought of her as a daughter, so this must feel like being set on fire to him. "We must find out who did this." Marcus tells us.
"Yes. But for now, I believe we should all rest. After all, we do have a memorial to plan tomorrow." Aro orders us. Marcus and Aro leaves the room, but Annalise and I remain.
Annalise turns to leave, but I grab her by the arm gently. She looks up at me with fear in her eyes. I furrow my brow, wondering as to why she would be scared. "Yes, Master Caius?" She asks softly, her voice as quiet as a butterfly's wings in flight and as musical as a chorus of violins played by only the best.
Her eyes are a deep ruby shade, almost the color of blood. Her lips are a shade lighter and are full and look soft as the finest of silks. Her short, scarlet hair feathers out in places, looking like the feathers on an angel's wing. Her skin is as pale and smooth as the moon.
I feel my undead heart flutter. She's absolutely breathtaking. I'm so enraptured by her beauty, that I forget to answer her question. I shake my head again. "Um...you said the werewolves were after you, correct?"
Annalise nods her delicate head. "Yes." I choke on what words to say. "Well...perhaps you could...but only if you are alright with the circumstances..." 'Quit bumbling like a fool Caius! You are apart of the Volturi, you are a king! Spit it out already!'
Annalise smiles at me gently. "Good night, Master Caius." In an instant, she's gone and I'm left a little dejected. 'That went well. Didn't it?'
