Chapter 2
Electra unbuckled her seatbelt and walked down the narrow aisle of the large plane she was on with her new family to Italy. She hurried past Caius, who was seated across from her on the other side, reading a magazine, with a slight shudder of fear in her stomach. After she regained consciousness, Aro told her about his decision on Caius "Claiming" her as his new bride to replace his dead mate as his queen.
"Not for a long time." he had been quick to assured her when she nearly fell of her bed in shock. But it appeared there were some who willingly tested Caius's power over them as their master and he needed to maintain his position well, if he was going to become her protector for the next five years.
Electra slammed the bathroom door shut and locked it firmly into place as she slid down and cried for the hundredth time that day. They still had to make at least three more connecting flights till they would finally arrive at her new home and country. Felix, one of Caius's personally bodyguards, had given her a small gold urn with her son's ashes inside. He had only stayed for a minute, but gave her a fierce hug with a soft word of encouragement to stay strong as a woman, before leaving her to help get their things ready for their flight home. She wiped her eyes with shaky hands and used the toilet before straightening out her long, blond hair with her fingers and rinsing her face with cold water.
A soft knock suddenly sounded on the door, startling her and causing her to jump in fright.
"Open up this door." Caius ordered on the other side in a hard voice. Not wanting to get him angry again, she quickly unlocked the door and was pushed inside deeper as he flickered into the tiny space, shutting it behind him and locking it. Electra tried to avoid touching him with her body as he turned slowly towards her with deep frown. Her heart was pounding in her chest like wild animal as she watched his face for any hint of anger. Caius had driven in a different car while they headed to the airport and stayed well away from her as they waited for their first connecting flight to New York international airport. Caius turned on her with a deep frown while she cringed from him.
"I wanted to talk to you alone about your new position at Volturia while under my care." He said as he pulled some of her hair away from her face. Electra tried to calm down her pounding heart but felt very light headed as she gazed upon her new "master" as Aro described earlier. Caius's disguised eyes stared down at her with full of mock and smugness as he listened to the sharp spike in her heartbeat.
It was not often that he would come into contact with another human, save for food reasons, and allow them to live. She was a fiery spirited young girl who was without anyone to call family now and he had to put up with her for six years as her protector. Aro mildly suggested perhaps claim her in the physical sense, but Caius had loudly objected wanting to have such emotional connection to her, saying it would ruin his image if he chose to sleep with a human girl. He should have killed her the moment he laid eyes on her in the alleyway, but something kept him back. Some sort of human emotion that had been totally foreign to his vampire body for three thousand plus years and locked deep down under a mask of anger and annoyance with his world.
Pity.
Pity for a human who was nothing but substance to his kind.
Pity for the pain of losing a tiny life that was barely a month old, would not live to see his first birthday.
Pity for his own life when he was a human and wondering if each day was going to be his last as he endured the sick sexual craving of men at the brothel he had been sold to for money by his own flesh and blood.
Pity was an emotional weakness, and now, he felt it as he looked down at the small human girl who was to replace his dead mate and become his queen and new mate. Caius wondered if there was truly such a thing as love that lasted through the long years as a strong bond. For more than a well over two millenniums, he had to live without love from Atheodora as their perfect marriage dissolved as each century passed by like sand in an hour glass. Caius knew she was not the one who would call his heart, but at least she had stayed loyal to him to the very end.
Like this mortal said the night before to Marcus, he was alone and he had to face it or be walk all over by the very ones he helped rule over. Dazed, Electra reached a hand out unknowingly and touched his lips with her fingers. Caius bit back a dark growl as he recalled dimly that he did not like to be touched in such an intimate way, thanks to what he endured in the hands of his former masters. Her scent was over powering to his vampire smell, but he kept his inner beast tightly locked away as she continued touched his high cheekbones, nose, brow and pale throat.
He watched her carefully as she leaned closer until they were touching each other in the tiny space and brushed her lips softly over his. Caius stood stone still not even breathing as her light taste of woman and berries slammed into his gut, twisting it sharply. He did not know or care what happened next as he grabbed her shoulders and kissed her deeply, causing her to gasp against his ruthlessness as he plundered her mouth with his tongue. Electra moaned softly, pressing her body into his marble hard body, wrapping her arms around his lean waist as he held her against the wall while his lust raged in his system.
She should have stopped. She should have not touched him as she did, but something told her to. His eyes were deeply troubled as he gazed at her with a mixture of confusion, annoyance and something else. She wanted to take whatever hard bitterness that lurked in his stance away, but he was a closed book that no one could open without getting hurt for trying. She moaned softly as she felt his cold hands under her shirt and squeezing her small, plump breasts gently as her nipples harden in his icy palms.
"We will be landing in less than ten minutes. Please take your seat and buckled your seatbelt firmly." The captain pilot said over the intercom.
Caius snarled against her neck and nipped at her sensitive skin with his razor sharp teeth till a red mark appeared against her creamy white completion. Giving her breasts a final squeeze, he let go and slipped his hands from under her shirt adjusting his leather jacket as she panted rapidly, her chest brushing against his stomach in steady rhythm.
"I'll talk to you once we land back to your home." He said coldly as he looked in the mirror and brushed his long fingers through his shoulder length hair. Electra not rusting if she could even speck, nodded her head at him with dark eyes. He just noticed that they were a soft green color that reminded him of his mother's as a young child before she had died giving birth to his youngest sister. Green had been his own color of his mortal days before changing to crimson once changed by Aro.
Caius unlocked the door and flickered into the hallway as if he had been waiting this whole time, instead of locking himself in with a girl and ravishing her. Electra wobbled out on unsteady legs past him as she bit her lip while walking back to her seat. Marcus merely raised his eyes at her briefly as she sat back down beside him, but made no comment as she buckled her seatbelt with trembling hands. Aro though, looked behind him as Caius came down the aisle few minutes later with a scowl on his beautiful face.
"I would appreciate if you held back until at least the next stop, Caius." He told him in a polite, but very firm tone of voice. "Can't have her given a bad reputation before we even land at home. It won't do if you plan on making her your wife." Caius glared at him as he turn back around without waiting for a response as he buckled his seatbelt and waited for the plane to land. Electra's whole face flamed up as he stared out the corner of his eye at her direction. She kept her eyes firmly on Aro's dark head as her hands clinched and unclenched in her lap. Marcus silently put a big hand over her own as he looked out his window at the majestic lights of New York below as night fell over the big city. She smiled at him in thanks when he looked back at her and smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.
Once they landed and hurried over to the ticket counter to receive their next connecting flight in Europe, Electra was already beginning to feel tired and hungry from a four hour flight from Washington.
"Here is a sandwich to help tide you over till we get to the next airport." A voice said behind her. Electra looked behind and saw Jane and her twin brother, Alec, standing dressed in all black outfits with tinted shades over their eyes. Jane handed her a white bag and a bottle of water with a small smile. Electra took it from her and opened it to look inside.
"It's grilled Greek chicken with avocado and lettuce. I was not sure what you actually ate, but thought that maybe you would need something more substantial until I could buy you dinner." Jane explained as she pulled out the sandwich with a loud growling stomach. This was the first time she had been approached by other, than Aro or one of his brothers during the long trip.
"Thank you very much." She said softly. Jane smiled and waved a hand in the air. "It's alright. Something for me to do while we wait for the next plane to arrive, which," she looked at Alec's wristwatch. "Won't be for at least three hours, so you better eat and get some rest." She finished as she watched Caius sit down not too far from where they were standing. Electra followed her gaze and blushed as she recalled his touching her body and loving it despite knowing he hit her the night before. Looking away from him hastily, she walked to a different seat and began to hungrily eat her late meal. Jane and Alec sat on either side of her, looking at new books they had gotten at an airport bookstore.
Felix sundered up to them with a small grin. "The new queen is so hungry; she could take one ten cows at one time with her bare hands." He teased as he sat across from her and gracefully crossed a leg over the other while folding his big hands. "Is it good?" He asked curiously as he watched her eat a piece of chicken that fell in her napkin.
"Yes. Very much so, Felix." Electra replied after sipping her water. "Want to try some?" She offered.
He made a sound of disgust in his chest and shook his head. "We can't digest human food anymore because our bodies are frozen and our organs have been burned by our venom. But thank you for offering, which was kind of you." He added politely.
Electra smiled and finished off her sandwich as his companion and fellow bodyguard, Demetri the Italian vampire, hurried over with a big shopping bag and handed it to her.
"I just got word from Aro that our flight has been canceled due to engine problems and there no other flight that is going to Europe tonight. So I got you a blanket and pillow so you can sleep a little confortable tonight."
He opened the bag and pulled out a medium fluffy white pillow from it along with a plush blue blanket with little pink printed roses all over it. Electra held tears back as their thoughtfulness for her hit home. She was only a human that they saved from being killed by a blood thirsty vampire of their own kind, but already, everyone was treating her like family and watching out for her needs. Caius, she was confused over as ever about his sudden mood swings around her, but at least he didn't hit her for touching the way she did on the plane like her ex.
She thanked Demetri warmly as he just beamed at her before walking over to sit next to Felix. They talked quietly as the evening turned into late night. It was close to eleven ten, Electra decided to go use the bathroom and to brush her teeth before bedtime. Jane followed her, saying she had to keep up appearances to pass off as human, as they walked off to the nearest restroom lobby. Electra used the toilet and washed her hands as Jane combed back her blond hair with a small jeweled comb. Her violet colored eyes strayed occasionally in the mirror at the young mortal girl beside her as she watched Electra brush her teeth and rinse her mouth out.
"Do you like us?" She asked bluntly. Electra wiped her mouth with a paper towel and stared at the mirror at her. "I'm still getting over the shock that your kind actually exists and the fast change of my life. But if you are wondering, yes already I like you." She replied honestly as possible. Jane smiled and began to comb Electra's long hair without asking.
"But you don't like Caius?" She pressed gently as she ran the comb through the tangles and knots. Electra let out a quick breath and shrugged. "What am I to do? Say hey, I'm your new mate and what I do you must deal with it?" Jane giggled at her sarcasm as she patted her hair.
"He's arrogant and cold. But I sense he's a good person inside, deep down. Just too much anger and bitterness within." She said softly while looking at her reflection in the mirror. Electra nodded in agreement and turned to the young looking girl vampire with a frown. "How can you live with such a person in your lives?" She demanded.
Jane tilted her head to one side as she thought about it. "We just don't let it bother us when we deal with Caius's mood swings. He may be who he is, but if it wasn't for what happened in his mortal life as a human, he would be kinder. He is, don't get me wrong, it just very rare for him to show any other emotions outside of anger."
"What happened to him that would make him so bitter towards others?"
Jane's pale lips thinned. "We don't discuss our masters personal past's without permission." She said firmly in a stern voice.
Electra looked away in embarrassment, "Of course not, I was just wondering out loud."
Jane's expression softened. "He was hurt be the very people he thought he could trust and believed who loved him. Would you act different if you were in his shoes back in Rome's glory days?"
She walked away and Electra hurried to keep up with her brisk pace as they reentered the terminal area. Alec rejoined her as they passed Aro who was sitting in a chair with his wife and queen, Saferia in his arms, kissing her passionately. She looked up at Electra with questioning eyes as she passed them by, but Electra refused to look at her as she hurried to put away her things. Alec had set up her makeshift bed and bade her goodnight and sweet dreams before walking off a few distances away with his sister to their vacated chairs. Electra bit her lip as she slipped into, her surprise, warm new blanket and lay down with a sigh. The airport was nearly deserted save for the fellow travelers who were going to take the same flight they were going on. The lights were dimmed to a soft glow around them. She still could not shake off Jane's earlier words about her master.
What happened to him to make him be so violent?
To be betrayed by the very ones he trusted and loved?
Caius seemed to hate it if he felt any human emotion that showed affection or empathy even. Electra closed her eyes wearily and focused on what was becoming her new permanent life. She had lost her son and was now in the hands of the ruling coven of vampires who saw a hidden potential in her that would help make them stronger. She did not know what it was Aro saw with his ability to see thoughts and her past, but it scared her that she was no longer own independent and having to fear if she was going to breath her last if she did not do the right thing. They did not seem to hate her or appear unkind to her, but in the end, while she was still mortal, she was at a high risk of being food to them.
For six long ass years until her twenty first birthday.
A sudden scent of lavender and cinnamon washed over her as a brush of cold air hit her face. Electra opened her eyes and saw Caius sitting beside her on the ground with his arms crossed over his wide chest. He had changed into a more casual clothing of casual long sleeve shirt with a grey knit sweater over it that hugged his lean body perfectly and black dress slacks. He was not even looking at her, but rather scowling at his subjects with his eyes watching everyone.
Electra felt a bit better despite thinking her thoughts from earlier, he didn't have to be sitting over as she lay down on the red carpet, but he chose to do so and keep her company. He glanced down at her face for a second before slipping underneath. "I have to keep up my human charade." He explained curtly as she moved away slightly to give him room next to her.
Caius lay down with a sigh and stared up at the high ceiling above as she turned onto her side with her back to him. A moment later, a cool arm slipped over her waist and pulled her against his body in a firm embrace at seemed very intimate in her mind.
"Tiny baby steps." Her mother said softly in her mind. "Little baby steps toward new things that you want to grow and blossom"
She sucked in a deep breath as she felt a cold hand slip underneath her shirt slowly and held one of her breasts as she laid there with tightly closed eyes. Caius's cool breath fell behind her over her neck like a soft caressing of a feather as he watched her. He rubbed her nipple with between his thumb and forefinger until he felt the soft tip harden to a point within his palm. Electra bit back a sharp moan in her chest as soft little shots of pleasure ran through her body downward to her womb where it only intensified tenfold into molten lave. Caius could smell her arousal easily and knew she desired if not to be forced into connubial joining with him, than she would be willing to settle for moreā¦less obvious maneuvers that others could see or hear. He felt her body become warmer at his touch as he watched her tense under the blankets.
To other observers, it would seem that she was having a bad dream or was uncomfortable on the floor, but to his coven, they knew better of what he was doing not few feet from where they were sitting at. He moved to the other neglected nipple and wished vainly that they were alone again so he could show her what he wanted to do to her. He never, even as a human, forced a woman to do anything against her will and he would not do it with this mortal. But he wanted to let her know who her master was and that if he desired her, she was to comply with his demands and learn to not be afraid of his touch. Three thousand years of sexual knowledge of how to please his bedmate in ways that they would not even know without going to the full extremes of what these humans did in order to achieve their sexual craving.
Electra felt his hand stray absently under the blankets that shielded them from the eyes of the other people around them, moved lower down her flat belly, down closer and closer to the place she was wet with desire. His hand lingered over the slender band of her thong on her hip before he dipped his long fingers underneath and between her legs. She trembled and softly gasped as she felt them slip into her wet folds in a firm thrust that nearly made her cry out.
She opened her eyes and saw the others had moved further down the waiting area to give them privacy while still be within reach if something happened. She hooked a leg over his to give him better access as she succumbed to his magical touch. The coldness of his fingers combined with the throbbing in her clit, made her want to strip off all her clothing and hop on his obvious thick, hard bulge pressed against her ass.
Her breathing was very rapid as she came slowly to a peak but then fell back down as he refused to caress her clit. Instead, he focused on the one area within that was driving her crazy and hot, her body damp with slight sweat as she buried her face in the pillow to block out the soft mewing noises she was making in her throat as he continued to pleasure her body with his fingers.
His own body cried out for relief, but he could wait a little more till they reached home. He was a master at the arts of sex and she was only just learning what he could do to her. Caius buried his face in her fragrant hair while he picked up the speed within her wet folds. He ran a thumb over her engorged clit and heard a soft groan from her as she bucked her hips against his hand for more. He nipped her shoulder softly and pushed his fingers deeper into her vagina till he felt the wall of her cervix.
Electra's hands grasped onto his wrist as she fought her pending orgasm, trembling hard against his cold body as she felt his fingers rapidly thrust into her in a steady rhythm. A rush of pleasure swept over her body causing her to softly mew as he pulled her tighter against his body and pulling out his hand, running his fingers over her clit as he did. He held her in his arms as she shook violently for a minute then slowly relaxed in a slump with a tired sigh as her eyes drifted closed. He licked his fingers that were covered with her nectar and a growl rumbled deep in his chest at the sweet flavor of her body. She was sweeter than any other female he has tasted over the years and lusciously tight inside that would drive any man out of control once he's inside, thrusting with pent up need for release.
Maybe this would not be so bad after all. Electra didn't stop me when I gave her a moment to decide.
Caius watched her fall into a deep slumber as he laid his head over his arm. "Aro said to keep a low profile if you are to be doing that to her." Marcus said suddenly behind him in a low whisper so that he would not wake the girl.
"Stay out of my personal business, Marcus." Caius shot without looking up at his brother. Marcus grunted slightly and shook his head as he walked away to his seat. Yep, things were going to change big time at home, so would his younger brother in ways that he would not be able to predict with just his ability alone.
Lady Starlet: I don't own any of the Volturi characters. Electra is of my own fictional imagination. If you enjoy this story, please take a look at my story Rebirth. I will be adding a sequel to it very soon. Love all your reviews if you have any. Thanks!
Warning! Rated M for strong sexual scenes and mature adult content.
