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Demetri POV

The meeting yesterday with Aro and the other masters was unbearable. I couldn't stand to see Michelle in pain. Even though Eleazar wasn't responsible for the pain, I wanted nothing more that to rip him limb from limb and burn the pieces. But it is my fault that this is all happening. I put Michelle through this torture, and for that I will never forgive myself, but I vow to keep her safe at all costs, even if I die in the process. I love her too much. Michelle was asleep so I drifted away and took a walk around the palace to clear my mind. While walking, I bumped into Alec.

"Good morning Alec, I trust everything is going well with you."

"Everything is good. And how is Michelle holding up? She isn't terrified of us is she? He chuckled.

"She is still shaken up after what happened yesterday but I think she'll be fine. I haven't talked to her about our kind yet, but hopefully she will take it well."

"That's good to hear. I'll be dropping by later to officially introduce myself to Michelle, if you don't mind."

"Not at all, I'm sure she would like some more company. Will Jane also be dropping by?"

"She said she would join me after she comes back from feeding. Hopefully she can make friends with Michelle, it'd be good for her. I have to go but I'll see you both later." I had just sat down at a bench near the meeting room when I heard screams come from a nearby room. I prayed that they weren't coming from Michelle's as I ran to the source of the screams, it was Michelle's room. I feared that the headaches were to blame or worse, someone had bitten her. When I came in the room, I saw Felix and Aro standing off to the side.

"Before you worry Demetri, we didn't bite her or anything, Aro and I came in when we heard Michelle screaming." I knew they wouldn't harm her, she is too valuable to me and to Aro.

"I believe you. Aro, do you think she might be having a vision?"

"I highly doubt it. When she gets visions, she gets grueling headaches but right now, she doesn't have one. It may just be a bad dream she is experiencing, it should pass soon. Until then, I have some matters I need to tend to. I will be back soon to check up on Michelle. Felix, stay here with Demetri and keep him company while Michelle wakes up."

"Yes master." And with that, Aro was gone. I glanced over at Michelle, who still had a horrified expression on her face and was lying in a fetal position. I couldn't stand seeing her this way. "Should we wake her up Felix?"

"If you want, it is time for her to wake up anyway." I walked over to her bedside and slowly shook her shoulder. She opened her hazel colored eyes and flinched away from my hold, gasping for air as if she had just ran a marathon. Her frightened expression turned to one of relief when she realized that Felix and I were there at her side. "What's going on?" she asked, rubbing her eyes.

"You were screaming while you slept, Aro and I came in to see what was happening and kept watch over you. Demetri showed up seconds later to make sure you were alright." Felix sat down on the chair next to the bed, knowing that a long conversation was probably going to start.

Michelle's POV

I woke up when I felt someone shaking my shoulder. Great, I only got to sleep a couple of hours and for most of that time, I had nightmares of being back at the place I used to call home. It was another typical night: I had just come home from the library after studying (and I typically went there because I didn't want to be at home) and I saw my mother on the couch, vodka bottle in hand, watching reruns of Intervention (oh the irony!). Joe was no where in sight, thank God, but he was bound to appear sooner or later. I walked over to the freezer, pulled out a microwave dinner, put it in the microwave and went to my room for my books. I walked past my mom's room and saw Joe on the bed, holding an empty bottle of tequila in one hand and using his other hand as a pillow. I did my best to remain unseen but he managed to catch a glimpse and went after me, staggering down the hall, not letting go of the bottle. I ran to my room and closed the door, although that didn't do much since it had no lock. He pounded against the door until it flew open and grabbed me by the wrist, throwing me into the corner. I knew where this was heading. He started hitting me, not stopping until he truly got tired. When he left, I cried my eyes out and that was the last thing I remembered, I must have woken up after that.

I told Demetri and Felix about my dream and when I had finished, I saw that their faces were full of disgust and horror. "I'm fine guys, really I am."

"You're a bad liar," Felix said as he got up from the chair and leaned against the wall.

"I know I'm a bad liar but you both need to calm down," I continued, " I appreciate the concern, really I do, but I don't want to talk about it anymore, at least for now."

"And what would you like to talk about then?" Demetri finally spoke, a hint of anger in his tone.

"Well, Aro said that you had to tell me about your kind…err, I mean vampires…"

Both of them started to laugh but Demetri went on and started. "There is a lot to explain but we'll explain the main points. First, we vampires tend to be very old. Felix and I are a little over 700 years old.

"But you both don't look old, you look pretty young," I said.

Felix began, "We were changed when we were young. I was 20 and Demetri was 19 when we were turned. We will be this age for eternity, there is no changing it."

I thought of things I could ask them, but one thing really stood out to me, their eyes. "What about your eyes," I asked, "they're a beautiful color…"

"I'd hardly call them "beautiful" but that isn't the point. Our eyes are red because we drink human blood." My whole body tensed up at Demetri's response. He continued, "Do not worry Michelle," he said as he moved my hair away from my neck, "even though your scent is intoxicating to us, we won't dare lay a hand on you."

"Thank you?" I nervously laughed, and finally saw a smile emerging on their faces. I wasn't worried that they would kill me, I trusted them, I practically considered Felix as my big brother and love Demetri more than anyone. "I was just kidding guys relax," I said as I got up from the bed and grabbed some clothes to change into, "I'm going to go change out of these clothes so wait here." I went into the bathroom and changed into a dark blue dress and red flats, combed my hair, and I was set. I walked out of the bathroom and saw two new faces in the room. They were the twins that Aro mentioned having the power to create illusions of pain and numb the senses, I think their names were Jane and Alec. Time to make new friends. "Hi, I'm Michelle, nice to meet you."

"I'm Alec and this is my sister, Jane," he said as he motioned for her to come forward and stand next to him. She was a little shorter than me but she had a menacing look. Her blonde hair was pulled back into a tight bun and her crimson eyes focused on me at all time, noting every move I took.

"Hello, nice to meet you," her words sounded forced, I had a feeling she didn't like me.

"We must get going Jane. It is a pleasure to formally meet you Michelle, we will be seeing you around. Goodbye." They were gone in a blink of an eye. I turned to Demetri and Felix and asked what was up with Jane.

"She isn't too fond of humans but give it some time, she could grow attached to you. But be careful, she may look innocent but she is far from it. One glare could have you writhing on the floor in pain. Isn't that right Felix?" I turned to Felix, who nodded and told me not to get on her bad side, or any side for that matter. If a big, strong vampire like Felix was affected by Jane, I didn't want to imagine how much pain she could inflict on me, a 5 foot 4, 110 lb human.

"Are you guys ready to go?" I jumped off the bed and ran to the door.

"Go where?" Demetri asked.

"I'm human, remember? I have to eat breakfast or else I'll starve," I said as I opened the door. They got up from where they were and walked into the hall. I held onto Demetri's arm as we made our way to the dining room.