Hi guys! so another update, thanks for the nice reviews, I really appreciate them! and yeah, I do update fast i guess? I just love really like to write this story. So I think I will do an Alec POV of this story, just let me know if I should post it. It will probably take a while because this story is priority. As always, enjoy!

I tried to focus on her face, an angelic face, the face of a happy child. Only that she wasn't so happy right now. She didn't look that much younger than me though. The glare was full of hate, but that hate wasn't met for him. I understood immediately that the hate was meant for me. The other thing I could read was pain, something had wounded her deeply. Considering everything Daniel told me about vampires I assumed it was something emotionally.

Well it wasn't hard to figure it out. I was the reason why, I was really happy that I somehow had Alec by my side. My subconscious told me that nothing else, not even Daniel, would have stopped her from using her terrible gift on me. The image of Maxwell on the ground…

My focus was gone again, Maxwell, Maxwell, Maxwell. Gone, gone, gone. It was all my fault, he was my best friend. Maybe even more, though I didn't think it at the time. But why did it hurt so much then? But this wasn't helping Maxwell, this wasn't helping Daniel, and this certainly wasn't helping myself.

I had to pull myself together, Maxwell was… gone, I had to accept that fact. I wasn't able to bring him back. With that thought, I tried to breathe normally. I heard a sound of relieved sound, probably Daniel again, and I tried focusing on the conversation. Apparently it had been going on for a while

"It's none of your business Jane, I do whatever I want. And you will leave her alone, I will know if you don't. I won't forgive you this time" Alec murmured "Like she is so special, I could've understood this behavior from Daniel, but not from you. It's a human for crying out loud. If you hadn't talked with her, you wouldn't even bother and just kill her in a sec…"

"ENOUGH" Daniel said. "Jane, you should discuss this with Alec, privately" Jane started talking again, too low for me to hear. Daniel coughed impatiently "Privately, it's not only about my sister this time, half of the guard can still hear you"

I felt strong hand nudging me in another direction. I decided that it was probably better to leave Jane and Alec alone. When I looked to see who nudged me, my mouth popped open. It was Alec. This wasn't right, Jane would probably hate me even more now… I had to stop him, he should stay away from me. I was ruining his relationship with his sister, and I couldn't even help it this time.

"Alec… you shouldn't do this, I don't want…" I tried to say. "Doesn't matter now either way, I have orders to think about, I'll talk to Jane later" He said bitterly. I frowned, that wasn't what I wanted either. He shouldn't protect me, Daniel could do that if he was that worried, which I actually doubted. This was bigger than his concern for me. Yes he liked me, but as a friend. If he got orders to kill me, he would do that But I wasn't afraid of him, I wouldn't be mad if he were the one to kill me. I was afraid of Jane, of her gift. But… I didn't want… Alec to fight with his sister over me.

We walked through a wooden door. I marveled at its beauty. Never thought that a door could be beautiful, I felt the urge to giggle, if the circumstances weren't that scary. It looked ancient, with a lot of carvings on it. Everything here looked beautiful and ancient. Even the people, or should I say vampires?

Wow, this room was big, and I saw why it was called the throne room. Three beautiful thrones were there. Only one of them was taken, by a vampire I supposed, he didn't look like the other ones. His eyes were red, they were a little different though… with a cloudy milky haze. His skin was snow white as well, but it didn't look like hard stone, it looked almost powder-ish. Other than that he looked absolutely terrifying. I could guess who he was, that must be Aro.

There were several other vampires in the room, at least I guessed that they were vampires. I could almost tell everyone in this building was a vampire. They all became very quiet when I entered the room. They stood perfectly still, all staring at my face. God was I blushing again, well it wasn't some sort romance thing this time, I just couldn't stand people staring at me. Some of them murmured something and left the room. I saw that some of them had black eyes and some of them blood red. I wondered what that meant, that wasn't something that Daniel had explained.

There wasn't much time to wonder away. It was Alec who walked to Aro, and held out his hand. Aro took it without even a single greeting. For a second they both were perfectly still. Then Aro laughed "Oh Alec, you really are a comfort to me, but I must say I regret that you had a little incident with our dearest Jane. But I'm glad Lilly is still alive, she owes you more than you've let her know" Alec smiled a little and said "Thanks master, and don't worry about Jane, I'll talk to her as soon as possible"

Aro wasn't as interested in Alec anymore, he looked at me a little puzzled and… worry. He glanced back at Alec again, not worried and concerned, but almost possessive. Like I was something to worry about, like I was able to steal him away or something. I almost laughed at the thought. Alec looked at me as well, also worried, but it looked more like he was worried for me, not because of me. It only lasted a second, Aro smiled a warm smile at me. "Welcome young Lilly, I hope we didn't startle you too much, dear one" I wasn't sure what to do, should I answer him? It seemed like he was waiting for my response, if only I had the courage to say something. I looked at Daniel, unsure how to proceed. Daniel gave me an encouraging smile and turned to Aro. "Forgive me, master, but my sister, she is a little afraid I think. Which is partially our fault, but she understand that she doesn't have to fear you"

Did I understand that? I knew better. This man was going to decide if I was going to live or going to die. Of course I feared him, but better not to show him that. I tried to smile at him, I didn't really succeed at that. I had to say something. "I… er.. thanks… it's…" my voice trailed off, what was I supposed to say? I glanced at Daniel again, who turned to Aro.

"I take it from Alec that he and Daniel told you our secret, of course with my permission. Still, I assume you know humans can't know our secret. We have a few humans here, but none of them will get a chance to tell tales. And I do wonder… if you could do something like your brother…" There was a longing in his eyes, he wanted me to be special, well I didn't think I was, I was never able to do something remarkable, special or super. Just being plain old me…

But Aro walked towards me and said "Can I ?" I knew what I had to do, Alec had told me, Aro wanted my hand, to read my thoughts, Daniel told me about his powerful gift. He would know what I was thinking now, a minute ago, a year ago. He would know what I thought of Alec, he would know everything. But I couldn't refuse, I held out my hand and waited. His white and stone hand touched my palm and for a moment he was completely concentrated and perfectly still, he even closed his eyes.

Seconds passed, and Aro let go of my hand, watched me curiously and said "Well that was interesting… Now what to do, what to do?"