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Thousands of miles away, across the ocean, the three leaders of the Volturi were sitting in the throne room discussing their newest 'guest'. Marcus wore a look of boredom, Caius wanted nothing more than to kill the female shape-shifter to be done with it, and Aro appeared to be giddy at the prospect of having the only female shape-shifter in history. He figured that. if he could tame her, then the Volturi would be unbeatable. Since he did not have Alice, he would take the female wolf as his consolation prize.

Caius was the first one to bring up the one problem they all saw coming. "The Romanians willcome for her. You should have allowed us to take them out then and there."

"Brother," Aro said calmly, though the anger at being questioned was bright in his blood red eyes. "You think I'm naïve enough to believe that they won't come for her? I'm hoping for it. Sometimes I wonder how you survived this long without a brain in your head. If we had taken on them on in Romania, they would've had the advantage even though we had the numbers. They know the land, and as much as I am loathe to admit it, they have allies. It's better that they come to us, where we have the upper hand."

"What about the girl?" Marcus's question came out a slow drawl. "The Cullen's will no doubt come to her aid."

"Carlisle will not risk the safety of his family like that," the true leader of three answered with all the assurance in the world. "While he cares immensely about the wolves, his family is the most important thing in the world to him. This shifter may be a friend, but family is more important to my old friend and he will do whatever it takes to protect them, even if it means the death of the female shifter."

"What about the others?" Caius remarked as his eyebrow rose. "Vladmir will no doubt have been in contact with everyone he knows. If it comes down to a fight where sides must be taken, it will all come down to fear and loyalty. Some will choose to stand by the one's they fear most, and the Romanians are rather good at frightening people. Are you sure this one mutt is worth all the hassle?"

Aro could hear the distain dripping from his brother's words. "She is the only one of her kind, and that has to mean something. If Vladmir wanted her, he wanted for a reason."

"Master Aro." Jane entered the throne room with her head bowed out of respect. "There is a problem with our captive. She refuses to eat, and when we forced the food down her throat she made herself throw up immediately afterwards."

A frown curled his lips downward. The dog would do him no good dead. "It seems as if we will have to give her some kind of motivation. I want you to go out and find a nice ripe child. If she refuses to eat again you will snap the child's neck. I think she is smart enough to get the hint, but if she is not, then you will repeat the process until she comes to her senses."

The adolescent immortal nodded. "It shall be done."

Jane then left the room to carry out her orders. A part of her, the small human side that could not be squashed completely, actually felt kind of bad for Leah Clearwater. When Jane had first been turned to find out her family, all accept for Alec, of course, had been slaughtered, she wanted nothing more than to curl up and die. She had refused to feed, which infuriated Aro to the point where he had Felix torture Alec until she had finally given in. So yes, she felt for the female wolf. Hopefully, the girl would not fight for very long; it would do her more harm than good. Surrender would be the best route to take; it would be easier on everyone.

Back in the throne room, all was silent. Aro pressed the tips of his fingers together as he thought about how best to use the female shifter to his advantage. Obviously, she would need proper training. However, as much as Caius might have wanted to break her in, Aro knew his brother's distain for wolves and shifters of any kind, so he would leave the training to someone else. Perhaps he would assign the girl to Marcus. It would give him something to do other than sit around and mourn for the loss of his mate.

"Marcus." He waited until the other man turned to look at him. "I want you to be in charge of training the girl. I do not have the time to do so myself and I need Caius here to help with the battle plans for the attack. Feel free to use any technique you desire as long as you do not permanently damage her. If I recall, you used to be quite talented in the art of torture. I trust that you know what will happen if you fail to do as requested."

Marcus let out a long, unneeded sigh. "Of course, Aro, I will do as you desire. It may be nice to take my revenge out on the dog. It was Vladmir and Stefan who took my love away from me, and I am inclined to return the favor. I shall start in on her training tomorrow morning. There are a few things that I need to get together before I proceed, so I must take a trip into town. I haven't been out and about for a while now. It shall be interesting to see how things have changed."

"Be cautious," Aro warned. "We have enemies everywhere."

TBC…

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