Chapter 10

Alec and Jane pushed open the big golden ornate doors leading to the throne room of the Volturi masters. They walked through the big empty space, up to the thrones and walking past them. They pushed the thick velvet curtains open and the twins entered the private study of their masters. Just the masters with here with their usual private guard, big burly types all part of Felix's elite force.

Felix made sure every master always had a guard of two with them. When guests were in the castle or in the throne room, four armed guard of the biggest and strongest vampires were supposed to be around the masters at all times. Felix trained and handled his elite force with a lot of pride.

Aro turned around, putting down the book the moment his beloved twins entered the room and he walked to their side. The wolf laying at food of the desk lifted his big black head every time one of the masters moved across the room. He narrowed his eyes before laying his head down again, looking like a very content puppy just waiting to be played with. The twins smiled wide and put their hands into Aro's outstretched ones. He kissed Jane on her lips and Alec on his forehead, before his face fell slightly and just for a second before he smiled again.

"My dear ones, you didn't like your present?"

"It's not that father." Alec started before Jane finished, "we simply don't know what to do with it."

Aro smiled and squeezed their hands.

"Just be patient, my dear ones. You will know in time."

Jane scrunched her nose and Aro tapped it with a finger, chuckling as if he enjoyed her frustrations very much.

"Now now little one. Don't be cross about a present. Trust me, you'll see the beauty in it in time."

He smiled and kissed her again causing a smile to break out on Jane's face. Alec was looking over Aro's shoulder toward the wolf laying there.

"Yes…" He sighed raising a brow, "looks very exciting."

Aro frowned.

"Now, now Alec. Try it first."

He scolded the boy and Alec lowered his eyes, "I'm sorry father. Of course I will try it."

Aro giggled in glee. "Those are my amazing dear children. I knew you both would please me. Now go and spend some time with your new pet."

Alec and Jane nodded and they turned around to leave just when their new pet stepped through the curtains. He pushed the heavy velvet angrily away. Growling as he did so, before he came to a sudden halt when Paul saw where he was. His eyes quickly moved from the twins to the creepy leech leader in between them. To the other two in the background. The guards around the room had already stepped forward and formed a line between the new wolf and the masters. Paul growled when his eyes met those of the creepy leader of the Volturi. But when the leech snarled back at him Pauls eyes were drawn to a big black shadow in the back. He called out before he knew what he was doing.

At the mention of his name Sam raised his head from the floor. When he couldn't see past the guard, he got up on his paws, towering immensely over everybody in the room. He watches as his masters, his imprint, was holding the hands of the two witch twins, his eyes moved past them and to the bewildered looking man standing in just a pair of shorts. A memory stirred somewhere deep in the back of his mind and he scrunched his eyes.

"Sam! Come on man, what are you doing?"

The man sounded angry and confused. He looked pleadingly at Sam, as if he wanted him to spring to action. Sam took a step forward when his other master and imprint, Caius, raised a hand. Sam stopped immediately. He huffed and shook his head when the scent of the man reached him, it was so familiar, and it made him happy, made him hopeful. But he couldn't place it. He shut his eyes and shook his head trying to get rid of the confused feeling. Marcus besides him patted his paw as he turned to one of the guards and spoke in that horse whisper of his.

"Get Chelsea."

The man with the cut off pair of shorts yelled out a curse. Then he turned toward Aro. "What have you done to him?"

Aro opened his mouth but he didn't have to respond anymore when the man started to shake and the air around him shivered from the heat before he too burst out into a huge gray wolf.

Sam's mind was immediately assaulted with memories, with images of places he didn't know and couldn't place: An ocean, cool, waves crashing on the beach. A group of people, all with the same darker colored skin, with the same dark hair and brown eyes. Everybody laughing around a bonfire. A woman with a scarred face staring at him so very lovingly. Him running through a dark and wet forest with someone at his side, both of them laughing. The images wouldn't end, wouldn't slow down. Sam shrank back on the ground, sad whimpers came from him. His mind couldn't handle the memories that came at him with such a force.

"Alec, blind him."

His master, Sam knew the voice of his master, he would make sure that no harm came to him. A second later he was in darkness. He didn't particularly like this solitude; they had used it on him before. It was like he was in a soundproof dark room. No sounds, no sights, no smells. Not really much of anything. He just stayed where he was keeping still. He decided to wait, they wouldn't keep him in this cold void long.

Paul screamed out as loud as he could, his back arching as he fell to his knees. That insufferable little witch was using his powers on him again. His fists hit the floor, cracking the marble under it as he hunched over. He screamed out as loud as he could, screaming away not only the fiery inferno that was licking away at his bones, but also his agony about his discovery. Sam didn't die, maybe he would have been better off dead. Him not being himself was worse now. Paul screamed louder. He couldn't believe the wolf he had seen was Sam, it hadn't had been him, not really.

When it suddenly stopped, he sucked in a deep breath, glaring up at the blond little leech. Jane smirked down at him. He couldn't look her in the eye for long, he couldn't even think anything bad, he didn't even want to hurt her. Not really. If she needed to release her frustration on him, then goddamn he was willing to let her. And he hated himself for it. But no more then he hated them for what they had done to him.

"That was rude."

Jane said as she patted his head.

"Don't let it happen again."

She walked out of the room. Alec retreated his mist from Sam before he followed his twin sister. He turned briefly to Paul.

"Come."

He sounded bored as he sped out of the room. Paul groaned and walked off behind them at a regular human speed, glancing over his shoulder to see a Sam who was laying on the floor again, closing his eyes when Aro ran his freezing cold fingers through his fur. Paul growled and disappeared through the dark red velvet curtains. In his mind imagining every way he could kill the leech king.

Brady was banging his head against the wooden door next to the Iron Gate. He clawed at it with his paws. Quil stood silently behind him shaking his head.

'Man give it a rest,' he sighed. 'You know you can't get out.' '

No!' Brady yelled in the pack mind. 'They have already taken Sam, now they took Paul! Who's to say they won't take you next, or Embry or Seth?!'

Brady sounded desperate as he roared and hit his shoulder against the door.

'What is to say that we aren't just all waiting here until we are killed off one by one.'

Embry got up and stood besides Brady.

'But this isn't going to help. They are just going to send the little leech back and have her torture your ass again.'

Brady stopped and growled at Embry.

'You're not doing anything.'

Quil pushed his great head against Brady's neck, a now familiar sign between the wolves to give each other some support.

'Calm down man. Jake is still out there, I'm sure he's on his way.'

Brady give Quil the biggest 'dumb-ass' look he could give him while in his wolf state.

'Are you stupid? What is he going to do against all of those leeches here?'

Quil shook his head before walking off, he went to the other end of the small stone courtyard and sat down, leaning against the wall next to Jared. Who was still trapped in the memories of his own mind. He couldn't seem to let Kim go, maybe it was because of the day they were taken, maybe because he didn't want to. He didn't respond to any of them other then when they were forced to participate in the ritual of the deer hunting. They could hardly reach him anymore. Quil pushed his muzzle against Jared's shoulder. But nothing happened in response. He just stared blankly ahead. Far up above them there were a couple guards observing the wolves, when one of them hadn't stopped banging against the steel enforced wooden door they had called Corin who had just arrived. She nodded against the rest before releasing her power of contentment upon the wolf pack below. Forcing them to be content with their current situation, to be content to wait for their lot in life. All responded by laying down quietly on the ground, some closed their eyes, others just relaxed. Except one. Jared, who had been drowning himself in the pain and the memories, he noticed when his mood changed and he knew it wasn't because of anything he did. So he looked up and saw the leech meeting his eye. His lip curled back and he growled at her, angry that she lessened the sting of the pain that he felt. He didn't want to lose Kim al together. And the pain was the only way he could be with her now.