No One's POV

The three Kings stood starring openly after their mate as she walked away from them down the streets of Volterra, the human boy, Jeremy, touching her casually, as if it was his right.

"Are you going to allow this, Aro!?" Caius demands with outrage, a low growl forming in his chest, wanting nothing more than to rip his mate away from the offending male, drain him dry, and then lock his mate up in the Volterra castle with him forever and show her how much more desirable he was.

"What can we do Caius, brother? If we wish her to trust us, wish to show her that we are the ones she should ultimately desire to be with, we cannot do anything to endanger that." Aro sighs, feeling the pull of the mate bond and the ache that was left by her slight rejection.

"Aro is right. Moreover, the mate bond, she is our true mate, it prevents us from hurting or harming her, in any capacity." Marcus adds as an unnecessary reminder, just the thought of harming her bringing about an intense pain.

Caius growls, irrationally angry at the fact he could do nothing to bring his mate to be with him, not that he would want to harm her or hurt her, it went against his very nature and desire to want to harm his mate.

"So we can do nothing!" Caius hisses, fists clenching, feeling as if he wanted to throw a temper tantrum at the thought.

"Let us return to the castle, and then Felix and Demetri can be sent out to track her, watch over her. Felix has seen her. Once they have found her, Felix can return, leaving Demetri to watch over her." Aro suggests.

"Fine." Caius hisses, quickly stomping into the car.

Aro sighs, sliding into the car after his brother, Marcus quickly following.

"The castle, Felix." Marcus commands.

"Yes, Master." Felix answers, quickly re-routing to the Volterra castle.

Returned to the castle, a new life would seem to fill it as news would quickly spread through the ranks of the Volturi Guard of the potential of the King's new mate and the shift of the hierarchy now that she was found.

Demetri and Felix being send to track her and keep watch and the Kings perhaps a little overzealous and underestimating the fiery, independent personality Anastasia would have.

A new room was prepared instantaneously, they having at least the foresight that Anastasia would not be comfortable sharing one with them immediately upon residing in the Volterra castle.

Sulpicia and Athenodora were other matters entirely, thought they were the current partners to Aro and Caius, the two women knew no matter how long they stood by the Kings it was only a matter of time. They did not despise them for finding their true mate, only wish that they too could have found theirs. Didyme, Marcus' partner, had found hers several centuries ago and had been granted Marcus' and the other two Kings' blessing, though remained in the Volturi Guard.

The so called wives had more been a matter of close friendship, to ease the centuries of loneliness and perhaps at a time, love, but not like a true mate, it would never be that deepness of devotion or love.

As the plans continued in the castle of Volterra, Aro, Caius, and Marcus seemingly only more agitated by not having Anastasia close to them; across the Volterra city as evening and night descended Anastasia was little aware of anything changing as they were, something like destiny, like a shift in the cosmos or bonds felt, let alone Demetri perched lithely outside the balcony of her hotel suit, a silent sentinel over his new Queen.

Edited 2/3/19