Chapter 12
Disclaimer: All recognisable characters belong to Stephanie Meyer.
Author's note: sorry for not updating sooner! But instead of giving excuses I shall give you a chapter;) thank you for all the favourites/followers and especially the reviews you are so awesome!
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Alicia's POV
Someone was jumping on my bed. Their feet pounded on the mattress, creating a perfect rebound like on a trampoline I peered through my eyelashes. Oh god someone was. Argh my head… great a hangover. I didn't feel really sick, my stomach wasn't upset anyway, no I only had a mind blowing headache!
"Go away, Alec!" I grimaced attempting to smack him with a pillow. I missed completely but it made him stop. It felt like a freaking drum band was pounding inside my head. I glanced around the bed looking for the corner of the blanket to pull over my head. That was of course until I saw Caius, and then I had to laugh. He looked like he was going to throttle Alec; by the way he glared at him. Alec only stuck his tongue out at him. Hmm he's never acted all that childish before. I only found it more amusing. Alec continued with jumping on the bed, narrowly missing Caius's legs. I groaned and crawled out of bed dragging a spare pillow and blanket with me towards the couch and if Alec started jumping on that to, I'm going to seriously kick him off. I hoped he landed on his butt. My feet touched the dark wooden floor I hadn't realised how cold it was. I shivered. I stood up warily and slowly moved towards the couch. It was heaven when I laid back down, I relaxed instantly. Alec jumped off the bed and appeared beside the window.
"It's snowing." He sang and with that he disappeared out the door. I breathed in a relaxed sign, and then I felt the blanket move. I turned my body towards the movement. Sure enough it was Caius. He gave me some sort of pill; he explained that it would help with my head. He then lifted me back off the couch and back onto the bed with the blanket. He snuggled close up to me, since the blanket protected me from the coldness of his body.
"Alicia?" he whispered.
"hmm." I couldn't bother opening my eyes.
"Did you know you snore?" he said semi seriously, the other half was humour. He got the reaction he obviously was aiming for because I instantly sparked.
"I do not!" I exclaimed. I didn't want to believe it. I wouldn't. I sat up; I instantly noticed my headache beginning to go away. What did he even give me? It felt strange to trust someone so completely.
"Yes you do." He replied.
I glared at him and he openly laughed at me. I snatched a pillow and slid off the mattress. I rolled under the bed with the pillow. Surprisingly it was pretty clean. I was only under the bed for a couple of minutes before I was grabbed by the ankles and dragged out from under the bed. I laughed insanely but soon stopped he hugged me in his lap for a few minutes. I tried to resist a yawn but failed, he lifted me back onto the bed.
"Alicia, I have to go to the throne room. I will be back later though." He said tucking me back into bed. I signed but nodded anyway. He stroked y hair once more and disappeared. I easily fell back to sleep but only to be haunted by memories and dreams that made no sense.
Third person's view
Caius flitted through the corridors towards the throne room. He pushed the thick doors open and strolled up to his throne. Aro and Marcus were already situated in their seats.
"You had wanted to see me?" Caius asked sceptically.
"Yes, we have a trial soon. We would have told you last night but you were with Alicia." Marcus said. Aro chuckled at the memory.
"I doubt she remembers much of last night." Aro giggled. Caius completely ignored him as their criminally insane 'guest' was currently being dragged into the room. It was a male vampire; he looked to be around his early 30's. His blond hair shone and his teeth glinted in the dim light as he bared them. Caius scowled at the filthy vampire. His clothing was torn and was covered in dried blood and dirt. He hissed something in some different language, most likely an insult as the vampire looked at the three leaders.
"What is to be done with him?" Marcus asked lowly as Aro stepped towards the vampire being restrained by Felix and Demetri. Aro reached out a hand and touched the opposing vampire's neck to read his thoughts. Moments later he released him and was back on his throne.
"He has been hunting inconspicuously in neighbouring cities; his actions threaten to expose our kind. There is not much left to be done. His is old enough to know better… such a waste" Aro signed. Caius smiled with pleasure as Aro stood once more and glided down the steps. The vampire didn't react what so ever to Aro's deathly touch instead he just smiled up at him as he placed his white papery hands around his head and twisted. A crunching noise echoed around the room and the man's head fell to the floor like a broken, dirty porcelain dolls head.
…
Aro spoke after an hour or so of silence, he had already read Caius's previous thoughts and memories before he left once more.
"I wonder how Alicia would react to Caius's sadistic nature." Aro mused thoughtfully.
"I think it best to keep her ignorant, at least until she is immortal." Marcus replied scathingly as he stood and left Aro to his thoughts once more.
Alicia's POV
I awoke, startled by the sudden change of scenery. I could feel my heart beat pound against my rib cage, the cold sweat clinging to my forehead in beads of moisture. My dream, her words. Elspeth's words. I wanted so much to deny it all but what distressed me the most was that she was right and that I had fallen in love with what or who I shouldn't have. I felt fresh tears fall down my cheeks as her words echoed in my thoughts as if they were like a song on repeat, only so much more devastating and it drew emotions that made my insides feel like I was being crushed by grief. There was a dark cloud over my head, the guilt was too much. I couldn't help but continue to torture myself with the memory of the dream.
(Start of dream)
"I-I trusted you! You were supposed to be my friend! You're no better than those monsters!" Elspeth screamed at me, he eyes were blood shot. Her skin pale as a corpse and her eyes sunken. Her eyes lifeless wells of someone who used to be so vibrant and so. So Alive.
"No! I-I… "I was lost for words to defend my actions but I came up empty because it was true I was fraternising with the monsters that killed Elspeth. She jabbed a white skinny finger at me.
"Wake up Alicia! Their monsters! You know what they do. You know they kill innocent people! Women, children and people not even able to defend themselves and yet you still love him." Her voice screeched to a volume that it hurt my ears.
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I can't help it." I pleaded. She scoffed and scowled at me.
"You're pathetic. You let some thing kiss and touch you. How much blood is on his hands? How many innocents has he killed? And yet you let the fickle idea of love blind you from what they truly are. They killed me and you act as though I was nothing to you! That I never existed! What about your uncle?! You disgust me! You don't even have the grace to mourn my death and all the other people that you watched being massacred" her voice raised so high I thought she would damage my hearing.
"No!" I whispered weakly.
"It's not true!" I said my voice a tad stronger yet I still sounded defeated. Elspeth scoffed and gave a high reedy laugh as though she was mad.
"How can I make it up to you?" I pleaded again. She cackled again.
"You don't. You just stay away from them. Maybe they'll get bored of you and kill you too." She sounded almost hopeful.
I tried to reach out to her, but she shoved me away from her and I fell into a dark abyss of nothing. Only her words echoed around me. 'Just let it go. Just let it all go!'
(End of dream)
I tried to relaxed myself and make the aftermath of the nightmare go away but it was in vain because what she said was true. I turned towards the door that was being pushed open. It was Caius and for once I wasn't happy to see him. I dreaded it. He closed the door softly and walked closer to me unusually slowly.
"Alicia." He said softly.
"Are you alright?" he asked, looking at the glistening tears that shown in the dull moons light. He tried not to show his hurt as I cringed away from his touch as he attempted to comfort me. I hugged a pillow to my chest and turned my back to him and closed my eyes. The weight of the entire realisation suddenly fell on me like a ton of brick and I struggled to break free, but unfortunately sleep pulled me into unwelcome darkness of depression and pain. They were all monsters.
Third person's view
Caius stood so still he put a statue to shame. It gnawed at him to know why she had been crying. Her heartbeat slowed as she fell back asleep and he carefully lay next to her. He froze up as she muttered incoherent words in her sleep. Something to do with 'monsters.' How could I comfort her when I am a monster.
Hmm this chapter was longer than I anticipated… hope you enjoyed it though;) again I'm sorry about the long waiting but things have just been getting in the way...
