Another chapter, not much longer left. Please feel free to read the two new stories I've started =)
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Tara's POV
It appears part of the guard have taken to following me around, probably so I don't tear Aro to pieces.
"Please Aro I insist you let me get out there and track them!" Demetri insisted for the fourth month.
"You have been given your duties." Marcus responded, Aro looked distracted.
"More intruders?" I asked.
"The same one." Caius growled.
"Unlucky." I shrugged, I didn't care.
"I smell dinner." Demetri spoke.
"Excellent!" Caius clapped his hands together and I swept from the hall.
Minutes later I saw a man stumble into the main entrance, he looked in awe of the place, his eyes slowly moved round to focus to me. He was human.
"Hello?" I asked moving forwards.
"Are you..." He frowned as he got closer and noticed my eyes.
"Are you lost?"
"No!" He seemed determined, I tried to age him, I guessed around 25. "I'm looking," He took a deep breath; "I'm looking for vampires."
"Pardon?"
"Vampires, but you're not..."
"I am." I stood my ground, just because I didn't have crimson eyes.
"You're eyes?"
"A little different."
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"I want to become one!" He nodded as he said it, he was trying to appear determined but fear was getting through.
"You need to go." I insisted, sensing that Felix and Alec were approaching. "Now." I grabbed his shoulders and turned him around and pushing him towards the door.
"I want..."
"No. No you don't." It was like Jonathon all over again. "You want to never grow old and be incredibly attractive, sounds good." He grinned at me. "You want to be constantly thirsting for something that if you quench that thirst it means taking a life. You want to watch those around you grow old and die."
"Tara..." I was too late Alec and Felix were here. "What is it you have here?"
"Dinner." Alec joked and I watched the man's eyes grow wide with terror.
"You're Tara?" The man asked.
"Yes."
"I was told you'd help me!" He begged.
"I-no-what?" I frowned, he was concentrating too much on becoming a vampire to reveal to me who had told him I was here. "You were leaving!" I insisted again.
"No." He gathered himself together and bravely approached Alec and Felix. "I am Robert, I wish to become a vampire."
"Do you really?" Felix frowned, "Better follow me then." Felix and Alec swept ahead, Robert stumbling behind as I groaned and pushed on after them.
"We have a visitor." Alec announced to Marcus, Caius and Aro.
"His name is Robert, he wishes to become a vampire, however, he was about to leave before Felix and Alec had arrived." I explained.
"You again." Caius hissed in my direction, "Why does trouble always seem to link to you."
"Ahh Robert," Aro announced, approaching him and gently clasping his hand in his. "Hmm, nothing reveals the possibility of a gift."
"Gift?" Robert was completely confused now, "Thoughts?"
"By touching you Aro can see your every thought." I explained whilst Robert desperately tried to retract his hand, eventually Aro let him.
"Tara on the other hand has the gift of mind control." Aro revealed smiling in my direction.
"This...this...this is insane." Robert stuttered.
"No this is the Volturi and around here we have some certain rules." Aro moved back to where he was sitting.
"Humans are not allowed to know of our existence. Caius explained.
"Then bite me." Robert insisted, to the amusement of the room.
"How would that benefit us?" Marcus asked.
"Benefit you..." Robert repeated.
"We can't go around biting everyone who demands it," Aro explained. Robert was silent. "We only really have one choice, maybe Jane..."
"Aro." I moved forward, "I might be able to help."
"We're not biting him Tara!" Caius explained.
"I know but I might be able to edit his thoughts a little." I nodded in Robert's direction; he looked a vision of terror, his eyes wide staring straight ahead, his pulse rating and swept dripping from his brow.
"Could you?" Aro asked.
"Call it practise." I pleaded.
"Fine." Marcus muttered.
"Yes." Aro answered. Caius just sighed.
"Come with me." I grabbed Robert's hand and reluctantly pulled him away to a nearby room, I settled him on a chair. "I'm so sorry, I don't enjoy doing this. I'll only get rid of the things I need to."
"What are you..." Robert desperately tried to struggle, his effort was little and he was easily restrained. I hastily moved through his thoughts clearing away those that were related to vampires, I got a faint glimpse of a vampire, the red eyes, but it was too faint, he was beginning to forget who had told him. Everything that occurred here was removed.
Eventually I got the response I wanted. "Who are you?" His voice, now calmer, asked.
"I'm Doctor Whitlock. You took a fall." I unnecessarily checked his pulse. "You hit you head, it might bruise a little but that is all."
"Right..."
"You're in Volterra, Italy." I added.
"Of course."
"Let me help you up." He stood his eyes racing around the room. "It wasn't a heavy fall so I just took you to a nearby room." I explained.
"Ok." There was a knock at the door.
"One moment." I moved towards the door, it was Aro, wearing sunglasses.
"I'm here to check his thoughts." He explained.
"Feel free." Aro moved towards Robert and shook his hand.
"I'm glad to hear you are better." Aro shook Robert's hand, Robert was hastily nodding. "They're clear." Aro added to me.
"As I hoped." I answered smiling and ushering Robert towards the door.
"Demetri will escort you to Heidi." Aro nodded towards Demetri who Robert rushed forward to follow, "She was looking a little thirsty." Aro quietly added.
"NO!" I insisted, "You promised. He's clear, no threat."
"Tara I think it is time we reminded you that there are only three people around here make decisions. You are here to serve, to pay a debt and nothing else."
"Someone had told him about me. He knew who I was; I was supposed to help him!" I insisted.
"I know that, having seen his every thought!" Aro swept away. Anger spread to every limb of my body, with no Jasper to take away the stress I thrust my fist through a nearby wall. "Please refrain from destroying our home." Aro mocked from the distance
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