Afton paced in his room. He couldn't decide. He was quite sure that it was the twins with the worm incident, but he had no evidence to prove his suspicions. He knew Alec and Jane well, and they would never overlook disposing of all evidence. Alec was very thorough in his cleaning up and Jane, well, she was just brutal. And an extremely good liar. She could get on Aro's good side any day, so long as he didn't read her thoughts. Afton shook his head. They were diabolical. He sighed, turning to leave and consult Aro about this.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Jane, once again, stood in the way of the exit. If anyone didn't know better they would have laughed at how Jane's tiny body, which barely took up half the doorway, made Afton, a grown vampire, recoil and step backwards. "I thought you would have learnt your lesson from Felix."
Afton turned around to exit from the balcony, when Alec stood in that way too. He leant casually on the frame, flicking a small bit of dirt out from under his fingernail.
"It is strange, dear sister, how adults underestimate us." He started circling Afton, still talking softly and menacingly. "Personally I find them quite...how do I say..."
"Mislead?" Jane added in.
"Yes that's exactly the word." He smiled evilly at her, and she mirrored it perfectly. Alec stopped pacing in front of Afton and looked him straight in the eye.
"You won't be saying anything now, will you? I would hate for another guard member to be wasting their time." He tapped his forehead; a simple gesture, which Afton knew meant business. Alec's power. It wasn't painful, like Jane's, but it was the still very frightening thing to be lost in your own body, unable to move, speak or hear anything. Plus, Afton also knew that Alec would (with pleasure) keep him immobilized easily for a very long time, and he probably wouldn't get bored of him either. He might be killed and not even know it. Trapped in limbo, forever.
"You wouldn't." Afton whispered.
"Want a bet?" laughed Jane, but Alec silenced his sister quickly.
"You run along now, Afton. But just know that we're watching." Then he linked arms with his sister and the walked off. If Afton could have wet his pants, there would be an eighth ocean by now. Wuss, he thought to himself. They're nine years old!" But he knew better than to question Alec's instructions. No way in hell would disobey.
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