I do not own Twilight. I only own Aurora.

Story Start

We walked in silence to the library. Marcus kept his arm around my waist the entire walk, which I actually appreciated since it was keeping me grounded. I was still trying not to freak out about the fact that I made that woman calm down and stop panicking so I could drink her blood and kill her. I leaned more into Marcus, who held me tighter around the waist. It was nice that he could tell I needed some form of comfort. We entered the library and it was nice to realize that none of the others had followed us. I was expecting Felix to follow us, but he did not.

We took a seat on a large couch in the room and I didn't sit in Marcus' lap, but I did sit beside him and leaned against him. He kept his arm wrapped around my waist. I let out a sigh even though I didn't need to breathe anymore. "Aro is a bit much," I said quietly and Marcus chuckled as he started rubbing my side.

"I apologize. He has lived for a long time and the only thing that interests him anymore is power whether it be brute strength like Felix possesses or his power of reading minds. Power is what he cherishes and finds interest in," Marcus explained. "But I will not allow him to force you to use your power. You will use your power when you see fit. You are now one of our queens and my mate, and he will respect that," he continued and kind of growled at the end, which made me giggle. He looked at me curiously.

"I'm sorry. I wasn't laughing at what you said. It's just, I'm still not used to the fact that you can purr and growl. You're like a big cat," I couldn't stop myself from saying.

Marcus sat there and blinked a few times before pulling me into his lap, which made me yelp. He put his face in my neck and started purring loudly into my neck, which really made me laugh. I tried to get out of his arms, but I wasn't struggling that much. He pulled away from my neck and stopped purring. "You are something else," he said softly and he really took me by surprise when he kissed me. It was just a little peck of lips, but it was the sweetest kiss I had ever had. Not like I had kissed a lot of boys in Forks, since I grew up with all of them and didn't find them attractive in a romantic way.

I don't know what came over me, but I leaned forward when Marcus pulled away. This time I was the one who kissed him. We sat in the library just lost in each other and sharing sweet kisses and talking to each other. It was honestly the first time I felt like I was home and happy here. I couldn't honestly explain if it was because I was now a vampire and I could feel the mate bond, but I didn't care anymore. I was happy. I finally felt loved and cherished. It was nice to feel those emotions towards another too, but I wasn't going to tell Marcus that yet. It was too soon to actually express those feelings aloud.

Eventually Marcus had to return to his brothers for another meeting, since no one slept it made sense that he would have meetings at any time of the day. He walked me back to my room since I wanted some time to be by myself. I smiled when there were no guards right at my door, but he did tell me that since I was one of their queens, I would have guards watching me from the shadows or sometimes escorting me. I was fine with that. I was fine with any guards around as long as it wasn't Felix trying to be a caveman again.

I entered my room after sharing one more kiss with Marcus, who gave me a sweet smile. My heart would have been fluttering if it could still beat. I shut the door behind me and went over to the bed. I made sure to be careful as I sat down on the bed. I didn't want to destroy it like I did to the bathroom door. I looked over at said door and laughed when I saw that it had been fixed. "They don't wait around here, do they?" I asked myself out loud. I frowned though when I heard two sets of light footsteps approaching my room. A knock sounded on my room soon after.

"Come in," I called out and stood up from the bed. I walked over towards the door as it opened to reveal two beautiful women wearing very regal dresses. They had the Volturi pendants around their necks with little gems on them. "Hello," I said politely to the two women, who gave me polite smiles back.

"I'm Sulpicia, Aro's mate," the woman with long dark hair introduced herself as she stepped into my room.

"I'm Athenodora, Caius' mate," the other woman with long blonde hair told me as she followed Sulpicia into my room as well.

"We wanted to introduce ourselves and meet the new queen," Sulpicia said and I could see both of the women relax more when I motioned for them to join me at the sitting area in my room.

"It's nice to meet you. I'm Aurora. I love your dresses," I said and before I knew it, all three of us were talking and laughing like we had been friends forever. I found out that Sulpicia and Athenodora enjoyed spending their time how they wished, but they did have to sometimes give their advice as queens. They had been queens so long that they grew tired of it sometimes. I felt better that they would help me if I ever needed advice.

Next thing I know, we're in Athenodora's quarters and she was throwing different dresses at me to try on. I had been wearing some simple clothes so far, nice but simple. Now I was standing in front of Athenodora and Sulpicia in a beautiful royal blue gown with little crystals dotting the bodice in an ivy pattern. I gave a little twirl at the insistence of the other queens, who smiled and laughed in delight as they told me how well the dress suited me. I told them I couldn't possibly take this but they wouldn't hear of it.

Our little fun was interrupted as a knock sounded at the doors and Marcus, Caius, and Aro entered the room.