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*Astrava- Greek Goddess of Justice
*Zenona- Life of Zeus
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"Why such a name for this child, Caius?" Aro asked with surprise. "Such a name for her will most likely-"
"What? Cause an up stir within our coven?" Caius snapped at him. He shook his head and smirked at the mere thought of that a simple name can cause widespread damage as his brother envisioned. "You are really something, Aro." He continued before turning his back on them. "I am the father of my daughter and as long as I am alive, I will be the one calling the shots around here when it comes down to Electra and Astrava."
Aro sputtered several times before casting a dark glare towards both Marcus and Caius' way as he flickered out of the room. Dr. Cullen slowly lowered Astrava into her cradle.
"You are really roasting yourself over the fire, young one." He told Caius point-blank as he gathered up his medical bag from a nearby table. "What gives?"
"Oh, nothing really." Caius sighed, taking a seat beside the bed and leaning himself back into it more comfortably. "When the coven and guest hear the announcement of the name I have chosen for my daughter, they will know immediately to never, ever mess around with Caius Volturi and his family on any condition."
The doctor smiled and excused himself quietly. Marcus waited until he was gone to turn upon his younger brother, worrying that they might have over stood themselves with Aro, further endangering the mother and child. "Do you know what you just did with Aro, Caius?" He demanded.
Caius rolled his eyes, waving him off irritably. "I know what the hell I am doing, Marcus. I didn't live for over three thousand years and deal with what I had to deal with in my former life and not learn how to be crafty."
"Yes, but does it mean that you antagonize the hell out of Aro?" Marcus pointed out. "I will support you in every way possible, but if it comes down to provoking him into doing something that you are unable to control," His face became grave. "I refuse to bargain my life for yours." He finished.
"Then so be it, Marcus!" Caius cried, sitting upright in his seat. He remembered Electra sleeping soundly next to him and turned his face away. "I didn't mean anything, but he need to know that I will not allow him to have any influences over our child like he does with everyone else around here." He said in a lower tone.
"I think you are more likely the one running the show around here then him, brother." Marcus countered before leaving the room with Caius staring after him.
Astrava whimpered from her cradle. Caius stood up and went over to her, kneeling beside it while brushing her white baby locks back with a pale finger. "My little baby," He said softly to her in a soften voice. "I will keep you well protected from Aro's influences. He fears me too much to even try something of any sort." Caressing her little tiny fingers, he was memorized by the impact of being a new father to a child that he didn't know he could have, much less allow to fully develop into the tiny bundle of joy that Astrava had brought to him and Electra.
"Um, master?"
Looking up towards the doorway, he found Felix, Demetri, Sexton, Jane and her twin, Alec all standing in the doorway with their hands behind their backs.
"Yes?"
Felix nodded towards his fellow bodyguards before walking into the room. "We wanted to bring our baby gifts for the mother and child at the baby shower you had planned for a few weeks from now." He grinned as Demetri softly kicked the door closed behind them. "But since the baby decided to pick Christmas Eve to be her birthday, we thought that we would go ahead and give them to Electra."
Sexton excused himself from the room for a second and came back in, lugging a big bag behind him. "Yeah, you might say we kinda overdid it this year, considering that this is her first Christmas Eve with us." He added further as he placed the bag by the foot of the bed.
"How kind of you to think about her and the baby." Caius praised with a rare smiled. "I am sure that she will be very surprised by Christmas morning."
"Aw, shucks, don't you mean that your not going to be kicking off heads this year and do something different, master?" Felix commented with a cheeky grin before Jane and Demetri both hit over the head with their fists. "Ow!" He cried, turning on them with flashing eyes. "What now?"
"Can't you even learn to keep your pesky mouth shut for one time?" Jane hissed up at him "Its Christmas Eve and I am sure that the master doesn't want to be hearing your half-ass jokes for once. So beat it!"
"Yeah, Felix." Demetri pipped in while placing a large gifted wrapped object, that Caius strongly guessed was in fact a baby car seat, by the gift sack. "I think your New Years resolution list should all be "How Can I Keep My Mouth Shut While Learning to Keep My Head on At the Same Time."
Sexton sighed and pulled Felix back before he could take a swing at Demetri, dragging him out of the room by the back of his cloak while he cursed Demetri and Jane for being inconsiderate towards him.
Caius covered his smile behind a fist so Jane and Alec couldn't see his wide amusement for his favorite bodyguard. If it wasn't for Felix when they had first met when he was still human and the way Felix kept things interesting with his bawling jokes, his whole exsistance could have been dead and boring. But one cannot break their mask, so Caius was always sure to let a little salt hit the wound so-to-speak from time to time.
"So what is your daughter's name going to be, master? Jane asked excitedly. She flickered beside the bassinet and cooed over the baby with wide eyes. Alec rolled his own at his sister's reaction before shaking his head and normally, walking over to peek beside her.
Caius gazed upon his daughter's sleeping form for minute in silence before replying steadily, "Her name is Astrava. I took her name from the Greek Goddess of Justice."
"Wow, that is one powerful name." Jane exclaimed with an approving smile. "I like it a lot. What do you think Alec?" She asked turning to her brother.
"I like it as well. I think Felix and Demetri will be paying me up on their bets against mine tonight." He said with a playful grin of his own. Caius raised his eyebrows in question. Alec rubbed the back of his neck absently while trying to appear sheepish. "Err, I put a bet of twenty thousand that you were going to name her something very unique, master. So that will mean that they will pay double on what they bet between them two because they took me up on the offer."
"I see." Caius said in a normal voice. "How fun that will be in trying to get it from them, Alec."
Alec wished the floor would open up from underneath him as he endured the long penetrating stare of his master before turning his eyes on his shoes. "Well I was the first to bet." He tried to defend himself.
"Like I said, good luck trying to get your pay ups from those two."
Jane muttered something under her breath about men and their stupid betting tables before yanking her brother by the arm and out of the room with him protesting that perhaps they should wait until the next morning when the baby's name is announced to everyone to gather up the money.
Caius laughed softly to himself while tucking Astrava with her baby blanket. He removed his robe that he had taken out from his office cabinet and covered Electra's sleeping form with it for extra warmth as the fire in the fireplace slowly began to die out, leaving cold drafts of air flowing about. Taking his former seat once more, he settle in for the long night of watching not only his soon-to-be queen, but also the newly added family member who opened up his heart and brought feelings of comfort to his coldness with her tiny light of joy.
What a very merry special and surprising Christmas Eve indeed.
