AN: Thank you for being so patient. Its been a long road, but we are finally getting close to the end. So without further chit-chat from me.
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CPOV
Alec was due to be released from confinement today. After the trial, we all found that it was best to confine the boy for a while.
Though Aro was not happy to have one of his favourite elite guards in confinement, it was the only thing that Isabella and I would accept. It got ruled that Alec would be confined until the day Olivia turned, as the age limit for that was sixteen he had gotten removed from everyone for the last four years.
Olivia was now seventeen years old and had decided to turn the day after her birthday; I heard Jane inform her brother of the impending change, as well as heard that Alec asked for an audience with both Isabella and myself.
We had talked it over and decided to give Alec the chance to talk to us Isabella was not happy about any of it; she did not want to see the boy that tried to kill our daughter.
"You wished to speak to us?" I asked once Alec got brought before us all. Isa just glared at him, we purposely kept Olivia out of the area today, in case there was another incident. Something that Isa had not forgiven him for, not that I blamed her for holding the grudge.
"I asked to speak to you both to apologise for my past actions. I know that my words do not mean as much as I wish they could, but I want to be able to prove myself to you both, I know it is not much, but this is all I wished to be able to say to you both." Alec said, finishing.
"We will take your apology into advisement and inform you of the outcome when we are ready," Isa said to him. I watched as he nodded and got escorted away.
I turned to her and waited, knowing that she would speak her mind soon enough. Alec had been a sore note between us over the last few years, and we had had many arguments about what we would do when it came time.
"I know that you would instead give him a second chance for the sake of Jane, but I don't know if I can do that. We nearly lost Livi because of him Caius." Isa whispered.
"I know, I think that we should ask Livi what she would like us to do with him. Leave it up to her. She was the one that he attacked after all." I said to my Mate. Isa just nodded and stood from her place on the sofa in my office. We made our way towards the garden where we knew Livi to be; she liked to be able to spend her time with her aunt.
When she saw both Isa and I, the smile that graced her face, was just as beautiful as her mothers. Isa let our daughter know of what had just transpired as well as let her know that I had suggested that Livi be the one that sets the ruling.
"If I am to do this, then I want to be changed first. Then and only then will I make my ruling on the matter that is Alec's sentence." Livi said, just like the Princess that we knew that she was.
"When would you like to be turned then Livi?" I asked her.
"Now, I want to be turned now, before you both say anything though. I want you to know that I have thought about this and I know that I want to do this now. I was going to ask you both today anyway." Livi said to the two of us.
We agreed to let her turn, making sure that she was comfortable before I bit into my daughter's flesh. She had asked me two years ago when we first talked about this properly if I would be the one to change her and I agreed; I had asked her twice more if that was what she still wanted before making the initial bite. Now it was just going to be a time of waiting. I called Jane and asked her to let her brother know that Livi was going to be making the ruling on her brother. she nodded and left to inform him. But oddly she was smiling about it. Asking Isa about that she told me that Jane and Livi had talked often about what Livi would do if given the chance of sentencing. So she already most likely knew what she was going to be doing regarding, Alec.
This bit of information was news to me. I was not aware that Jane even talked to Livi about Alec at all.
Neither Isa nor I fed while we waited for Livi to wake from her change. And for the both of us it seemed to be a gruelling three days, but finally, it was nearing its end. Once Livi was awake, it was somewhat startling to see how calm she was, but at the same time, her mother was the same, an extremely quiet newborn. Isa took her for her first feed, and both came back covered in blood.
"Don't ask." is all Isa said as she made her way towards the bathroom to shower and change, as Isa called for Jane to help Livi clean up. I stood there with Jasper, and we both laughed at the sight before us. Mother and Daughter both covered in blood, both having a similar blood splatter on their clothes. Livi came out before her mother.
"What happened?" I asked her, not being able to help the smile on my face.
"I ended up pulling the guy in two, covering us in blood. I was able to feed, though. Well after I ripped the guy apart, that is. Mom is not happy about it at all; is she?" Livi asked as she was biting her lip.
"Your mother will be fine; she forgets herself some times. You wouldn't believe what I went through with her when she was a newborn. I would say that this is a little bit of karma." I smiled. Only then did Livi look relieved.
"Do not worry so much about it; you have just woken. You are going to be learning for a while; you have at least a year of learning to overcome. I am sure that any of your Uncle's will help you if you only but ask." I continued. Livi smiled then and hugged me.
"Thanks, Dad," Livi said, smiling before she left with Jane.
"I was not that bad, and I would appreciate that you did not go around telling our daughter that I was," Isa said as she came up behind me.
"I was only trying to calm her; she was rather frazzled after her first failed experience." I defended.
"Alright. But next time, stick with the truth. Livi may be a calm newborn, but Livi is still a newborn. I take it she went off with Jane." Isa asked me. I just nodded.
"We need to get her to decide what to do about Alec so that the whole debacle can get laid to rest finally," I said to my darling Mate.
"I agree, but somehow I do not think that we will get anything out of her today. I do not think we are even going to see her for the next 24 hours." Isa said to me. I just smiled before picking her up and making my way back towards our bedroom so that I could take care of my Mate.
Two days later, Livi came to Isa and me, as we laid in bed.
"Mom, Dad, I know what I want to do about Alec, I want to give him another chance and reinstate him onto the guard, but in a lower position than what he used to be. I talked it over with Jane also, and she seemed glad that I wasn't going to have him killed. Something about my temper is just as bad as my fathers. Anyway, can we get this over with, please? I want to go shopping with Oma so that I will need the credit card." Livi said to both of us.
"Alright, how about you let us get out of bed, we can deal with Alec, we will talk to Oma about shopping, how does that sound?" Isa said to our daughter, who just smiled.
"Okay, OMA, MOM SAID I CAN GO. I HAVE DAD'S CREDIT CARD TOO!" Livi shouted down the hall to Heidi.
"Olivia, I never said you could go anywhere, and where did you get your fathers credit card from?" Isa growled.
"Out of the draw where he keeps them, you said we would talk about it. That usually means that I can." Livi said like it was the most natural thing in the world. All I could do then was laugh about it. The look that both of them gave each other, neither of them wanted to give in, and to be honest, Isa did usually say that things would get discussed, but then give in, and let Livi do anything she wished to do. Our daughter took that moment to leave and go meet up with her grandmother, something that Heidi had sincerely taken too. Between Heidi and Charlie, you would think that the Volturi was run by our daughter the way everyone seems to run around doing her bidding.
Isa just laid next to me stunned, and I couldn't help but laugh at the situation.
"What did you expect to happen my love? That Livi would suddenly start listening to us after being turned?" I asked, even though I know the answer.
"A little unrealistic of me, I know. But I had hoped that Livi would grow up a little bit. Maybe we have spoiled her too much." Isa said, again I just laughed.
Letting out a sigh I got up out of bed and proceeded to get dressed so that we could finally deal with Alec; it was about time that we finished with his sentence and got on with our Isa and I made our way towards the throne room where we found our brothers waiting, looking confused.
"Caius, we did not expect to see you today, how are you both?' Aro asked.
"Olivia has decided to sentence Alec finally, and we are going to be meeting her here shortly. " Isa answered our brother. Both Aro and Marcus looked surprised.
"Olivia is going to be sentencing Alec? Do you think that wise? " Aro asked, just as Livi walked through the door with Jane and Heidi following behind.
"Yes uncles, it is wise, the slight was against me after all. So mom and dad thought that it should be me that gets to punish him and I happen to agree. I have already called for Alec to get brought up to the throne room. As well as decide on what will be his punishment. I have informed my parents on said punishment." Olivia informed Aro and Marcus.
"You have turned, well, if your parents had let us know we could have celebrated properly, but now we will have to have a grand Ball welcoming you to the world of the vampire," Aro said, Isa and just groaned out of disdain. Here was the reason we decided against telling Aro, Marcus already knew just as Sulpicia did.
"Uncle Aro, I would rather not have anything like that, but I would love to have a ball once I find my Mate, would you be okay helping me to plan that party?" Livi asked we all know that he would agree to this, that girl had her Uncle's wrapped around her finger.
Once Alec arrived, Olivia made her ruling, to the apparent surprise of Alec. He thanked her and accepted his punishment gladly. After getting dismissed Livi left in a hurry, with the excuse that she was going shopping with Heidi. Who had informed both Isa and me that they were only going to be shopping online? This information calmed our nerves a little.
Over the next few weeks, Livi had started to act very peculiarly around Isa and me. Every time we tried to approach her to talk about how she was coping, she would turn and walk away from us. I tried to speak to Livi several times to try and find out why it was that she was avoiding us. It was not until I decided to talk to her once I knew she was in her room and reading that I discovered why she was avoiding her mother and me.
"I don't know if I can tell them, there was that whole thing years ago with you attacking me and all. How is it that I have to tell my parents who you are to me?" I heard my daughter say, sounding rather upset.
"I know that it will be challenging, but I have to believe that Master Caius and Queen Isabella will understand. They both love you very much, but we must let them know, Master Marcus has also said that we should let them know before they discover that we are Mated, as it would be worse with your father's temper. There is a reason as to why the vampire world knows him as a ruthless King after all. We need to tell them Liv." I heard Alec say. I left and headed towards my quarters to find my Mate, knowing that she would not be happy about this discovery.
"Isa, we need to talk," I said as I walked into the room.
"What is it?" Isa asked.
"Olivia had found her Mate, Marcus knew, her Mate is currently attempting to get her to come and tell us, did you know anything about this by chance?" I asked my Mate, I didn't know if I wanted to believe what I had overheard, but if it was true, I could not ban my daughter from being with her Mate, not when I had gone so many years without both her and her mother after all. I watched Isa as her eyes went wide in surprised shock, and her hand covered her mouth.
So she did not know after all.
"Who is it?" Isa asked me.
"Alec," I whispered to her, not that I wanted to admit this what so ever.
"Wait, Marcus knew about this?" Isa asked. I could see the anger slowly coming to the surface. Before she could go and yell at our brother, we both heard the footsteps of our daughter, who had not learned, it seemed, how to walk quietly.
"Mom, Dad, can I talk to you both for a second?" Livi asked as she came in.
"Of course, what would you like to talk about honey?" Isa asked with a smile. I could see the anger that she was still trying to hide now, not that it was working.
"I found my Mate. But please, don't hurt him, I didn't want to tell you guys yet, but he convinced me that I should. So I beg you, please give him a chance for me. Please." Livi pleaded.
"Then how about you introduce us to your Mate. Do we know him?" I asked. The smile Livi had been trying to hide, grew. Encompassing her face, her smile lighting up her eyes. Running out, she went to get him. I just looked at Isa wanting to groan.
"I do not like this either, but it's not like we get to choose who our Mate is, now do we," Isa said to me.
"What are you trying to say there, my dear? Tired of me already? Anyway, I know that we cannot, but I'm allowed not to be happy about it." I pouted. We heard the two of them coming back, and both of us put on an enthusiastic front about it.
"Mom, Dad, this is my Mate, Alec," Livi said, introducing us to her Mate.
"Yes, well. Thank you for bringing Alec by to meet us as your Mate officially, I was going to come by and talk to you anyway, Your father and I have some business that we need to take care of out of town for a few days. I would love it if we could meet up when we return and celebrate this wonderful occasion properly with you both." Isa said, walking up to Livi.
"If we had known about it earlier then we would have postponed the trip," Isa told our daughter. This trip was news to me; I had no idea that we had planned to go anywhere at all.
"What trip? I didn't know that you were going anywhere." Livi said, starting to get rather upset. That I can understand.
"Livi, calm down, we will not be gone for long, it was just to pick something up for you, to welcome you to life as a Vampire. We hoped for it to be a surprise young lady." I told her. Now she had the decency to look taken back.
"Oh, okay then. Can I know what it is then? since it is no longer a surprise." Livi asked.
"Nice try Livi. Now Alec. If you hurt our daughter in any way, shape or form, you think you fear Caius now? What he will do to you will look like child's play in comparison to what I will do to you. am I clear?" Isa said, starting to growl at our daughters Mate. I wanted to laugh when I watched Alec gulp and looking very afraid. Good, he needed to be scared of Isa, I know that I am.
Alec just looked at me.
"Don't look at me, that's one woman I'm scared of, but take into consideration that her daughter can be equally as scary. I'm going to go get the car." I informed my beautiful Mate, letting her also know that I would see her when she came down to the garage.
"Mom, you can't threaten my Mate like that. Daddy, do something," Livi said.
"Livi, you are the only one in our lives that holds any importance. If anyone or anything threatens you, the full weight of the Volturi will bear down on that threat. No matter who or what it may be." I told her. I was holding her face in my hands.
Livi sighed, thinking for a moment before nodding her understanding.
AN: Thanks for reading.