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I think it's safest to say that I slept most of the journey off.

The discomfort of sleeping in blistering cold, having to put up with the anxiety of the battle, the fight with Riley and then watching Edward fight Victoria, coupled with the heightened awareness of the Volturi surrounding me was enough to make me so rattled I was sure I got on both Alice and Edward's nerves. He was just better at hiding it. Alice had no problem from giving me sharp, irritated looks when I over thought everything. I was surprised first because it should've been Edward who should've been frustrated from the entire sensory overload I was causing to his mind reading skills.

Finally when I gave her a curious look, he bent down to whisper in my ear. "She's watching for our future. All the things that you think can happen to us are leaking into her gift. Just stop and give all our minds some rest." He said.

"Oh," I said, slumping down. Alice was sitting in the aisle seat while Edward near the window, me stashed in the middle, 'just in case' as Edward put it but I knew he was watching the outside world, judging from the disturbed look on his face. I knew I should've fought harder. They didn't need to be here.

"And I thought I told you there is no way in hell I was going to let you go alone," he murmured, meaning he must've heard me. I gaped wordlessly at him as he turned his head to smile softly at me.

"Sleep, love, you need it," he said gently.

There wasn't much I could do but obey.

Once my eyes closed, that was it. I was lost for nearly 12 or so hours, probably even more but Edward wouldn't tell me when I finally did wake up. He kept an arm wound tight around my frame as we moved through the check posts and customs, my passport magically appearing in my boyfriend's hand as he pushed it at the man behind the desk.

He peered at my hazy state in suspicion and Alice jarred me. "Wake up now, she's just had long day. Jet lag," she said. The man shrugged, handing me my passport back and I looked up at Edward in puzzlement, not remembering stopping by my home. I didn't even know I had a passport here at all.

"With compliments from J. Jenks," he winked at me, his face smoothening out when he saw the Volturi sliding into a limo near the departure gates.

"Oh wow," I mumbled but neither Cullen looked too impressed as they led me in, the doors closing us in to near pitch black.

Dim, blue light strips hung around the top of the car, giving off minimum light as we drove in silence.

Where are we going to go now? I asked Edward mentally but he didn't answer verbally so I had to sit and stew in silence as I had no way of making conversation with anyone and the blacked out windows prevented me from seeing anything outside.

Finally the car stopped moving and the doors were opened, letting in a few streaks of sunlight that I happily basked in before I had to step out into a stone courtyard.

Jane and the others didn't even stop, "Follow us," she said and began leading us through the medieval corridors.

"Oh dear," I mumbled, following softly with Edward's hand tightly clamped in mine and Alice following silently behind.

The inside of the huge castle were surprisingly modern, if not still dark and moody.

We descended a wide staircase to see a small reception area. A girl about my age, in a crimson dress stood up smiling at our small entourage. I peeked over Edward's protective arm around me as she said something in clear Italian.

"Welcome," she said again, catching my less than polite stare but she didn't seem fazed. Instead, she blushed when Demetri shot her a flirtatious wink.

That must've been Gina, the human they kept around, with the prospect of immortality hanging in her future. Well, that or she would be killed.

"Does she know she might actually end up as the next buffet?" I whispered.

"Yes," Alec said suddenly. I hadn't seen him walk up next to us but he was there, his face cold and expressionless, turned to the front even when he'd deigned to answer the question. "However, we make it a point not to drain them. Gina is already one of our feeders. We don't kill humans if we can help it. Most of us can help it now," he said before passing us by, not one glance spared in our direction, following his twin into an elevator.

Felix chuckled next to us as we all piled in.

"I don't think that's true. Have you seen the ones Heidi uses? I think a part of them dies each time she leaves. They might actually want her to kill them just so they can have her touch them for more than five minutes."

I made a face at the crudeness but didn't say anything as the elevator doors opened into a small hallway with a pair of double doors at the end.

We moved to it and Demetri and Felix each grasped a handle, swinging it open when I realized that they were made of several breadths of hard rosewood, the handles itself made of solid polished bronze.

The inside which had been humming with chatter fell silent as Jane and Alec entered with the other men, us trailing behind them.

I ran my eyes, wide with panic, along the extravagant and original pieces of architecture until they hit the raised platform with three thrones, sitting on which were three men.

They were tall, I could tell, dressed completely in black with hints of gold and red and had flowing long hair, untouched by a hairdresser in years. They were also wearing long black capes which pooled to the side of their golden thrones. Their faces were similar yet different. They had high aquiline noses, domed foreheads and imperious expressions as they peered down at us with expectant faces.

I gulped, and took a deep breath just as the one sitting in the middle stood up and smiled.

"Welcome."

I will be accepting all the death threats now.