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Dungeons & Dragons
Basileus had been gone for two weeks. Eleazar had stayed behind; since he'd turned Carmen he could hardly leave with Basileus and hand another newborn over for Aro to take care of - and there was no way he was handing her to Caius either. Basileus understood, and was due back any day. Surprisingly to all three of the brothers, they were getting on rather well. Eleazar, naturally, was having to spend a lot of time with Carmen so Carlisle was spending more and more time in Aro's quarters with him. Carlisle was still a little pissed that Felix and the twins had been welcomed into Aro's quarters from when they were first turned and he'd had to prove himself, but he really tried to not let it bother him. He struggled seeing how easily Carmen was welcomed into the same chambers though. He mused, It's not as though female vampires are any less unstable than males, and they are certainly not less powerful. At least Eleazar is accompanying her all the time too, I'm not the only one being baby sat! The three of them had been using Basileus' suite as a doss house whilst their father was away - today they were cleaning up ready for his imminent return. Carmen was in Aro's chambers with Sully and all four of his high guard in were in attendance to watch her. Eleazar had made them leave the door to the stairwell wide open, Basileus' too was propped open so they could call down if they needed any assistance. It didn't take long for the three of them to bore of tidying, even at vampire speed they had hardly made a dent in cleaning up the mess they'd created.
Carlisle was first to drop out of mission clean up. Slumping into the fireside sofa he swore he had back ache no matter how many times his brothers told him, as a vampire, such a thing was impossible! "So, Aro... Ashanti?" He threw out casually. Aro never had told them any details about his extra marital activities. Unfortunately for Aro, his brothers had the same perfect memory as he had, they hadn't forgotten his quick confession a few months ago, they just hadn't had him on their own to enable asking him for all the gory details! Aro looked coyly to his baby brother, do I really want to tell them this? They will hold it over me forever!
Taking the seat opposite Carlisle, Aro decided to try and divert the attention. "Eleazar has far more to say about that particular minx than I do, brother!" Eleazar finished putting the books he was handling back on the shelf and joined his brothers, standing behind Aro with a hand on each of his shoulders he replied, "you aren't getting out of it that easily brother! Tell all, or I may slip up around Sulpicia the next time I see her…" Aro spun around hearing his brother suggesting to give him away to his wife, "you wouldn't dare!" he said in surprise. Eleazar allowed an evil grin to spread across his face, "oh wouldn't I?" he said suggestively as he took a seat next to Carlisle. A little flustered at the idea of Sulpicia discovering his secrets, Aro tried to stamp his authority, "Eleazar I am the Master of the Volturi, you really should be careful how you speak to me you know…" Yeah right, like that would wash with Eleazar! "Ha! Your power does not extend as far as us, you will always be my LITTLE brother!" He replied smugly. Carlisle couldn't help but smile at the two and fro between his brothers. "How does that even work? I am centuries older than you!" Aro responded. Eleazar was ready to explain, again, how he was the eldest of Basileus sons. "Yes, but you were turned at 28… and I was turned at 29… I am the big brother. Besides, I am so much more mature than you."
"Basileus said I am the calmest newborn he has ever seen, I think that makes me more mature than either of you!" Carlisle interjected, believing he had a good case for being the eldest son if maturity was the key. Both Eleazar and Aro burst into laughter, denting their brothers pride a little, "YOU!" Eleazar said loudly through his laughter. Aro added, "no Carlisle, you are 23, you will always be 23. Mentally you're closer to Felix than you are to us!" Okay, now that really punched a hole in Carlisle's pride! "What! Felix!" He was shocked at the suggestion. Eleazar came to his defence, "I think that's unfair Aro! Felix isn't the one on a sexual rampage, Carlisle's more like Demetri, our little Lothario!" That just ignited Aro's joy anew!
As their laughter subsided, Carlisle asked them what a Lothario was, it wasn't part of his vocabulary. This shocked Aro and Eleazar, they were, like all members of the Volturi, avid readers. Aro often referred to his entire coven as being patrons of the arts, literature and language. Since their beginnings Basileus had fostered a love of culture in his coven members believing it made them more civilized. Eleazar was surprised Carlisle hadn't heard of a Lothario before. "You said you could read!" He accused his youngest brother. Carlisle replied, indignantly, "I can bloody read!" "He's only read the bible." Aro added as a dig before guffawing at his own joke, much to Carlisle's annoyance.
Eleazar tried to smooth over Aro's jaded comment, "I will lend you my copy of 'The Ingenious Gentleman', Carlisle, Don Quixote's masterpiece." Aro added another dig, "it's in Spanish El, he struggles with Latin!" Carlisle huffed in annoyance, "I can learn Spanish… and I am getting much better with Latin." Eleazar put an arm around his brother, "I will teach you." He told him kindly. Aro was still smirking. "So what has Don whatever his name is got to do with Demetri anyway? Or me?" Carlisle asked. Aro smiled widely now, "Lothario is a character in the book, he is a seducer, a womanizer… we've been calling Demetri our little Lothario since Eleazar picked the book up." And added with a laugh, "it drives him crazy!"
Carlisle was genuinely offended, "and that's what you think I am?!" rising from his seat and shaking off Eleazar's arm at the same time, he began stalking around the room. "That is grossly unfair, especially as you have both been as bad!" Now it was Eleazar's turn to reply indignantly, "I didn't make it around the whole guard on my first night in Volterra, thank you very much!" Aro was still finding far too much humour in their conversation for his brothers liking. With another burst of laughter he offered his response, "you were more of an angry newborn though El, I am still amazed Basileus didn't kill you off in the first six months!"
Eleazar was a little touchy about his newborn year, he had been particularly violent and it really didn't tally with the man Eleazar felt himself to be. Luckily for Aro, Eleazar was way past that stage; he was more the placid mediator now. Besides, he knew what Aro was doing, his younger brother was a champion deflector! "You can keep deflecting the conversation Aro, but we will find out about your secret relationships one way or another…" Aro cut him off before Eleazar could invent anything more malicious. "They weren't relationships. Why do you even want to know?" Eleazar leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees and his head in his hands. "Because I thought we were close, I thought I knew you, I thought you trusted me…" Aro cut him off again, "Enough of the guilt trip already, fine, I will tell you. What do you want to know?"
Carlisle flashed to Eleazar, nearly knocking his brother off the sofa as he took a seat next to him. "Oh you know, everything." He said, excitement gushing through his words. Eleazar patted Carlisle knee and told him to calm down. "Ashanti, start with Ashanti. Actually you can start with why you didn't tell me about you and Ashanti when she and I were 'together'…" A horrible thought crossed Eleazar's mind, "oh god, it wasn't at the same time was it?" Aro jumped in straight away. "What! No, of course not, I wouldn't do that to you. I had well finished with her by then. Actually I had finished with her before you even arrived here." Eleazar's relief showed on his face.
Carlisle had a question on his mind, will he answer me though? They have all made such a big deal about what I did at the welcome party, I feel like some sort of deviant but I really need to know if what I did was on any level of normal for vampires… "How many of the women in the guard have you had sex with?" Aro looked a little sheepish, "Well, erm, all of them." Carlisle was shocked, "and you called me a deviant!" Eleazar too for that matter, "ALL of them!" Aro modified his statement, "well, except Jane of course. I would kill anyone who looked at her or Alec…" Aro's face turned dark as he added, "I have in fact."
His brothers were blown away at Aro's confession, sly old dog! You've certainly hidden your escapades well, brother! Eleazar thought to himself, kind of impressed. Carlisle was ready with another question, "Even the mated ones?" "That rule doesn't really count for the masters of a coven, truthfully, it doesn't count for you two or Basileus either…" Carlisle cut Aro off, "Eleazar told me I couldn't have the mated ones." He was pretty pissed off that he'd been held back now he knew they were on the table, so to speak. Eleazar nudged Carlisle, "I think you had more than enough for one night, brother." He said with a smile. Reminding Carlisle that he had been a bit of a whore at his welcome party made him blush, or that's what it felt like. "It's just nice to know I have options, that's all." He mumbled in reply. Eleazar put his arm around his brother again and held him tight, "you really are going to be trouble, aren't you." He said quietly. Sulking like a petulant child, Carlisle dug his elbow into Eleazar's ribs. In return his Eleazar pushed him away by his head.
"So what would happen if a guard had sex with another guards mate?" Carlisle's full of questions, Eleazar thought, newborns are generally inquisitive, but this one seems stuck in the 'but why?' phase of toddler-hood. Aro answered Carlisle, "death. That simple. One of the men would die." Eleazar turned gloomy, "I've seen plenty of women die for the same thing. That's part of the problem with going after another vampires mate Carlisle - often the men find out and they are sort of duty bound to take on the other guy one-on-one. But our anger is as passionate as our love, and the winner, as in the one still alive, will take down the unfaithful mate next." Carlisle really hadn't been expecting that, it seemed so over the top, death, for having sex, it's so unnecessary, he thought angrily to himself. "And this is okay in vampire society?" he wanted to check whether this was a Volturi thing, or a vampire thing.
Both of his brothers were quiet for a moment considering how they should answer Carlisle's question, Aro answered first. "It's common, I wouldn't say it's okay, but we enshrined it in law because most vampires want to be able to take vengeance should they require it. Having the popular laws helps balance the less than popular ones." That made even less sense to Carlisle. "So the law doesn't apply here, no one could offer you to go one-on-one?" Aro held up his hands defensively, sensing Carlisle's rising anger. "I didn't say that. I have been called out, so has Caius. We have had to end many vampires for their objections."
That really angered the youngest brother. Jumping to his feet Carlisle answered in a tone of disbelief. "Objections! You can't just end their lives for their objections to you fornicating with their women." Eleazar wiped his hand down his face knowing Carlisle was winding himself up again. He had spent almost every minute of the day trying to contain Carmen over the last two weeks and he was looking forward to today and having a break - now he felt like he'd jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire! "It's not just him, we can too, and Marcus and Caius of course. Basileus, well he can do whatever he likes whenever he likes - there's no end to his special treatment." Eleazar explained. "Exactly!" Aro joined in, "but it isn't about special treatment for 'just us', any coven leader has entire rights over his coven," Seeing Carlisle's face dropping again, Eleazar quickly added, "he is entirely responsible for them also of course."
A mixture of confusion and repulsion glanced Carlisle's face. "Rights? That's what you call it… so you can do whatever you like to any of your guards, Aro?" Aro started to reply, "in theory…" "That's rape! That's abusive Aro, it's perverse!" Carlisle butted in. His earlier annoyance was now full blown anger. "I don't exercise my rights, particularly, they just are my rights as a coven leader. I have never had need to rape anybody Carlisle, most women like to have sex just as much as most men!" Aro replied easily, calmly. That just pissed Carlisle off more. "You clearly do exercise them if you have had sex with the whole guard!" Carlisle replied. Then something crossed his mind, "how do their mates feel about this, and the way they are expected to share their women?"
Aro found his brothers shock quite funny. He'd lived for a long time, there was very little in life that surprised him these days. "Well brother, I expect they are relieved!" Aro smirked as he spoke, Eleazar understood him. "What?" Carlisle stopped his pacing for a moment, why the hell would any man be relieved for god sake? "Caius takes his 'rights' much more seriously than Aro does… he likes to initiate the whole guard, male and female." Eleazar's comment had Carlisle's chin hitting his chest. Caius has sex with every man and woman that comes into this place, that can't be true! "Marcus has never bothered with anyone other than Didyme." Aro added, though it didn't really change Carlisle's state of shock and horror. Eleazar tried to smooth things over to save Carlisle's psyche. "Our coven is a little different to most don't forget. All other covens only have one leader, or a couple who are equal. We have three masters, and one of those masters has two brothers, and overall, Basileus rules over the three masters and two brothers. It's an unusual set up."
A million thoughts were racing through Carlisle's head. One was more prominent than the others though, "so Basileus is over us?" "Yes." Eleazar replied slowly - he thought his brother should really know that already by now. "So he, he could… I mean, if he wanted to, he could, like Caius…" Aro was growing tired of babysitting the questioning newborn now. "What are you rambling about?" "If Basileus wanted to, he could have sex with us!" Carlisle felt sick even saying the words. Aro saw a way to have a little fun with his new brother, "yes, if he chose to." He stirred the metaphorical spoon with a contented smile on his face. "And has he chose to with you two?" Carlisle asked, tentatively. Eleazar tried to reply put stopped when Aro threw an ornamental cushion at him. "Of course, have you not had the experience yet?"
"ARO!" Eleazar shouted at his brother, who raised a hand for silence in return. "On your own head be it! You are spending far too much time with Felix!" He added, but allowed Aro to continue his prank. "Are you serious?" Carlisle asked, hoping Aro was winding him up. "I'm surprised he hasn't had you yet, it has been a busy few months since you arrived. Perhaps he is going to see to it when he gets back?" Aro continued stirring as Eleazar shot daggers from his eyes sitting opposite. Carlisle started pacing again, "I can't do this, I can't, I won't. How can I stop this from happening?" Aro, again, answered before Eleazar could interject. "You can't Carlisle. When a coven leader wants you, you have to take it, willingly." "I will not be willing!" Carlisle replied in horror.
Eleazar warned Aro to stop now, Aro simply shrugged to his big brother, he really couldn't see the harm but it wasn't worth fighting with Eleazar over. Carlisle continued reeling over this new information. "Who else is over me?" he asked Eleazar. "What do you mean?" he replied. Carlisle wondered how to ask what he wanted to know without spelling it out, he didn't even want to think about it, let alone verbalize it. "Under Basileus, are we all equal? Marcus, Caius and us? Aro laughed again. "Ha! No. I am above the other masters, and you." Carlisle nodded, and gulped the pooling venom in his mouth as he turned to Eleazar, "and what about you?" Eleazar thought about it, "I am above Aro and you, I am Basileus' oldest son. It's a hierarchy." That wasn't enough, Carlisle needed more than that. "What about Caius and Marcus?" Eleazar was puzzled himself now, "do you know I have never thought about it. It has never come up!" Aro started laughing at his little brothers inquiring mind. "I won't let Caius fuck you Carlisle if that is what you are worried about." Carlisle threw his hands to his ears, "don't even say it!" Eleazar pulled his brother back into his seat.
"Have you protected your guard from Caius?" Carlisle was only asking because he thought if Aro had, it would mean he may genuinely prevent Caius from getting to him too! Aro turned grave, "they are mine - no one will ever touch any of them." He stated. "It's why I brought them into my quarters and took the risk with them being around my wife, I wouldn't have risked newborns in my quarters if I didn't have to." Carlisle was relieved that Aro seemed so offended by the idea, selfishly he thought it may mean he escapes unscathed too. Hearing the reason Aro had brought the young guards into his chambers as newborns made him relax slightly, it had been playing on his mind for some time that Aro had allowed such a thing, seemingly so easily, whilst keeping him at arm's length due to how risky newborns were. So he was being genuine, it isn't just me, he really does believe newborns are too risky around his wife. The young guards must mean a lot to him for him to risk their presence in his home!
"Has he ever tried to?" he asked his brother tentatively. Aro nodded. "He made comments when I pulled Felix out of the newborn cell on his first day here, told me he hadn't initiated him into the coven yet." Aro clasped his hands together across his chest as he leaned back into the sofa cushions. "I told him I would deal with him and he wasn't to worry about it. Caius understood what I meant, not that it stopped him from trying when he had Felix back with the other newborns for training." Carlisle's brow furrowed as he thought about that, "so he has had Felix then?" Aro shook his head as he smiled to himself. "He tried, Felix was too strong in his newborn state to be taken down and forced to submit by Caius. Even with Caius' excess in skill, he couldn't handle Felix. He actually tried to convince me to decapitate him for his refusal. Of course I refused, and I made it pretty clear that Felix was off the table. When I took Demetri from the Egyptian coven a century or so later I reminded Caius again to stay away from the two of them and moved Demetri into my quarters from the very start. The same with the twins." When Aro had finished he caught Eleazar's eye and the small, proud smile he offered. Eleazar had never really thought about it much before, but Aro had been protecting his young guard from the moment he first met them, he really respected Aro for looking after them the way he did.
Eleazar poured the three of them a goblet of wine each, "have you really had the whole guard submit to you?" he asked as he passed Aro a drink. Taking a big swing from his glass, Aro replied, "submit, no. Sex, yes - the females anyway. But keep it to yourself! I mean it!" He was deadly serious. Carlisle took his drink from his brother as he asked yet another question, "what's the difference?" Aro sighed, he was bored with this now. "sex is just sex, it doesn't mean anything, and despite what you think they have always been willing, for me at any rate. Not so sure about Caius! Submission isn't willing, it isn't a choice at all in fact. Its primal and about dominating subordinates. It's totally different."
Carlisle took a swing of his wine, this all sounded repulsive to him."Was this before Sulpicia?" Taking another large gulp Aro replied, "no, I turned Sulpicia a few thousand years ago… no other woman will ever have my heart…" Carlisle interrupted, "no, just your bed!" he said with a look of disgust. "It isn't like that. Vampires aren't like humans Carlisle, I told you already, we are far more passionate and sex is just… well it's just enjoyable isn't it." Eleazar interjected, trying to keep Carlisle calm. It didn't work.
"So does that mean you are happy to share Sulpicia with other lovers?" Carlisle asked accusingly. Aro stood this time, incensed at the idea. "No! Not if she wants to continue living." Carlisle rose too stepping into his brother's personal space. "Well I just don't think that it is fair for you to have sex with whoever, whenever, but Sulpicia has to be content with just you!" Aro ground out his reply, "luckily for Sulpicia I am enough to keep her happy." Carlisle should have been scared at this point, but he was too far gone. Mimicking Aro's stance and tone he replied, "how does she feel about being unable to keep you happy?" Aro shoved his brother backwards - he landed in Eleazar's lap! "Carlisle, you are pissing me off now. You are confusing human relationships and vampires. We…" Jumping back to his feet, Carlisle interrupted Aro again. "Yes I heard you just fine, you think vampires are more 'passionate' and that gives you the excuse to destroy the sanctity of marriage!"
Aro strode over to the table with the wine barrel seated on top to refill his glass. "There is no sanctity in marriage you damn fool. That's your Christian crap, I am Greek and my gods couldn't care less for your sanctity of marriage! And unlike you, I know my gods exist!" Carlisle screamed his response, "you know less than you think you arrogant arse! For such a passionate vampire you seem to hardly care at all for your poor wife's feelings!" Aro's thoughts started to race, he's shouting his mouthing off like this and there is no way Sully hasn't heard what's going on. And even if she hasn't I can't trust my brother, the new town crier to keep it to himself. Why did I tell them? For the love of the gods I should know better than this by now. What was I thinking? Centuries of doing what I liked and now I need to go to my wife with my tail between my legs for forgiveness? I knew this newborn was going to cause me trouble. Damn it!
Aro retook his seat and with a perfectly calm exterior betraying none of the broiling emotions held inside, he laughed lightly as he wound Carlisle up further. "What a perfect image of the good little preacher's boy you are - here to save our sins are we? I'm sure old preacher Cullen would be very proud!" He said spitefully, it worked, Carlisle was going off like a coiled spring. "He's a Pastor, and I am nothing like him!" he damn near shouted down at his seated brother. Shut up you jumped up little prick my wife is hanging on every word up there! Aro thought murderously. "You can keep your moralizing for someone who cares. I don't need lecturing from you about anything in fact! You are a baby compared to me Carlisle. We don't even know if you are going to survive your newborn year yet!"
Aro was done with this newborn shit, he was now far more concerned about marital relations rather than brotherly ones. "What is that supposed to mean?" Carlisle asked, concernedly. Aro looked at his new brother like he was some sort of tramp who'd been dragged in off the street, "why am I even discussing this with you? I have an entire vampire race to manage I don't have to concern myself with pathetic ingrates like damn newborns!" Eleazar stood up and pushed Carlisle back from Aro, "Aro, what are you saying!" he asked his irate brother. Aro was happy to reply. "What I am saying, Eleazar, is newborns are Caius' domain," as he pointed at the raging newborn tucking behind Eleazar he added, "so he can fuck off to Caius!" Eleazar threw his hands up, he knew today would end badly and he sensed Carlisle growing angrier and more frustrated as they talked, Aro's reaction was a genuine surprise though. "Aro, no, don't do this." Aro shot his big brother a look of disgust now, "I am king of this castle, brother, not you, I will decide where he goes!" Aro was now unashamedly pulling rank. "Well OUR FATHER may have something to say on the matter when he returns!" Eleazar replied as he desperately tried to make Aro see reason. "I am sure he fucking will!" Aro responded angrily as he called for his boys.
Eleazar shook his head at his brothers falling apart in front of him, how have we come to this again, already? He asked himself. "Aro, no, I won't let you do this!" he told his angry little brother. Aro was pissed off at the mere suggestion that Eleazar could prevent him doing as he wished in his own coven. "It's not for you to 'let me' Eleazar!" Aro said dangerously. Felix and Demetri entered the room moments after Aro had called, which proved to Aro that his wife too could hear every damn word that had been spoken. "Take him to Caius, tell him I have sent him a newborn to add to his ranks." He told them as he pointed roughly at Carlisle again.
Neither guard moved, "Huh? Are you serious?" Felix asked. Aro walked to his young guard and stood painfully close to the boy. "Are you deaf? Or Stupid? Do I need to speak more slowly? TAKE HIM!" Carlisle could see the boys struggling with their conscience. "It is okay lads, just show me the way." His words were noble but his shaky voice gave away his fear. Felix and Demetri started to follow Carlisle out of the room as Aro added a final instruction to them, "feel free to use as much force as necessary!" "Erm… yeah… okay…" Felix stuttered his reply, he wasn't sure if this was some sort of test. Eleazar shoved Aro roughly as he passed him to follow the boys and his little brother out of the suite. "You will regret this much more than Carlisle will." He left as his parting shot.
Felix and Demetri fell back through the chamber doors less than five minutes later, laughing like clowns as usual. "What are you doing back here?" Aro asked them from his chair, he soon jumped up at the sight of Carlisle. "What is HE doing back here?!" Felix tried to respond, they thought they had done the right thing. "We didn't think you meant it… Eleazar said…" Aro blew up at 'Eleazar said'. "I could give a damn what Eleazar said! You take him now and then you come straight back to me! I thought I had explained quite clearly only a few short months ago exactly WHO is in charge around here, I will leave you in no god damn doubt this time!" Both Felix and Demetri visibly winced.
"Aro," Eleazar strolled back through the door calling out for his brother, "Oh good, you're back." He added as he saw Carlisle and the boys there too. "Yeah and now we are getting it in the neck!" Felix commented quietly. "It's not your necks you should be worried about boy!" Aro replied as he jabbed a pointed finger into Felix' chest. Eleazar shook his head again. "So you are trying to pull rank on them now!" Aro's anger was ready to overflow into blind rage. "Trying! Fucking TRYING! I am the…" Eleazar cut him off, "I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE! AND I AM TELLING YOU TO STAND DOWN!" Eleazar rarely pulled Aro up publicly, when he did, it was serious. He turned to the young guards and Carlisle, "go to my quarters, all of you and…" "TAKE HIM TO THE DUNGEONS!" Aro roared! Eleazar replied just as fiercely, "NO! TAKE HIM TO MY QUARTERS AND STAY THERE! The two brothers flew at each other, hisses, growls, and roars filled the room as the three younger vampires scarped to the safety of the middle floor apartment.
Eleazar sat in the corner of the room surrounded by remnants of the heavy oak bookcases. Paper pages floated to the ground around him. "Have you got it out of your system now?" he asked his little brother who was sat on the floor near the two upturned sofas. Aro manipulated his left arm with his right hand, damn it hurts! He thought. "You have broken my arm!" he replied to his brother. "That isn't what I asked," Eleazar said, "besides, I think you have broken my face!" Eleazar touched a hand to his cheek where his face was swelling around the broken bone. "What is going on with you? Basileus is going to…" Aro cut in, he didn't need it to be spelled out to him; he knew well enough what Basileus was going to do. "I know El, he warned me before he left." That offered even less explanation for Aro's behaviour.
"Then why would you try to send him to the dungeons?" Aro looked sheepishly, he wasn't sure how to answer. "You heard him! How dare he give me advice on my relationship with Sully. He hardly knows me let alone her. I am not interested in his moral critique. And now I have to have a very awkward conversation with my wife and…" Aro trailed off. "Perhaps what he said hit a nerve, brother?" Eleazar said carefully. Aro cast his eyes to the floor as he thought if there was any truth in his brother's words, maybe, but I am not talking about it anymore, I'll save my words for Sully now.
Watching his brother clearly warring with himself internally, Eleazar wondered if Aro was going to make it through Carlisle's newborn year at this rate. "I hope you can come up with something better than he hurt your feelings Aro. And if I find out you have laid a finger on your young guards for this it won't just be Basileus you need to hide from." Aro looked over to his big brother and waved off Eleazar's words, "I have no intention of it El." "Hmm," Eleazar sighed, "not now maybe." Aro looked around their father's trashed living chamber. "How the hell are we going to clean this up before he comes back, brother?" Eleazar got to his feet, his body aching as he did so from the fight with Aro. "I'll fetch Carlisle and the boys to help, if you can promise to behave yourself?" Aro smiled slightly, "if they help I may even throw in an apology!"