Author's Note

I do not own Twilight.

It didn't come to that.

It didn't come to that, because they left.

It didn't come to that, because they left after they overheard Amut speaking with Kebi.

She spoke so little that it was a surprise to hear her raise her voice and see her look angry. "They don't belong here Amut! They're a danger!"

"Of course they are! That's the point!"

Alec froze, and ducked back around the corner of the hallway, pressing his back to it. He held his hand up as Jane approached, halt.

"Don't you see? The Volturi may still have Chelsea and Corin, but without the Witch Twins they don't have their cornerstone. We have it."

Jane's expression contorted with pain and anger. Alec caught her shoulders as she threw herself forwards.

"As long as Jane and Alec are with us, no one can touch us. We can rebuild at long last."

Alec hauled a frozen Jane back into their bedroom.

"Rebuild," she hissed. "Rebuild? We're tools to him."

"Pets," he said.

They were the Volturi's pets.

They were Amut's pets.

His shoulders shook and venom pooled in his mouth.

Jane took his arms. Her mouth was moving but he could barely hear her. "Alec. Alec? Alec!"

These people, these bastards had upset his sister.

He would kill them.

He would kill them and burn them.

He would burn them and throw their ashes to the deepest, darkest depths of the oceans.

Jane slapped him. "Alec!"

He blinked at her. "What?"

"We need to go."

He looked at the door. "Can we-"

Jane shook her head. "Amut's older than Aro, and looks in better shape. We shouldn't."

Alec growled in frustration, but joined Jane in quickly throwing their few belongings back into bags. No matter how old they were, they were physically small still, and there was no saying whose side the rest of the coven would take.

This was not what family was meant to be like.

Jane paused as she opened the window. "Let's say goodbye to Benjamin and Tia."

Benjamin and Tia weren't exactly pleased with the interruption to their night, but he joined them on the balcony regardless.

"Where will you go?"

"Far away," Jane hissed.

"You could come with us," Alec suggested.

Benjamin seemed to hesitate. "I can't."

"Can't or won't?"

"Amun is my creator, and I owe him my life."

Jane growled, "You owe him nothing."

But they understood.

They left with only each other.