"Aro, you would not believe what I just heard!"
Marcus burst into Aro's quarters where Aro was sat busily writing away at his desk, answering to more painful correspondences from other covens containing incessant whining about their laws. He turned to him irritatedly while Marcus offered his hand.
"Is this truly worth interrupting me, brother?"
"Find out for yourself," he raised an eyebrow.
Aro rolled his eyes and took Marcus' hand, sifting through his recent thoughts. Huh, at least he wasn't the only one who couldn't get the thought of their mate off his mind. He stopped at his most recent memory curiously, and now he saw why Marcus was so eager to share it. Was Caius…with Eliana…already? All he could really hear were her moans and yells of his name through the wall of Marcus' quarters, but it was definitely enough evidence to go on. Apparently their bond was also becoming thicker according to Marcus' ability, several more thin strands winding around the brilliant gold bond tie of the mating bond. How the hell had his brother gotten to sleep with her so much sooner than him?
He pulled his hand away bitterly, forcing a smile on his face. "Let us pay the pair a visit, shall we?"
I opened my eyes tiredly as the sunlight shone blindingly through the window. For a moment, I forgot where the hell I was, until memories from the bliss I'd experienced the night before came flooding back. Looking up, I saw Caius still had his arms wrapped around me comfortingly, his cold body pressed against mine.
"Good morning, carissima. How are you feeling?"
I moved around a little to try and gage which of my muscles were hurting the most. The area between my legs was unsurprisingly a little sore, but weirdly enough, so was my neck.
"I'm okay, a little sore I guess," I responded, before pausing for a second, "You know, according to human laws, I'm still legally considered a child," I laughed.
"I have always said how pathetic humans are," he remarked, lifting my chin up and pressing his lips against mine.
Still aching slightly, I moved myself carefully so I was straddled on top of him with my breasts pressed against his front, my lips gently moving with his. His hand slowly edged downwards from my above my waist down to my thigh. I ran my palms along his front, feeling his cool, statue-like figure underneath me-
"Good morning, cara mia."
I screamed and quickly flipped myself over, pulling the sheets up to my neck to cover myself. It was then that I saw Aro and Marcus both stood beside the bed, Marcus with his arms crossed while Aro had a forced smile plastered on his face.
"Do you ever knock?!" I drew my eyebrows together exasperatedly.
"Why? Did we miss anything?" he asked, giving me a knowing look.
"No, just finger fucking," Caius responded proudly.
"Caius!" I slapped him across the arm angrily, the sound ringing through the room.
"Yes, we heard," Aro continued, "such a shame you were to leave us poor souls out of what was clearly the time of your life, a time to be shared-"
Is he really saying what I think he's saying? That man is absolutely crazy.
"Right, I'm not dealing with this. Can one of you please pass me my towel from beside the sofa?" I pointed to the other side of the room impatiently.
"Can you not get it yourself?" he smirked.
I gestured to my figure covered by Caius' duvet in response. "Aro, I'm not wearing anything."
"And how come you are comfortable without clothes around Caius but not us?" he asked.
"Because it wasn't you I slept with last night," I retorted, fed up of his little games.
"That can be arranged," he added, to which I exaggeratedly rolled my eyes. "Tsk, attitude like that is punishable, Eliana," he spoke huskily.
"Marcus?"
"Hmm?" he joined the conversation, apparently in his own world momentarily.
"Can I please have my towel?" I asked.
He sighed. "If you insist."
Reluctantly, he instantly reappeared in front of me, towel in hand. I took it from him and shot him a quick smile. Pulling it under the duvet, I attempted to wrap it around me from underneath, but struggled a little which ended up leaving me squirming in Caius' bed like some kind of dying worm.
"I would be happy to assist-" Aro began.
"Nope," I interrupted, standing up with the towel now loosely wrapped around me, "Thanks for the evening, babe," I called, before glaring at the other two and shuffling out of the door.
"Really, brother?" Marcus began as soon as Eli left.
"What did I do?" Caius looked at him smugly.
"Oh, you know what you did. We agreed not to pressure our mate into anything she isn't comfortable with and, instead of allowing her to progress her relationships at her own pace, you show up and pleasure her into oblivion," Aro seethed.
Caius chuckled. "Exactly, I did not pressure Eliana into anything. This was an entirely mutual decision, a spur of the moment. Would you like to see for yourself, Aro?" he offered him his hand, well knowing seeing everything that happened for himself would make his brother more jealous than he had ever been before.
"No, thank you. Must you be so selfish, Caius?"
Caius had a mischievous glint in his eyes. "You are both simply just jealous that I was the first one to see her in bed, to feel her gorgeous, warm body against mine, to feel her tight-"
"Brother, I get the idea," Aro interrupted calmly, but still trembling with anger.
"By all means, second place is still open for either of you," Caius raised his eyebrow, "but do keep in mind that I was first," he bragged.
"Must you be like this?" Marcus asked slightly irritatedly, "How long were you planning this advancement for?"
Caius held his arms up in surrender. "Advancement? Brother, this was not planned at all, I was simply sat on the sofa with Eliana on my lap when her towel slipped off of her perfect, goddess-like figure and onto the floor, and soon so did mine-"
"Again, brother, we get the idea," Aro stopped him from finishing his sentence, "but what of her…"
"Virginity?" Caius finished, "she is still very much a virgin. I would never push her too far, and I would never hurt her. You know this, brother."
There was a pause in the room. Caius had been the first to bed their mate, despite Aro's confidence in it being himself. While Aro was simply irritated about being further behind in his relationship with their mate, Marcus on the other hand was more disappointed that he would be last, as he knew that once Aro set his sights on something or someone he wanted, he always succeeded, no matter the cost.
Aro clapped his hands together. "Well, I'd best be off. I have a telephone meeting scheduled in with Eleazar, as I was hoping he would be willing to visit so we can find out if Eliana possesses any gifts of her own," he explained joyously.
"Aro, she is not some object to add to your collection, do not get any ideas," Caius warned.
"Of course not, my brother, I would never even dream of exploiting my dearest Eliana in any way. I was simply curious, as I am sure you are too," he responded with a smile before heading back out of the room, "I will see you later."
I headed back to my room and closed the door behind me, holding my towel to my body with my left hand. That was crazy; I really was just…Caius called it 'finger fucking', so I guess I could say I really was just finger fucked by Caius Volturi.
After grabbing a pair of jeans and a black tank top, I strolled into the bathroom and looked in the mirror to see that my lips were still a little swollen. In fairness, from what I remembered, he had kissed me pretty damn hard, so I wasn't entirely surprised. The thing that really made me gasp though was the trail of love bites he'd apparently left on my neck. The only way I was ever going to be able to cover those up would be by wearing a turtleneck, but it was annoyingly the middle of summer. Screw it, I'm wearing a tank top and that's final.
Just as I finished getting dressed and eating the waffles that had been left on my desk for breakfast, someone knocked on the door. I opened it to be met with Santiago and Renata, who were both stood there more awkwardly than usual, and that was saying something.
"Um…hey?" my introduction came out as a question.
"Eli, hey…we were just seeing how you are, you know, what's up girl, and were wondering if you wanted to come outside with us for a while?" Renata offered. Why was she acting so off?
"Sounds fun, let's go," I smiled, grabbing my shoes and following them out.
They seemed pretty quiet on the way to the gardens, considering the pair of them were pretty much always bickering about something. Renata informed me about the next guard movie night scheduled in for the next day in the evening, which I ended up promising to turn up to. Once we got outside and into the gardens, the three of us settled in the shade underneath a tree beside a small pond. Apparently someone had already brought out a few water bottles, which I assumed were for me considering I was the only one who drank water.
"So, how was your evening yesterday?" Santiago asked.
"Good I guess…" I trailed off, not really willing to go into detail.
"You had fun, or so we heard!" Renata snorted, causing both of them to completely lose all control of their laughter. So that's why they were acting so off.
"You heard, huh?"
"Everyone did dude, you practically screamed Master Caius' name," Santiago laughed, "you should've seen the way the others were cheering you on!"
"We never knew you had it in you girl, go you," Renata added with a giggle.
"The hickey's a dead giveaway," Santiago continued amusedly.
With that, I picked up one of the water bottles that had been left out and squeezed it, causing a stream of water to fly at Santiago. I was surprised that he hadn't dodged it but, in fairness, he hadn't seen it coming at all. The water droplets dripped down his face, pooling on the now damp ground beneath him. Renata burst out laughing while he sat there in shock, before grabbing another water bottle for himself.
"You asked for it," was the only warning he gave before doing the same to me.
Renata really thought for a moment that she could just hide away from the action, but instead I caught her off-guard and squirted her with water, which left tiny droplets in her hair and tangled in her braid. The whole spontaneous water fight continued for a good twenty or so minutes, and by the end we were all dripping wet as if we'd just been outside in a goddamn thunderstorm. I collapsed onto the ground, rolling through the grass tiredly.
"You're making yourself an easy target here, dude," Santiago towered above me with the water bottle positioned above my head.
"I'm out, I surrender, imagine me holding up a white flag," I groaned before standing back up to my feet.
"This top was new as well, nice going Eli," Renata snarked.
We headed back inside as all three of us now needed to dry off properly. The water bottle I was carrying was still half full as a precaution, just in case the other two were to try any funny business. After walking down one of the corridors for a minute, Aro appeared out of nowhere. He seemed as joyous as ever, but his face turned a little when he noticed that I was soaked.
"Why are the three of you covered in water?" he asked, confused.
"Um…water fight?"
For some reason, I decided to demonstrate by squeezing the water bottle before my brain actually clocked in the fact that there was still half of the contents still inside. I looked up hesitantly to be met by a now angry Aro, whose face and expensive-looking Italian suit were now covered in water. The other two quickly skedaddled away to safety, which left me standing there to deal with him alone.
"I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry," I panicked hurriedly.
Instead of saying anything, he took the water bottle from my grip and unscrewed the lid, pouring the remaining contents on my head as I gasped in shock. Still with the same serious face as before, he extended his hand out, offering me back the empty bottle.
"You may need to refill that," he spoke, before disappearing back down the corridor without a trace.
This left me completely alone in the deserted hall, water dripping down my body and onto the cold stone floor. Ooh, I was definitely going to get revenge; Aro had just messed with the wrong human.
Author's note: Ooh Aro and Marcus' jealously is something else entirely haha. I'm so glad the last chapter did so well, I cringed at myself just reading it back lmao. I don't know why I'm so weird about this kind of thing, but thank you so much for everyone who actually talked me into writing that chapter, without you it probably wouldn't exist at all aha. Thank you so much for reading, be sure to leave some feedback because I love to hear your thoughts, stay safe, and ily!