Chapter 7
(Chloe's POV)
~Five Years Later~
I watched specks of dust fly around as I laid on the couch in the living room. It's been five years since I was turned. We had moved away from the city during my newborn phase, which was hell for Athena and Damien. But after a couple years, I learned more control and we were finally able to move back to Athens. Although, I wasn't allowed to go out much because my transformation would be clear to people. So here I was lying on the couch bored beyond belief.
"I'm bored." I muttered lowly knowing full well Athena and Damien could hear me.
"Would you like to play a game?" Athena asked as she walked into the room.
"We already played like five today," I complained, and Damien walked in.
"Maybe It'll be good for you to get out," he said, "I could call the Volturi. They will keep you busy and it'll be a great chance to meet people." I quickly sat up on the couch, my still dyed blonde hair flying behind me. After my transformation, my hair turned back to brown and Athena helped me dye it back to the blonde color I had grown to love.
"Would that be alright?" I asked looking at Athena. She looked a little sad but smiled anyways.
"I think it'll be good for you dear." She said and Damien nodded before taking out his cell phone and walking off.
"Thank you," I said while hugging Athena before running up to my room to pack. And then, after saying goodbye to the two; I ran off towards Italy.
(Demetri's POV)
I walked back into the castle, brushing off some dirt from my favorite grey jacket. Felix and I had just returned from a tedious mission of tracking down a newborn, who insisted on tackling me and dirtying my outfit. It was annoying, but after tearing off his arms and legs then hauling him back here to the dungeons, my annoyance faded. I stopped in the hall when the fading scent of lilacs surrounded me. Tilting my head, I followed the scent and was soon able to pick up on Heidi's cinnamon scent as well.
"You arrived early than I thought," I heard Heidi say, "you must be a fast runner."
"Oh sorry," a girl answered, "guess I was just overly excited." I heard Heidi laugh as I came to a stop behind the woman. The young girl from the Greek coven was standing there holding a bag in her hands with the that old torn up backpack on her back. I raised an eyebrow, surprised she kept that old thing through all these years.
"Oh welcome back Demetri," Heidi said and the girl next to her stiffened a little, not turning around. "we have a new member of the lower guard who's going to be staying here for a while."
"Ah," I replied my eyes landing back on the girl who refused to look at me. A small smirk ghosted my lips, remembering that's what she did on the bus as well. I suppose old habits die hard.
"Well since you're here," Heidi continued, "can you do me a huge favor? I have to go get dinner, so can you escort Chloe to an empty room in Marcus's wing?" Chloe's shoulders tensed even more as I looked back at Heidi.
"Alright." I replied and the red head smiled before taking off. "This way Chloe." I said and started walking down the hall towards the lower guard's rooms. I heard her following behind me and inhaled a little. So, she was the source of the lilac scent. My throat burned a little unexpectedly making me pull my eyebrows together in confusion, I know I fed before returning the castle…
"Interesting that you've come here," I decided to say, ignoring the burn in my throat. I glanced back at her to see she was staring at the ground. She didn't respond to me and I stopped walking and she followed, finally looking up at me when I turned to her.
"Not very talkative, are we?" I teased a little and she pressed her lips together making me chuckle a little. She was cute when she did that… I tilted my head a little as the thought flashed through my mind, it was very unusual for me to think like that.
"Demetri!" Chloe jumped at Felix's loud voice from behind her making me smirk a little as I looked up at him.
"Aro wants your report from the mission, oh." Felix stopped when he finally noticed Chloe.
"Why hello there!" he smiled and she blinked a little before nodding. She looked uncomfortable as she shifted her weight from one foot to the other, her movement catching my attention for a moment.
"I'll be there in a moment," I said looking back at Felix, "I'm doing Heidi a favor now." Felix nodded before walking off probably to go play his pointless video games.
"Let's go." I said and continued walking. The rest of our walk was spent in silence, but I did catch myself occasionally looking back at the girl who was looking at the decorations.
"Here's your room," I said stopping and opening the door for her. "Afton is the mentor for the new guards, he'll probably be by this evening to see you."
"Alright." She muttered and I watched her set her things on the bed, she noticed then that I was still there.
"Um, is there anything else?" she asked and I shook my head before turning on my heel and leaving.
(Chloe's POV)
I let out a long breath once Demetri was finally gone. I hated how tense he made me feel. I know how much money he spent on me and I felt so indebted to him, but damn was he still so annoying! Can't he just leave a girl alone?
I sighed as I plopped down onto the bed. Although, if he had left me alone back then I'd probably be dead now. I needed to find a way to pay him back so I can move on from that part of my life. A knock came at my door and I quickly got up to answer it. A girl looking around twenty with long black hair and a big smile was standing there.
"Hi!" she smiled happily, "you must be the new guard member. I'm Jamie, my room is across from yours."
"Oh hi," I smiled a little and she bounced into my room in excitement.
"Oh my gosh you have no idea how happy I am that another girl is here! All the others left and it's just been be sounded by all these guys. Oh sorry I didn't even ask your name."
"Chole" I replied decided that I liked her. She kind of reminded me of Nick. My cold heart pained a little when I thought about him. We lost contact years ago and even though I prepared myself for that, it still hurt since he was my first friend.
"Is it ok if I keep you company while you get settled?" she asked, "I'm just super happy that you're here."
"It's fine." I laughed a little at her enthusiasm before walking over to my bag and unpacking. For the next few hours I listened to her talk about everyone in the castle and all her friends here along with what we are asked to do for jobs. She eventually left to go see some other friends. When she left there was another knock at my door and I opened it to see a tall man with brown hair.
"Are you Chloe?" he asked and I nodded a little. "I'm Afton, I'm the mentor for the lower guards."
"Oh," I said, "nice to meet you." Afton smiled and I followed him to a small office. Once there he told me about the rules of the castle, social occasion, missions. One of the biggest rules was to stay our of the elite guard's way and listen to any orders they gave us. Once he was done talking, I went back to my room but stopped and looked at Jamie's door. I walked over and knocked on it and she answered in a second.
"Hay Chloe!" she smiled.
"Hay," I replied, "I was wondering if you could tell me about the elite guard." I said as she invited me into her purple decorated room. Jamie plopped down on her bed and sat cross-legged.
"They're the best of the best," she said as I sat on a chair, "each one has a very powerful gift. Alec and Jane are the ones you really want to avoid. The don't like people very much." I knew of them from stories Athena and Damien told me.
"Felix is pretty cool," Jamie continued, "oh and so is Renata. She's Aro's personal guard. She's nice." I bit my lip then dared to ask.
"And Demetri?" I asked and she glanced over at me.
"The tracker?" she asked and I looked at her in confusion, before I could ask she continued.
"It's his gift. He's the best tracker in the world. From my understanding, he can track a person through the essence of their mind. But I'm not really sure how his gift works." She shrugged, "but damn is he hot!" she giggled a little.
"Is he nice?" I asked and she thought for a moment.
"I've been here for years but haven't really had many run-ins with him. He's not overly nice like Renata, but ya, I suppose he nice." She finally said, "Afton describes his personality as very laid back and patient, which I guess you'd have to be if you're a tracker." I nibbled on my lip a little as she continued to talk about the other elite guard members. After another few hours of talking, I decided to go back to my room.