A/N: All rights go to Stephanie Meyers. I do not own anything except for any characters not originally in the Twilight Saga. I went through my chapters again and realised that I spelt Demetri's name wrong, so please forgive me on that.

Chapter Seven: Leandra

I sit with Felix under the full moon with her feet in the pond in the garden. My head is on his shoulder and he has his arm around my shoulder. We listen to the sleeping human world and enjoy the peace from the castle right now. Aro has had us really busy these past few days and I should be used to it by now. Felix takes a deep breathe and lays his head on top of my head.

"I am leaving tomorrow for a mission that Master Aro is sending me on. Are you sure you don't want to come with me?" Felix asks softly. I look up at him and smile.

"I am sure," I say. "Besides, I have to stay because I am Master Marcus' guard anyways."

"I know, but I really want you to go with me is all. I know how you get when you are not allowed to go out and stretch your beautiful wings," Felix says with a smile. I laugh and shake my head as I put my hand on his leg. "It is hard at first when you are used to being a nomad and then become a guard that is not allowed to leave. I am sorry that you have to go through this and I have to leave you like this. Just promise to avoid Demetri as much as you can."

"I promise," I say. Felix my forehead and holds me close to him. "I am going to miss you while you are gone."

"Me too," Felix says. He rubs my shoulder and we look up at the stars again. Someone clears their throat and we turn to see Santiago standing behind us.

"Master Marcus is looking for you, Leandra. It has to do with a visitor," Santiago says. I stand up and quickly get my shoes on. Felix grabs my hand and pulls me into his arms.

"I will come and see you before you leave," I whisper. Felix nods and kisses my forehead again before letting go. I run to find Marcus and Caius standing in his office and they are deep in an argument about something. Aro is sitting at one the tables and he is watching his brothers argue over something. Renata is standing by the window seat and she smiles when she sees me walk over.

"Hello, Leandra," Renata says quietly. I smile and nod my head to her as I stand next to her. "Apparently, there is a rumour that a Cullen from America is coming to see our masters about something. But, I am not sure how this rumour came to us and as to why the masters are arguing about it."

"It must mean he might be an asset to the coven," I say. Aro turns to me and motions for me to walk over. I walk over to him and bow my head. "Master?"

"I want you to meet the Cullen and keep him company when he is here," Aro says.

"Yes, master," I say and go back to my spot next to Renata. My eyes drift over to Marcus as he argues with Caius and something inside me aches as I look at every fine detail he has. He looks so handsome when he wears his expensive shirts with the top two buttons open like that and how his hair is pulled back a little to show off his perfect face. For some reason, he seems to fit more in this century then his brothers do and that is a little odd.

"Leandra," Marcus says and turns to me. I blink and then bow to him as he walks over to me. "You are not needed here anymore. You and Renata can leave and wait for our guest."

"Yes, master," Renata and I say. We hurry out the door and then giggle a little as we head to the meeting place of the guards. We arrive to find Heidi and Demetri trapped in each other's arms and sucking each other's faces off. Felix and Santiago are talking in a corner and Chelsea and Afton are reading in each other's laps. I run over to Felix and he smiles as he hugs me and spins me around. I giggle and wrap my arms around Felix's neck to hold him close to me.

"Look at the two of them together," Chelsea says. Felix puts me down and kisses my forehead with his hands on the sides of my face. "It is too bad that the two of you are meant to be mates though."

"Chelsea, don't ruin their current happiness," Afton warns. After my arrival to the guard, Afton was moved up as Marcus' second guard because I am able to amplify his gift with mine. I smile at him and he nods back with a bigger smile. He has become like the big brother I never had growing up. Felix hugs me close to him and he buries his nose into my hair.

"I am going to miss your scent in my nose," Felix says in my ear. I smile widely and put my hand on his chest.

"Just don't take too long, okay?" I say softly. Felix gives me one last hug and we step away from each other. Santiago ruffles my hair and smiles as he and Felix head to the main door. I smile sadly and wave to Felix when he turns to smile at me before disappearing behind the doors. Renata puts her hand on my shoulder and we smile at each other.

Marcus is in one of his moods the day after Felix leaves and I am not sure as to why it this time. He grew tired of me in his office and tidying it up as much as I could and he sent me to work with the human secretary. I am typing quickly on the computer when Demetri walks over with his usual predatory grin. I look up at him and sigh when I see the glimmer in his eyes. He runs his index finger down my cheek and he traces my lips with his finger.

"Now that Felix is gone, I have you all to myself," Demetri says. I push him away from the desk and then go back to typing.

"Touch me again and Felix will rip you to pieces, Demetri," I say. Heidi walks over with the tourist bookings and she smiles at Demetri. "Get your pet away from me, Heidi."

"Is he bothering you again?" Heidi teases. I smile and look up at her through my lashes as I take the papers from her. "Demetri, go torture someone else."

"Heidi," Demetri whimpered. She walks over to him and pushes him away. I giggle and then go to find Marcus to let him look over the papers that Heidi just gave me. I walk into his office to find him standing before the fireplace and he has his goblet in his hands and it looks like he crushed it with his hands.

"Master, are you okay? It looks like you crushed yet another goblet of yours," I say and go to put the papers on his desk and gather the ones I am to take to Caius. Marcus tosses the crushed goblet to the ground and rushes over to me. In seconds he spins me around and he crushes his lips to mine. What is going on?