Eleanor sat on her bed, looking over photos of Allison when something dawned on her. Things didn't seem to add up about Allison's death – why would Alec allow them to go through it if he knew it would end in death? Then another thought came on her; Alec did it on purpose.

But why, why would Alec kill Allison-he'd done it so he didn't have to deal with Allison's out of control behaviour, threatening to expose their entire world to the humans. It makes perfect sense.

He was selfish, only wanting Eleanor in his life; he never wanted Allison in it. But she was going to get her own version of justice, she'd bring it up with the leaders of the Volturi and bring Alec into some kind of court case – they had those in the Volturi, right? Eleanor was pretty sure they did.

Rolling off her bed, Eleanor slid her feet into a pair of black boots and walked out of her room, the only sound being the echo of her shoes hitting the stone floor beneath her feet.

The entire time she was both walking to the throne room and arguing with the leaders of the Volturi, Eleanor's fingers were gently playing with a friendship locket she shared with Allison, letting it be a reminder of why she was there and what she was fighting for. She could tell the three leaders were growing tired of her insistent tone, trying to get them to listen to her theory about Allison's death.

Aro sighed, determined to end the conversation once and for all. "Allison's death was a tragedy-"

"Allison's death was murder." Eleanor almost spat towards him.

"And do you have proof for this theory?"

"I do," Eleanor cleared her throat before beginning her speech. "It has come to my attention that during our experiment – which resulted in the death of Allison – that a third party was involved. The ingredients used in the elixir were either wrong due to accidental incorrect translation or deliberate incorrect translation or they were deliberately changed. The only person who would have been able to do this was Alec – he translated the elixir recipe and was our only outside influence to find these ingredients.

I hereby accuse Alec Volturi of murder and attempted murder of Allison and myself."

Silence fell across the room after Eleanor finished speaking; Aro almost fell out of his seat at her words but quickly composed himself. "Miss Weinstein, this is a very serious matter. You have just accused your mate of murder; how did you know it was murder? It could have easily been an accident or the elixir itself killed her."

Eleanor's eyes narrowed. "Aro, you're just protecting one of your greatest assets. Alec never wanted Allison to become human – I could see it from the way he acted around her ever since we found out about that book. In fact, he didn't like Allison from the day he met her, she was the only thing stopping him from getting to me. It makes perfect sense; he saw the opportunity and he took it."

"Bring Alec in; I'm sure he would want to defend himself during this matter."

When Alec was brought in, Eleanor refused to look at him; she kept her eyes ahead of her, her arms tightly folded and her fingers holding onto her necklace.

"Alec, you are accused with the murder of Allison and attempted murder of Eleanor, how do you plead?"

"Not guilty."

"We will gather evidence and the jury will decide the verdict; if found guilty, Alec will be disowned by the Volturi and sentenced to death. Eleanor, do you still want to go through with this?"

"Yes, I want to keep going."

The verdict took almost two hours to decide, but Eleanor didn't move a muscle. Alec didn't even attempt to speak to her; her words of never wanting to hear him again were etched into his mind.

The large wooden doors opened, and a small woman with a piece of paper came in and whispered something to Aro before handing the paper to him and leaving the room. "The jury finds the defendant Alec Volturi not guilty on the charges of murder in the first degree and attempted murder; you're both free to go."

Eleanor was shocked at the verdict, but still left the room and leaned against the wall. She was almost certain that Alec would be found guilty of murder but she had a feeling Aro made an arrangement to make sure one of his most important assets wouldn't die. Alec came out of the room afterwards, and Eleanor tackled him to the floor, her knees over his hands as her body held him down. "You should've been found guilty, you killed Allison – you're a murderer."

Alec struggled under Eleanor's grip but gave up once he realized that she wasn't moving. "We're both murderers, Eleanor. We've all killed someone at some point; you're just too young and too stupid to understand that."

Eleanor punched him repeatedly in the face until she couldn't see anything through her tear filled eyes. "My feelings for you, Alec, are strong, but my hatred for you is stronger."

Author's Note: This story is slowly coming to its end, after this chapter there will be one more and then the epilogue. I don't think I'll write a sequel but you will see Eleanor and the whole gang in Vampicide so it's not all doom and gloom yet. I'm also tossing around the idea of a spin-off featuring one of the members of the Cheerleaders from Hell squad, I'm not saying which, though.

This chapter is dedicated to the lovely Minnie Bow 14 whose reviews make my day a lot brighter.

Until next time;

Lorna.