I wake up back at Volterra. I know this because of the building.

I wonder if that was all a dream. It must have been. It was just my imagination going crazy.

But the wall in my mind was gone. I remembered everything, every detail of my life. That dream must have been trying to prepare me for the flow of information that just hit me.

I ignore it and go down the hall as normal. The smell of blood fills the air. Great. The guard would be thirsty. When was the last time they fed? Four days ago? I'm not entirely sure. This meant I better go outside today or tomorrow and catch some animals to drain.

I meet Aro and the other elders, Marcus and Caius, in the meeting room. They look a little stressed.

Then I realized. I couldn't hear their minds. I couldn't hear anything, out of the normal that is.

I start freaking out and run towards Aro. I stumble about a meter away and he catches me. I look at him with wide eyes and let him read my mind.

"Yes, we know Ness. You see all that wasn't a dream. That werewolf drained a lot of life out of you. I touched you when you were doing it to read you mind. I think you were trying to tell him too much at once but you didn't regret getting weaker.

"That confused me. You must like him. No love him."

I tried to understand his words. It was several moments before I could speak.

"What happened after I blacked out the second time?" I looked down as I said this.

" I talked to your parents and they agreed it would be best for you to come back here and then decide later if you wanted to return." He frowned. "But Emmett didn't like the idea. Neither did his mate and Alice and her mate. Jasper and Rosalie? Yes that's their names. They thought you belonged with them. But surprisingly Edward said you wanted to go back here. He explained you were stripped of your abilities when you had that intercourse with that werewolf." He seemed appalled by the idea. "But he didn't receive them.

"Now my dear. Would you like to stay with us or go back to the Cullen's?"

The question would have been simple if he had asked me before our trip but know it was harder. I wanted to stay but I wanted to go back to the Cullen's as well. No I will stay here it's safer and I belong here.

"No, I'll stay here."
"Are you sure?" He was asking as if I wasn't. To tell the truth I wasn't entirely sure myself.

"At the moment, yes."

"Okay. If you change you mind the door is always open." I smile at him. I like Aro.