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Thank you a lot for your reviews. I know I've only got like 4, for this story but still I'm new to this website and It means a lot to me. In this chapter I actually switch from 1st person to 3rd person because I think I write better like that, but if you prefer 1st person , let me know PLEASE! :D
After the Doctor came, he bandaged my ankle and stated the obvious, that is was broken. Did he think I was stupid? The horrible thing is that he spoke full Italian and only some of the stuff he said was repeated by Alec. I kept demanding to know what he was saying because I'm a paranoid girl. The doctor put some kind of disinfection on my thigh and it stuck like hell. But then my legs were under some kind of numbing again. I was starting to worry about that. He left and Alec never left my side. It was comforting but also weird. I don't know him and yet he looks at me like I'm his world. It makes no sense. Maybe it's an Italian thing?
"Why am I still alive?"
I was still troubled as to what these people were. They must be murdering kidnappers. I mean vampires did cross my mind but then why am I still alive? Vampires are blood drinking murderers who sleep in coffins and burn in the sunlight and Jane and Heidi did not burn while introducing themselves to us. Alec's eyes flickered towards me but then back to the blazing fire place. He never answered.
"Why didn't you let 'Felix' kill me?"
Alec walked towards me. "You'll find out when the time is right."
A long time ago the numbing in my legs had stopped. I could feel the pain but not enough to make me cry or whimper. My jeans had been tossed out the window which made me angry. I love those jeans all they needed was a wash and a few stitches then they'd be fine. Now I have nothing to wear on my bottom half of my body. I had the smooth red quilt cover over my legs while I sat up and watched for any sign of a threat to me. Or my life. He opened his mouth as if to say something then sighed and walked over to the window. It was dark already. Lisa must be having a fit. How long had I been gone? There was no clock in here and I felt seriously trapped. I can't walk and these people are murderers.
"You should get some sleep."
Does he seriously expect me to sleep? I raised my eye brows. Alec was slightly weird. Though he was amazingly gorgeous, brown hair, lovely lips. Oh damn, I did not just say lovely lips. But his eyes were sinister. If it weren't for that, how he talked and dressed and his pale complexion he may actually look relatively normal. Human.
Ignoring the question I said. "What time is it?"
He had his hands on the window sill looking out into the night. "Around 10 o clock." He mumbled.
What made me confused was that he didn't even look at a clock or anything to indicate any time. The more I knew of this boy the more I just wanted to get out of here.
I swallowed my fear. "How long have I been here?" I croaked.
He looked troubled, I could tell he was gritting his teeth. It made me even more petrified what would he do to me? Was he angry?
Alec was looking at his hands when he spoke. "About 8 hours."
No. Oh god. I couldn't help but squirm in the bed. I whimpered as it felt like knives jabbing my whole leg as I tried to move. Alec watched me by the window fascinated. It gave me some form of hope and also sadness. I wanted to escape, why wasn't he stopping me? I pulled the covers off my bare legs, I flushed, not remembering that the only things I wore was my shirt and my underwear. It didn't stop me. I would hopefully get the attention from passers by outside when I escaped. If I will escape. I tried to place my feet on the ground softly and run- well hobble as fast as I could, it would hurt but I just need to get out of here. My mouth parted in a groan as I hobbled to the door. No matter what foot I leaned on it still hurt and finally my hand came in contact in the door knob.
I smiled as my legs were suddenly under a numbing spell again giving me no feeling. I panicked as the numbness crept up past my hips and into my belly. The numbness came over my arms then my hands so I couldn't turn the handle. My fingers slipped off it. I tried moving my body, to stop myself from falling to a heap on the floor but it just felt like my body wasn't there, like the only thing I was, was a head. I closed my eyes tight. I never felt the hard ground I just looked up to dark black eyes. I looked down and saw his arm was underneath my legs and his other arm was underneath my back.
"That was stupid." He muttered.
He picked me up and moved me back on the bed. My body returned to normal and my legs were throbbing. I mentally apologised my kegs for putting the through that pain. I did a double take on Alec's face. His eyes were black, not red that I had come to expect, for... what was it? 8 hours? He turned to my questioning gaze before turning his back to me. Then in a flash he was by the door.
He turned the knob and opened it but before he shut it behind him he said. "Get some sleep."
Alec wiped his chin with the back of his hand. He through the dead body down on the ground. By the accent of his victim he could tell he was in France. Giving one final look at the dead body he took out his lighter and set it off. The fire danced in his eyes. If anyone would of seen him, it may just be the last thing they ever do. Alec was in hunting mode. There was no mercy for people who crossed his path. Normally while watching the victim burn he was smirk and think of how much he enjoyed the kill but his mind drifted off to this girl, the human girl whose life was in immediate danger. Alec felt guilty at leaving her alone, in a palace full of vampires. He had been selfish, he needed to hunt and he had to leave her and go millions of miles away to do so.
Charlotte Williams had the blood that sent Alec mad with rage. Alec had never thought of himself to be a traitor like the Cullens. He had no desires to be with a human. He hadn't even tried to seduce human women for their blood. To him even thinking of a human in that way made him sick. To him humans were pawns and weak. Alec turned away from the fire. He felt the wind change, he looked up to the sky and saw it was brightening with the new day. He saw the way Charlotte looked at him, she was scared. Alec felt horrible, she would never like him. She would never accept the fact that he was a vampire. He sprinted back to Italy, back to his home. He knew Aro would want to discuss things. Another thing he enjoyed was the feeling of running, the ground seemed non-existent as he sprinted. He arrived at the Volturi with no bother. No sighting.
He walked past the empty reception desk and up the lift. The light of the newly formed sunlight was streaming through the old windows. The sun made his skin tickle as he past them to the hall. It wasn't surprising to hear his leader's voices from down the hall. He took a deep breath before pushing the doors open. Caius closed his mouth in mid-sentence and Aro turned to the disturbance.
"Alec my boy! Just the boy we all wanted to see." Aro smiled.
Alec ignored his sisters harsh stare from where she stood by Caius's throne.
"How is the girl doing?" Aro smiled.
To humans Aro's whole being would've seemed gentle and slightly sinister but to vampires around the world knew that he nothing but business and sinister doings, he killed his own mate, that says it all.
"Petrified but she doesn't know of our race." Alec said strongly.
Caius scoffed. "And why is that?"
"She is already scared. She may need time to adjust before she is told everything." Aro answered.
"But she is human and of course Alec if you want her to remain here with you. She will have to be changed."
Alec's thoughts drifted to her again. How she was so weak but still so strong. So strong she thought she could actually escape. In a way Alec was scared that if he was to change her she would lose that fire that made her different than other humans.
"I-I don't want to change her." His quivering voice made Jane raise her eye brows.
The doors opened but Alec's glare was fixed on Caius, he knew what he was going to say.
"She will be killed." Caius threatened his voice strong and loud.
Jane moved swiftly to Aro and placed her hand on his arm. She fed him thoughts of distaste towards Charlotte. Jane as well had a thing about disliking humans. Even when she was assigned to show them around the castle did she curse everything on planet earth.
(I'm actually going to start writing the whole story in 3rd person now, I think I write better like that)
Charlotte was up in her bedroom waking up. The bright light from the sun shone on her face making it difficult to stay asleep. She opened her eyes, she hoped for a fleeting moment that everything she had witnessed the previous day was a dream and she was in her sister's house, but no she was still in the satin bed she had fallen asleep in. Caius's wife sat on a chair at the foot of the bed watching her. Athenadora was her name and Charlotte hadn't noticed her sitting there so Athenadora spoke.
"Your awake."
Charlotte sat up quickly. It wasn't Alec's voice but a woman's. Shooting pain spread up from her leg and she instantly regretted the sudden movement.
Looking up to the woman she asked. "W-who are you?"
She smiled, it was both reassuring and evil. "Athenadora. You are Charlotte. Alec's new toy."
Alec's new toy? What was that supposed to mean? Charlotte's mind swarmed with confusion. Charlotte wanted to reply with an attitude but the air this woman had told her not to. Athenadora smirked at the girl's reaction to her and stood up her red dress stuck to her like another layer of skin.
"I'm taking you to the throne room. Meeting."
She walked over to the large wooden wardrobe. Charlotte had never noticed it before. Athenadora opened it and Charlotte was surprised to see clothes in there. Most of them were black and red. Athenadora glanced at her watch, no time to get changed fully. She sighed and pulled out a normal pair of black jeans. She threw them at Charlotte. Charlotte looked at the jeans in awe. They looked exactly like the ones she was wearing the day before only, cleaner and new.
"I suppose you can just wear these for now. Hurry. They don't like to be kept waiting."
Charlotte still couldn't walk and to her amusement the woman, Athenadora held onto her upper arm. They walked down steps and through corridors and Athenadora was literally carrying Charlotte to their masters. She was surprised at the fact she did it so gracefully, like she was a feather. They came to the double doors, Charlotte became nervous, what would happen? The questions she asked herself last night were coming to her. Also the memory of what had happened the day before, in this room came flooding back. Charlotte looked to Athenadora for some kind of comfort. She merely smiled at her and pushed one of the doors open with her free hand.
"She will be killed."
Charlotte's eyes were fixed on the blonde man at the far end of the room. It took no question as to who they were talking about. Charlotte wanted to run. Run back to England were she would be safe.
"Charlotte..." Aro mused.
Alec's eyes widened and he turned around fast. There she was, standing with Athenadora, another woman you didn't dare cross here at the Volturi. Charlotte noticed they were red again. She couldn't stop looking at him, even when Athenadora pulled her forward to Aro who stood in the middle of the room. Aro took Charlotte's hand and she flinched at the touch. Athenadora let go of Charlotte and if it weren't for Aro's swift movement of his other arm she would've fallen. She gulped at the thick air. Alec's eyes burned a hole in the back of her skull and Aro's eyes kept flickering to their hands and to her face.
"Your home sounds lovely." He smiled but it faded. "Your sister, hmmm, interesting."
Charlotte was curious. What was going on? How did he know about her sister?
"We aren't human Charlotte but we are in fact harmless if you prevent us from expulsion."
He smiled and Charlotte knew it was sincere and even though she saw this man kill with a flick of his hand she know she needed to trust him.
"What are you then?" She croaked.
Aro was looking at our hands and he smirked. It looked like he had his eyes closed.
"Blood drinkers. The living dead. Vampires."
With all of her strength Charlotte tried to wriggle free from Aro. They couldn't be vampires. They were fictional. Even though she didn't believe it they must be dangerous to actually think of themselves as vampires.
"Deep down Charlotte you know it to be true." Aro said.
The pale skin, the strength, the old fashioned talk and living style, the red eyes. It all connected but Charlotte couldn't bring herself to believe it. Vampires don't exist, they are mythological.
"No." Charlotte whimpered.
Aro held on to her and kept speaking to try and convince her. "I can read a person's everyday thoughts from one single touch."
She stopped squirming and looked at the leader. Everything he said, everything he proved had backed up proof. He was holding my hand and was helping me stand with his arm on my back.
"Alec can numb the senses. Make you not feel anything that touches you."
Charlotte thought back to those intense stares her gave her and the numbing in her body. That was him. The whole time it was him. Charlotte felt like she was being toyed with. Like what Athenadora said, Alec's new toy.
"Jane, Alec's sister can make you experience pain, whithering pain throughout her victims body."
Jane smirked at how Aro always glorified her power, she loved her power very much. She could do it where and when very she pleased. It however made Charlotte more scared of her. In Charlotte's eyes there was no turning back. She knew that they were vampires, every science exam and book she read couldn't convince her otherwise. It felt like she was reading one of her fantasy novels. But these vampires were different than what she had read about.
Reading her thoughts Aro laughed. "Indeed."
He looked over her shoulder to the boy who was staring intently at Charlotte. Aro motioned him to come over. Alec stood beside Charlotte in an instant. She knew what he was, what they all were but that didn't stop her from jumping a little when she noticed he was there. Aro released Charlotte and she stumbled but Alec held her steady. Charlotte wasn't sure to be scared now she knew the truth, she knew he could kill her, even by accident. God knows what a vampire would do when they're angry. I looked back up to the 3 men at the front of the room. Athenadora stood next to the blonde one, looking around the place like she owned it. Aro sat and seemed to be contemplating something.
"You are dismissed. I think Charlotte ought to see my Sulpicia." Aro smiled.
Charlotte saw the blonde man take Athenadora's hand in his. "You should be getting back also."
It was clear to Charlotte that they were married but Athenadora brushed past her and Alec and out of the room. The man watched, sadness written on his face. Alec nodded to Aro and lifted Charlotte in his arms. She was embarrassed again by this sudden attention. Alec turned around and Felix stood by the exit. Alec felt Charlotte's discomfort, Felix was the man who had attacked her. He didn't just attack her, he wanted her blood, now that Charlotte knew what these people were the more she was haunted by that memory. Next to Felix stood a smaller man, he just stood smugly and looked upon Charlotte like she was something to eat, and she was. Although Felix was a bigger man than Alec, Alec was stronger mentally. Alec glared as he went past. Not a word was said as Alec carried her down corridors. Charlotte knew that he wasn't taking her to her new room because they never went up stairs. Charlotte didn't like the awkward air so she started a conversation.
"How long have you lived here?"
Without looking at her, he answered. "As long as I have been like this."
"How long have you been like this?"
His eyes flickered to her, but he still wore his emotionless expression. "A millennium"
Charlotte nodded unsure of what to say. What do you say to someone when you find out they are over 1000 years old?
Instead she wanted to be cocky. "Wow. Older than my Granddad."
She smiled when she saw the corners of Alec's mouth turn upwards. It was the first time she actually saw him smile. She felt a strange surge of pleasure at the thought of her causing that smile.