Estelle's POV

I was running. I had no shoes but I was running. I heard something rustling in the trees and smoke was rising behind me. It smelled sweet, like melting sugar.

There was too much smoke. I couldn't see anything. I had hit against something but nothing was in front of me.

Then he was there. With a grin that did not reach his eyes.

"So you're the human." He said.

And then I blacked out.

Demetri's POV

She was pretty, that too for a human. She didn't look older than eighteen. She smelled delicious and the others agreed.

"It'd be nice to drain her, never have I smelled something so sweet." Jane started sniffing the neck of the girl lying in my arms.

"We could all share." Alec grinned.

The members from the other covens grinned their approval. For some reason, I felt the need to protect her.

"I believe that Aro would be interested in meeting the girl who is a blood singer to every vampire, don't you?" I reasoned.

"Or we could simply finish her and save a peg for Aro." Jane replied.

"Maybe she could become our pet but for that Aro needs to see her." I made an excuse as quickly as possible.

Everyone started running to the airport. And I grabbed her in my arms.

We reached the airport and go into our private planes.

"Why don't you let us take care of her?" Jane asked with a face that was all too innocent to be true.

"Who is to say that you might not drink her at the chance?" I asked.

"She is tempting is she not?" Jane asked while trailing a finger on the human's cheek.

"It is only right to fear certain temptations." I replied.

'' Everything tempts the man who fears temptation." A voice whispered. The girl's eyes slowly opened and I was entrapped in the hue of blue.

"Oh she humors me; wait till we eat her jokes." Jane skipped away giggling and I continued staring at the girl's face.

"What is your name?" I asked her.

"Estelle, what is yours?"

Estelle POV

I heard many voices. And I woke to see a handsome face. A certain strength and kindness was prominent but he was still one of them.

Demetri was his name. He had told me in a voice that was so sure of what he was doing and why he was doing it.

"Where are you taking me?" I whispered.

"To meet royalty" He replied.

"And who am I to meet such royalty?"

"They will be the ones deciding what will happen to you." He whispered to me.

"As always, someone decides what will happen to me."

"And it will all happen in a few minutes." Said a young girl, as she dragged me out of the plane and into a car.

Demetri was already in the driver's seat as the girl placed me in the passenger seat. He had then leaned over and told the girl, Jane to find another car before he pressed the gas pedal and sped past her.

The conversation was nonexistent and the only sound was of the soft tunes coming from the car's system. The car suddenly stopped in front of a palace.

Demetri rushed out from his side and opened my door.

"Are you ready?" he asked taking my hand into his.

"If only I knew what I should be ready for." I said. And he led me in.