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Chapter 2 Hiding

I slipped into the Volterra Castle as the light in the sky began to fade. I said hello to Gina as I passed her. She didn't look up. She had grown desensitized to us a long time ago. I wander alone through the dark corridor. I was hoping to make it too my room unhindered. I didn't want to see anyone tonight. It would make it easier to slip out later. But then again, when has anything ever been easy?

"Hello dear sister…" I heard Alec's voice behind me. I tried to set my face before I showed it to him. I was still smiling from visiting with Leo.

"Hello Alec" I said. My voice was so casual, I even fooled myself.

"I haven't seen you around today, Jane. Where were you?" His voice had a slight taunting tone to it. I could hear the hidden smile in his voice, though I wasn't quite sure of its cause.

"Out" I said simply brushing off the question. Before any of this had happened it was perfectly normal for me to be gone for long periods of time. Alec knew that.

Before, I would often spend hours on end sneaking into Library's. Why sneaking in? Well because, they were not the ones everyone could go to, they were the private ones that no one was allowed in.

It was a trait I had kept from my former life. I was forever reading, forever trying to understand. My main interest was legends or stories of people with special abilities. I have always wondered people received the abilities that they did, born with them or otherwise. Thousands of stories that I've read, could tell you who, what, where, and how, but never why. It was always a mystery

I took Alec once, but he grew bored quickly. He was more interested in fighting or weaponry. He often spent his free time practicing with Dmitri.

So why now was he asking where I've been

"Out where?" he asked. His almost angelic face looked just like mine, when I wanted someone to tell me something. He was prying, I didn't know why.

"Out to get some fresh air?" I said shortly. Why was he pressing this? It wasn't like him; he must know something.

"Does Fresh air have a name?" he asked; the teasing tone was back.

The question caught me off guard "What?" I raised my voice breaking the almost perfectly calm façade I had had before.

"Does fresh air have a name?" He said lightheartedly looking at me like my outburst had been a bit out of place. "What book are you reading, Jane?" He said in a completely conversational tone.

"You know, what library are you breaking into?"He joked, I quickly regained the composure on my face. Alec didn't seem to buy it.

"Sorry Sis I didn't mean to put you on the spot, it's not like we don't all know, that you break into libraries in you spare time." He smiled his happy light-hearted boyish smile. I had over-reacted and he could tell something else was up now.

"Oh, yeah… I just went to the usual place on plaza de San Gregorio"

He nodded "Near the Armory" of course Alec would only know the location because it was near an armory

"Only you would know it because it was near an Armory" I said trying to poke fun at my brother and hoping to distract him from his thoughts. "Yes, that' the one, it has a great collection I've read it a few times"

This wasn't a total lie, I guess.

He paused for a moment, "So Aro told me to tell you, well actually Aro told Gina to tell you, well actually Aro told Heidi to tell you…"

"Alec what is it" I said impatiently

"Oh, there a meeting in the great hall at 10:00 tonight" I didn't let the disappointment cross my face. I'd have to show up a bit late for my rendezvous with Leo.

"Great!" I said "Thanks for telling me"

He paused again like there was something he wanted to ask me, but in the end he decided against it and continued in the opposite direction down the hall.

I made my way to my room it was already 7:00 the meeting wasn't for another 3 hours. I wished I actually had stopped at a library to get another book. I loathed re-reading anything, unless I really had to. My book shelves held very few titles any ways. Mentally went over the books on my shelves most were tragedies, and a few just didn't end well. Truthfully I had never been a fan of the mushy moronic love nonsense, but lately I had been looking for something with a happy ending, maybe just to give myself a glimmer of hope I'd been lacking.

I pondered going to Heidi's room to ask for a book but she was out 'fishing'. I considered Reneta but she had few book and most were instruction guides for various things like gardening, cleaning, and art. I never understood her taste in books. I ran through the list of possible people to ask for a book from and I kept coming to the same answer. Chelsea, she was the one person I had been trying to avoid. She was the one person who might be able to sense Leo, at least through his relationship with me.

I couldn't take the chance.

I picked up Romeo and Juliet. It was a tragedy, but if you didn't read the last scene it' was only a love story.

Ugh, I mentally groaned at my sappy thoughts. My thoughts sicken myself. Love is disgusting.

"Nice book choice." Said a short brunette standing in the door way. "They die you know."

I smiled "Hello Chelsea, Where's Afton?" I asked. They were only parted when she had a duty to fulfill so she could focus.

"He's with Alec and Dmitri. They're staging a mock battle scene." He voice was even but she seemed to be searching for something "So, I hear you were out today?"

"Yes…" I answered. I could tell that, I was entering dangerous territory.

"You didn't bring any books home from the library?" the question asked for the truth. She wasn't going to get it.

"No I had to leave quickly; I was almost caught" Her face turned up into a smile.

"So did you see anybody while you were out?" Her question finally poked through her friendly harmless façade

But I didn't let mine slip

"No." My tone came out harsher than l had meant.

"I didn't. Why do you ask?" I could have kicked myself for asking that.

"Oh, I was just wondering…" Her voice seemed to shift she was slipping into one of her many roles.

"You know you can tell me anything you want to. I'm always here to talk" The prying tone in her voices was now evident.

"Okay" I said apprehensively. "If I have anything to tell would… I will…" I promised lightly.

She stood there a bit longer to the point of being an unusual length of time.

"Okay, then I'll see you at the meeting tonight!" I hoped to dismiss her. I gave a fake smile, which she mirrored and left.

All I could think about was whether or not she knew. Secrets will do that to you, make you paranoid. Secrets from the closest thing you had to family will make you feel like you being tortured… slowly.

I knew I'd have to pay one day for what I did then.

3 months earlier

Alec, Felix, and Dmitri were close. That was good; the battle was over now. All we had to do was go apprehend the situation and act like we showed up late. It wouldn't be hard. I knew the charade like and old worn mask. All I had to do was act my part.

I considered what I'd do with the newborn I told to hide. I probably couldn't show him to Aro. He'd be a dead man, or at least a dead vampire. I tried not to think about that.

"Jane?" said Alec as he neared me. He was asking for confirmation to go ahead.

"Let's go." I said. We began running in formation toward the clearing. A noise stopped me thought for a spilt second.

"What is it Jane?" asked Alec

"Shhhh…" I told him harshly he stopped talking. There was a rustling sound of breaking braches a few meters away. I listened carefully.

"No Leah don't" I heard silence then then, my ears focused on another sound it was a heart not quite human but maybe an animal. My mind pushed that sound from my thoughts when I heard the fierce squealing of tearing vampire flesh. There was a scream, a howl, and a muttering of swears. I wasn't sure where they came from. I didn't care; my mind was still focused on the tearing sounds. Did they find Leo?

"I guess they weren't quite finished" said Alec there was a taunting tone in his voice. I tried my best to smile.

"Indeed brother" I laughed. Dmitri and Felix nervously followed suit

We continue forward but my mind was left behind, rewinding that moment.

We reached the clearing in minutes. The Cullen's coven stood gathered together, waiting for us. Well I guess Aro was right having a psychic s an ally would have its perks.

"Hmmm…" I thought out loud.

"Welcome, Jane" said Edward as politely as possible.

We kept our formation but Felix, ever taking things lightly, let his hood fall and winked at Bella. I growled at him low so the human couldn't here. We had a duty to fulfill here. My face looked over the coven. Everyone had survived. Them my face fell on the young girl, a newborn. Was she the one, we had heard earlier. She couldn't be she was still living.

"I don't understand" I said looking at her.

"She has surrendered" Edward answered. But it didn't answer my real question. For a slip second I panned the area. If she was here where was Leo?

"Surrendered?" I asked. If the found Leo, would they he have done the same.

"Carlisle gave her the option" the mind reader spoke again. I was growing frustrated with him.

"There are no options for those who break the rules" I said trying to keep my voice even.

Carlisle spoke up "That's in your hands. As long as she was willing to halt her attack…" I stopped listening I saw a slight movement in the line of trees behind them. I hope no one had noticed, but he mind reader seemed to be questioning my thoughts, with his expression. Carlisle was still talking.

"That's irrelevant" I said cutting him off, my mind was half focused on the trees waiting for them to move again.

"As you wish" he said.

I didn't follow what he was saying. My eyes fntent on the trees; they didn't move. Maybe the first time had been my imagination. I shook my head trying to dispel the thoughts, immediately I realized my slip up and I tried to compose my feature as if nothing had happened. I tried to change the subject.

"Aro hoped that we would get far enough West to see you, Carlisle. He sends his regards."

He nodded. "I would appreciate it if you would convey mine to him."

"Of course" I said keeping up with the polite formalities. Out of the corner of my eyes I looked at the burning smoke. I hoped Leo wasn't there.

"It appears that you've don't our work for us today…" I looked at the lone survivor. I had hoped for another but I couldn't let my thoughts distract me now.

"For the most part." I added. I desperately wanted to speed this up. I was in no mood for niceties. But I kept my face.

"Just out professional curiosity, how many were there?" I wondered how many had survived since the last report we had gotten for Victoria. "They left quite a wake of destruction in Seattle" I added so the question didn't seem out of place.

"Eighteen including this one" my eyes wandered to the pile of ashes. It seemed larger now hungry, like it was waiting for the rest of its fill.

"Eighteen?" I asked I tried not to let worry show through my tone.

"All brand new," Carlisle said his tone was passive "They were all unskilled" I grew angry at his tone.

"All?" I retorted "Then who was there creator?" I knew the answer but at this point I didn't care.

"Her name was Victoria" Edward answered in a monotone.

"Was" I asked I had hoped she would survive she seemed apt at resisting the humans and she would probably fit in with tis bunch. Another branch snapped somewhere in the far edge of the woods. The mind reader heard it too. I had to look.

He wasn't there. I looked to the bonfire, were his ashes in there?

"This Victoria - she was in addition to the eighteen here?" It wasn't close to any of the questions I wanted to ask but I let it fall from my lips.

"Yes. She had only one other with her. He was not as young as this one here, but no older than a year."

"Twenty," I gasped slightly. They had added more since the last time. "Who dealt with the creator?"

"I did," He said like I was blatantly obvious. He looked at him human mate. I shuddered at the thought. Instantly I felt an emotion I was unsure of. Jealousy?

I glared at him and turned to the girl beside the fire.

"You there," My voice was harsh. "Your name?"

The newborn glared at me, she remembered me but right then I was too angry at her to care.

I threw her an angelic smile, as I decided to burn her. Why should she live if Leo didn't. What her? Through my rage I didn't feel the sympathy I had previously had for her.

She screamed and I continued to burn her.

"Your name," I asked again, I was being cruel now.

"Bree," the girl gasped.

I smile again at her, burning her, making her hurt like I did.

A part of me wonder why I felt so angry with her, a part of me knew it wasn't her fault.

"She'll tell you anything you want to know," Edward said fiercely his human mate clung to him. So she was frightened "You don't have to do that."

It wasn't the newborns fault but it was theirs it was the Cullen's, it was Edward, it was Bella's.

"Oh, I know," I said relishing slightly at punishing them through the newborn.

"Bree," My voice was cold. "Is his story true? Were there twenty of you?"

The newborn, Bree faced the ground she was straining to speak.

"Nineteen or twenty, maybe more, I don't know!" She winced, I had scared her.

"Sara and the one whose name I don't know got in a fight on the way. . . ." she continued

"And this Victoria - did she create you?" I asked. She glare at me again she knew, I knew.

"I don't know," she said, flinching again. "Riley never said her name. I didn't see that night . . . it was so dark, and it hurt. . . ." Bree shuddered. "He didn't want us to be able to think of her. He said that our thoughts weren't safe. . . ."

I looked at Edward; so maybe the red head had been smarter than we had thought, but she was still dead like all the others in her army or as they all would soon be.

"Tell me about Riley," I asked her, suddenly curious about the people she knew, that Leo knew.

"Why did he bring you here?"

"Riley told us that we had to destroy the strange yellow-eyes here," Bree babbled quickly and willingly. "He said it would be easy. He said that the city was theirs, and they were coming to get us. He said once they were gone, all the blood would be ours. He gave us her scent."

She pointed to the human and Edwards arm flex around the human, pulling her tighter.

"He said we would know that we had the right coven, because she would be with them. He said whoever got to her first could have her."

"It looks like Riley was wrong about the easy part," I glared both at Bree and Bella the tinge of jealousy was back with vengeance

Bree nodded slightly. "I don't know what happened. We split up, but the others never came. And Riley left us, and he didn't come to help like he promised. And then it was so confusing, and everybody was in pieces." She shuddered. "I was afraid. I wanted to run away. That one" - she looked at Carlisle - "said they wouldn't hurt me if I stopped fighting."

"Ah, but that wasn't his gift to offer, young one," I said there words half-heartedly, she doesn't have to die a voice in the back of my head said to me. I knew it was right, but a louder voice yelled at me. Leo didn't need to die either, but he did. Even if he was here now you would have to look him in the eyes and kill him. At the time I didn't want the acknowledged the voice, but it won any ways. It was too persistent; so many years so many lives, so much pain I had caused.

"Broken rules demand a consequence."

The newborn looked at me innocently not understanding my words.

I turned to Carlisle. "Are you sure you got all of them? The other half that split off?"

I wished for a no, but that would be pointless now.

"We split up, too." He said calmly.

I gave a small smile, but inside I felt my heart tear to pieces.

"I can't deny that I'm impressed." I said tonelessly, not believing a word. Alec, Dmitri and Felix nodded in agreement. They'd go along with anything, and apparently, so would I.

"I've never seen a coven escape this magnitude of offensive intact. Do you know what was behind it? It seems like extreme behavior, considering the way you live here. And why was the girl the key?" I decide to drag gout the conversation a bit longer stalling the Bree's death.

"Victoria held a grudge against Bella," The mind reader spoke aging wrapping his arms around his mate I felt another pang of jealousy.

Then I laughed this was so stupid, why did it matter Leo was dead and I have no right to be jealous. Me? Jealous of her?

"This one seems to bring out bizarrely strong reactions in our kind," I said tring to trifle my emotions. But it didn't work I found myself trying uselessly to burn Bella.

Edward stiffened, and glared at me

"Would you please not do that?" he his voice sounded like I had caused him pain. Good, I thought bitterly.

I laughed again. "Just checking. No harm done, apparently."

The human shivered and Edwards grip tighten again. It was hard not to be jealous at this point.

"Well, it appears that there's not much left for us to do." I said in a sad tone looking at the girl again.

"Odd, we're not used to being rendered unnecessary. It's too bad we missed the fight. It sounds like it would have been entertaining to watch." I reiterated what my brother said earlier.

"Yes," Edward snapped at me harshly.

"And you were so close. It's a shame you didn't arrive just a half hour earlier. Perhaps then you could have fulfilled your purpose here." He knew now. He was taunting me. I deserved it.

But I couldn't let it go, I met his glare fiercely.

"Yes. Quite a pity how things turned out, isn't it?"

He nodded. He knew… everything.

I looked to the newborn. "Felix?" I asked slowly.

"Wait," Edward interrupted. I wanted to tell him to stop. So I could get this over with as quickly as possible. Just let me go home now and forget everything that happened. I silently pleaded.

"We could explain the rules to the young one. She doesn't seem unwilling to learn. She didn't know what she was doing." Edward spoke quickly as if the faster he told me I might change my mind. But I knew it wasn't a decision I could make.

"Of course," Carlisle added. "We would certainly be prepared to take responsibility for Bree."

I was impressed with their resolve, but I wasn't going disobey anymore. It wouldn't lead to my heart staying whole.

"We don't make exceptions," I said. "And we don't give second chances. It's bad for our reputation. Which reminds me . . ." I said continuing harshly now but didn't let my face show it.

"Caius will be so interested to hear that you're still human, Bella. Perhaps he'll decide to visit."

"The date is set," The psychic said, speaking up for the first time. "Perhaps we'll come to visit you in a few months."

I stopped smiling looking over the whole of their coven, their family. So loyal. So just. Here is something to be jealous of.

"It was nice to meet you, Carlisle - I'd thought Aro was exaggerating. Well, until we meet again . . ."

He nodded, wincing. Everyone knew what was next. The inevitable had come.

"Take care of that, Felix," I said solemnly "I want to go home." They were probably the first true word I had said all day.

"Don't watch," I heard Edward whisper to his mate. I didn't want to watch either, but I couldn't pull my eyes away.

I had seen, many die, burn, scream some time I caused their reaction but I don't believed any of them pained me quite like Bree's earsplitting shriek, her smoke rising into the air, her death. Was this how Leo died, I wondered. I felt empty, as I turned away; staying in perfect formation, holding my face with one hand and my heart with the other.

"Come," I said to my brother, and the others; and we went.

When we reached the clearing we had been in before I stopped. I told them to go ahead I wanted to hunt. It was a good excuse, they belied it and left me but the truth was the mask, which I always wore. It was breaking and I couldn't let them see.

A/N: Sooo… What do you think?... and if you think anything at all I would really appreciate a review. Even if the review simply asks "So how is Leo still alive?" They remind me to keep writing. Speaking of which, I'll definitely update this weekend. This only took me a while because I had to type out the text from the book. I hope you don't think that part is too random. I tried to make the words fit her actions, but I'm not great at re-writing things in different points of view and keeping it canon. So if you thought Jane was totally OOC or perhaps to emotionally shifty. Please review and tell me. I'll appreciate it.

Sooo… stop by again soon to see what happens to Leo end Jane. ;)

-Song