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Liar, Liar

When my eyes snapped open, I couldn't quite comprehend what had happened. Or why I was staring at the roof of a car. Or why I had a headache the size of Asia. And that I was way too comfortable to be asleep in the dirt by the fire with Siobhan and Liam.

Everything came back in hot, painful chunks. I let out a gasp and sat up quickly, too quickly, spitting my hair out of my mouth. My head spun- I didn't even know that was possible for a vampire. I was lying across a plush leather seat, the roaring engine of the car buzzing in my ears. The car bumped slightly along the rocky road, and my head slammed down on the door handle, which felt nothing more than tap on my concrete skin.

I looked out the window. The forest was flying by. Whoever was driving certainly wasn't sticking to any national speed limits.

Whoever was driving…?

"Don't try anything," Alec told me, as if reading my mind, "Consciousness is your choice. I don't have any orders. And to be honest I'd personally prefer to not hear you talking for the remainder of this journey."

Truth. I wasn't particularly surprised.

I lunged for him. One hand still on the wheel, Alec turned slightly and caught my throat in his tight grasp. His fingers encircled my neck and even I couldn't escape his death grip.

I choked at his and clawed at his arm viciously, "Let me go!"

He didn't even blink at my feeble attempts of escape. The jerk even had the nerve to smirk, "Now let's think about road safety, shouldn't we Magdalene?"

"Arg!" I tried to grab the steering wheel over his shoulder, only ending up sprawled, half of me in the backseat and half casually hanging over the driver's seat while trying to gouge Alec's eyes out, "What did you do to Siobhan? Liam? Where are you taking me?!"

"I did nothing to your coven. You're the only one Aro wants," Alec's fingers tightened as I lunged for the steering wheel again, but over my anger I barely felt it, even if he was now gripping me tight enough to snap any human's neck, "As for where I'm taking you, I think you already know."

"No!" I half-shrieked, half-gurgled, hating how weak my voice sounded, "I'd rather…"

"Die? If you did, I have no doubt you already would be," the Volturi guard's eyes glowed red, "You can tell when someone lying to you, can you? Well, am I lying to you now? If you try to overpower me, I will kill you. I will rip your limbs from your torso and burn the remains. Aro would rather lose you a million times than lose me."

I didn't need my ability to know if he was lying or not. Truth. Truth. Truth.

"I hate you," I hissed, raking my claws uselessly on his arm, "I hate you and I will never stop."

"Sit down Maggie. You don't want to die at my hands. Not when I'm not feeling sympathetic. You think you can escape? Escape the Volturi? You won't do that very well as a burning pillar of ash."

At this he shoved me so hard back into my seat that I heard the springs rip out the back of it. I let out a low growl. There had been not a seed of doubt in his voice when he'd told me he would and could kill me. And, as much as I hated to admit it, I had no chance of overpowering him. I'd just wind up unconscious, no chance of getting anywhere, or, as he'd threatened, as a burning pillar of ash.

"I hate you."

"You're meant to. Hate is a powerful emotion. It makes you easy," he glanced back, "Hate makes you strong love, like Siobhan gave you, makes you weak."

"Love makes me co-operative."

Alec let out a short cold laugh which sent a shudder down my spine, "We don't need you to be co-operative princess."

"Don't call me that," I growled, "You repulsive, twisted, son of a…"

"Tut tut Magdalene. You used to be so innocent. Siobhan has filled your head with lies."

"Funny you would say that, since it's literally not possible to do that to me," I hissed. I took a gamble and dived for the window, hoping to smash through the glass and disappear into the forest before he could blink. Unfortunately, I didn't count on his reflexes. His hand wrapped around my ankle and slammed me over into the passenger seat and so hard into the door that the plastic now bore a Maggie-sized dent in it. I hardly felt it and grappled at his face, trying to latch onto something damageable. Alec moved so fast barely saw him, but suddenly my hands were pinned and all my weight was pressed down in the seat by one light- yet surprisingly strong- vampire.

I gulped as our red eyes boar into each other, "So? Are you going to kill me now?"
"Do you want me to?" Alec breathed, his voice like icicles.

"If there's the option…" I could barely bring myself to speak. He was too close, way too close. His eyes glowed burgundy. I let in and out a shaky breath, knowing I didn't need it, hoping it would calm me down anyway.

Alec ran his cold fingers down my cheek. I shivered, but dared not pull away.

Then he was gone, and I was left panting, lying across the passenger seat with my legs splayed and my top hitching around my bra line. The whole thing had been so quick that the car had not even veered slightly off the road, nor stopped its ridiculously crazy speed.

"I'll kill you when you actually try," he smirked cruelly.

Truth. He wasn't going to kill me unless I somehow became a threat to him. He knew that would never happen.

I growled low in my throat, "You disgust me."

He smiled again and I felt my legs go numb, then my torso, then my arms, then finally my head. My entire body slumped like I was no more than a lifeless doll. He had paralysed me. I didn't blank out like last time, but I couldn't lift a finger to stop him flood his terrifying ability through my veins. I was powerless, watching in despair as my country flew past my eyes before it was all gone.

Alec was right. I would never be a threat to him. He was too powerful, too clever, always one step ahead. I would be nothing but a mannequin unless he choose otherwise. My power, to his, was nothing.

A burning pile of ash.

At the moment it was looking like a pretty good option. Better than the alternative, anyway. Because the alternative was becoming something evil. Something unmerciful, something that everyone feared.

Becoming something like Alec.

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