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Chapter 2: Stolen Life
APOV (Aro)
I slammed the book shut in front of me, frustrated that I still hadn't found anything about vampires and humans reproducing. I sighed. It had only been a few days since the human had left the castle and disappeared. My thoughts were interrupted by a loud crash in the castle and I immediately went to see the cause of it.
I entered the human baby's room to see an astonishing site in front of me. There, in the cot was a toddler, not a baby. I instantly turned to Demitri and asked what on earth was happening.
"M-master," Demitri stuttered, "I was just coming in to check on her-"
I cut him off and snarled, "What did you do to her?"
"I-I didn't do anything, I swear Master!" Demitri winced.
I was about to say something when I was interrupted by the cutest sound. "Daddy?" the little girl with chocolate brown eyes stared at me.
I stood there, shocked. I didn't know what to do, or say. "Daddy?" the girl repeated again, and put her hands up.
"I-I think she wants you to carry her," Demitri whispered quickly beside me so that the girl couldn't hear.
I unfroze from my position and slowly made my way towards the girl. She stretched her arms upwards towards me and whimpered when I still hadn't picked her up. I gently placed my hands on her small waist and lifted her up to me. She immediately wrapped her arms around my neck and put her face in the crook of my neck.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang as Caius, Marcus, Jane, Alec and Felix came into the room. They had just finished their meals and heard the chaos. "What on earth is going on here?" Caius shouted.
Almost immediately, he, Marcus, and the rest of the guard were thrown against the wall. "What the-" Caius began as he started to make his way to us, but was again thrown against the wall.
"Bad." said the girl in my arms and pointed to Caius.
Still shocked, I asked confused, "Why is he bad?"
"He broke the door," she said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"He didn't mean to," I said softly and looked at Caius as he was slowly getting up again.
"No," the girl said again. "Sit."
As she said this, Caius was suddenly back on the floor, sitting with his legs crossed. The girl smirked at him. Everyone in the room instantly started laughing, even Marcus had a smile on his face. After the laughter started to die down, and the staring contest between the girl and Caius stopped, I asked, "Was that you who did that?"
The girl nodded and stayed quiet. This girl was powerful and was going to be a great asset to the guard. "What's your name little girl?" I asked her.
She frowned and stared at me. It was then that I realised she had a necklace on her. "May I?" I asked, pointing at the locket attached to her necklace.
She seemed slightly confused, but nevertheless took her necklace off and placed it in my hands. I carefully opened the locket and saw a picture of the human. However, on the other side there was a name carved. Isabella Marie Platt.
"Isabella?" I said unsure, but it came out more like a question.
"Bella." she mumbled.
"What a lovely name, Bella." I said and continued, "Well, are you hungry?"
She nodded emphatically. I looked at Jane and told her to quickly go to the supermarket to get some human food. As soon as she was out of the room I turned to Bella and smiled at her. "Do you want to stay with me while we wait for your food to come?" I asked.
"Yes." she mumbled and placed her head on my right shoulder.
I slowly made my way to the door, when Caius shouted. "Hey! Aren't you going to let me go?!"
Bella giggled and smirked evilly. "No." she answered.
Caius started to shake with anger and spat, "If you don't let me go now, you will regret ever being born you pathetic human!"
"Caius, that's enough!" I snapped. I looked at Bella to check whether she was alright. Surprisingly, she was still smirking evilly at Caius and said, "Oh, I'm so scared. I'm shivering!"
Caius' mouth opened, then closed. He didn't know how to react; no human had ever treated him like that. He was shocked about how brave and innocent Bella was. "I suggest you shut your mouth now Caius. Well, I mean if you want to stay there forever, then…" I trailed off.
Caius was still shocked. I chuckled and walked out the room with Bella still in my arms. This girl was one special girl, I thought.
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