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In this chapter we learn Sasha's past. If you are sensitive to rape and murder, please do not read this chapter.

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Chapter 7 – Sasha's Past

"It was the year of 1859. My family had been together for several hundred years, and had decided to move to France for a few years. The snows fell heavily there that year if I recall. Anyways, we were very similar to your family in a way. You see, we were much more civilized than others of our species. We had mates and loved each other very much. I was the leader of the family, I suppose, as I was the oldest. My mate and I were very much the parents.

"We were very concerned about the dropping numbers of the werewolf population and tried to teach any that came across us how to survive better. I had no idea what was killing them, but I was quick to find out. That winter we took in a young werewolf named Rose. She was quick to leave though, and walked straight into the Volturi's hands. Soon we had them on our doorstop, as Aro was curious about our lifestyle. They were more interested though about the little miracle two of our family had created – baby Jonathon."

"You can have kids?" asked Carlisle in an awed voice.

"Yeah. It's very rare though. I've only heard about it happening twice before this. You see, when we change, the venom spreading throughout our body destroys most of the ovum or sperm in our bodies. But some of the cells are affected by the venom in a different way. I can't really explain it, but females still can still menstruate, though their cycle is all haywire, and males can still secrete sperm. So pregnancy is really rare, but it happens. The duration the woman carries the child is around one month, and the child is a full werewolf. I don't know much more than that, I'm afraid. There just haven't been enough of us to know any more.

"Anyway, Jonathon had only been born a month and was growing at an extremely fast rate, before the Volturi showed up. Caius didn't like that we were to civilized, but most of all he hated me.

"You see, many thousands of years ago, just as the Brotherhood were rising to power, and I was relatively young, Caius and I had a little run in. He got cocky, and believed he could take me on. But it was a full moon, and I was a fully fledged werewolf, so we were pretty evenly matched. He slipped and I had him, as quick as that, but I couldn't bring myself to take a life, so I walked away.

"When he saw me and my family, he was quick to get revenge. First he got men – Felix, Dimitri, the other brawny ones - to rape me and the other girls in front of the men in the family. He- he tortured them to death in front of me, even baby Jonathon, before he locked me up for several months. They killed a baby. A baby, for God's sakes. Those bastards deserve to rot in hell." Tears were flowing down her cheeks like rivers. I glanced at the faces around me. All wore the look of disgust and horror, that was etched on my face, even though I had heard this story once before. Once was enough for me.

"It was my fault they died. My fault they were put through all that pain and death. My fault," she whispered. I pulled her into a tight hug, whispering words of denial in her ear.

Carlisle dropped to his knees in front of her. "I am deeply sorry that I did not break you of that prison, Sasha. I swear to protect from them from now on as part of this family if you wish it."

Sasha looked up through her bangs at him and whispered "I would love to be part of your family. It has been so long since I have belonged." They embraced tightly.

Emmett grinned. "Welcome to the family, sis- "he looked at me "-ters." We laughed and exchanged "several hugs and kisses.

"So," Esme said casually, "are you going to move in? 'Cause we'd love you to and there is plenty of spare rooms."

I looked at Sasha. I had never seen her look so happy. "What'd you say?"

She reached over and grabbed my hand with a smile. I knew her answer. Looking up at Edward mischievously, I whispered, "So, do I get to sleep with you?" He answered me with a kiss.

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