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Half a year passed with Alistair offering her scrumptious humans that she never accepted. He'd always stay at the edge of her territory until the human died of malnutrition. Then he'd haul the corpse off only to return the next day with a new human.

Alistair's territorial lines had faded long ago due to his lack of remarking his borders. His first priority was getting Bella as his mate, even if it took him more years than he'd been alive.


In Volterra Aro looked at a report confused and with worry. It said that the vampire he wanted as part of his guard had given up his territory and was now standing vigil outside of Bella's territory, courting her. If those two joined up that vampire would forever be out of his reach.

Part of the deal he made with Bella was that he'd never bother her or her's.

With that new knowledge he decided to send out his elite guards Jane and Alec to put an end to this. He also decided to send Chelsea with them to tie that vampire to the Volturi forever.


Jane and Alec were excited to be outside of the castle, though Chelsea was dreading it. She had long ago grown accustomed to the lavish ways of the Volturi. With them were seven of their best guards. The run was long and most of the time Jane and Alec talked to each other, completely ignoring the other guards.

Jane became tense when she caught Bella's scent. They had worked together various times, especially when Jane was just a newborn. She was one of the few people that knew of her and Alec's weakness. Why Aro ever let her live was beyond her.

Alec was less concerned. From his memories of Bella he figured she wouldn't even acknowledge them unless they went into her territory.


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