OKAYY! I'm back from the beach everyone, and now I can write, write, and write some moreee!

I really did try to write some chapters in the car ride back, but my brother ran the battery down :(

Well, here's the next chapter :D

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CAIUS POV

"What's wrong, love?" Athendora asked me.

I saw the dog-girl start to tremble, and I knew what was coming next.

I tried to jump in front of Athena, but Leah was too fast.

She phased into her ugly dog-form, and jumped at Athena. They both flew into the wall behind us, leaving a big hole.

I heard Athenodora scream, and then a metallic screeching sound.

The dog was trying to rip Athenodora apart!

I let out a fierce growl. I would not lose another fight to the Children of the Moon!

I ran foward, and pushed the dog off of my wife. Before I could rip any of it's four legs off, a few members of the guard rushed in, and helped get the beast away from me.

I growled some more, then ran over to Athena.

She was laying in the rubble of the wall, and she was face down. Her clothes were ripped a bit.

I turned her over as gently as I could. She was wimpering. Her arms had red slashes down them. Werewolves and fellow vampires are the only ones that can put a scratch on vampire's skin.

Her eyes were closed, and she was limp.

"Athena?" I whispered.

She didn't move.

I whipped my head around, to face the dog.

The girl was already back in her human form, and Demitri and Santiago were holding both of her arms. She was staring at me blankly. She wasn't looking angry anymore.

I will kill her! I thought.

But first, I turned back to my wife. I picked her up in my arms, and stood with her. I held her close, and looked at Aro.

"Will...will she be okay?" I asked him.

Aro only looked at me sympathetically.

"Caius, I have no idea." He said quietly.

I growled.

I ran upstairs at vampire speed to the room I shared with Athenodora. I gently laid her down on the bed, and kissed her.

"Please, be okay. I promise, I will kill that mutt." I said.

Her eyes remained closed, and she didn't respond.

I wanted to stay with her, but I knew I had to kill that dog first.

I ran back downstairs. Demitri and Santiago had left, and only Aro and Leah remained.

"How dare you!" I yelled at her.

She flinched, but didn't move away.

"That's my wife! And now, I don't know if she will ever be okay!" I continued.

Then she spoke up.

"I'm NOT sorry for what I did, okay?! You need to get it in your head that I IMPRINTED ON YOU!" She screamed at me.

She continued to yell. "It is my natural instinct to attack whoever else shows interest in my imprintee! No matter how much we hate each other, I still love you! I hate saying it, but I do! Apparently, fate decided we were meant for each other!"

I only stared at her. I could feel my hands twitching, wanting to rip her head off.

"I know the legends, dog! I know that the imprintee eventually feels love for thier imprinter! But I don't! I am happily married! And, I hate the Children of the Moon! You are all wretched creatures that do not deserve life! I have had a terrible past with your kind, and I would NEVER be romantically involved with one!" I screamed.

Leah looked like she might cry, but the look of anger was still on her face. Even Aro looked afraid of me.

"Caius, don't you think we should discuss this more nicely? Preferably quietly, also?" Aro asked.

"Be quiet!" I screamed at him. He stepped back.

I looked back at the mutt. She was staring at the floor. She was shaking, but not in a phasing way. She almost looked as if she were about to cry.

I didn't mean to hurt her. I wonder if she's okay...

Stop it, Caius! I screamed at myself. You do not care for her! You love Athenodora!

But she's actually kind of pretty. I just want to hug her, make her stop crying...

I almost punched myself in the face when the voice in the back of my head said that.

Then, I realized what was going on. The imprint was taking effect on me!

This couldn't be happening! I was married and in love with Athena! Not this mutt!

It was crazy that she would imprint on me! I hated her, and she hated me!

Fate works in crazy ways. Aro had once said.

"Caius? Are you okay?" Aro asked me.

I snapped out of my thoughts, and realized I had been staring at Leah with a compassionate look on my face.

"Yes, I'm okay!" I snapped, angry again. Mostly at myself.

Leah was looking at me now, her face red and her arms crossed. She walked closer to me.

"I know we hate each other. But I have seen the men in my pack imprint on girls they have hated since they were five. And now, some of them are married. Heck, Jacob even imprinted on one of you! Well, half anyways. But still. I know we hate each other. I have been waiting on my imprint forever, hoping it would be someone human, perhaps someone in my pack. But no, it was on a vampire, that couldn't care less if I was dead or alive!" Leah said.

She continued on. "You hate me. I know. And that hurts. But the legends are true, I've seen it myself. You can't fight an imprint forever."

I tried to say something back to her, but she interrupted me.

"That's why I'm giving in." She said.

Then she kissed me.