Aro POV
I had gone hunting with Marcus, Didyme and some of the guard.
Athens was one of our usual places out of Volterra that we chose regularly.
The larger population rose less speculation on the occasional disappearances and deaths.
Marcus had run ahead with Didyme to trail a group they'd seen walking down a less traveled street. I stayed with Felix and Dimitri walking down a busy street with our hoods up and faces hidden morally so nobody could see our eyes the blood red color tended to throw people off.
"Master over there I see a chance" Dimitri whispered.
I cast a glance down a side road where a group of diplomatic type men were socializing their robes a variety of dark rich colors.
Their blood was the usual slightly intriguing sweetness of and average human.
I was about to give my consent to attack when I caught a different scent. Something sweeter richer something that made my mouth fill with venom and my mind clouded.
Felix must've picked up on it too because his head snapped up and he started away from the group of men.
I shot my hand out and stopped him. Whatever it was it was mine.
"You two stay and take them" I told the two guards who gave me doubtful looks.
"But master" Dimitri started but I cut him off with a raise of my hand.
"Stay I'll be back finish here and get Marcus and Didyme I'll find you." And with that I ran off.
It took me a quarter of a second to reach them a dark haired girl with and blonde.
Her yes the blonde it was her, her blood was dazzlingly sweet and filled with a richness.
I could kill the other girl easily but her the other I wouldn't kill.
Instead of attacking immediately I followed them into the city and to the orphanage.
I was ready to leave when she stepped back outside.
Her hair was down and the breeze blew the scent of her blood straight at me making it hard for me to keep my distance.
She walked brusquely away from the city down a trail into the barren country side. Now was the perfect time to attack but something was stopping me preventing me from pouncing and draining every ounce of blood from her body in seconds.
She stopped at a small pond and filled the bucket she'd brought before turning around and heading back. How badly humans had it. It took them days to travel a distance that would take a vampire mere minutes. They had the risks of disease in their food and water where we only lived on an endless supply of blood.
My throat burned from my dying thirst the one downside to immortality. She turned and faced me her human eyes too slow to see me duck out of her sight.
"Master Aro" I turned and saw Felix and Dimitri with Marcus and Didyme at the mouth of and alley behind me the girl was gone and her scent slowly diminished.
"Are you ready brother?" Didyme asked.
"Not yet" I replied before turning the corner and killing everyone on that street in a few minutes flat.
