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Aro sighed as he watched his "brother" stride straight past him and everyone else to get to her garden. He spent most of his time there since the incident. It's what everyone referred to as Didyme's death as no one but he and Caius knew how it had occurred and he intended to keep it that way.
"Friends you are dismissed. I wish to speak with my brother privately," said Aro as he addressed his guard and their wives. He said it so cheerfully and evenly, never once letting any of them doubt that he actually cared about them. Not just their special abilities. But two people knew the truth; he couldn't fool them with his act. They knew he only cared for their powers. He had proved how far he would go for power with the murder of his little sister. He and Caius were the only two to know that. Or so he thought. The truth was someone else knew what he had done; his wife Sulpicia.
He thought she didn't know. But she did and yet she still loved him. She'd accidently overheard them discussing Marcus's state and if he was still fit to stay with the Volturi. Aro had been adamant he stayed though; no matter his mental state he was still his brother and he had a very useful gift. Inadvertently she had discovered her husband's part in his little sister's death. The only thing that kept him from finding out she knew was his love and respect for her which stopped him from using his power on her. She still loved him and because of her love for him, she would do anything to keep him happy. So she kept quiet. She feigned ignorance and acted the loving wife she had always been. She did it for him. Even if it meant keeping her sister's murderer safe. After all, she loved him.
Aro and Caius walked to Aro's private study to discuss everything that had taken place. All of their hard work that had been ruined.
"Damn it! We almost had them this time. Until he stopped us. Why the hell did he do that?" ranted Caius.
"Calm yourself Caius. You know the reason why he did what he did," replied Aro.
"Oh don't start with that Aro. This had nothing to do with that and you know it. You did what needed to be done for us. Besides who knows how happy he would have been with her," sneered Caius at which Aro's eyes flashed dangerously for a split second but Caius didn't notice. "He would have come back to us anyway. He's our brother. We wouldn't have been separated for long. We just chose to speed up the process of getting him back by making sure he never left," stated Caius evenly like he was just discussing the weather on a normal day.
Aro looked thoughtful on this. He and Caius had been the ones to decide Didyme needed to go in order to keep their brother. Yet Aro had been the one to dispose of her. He didn't fail to see the irony when they had decided that and didn't fail to see it now. He had been the one to end her human life and now he had ended her immortality.
At times Aro had wondered whether killing her was the right thing to do after he saw what it had done to Marcus. But then something would come up to distract him from his thoughts and by the time he had a chance to go back to what he was thinking he realised what's done is done.
"I don't know whether or not I can agree with you Caius but I do know this. The old Marcus wouldn't have stopped us. Because of it we lost it today. All of our hard work has been put forth to nothing because of what we did," stated Aro calmly yet his eyes were blazing.
"Tell me then, brother. How did it affect our plans? It happened centuries ago. Surely he would have moved on from then," asked Caius.
"She loved everything. If she had known about the other's diet she surely would have preferred that then drinking from humans. I have no doubt that she would have convinced him to do the same as her. All because he loved her. He still loves her."
"How does that have to do anything with this?" spat Caius.
"She would have never allowed it. She would have done everything in her power to stop us from hurting them. It also didn't help that Bella," he sneered her name "looks like her. He saved them for her. He did it in honour of her, for her memory. Do you understand now?" said Aro.
He could see the truth comprehending in Caius's eyes now. He saw that he finally understood why he had done it and that it had been partly because of their actions that they had lost to them. As Aro watched all this process he saw something else in his eyes that he hadn't expected.
Caius's eyes turned contemplative then. He didn't know that Caius was wondering himself what would have happened had she still been alive and there that day. Aro was right, she would have tried to stop them but that wouldn't have mattered. The Guard would have stopped her first. Caius smirked at that thought. But then frowned as he realised Marcus would then have seen his love die. He didn't know how he'd react to that but he doubted that he would have stayed then.
Aro watched on curiously as a myriad of emotions flittered across Caius's face. He was tempted to use his power and see his thoughts but decided against that and waited patiently. He watched as Caius finally settled on one look that took over his face.
He had a smug expression on his face as he said "I guess it's good we got rid of Didyme then, isn't it?"
"You did what?" asked a voice so calm yet filled with so much venom that it sent chills up their spine. They turned and saw Marcus standing there watching them.
AN: Tell me what you think. I was thinking I might TRY and make this into a short story. But I'm not sure how it would turn. This part was something I just thought of and started to write. Originally I had planned something else but oh well. Also if I did turn this into a story, I don't know how frequent updates would be. Tell me what you think of the direction of this so far
Alleiya
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