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Duilio

Three years ago...

I was irritated when my father and Caius came to me with their ridiculous suspicions. They were constantly harassing me. They took pleasure in teaming up to annoy me but at least it wasn't as bad as when Aro was around.

"The Cullens continue to grow. They are becoming more powerful with each acquisition. We must do something about this!" Caius ranted as he took off his robe to spar with me. He dropped the robe and took position. I attacked him quickly dodging his blows but the final one got me right at the ribs. I growled and he smiled.

"I agree. The Cullens are becoming a threat." Marcus said, feeding Caius's paranoia.

"I think they have more than proven they are not a threat. They could have eliminated us with the knowledge of Aro's betrayal and you both know it." I told them. Caius took advantage of my distraction and punched me in the gut bringing me to my knees. I panted, refusing of giving him the satisfaction of getting me agitated about the low blow.

"You are a Volturi Master now. Your loyalties are to us. I will not have you show favoritism to the Cullens!" Caius said their name with disgust. I growled again. It was getting harder and harder to control my anger.

"How dare you call my loyalty into question?!" I hissed at him, Caius had a way of making me loose my temper. His volatile nature made me become volatile in return. Voltera always changed me. Its like I became the worst of myself when I was with my father and the best of myself when I was with my family in Forks. I had to find a way to balance them both out. I attacked him again with more gusto and managed to rip a chunk of his arm. He roared and came after me violently.

"Enough!" Marcus growled loudly and we both stopped sparing. "My son has a point; nevertheless, I want to keep an eye on them."

"We should send some guard." Caius suggested as he reattached the chunk I ripped out.

"Gentlemen please. This is supposed to be a feast." Athenadora reminded us. She had been sitting on Caius's throne watching him spar with me and getting excited every time he struck me. It was disgusting! I looked at the six humans tied to the wall. They were all naked and gagged. Their hands were tied over their heads with ropes. I could see their terrified souls, their pain, their suffering. I hated it! I went to the table were Grace had set up my preferred method of drinking. There was a pitcher of donated blood and a golden chalice next to it. I served myself a glass but Caius came up to me and smacked it from my hand.

"Was that necessary!"

"I can't stand that awful stench of stale blood. You are Volturi!" He growled at my face.

"If you prefer to suckle the milk out of the cow like a fucking animal, then that is you choice! I like my milk from the carton!" I growled. Marcus already had a girl in his hand and he threw her at my feet. The girl's shoulder dislocated as she hit the floor hard and she screamed out in pain. I glared at him in warning but he didn't flinch. Caius took one of the men and he and Athenadora started 'feasting'.

"Drink!" My father commanded. "I can still smell the animal stench in your breath!" He growled harshly. I hissed and I picked up the girl by her dislocated shoulder. She screamed again and I sank my teeth into her neck. I saw the colors of her soul dim as I slowly killed her. Satisfied, Marcus took his pick of the buffet of humans. I sat on my throne and watched them. My face was hard. I hated this. I looked at the lifeless body of my victim and my stomach churned. It was cruel to kill her like that but I was afraid of what might have happened if I showed her mercy. She got off easy compared to what happened last time I returned from Forks. Nothing compared to what they did that time.

The fact that Marcus and Caius were significantly less cruel towards me was a testament to Aro's manic influence over his brothers. Aro was the one who wanted me dead from the start and since he couldn't get what he wanted, he would torture me instead. He couldn't hurt me physically, because Marcus would never allow it, but he found other ways to break me. Aro enjoyed breaking me and he got away with it by feeding into my father's insecurities and messing his head. Aro was constantly reminding my father about my feelings about the Cullens even though it was his own damn fault that I loved them. I closed my eys trying to forget the memory forming in my mind but there was no blocking it. How could I ever forget the worst moment in my life, second to Aria's death?

Once I returned after Nessie and Leah's kidnap, I thought a lot about Jacob's words to me. He had chosen to stand up for what he believed in and I decided to do the same. I demanded stricter laws to protect hybrids and I refused to drink humans. Every feast they had they made me stand there and watch as they drained countless victims but it only made me want to stand up for myself even more. Aro decided to kick things up a notch by bringing a girl that was closer to my age into my chambers. She cried and begged me not to kill her. She was just a little girl and I was still a boy. I made the very stupid mistake of trying to save her. They found us in less than 10 minutes and brought us before the entire guard. All three brothers were furious. Caius was a sadistic bastard but Aro was truly insane and evil. Aro had Santos and Demetri break almost every bone in the girl's body in front of me. Her screams still haunted me. Aro told them to stop and then he took the girl by the hair and threw her at my feet.

"Finish it." He told me cheerfully. I growled at him and I snapped the girl's neck, still refusing to drink.

"You still challenge me boy?" Aro asked amused cheerful voice that grated my nerves. He gave a signal and Heidi came in with another young girl. This one actually looked like Nessie. My heart nearly stopped when I saw her. Aro smiled at my reaction and they started the process over again I didn't dare to look away, afraid that it might make matters worse. I could feel the hatred build in me.

"Stop!" Marcus said. Aro then took the second girl and threw her my way with more force than the last one. I caught her this time and sank my teeth into her quickly trying to drain her as quickly as possibly so that she didn't have to suffer anymore.

"Leave." Marcus told everyone. One by one the guard left until it was just the brothers and the wives. Marcus looked at Aro and then he and Calius both left with their wives. It was just Marcus and me. I attacked him and he quickly pinned me to the wall.

"You are MY son! Not theirs!" He growled into my face. I could see the pain in his soul. He didn't want to have to do this. This was all Aro's idea and I knew it. Aro was the one who loved cruelty but it angered and hurt me that Marcus went along with it. I twisted and he let me go.

"I don't care who you are. If you ever try this shit again, I will search the earth and gather every immortal I can find to finish you. I will not rest until you are all in ashes!" Marcus hit me straight across the face. I tasted my own blood in my mouth. It was the first time that he actually hit me outside of combat training. There was pain all across his soul. It had turned dark and the colors of guilt and disappointment marred and disjointed the colors of love he still felt for me. He hated seeing me in pain. He loved me but he wanted to control me, to turn me into him. I couldn't be like him. He turned and left me there with the two dead mangled girls. I finally let the tears leave my eyes. I felt a cold pair of arms come around me. It was Roberta. She was my father's personal guard and she was kind. I looked up at her and she smiled at me kindly. I also saw that Athenadora had returned.

"You need to learn to play the game better, child. Much better." Athenadora told me. I looked at her. She signaled Roberta and Roberta stood aside.

"I am glad that you stood up for yourself. It showed strength but you are not going to make the changes that you want by standing up to the brothers or angering them in this way. You must become like them, become one with them so that they can respect you enough to make the changes you desire." She wold me in her soft voice that made her seem innocent even though she wasn't.

"Why? Why would I even bother with this wretched family?"

"Because what was done to those humans will pale in comparison to what will happen to the Cullens if you try to leave this family again." I was never filled with so much fear as I had at that moment. More tears escaped my eyes. Athenadora bent down and picked up my chin with her finger. She stroked the side of my cheek and smiled at me. To anyone else, it would have seemed like a tender moment but I knew better. I knew her intentions were far from noble. Athenadora was equally cruel as she could be sweet. It was her form of manipulation and control. It was how she had Caius wrapped around her little finger. Which made them a deadly combination.

"Learn to play the game, Duilio. Play it well and you will achieve all that you desire. Your father is ready to give you all that you want but you must show him you are one of us. They wont just give you the tittle of Volturi master. You must earn it. You must show them that you are worthy." She kissed my lips before turned and left the room. Roberta came back to me and helped me up.

"What you did was very brave. I'm proud of you." She told me. I nodded.

"Please make sure they have a proper burial."

"Of course young Master." Master... How I had yearned for that tittle and now it was finally mine. I swore to myself that I would change this family but the more time I spent with them the less it looked like a possibility. Everything I suggested was seen with scrutiny. As if any suggestion I had was related to the Cullens. They drained the rest of the humans and sat at their thrones. Athenadora sat at Caius's lap and nibbled at his ear. They all came from a time when people were open about sex but at least Caius wasn't much an exhibitionist. Aro on the other hand... It was yet another reason why I was so glad he and Sulpicia were both dead.

"So its settled." Caius said as he rubbed Athenadora's thigh and licked her neck, "We send guard to keep an eye on the Cullens."

"No. Alice would see them coming and they might see it as a threat. Bedside's the wolves will not allow anyone near their territory." He tuned his attention away from his wife and hissed at me in annoyance.

"Then what do you suggest, boy!" He growled at me.

"I suggest we stop acting like savages, uncle! Bullying others into submission will not work in our favor any longer. We live in a new world, gentlemen, a civilized world. The Cullens have impressed the vampire world by demonstrating the civility of their way of life. There was a time when we also impressed our community with out civilized mannerisms but that was all ruined by Aro. If you want what the Cullens have then we must learn to adapt." I walked over to mangled girl I had drained and tossed her body to the pile at the end of the room with disgust. Again my stomach churned and I felt pain across my heart but it was all a part of the act. I needed to play the game if I wanted to win their acceptance and trust. "There are different ways of showing the world that we have the power, other than intimidation. The humans have created technology that allows us to do anything we want. I suggest we use it to our advantage." I continued and poured myself another glass of donated blood.

"We already use technology." Marcus reminded me.

"Monitoring news media is useful but I am talking about the full scope of technology. We can have satellites give us images of entire covens. We can use street cameras, security cameras, and satellites to provide a monitoring network across the globe. For more advanced covens, as the Olympians, we can monitor their bank accounts, flight records, purchases, internet searches, the sky is the limit. No coven will ever be able to hide anything from us. Not even the Cullens."

Both vampires looked at me contemplating what I said. Caius loved the idea. I could tell by the smile on his face. My father's face was set in its usual uninterested mask but I could tell from the colors on his soul that he was intrigued.

"How would we know what to look for?" He asked me.

"Demetri can help us choose the areas that we want to target by focusing on certain covens or nomads. It wouldn't be difficult for him. We can program whatever technology is around these nomads or covens to monitor them."

"How will we program this without the humans knowing?"

"There are several technological geniuses that can be turned. We can have an entire army of hackers if we like. There are some already among the new guard."

"And you agree that the Cullens will be monitored?" Marcus asked me. It was a test. I buried my anger and smiled at him.

"Monitor them. I show no favoritism. I just happen to know that they have nothing to hide."

"It is settled. You will be in charge of this operation. Select the team you desire and have report weekly to us on the progress."

"Very well." I told him.

Now...

How I regretted those words now. I was so sure that no harm would come to my family, but here I was reading the medical records and human witness reports. We knew Renesmee and Leah were pregnant but what I didn't anticipate was that Nessie would give birth to a human female. Leah have birth to a son. Because the child was male he was very likely to become an immortal when he came of age. There were no guarantees for my niece. My niece… I felt a shot of pain as I saw a picture of Nessie holding her before me. I was in my chambers, going through the report again. Her picture was haunting me. The picture was captured at a distance and it was a bit blurry but I could still tell she was beautiful, both children were, but there was something about my niece that was special. Of course, I could just be biased. I took a deep breath and prepared myself as I heard my father come in through the door. He stood next to me, looking over my shoulder as I held the picture of Nessie and little Sarah Bell Black in my hand.

"You swore your loyalty to Volterra, to me. You swore you would show no favoritism."

"She is my niece, my sister's first born child! Have you no fucking compassion for what I'm going through?!" I growled at him but he was undisturbed by my outburst. I took a deep breath trying to calm myself. "Of course you don't. Why doesn't that surprise me? All you know is power. You know nothing of family." I said softly but angrily. My father had a way of bringing out the worst in me and this was no time to show him that I wasn't in control.

"That girl is not your family. I am!" He hissed angrily at me. I looked at him for a moment and nodded. Even though he rejected me at first, my father had always loved me. Love was never the problem between us. It was theway he loved me.

"I love you but I love them too. Her most of all." I told him quietly as I looked at my sister's picture. I was too depressed to respond with the proper amount of distress that I was feeling. He circled around me and sat across the table where I sat. He looked at me, judging me with his cold eyes. He hated the Cullens as much as Caius hated them. He knew that, no matter how much I love him, I would kill him before I ever let anything happen to the Cullens. There was no amount of pretending on my part to hide that fact.

"If this child chooses a human for a mate, our secrecy we'll be at risk. If this child breeds more humans and those humans breed more humans. Where will it end? How many generations apart will their family loyalty hold? You know very well that they will never turn that child to an immortal. She is a risk. We are not demanding the child's life. We are asking for a plan. Will you not demand even that from your precious sister?" He asked angrily but his tone was more subdued. I crossed my thumb across her picture. Nessie was playing with her. A tear escaped my eye but I didn't care enough to stop it. My father saw it.

"They will hate me for this. You know that I will lose them over this!"

"You disappoint me, son. Is their affection more important than your duty? Will you really let your feelings for this girl put us all at risk?" I knew this was a trick question and the answer to his question would cost me either way.

"No. I won't." I lied to him. Of course I would put them all at risk for her, but admitting this would put her at risk and I could not allow that to happen. I had to play the game. I had to pretend Volterra was more important because my place as a Volturi master would guarantee their safety.

"Then write the letter. Write the letter and summon them here or I will." He got up and made his way out. I could see the frustration and hurt in his soul. I didn't know how to make the situation better. I wrote the letter and sent it with my most trusted guard, Grace. She would be able to gauge the situation and her report would allow me to make the right choice when the time came. I would make the right choice, even if it cost me my real family.

It took Grace three days to arrive with them. Renesmee, Jacob and Edward all stood before us. I guessed mom was with the baby. All three entered the throne room after Grace announced them to the court. Caius had invited many witnesses for the event. Sadistic bastard! I could see the blend of anger, hurt, disappointment and fear color their souls. At least they didn't hate me. Not yet.

"Welcome to Volterra. I do not recall asking the grandfather to come." My biological father greeted them without any emotion.

"You summoned my children here so I came." My dad, Edward, replied.

"Your summon said that my child presents a threat. How does a baby present a threat to the Volturi?" Nessie asked me angrily.

"Straight to the point, very well." I said, also without emotion. I could see the flair of anger and the hurt of betrayal grow stronger in all of them. It was truly painful to watch.

"The Volturi do congratulate you for the new addition to your family. We only wish to make you aware of the possible threats to our law that your human child presents and give you a chance to provide with a plan as to how you will protect our law."

"Our child is human, but she can turn into a wolf just like her godmother." She told me. I nodded, my expression still emotionless.

"We are aware there is a female wolf but our understanding is that she is descendant of all three wolf lines. Your daughter is not. There is no guarantee that she will become an immortal." I told them. I saw more anger stir inside her but I kept my unattached disposition. Few people knew that is took merging 3 wolf lines to create female shifters. I only knew because they trusted me with this secret and I betrayed that trust. I had an image to uphold and I could not show weakness or favoritism.

"She is our daughter. She is still bound to our secret. She would never risk her family." Nessie hissed at me. I could see the fear growing in her soul as she started to realize that I was not defending her. I knew she would think that I would just protect her against my father and uncle but I couldn't. Not in the way that she expected me to.

"She may not but what of her spouse, or her children, or her great grandchildren? We are immortal, if every generation of humans is allowed to know of us, how long before our secret is revealed? Of course, you could always offer her immortality when she comes of age." My father suggested to her. His voice held a touch of condescension. I saw Jacob get angrier. He was starting to shake.

"My daughter is human and unless she phases, she will stay human! I am not letting anyone turn her or any of my grandchildren!" He growled at them. I could tell that he was using a lot of restraint. This would not go well if he lost control here.

"Then you willingly risk all of our lives!" Caius yelled angrily getting up from his throne. My dad, Edward stepped up.

"Your concern is knowledge and any possible disloyalty that future generations may have but you forget that the Quileutes have been successfully maintaining their secret for generations."

"Didn't this very wolf betray that secret? And didn't you later refuse to turn the very human he told!" Caius told him. Aro had seen the entire story in Edward's mind when he touched him. We were aware of a lot more than they would like.

"My wife was turned. And Jacob told her out of ignorance, something that could have been avoided if his elders had told him the truth. As you said, we are immortal. We can be in the lives of every generation and help raise them so that they do not betray their family. They will be raised to protect our secret."

"That is a noble sentiment but humans are fickle. You cannot guarantee that they will not betray you." My father told him. He had a condescending, hateful tone again which was starting to irritate me. He was usually emotionless but he hated the Cullens too much not to let it show.

"Alice can see…"

"No." I interrupted him. I knew where he was headed and I knew my father's response to that would be. "Alice's visions are not precise. My father is right. I know you are angry but this matter doesn't just concern us, it concerns you too Jacob. Do you think human governments will not find a way to use your lineage to make genetic weapons of war? Your pack and their progeny are also at risk."

"You cannot seriously be asking me to turn my daughter." Jake told me. If I had to be honest with myself, it made me a little annoyed that he would prefer to watch his daughter die than turn her. He was married to a hybrid, for fuck's sake! I knew it was against their law but this was their kid. What was so wrong about his daughter becoming a leech when she becomes an adult?

"It is against their law and our morals. We will go to war before that happens." Edward chimed in. I sighed, I didn't need to look at my father and uncle to know that this threat was exactly what they wanted.

"I know your laws and I am not asking you to turn her. This is a human problem and, therefore, it should have a human solution. Most humans share three generations and you shall also have three generations, the immortal parents, the human children and the human grandchildren. Third generation of humans will be the last to know of immortals since they would still be at risk of turning." I announced. I saw Nessies eyes stare at me as she realized what this meant.

"This is not acceptable. The children share strong enough ties to the immortal but the grandchildren do not." Caius complained.

"The grandchildren are genetically tied to the parents who share a direct link to the immortals. They too will be at risk if they betray our secrets so their bonds will suffice. Genetically speaking, it takes five generations or more to prevent interbreeding in animals. The third generation will be close enough to the first that it will merit knowledge and direct supervision in case any of the children change." I told him.

"No! Three generations is not enough. I am immortal. I have the right to know my great grandchildren and great great grandchildren!" Nessie begged me. Her tears were like knives into my chest.

"The vast majority of humans know their grandchildren before they die and no further; thus, so will you. Any further generation of humans will remain in the dark. For the fourth generation, you will have no contact with them after it becomes obvious that you are not aging. You can keep watch for them or any future generations from a distance in case any future children turn. Is this agreeable?" I asked my father and Caius.

"Yes." My father said. Caius grunted and then nodded his approval.

"No! You can't just make a decision that impacts my family! The Volturi have no say on pack matters." Jacob told me. His voice was strong and careful.

"No. But you have married a half vampire hybrid. Her life and progeny are our concern. This law will be withstanding for all past, present, and future hybrids of any kind, and their offspring. As my son said, your tribe is also at risk. As a leader you must make learn to make the hard decisions. You are still young and unaware of the consequences of immortality or the importance of maintaining our secret. I highly recommend that you heed our advice and adapt regulations of your own. This solution may benefit you as well." My father told him.

"Will you comply?" I asked them but I looked straight at Nessie. She wouldn't look at me. I felt as if a part of me was dying. I knew the moment I wrote that letter that our relationship would never be the same and looking at her soul, I was right. Edward placed his hand on her shoulder and moved forward.

"We will comply, but if the child turns to an immortal this sentence is null."

"For her, yes. For any future human children, no. This is our decision." I told him firmly.

My dad nodded. Jacob shook his head angrily and placed his arm around Nessie. She was visibly upset but it was the turmoil brewing within her that cut through me. I now knew she would never forgive me for this. Even though I knew this decision was necessary to protect our secret and, more importantly, to protect her, I had used my sister and her daughter as a scapegoat. I played right into what Marcus wanted. I just showed the world that even the Cullens had to abide by our law. What Marcus didn't know is that I only did this so that I could continue protecting them. The child was born human and I had no choice but to do this, hoping that my instincts about my niece and my family were right. Jake and Ness walked out the grand doors. Edward walked behind them but stopped before turning to look at me.

'I'm sorry dad,' I told him with my mind. 'I didn't mean for any of this to happen. I would never intentionally hurt any of you.'

He nodded and his soul changed and his anger weaned slightly into disappointment. Throughout this entire ordeal the love he held for me was there. It was still there now, even through his disappointment and anger.

"And it always will be." He said out loud before he tuned and left.

'I love you too.' I told him with my mind, knowing that he could still hear me even though he was gone.

This is not what was supposed to happen. I was supposed to get the news of my new niece and be happy. I was supposed to go home to see my sister, to hold my beautiful new niece in my arms and kiss her cheeks. I was supposed to spoil her and shower her with gifts. I was supposed to watch her grow, to give her bad advice about boys, sneak her into her first R rated movie, and take her cliff diving behind her parents back. I could see it in my head now. I could see the life I was supposed to have shatter before me and it broke my heart more than anything I had experienced before.

"You did well." My biological father said, breaking my train of thought. I could see the satisfaction in his soul. I wanted to believe that he was satisfied because I found a somewhat diplomatic solution to the problem or because I finally showed the power and strength he so highly values but I knew better. He was satisfied because any ties that I had to the Cullens were strained to the point of breaking, if not completely broken. What he didn't know, what he was incapable of understanding is that, even though blood is thicker than water, love is thicker than blood.

The End

A/N: Hope you all enjoyed part 1 of the Immortal Saga. Part 2 is titled Immortal Wolves and its already posted. It will be about Nessie and Leah's kids but we will see more of Duilio and the Volturi too. Thank you for reading! I know the story is complete but please review! I love to hear your input:)