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Aro continued choosing to ignore the commotion. "This one." He released Alice's hand before he turned to his brothers. "Her thoughts are truly repentant. She wanted no part of their charade, but what could she do?" Pausing for effect he scanned the assembled guard. "There was no way for her to be free of this burden, they supressed her and her true nature. Now I will allow her to be free, with us." He paused again and he took Alice's hands in his, pulling her to her feet as he addressed her directly.

There were murmurs around the chamber the gravity of what he was offering sank in. Having said that no mercy would be shown, he was seemingly offering to spare her life.