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Chapter 25

As we passed immortals in Aro's territory they froze or ran the other way. Word had definitely gone out; I was pissed and looking for any excuse to shred and burn.

Peter was laughing as we entered the city, "rip and burn one immortal and you have them shitting a brick Mac."

Kat always willing to school her new brother hits him in the head, "it's Lil they are afraid of."

I shake my head and look at the gate to the Volturi home. We hear a lot of shuffling inside but not one word is spoken. "Those fuckers better be right where I left them." We breezed in and the only difference was Jane holding down their arms from crawling back to their bodies.

I raise an eyebrow at Aro after seeing Jane on the ground he rushes to explain, "They would not stop moving toward us." He stops looking at me waiting for me to explode.

Lil surprises everyone by reaching down and taking them from Jane. With a smile she tells her, "Thank you dear for watching these for me."

Jane looks at Lil than Kat, "I told Master Aro what Mac had said, about not touching them but I thought you would be upset to see them holding the severed arms."

I looked at Jane with a smile, "dam straight Jane, good job keeping those two shit heads alive because if I had seen that we would be seeing purple smoke." I take the time to look around with the exception of Chelsey and the perimeter guards Aro's entire coven is in the court yard. I look back at my old friend on the ground I find myself still pretty pissed off. "What the fuck were you thinking?" Aro looks to answer. I hold up my hand, "it's a rhetorical question dummy." I pace in front of the two and look at Markus I extended my hand and read what happened he is always so forth coming. "Stand with your coven my friend you tried to stop them." With a smile, "out voted again yours will always be the voice of reason."

Markus squeezes my hand, "sometimes they are like little boys playing with fire. Maybe a good beating would straighten them out."

Aro looks daggers at his fellow leader, "I am not some little boy."

My inner vamp roars back at him, "THAN STOP ACTING LIKE ONE!"

Everyone stopped if a human had walked in he would swear we were all statues. I broke the spell by grabbing Cassias by the neck since he was down to one leg. Reading the last master I had a very good idea how and why this happened. Speaking softly so only Aro and Cassias could hear, "I know it was you, you little fucker egging him on with your sly words." Then I glanced at Aro and in a sad voice, "does our friendship mean so little."

Aro cringes and looks down. "I'm sorry Mac." His voice is no louder than mine; vamps are straining to hear even my family.

"I left you a message in EL's mind I know you got it. How can I let either of you live now?" I look between the two waiting for a reply.

Aro looks at my family "Carman, EL I'm sorry. If I live passed Mac's ruling of my punishment I will except any form of reparation you ask for."

Cassia looks over at the two, "as will I."

Carman and EL talk quietly then Carman stares at the two, "You will follow our diet for the same 7 years we were forced to hunt and eat humans. No one will get them for you. You must feed Cassias as no one but you will be allowed to help and he must accompany you on all hunts."

Cassias looked ready to argue but Aro jumped in "equal, just, and fair." He bows his head to them. "More than we disserve, Carman, EL, thank you."

I was surprised by his offer and Carman and EL's decision. I called Lil and the rest of the family over we huddled in a small group. "I think we need to give Cassias his arm back. He will be unable to function without it. I think it's too severe."

Lil and Kat are growling, "NO FUCKING WAY DAD." Lil nods her head to mad to speak. Peter surprises me by coming up with something the girls could live with.

"Offer him a choice his arm back for time tacked on his other arm being held." He has an evil look in his eyes. "Make sure he knows your time starts after the other has expired so if he somehow sweet talk Zhou into giving him his arm he still has 500 more years."

Lil stops growling Kat is smiling, they look at each other, "Agreed" they say at the same time.

They fan out around me. I look at the two and then at Markus and the rest of their coven. "THIS IS IT! THE LAST WARNING I WILL EVER GIVE ANY OF YOU. TOUCH A MEMBER OF MY COVEN WITHOUT THERE PERMISSION AND I WILL HUNT EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU DOWN AND BURN YOU! TELL EVERY NEW MEMBER NEVER FUCK WITH ANY GOLDEN EYED IMMORTAL! YOU ALL USED UP THERE WARNING TOO."

Then in a more normal voice, "Now for the forfeit my friend and his coven mate have earned. The only thing keeping you from the flames is my fond memories of our travels. 500 years without your arms." Cassias paled he could barely function now he would rather die. "Cassias we are not a cruel coven. We give you the option of adding the time onto the arm that Zhou has. If you manage to get him to give you your arm back before the time he has Lil's time will start then."

Aro looks on hoping it will be enough to stop him from asking Mac to just kill him.

Cassia nods his head. "Thank you Lil I will take your kindness." If he could cry he would, never again he thought to himself. Leave Mac and his family the fuck alone, Aro had better not ever think about crossing Mac again I will rip him apart myself first!

I read all that as I licked his arm and held it on as he thrashed around in pain. Lil kept a death grip on her prize like a teddy bear won at the fair. I hope she would not wish to sleep with it.

Aro looked at me, "may I bring Cassias out for a hunt we are both in need of blood."

Carman smiles at them "enjoy your meal all you will find are deer here not the best tasting but…"

Kat gives them a hard stare, "you have to catch it your self Aro I will make sure dad checks."

Aro reaches down and lifts Cassias up slinging him to his back where he raps his one arm around Aro's slowly healing neck. I had a feeling Lil would not leave till all the red had leached out of their eyes.

Markus looks at them then to me. "We have the same tower ready for you Mac. I have some new books from somewhere up north, Viking I think. Would you like to have a look?"

We head in Peter following the pack being the only one never to see the inside. Looking around he gets that sly look in his eyes that tells me he is going to stir up some shit. "Not as nice as home Dad Will we have to share?"

The little shit had quizzed Kat on her last visit and knew we had 3 rooms with a common area. I knew what I had to do to wipe that smirk off his face. "I'm afraid so son, you and I will have to bunk together I will be asking that you don't invite anyone to our room." Like I thought the smile drained away from his face.

Kat taps him on the back, "Me and Lil have a system from last time for sharing the room. You could always use the woods but…"

Lil giggles "good luck with that I would deck any immortal that suggested that for a first time."

EL pounds on him even though they just met. "Sorry brother Carman and I have had to stay in the guard hall we have had to sneak into unused rooms it will be nice to have a privet space."

Peter looks at all of them and when he thinks I can't hear, "Fuck you, all of you."

"Lighten up Petty" Kat throws an arm over his shoulder "Lil and I may be able to help you out once in a while."

"Don't look at us it's been 7 years doing whatever that fuck asked us we aren't sharing shit sorry brother."

Carman hits her mate "stop it." She looks at the new family member. "We would be happy to, hem, help you out on occasion." She gives him an awkward smile.

"See all worked out. You can always count on family son. Problem solved." I look at that smug shit, "next time think before you act." I slap his back as we enter the tower to be our home.

has Aro finally learned his lesion?

we all know he will come for the Cullen's at some point.

Like they say you can't cure stupid