AN: I'm going to take a few days off, I'll post the next chapter on Monday. Thanks for your patience. There's a trigger warning with this chapter, it gets pretty violent and flashbacky.

Here are the groups as they stand now;

Texas – Peter, Charlotte, J, Bella, Spirit Walkers, Jake, Emmett, Rose, Chelsea, Charlie, Brenna, Briggita, Fred, Aro, Picia

Volterra – Esme, Marcus, Caius, Dora, Renata, Eliza and a few of the Elite Guard and Lower Guard

America (travelling) – Demitri and Leah

South America (Travelling) - Felix, Jane, Alec, Evan, Mark with Zafrina tagging along

Iceland – Alice and Alistair

S. Meyer owns twilight

CHAPTER 14

Alice POV- just after the lightning strike in Iceland

An image of Jane and Alec being struck by lightning entered my mind, it was followed by another image of Emmett and the Horsemen surrounded by fire. My body hurt, it felt like I'd just gone through ECT again. I could smell the hospital, my eyes were shut against the blinding light of the operating theater, I felt Carlisle's cold hands against my flesh.

I screamed. Alistair's voice reached me. He was calling my name, he sounded so scared. I began to sob, the smell of the hospital faded, I could smell my mate's scent. I opened my eyes and looked around. I was in Iceland and there was a knife in my chest. Alistair was looking at me, I saw my reflection in his eyes, I didn't recognize myself. My hair had turned white and my eyes had turned silver. Alistair's hand reached out to me, his fingers brushed the skin of my arm. He felt different, I pulled up my sleeve. An angry black scar ran up my arm and continued under my clothing. It looked like a branch with leaves.

Two teenage girls stood near me. I heard the wolves approach. The girls looked scared. I froze and composed myself, I would not look weak. I would not look vulnerable. "Speak." Alistair barked at them. They shook and began to cry. "Tell me what the fuck is going on. Now." He ordered.
"We were practicing a summoning spell. Our mentor arranged with it with the Coven in Norway. We were to summon one of their coven members as a practical test of our ability." The smaller girl said. She had long black hair and deep green eyes. Her friend had the same green eyes, but red hair.

I glared at them. "I'm not part of the Norway coven, I live in Italy with my species you morons. Why is there a knife in my chest? Were you planning on using your magic to murder someone?" I asked sharply. "No! We meant no harm. Something went wrong, I felt something change. We aren't this powerful." The dark haired girl said, sobbing. Alistair was checking me over, two werewolves stood to the side, glaring at the girls.

The tall, blond haired wolf moved closer to me. "Are you okay, Alice?" He asked. I ran my hand down my face and replied "I don't know. I was just struck by lightning and there's a knife sticking out of my chest. Those idiot girls are lucky I'm not human." The wolf introduced himself, "I'm Feykir, Pack Master to the wolves of Iceland. I'm sorry you were injured in this way, I promise we had nothing to do with it." He said. My voice softened. "I believe you Feykir, this will not harm the new alliance. Thank you for sending the help we needed when we arrived." I said. The wolves had tried to protect us.

Einar was on the phone, his voice raised in anger. "What were you thinking?" I could only hear his side of the conversation. "I don't care about the intention, your children hurt our honored guest. We demand an explanation." He yelled. He was silent for a moment, then hung up. "The coven mother will arrive soon." He said.

Several pairs of footsteps grew louder. A tall man with silver hair and brown eyes came into view. He looked to be around 50 years old. "Feykir, we are truly sorry. Please don't be angry at the girls. This wasn't under their control." He was contrite. "Andres, what the hell happened?" Feykir asked.

A short teenage girl stepped out from behind him, "Cynthia?" I gasped. I couldn't believe my sister was here, she looked the same as she did when I was admitted into the asylum. Her hair was long and black, her skin pale and her eyes the same deep blue mine had been when I was human. How was this possible?

"I'm not your sister, Mary Alice, my name is Uni." She said. Her voice was different to the memory of my sister's voice. It was deeper, there was a strange lilt. "Who are you?" Alistair asked. She turned to him and announced "I'm the Oracle; the voice of Fate and mother of the Supernatural world." Alistair scoffed. What the hell was going on?

Cynthia's doppelganger, Uni, stepped towards me. "Fate has brought you back to us, Mary Alice. You are my direct descendant."
"I'm not, I'm just a vampire. What did you do to me?" I asked. I was so disorientated. Was I losing my mind again? Uni shook her head and spoke softly. "You are a witch, you have always been a witch and you always will be a witch, Mary Alice."
"I'm not! Emmett removed my gift. I'm just a fucking vampire." I yelled in frustration.

Uni smiled sadly, fuck her. I didn't want her pity, I wanted this fucking knife out of my chest. "My magic flows through your veins, Mary Alice. It has been activated by the lightning. You may be a vampire, but you're also a witch. Nothing can remove the magic, the Healer only took your gift away, not the power behind it."
"Is that why I was given the Sight? You cursed me?" I asked coldly. I wanted to tear this bitch apart.

"You were given power, but it was corrupted by the influences in your life. Had you been born into a coven your Sight would have been easier to control. It was not the Sight that doomed you, it was when and where you were born. We should have been able to locate you and rescue you from the Asylum, but something blocked our power." Uni explained. The words felt empty, it didn't justify the hell I lived through. I never wanted the Sight.

Uni continued. "Your fathers' family were descendants of my daughter, Vergoia. She was a powerful Seer as well."
"What happened to her?" I asked. "She died, Vergoia and her coven chose to remain mortal despite their Supernatural bond. That is why Fate needed you to be turned, the witches need immortal representatives." I shuddered,

"I know nothing about witchcraft." I said. Are they nuts? Uni wasn't convinced. "We'll train you." she replied. I scowled. "What if I don't want to train? I'm newly healed and mated. I deserve time to adjust. Get this knife out of my chest, my mate and I are leaving." I demanded. Uni looked amused. "The time has come for me to leave the sanctuary of this coven, like it or not, Mary Alice, I'll follow you wherever you go." Alistair growled.

Uni came closer and pulled the knife out of my chest. Pain shot through me and she lay her hand on the wound. Her fingertips began to glow, just like Charlie's did when he healed me. "Are you related to Charlie Crow?" I asked her. She nodded "he's another descendant from another daughter. His race called her Spider Grandmother. She taught the humans to connect with the spirits like Vergoia taught the first witches to connect with the moon and the sun." She explained.

"I've travelled all over the world, Mary Alice. I'd find consorts and bare children who would balance the Fate of the world. My first children, two sons, became the first Vampire and Werewolf."
"What were their names? How long ago were they born?" Alistair asked. She turned to him and smiled. "They were born at the dawn of the human race, they had no names. Fate saw the path of humanity and how precarious it was. Fate created me to help keep the balance. Fate guides me to civilizations, to a temporary mate and I bear children that advance the human race. I serve Fate."
"How long ago were you created?" I asked. "Two million years ago." She replied. "You look like a normal human. Why do you look so evolved?" Alistair asked. Uni smiled, "With each child I bear I am reborn. My appearance changes according to the people I live with." She said.

"How many times have you been reborn?" I asked.
"Thousands. I've stayed with many civilizations and had many names. I was Artemis to the Ancient Greeks, Isis to the Egyptians, Diana to the Romans and Friga to the Vikings. A century ago I returned to Italy and found the descendants of the coven I lived with in Etruria, in 750 BC. I learnt that the witch hunts had threatened the Etruscan witches. Vegoia's direct descendants fled to America in the 1600s where they hid their heritage, eventually forgetting their ancestry and power."

I was starting to feel overwhelmed. My head was full of thoughts, each of them crippled me. My ancestors had neglected to hold on to the information that could have saved me from the Asylum. My mother was a staunch god-fearing woman. She had tried to have me exorcized as a young child and had told me repeatedly I was a child of the devil. Had my father should have known his heritage I could have been saved. I could have travelled to meet the coven instead of trying to hide the visions and succumbing to the madness. Uni's eyes softened.

"I understand you're upset, Mary Alice. I cannot blame you for that. Your path is with the supernatural world, we need you to lead the covens."
"Why should I? Where were you when I needed you? Do you have any idea what I've been through-" She cut me off. "I know now, Mary Alice. I saw the path of your past when you awoke from healing. Your mother cast spells of her own, calling them prayers. She blocked you from our sight. When you lost your mind we couldn't get a read on where you were. What happened to you was an extreme deviation. Fate intended for you to stay with your aunt in Ireland, she would have brought you to Richard Plantagenet. He was supposed to turn you." Alistair growled, "I am no longer Richard Plantagenet. I am Alistair, mate of Mary Alice Brandon and head of the anti-corruption agency for the New World Order. Stop fucking us around." He ordered.

"So it's my mother's fault?" I spat. Uni shook her head again. "It wasn't solely your mother's fault. The deviation occurred through your recent ancestors and their need to escape the witch hunts. Fate has struggled to lead you here. We had already planned on our meeting, Andres booked a flight to Pisa to leave in a month's time. He was going to speak to the Vampire Masters and get permission to train you. Fate stepped in and brought you home sooner than expected."

"I don't want my powers. I don't want to see the future, I want to be left alone." I yelled. All of this shit was so fucking unnecessary. Alistair held me to him, glaring at the witches and Uni. "My mate has suffered through sheer stupidity and cruelty. She deserves better than to be a victim to your sorcery."
"I agree Alistair, but-" He cut of Uni's words. "What you're selling sounds like grade A bullshit. You will not harm my mate. You will not order her around like some fucking puppet."

"We apologize, Alistair and Mary Alice. You are both right, you deserve a chance to live." Uni said. "We have no control over either of you, but we need you, Mary Alice. We had planned on meeting you later, giving you information without forcing anything on to you, but Fate has different plans." She said. I took a deep breath and faced her. "We'll give you a week, but if you dick us around we're leaving." I said sharply. She nodded, "that is more than we deserve, thank you. We will honor any choices you make." She finished quietly.

We walked away from the coven to speak to the wolves. Feykir apologized, "I wish we could host you longer, but tomorrow you must leave us. We'll transform at moonrise, it won't be safe for you to stay with us, there's a chance the Healer's tonic won't work." I held my hand up to stop him. "Thank you for your help Feykir. We appreciate everything you've done for us. If there's anything you need feel free to contact us." I said to him.

"Actually, there is something I can do to assist you." Feykir said, he turned to my mate. "Alistair, Aro told us you're to be in charge of the anti-corruption committee. My second in charge, Geir, has a gift similar to Marcus'. He can see bonds relating to allegiance. It could come in handy. If someone pretends to have a friendship with another, their false friend bond will show through his gift."
"That would be perfect. Thank you." Alistair said. Feykir smiled, "there is more. I know of a wolf in Western Australia who can enchant people into telling the truth. I have spoken to their Pack Master, Cynewulf. Aro has already told her about the anti-corruption agency. Cynewulf will send her daughter, Ginna, to us in a month if the Chequer vodka works. She will be a great asset to your team." He added. Alistair smiled, "I'm truly grateful, Feykir. My vision for the future is to create an agency with authorities from each species. I will be honored to receive those you see fit." He said happily. As the wolves returned to their den Alistair made a call to Caius.

Jane POV South America

We were somewhere in South America searching for an invisible vampire. It was a difficult mission and it had been made more difficult when Alec and I were struck by lightning. I could still feel the energy shooting through my body, it was disorientating. None of us understood what was happening, we'd never heard of a vampire being struck by lightning. I would have guessed our bodies would have disintegrated upon impact, but Alec and I were still here.

The electricity had altered our physical appearance. Our hair had turned white and our eyes had returned to the color they were when we'd been human, blue. There was a scar down our body where the lightning had travel through us, it was black and looked like a branch with leaves. My scar mirrored Alec's, it covered the left side of my neck, down my body and stopped at my ankle.

When the lightning hit us we caught a glimpse of Alice, Emmett and the Horsemen. We were afraid, something was happening to us and we were without control. Felix's phone rang. We stopped and listened as Felix answered. Caius was calling with updated information. "Alice spoke to the witches, it appears she's a powerful descendant from the first witch. Her symptoms are the same as Alec and Jane's." Caius said. We froze, Zafrina and Felix eyed us in concern. Caius continued, "perhaps the nickname the villagers gave Alec and Jane had a foundation of truth. They could be witches."

I felt like I'd been punched in the gut. I heard Felix's response. "Caius, I don't give a flying fuck what species they are, Alec and Jane are still my kin."
"I agree Felix. They are still part of the Volturi family, nothing will change that. I'm concerned for their wellbeing." Caius said. Alec grabbed my hand, I started to feel overwhelmed.

The sky began to darken and the animals stilled, their heartbeats' quickened. I could smell fear. An image flashed across my mind. I saw a crowd with flame torches, they were running toward a group of people, looking angry. I shuddered, it was similar to one my last human memories. Alec and I were called the witch twins, our village tried to burn us at the stake. I felt a softness against my lips and opened my eyes. Evan was kissing me and whispering words of comfort. We'd grown close, I knew he wasn't my true mate, but we were potential mates. We chose each other and embraced the new relationship.

I looked to Alec, Mark held him close and purred. The sky began to lighten and the animals resumed their activity. "I don't know what this means." I whispered to Evan, he knew I was talking about my possible change in species. He kissed my cheek and whispered in my ear "it changes nothing, Janey. You're still you, only a little more awesome." I looked at him. Few people had gotten to know Alec and I. We were infamous for our gifts and position within the Volturi coven. This could alienate us further from the vampire world.

"We'll get through this. The people who really know you and Alec won't turn their backs on you, especially with the unity of the species coming up." He said. "It's hard not to worry." I whispered. He shook his head, "from what Caius said this won't change your friendship with the Masters." He said. I hoped he was right, Marcus, Caius and Aro were like older brothers, their wives had become our older sisters.

I looked to Felix, thankful he'd declared his continued friendship with us. He smiled as he caught my eye, he didn't see us any differently. He walked up to us "quit worrying about how people see you. You know the rest of the Elite guard won't give a shit. We've fought side by side with you two for centuries." He said. Alec huffed, "the lower guard still fears us, Felix, I don't want them to fear us even more." He echoed my thoughts. Felix rolled his eyes and said, "fuck them. They haven't joined us on missions, they take care of the minor stuff. The Masters, Horsemen, Healers and the rest of the Elite guard are the only ones who count, we're the ones fighting the hardest battles."

Zafrina surprised us when she spoke, "Vampire's aren't the only supernatural species, to think we are is ignorant." I smiled at her, "we know. The Masters are working to unite the supernatural species." I told her. She looked at us in shock, Felix carefully explained how the government would change.

We continued to run, Zafrina was quiet as she thought over the information Felix had given her. Felix stopped suddenly, "we're getting close, I'll call Dem and see if there is a change in coordinates." Zafrina nodded and called Senna, her coven sister was in the Argentinian city of Salta. The Hybrids and their vampire guardian, Hulien, had a house there. They were waiting for news on Joham, they wanted to contribute to his execution.

Felix finished his call with Dem, we had new coordinates to follow. We ran south east, hoping we'd finally catch the arsehole. I looked forward to using my gift, in this instance I was glad I could cause pain. Many of the victims Joham violated had been close to my physical age. That Fucker was going to feel a lot of pain before he died.

We were a hundred kilometers from where Joham was supposed to be. Zafrina started using her power, she was implanting the image of an alone human female wandering in the woods. Either we'd find human criminals looking to kidnap the image and get a meal or we'd get lucky and catch Joham. We ran silently through the country, there were no signs of vampires anywhere.

We came across cities and towns, but were able to stay out of view. Our cloaks kept us from sparkling in the sunlight and drawing attention to ourselves. Zafrina and Senna also wore cloaks, we all carried extras incase the ones we wore were destroyed. The Amazon vampires wore Mark's extra cloaks, they were too tall for mine, Alec, and Evan's cloaks and too short for Felix's. The aging elixir the Healer had given us hadn't just matured our bodies, it had increase our height as well. I had originally been five feet tall, but had grown five inches. Evan and Alec were now 5'10" and Mark had grown to six feet tall.

We were coming close to the coordinates Dem had given Felix. He sent a text message to Dem to confirm the location. Dem responded with a slight variation. Joham was on the move, we turned west, towards Chile, I hoped he wasn't in Salta. I could smell the trail of vampire scent, hopefully it was Joham's. We were careful as we moved forward. Zafrina sent the image of the potential girl victim. Alec followed it up with a burst of his power. We crept forwards, searching for signs of an invisible vampire.

We were deep in the mountains surrounding Salta, there were a few roads, but not many people around. There was a river ahead of us. We lost the scent. Felix cursed. "We'll have to jump it, maybe we can find his scent on the other side of the river. There were no humans nearby, we took a running leap across the river.

There was a set of wet foot prints a few feet away from where we landed. The scent was strong, we were close to him. Alec sent out a burst of his power, we followed the tracks and the scent through the trees.

Mark walked into something and stopped. I saw him grab at the air in front of him and my hope grew. His hands grabbed onto something and he wrapped his fingers around it and pulled. There was a screech of vampire flesh being torn and a body appeared. Mark was holding its head. It was a man who looked to be in his late 20s when he was turned, he had brown hair and slightly olive skin. He was wearing a dark pants and a dark pullover.

"Excellent job, Mark." Felix cheered. Alec smiled and walked over to his mate. He pecked him on the lips and turned to the vampire body. He restrained it and I walked over to rip it's arms and legs off. Zafrina came closer to Mark and growled at the head in his hands. "Is this Joham?" Felix asked. Zafrina nodded and said "Yes, this is Joham. While you interrogate him I'll contact the hybrids."
"Take your time Zafrina." Felix said, grinning. Zafrina shook her head "I'll be quick, we wouldn't miss his suffering for the world." She turned to me and said "have fun, Jane." She smiled and ran east towards the city.

Alec spat on the severed neck of Joham, before reattaching his head. It would increase the pain of the fusion. I put his arms and legs in a pile a few feet from us. When his voice box had healed, Joham began to scream. We were miles from civilization, he could scream all he wanted. We waited until Joham's screams turned to whimpers.

"Name." Felix barked at him. "Joham." He replied in terror. "Do you know who we are?" Felix growled. Joham whimpered "no." I moved closer and leaned down in front of his face. "Who is your sire?"
"Benito." I froze, Joham was sired by the man responsible for the newborn wars. "When were you turned?" I asked. "Four hundred years ago. He wanted an army, I escaped thanks to my gift."

I moved back, Felix took over. "We are the Volturi, the law makers of the Vampires. You have been accused of cruelty towards humans, how do you plead?" He said lowly. Joham looked at him incredulously. "They're just humans, there's plenty of them around. Why would you care what I do to them?" He asked in confusion. I kicked the stump where his leg used to be. "Did you forget you were human once?" I growled. "I know I was, but we're vampires. We're the stronger species." He said.

Mark came closer and sat down in front of Joham. "Why did you hurt them?" He asked, he kept his face neutral. "I'm a scientist and father to many." Joham said, glaring at Mark. Mark nodded, but didn't show any emotion. Marcus had trained him well. "What did you hope to do with the hybrids?" He asked in a monotone. "I was creating a species to help vampires, my children can blend into the human world, they belong to me. Imagine if we didn't have to hunt for humans, that there were people we could trust to carry out the errands we needed to do, they could fight for us, work for us and gather humans to feed us." He explained.

This was one sick fucker. "So you preyed on young girls, killed them cruelly-" Joham cut me off. "- the hybrids killed their mothers, I didn't." He spat. I kept my voice level. "So you just raped the girls and doomed them to death. You're a walking cancer, Joham."
"You little Puta. Great men have to sacrifice people for the greater good. You're weak, what do you know about how the world works?" He said to me. Alec, Evan, Mark and Felix growled around me. I smirked at him.

"I have a gift as well, I'm older than you and have learnt many hard lessons the world thrust upon me. I don't hide away and use humans to create slaves. You are a coward, Joham. You will die a coward's death." I released my power slowly. I concentrated my gift on his abdomen, it was the closest thing I could do to show him the pain of his victims. I sent blunt, strong waves of pain across his stomach and back, adding sharp stabbing pains to his groin. I could keep this up for hours.

We could hear footsteps approaching, I could smell the scent of Zafrina, Senna, Hulien and the Hybrids on the breeze. I saw them run towards us, dodging trees and fallen branches. Senna and Zafrina stood by my side, my concentration didn't break. I reigned in my gift, the Hybrids were looking pale and sickly. I didn't want to scare them. I bowed my head "we have captured Joham." I said quietly. Joham's eldest daughter, Rosa, approached me. Her black hair was in a long plat down her back, her brown eyes weren't full of anger as she looked at me. "Thank you Jane, I hope you've been able to show him some of the pain he put our mothers through."

Hulien walked up to me and hugged me. "From what I saw, you showed him exactly what my sister when through before she died." She waved Nahuel over and hugged him. "This is the man responsible for your mother's death, not you or your sisters. He holds the responsibility for it all." Nahuel looked at Joham with disgust and rage. Joham was still recovering from my gift. He looked up to his son "kill them." He ordered his son and daughters. Nahuel shook his head. "You're not my father or my keeper, you're weak and so fucking selfish. You don't deserve mercy. You will die like our mothers did." He said.

"You ungrateful shit. I gave you life!" Joham growled. I patted Nahuel's shoulder and moved to Joham. I grabbed his jaw and pulled slowly. The bones cracked and muscles snapped. His skin stretched as his jaw was dislocated. His skin started to tear and his jaw detached completely. I held it in my hands. "He had nothing worthwhile to say. Take your justice and don't let him taint your lives any longer." I said to the hybrids. They pounced on him. A few of his daughters clawed at his stomach, creating a deep wounds. Hulien ripped off his genitals while the others grabbed onto the stumps where his legs used to be, they pulled, slowly ripping him in half.

Joham's screams flooded the area. Hulien and the Hybrids stepped back, Joham was split down the middle, his stomach had deep clawed marks and his entrails lay between the two halves of his body. One of his daughters had punched his sides, his ribs stuck out at odd angles. I dropped Joham's jaw on the pile of his arms and legs. Mark pulled out a lighter and set fire to them. Senna crouched down in front of Joham's torn torso. "This is how those girls felt when you finished with them. You deserve so much more, but you're not worth the time. The Hybrids are free of you, the humans you prey on are free from you. We will watch you burn and then forget you ever existed. You are nothing; a coward and a bottom feeder. May you afterlife bring you more suffering."

Felix stood over Joham and dropped a lit match onto Joham's remains. His limbs were now ash, his torso would soon follow. I sent him another burst of pain as he burned. The youngest Hybrid, Julia, was crying. Hulien was holding her. Felix went up to them and rested his hand on Julia's shoulder. "You're safe." He promised. She looked up at him "I'm just so relieved. He'll never hurt anyone again." She explained.

We travelled with them to Salta, we needed a shower after killing Joham. As we turned north west, towards the town we heard the cry of a baby. It's heart was thrumming quickly.

Hulien gasped and ran, we followed. In a small clearing was a dead girl, her stomach had been ripped open. There was a baby nearby, crying on the ground, it's umbilical cord still attached to his mother. Nahuel ran and bit through the cord while Hulien held the baby in her arms. Julia was looking on in horror. "Hulien, is that...?" She asked, her voice breaking. Hulien nodded "he's a hybrid. A newborn." She replied. His mother was dead, her glassy eyes wide with terror.

Felix went to Julia and shielded her from the dead girl. He tucked her into his arms and rocked her gently. Evan came over and held me, I didn't realize I was sobbing. My imagination hadn't conjured up the true horror of what Joham had done. Seeing it first hand was so much worse. I heard Mark call Marcus and fill him in on what happened. Alec was on the phone with Demitri. Zafrina and Senna dug a grave for the girl, Senna found a thick branch and broke a piece off. She smoothed the wood and carved and inscription. Zafrina planted the rustic headstone in the ground above the body. We took a moment to grieve for the lost girl.

Senna had carved the word 'peace' into the wood. Hopefully, the girl had found peace in the afterlife. Alec ended the conversation with Demitri and stood over the grave, reciting the last rites. Few people knew that Alec and I were Catholic. Mark, Alec, Felix, Hulien, Zafrina, Senna and the Hybrids stood and said their own words of blessing. I hope one of us had been able to give her the appropriate send off. Hulien passed the baby to Rosa and ran into the trees. We stayed silent, mourning the lost girl.

Hulien returned with a few leaves. She placed them on the grave and set them alight. "This will cleanse the area, allowing her soul to reach the afterlife. Violent deaths can trap souls to the earth. We usually do this after we've fed, but a few times we've done this for the hybrid mothers."
"Is it always this bad?" I asked her. She nodded, "all hybrid mothers look like this."
"Could there be more out there?" I asked. Rosa nodded as she rocked the baby in her arms. "We know that Joham usually impregnates a girl every ten years. I'm the oldest at 200 years old. Julia is the youngest at 140 years old. We could be dealing with another ten to fifteen hybrids aside from the ones here."

Alec spoke next. "I called Dem, he said that there are only a couple of other vampires south from here, they're on the islands at the tip of the continent."
"Could he pick up any hybrids?" Hulien asked. Alec shook his head "he's unfamiliar with the species and doesn't know what wave length to search for."

Zafrina cupped her forehead in frustration. "We have to stay and search for other hybrids while we take care of this little one." She said. I knew this would be where we parted ways. I handed her my cell phone and charger, they'd be staying in Salta. "Take this, Demitri and the Masters' phone numbers are in there. Keep them updated, they might be able to help. We have to return to Volterra. Call us if you need anything and we'll come straight back." They thanked us and we ran east, there was an airport nearby. The image of the girl haunted me. I just wanted to go home and hide in my room in the Castle.

There was a flight leaving in seven hours, we would have a few connecting flights before we would land in Pisa. We waited in the terminal. Evan pulled me aside after a few hours. "You need to hunt Janey." He said. The thought of hunting a human disgusted me. I couldn't do it. The thought of killing a human made me feel like a monster, seeing the Hybrid and his mother had turned me off hunting. Evan saw my disgust and stopped me. He cradled my face and kissed me "there's plenty of animals nearby. You don't have to feed on humans if you don't want to." He said. I sighed in relief.

The others waited as I ran into the mountains. I jumped from branch to branch to hide my scent. I saw a large cat lapping at the water of a small pond and pounced, breaking its neck and digging my teeth into its neck. The fur stuck to my mouth and the blood was bland, it tasted like watery mud. My thirst dimmed slightly and my emotions calmed. I wiped the skin and fur off my face and dusted the dirt off my cloak.

I rejoined the others and waited for our flight.