A few days passed. I tried to keep myself busy but apparently every now and then I would have to make an appearance before some Vampire that was important. Any way that is when Mia would come into my room usually without me knowing, pick out my clothes and put them on my bed with a little note explaining to me who I was about to meet and why. I could usually already guess the why part but I let her do what she thought was right.

Today I woke up and saw an outfit laid out on the bed with a note. This is getting really annoying I thought to myself as I crawled over and picked up the note to read it. It has three words written on it. "Just For Fun". Okay so I knew I wasn't going to do anything in the way of meeting someone important today. I stood up and looked at the clothes. Everything Mia bought for me was usually expensive. I held up the green shirt and black pants. Just as I went to put them on I almost tripped over something. I looked down to find a pair of black heels. Oh boy I can't tell you how long it has been since I wore heels.

I put the outfit on that Mia picked out for me. I really did like it. A halter top dark green shirt that was light and flowy. With black skinny jeans. I looked down at the heels and just stared at them. Do I even remember how to walk in those things? I don't want to look like a fool I mean I could do this…right? I reluctantly put on the heels just as my door opened and there stood Jane.

"You look nice, what's the occasion?" Jane asked me.

"You would have to ask Mia that. I am not the one who picked this outfit out. I woke up and it was on my bed ready for me to wear." I tell her as I stand up from my chair.

"Mia has good taste. She knows what to put on you." She tells me as she turns facing my door. "Come this way you need to eat."

I follow Jane out of my room praying that I won't fall in these heels and makes a fool of myself and so far so good nothing has happened.

"Being and earth element one would think you would have grace." Jane says.

"You try wearing these and tell me if you feel graceful." I reply to her as we keep walking.

As we walk into the kitchen Jane whispers something to one of the cooks. The cook smiles at Jane and then leaves. Right like that didn't make me feel uneasy at all. I sit down as a different cook brings me a plate of fruit. I grab and apple and get the heck out of there. I don't want to know what Jane told the cook and I don't plan on finding out. Instead I make my way to an empty balcony. I sit down and just look around as I eat my apple. Even if they did poison it that wouldn't kill me and Jane knows it.

Just as I lean against the wall I sense someone come up behind me.

"You seem not to want to be in our presence do you?" I hear Marcus ask me.

"I prefer to be alone sometimes. Don't you?" I answer his question with my own.

"Often yes, you never did tell me about Egypt." He tells me.

"Right, what would you like to know? Like I said I only remember fleeing." I tell him as I look away from him.

"What were you wearing when you left?" he asks as he walks up to me.

"What was I wearing? I don't see what that has to do with anything." I tell him with a sigh.

"It could have told your status."

"Fine, let me think back." I tell him as I close my eyes and try to remember. "A white really light dress. I have gold bracelets on my forearms and wrists."

"Sounds as if you were from a royal family."

I open my eyes and look back at him.

"I wouldn't know. All I know is I got out of there before anyone could turn me into a mummy.''

"Wise thought. Being a mummy is certainly not becoming."

"If I didn't know any better I would say that was a joke."

I look at Marcus and to me for some odd reason I do find him rather attractive. I can't really get past the red eyes though, they just seem to creep me out. Marcus is kind to me and very gentle. I can't help but want to feel close to him. At the same time it's like he doesn't want to let people in though. I remember what heartbreak feels like, I didn't like it then and I don't think I would like it now. Still this pulling feeling as the days go by the feeling becomes stronger. Almost to a point where I feel like I have to see him every day.

Marcus touches my arms breaking my thoughts.

"Aida? Did you hear me?" he asks me.

"Marcus no offense but I would rather stop talking about my past. All it does is bring up bad memories." I tell him as I look into his eyes.

"As you wish. Still know you can talk to me." He tells me as I feel his touch become light.

"I'll remember that Marcus." I tell him as I turn to walk past him. "I hope one day you can trust me with your past as well."

After those words I walked past him. I knew if I didn't I may do something then that I would regret in the future. I meant what I said though. I did hope that one day Marcus would be able to trust me with anything. Maybe that was what scared me, the fact that I wanted him to trust me. Just as I turn to go to another hallway I get a bad feeling from behind me. I look back and see something move faster than my eyes can.

"Marcus." I whisper then run back to where I last saw him.

"Aida what is the matter?" I hear him ask me as I look around.

I see the thing again. It's trying to hide using some magic I haven't seen before. I watch as it moves closer to Marcus. I go to Marcus and stand in front of him not listening to a word he says. I watch the thing carefully trying to study its movements. Finally I catch a pattern of some sort. At the last minute I feel a threatening feeling and I use my power to bring up my version of a shield just in time to see a sword come down on it.

"I knew I wasn't going crazy!" I yell.

The sword stays in place while the culprit seems to disappear. I lower the shield and the sword drops to the floor with a loud noise. I then feel a pair of arms come around me and hold me close.

"You were willing to protect me?" I hear Marcus ask me.

I was, I actually came back to protect him. I didn't think I just acted. I followed my instincts and they led me right back to Marcus. What in the world is going on? How can I feel like this? I barely know him and yet I want to protect him? I turn back and look at Marcus while his arms are still wrapped around me. I can't tell what this hug means. You know is it a thank you hug or a friendly hug or what? Then I see him do it again he looks at me odd then back at his hands.

"What do you see?" I ask him.

"Something I never thought I would see again." He tells me mysteriously.

"You are going to have to say a bit more than that." I tell him as I look into his eyes.

"I can see bonds between people. I can see one forming between us. A strong bond I have not felt for a very long time." He tells me as he releases me but takes my hands in his.

"A bond like a connection?" I ask him.

"Yes, I can see them. That is why I looked at you so strangely in the beginning. It was just starting but I had a notion it would become strong."

"Ok, what kind of bond then?"

"One you may not understand. I believe it to be a mating bond." He tells me as he grips my hands a little tighter.

Mating bond? Uh what in the heck does that mean? Is this a vampire thing or what? All these questions keep coming to me. I just keep looking at him. I believe him I really do. I still don't really know what he means by this but I am willing to hear what he has to say.

"Explain to me what a mating bond is please" I ask him.

"Similar to a soulmate. It seems we are connected in more ways than one. You are my mate"

He seems very confident when he tells me this. I started to understand a little what he was talking about as he continued to explain it to me. He told me mates were rare and that some never met their mate. It made me wonder if Aro and Caius were with their mates or if they were just for appearances?

Marcus continued to tell me about what mates were. I liked the soulmate explanation better to be honest. At first yes it did sound a little odd and scary after all mates were for life and usually only happened once sometimes if you were incredibly lucky twice. Now I knew what these feelings I had meant. I still was a little scared. After all I had never been mates with a vampire before. I never thought I would ever be in this situation.

I listened to Marcus then I notice what little space there was between us was almost completely gone. I felt nervous then as I looked up and I got a really strong urge to kiss him. He was in the middle of a sentence when my body decided enough talking and I leaned forward and kissed him. When our lips met it felt electric. This is also when my head went into shock mode screaming "YOU ARE KISSING A VAMPIRE!" This was also the time when the pull was almost impossible to pull away from. I was expecting him to pull away but he didn't instead he pulled me closer and kissed me back.

"Marcus? What do you think you are doing?" We both hear a female voice asks.

We pull away and look over to find Aro's wife whose name I still didn't know nor care to find out staring right at us.

"Is this where you have been all day? With the little girl?" she asks us.

You know I really didn't like her to begin with but now she is really starting to get on my nerves. I just want to use my powers to send her across the world but I know if I did that then I would definitely be on Aro's bad side and to be honest I didn't want to be.

"What do you want?" Marcus asks her in an angry tone.

"I was just looking for you. Is that such a crime?" She asks him.

"As you could clearly see, Aida and I were occupied." He tells me.

"You don't think that she would ever want to be with one of our kind?" she asks with laugh.

"Well I was just kissing him. That is usually a pretty big sign." I tell her sarcastically as I feel Marcus arm hold me close to him.

"What makes you think our kind would want one of you to be a mate with one of us." She says as she tries to come close to me but Marcus just pulls me closer to him.

"We do not chose our mates. I know our bond is strong. It grows stronger by the day. It will not be broken." Marcus tells her.

"Unless she dies." She says with an evil laugh.

That did it that made the usually calm and gentle Marcus was mad. I watched as Marcus stood before me putting himself between her and myself.

"Go along now. I am sure you have other things to attend to." Marcus warns her.

I watch as she just smiles at her and turns on her heel and slowly walks away. If she wants to try and kill me I hope she knows she is in for a war. I know a way to kill a vampire for good and if she attacks me I have no problem killing her. I look down and take Marcus hand in mine. He looks back at me.

"Thank you." I tell him sincerely.

I don't know how all these feelings started between Marcus and me. All I knew was that I didn't want the feelings to stop. When I was near Marcus or in his arms I felt safe and happy. Very odd things to feel with a vampire to my knowledge but I wasn't going to deny them anymore.

I wasn't going to post this for a while but I thought it would help cheer up a friend and give me a very good distraction from other things. Hope you all enjoy it!