"Blythe," I heard Allegra call from down stairs. I smiled to Katrina who didn't notice the smile but returned it.
"I'm sure Christopher's looking for me." She removed herself from the bed she'd currently been sitting on and left the room, I not long trailing after her. We parted ways at the bottom of the stairs, she heading toward Christopher's arms as he returned from a hunt and I to Allegra who was currently sitting in the large makeshift living room.
"Yes, Allegra?"
"Let's go hunting." She stood up; her statement sounded more like an order than a request. I nodded and followed her out. We raced away from the decrepit building and into a forest. Her brown hair danced behind her like a curtain billowing in the wind.
She stopped suddenly to turn to face me. "What are we doing here?" I asked looking worriedly to Allegra.
"What do you know about the other members of the feral one's coven?" she let her fingers toss one of her curls around between them.
"His name is Russell. And just what they told us before: its just Russell, Kassandra, Katrina and a few stragglers." I answered with a shrug.
"What about your ability-reading friend. Simon was it?" She paced, turning her back away from me then toward me at the end. "Does he know if there are any abilities within them?"
"It's Solomon." I corrected her squeezing my forehead with my forefinger and thumb. Then it dawned on me. Did Solomon know if they had abilities? We all knew Russell was a Seer but were their other gifted members?
"I-I don't know I never really asked him." I looked at Allegra wide eyed. She was on to something. "Let's go ask him." I grabbed her wrist and began to move toward the decrepit building but she didn't budge.
"I don't trust them." She was steadfast. "Have you felt it? The uneasiness that remains in the building?"—I shook my head not knowing what she was talking about letting her scoff—"There's something wrong. Something that doesn't feel right. I know he's one of the only Seers out there, but there's something off. I have a bad feeling about this." I let her go and listened to her it wasn't until I heard 'seer' that I felt uneasy.
"What do you mean one of the only Seers?" I looked to her, my brow furrowing. Her face had a flash of shock then turned void of all emotion, something I remember seeing on Jane's in the first vision I had of Allegra. She sighed and her façade faded.
"Please don't be cross with me." She pleaded and sat on the ground. "I was apart of the Volturi. When I first joined to be specific. One of the missions they sent me on, to prove my worth, was to eradicate a coven of Seers." Her voice cracked. "It-it was one of the hardest things to do in my life. It was the hardest thing to do."
"How many did you—"
"That was the first of two groups. After that, I asked Aro afterward to send me on other missions, to avoid Seers." She sobbed. "He didn't listen. He sent me on one other. It was the same one where I met Luca." She tried to smile but her lips trembled. "The second time was the hardest Luca was the only survivor. I hid him from Aro and the others. He was able to shield many of my emotions and our relationship from Aro. It wasn't until I found you again, that I decided I didn't need the Volturi. I didn't want to be associated with Volturi.
"I'm sorry to bring this upon you my sister." She stood up. "You'll have to be on the run for a very very long time. We will." I pulled her into a hug yet I couldn't say I was sorry or that she was forgiven for how she was treated and how she treated others.
"You need to open up more." I said into her shoulder.
"So this is where you've been and who is this Luca?" It was a new voice one that made Allegra stiffen. She quickly turned around and hissed toward the new comer. He was a relatively handsome man with dirty brown hair and blazing red eyes. His gaze was first to Allegra then switched to me then back to Allegra. Allegra pushed me behind her and hissed defensively at him.
"Get back to the building tell the others." She snarled before lunging toward him. The two began to tear and nip at one another. It appeared to be some new and beautiful yet morbid dance.
"NOW!" she hollered forcing me to bolt toward the building. I forced open the door sending it clear off its hinges.
"What have you done you foolish girl!" Kassandra howled looking at the nearly broken door.
"We've been found. The Volturi are here." I spoke so quickly that I was amazed that anyone knew what I was talking about.
"I'll go tell Aurora and Solomon." Elsie looked at me wide eyed and bounded up the stairs three at a time. Not long after, the three of them escaped the room up stairs, Aurora wrapped in a blanket and being carried by Solomon.
"Who are the Volturi?" Kassandra crossed her arms over her chest making us all slow down.
"They're the police of vampires." I used the old term that Emily coined. It struck a nerve in all of us. The thoughts and memories of our former leader flooded our minds.
"We can handle them." Kassandra looked to Russell leaning toward his hand. I felt a tinge of jealousy as she grabbed his hand and stroked the soft skin on the back of his palm.