After reading the note left in the hall, I raced to the location indicated on the map and got to the point a few minutes after midnight. I entered the building and proceeded into the center of the hall. No one would care about my…

"You're late." I heard an all too familiar voice. Kassandra.

"I tried to get here as fast as I could." I have her a crooked smile.

"Right."

"So you're the one who wrote the—"

"Yes." She smiled. "I thought you might want to know why you've been in the dark for so long." Her smile grew and she looked just as menacing as Emily did.

"So, what was it that you wanted to reveal to me?"

"I know you and your coven want Russell."

"What?" I was speechless. "It'd be nice that he joined us but…"

"Oh shut it. It's clearly obvious with the way you look at him. He's meat to you."

"No he's—"

"You're friend, Christoph, wants my sister." She growled.

"She's his singer." I tried to reason with her but I only gained manic laughter.

"Singer. Right." She laughed more. "And I'm apart of the Volturi."

I stood where I was unsure of what to say or do. She took this as the opportunity to advance making me, by instinct, step back.

"You know, he and Luca are the last Seers?" She laughed again.

"The last?"

"Yes. That witch of a sister of yours executed them all." She became serious. "Now, I find that you and I can both have a Seer. You can have Luca and I can have Russell."

"But what if he…"

"They're mine." Kassandra advanced on me. "They aren't going anywhere you spoiled brat."

"Eventually, he's going to search for more of his own kind and Christopher won't go down with out a fight. You can't hold them forever."

"Oh. I know." She nodded. "She was the first human he saw. He's sweet on her. I know." She smiled, knowing that it struck a nerve with me. "I'm going to keep them with me for as long as possible. Turn her if I have to. But that will come later." I noticed her eyes change to black.

"What does any of this have to do with me?"

"Kassandra!" Katrina called from the door. She didn't have her cane or Christopher leading the way.

"Katrina, Stay where you are." Kassandra began but she was stubborn and stepped into the room. She tripped when she stepped into the room, which led her to feel her way around on the walls.

"Leave Blythe alone." Katrina's voice was strong, stronger than I've ever heard her.

"Stay out."

"NO!" she shouted again and her sister's eyes darkened. She lunged toward her sister, tossing her across the room like a child would toss a toy. She landed like a ragdoll and I could hear her rasping breathing and slowing heart beat.

"And stay out." She turned back to me. "Where were we? Oh yes." After I didn't say anything she proceeded toward me. I noticed her snap and my body became ridged. I couldn't move. When she was close enough to feel her breath on my face, she placed a hand on my face and I felt a strange warmth on my cheek.

"You see we're different." She plunged her free hand into my abdomin.