Chapter 1

My love, my little devil. My sun, my moon, and everything in between. My mate.

100 years ago

" I told you so" I poke at my brother Riley as he rolls his eyes at me. "Yeah yeah" he says. Eddie Cullen has done it again. It's like he was created to be the worlds stupidest vampire.

His sister Alice had just called to inform me she was racing to Italy trying to reach Eddie before he got himself killed by the Volturi. Why he was dead set on committing suicide. A human. He had apparently left the girl claiming he was too dangerous for her and she couldn't handle life without him and jumped off a cliff trying to end her life. Now he wants to die too.

He's always been dramatic, ever since I met him, but I'm still loyal to his coven. Even if he's a nosy pain in the ass. The Cullens saved me and my brother Riley. I owe them my life .

We were born in Boston, Ma not too long ago. When I was 12 and Riley 18, he went missing. My family was devasted me included. Riley was my rock, my protector, he was my best friend. Losing him, made me lose myself.

I soon learned the world is easier to bear when you numb yourself. Weed taught me that. People say you can't get addicted to weed. I think I was just addicted to being high. To not feeling the sadness, the hopelessness, the guilt. It was my birthday present he was out getting when he disappeared. Weed stopped cutting it after a while though. Then came acid, molly, booze, anything I could get my hands on.

My dad had a lot of theories. He was a cop and finding Riley was all he could think about. I'd overhear him on the phone when he thought I'd went to bed. Theories ranged from human trafficking to him being dead floating in the harbor to him running away for some unknown reason. I knew he didn't run away. He was a good brother, he wouldn't leave me. Truthfully, all we knew was he was gone. His civic found in a Walgreens parking lot with the door open and all his belongings. Nothing was caught on camera. Everything was left behind. There were no leads.

Turns out, all those theories were wrong. Four years after Riley disappeared I found myself sitting in my garage in Riley's old civic. They gave it back to my dad after three years of no leads. It hadn't left the garage since. The guilt I felt was eating me alive. The loneliness. It's true what they say booze only make things worse. Before I knew it my hand was turning the key and I was sitting in a garage filling with carbon monoxide. A bottle of Jamison half drank in my hand. I felt myself slowly slipping into a peaceful sleep. I was ready to go. There was nothing more this life could offer me. I had no friends they all dropped me when my addiction problems got bad. My dad barely looked up from his work fully engrossed on solving Riley's disappearance. My mom had long since been dead. Cancer. She died when I was 7. That's partly why Riley and I were so close. Her death broke my father. Riley stepped up. He was only 13 at the time. When Riley disappeared what was left of my father was gone.

I was prepared to take my last breath when I saw Riley running towards me. I must be hallucinating or perhaps he was sent to collect me and bring me to the afterlife. Guide me like he always had, but when he came closer I saw his eyes. Bright red and his skin white like he had all the color drained from him. I tried to keep my eyes open, my blinking got slower and then there was nothing.

I don't know what happened next. I just remember feeling cold and then pain. Burning, agonizing, pain, but what Riley did... much harder. Riley was only four years into his new life. His new life as a vampire. He had gotten his thirst under control enough to pay me a visit. He had told me later he just intended to sit in the tree near my bedroom window and check in on me and my father, but he saw me in the garage. He could smell the weed and alcohol in my room. He knew what I was doing in that garage. He just couldn't sit back and watch me die. His maker I now know as a nomad named Henry had tried to get him to leave. Let fate take its course. He said it'd be too suspicious if I were to disappear too. Truth be told I think he just didn't want to share Riley's loyalty. Riley was chosen for a reason you see to be apart of this life. He had a gift. He was a shield. He could produce a mental shield that could shield himself and others from mental gifts. He could also produce a physical shield. Henry had the gift of compulsion. If he made eye contact with a human he could compel them to do anything. He was trying to use his power to keep Riley from screaming when he went to feed on him. Riley even as a human was able to resist. The vampire recognized he must be gifted and changed him. He had been learning to control his bloodlust and master his gift, traveling with Henry since.

Riley killed his maker to get to me. His maker was older but Riley was motivated. He always protected me. Carlisle has this theory. That a vampires gift comes from their most prominent trait that they carry over from human life. If there was one word to describe Riley it would be protective. How he managed to control his thirst and change me rather than drain me. I cannot imagine.

I woke up confused but Riley was there. He explained to me that he had changed and he had changed me to save me. He told me he would take care of me and we would travel the world together navigating this new life. Shortly after that we ran into one Rosalie Hale. She was leaving an auto shop somewhere in Minnesota. Her boyfriend Emmett not far behind. She saw us feeding. Riley was doing his best but to be so new to being a vampire and babysitting a newborn was hard. She offered us help. Help learning control, getting money, learning to really live in this life. How to stay off the Volturis radar. She told us about her diet of animal blood and a different way to live. We ended up staying with the Cullens for a few months. They taught us a lot about being a vampire. Henry had helped Riley but he always wanted to be able to control him. He kept things from him so he'd have to rely on Henry. The Cullens didn't. They genuinely wanted to help us both. Help me get through my newborn stage and my bloodlust. Having them really saved us. Riley had decent control but not nearly enough to be taking care of a newborn with addiction issues.

They introduced us to the Denalis as well. That's when we found out about my gift. Thank you Eleazar. Now not to toot my own horn but I'm fucking awesome. As a human I had always been very in tune with my environment and I loved being outside. I'm not sure why or if that's what manifested itself into my gift but it seemed my gift was weather. I can summon lighting and the suns fire. I can control the wind and clouds. It's increasingly helpful as a vampire to be able to make an area overcast with the flick of my wrist. There is a drawback though. Using my gift makes me hungry very quickly so I consume more than three times the amount of blood that a normal vampire needs to be full when I use my gift a lot. We enjoyed living with the Cullens, but animal blood was hard for me to live on. I had to drink so much of it when I used my powers. To be honest I think a part of me missed the thrill of hunting humans. We ended up leaving the Cullens to continue our traveling going back to human blood not long after. Riley didn't care either way, going with whatever I wanted. Carlisle was disappointed but he told us he understood and we'd always have a place with him and his family. He's a good man. Part of me did want to stay. I loved Rosalie and Emmett. They were my first vampire friends. Alice and Jasper too. Jasper and Riley became really fast friends, bonding over a love for physical violence. Boys. Esme was ever the loving mother. She took to me and Riley immediately. It was strange my own mother dying when I was so young, it felt nice to have that figure in my life again. The only one who I couldn't not stand was Edward. He's bitch and moan about not being able to read me or Riley. Riley the ever protective older brother kept me under his shield as much as he could. Edward would always say he thought we were hiding something. "Why else would they block me out" hes say. As if we needed a reason to not have his nosy ass reading all of our thoughts. Like who would want that?

Anyway enough of the history lesson. I shook my head of my inner monologue and looked to Riley.

"Alice wants us to try and get to Voltura because we're the closet to Italy" I tell him as I grab my black leather jacket off the hook.

"You know I will always be loyal to the Cullens after all they did for us but is it worth the risk? They broke the law. I don't want Eddie to die even if he throws hissy fits about not being able to read me every time we see him. But the Volturi? We've managed to stay off their radar you know what Carssile told us about them liking to "collect" vampires with gifts. What if they try and take you or me" Riley says from his place next to the fireplace staring at the flames.

"Riley" I start as I walk towards him "What we owe Carlisle. What he gave us. We can finally repay him. I don't like it but we can't let Edward die. Not when his mate is alive on her way to save him." I put my hand on his shoulder silently offering comfort but the message was clear. We're going.

"you're right, we owe them. Without them I wouldn't have been able to get you through the newborn stage. Let's go" Riley finally relented and we were out the door.

We had been living in a cottage in Russia so we decided it was best to run to Italy. If we're lucky we'll get there in time.

The run was quick but not quick enough. We didn't need to stay in contact with Alice because she could see us. She called us when we arrived and told us she was right behind us. "Go to the clock tower" she said before hanging up.

We were at the edge of the forest looking over the city. The sun was shining bright so we hid in the shadows. "Maddie" Riley started to say. "I know" I replied.

I then focused on the clouds, I felt the familiar tug in my gut and the clouds started forming together becoming overcast. Changing the weather is an art you see. If I do it too fast the humans get suspicious. However, in this case if I do it too slow Edward exposes himself and we don't get to him in time. Fuck it, within seconds it was raining in Voltura. Hopefully that is enough to stop Edward from being a glittering glow stick in front of the humans.

As soon as the sun was covered we raced to the clock tower. Turns out our timing was perfect. The human had gotten to Edward just as he was about to reveal himself and seconds before the rain started. We saw them embrace and pushed them inside the buildings, closing the giant wooden doors. Edward clung to the human "Bella" he said as they hugged each other.

He was safe. Mission complete. I was about to high five my brother when two cloaked figures came towards us. One was giant well over six feet the other less intimidating but walked with a confidence. Members of the guard for sure. Edward let out a warning growl.

"Edward don't" Riley grabbed the wrist not wrapped around the human I now know as Bella. He turned seemingly just noticing our presence. His eyes then shifted from Riley to me and then back. I couldn't tell if he was glad we were there or if he became even more worried.

"Aro requests your presence" Commanded the giant man

"Bella why don't you go enjoy the festival" Edward said turning to Bella trying to gently push her more behind him

"The girl comes with us, he wants all of you" growled out the guard. Looking at all of us

Perfect timing as always the door broke open and Alice came through "come on boys we wouldn't want to make a scene"

"Enough" a new voice said. The voice was feminine gentle, airy, almost sing songy yet commanding leaving no room for argument. It was the most magical sound I had ever heard.

"Jane.." Edward whispered eyes downcast

I had l heard that name before. One of the witch twins. Her and her brother Alec, they had gifts that could make even the most powerful of vampires cripple. They were probably the most feared vampires besides the kings. If not more so than they kings. With Jane here, we knew we were going with them to see the kings. Knowing the stories about her I wisely chose to keep my head down and not look at her, doing my best to avoid the gift I'd heard so much about. I wonder if Riley's shield would stop it? Even so I tried my best not to draw attention to myself. Though part of me, this nagging feeling, was begging me to look up into her eyes. I almost listened to the voice when I felt her eyes on me. Instead, I looked to Riley and he had schooled his features not showing his fear. I knew better, he was nervous. I couldn't blame him I was too. We followed Jane down the dimly lit hallway and to an elevator. Riley following Edward in and then myself, Jane last standing in front of me. I hadn't taken a breath the whole time as we were around humans and while my control was ok I didn't want to take an unnecessary chance. I hadn't yet been required to talk so I held my breath for the sake of Edwards mate. However, once in the elevator I couldn't help but take a deep breath to try and calm my nerves. A habit from my time as a human. I knew it was a mistake I was overtaken by the most intoxicating scent I had ever had the pleasure of bearing witness to. It was roses and smoke, I could only describe it as smelling like a fall night it was unique and it was a drug to me. At first I thought it was the human. I tried to distract myself with the god awful elevator music.

Fuck how I wish the scent had been Bella's blood. The elevator doors opened and Jane stepped out sparing me a glance over her shoulder. We locked eyes and I felt it. I had heard it described by Rosalie and Emmett countless times. When you see your one, your soulmate. The pull the shift of the universe. When I looked into her crimson eyes my whole world became about one thing. Jane. My angel. My little devil. My sun my moon. My mate.