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Caius POV

We reached Port Angeles in a few minutes and the cave only few seconds after that. In my back Riley whined to stop us and I heard Jane snort in annoyance. I felt similar why I didn't say a word.

Suddenly four or five vampires stormed outside the hole which was the cave and attacked us. This was kind of interesting. The feared their mistress and her anger more than the clear to see death. Now it made sense to me why Riley was begging us to leave him somewhere else. But... I wasn't that kindhearted like my brothers. I decided to take him in the cave with me so Victoria could see who she had betrayed. I grinned expectantly at this thought. I waved my hand and Felix and Demetri killed in an instant two of the vampires. Jane sent one down screaming in agony while one lunged at me. I dodged the attack with ease and ripped with an easy motion the head of the vampire off. I shattered it without a second thought and destroyed the body so he couldn't get an annoyance when we rescued that brat. I had to remember to give Felix or Demetri the order to clean the "battlefield".

Suddenly a scream was heard, then I smelled the blood. It was a heavy smell, like vanilla and freesias, mixed with a hint of roses. I felt myself getting hungry. Angrily I shook my head and walked to the entrance. Felix joined me, while Jane and Demetri killed the two other vampires.

"Clean this disaster when you are ready here." I gave the order and checked it on the list in my head. First point now was rescuing the new toy of Aro. He would've killed me if his new toy got broken before he even saw it.

I entered the small cave and stopped in motion. The ground was bloody as if the vampires slaughtered humans in here. I knew they didn't because Riley couldn't stop but talk about the hunting trips they did in the nights. It was interesting but after a while I got bored as always. I had all the information I needed but I couldn't kill him in the city so I had to endure him all the way here. Even the nerves of Demetri lay blank after we reached here. And our tracker was one of the most patient vampires I ever saw which meant a lot. He endured even Aro without a sigh (which also meant a lot).

In one corner (which was almost perfectly rectangular) lay a human girl. I saw a blood red bra and pale skin that even my brothers and I had more color than her. Mahogany-colored hair was spread around her and let it look like the wings of an angel. The chocolate-colored eyes seemed to stare right through me. She looked like she was going to faint, after a check of her body I would assume that it wasn't the first time since she was held captive in her. Fear streaked me. I loved my existence. Aro would kill me when he saw the scars of the torture on her small body. And there was not a small possibility to hide them. Even in a dress with high cleavage would be one single scar be seen.

I growled in rage. Maybe Aro had known this and I played just perfectly along. Maybe he had searched for a reason to get rid of me and here I stood with his new toy. With marks all over her body for everybody to see.

Desperately I felt the urge to kill someone and there she was. A red-head vampire with a small grin on her lips. When she heard me she raised in shock but I was faster and pulled her up. I let her realize who I was then I smacked her into the wall. She screamed in fear and rage, but over every other emotion pain. I smiled at her.

"That is the reason why you shouldn't play with another one's toy," I said calmly and kicked her legs. She scrambled to the floor but raised fast.

"She is my toy!" she declared but I proved her wrong: "She is the new toy of your very own king, King Aro! And never ever talk to me like that, you little brat!"

She lunged at me but I dodged. I kicked her in the arms of Felix.

"Take her. Bring her in the cell in the plain. We are leaving this town tonight." Felix bowed and dragged a screaming and yelling Victoria outside. After they disappeared I bowed to the girl on the floor. She fainted like I had predicted. I took her bridal style and ran for the hospital I saw on the way here.

A doctor saw us coming and stared at the girl before he called a nurse. "Prepare an infusion for her. She will need the blood. Prepare also an operation room. We will need to check if some of the organs are damaged. Quick!"

He took the girl and left for the room he ordered the nurse to prepare.

Two hours later I leaned at the wall because it was disturbing to pretend that you had to move around even if it was a little bit.

The doctor left the room and came to me.

"Mister-" he stopped, suddenly realizing that he didn't know my name. I would do nothing giving away my real name.

"Di Angelo," I said with fake accent. I smiled at the man even though it hurt me inwardly. "Dottore, how is this...little one doing?" I stopped in the middle of my sentence as if I couldn't remember the words I wanted to say.

"Well, she lost a big amount of blood. I don't think that it would be a good idea to move her now," the man said as if he could read my thoughts like my brother. "The broken leg has to be treated by now so it could heal properly. All in all it would be better if she would stay with us for one week so we can watch over her," he continued. I sighed at this words.

"I'll take her with me on my own risk. If something happens to her I will not accuse you," I said to him and my smile got reassuringly. Suddenly I heard a groan, the doctor, too. He placed a hand on her forehead when she opened her eyes.

"Miss, how do you feel?" he asked the brat. I controlled my expression so I didn't snarl at her. I couldn't believe that she was that dangerous for my existence. How should I know what it was that Aro's interested him in her?

"Like a train hit me," she said and something in her voice calmed me down a bit. Then I heard her increased heartbeat. She was lying at us. I could imagine that it wasn't so nice like she told us. Her breast didn't move obvious so I guessed it hurt her breathing. The doctor sighed and I followed his example. Her eyes fixated on me for a moment but she didn't dare looking me in the eyes.

"Where am I?" she asked, trying to get up. The doctor pressed her on the bed again.

"You are in the hospital of Port Angeles. You need to rest," he explained with a soft voice. Her eyes closed in an instant. When the doctor left her room he glanced to Jane and Demetri both standing behind me. But the stood where they were. The human gave up and left alone.

Suddenly I heard a thump and I looked to the bed. The human was under her blanket and her heartbeat increased again. What-?

I went over to her, grabbed the blanket and pulled it away. With eyes wide of shock she stared up to me. I swear that I could read her thoughts without having the ability to do so. I guessed that she heard about us. If she was with Carlisle, like Edward showed Aro, then she heard about us when he told her his story.

"What-" she stopped herself in the sentence, her voice trembling with fear. I smiled at her but this time my smile felt different. She relaxed a bit.

"What is a vampire king doing in my hospital room?" she asked this time in a full sentence.

"I was send here to take you to Volterra," I told her. "You are a witness in the trial of Edward Mason Cullen."

She hugged herself and made a face if someone was ripping her heart off.

"What is he doing in Volterra?" she asked in a low voice. She shocked me, and obvious Jane and Demetri, too. We stared at her in disbelieve. She... this little brat feared for a vampire who left her and not for herself? She could get killed if she entered our castle. And all she asked was what happened to this strange yellow-eyed vampire?! I shook my head.

"That's none of your business." I glared at her after I caught my composure. This shocked me a bit. I never thought that a human could catch me off-guard but here I stood and stared into these chocolate-colored eyes. The brat closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"I won't go with you," she suddenly spatted out. "It's none of my business as you said before. So why should I go there? If he like to get killed it's his decision! He left me, there is no reason why I should risk my life to save his!"

My mouth fell open as the mouths of Demetri and Jane. It was the first time after almost three thousand years that there was someone who argued with me. And I- I felt happy, even a bit confused and shocked by the refusal, but happy that she didn't just accept what I told her.

"You will come with us. You have no right to argue in this point," I stretched my back and smiled evil. "But I promise that no one would hurt you until you do what I say you to do."

Update (10/04/22): Fixed grammar, spelling mistakes