Marcus P.o.V

My brother left the throne room with a deadly glare.

Sometimes I ask myself who was the better actor; Aro or Caius. They both have great potential to become one. Of course, Aro would have more offers because the bloodthirsty type didn't belong in every movie. Still, with Aro's cheery attitude I thought that he had chances to become very famous. I smiled a bit at that thought ignoring the questioning looks sent my way from my other brothers.

Two hours after Aro and I made our decision to send Caius to look for the girl we heard the door crashing against the wall. Drama Queen Caius made his exit. I smiled halfheartedly, used to his theatrics.

After a while, I stood up and walked to the mahogany doors. There, I turned around and looked a last time at the bonds around me. Actually, I did it all the time. It wasn't a gift like the one Aro had, though.

I saw bonds every time I look at someone. Something like the ever-active gift the young Cullen had; the mind-reading one, Edward, was it? Like Edward, I developed a way to ignore it. So, I had to concentrate on the bonds to see them, really.

It was surprising that so many bonds appeared when the Cullen entered the room. As expected, nobody from the Volturi had bonds with him. They all hated the Cullen's, in one way or another. When he entered, though, some bonds grew in the distance. And one surprised me that much that it was hard for me to concentrate on something else: The golden bond of mates that glowed in the darkness of the "bonds-world" like I called it.

When Aro told us that there was a human girl who knew of our existence, I knew that she had to be alive and that the distant bonds were about her. I was curious.

Who was the girl like my bloodthirsty brother was bonded to? Aro already showed a bond of dark blue. His little sister would love to play him tricks. The brotherly bond was interesting. Normally it was the cheery brother of mine who built fatherly bonds. Only towards us I saw the brotherly bond. Jane and Alec, the two youngest vampires, were the ones who had him as a father right now. He was fond of them. Everyone said he spent only that much time with them because was intrigued by their gifts, but even without their gift he would still love them. It wasn't that Aro had no love to spend. He wanted to become father when we were humans but it never worked out. Sulpicia was unable to receive children and that hadn't changed when we changed her. So, Aro gave the love for children to the newborn vampires, as they are technically children compared to us.

"I guess we will meet again, soon, brother," I told Aro and left the room. I walked to my chambers where my wife was waiting for me. When I entered I froze. The red dress she wore was beautiful. It was tight and showed her lovely body. Her black hair was in slight curls and two strands were in a clip at the back of her head.

"Hello, beauty," I smiled. It was rare that I saw her like that.

"So I guess you guys sent Caius to the new world?" Didyme asked. (It was no rare occasion that he slammed the doors like that so I took a guess.)

"You eavesdropped" I accused her. Her jaw nearly hit the ground but then she grinned.

"I knew you would find out," she sighed, "How?"

"Didyme, darling, you are a terrible liar even now after three thousand years. Caius slams the doors so often even I always wonder how they are still attached to the hinges."

Her bell-like laugh was worth the for my part long paragraph I said. I wasn't known for talking much. When I did talk, most vampires would stop and listen because they probably feared me more than my brothers.

"So, Caius was send to get a human girl that knows about our race?" my mate asked me, curious.

I only nodded and sat down next to her. "And now we are waiting that he gets back here.''

Two days later Aro received a phone call from Caius that he and the guards he took with him were at the airport. My brother sent Alec to bring them back. We had half an hour before they arrived. I entered the throne room this time followed by Didyme who was curious for the human. Aro's mate and wife Sulpicia was there, too. I raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. The same as ever. I sat down and we waited.

Suddenly the doors slammed again against the wall behind them. I swear I saw it happen to kill my brother for killing our doors. We heard a human heart but it had a slow and steady beat so I wondered. I have never heard a slow heart. All humans had a fast heartbeat when they saw one of us; their instincts would scream danger at the sight of us. The girl who entered the room slowly after Caius had no signs of fear in her eyes. The color of molten chocolate was a nice contrast to the pale skin and the mahogany hair of her fell in nice waves over her back. Felix closed the doors behind them.

Aro raised from his seat and I followed his example; for the first time in forever.

"Welcome to Volterra!" he exclaimed and Caius and his mate both frowned. Caius did not seem pleased that Aro used he words he normally said when it was feeding time. His mate, Bella, seemed not to like the words. Maybe she realized the tension of the four vampires behind her. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Bella."

The girl stared him dead in the eyes. "Of course," she said sarcastically, "from everyone I wanted to hear it I never heard it. But from a vampire I don't even know (who seems to know a lot about me) Great. My life couldn't get better anymore."

Aro stared at her in disbelieve. She blankly looked back. The human didn't care for her life, it seemed. Suddenly someone started laughing. Aro turned around and stared at his wife. Sulpicia grasped the throne because she was laughing so hard she nearly fell to the ground.

"She's funny. Can we keep her? Please?" she asked Aro still laughing; she looked like she could cry if she could. We heard a mumble but it was, even for our ears, too low. I was curious about what she told herself. But she seemed pleased that nobody understood her.

She cleared her throat and said: "Nice to meet you, too. Excuse me, please. My manners are still asleep, it seems."

"Do you know why you are here, Bella?" Aro asked and walked up to her. Without asking for permission he grabbed her hand. She let him. After a while Aro looked taken aback.

"Nothing," he said.

"Surprise," Bella said dryly.

"E- he couldn't read my thoughts so why should you? It seems that it's quite useful to be not the average teenage girl."

"You know about my gift?" the vampire king asked.

The girl shrugged. "I guessed that you did it on purpose. After what you said I realized that you must have a gift that works like the one he has."

Aro bared his teeth and wanted to grab her hand again but this time Caius stood there and slammed our brother in the wall.

"Enough, brother!" he said, looking deadly.

Update (11/08/22): Fixed Grammar and spelling mistakes