End of Part 9:
Aro’s POV:
"Felix, could anda go and find Caius and Marcus and tell them I would like to speak with them here?" I asked him. He nodded.
"Yes, Master," He replied, turning and leaving the room.
"Thank you, Felix."
I hoped that either Caius atau Marcus had even faintest idea of what we could do to save Alec, for I had no clue. I tried to hide my hopelessness from Jane, but I knew she saw it, and I knew it upset her further.
Part 18:
Aro’s POV:
The silence in the room was deafening, like a heavy blanket, stifling me. Watching Jane’s eyes, as they changed, I knew how important it was to break the silence; how it could just save her. The realization her eyes glowed for barely a moment - barely long enough for me to notice it – before it faded into black: the darkness of a knowledge which knocks anda off your perch; the darkness of losing everything and then discovering the only one who anda relied on to get it back would be no help.
I was grateful I wasn’t in Jane’s shoes as she tumbled down into the abyss of despair. But I rather I wished I wasn’t in my own, either; I didn’t want to watch this. Desperation consumed Jane as she spun, frantically searching for something. Then she bolted, fast as lighting, across the room to a heavy wooden door. Throwing it open, she ran out, disappearing down the corridor.
She would meet Marcus atau Caius soon, for that was the way Felix had left when I sent him to find them. I wondered: would Felix inform them of why I w anted to speak with them? atau would they learn it from a distressed Jane? Or, perhaps, they would arrive here, none the wiser, feeling bemused and anxious. I suspected the latter; after all, Jane was unlikely to stop and converse with them.
But when Marcus burst through the door with Didyme - Felix turning and hurrying away to find Caius – the dominant expression on both their faces was panic. I rushed to meet them, and they hastily moved toward me.
“We have I dire situation, my friends,” I stated.
“More than dire, Aro,” Didyme replied.
“This is a disaster.” Marcus spoke slowly, stunned.
“So I take it Jane told anda about what happened, then?” I guessed.
Didyme shook her head, as Marcus spoke. “She,” he said, “told us that she won’t be returning. She told us that it would cause no harm as she was already half dead.”
Before I could respond to this revelation, Didyme asked me a question.
“What happened to her?” She sounded scared now, pitying and sad.
“She lost Alec; he was taken oleh an army of… vampire children,” I replied.
Didyme’s hands flew to her mouth. “Oh, my Lord,” she whispered.
The door banged against the dinding as it was thrown open. I looked up to see Caius marching over to us, Felix just behind him.
“Well,” he said. “This is quite a shocking and distressing situation we find ourselves in.”
Aro’s POV:
"Felix, could anda go and find Caius and Marcus and tell them I would like to speak with them here?" I asked him. He nodded.
"Yes, Master," He replied, turning and leaving the room.
"Thank you, Felix."
I hoped that either Caius atau Marcus had even faintest idea of what we could do to save Alec, for I had no clue. I tried to hide my hopelessness from Jane, but I knew she saw it, and I knew it upset her further.
Part 18:
Aro’s POV:
The silence in the room was deafening, like a heavy blanket, stifling me. Watching Jane’s eyes, as they changed, I knew how important it was to break the silence; how it could just save her. The realization her eyes glowed for barely a moment - barely long enough for me to notice it – before it faded into black: the darkness of a knowledge which knocks anda off your perch; the darkness of losing everything and then discovering the only one who anda relied on to get it back would be no help.
I was grateful I wasn’t in Jane’s shoes as she tumbled down into the abyss of despair. But I rather I wished I wasn’t in my own, either; I didn’t want to watch this. Desperation consumed Jane as she spun, frantically searching for something. Then she bolted, fast as lighting, across the room to a heavy wooden door. Throwing it open, she ran out, disappearing down the corridor.
She would meet Marcus atau Caius soon, for that was the way Felix had left when I sent him to find them. I wondered: would Felix inform them of why I w anted to speak with them? atau would they learn it from a distressed Jane? Or, perhaps, they would arrive here, none the wiser, feeling bemused and anxious. I suspected the latter; after all, Jane was unlikely to stop and converse with them.
But when Marcus burst through the door with Didyme - Felix turning and hurrying away to find Caius – the dominant expression on both their faces was panic. I rushed to meet them, and they hastily moved toward me.
“We have I dire situation, my friends,” I stated.
“More than dire, Aro,” Didyme replied.
“This is a disaster.” Marcus spoke slowly, stunned.
“So I take it Jane told anda about what happened, then?” I guessed.
Didyme shook her head, as Marcus spoke. “She,” he said, “told us that she won’t be returning. She told us that it would cause no harm as she was already half dead.”
Before I could respond to this revelation, Didyme asked me a question.
“What happened to her?” She sounded scared now, pitying and sad.
“She lost Alec; he was taken oleh an army of… vampire children,” I replied.
Didyme’s hands flew to her mouth. “Oh, my Lord,” she whispered.
The door banged against the dinding as it was thrown open. I looked up to see Caius marching over to us, Felix just behind him.
“Well,” he said. “This is quite a shocking and distressing situation we find ourselves in.”
