Out the back of one of the larger buildings of the central business district, concealed by shadows a female figure appeared.

She was in Tripoli. 

She'd traveled a lot in her time wandering the earth and this just happened to be her closest safe place to Cairo.

She figured she'd only have hours before he tracked her to there so she wandered the city for a while, taking in the sights until she felt that familiar shiver down her spine. Her ability was warning her, recognizing the threat before her senses could even keep up.

She lingered in the shadows of an office building her body alert. Andy could see people going about their daily business with no clue as to the dangers that lurk. She could hear gulls on the coast and the waves crashing on the shore over the constant hum of human life. She could smell the differing rusty tang off sweet, sweet blood as they passed her unaware. The different flavors, from the drugged up humans that provide a high, to the pure ones that have no 'additives', as she liked to call it.

Andy ran a hand through her blonde hair as she inhaled deeply. Blood type, gender, lifestyle; the things that determine the taste of her next meal. Her preferences changed over the years, she enjoyed sampling different types like it was fine wine. The floral scent of a human hit her and she coughed a little. She always hated the artificial ones. But beneath all the earthy, sweet, sour and musty scents, only one caught her attention.

Andy's body tensed as her eyes scanned her surroundings at full speed. She couldn't spot him but the scent of mint and falling rain was unmistakable.

Without a second thought she teleported to the next city.

Flashback About 1080 AD Crete, Greece:

Andromeda wandered the open halls of the place she'd called home for the last six decades. Ever since Athenodora had changed her, saving her life in the process, she'd become a very active member of her coven. 

"Hello little mouse, how are you fairing?" A male voice said and she turned to face the man with a bright smile. 

"I'm doing well Mathias, are you hunting me" she grinned playfully as her golden tresses blew in the wind and he smiled softly. 

"Of course you are the mouse, and I am the cat. Is my brother treating you well?" He inquired and she failed to recognize the power hungry sinister glint in his eyes. 

"Of course." She said in response. "Aegeus protects me, as his name says. He's my father."

"That is good child." He replied tensely.

"I'm not a child."

"I can clearly see that. I am merely referring to your innocence my dear, you have yet to see the full extent of the world."

"I don't mind," she shrugged her shoulders, "my family is here, so this is where I shall remain."

"You should come to Madrid with me on a small holiday, I'm sure your father won't mind. It'll give you the chance to experience the world a little." He said coaxingly.

"I'll think about it." She said as a tall muscular man approached. She spotted him and threw herself into his chest without second thought. 

"Andromeda," the older male chuckled at his charge returning the hug. "Thalia is going to bring back dinner soon," he said lifting her chin to meet her black eyes. "But first I have a job for you my dear."

Mathias eyes her as her seemingly sweet smile turned sinister with the prospect of a hunt. 

"Anything papa."

"There is a vampire in Athens trying to make a new born army. He needs to be stopped." Aegeus looked down at his child wearily, he always hated sending her out on these missions alone. Ever since Athenodora had brought the young women into their home she became a light to him and his mate Thalia.

"I shall leave immediately." She grinned.

"Take your brother with you." He added stopping her mid step as she audibly groans as she vanished to another part of the building. 

"You treat her like a child." Mathias snapped at his brother once the girl had left. "Do you think you can keep her hidden forever." 

"We have an alliance with the Volturi brother, but I'd rather keep her abilities hidden for the time being." They were not brothers in blood but in venom as they shared the same sire.

"And if they come?"

"Her loyalties cannot be shifted from this coven, it is why we have the alliance. I'm a shield and I protect my own. She became a part of this family the moment Athenodora dragged her limp form through those doors." He pointed at the double doors at the end of the hall for effect.  

"And if the Volturi decide to attack, then what?" The younger male snapped.

"Your hatred for them is consuming you Mathias, we want the same things as them. We respect each other."

"You're naive," Mathias snarled. "How can you trust them so easily."

"I don't, but I trust Caius's love for Athenodora, that's good enough for me." Aegeus points out, "their union will unite our coven's, they are true mates."

"We don't need to answer to them Aegeus, this coven is more powerful than their's. Don't you think it's time for new leadership."

Aegeus looked at his brother in sadness. "Your desire for power is beginning to consume you, look past your hatred of them, I beg of you Mathias, let it go."

"I can't." The younger brother replied his eyes dark in anger as he sped from the house. 

The vampiress was in Madrid, she knew it was time to hand him over, time for him to pay for his sins. She'd tortured him long enough. Now it was someone else who would to the torturing. Namely the platinum blonde Volturi King and his mate.

She honed her senses her eyes falling on a dull lit street that three drunk teens were wondering down. They smelt incredibly mouth watering but her attention was drawn to a male figure hidden in the shadow of the nearby lights. 

She felt her muscles coil in reflex as he attacked the trio. The vampire sank his teeth into the neck of the screaming girl as the other male and female fled further into the abandoned alley. Her mouth watered slightly at the scent of fresh blood laced with adrenaline and fear. It was hard to keep her head clear as the blood assaulted her senses but she did come all this way for a reason. She spotted them making an admirable escape attempt while the male was consumed with his blood lust. 

Without a second thought she leaped from her perch like a lithe feline landing between her prey and their only escape a sinister grin on her lips. She stalked forward taunting them as they panicked. In one swift motion she knocked the female into unconsciousness and sank her teeth into the male. 

Andy held tight to her prey as she dragged his body towards an abandoned building grabbing the female by the collar of her shirt as well. She kicked in a steel door and placed the female in a room then continued to leave a trail of blood to the second floor. Spotted the male vampire outside the window looking for his meal, she allowed a smirk to grace her lips.

He recognized her scent an no doubt knew why she was here. Andromeda was a wolf in sheep's clothing, pretending to be prey when in fact she was the predator. She wanted him to track her, he knew as much, it was his gift after all. Nothing in comparison to the Volturi tracker but it still made him a formidable opponent. He could leave, he could flee now, but he knew she would catch him. She preferred luring her prey instead of hunting, but he knew her. He knew how dangerous she would be if she decided to do the hunting.

They made quite the pair in the past. He would track the prey, she would teleport them in. She was faster than a new born and once they'd cornered their prey all she had to do was teleport behind them and remove their heads. She enjoyed the killing, he could see it in her eyes, but she enjoyed the hunt more. Everything was a game to her. He always attributed this to her innocence and child like nature at the time. But that facade fell when the Greek coven did. She loved games still but the nature of them were no longer innocent - for a vampire that is. Andy as she went by now, always had another agenda. Her motives were known to no one but herself, and that made her dangerous.

Mathias followed the very obvious trail of blood accepting that his life was most likely going to end.

She could feel her venom working it's way through her meal's system and without hesitation she sank her teeth back into his flesh to finish the job. Andromeda had her own reasons as to why she never created more of her kind.

Her abilities alerted her to his presence as she fed. She dropped her now empty blood bag to the ground with a slight shove and slowly turned to face the male her crimson eyes reflecting the street light, her lips stained with the blood of the innocent, a small trail of blood running down her chin. 

With a grin Andy reached down, tore a piece of her prey's shirt and used it to wipe clean the blood. 

"Mathias." She greeted.

"Andromeda." He replied his whole form tensed as the little mouse grinned at him.

"I've come to collect." She said simply, "so you can breathe Mathias, I'm not going to kill you."

"What do you want?"

"I need you to wait right here and give this to the tracker that is following me." She said producing a folded note from her inside jacket pocket. 

"That's all." Mathias asked shocked that he might make it out of this encounter alive...

"I've grown bored of torturing you with my presence, you're Caius's problem now." She said simply not caring for the vampire.

"You-" he began but she cut him off with a simple gesture.

"Are respecting the alliances of old." She smirked at him. "Fitting don't you think." 

"I'd prefer it if you just killed me." He said straightening his posture staring straight at the small predator before him. 

"I would never grant you that mercy, not after what you did." Her eyes narrowed dangerously.

"So you let me live to torture me for my crimes. Is that why you saved my life, so I would perish when you deem fit."

"Do you deny you deserve such punishment?"

"No."

"Then you will wait here for Demetri and deliver him this note." She commanded placing the paper on the window sill. 

"You are not God, you cannot play with lives like this." He states but the younger vampire just grinned in response.

"You know me Mathias, I like my games." He didn't reply instead he took a position beside her taking the note into his hands.

"I can hear a heart beat." He murmured his eyes not leaving the streets where the nightlife was bustling around. 

"Yes the Volturi tracker has been following me for days, he's quite persistent and dangerously skilled. He'll need a snack." She hummed in amusement and also looked down at the streets. "It's been a long time since this city has seen the rivers of blood you brought with you. They called you the bringer of death, a horseman of the apocalypse, they worshiped you." Her eyes very obviously roved his form in disgust. "O how the mighty have fallen."

"And you? You used to be so innocent." He gazed at her in sadness much how his brother used to look at him.

"You took my innocence, you made me a monster." She snarled, then straightened pushing those emotions away. "This is me letting that go. I'm letting you go, along with the past. Nearly a millennium has passed. You're the last of the cult alive. The Volturi have you at the top of their list with little stars around your name. This is my closure."

"I both loathe and love you little mouse." He said solemnly and her eyes meet his. "I am sorry."

"I both loathe and love you too Mathias." She replied accepting his apology. He watched the vampiress as she closed her eyes taking a deep unneeded breath before vanishing.