ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜰᴀʀ. ᴅᴀᴍɴ. ɪ ꜱᴇʀɪᴏᴜꜱʟʏ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡᴏᴜʟᴅ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴍʏ ᴡʀɪᴛɪɴɢ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴠɪɴɢ ᴍᴇ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ. ꜱᴏʀʀʏ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀɴʏ ɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴀᴛɪᴄᴀʟ ᴇʀʀᴏʀꜱ, ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴛɪᴍᴇꜱ ɪ ꜱᴜᴄᴋ ᴀᴛ ɢʀᴀᴍᴍᴀʀ.

ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴏꜰꜰɪᴄɪᴀʟʟʏ ᴜᴘʀᴏᴏᴛᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴ ᴘʟᴏᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴛᴡɪʟɪɢʜᴛ. ɪᴛ ꜱʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʙᴇ ᴀɴ ʜᴏɴᴏʀ, ʙᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴡ ɪ'ᴍ ɢᴏɴɴᴀ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ꜰɪx ꜱᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢꜱ. ɪ ᴍᴇᴀɴ, ᴍʏ ꜰᴏʀᴇꜱʜᴀᴅᴏᴡɪɴɢ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜱᴏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ɪᴛ ᴡᴀꜱ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ɪᴛ ᴅɪᴅ.

ᴍʏ ᴄᴏɴꜱᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴘᴇɴᴀɴᴄᴇ ꜰʟᴀꜱʜʙᴀᴄᴋꜱ ᴡʜᴇɴ ɪ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ-ꜰᴇʟɪx, ᴍʏ ᴍᴀɴꜱ, ᴍʏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴍᴀɴꜱ.

Anna's POV

After about an hour of introductions, Helios and Jasper were finally getting used to being near each other. Of course, Jasper was the one who needed a bit of coaxing, as he had been in a really dark place, but Helios was willing to wait for his soul uncle. They would learn to love each other just like they loved any other one of their covenmates, as that was what I assumed Jasper wanted.

Forever was what I wanted. No more letters, no more waiting for what my brother was going to say. I wanted him here with me, as a part of my coven. Whether or not my other friends would join the Volturi remained unknown. I wouldn't want to push any one of them to join just because I would love to see them more often. Joining a coven required that you be willing to accept them as your family.

The Cullens were already a family, albeit an estranged one, as Jasper clearly needed some more love and attention from them. Them joining a new family may be too hard right now. I didn't know the nitty gritty details, but Carlisle sounded like he wanted to sort things out, not just let things go and cut people off.

That wasn't the Carlisle that I knew. It would take so much for him to get to that breaking point. I had never even seen him break before. He was always so calm and collected in the way he carried himself, prideful yet humble in his regards to his diet and family.

"So, what do you like to eat, lil' man?" Jasper asks Helios, who is hugging onto his legs. My son had been growing more, but seemed to slow down a bit after last week. He loved attention, craved it over anything, even human blood.

"Blood is good. Mamma lets me eat cookies after dinner sometimes," Helios explains.

"You like cookies? What kind?" Jaz questions further. I bet you love this, Jaz. I know that you're going to feed my son a bunch of cookies and spoil him rotten. God, so is Rose once she finds out. Actually, she might slap me in the face first for not telling her that I have a kid now. I wouldn't blame her, I would slap her if she did the same to me.

"Chocolate chip and lemon. Lemons are amazing. I really like lemons," Although my son's development was accelerated, he did act like a child in so many ways. He was impeccably smart with a perfect memory, but he did like to point out that he was a baby and that babies deserve cuddles. Sneaky little man.

"Ooh, I used to love chocolate when I was human," Helios' little face lights up. "Do you usually stay in the nest or does mamma let you walk around and play?"

"Mamma always lets me play with my big brothers and sisters. Janey and Alec play with me when they aren't at work. We like to play in the garden. Janey is super cool! She can make sure that I stay safe by making people hurt. Alec can knock them out with his mist! I wanna be like them!" Jasper laughs at the descriptions of Jane and Alec. The three of them really had become inseparable, with Jane taking on a very serious big sister role. Alec was always the one to get him to do mischief. It was cute.

"Why don't you tell Helios what you can do, uncle Jaz?" I coax my soul brother to spill his secret of being gifted. "I bet little Helios would love to learn about your gift. He knows that two of his daddies are gifted and that his mamma is gifted."

"Ok," Helios' eyes light up again, waiting for the news, "I have the ability to feel other people's emotions and manipulate them. I can make people calmer or happier and I can feel when people are sad or mad. I get affected by what other people are feeling, good or bad."

Helios almost squeals, looking very impressed by his newfound knowledge. Just like his mother, he wanted to learn. He wanted to learn everything about everyone that came into the castle.

"Guess what I can do?" I shake my head, not knowing what my son was about to do. Maeve! Maeve what is going on? Just let it happen, Anna, let it go. Let it go. Why are you singing. You forget that I know some things about the future. That song has been in my mind for like a week. What is Helios about to do, o wise one? Not telling you now, Anna, Helios will show you what he can do.

Before I had any time to react and ask my son what he was about to do, Helios shot light through part of his shirt, creating a clear rip in the newly washed fabric. I hissed and picked up my son, looking at his hands, which did not have any signs of damage.

"What did you just do, Heelie?" I question my little boy, who smiles awkwardly. Oh, he knew what he was doing and he knew that I didn't know. You cheeky little one. You cheeky little thing! I can't even tell if you're talking to me or Helios. Honestly, I'm talking to you both!

"Anna," Jaz's voice was soft, "Did you not know that your own son was gifted?"

"No, I did not know that my own son was gifted, Jasper!" I roll up Helios' sleeve in order to cover the cut that he made in his shirt.

The cut that he had made was not like that of a burn, but it did have some edges that would suggest otherwise. It was mostly clean. The light that came out of his hands had created this cut without hurting him too much. Of course, his skin was much more durable and his blood and bones were laced with venom, making him just as if not more durable than a vampire. Even we did not have venom on our bones, just going through our veins.

"Don't do that to me again, Helios Volturi," My son looks down on the floor as I hold him up, checking him all over for any sort of damage. "You scared your mamma."

"Mi dispiace, mamma. Non volevo spaventarti," I shook my head.

"Adesso sembri tuo padre. Non tirare fuori il tuo regalo senza nemmeno informarmi che ne hai uno," Helios giggled at the comparison and I kissed his raven hair. "You look too cute to be mad at, you know that, Piccolo Principe?"

"I do now, mamma," Helios giggled as his father entered the room. The same father that I had compared him to cleared his throat before smiling at his son.

"While I am glad that you all look like you are having a grand old time in our nest, I will need to inform you that everyone is meeting in the throne room for a coven meeting. Jasper, you will be present for this meeting. Helios, my son, come with me," Aro guides Helios out of the nest before allowing Jasper and I to walk after him.

The halls of Volterra were much livelier now that Helios had graced them with his life. Most of the guards that had once done their jobs with scowls on their faces were happy to work in the presence of their prince. While morale had never been an issue, some newborns didn't have it in them yet to work nicely on a feeding schedule, constantly hungry and therefore annoyed with life and their immortality.

My hunger had been dying down a bit, my body finally realizing that it would get food on Fridays. I was still in no way a normal vampire. I was still a newborn and still got urges to go out and hunt during the week, but now they were much less stressful.

Our throne room was one that held many small secrets. It had been built when the Volturi moved to Italy and wanted a place to put their old thrones. Of course, my kings had to have their egos built up upon their thrones, so they made the steps lead up right to them. It made them seem more powerful. To me, it just made us seem like pompous idiots, but of course nobody would listen to the voice of reason in the household. We just don't talk about that.

All of our guards were hanging out in the room after being called, just happily chatting away. This was the Volturi that the rest of the world did not know about, the one that held so many bonded family members. We would never seperate people who loved each other. I mean, Demetri and Felix were soul brothers, who would ever separate them? Or Santiago and Afton, who were an odd pair of soul brothers who picked on each other as much as they helped each other.

Even the members of the Volturi that did not guard the castle were here. Many mated couples that worked as a form of vampire social services were here, chatting away with their guard friends that would accompany them on their journeys. Of course, literally everyone was here in the castle at the moment, nobody was allowed outside of Volterra until further notice. They understood and were all informed of the reasons behind this.

I sat on Marcus' lap on his throne, where he kissed my cheek. "I do think that you will like this meeting, tesoro."

"Will I?" I pose the question. "Are you going to keep me in the dark, amore, or are you going to tell me now?"

"The dark is a wonderful place for vampires," He teases. I scowl and turn back to all of my covenmates, who had now stopped talking and were waiting for the announcement.

Most of them had already taken notice of the arrival of the Olympic Coven. Carlisle stuck out like a sore thumb. He had already been a part of their coven once and knew most of the ones that hadn't been turned in the past few centuries.

"Guards and other beloved members of this coven," Aro started off with, "I do hope that we are having a fine July afternoon. As you know, we do in fact have visitors. This is due to a soul sibling bound being found in one of Carlisle's children, Jasper Cullen, with our queen. If you saw or heard of the disturbances this morning, that was the reason. No need to fret, our beloved queen is quite fine now."

The entire room took in a breath of relief.

"I would like to give you all some good news. It has been quite long since we have had any visitors, but I would like to make the announcement that these visitors will be permanent," I look at Aro before looking at Carlisle, who was smirking in the crowd, holding his mate in his arms. "Yes, I do think almost all of you know Carlisle. His son Jasper has already agreed to join the coven. As has his daughter and her mate, Emmett. I do believe that this will be good for us. As you know, Carlisle has and always will be a good friend of mine. His impeccable control is what we all strive for in this coven."

"You are much too kind, Aro," Carlisle jokes.

"No, Carlisle, do not cut yourself short. You have more control than everyone in this room combined," Some of the guard lets out a few chuckles. Someone was being an ass while Carlisle was there and threw a bucket full of blood on him. He wasn't phased at all and just washed it off. Who did it? Caius, obviously. Why am I not surprised?

"A bucket full of blood?" I whisper. Marcus puts a hand over his own mouth to stop himself from laughing.

"Oh, lord, that was so funny," He comments.

Nobody in the room seems to notice Marcus and I's little conversation, their focus on my raven-headed mate.

"Let us be proud to welcome back Carlisle Cullen into the arms of the Volturi!"

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ᴛʀᴀɴꜱʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴꜱ:

Mi dispiace, mamma. Non volevo spaventarti. I'm sorry, Mom. I didn't mean to scare you.

Adesso sembri tuo padre. Non tirare fuori il tuo regalo senza nemmeno informarmi che ne hai uno. Now you look like your father. Don't take out your gift without even informing me that you have one.

Piccolo Principe. Little Prince.