Sorry for taking so long to update this book. I promise I will try my best to work on this more than once every 2 months. Life has been hard but here it is! Anna is back!

Also I hope my writing got better between these two months. The paragraphs will definitely be longer than before.

This sunset was special. Not because I got to spend it with Anora and my son wrapped up in my arms or because I'd managed to wrangle Caius out of the spa a few hours earlier than he would have liked. No, this day, this morning is special because after months on end of no answers from Maeve I have her back in my mind. Her absence was the cause of my depression and now that she's here, with her daughter (don't know how that happens or the main reason why that girl is here but as long as she doesn't drag Maeve away from me into what more is inside my mind I'm okay with her.)

Watching the sunset with my mates is always a good time. They often find themselves in an argument by the end, but it's the effort that counts with those three.

Finding them anywhere around the island has been hard these days. Over the past week all of them have been shuffling off to do something together. When asked they deflect and deflect until I leave them alone about the matter. It's... frustrating to say the least. There's never a time where I don't trust them but I would like to know what they're doing sometimes or if I can be of assistance. Of course when I ask Aro he just gives me a look and asks me about my day. It just doesn't work anymore.

Now it seems that Heelie has joined them in their travels, although Anora seems just as confused as I am in where they're going. She's far more anxious than I am about her mate being somewhere she can't find, however. Not using her gift level anxious, but anxious enough that she needed to take a nap in my arms while we watched TV.

Beyond those moments, I allowed these sunsets to bring us peace amidst our chaos. Being a vampire has its ups and downs, but at least we have each other. Mates and soul children mean everything to covens, and it's a shame that some don't have that kind of comfort. People like Isabella Masen, who refuse to see common sense when faced with an issue regarding her biological child. It's just... sad. She's sad. She's a sad woman who has no idea what she's gotten herself into. Renesmee wasn't even her soul child, which must mean that she wasn't fit for children in the first place. Aro said the statistic was 80%-90% of all parents are their child's main soul parent these days and the rest are abusive assholes. His words, not mine.

Running my hand through Caius' recently cut hair, I watch the sun come down on the hill. Purples and pinks mixed with vibrant oranges and yellow mixed together to make a glorious picture that I'll be able to remember for the rest of eternity. Such sweet smells come from the air at this time of night. Vampire senses, of course, but the change is even present to some select humans who know how to appreciate the growing night sky.

"Mama?" Helios asked from beside me. I raised an eyebrow. "Can Nora and I walk back to the house? We're tired." "Of course, sweetie."

He sent me a winning smile and ran off into the night, his blonde mate running after him. They've always been such a sweet couple, able to work with each other for the betterment of our coven. During these years I've learned that Helios will do anything to keep his sweet mate happy. Anora does, no matter how sweet she can be, have her own way of being. She doesn't like to talk much and only goes out when she has to. Or when Heelie begs her for long enough. Nora reminds me so much of Rose that its scary, although Nora doesn't like in-person shopping and prefers to get everything online.

I was taken out of my head by a chuckle. Turning my head, I saw Marcus fiddling around with his phone. Those three and their phones, I swear. It's like we can't have a normal night without them. I should be blaming Afton and Jane for that one though, they were the first ones out of the coven to beg for smartphones. Now everyone has them and plays flappy bird and other games during their free time.

"Having some fun with that, are you?" I tease, making him stare at me. Caught red-handed and he knows it. "It's not an issue, Marcus, I just would like for you to make sure you don't log so much time on that thing while we're on vacation in your home country."

Lord knows how much time everyone spends on their phones, but by far Marcus has been the worst. Whenever I see the name of the contact on his phone it's always Aro, Caius, or Helios, so what gives? I guess I'll just have to deal with whatever they're trying to plan or do without me. Gifts are nice and... is there a holiday coming up? I could have sworn just a little bit ago it was Heelie's third birthday. A few months before my birthday but we don't plan for that until the month of and even then they always include me in on that. No surprise parties over here, we always remember things. So what in whatever God's out there's name are they trying to plan? With Heelie, no less. What is my own son sneaking off to plan with his fathers. Weird bunch that I've been blessed with for sure.

"Μέλι, I promise that I'll spend more time off of my phone in the future." And here comes the wonderful sound of victory because Marcus is a sweetheart and knows when I won't stop bugging him about something. "Although I should warn you that it was our son who I was texting and he had some important things to say."

"Oooh," I giggled as the sun completely set around us. "Is this a sort of keep-it-a-secret thing or are you open to sharing?"

Just like always, he laughed at my antics but nodded. "So some context: Anora is hungry." That's a gamechanger. "So starting off we have a very abrupt 'Hi'. We really need to teach him how to start off his text messages, Anna, or they may be this bad forever. Anyways, after a minute I get another text that said 'do we have blod bags in the fridge'. Note that he misspelled the word 'blood'. Didn't we teach the boy proper English three years ago?" I giggled at his backhand remark but urged him to go on. "Then came a frightened 'so is that a yes or no? she's gonna kill me if it's a no'. I responded back notifying him of the blood shortage and he sent a 'but do we have enough?' Of course after explaining the situation thoroughly I was a bit annoyed but he's a teenager and needs things explained multiple times.

"'she's biting my arm' he texted two minutes ago. Now, I know that women can get quite aggressive when hungry or under stress but biting? The last time you did that was in your newborn stage and even then you did it once or twice, and to those times your mates were at fault. Anora seems to have a harder time controlling her hunger when put under pressure of potentially not having enough food."

"Well, I think we all would be. Last time the castle ran out of blood bags a day before were going to get new ones and the whole castle was in a tizzy over it." Marcus laughed and wrapped his arm around me. Little did I know Aro and Caius had been listening and decided that it would be best to hiss at Marcus' move. Sharing is getting better but sometimes they get territorial over me. Not that I'm complaining, I love the attention. "And what do you think should be done about the two of them? I'm sure that Anora would never put a dent into our son, but maybe she will need to go to another island to hunt until we have more blood for the two of them. You know, to make sure that she doesn't become irritable with all of us as well."

Blood is life, and without life you get angry. Its well known that younger vampires can't handle life without blood. Starvation in general is terrible for anyone but thankful none of the world's covens have shortages due to our human contacts. That doesn't mean that some of us in the Volturi don't remember the times when vampires didn't get enough blood and were driven mad because of it. I'm forever thankfully that I wasn't born or turned in those times. I've always, with little delay, gotten the blood that I need.

"I think that Helios will be able to handle the needs of his mate. I can send him to the next island over if she truly requires a good meal for the next few days. The next supply of blood should be here by this time tomorrow. Unfortunately by then the children should be asleep in their beds." I nodded, knowing it to be true. "Anora has gotten better in terms of bloodlust over the years but I fear she is far thirstier than any vampire female I've ever met. While it is true that hybrids are well known now to need more blood due to a faster metabolism she goes beyond those bounds into newborn territory often. I wish I had an answer as to why?"

Now that I think about it, Marcus is right. Heelie doesn't need as much blood as Anora, and it seems from what Jacob says about Renesmee that she needs blood but not in the same quantities as either Anora or my son. Odd are the changes from vampire hybrid to vampire hybrid.

"Ah, brother, there is no use in dwelling on such things," Aro chimes in as he pats Marcus on the shoulder. "Although she may thirst more than us, she will always be our daughter-in-soul and that is what matters most. Such differences matter not in the face of all the other things that make us different from one another as a species. It's best to stay united rather than divided."

"And why are we having political speeches in the middle of the night, on a rock in Greece?" Caius snarks. "Please leave them for covens who wish to hear them and for lectures for our child."

"Now, now, Caius, no need to be so aggressive." I tried to quell him. He sent me a pouty face and swooped me up away from Marcus, which caused my other mate to hiss at the loss of contact. "There's many things we all do that annoy everyone but there's no need to point it out in the middle of such a beautiful night. I think it would be better to go have some fun and wait for things to happen with Maeve or just enjoy our vacation. Isn't it your job to get work off our family's mind and show me around the country like you always wanted to?"

He paused for a second to kiss me on the head. "I'll be aggressive in everything I do," he whispered against my ear, "because you love it."

If I could've I would have blushed a deep scarlet. All of my mates laughed at my flustered expression. Caius won this one. "Fine, you win, I just love when you get aggressive with me and everyone around you all the time. No need to stop, darling."

"That's the spirit!" I groaned and shook my head at his charismatic tone. "Come on, there's so much to do in so little time. We only have a few more weeks and then the coven will need us again. And we still have so much to show you and give to you during this trip that we wouldn't delay for the world."

No, no he wouldn't.