Infinite Bliss || Volturi Kings

|13| NOAH

To say Eliana had left abruptly would've been the understatement of the year. She'd only informed Alice and Jasper of her leaving so that they could drop her off at the airport that evening, and even then there wasn't much of a dramatic goodbye involved. It was as simple as she wanted to leave, so she bloody left.

But had it been just a little disheartening that even after she'd left, not once had any of the Cullens or Bella attempted to contact her? Sure, admittedly. First it was a week, and then two, and soon enough a month, and then two months, but still not so much as a text message seemed to come through.

She'd arrived back home from university, her bag already flung haphazardly across her room somewhere as she sprawled back across her bed, when she removed her phone from her pocket to check her notifications again. But there was nothing, only a single message from Aro as usual.

Aro:

Have a good day, amore. Make sure to drink lots of water.
xx

She did find it quite sweet really, how they never even once seemed to forget to check in on her and call her in the evenings, even whenever they had such little time to spare. She'd insisted several times that she definitely didn't deserve to be so high on their priority list, but arguing with them just didn't work, especially on the matter of herself.

One thing she did find quite interesting was that, despite the fact that she was effectively a millionaire with the card that Aro had thrusted upon her, somehow she found herself spending less money than she usually did. Maybe it was just the awkwardness of the thought of her "mates" looking at all of her expenses, even if she did have nothing to hide, or maybe it was just her guilt complex coming into play.

On the plus side, her final semester of the year was over in less than a month. She just needed to crack down on studying for a few more weeks, and then that would be it, then she would be free to spend her summer doing whatever the hell she pleased. Although maybe she'd enjoy the summer more if she wasn't dealing with the physical pains of the mating pulls on a daily basis, she wasn't going to let that stop her.

She opened up her laptop on her desk again and plugged in her earphones, two binders filled with notes and such already spread across her work space. Every once in a while, she'd pause typing to slide her left hand into a bag of potato crisps she'd left open beside her.

Her phone vibrating on her desk caught her completely off-guard, mostly due to the fact that she'd forgotten she'd even placed it there in the first place. She narrowly missed falling straight backwards off her chair as she answered the call as quickly as possible.

"Hello?"

"Someone is eager to speak to us, I see," Caius remarked. Her phone speaker never failed to fully capture his perpetual smugness and the pride he always spoke with.

"Get over yourself, I wasn't that excited," Eliana answered back. "In fact, maybe I was dreading it, if anything. So yeah."

He sighed. "Your sarcasm is exhausting."

"Your voice is exhausting," she retorted, "yet here we are."

"Finished bickering like infants now, you two?" Aro interrupted. Both Eliana and Caius went quiet. "Good. I'm glad we got that sorted so quickly. Now back to the purpose of this call. Eliana, cara mia, how has your day been?" he asked softly.

"Eh, same old, same old," she replied frankly. "No different than last week. Although while I was on the train I did see a guy get escorted off by the police for harassing a bunch of teenage girls. So I guess that happened."