EN | Romance of Blood (Demetri Volturi, Twilight) ✔️

Chapter nine

Point of view of Demetri Volturi

We were going up the stairs and I saw that Hailey was observing the details around her, we had arrived on the first floor and I opened the door for Hailey. I took her gently by the waist and I guided her towards the door which I opened.

Alec and Jane both turned as I came up behind them. Aro looked at us and he smiled.

“Welcome to the family my dear Hailey.” Aro said softly.

"Thanks."

I stared at Aro who slid his gaze towards me.

“I think she has a gift.”

Aro stood up.

"Oh yes ? Sounds interesting. Which one?"

“Like Eleazar.”

“That one of detecting the potential gifts of others ? What makes you think that?"

“She knew I was a stalker without me even mentioning it.”

Aro smiled.

“It might come in handy, two hundred years ago I let Eleazar left us to live with a companion. I wouldn't need to contact him again."

Aro turned to Hailey.

“You already know my gift, Alec's and the one that Demetri has. We are going to do a test. Jane? Please come closer.”

At the same time Jane was next to Aro in front of us.

"Jane also has a gift, could you tell me which one?"

I turned to Hailey as she stared at Jane. She seemed to have to concentrate. She seemed intrigued and opened her mouth.

“I see pain. Her gift is the opposite of Alec. She can make people suffer.”

Aro smiled.

“Indeed, you are right. Thank you, Jane."

Jane was going back to her brother.

“Do you see anyone else with a gift in this room?"

I knew he wanted to test if she was going to see Marcus' gift. She stared at Caius who looked up at her. She turned her gaze to Felix and again she seemed to feel nothing except that her gaze was now fixed on Marcus. He stared at her without saying anything. Hailey smiled.

“He has a gift similar to mine. I identify the gifts, so he does with the relationships.”

Aro smiled.

“Alright, Hailey. We are sure that you have the gift of being able to detect gifts in others. Usually this gift is effective on members of our species as well as humans. It could be useful to us.” Aro said.

"The bond that unites you to Demetri is strong."

Hailey was smiling at Marcus who had just spoken to her.

“During your first year, we will train you Hailey. If you have a question, ask it and we'll answer it."

Hailey nodded.

“First of all, hunts must be discreet and vampires must burn or hide the bodies. This doesn't really apply to you because the rule you have to follow is not to hunt in Volterra. Our village has knowledge about vampires due to past events and we managed to hide from them. We find our food far away.”

"OK."

”Another important detail, basically when a vampire bites someone he is responsible for training them and showing them the laws and everything about this new rebirth. To remove any responsibility from Demetri, I proceeded to your transformation but he will assist you a lot in your training since I am very busy but I remain at your disposal if you have the slightest problem.”