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As odd as it might sound, a normal sort of routine fell upon them. Tomi and Eryn trained together, with the audience consisting of Gwendolyn and Edward, of course.
The others prepared for war, and during that time, some others kept a close eye on the Volturi. They weren't fools- they knew they were being strung along, so Alec had sent a few of his men out to be sure we weren't fooling them.
Eryn had killed every each of those who got a little too close, and every night they had a bonfire with their bodies. As savage as it might be.
It was night when something finally snapped, a thread in faith lost it's place, and like a harp, it reverberated all around the camp.
It started with Tomi. Wrapped up in a nightmare, her shadows had slipped from her control.
She hadn't had such vivid nightmares ever. The reminder of.. of death, of what she'd been through.. it had her going insane in her own tent, and Edward could barely help as he held her trashing body in his arms and begged her to calm, stroking her head and back and arms.
The shadows and screams coming from her awoke Eryn first, who immediately came down from the house to check everything was safe.
Tomi awoke only when Gwendolyn touched her, perhaps fifteen minutes after the initial nightmare had begun, cutting the connection between dreamland and Tomi with whatever abilities that allowed her to do that.
By then, though, a warning bell had already been struck. The volturi had seen the shift, and had seen the mark of her power on the horizon.
"Im sorry," Tomi tried to not weep publicly as she was tugged out of her tent by Edward, who had just finished lacing her boots. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry-"
He cupped her face, and paused there in the chaos around the camp. Everyone was taking guard. Jacob and his pack had shifted.
"This is not your fault," Edward reassured softly. "It is not. What they did to you will never be your fault. I'm.. I'm impressed with you, Tomi. To not have had nightmares at all for so long.."
