Immortal love (Caius)

Curiosity

Jane left me to settle on my own while she went on to report to Caius. The room Caius had me in was exquisite. It had a Victorian vibe to it. The room was a lovely forest green filled with plants and books. Caius knew me so well considering the fact we haven't actually met in real life. The bed was huge and had a sheer canopy draped overtop it. The sheets were green and silky, everything was tailored to my taste perfectly. I walked over to the large bathroom. It had a huge tub made out of the most beautiful cut of black onyx. It was surrounded by candles and next to it was a shower with tiles made of the same black onyx, the doors made of glass. Everything in this room was so rich and luxurious, it felt like something fit for a queen. I walked up to the sink and stared at myself for a moment in the mirror. I looked so tired, drained even. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes for a moment and I felt him. He was so close and I could feel not only my own longing but his too. I could feel that he was annoyed that he couldn't come to me right away and it made me laugh to myself. I decided to run myself a bath while I waited for him, I needed to freshen up anyways.

 I stripped down as the tub filled with the piping hot water. I finally stepped in and the water burned but it felt good. Once I was in the water I flicked my hands towards the candles and they all lit up at the same time. I held my hands over the water and flower petals appeared. There was a small bag of bath salts on the edge of the tub I poured them in and the aroma of lavender and coconut filled the room... He even knew my favorite scents, I felt my cheeks heat up as I thought of him. I rolled my eyes at myself and closed my eyes in an effort to relax. After thirty minutes the water was lukewarm and I actually felt better. I was actually feeling a bit nervous now. It was a matter of time before we really met.

 Now I was thinking about how none of my clothes were good enough or how I didnt know what I would even say to him. We were leaving the comfort of our safe place and entering a whole new territory. My heart was pounding and I was feeling like an idiot teenager. I stepped out of the bath and threw on a silk robe that was already in the bathroom. It had a 'S' embroidered on the bottom of the sleeve. I walked into the bedroom and opened my suitcase and looked for a decent outfit. I settled on a little green dress with a white collared long sleeve shirt underneath it. For shoes I picked some brown loafers with frilly white socks. I looked at myself in the full length mirror and decided I looked good enough after I clipped half of my hair up.

I was bored of being in my room by now so I poked my head out of the room and looked out to see if anyone was in the hall before stepping out. I walked down the long corridor and saw a door that led out to a garden. I walked into the garden and took a deep breath. The air was so light in the garden, as if the dark things that take place in the castle couldn't reach this oasis. Nature brought me back down to earth, it made me feel whole and calm. I held my hand over a little spot of dirt and felt a rush of relief when a beautiful flower sprouted from beneath it. It was a bleeding heart of course...my favorite. It felt good to be bringing things to life again. Maybe all the pressure I was under was negatively affecting my power but I was back to normal again. I just needed to get back to my roots and connect with mother nature again. The garden was set up like an enclosed courtyard and on the other side of it there was another door.

 I decided to continue exploring after leaving my mark on the beautiful garden. I walked through the door and I was in yet another library. This one was much smaller than the main library but still far larger than most I have visited. There were rows and rows of large oak bookshelves full of beautiful books. They looked like they had been around for quite some time. In the back corner of the Library there was a large comfortable looking loveseat. I decided I would pick some reading material and make myself at home in that loveseat. I browsed the collection and realized they were the accounts from different historic events. I guess it makes sense that a group of ancient vampires would keep records of such things. As I read I realized this was all from Caius's point of view, they were tellings of events he witnessed himself. Events like the fall of Rome, Pompeii, The Renaissance, World War one and two, and so much more. He was a brilliant writer and reading about events he actually witnessed was so intriguing.

 One of my regrets is that I stayed away from people for much of my early life, I was pretty much a recluse before I decided to use my power to help people and before Carlisle took me in. Seeing the world through Caius and his writing made me wonder how he did it. Living through the Salem Witch Trials was enough for me, I can't imagine being present for so many other events like he was. Before I knew it I had a stack of books beside me, I was consumed by his retellings. At this point I was laying on the loveseat with my head hanging off the edge holding his book on World War 2. He talked about how he begged Aro to let him hunt down the Nazis because of their crimes and because they had the nerve to think that they were some sort of superior race. 

Caius found this insulting and actually referred to them as 'scum of the earth'. It's true that he always had little regard for humanity but even he found Hitler and the Nazis repulsive and wrong. After a few hours of reading I decided to put some books back before I got in trouble for making a mess. I climbed up a rickety step stool I found in the library and tried to put one of the books back into its hard to reach shelf, as I was reaching up I felt the air get heavy with electricity. My heart began to pound and my mind was racing, I lost focus and my balance. Suddenly the stool was no longer under my feet and I was falling, I couldn't even react because my reflexes were stunned. He was near and that was the only thing I could focus on.