The Volturi's secret Angel

Chapter 10: The Witch Twins

Chapter 10: The Witch Twins

(Jane's POV)

The halls of Caius's wing were exactly like the other castle halls. The only difference was that the lights were dimmed very low, making it look like candles were lighting the halls. I also noticed that all the windows we passes were covered by large, heavy looking dark red curtains.

"I'm sorry about my brother's behavior." I blurted out suddenly taking Raven by surprise.

"What do you mean?" she asked confused, "Alec has been a perfect gentleman to me."

"Oh no I mean him avoiding you." I said quickly.

"Oh," she looked down the hall deep in thought, "well I'm sure he's going through a hard time right now and has a lot on his mind." Does this woman ever think badly of anyone?

When we reached the end of the hall, Raven stopped in front of a heavy looking door. I noticed there was an engraving on it that read: "Raven's Study." She opened the door and followed me into a semi large room.

In the far end of the room I noticed that one corner had bookshelves with ancient looking books stored in them. In the other corner there was dark blue couch that was surrounded by sketch pads. In one corner closest to the door there was a grand piano with gold plating on the inside. A few feet away from the piano I saw a violin and a dark purple guitar. The opposite corner of the music instruments was a table with a partially completed puzzle on it. Back at the far end of the room there was a large fireplace between the bookshelves and the couch with the sketch pads. In front of the fireplace was a small coffee table, which had books spread out on it. About a foot behind the coffee table was a large dark blue sofa that looked like it could seat four people.

"This room is my private study," Raven said taking a seat on the end of the large couch. I followed sitting at the other end leaving two cushions between us. "We won't be disturbed her. Now Jane," she said kindly, "would you still like to tell me what's going on?"

"I don't know how to." I whispered looking at my hands resting in my lap.

"Start from the beginning." She said patiently, not rushing me.

Should I tell her? The only person, other than Alec of course, who knows everything about what happened to me and my brother is Aro.

"If it's too difficult to talk about Jane," Raven said softly, "I can use my gift and see what happened in the past." I looked at her red eyes for a moment thoughtfully.

It would be a lot easier, but then she will be able to see everything that happened and I didn't want that.

"No," I finally said looking back down, "it's my story to tell."

"I agree." Raven leaned back into the couch waiting patiently for me to start her hands resting in her lap like mine.

After a few moments of silence, I took a deep breath and started from the beginning.

"Alec and I were born sometime around 800 A.D in a small town in England. Back then, as you probably know, medicine wasn't very helpful to those who were very ill. When our mom gave birth to us she was suffering from a disease that had already killed five other villagers. She died shortly after we were born leaving us in the care of our father. However, our father hated us. He blamed us for our mother's death and called us 'the cursed twins.' He was going to abandon us but the laws of the village forced him to care for us. Our father was one of the wealthiest men in the village at the time. The servants he had took care of us until we were thirteen. Then our father told them to stop and told us to fend for ourselves. We were still allowed to live in his home, but as servants not family.