The Human Countess {J. Hale}

Powerful

Warning: Swear words

Athens, Greece, 2020

"No, Isabella. I will not help you. I have my own matters that need to be dealt with." The sapphire-blue eyed man told Isabella Cullen. Honestly, what was he thinking, sleeping with the whore in the first place? It's not like she was tight, no, she was more loose than the gun laws in the Americas. No, it was probably because of her stamina. 

"Will you at least make my plan then, Valentin? Or help me with it?" Isabella asked, batting her eyelashes at the man. 

"Fine. Here's the plan." Valentin replied, eager to get it over with and have the horrid woman out of his sight. He has more pressing plans to create, and his refuge far away from the Volturi is his top priority. 

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Yasinya, Ukraine, 2020

Stefan Bathory sat beside Jasper in horror and apprehension as their mates conversed with each other in front of them, as though their subject of conversation was not there in the first place. The rest of the Cullen clan are scattered around them, watching the Volturi clan warily as the latter clan silently stood near the sliding window that lead to the balcony. The Cullen Patriarch and the Volturi kings are talking in the Library, the most soundproofed room in the cabin, aside from the bedrooms. 

It had been a surprise to  Eliza and the Cullens when they found out that the whole house is soundproofed to a certain degree, with the library being the most soundproofed with it's ability to block the conversations against vampiric hearing. 

"Oh yeah! I remember when I first met him. The bond had set in immediately and he approached me, saying that I am now claimed and will be moving to his chambers as soon as possible. I still remember the shock on his face when I merely laughed at him and told him no and walked away from him." Feronia told Eliza with a laugh, causing Eliza to glare at her younger brother's lack of respect, making the only bloodborn male Bathory cringe and flinch. 

"Err... I'm sorry?" Stefan told his sister sheepishly. 

"Do I have to redo the lessons Madame Auguste taught us? You know I can impersonate her quite well." Eliza told him with a raised brow, biting her cheek to stop herself from laughing when Stefan went wide-eyed and pale. 

Stefan paled as he took in his sister's words. His sister was intimidating enough on her own, but when she impersonates their French language and Royal Etiquette Tutor, she becomes downright terrifying. Shaking his head rapidly, he murmured no again and again, making his sister and mate laugh at him. 

"No, please no." Stefan said, and he will not even deny the fact that he whimpered and shuddered when his sister looked at him and gave him a smile full of teeth. 

"Introductions are in order, yes? For me and the Volturi, at least?" Eliza said when Carlisle and the Kings joined them in the living room. She continued speaking after the collective nods that she was given. 

"I am Elizabeth Bathory, the older twin sister of Stefan Bathory, and the current Lady Head of the Bathory Family." 

"A pleasure to make your acquaintance, Duchess Bathory. I am Aro Volturi, and I'm the Head of the Volturi clan, along with my brothers, Caius and Marcus. These are our main guards, Jane, her twin Alec, Demetri, and Felix, and my wife Sulpicia. " The long haired raven said with a bow, his hands gesturing to a blond and a brunet respectively as he introduced his brothers. Eliza raised her brow at the title he used, while she observed the guards that she is introduced to, a short blonde and brunet, two tall gingers, and an auburn haired female. 

(AN: I know Demetri and Felix are brunets, but I think being a ginger would suit them well.)

"Please, call me Eliza. A Duchess?" She gently prodded, ignoring the indignant sputtering that came from a tiny Volturi blonde, that she knew as Jane. 

"You are a duchess, no? Now, at least. Your bloodline might be dormant, but it is still the most powerful both politically and monetary after the current prince, possibly even more." Caius replied as he and Marcus both bowed, following their brother's example. Eliza carefully considered his words before nodding in agreement. She opened her mouth to speak to them when a rage filled scream ripped through the air.

"How dare you make my Kings bow?! You insignificant mortal, you have no right to do so!" the tiny blonde screamed, glaring at Eliza. Jasper glared at the blonde before his eyes grew wide as the blonde looked at him and hissed a word. One word that caused Eliza's Hazel eyes to change to an electric blue that glowed with power and anger, scaring those that saw it. 

"Pain." 

 Hiding a smirk as she shared a look with her brother who smirked outright back at her, and with Feronia, who laughed delicately, when nothing happened to Jasper, confusing all but The Bathorys (including Feronia, since she will be one soon enough anyway.) 

Jane fell to her knees as she clutched her chest, a strangled cry coming out of her lips. It was a peculiar feeling, the way her dead, unbeating heart felt as if someone was squeezing it, and the way her lungs made her feel breathless despite the lack of the need to breathe. She looked at Jasper to see him still standing upright, instead of being on his knees from the dosage of pain she sent him. Her cognitive abilities worked to it's fullest capacity before it seemed to break as she understood what just happened, fear, anger and helplessness filling her as if it was a permanent part of the venom that circulated her body.

Her ability had deserted her.  

Eliza's smirked found it's way on her face when she saw understanding and fear flicker through Jane's eyes and she faced Feronia to ask her a question. 

"Feronia, dear, does your current family know of your mate's abilities?" Feronia nodded, smiling at her future Lady Head. 

"Yes, my lady. I also know yours. It may not be the time, but I wish to inform you that I am a copycat. I can copy anyone's abilities just by looking at them, although I am not able to copy yours or your brother's." Eliza nodded before her eyes went back to it's hazel hue as she addressed everyone in the room, ignoring the tiny glaring blonde. 

"My brother is an amplifier. He can amplify the powers of those he chooses to by concentrating on their aura. I, however, is his opposite. I am what you would call a switch. I can turn off a person's ability faster than one can blink their eyes. Which means, unless I return the power I took away, you'll be a cripple, permanently." Eliza said with a shark like grin directed to Jane.

Her statement was met with silence. 

Silence that she basked in, enjoying the looks of incredulity she was given from most of her guests, and the beams of pride that she got from her mate, her brother, and Feronia. 

"Let it be known. The Bathorys are powerful. With my brother being an amplifier, Feronia, who will be a Bathory in a few months time, a copycat, my Jasper with his dangerous empathetic abilities, and my ability to permanently separate you from your talents, we are practically invincible." Eliza said proudly, her eyes flashing blue, relishing in the looks of fear and respect that she received from everyone, and the way Jane and her twin, Alec, seemed to grow paler at her statement. Their reactions showing her how they relied on their abilities, and the fear she caused at the way she could ruin them without lifting a finger. 

Eliza couldn't stop her glee from showing on her face. 

Oh how she adores the rush that being powerful gives her. 

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