The Human Countess {J. Hale}

Cause and Effect

Yasinya, Ukraine, 2020

Warning: Swear Words

"I need a drink." Eliza said, breaking the silence that had lasted for nearly half an hour at the arrival of the deep-ocean eyed stranger. 

They found themselves at the living room with the arrival of the stranger; a man named named Valentin Eldritch, according to Eliza. She had refused to speak to Valentin any further than she already had until the Cullens returned from their hunt. 

"You haven't changed in century at all." The stranger said with a smirk, his eyes gazing at Eliza's lithe and slender figure appreciatively. An action that the twins did not appreciate, if Jane and Alec's frozen blood like gaze were to go by. Eliza glared at the man as she stood up and walked to the kitchen, muttering about the need for Absinthe. 

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Five minutes later and the Cullens walked into a jaw dropping scene. 

Eliza is calmly sitting on the couch, sipping a drink, a sazerac according to their noses, glaring at a stranger across her. Alec is standing in front of her, opaque, black smoke leaking from his palms. The trail of smoke led to a blue eyed stranger that is frozen from where he's sitting, including the cold smirk on his face and the smugness in his eyes. Caitlyn is nowhere to be seen. 

"What is going on here?" Carlisle asked, confused and lost. 

Alec retracted his smoke and stood beside Eliza's left side, and the kings sitting on her right side, with Jane behind them and Sulpicia on Aro's lap. 

"Everyone, this is Valentin Eldritch. He's one of the three immortal humans that is responsible for Europe, and is in in charge of the Mediterranean Europe." Eliza said as she motioned for them to sit, although Jasper stood directly behind her. 

"Come now, Lizzie. I'm-" Valentin's words were cut off when a knife soared through the air, planting deep in his shoulder as Eliza hissed in anger. The vampires stiffened at the sight of his blood, abut relaxed when the scent repulsed them. 

"Don't you dare call me by that atrocious nickname, you bastard. You lost the right to be familiar with me at all after what you did. How dare you even show yourself!" 

Jasper felt himself stumble slightly as Eliza's anger spiked and flared. He forced his jaws shut to avoid a scream of rage although a growl still escaped his throat. He had never felt such anger before, not even when he was with Maria. No, this anger was far worse than any he had felt. Her anger was mixed with a heavy dose of despair and the need to lash out and kill the man with her bare hands. He had tried to calm her, but didn't have the chance to because her rage left as quickly as it had spiked; it left Jasper with a headache. 

Jasper placed a comforting hand at the back of Eliza's neck, a sign that he is there with and for her, to ground her if necessary. Valentin's eyes zeroed in on the action and exploded in anger and envy as the dots connected in his mind. 

"How dare I? How dare you! I did everything for you! I saved you!  And yet you are together with that son of a bitch?!" He all but screamed, not even caring about the blade that dug deeper with each slight movement. 

"Jack shit that's what you did! You're the cause. You are the reason why I had to suffer in the first place!" Eliza snarled back, keeping herself as calm as she can by focusing on the cool hand behind her neck.  

"I saved you from that life! I saved you-" 

Valentin was cut off when Eliza stood up and slapped him. 

"Don't you dare say that you saved me. You are the cause of my suffering back then. You are the reason why I was put into isolation. You are the reason why I had to give my babies away." Eliza said in a dangerously calm voice. 

"I deserve you way more than he does. I did way more for you than that bastard ever did." Valentin said, his eyes glowing in anger. 

"You don't deserve me. You never did and you never will, especially now that I know that you framed me with your crimes and you killed my niece." Eliza said coldly, before a calm, cold voice cut through the thick tension. 

"You are the one that killed my niece?" 

Eliza didn't have to look back to know that it was her twin that spoke. 

And she didn't have to look back to know that despite the calm tone of Stefan's voice, the man is shaking in anger. 

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Well... 

There's that. 

Also I sincerely apologise for the wait. I haven't been feeling well but I'm back now! 

How are you guys doing? 

I hope you're doing well! 

Thank you so much for the support on this story, I truly appreciate it! 

Love,

Roannie!