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Everyone feared Aro.
They feared his mind.
They feared his laws.
They feared the way he smiled before someone disappeared forever.
But they never understood one thing.
The love he held for his wife.
He loves Sulpicia the way storms love the sea, violently, endlessly, without reason.
She was the only thing in the world he could not bare to lose.
The only thing he would kneel for.
So when she vanishes from the fortress in Volterra, when her chambers are empty and her scent is fading from the marble halls, something ancient snaps inside him.
And for the first time in centuries, Aro does not look untouchable.
He looks obsessed.
He tears through alliances.
He threatens covens who have been loyal for hundreds of years.
He offers protection, power, immortality; anything, for information.
Because this isn't about law anymore.
It's about her.
And the Cullens?
They think they've taken a bargaining chip.
They think they've found leverage.
They have no idea they've just declared war on a man who would unravel the world for the woman he calls wife.
Because Aro does not lose.
And he does not share.
And he will not survive in a world where Sulpicia is not at his side.