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Isabella’s point of view
It has only been a day since I had asked to take a backseat position to the mission at hand of bringing down Nazi scum and my mates had been very supportive and even proud that I asked for help instead of hiding my feelings and suffering in silence.
When I woke up this morning I got comfortable in grey sweats because I knew that the queens wanted me to go to the library and they had mentioned I would be there for most of the day.
Thea had given me a job to do to give me a distraction which i was thankful for, the Volturi had kept documents throughout the years it had been in existence with observations on both human and vampire evolution and she had picked out what she told me where the important parts of Volturi history and wanted me to read and memorise these moments of what will be my history once I am turned.
I had accepted knowing there was a reason that she wanted me to do this for when i became a queen alongside them and that this was obviously something all three of my mates would have discussed and mutually agreed on. So here I am sitting at a table tucked away in the coroner slowly going through these documents about the Volturi.
The first one was about investments and different checks and receipts about properties and vehicles we own and use regularly along with where they are stationed and how we take care of them. I was shocked to learn that we have some private jets and yachts.
And then the second set of documents were of different covens and who lived in each one as well as their names and date of transformation. I made sure to scan these thoroughly to memorise the names of the covens and people who were a part of them so that if I met them I would at least be familiar with them on paper.
I saw the Cullen's and their cousins the Denali who also ate animals these folders where quite thick as they had apparently had some warnings issued as to the fact that they both had ignored and committed minor crimes in the vampire world but in the Cullen's file i can see that there is an investigation open as to the fact that they expose themselves to me and refused to turn me or inform the Volturi.
Needless to say it was clear that they were going to be brought in soon and punished for their crimes. I hope that I can have a front row seat to that smash down but I know that we must deal with the team first.
I took the time to read through the reports of the individual reports of the circumstance of change and their history before they were Vampires.
Edward was the son of a priest who abused him growing up. Rosalie was the daughter of a bank owner. Alice was in a mental institution, and Jasper was in the Army but when i came to Emmet there wasn't anything to do with a childhood which made me a little confused but I accepted it and moved on to Carlisle and Esme’s files.
Carlisle’s file said that his father was a hunter of all supernatural beings because he believed he was cleansing the world from evil and as Carlisle grew older he started to lead the raids and kill the creatures all in the name of his father.
And Esme wanted to be a school teacher but her father commanded her to stay under the pretense that it was not proper for a lady to live alone in the woods so instead he forced her to marry the son of one of his friends instead.
When I started to look through the Denali coven paperwork I saw that a woman called Tanya was their leader when there was a woman called Kate who was older than her in vampire years was in her coven. Irina, a woman who was changed last and was the youngest of the three women seemed to be the loyalist.
I noted that two of the volturi guards where stationed with this coven but in the notes it said that a man named Eleazar was put there with his mate Carmen to watch and observe the Denali sisters and make sure they were obeying the laws because of their involvement with the Cullen's.
My mates are worried that the Cullen's manipulative influence the Denali’s to keep information from us regarding their wrong doings so they made Tanya believe it was her idea for Carmen and Elezear to join her when it was all my mates idea.
I don't think they are worried about Alice, Rosalie, Emmet or Jasper but of Carlisle and Esme seeing as the so-called kids obey them and are loyal by default.
I then saw a file labeled without a surname but a place instead ‘the Amazon coven’. As i started to look though the files slowly while being delicate so i don't ruin the aged paper that looked like it could crumble i saw a name that looked familiar ‘Zafrina’ Charsile had once talked about her and implied that even though the queens were ancient and powerful, this woman was just as powerful as them with the ability of altering people's minds to allow them to see what she wanted them too.
Then there were her sisters by choice and friends by chance Senna and Kachiri who are all in her coven with her. It is documented that Kachiri was changed first and then she went back for her sisters after a few years of adjusting and changed them into vampires as well.
Zafrina is the only one with powers in this coven so she is seen as the leader and is known as their coven leader. The Volturi documented a few times where they tried to persuade Zafrina to join their guard but she refused every time and returned to her sisters in the amazon and has lived there ever since the change happened.
As I flipped the last page of the Amazon documents the doors of the library suddenly opened and Sulpicia came walking through them heading straight for the table before pulling out a chair from across from me and sitting down without missing a beat in her step.
“Hello beloved” she said softly while her eyes gazed over all of the documents spread in front of me across the surface of the table.
“Hey, how is the planning going?” I asked her, feeling a twinge of guilt over not being there to help.
“It's going ok, there is no need to worry, how is the assignment going, how far have you gotten?” She asked me before I picked up a stack of folders I had already read and memorised before I placed them in front of her and said.
“I have read these and I only have these left” before indicating to the rest with my right hand making a smile spread on Sulpicia’s lips before she leans forward and places a kiss on my lips.
“I am proud of you baby” she says, making my head go fuzzy before I blush and reply with a kiss of my own.
She leans forward and grabs a few files before looking through them and pulls one out before placing it in front of me and putting the rest to the side before saying.
“I would like you to read this one”
I look down at the cover and see that it is labeled “The creation of the species” which made me shocked to see that they knew how they were brought into existence.
“How did you get this?” I asked her wanting to know.
“I was changed by one of the first of our kind who killed their creator and stole this book” she told me, making me lift my hand and allow my fingertips to slowly guide across the cover as my hands trembled.
“I will leave you to it” she says before standing up and once again pushing in the chair before disappearing through the doors, closing them softly.
I slowly opened the first cover like it was made of gold. It felt like I was doing something illegal and I really didn't feel comfortable looking in this book but I knew that I needed to obtain the knowledge especially since Cia just put it in front of me and told me to.
The first page was an introduction of a witch explaining that she was attempting to find a way to bring people back to life to try and get her husband back after he died in a war. I quickly realised after the first page that this document was the witches Spell book as it shows a load of different attempts at necromancy and resurrection which failed or brought their bodies back to life but without restoring their souls which by the notes taken in the spell book practically made them mindless zombies.
Her methods were nothing short of sadistic and violent, she kidnapped and tortured people before killing them, opening them up and trying to understand what made them tick and sometimes she would keep them alive as she practiced her sadistic methods.
What I read was disturbing and made me feel ill as I flipped through the pages and even after all of the darkness I have seen from the red room and Hydra nothing compared to any of the handwritten notes written in this book that I was holding in my now trembling hands.
Once i finished it i closed the book with trembling hands as my vision blurred with tears before a bile rose up my throat and I leapt from my seat and sprinted to the nearest bin i could find before i emptied my stomach contents into the bin bag with the loudest gags and heavies I had ever let out.
Within seconds I felt hands on my back bringing me back into the room as I was aware that I wasn't alone anymore and then Didyme’s voice came to my ears as she tried calming me.
“Shhh Bella, your ok, that's it let it all out and you’ll feel better”
She said in a soothing voice as her hands drew circles on my back. Once food had stopped being thrown up I could stop gagging as I tried to ignore the vile taste of the food that was now engraved into my throat while my esophagus from the chest to my mouth felt weak and tender as with each breath in it felt like it was shaking.
I knew it was all in my head but with my head pounding and my body trembling with after effects I couldn't help but allow all of these fears to come to the front of my mind.
Didyme drew me into her arms as two more sets of arms belonging to Dora and Sulpicia appeared around my waist. I allowed myself to melt into the safety that they were offering and focused on my breathing which was ragged.
With each breath I took , my breathing calmed more and more. I placed my hand on my stomach realising how sweaty my palms had become before I felt lips pressing against my clammy forehead as beads of sweat had gathered around my brows.
My breathing calmed and so did my posture. Didyme’s expensive perfume reached my nose and acted like a sedative as it calmed me and my eye lids became heavy. Sulpicia’s fingers reached my hair and I felt my hair being played with as I was lulled deeper and deeper into a calm bliss.
Before I knew it my eyes closed once and I quickly snatched them back open before another kiss was pressed to my forehead and I couldn't fight the urge anymore, before I knew it I surrendered to the darkness.