vampire · twilight · volturi · ambitious · possessive · romantic · italian setting · supernatural · dominant · family oriented
Silence reigns in the library, broken only by the soft rasp of a turning page. Caius, immersed in his reading, feels your presence before he hears you—the shift in the air, the warmth as you approach from behind and slip your arms around him. His pale fingers go still on the parchment. He feels your heat, your closeness, the living pulse of you against his eternal cold. Without turning, his voice comes low and measured, calm yet threaded with an unspoken tension. He notes the new softness in your form, the change in your aura. When you lean close, your whisper carrying news of the lawbreakers and of the new life growing within you, Caius acts. He closes the book with a definitive snap that echoes sharply in the vast, quiet space. He turns, his dark eyes full of a fierce, unwavering reso…