#athenadora

Marcus glared at Athenadora.

“Don’t bring me into this.”

Aro glanced at Marcus again as if asking him to play “rock paper scissors” on who was going to talk to Caius. If Aro was going to be the one to have a sex talk with Caius and yourself then Marcus could take one for the team and deal with Athenadora. Marcus gave him another glare that made Aro sigh.

“If you’ll excuse me.”

He walked out of the throne room and into the direction of Caius’ chambers.

“I better not get punched.”

(Meanwhile)

You lay snuggled against Caius’ chest as he stroked a hand through your hair. You ran a finger over one of the scars on his chest before speaking.

“That was better than the sex in Lady Chatterley's Lover.”

“Lady who?”

Caius questioned.

“It’s an erotic book. One of the first I read and you beat my expectations.”

Caius tilted your face to his for another kiss.

“You’ve seen nothing yet, my darling.”

Caius pushed you onto your back and moved to take his place on top of you. Lifting your leg over his hip, he slowly pushed back inside. You lifted your hips, meeting his deliberately slow, deep thrusts. This was how he would kill you. He would alternate between sweet, slow lovemaking and rough, desperate fucking in the blink of an eye.

Right as your nails raked down his back, there was a knock at the door. Caius was instantly annoyed. You wanted to kick whoever was on the other side of the door, too. You had been waiting ages to have a lover like this, and they were disturbing your moment.

“I’m killing whoever this is. I’m serious. They are dead.”

You lifted up enough to rest your head on your arm.

“If it’s my father, please don’t kill him. He’s traumatized enough.”

“I can’t make promises.”

Caius replied as he stood and pulled his pants up before leaving the bedroom and heading for the door.

“Hello, Caius.”

Caius spun around to see an uncomfortable-looking Aro.

“Bloody hell, Aro! What are you doing in here when I’m half naked? Your niece is naked in the next room, by the way. If you keep this up I will put a bell around your neck.”

Aro winced. He ignored the way Caius was smirking at him. That smirk was about to evaporate.

“I’m aware. Trust me I wouldn’t have come to disturb this lovely moment for the two of you if I didn’t have to. We have a problem. Athenadora is in the throne room wanting to see her dear husband.”

Aro watched a series of emotions go over Caius’ face before going back to perpetually annoyed. Aro quickly decided to add,

“Trust me, it made me sick saying that. Her words, not mine.”

Caius glanced at the bedroom, where you lay awaiting his arrival.

“Stall her. I’ll be there in a minute. Time to put a stop to her visits once and for good.”

Aro nodded before walking out of the room. Caius groaned, rubbing a hand over his face. Of course, Athenadora would come back when he finally found the right one. Why wouldn’t she?

Oh right. She loves to try my patience.

Caius grumbled before going back into the bedroom. You looked up at him and frowned.

“You’re making that face. What’s wrong?”

Caius reached for his shirt and started buttoning it up.

“Slight problem. It looks like Athenadora has returned…”

Your eyes widened before rolling.

“Of course that heifer shows up when we make love and seal our bond.”

You quickly stood up and pulled your dress on. Caius was beside you in an instant. He lifted your face to his.

“Right. Our bond is sealed. You’re mine and I’m yours. It’s as simple as that. I need to go scare her off. You’re coming with me. When we go in there and be a good girl. No matter what she says, keep that pretty mouth of yours shut. Don’t make me spank you later.”

Caius reached down lightly tapping your ass. You gave him a frown.

“What if we go out there and she’s covered in mud. You expect me to keep my mouth shut?”

Caius reached for your hand.

“Yes, I do. Don’t be cheeky. I want you to be a good girl and sit on my lap. Understand?”

You didn’t like the idea of having to keep your mouth shut. You wanted nothing more than to go out there, have a look at this chick, and thank her for leaving. It took all you had not to chuckle at the mental image of confusion on some woman’s face when you thanked her for leaving her husband. You also didn’t want to piss Caius off.

There will be plenty more opportunities for me to be a smart ass.

You thought with a smile before sighing.

“Fine. I’ll be good…even if a great opportunity presents itself.”

You replied as Caius reached down for your hand. Intertwining your hand with his, he moved to lead the way back to the throne room.

Caius knew Athenadora would have a cow seeing him holding her hand. He had never been big on PDA with Athenadora. That had been a big source of contention between the two. Athenadora always wanted to be holding his hand. Caius, however, had no interest until you came along. Now the idea of holding your hand and having you on his lap wasn’t so distressing.

The moment the doors opened Athenadora was on her feet. She knew what she wanted. She wanted to come back home. If she could just talk to Caius while making up some story about realizing what she gave up maybe she could win him over.

All of those thoughts came to a screeching halt the moment she saw Caius holding some girl’s hand. Athenadora felt her mouth drop. Who the fuck was this? Just what had she missed?

Caius gave her a cold glare while sitting down beside Aro. His eyes flickered to you.

“Come here, angel.”

He said softly. You immediately did as you were told and sat down on Caius’ lap. He wrapped an arm around your waist as you looked at Athenadora. She was prettier than you imagined. In fact, she was absolutely gorgeous. Had the situation been different, you would have considered asking her for beauty tips.

Caius turned his attention to his ex-wife. Keeping his face as cold as possible he decided it was time to get this over with.

“What do you want?”

“Who is she?”

Athenadora snapped. Caius smirked, looking at you with adoration. Had you always been this beautiful? Sitting on his lap like a precious little stone stare, Caius couldn’t help but adore you all over again.

“She’s my mate. That’s all that you need to know. Now, as I said, what do you want?”

Athenadora swallowed but kept her eyes on you. You were most definitely beautiful. She could see why Caius was in love with you. Only one thing was off…you were half human!

“She looks like Didyme and Marcus. Oh my god. She’s a half-breed! You three have gone and let some fool make a half-breed? How is this possible? Who the hell are you?”

Caius frowned as Marcus started to stand. Caius’ eyes flickered to Marcus. If your father went and pulled Athenadorea’s head off, he wouldn’t have minded.

“I said, do not talk to her.”

You were internally struggling to keep your mouth shut. Glancing between your father and Caius, you were internally begging for someone to give you the green light to be snarky.

“He said stop talking about my daughter. I suggest you listen.”

Marcus said, his voice cold. Athenadora stared between Marcus and you with wide eyes.

“Now what do you want?”

Caius snapped, his voice rising a bit.

“I want to come home. I never should have left. I was the dumbest person in the world for leaving you.”

Caius smirked.

“I’m not saying that you are the dumbest person in the world but you better hope the dumbest person in the world doesn’t die.”

You couldn’t help it. You giggled at the comment. Caius gently patted your thigh.

“Now now, darling. Athenadora, you left and you aren’t welcome back. I have the queen I want. You should go and not return. Things could end badly for you if you do. Felix…”

Felix stepped forward, ushering a very annoyed Athenadora out.

You sat silently for a moment before turning back to Caius.

“You sure showed her. Too bad I didn’t have my phone to take her picture.”

Caius smirked as Aro shook his head.

“This isn’t over. You know her.”

Caius shrugged.

“You could have killed her. Marcus was ready to do the job.”

Marcus sat back down with a huff.

“If she comes back, I will.”

The following months passed without much excitement. It was the normal trials with the normal results. Athenadora hadn’t made a peep; something told you that she was plotting. For the moment, it appeared that you simply had to let events unfold. Your relationship with Caius had gotten into a comfortable rhythm. You were used to the two sides of his personality…the Volturi king side, then the husband that you had behind closed doors.

One morning, you sat watching Caius, Marcus, and Aro getting ready to deal with a problem. They had been going away more and more lately for small stretches of time.

“I’m assuming we are just killing them and going about our day?”

Caius questioned. Aro looked up with a smirk.

“I mean it would be nice to ask questions and kill later.”

“I don’t like that. I prefer to kill them, then the problem is dealt with.”

Caius replied before coming to stand in front of you. He glances over his shoulder at Marcus and Aro. Both quickly walked out. Neither wanted to see what was about to happen.

“I’ll be home soon.”

Caius said before reaching out to cup your face.

“Your definition of soon and mine are vastly different.”

You replied, sliding off the table you had been sitting on. Caius pulled you against him.

“You know I have a job to do, then I can come home and remind you who you belong to.”

You stood on the tips of your toes pressing a kiss to his lips while your hand slipped down his body.

“You know that I don’t have time.”

He murmured, fighting the urge to pull you into the closet.

“Just an incentive to hurry and come home to me.”

“Like I need one.”

Caius replied before turning and walking from the room.

Later that afternoon, you agreed to go shopping with Heidi. You stood watching her debate of handbags.

“Heidi, you have enough handbags that you could donate one to every woman on the earth.”

Heidi chuckled.

“That’s like you with naughty French lingerie.”

“Yeah, well, I look damn good in it, and Caius has this problem with ripping it off of me.”

Heidi hummed in agreement.

“As you said, no matter the species, men see the potential of having a naked woman in front of them and they go to pieces.”

You nodded.

“It’s like the Christmas present that turns up every night.”

Before Heidi could speak, a voice you hadn’t heard in a while interrupted.

“Look who it is.”

You turned, putting down the bag that you were holding. Athenadora stood looking at you with a cold frown. You internally lit up, knowing you could say something to this bitch.

“Yeah, look, it’s you too…in a public place.”

You added as if daring her to try anything. Athenadora chuckled.

“I’m not dumb enough to bring attention to myself. I’m surprised Caius lets you out of the house.”

You shrugged.

“I’m a real renaissance woman. I can cross the street on my own. It takes real skill.”

It took all Athenadora had not to come after you. You had a smart mouth and she didn’t like it one bit.

“Isn’t that cute? Say, it’s a real shame what happened to your mother and all, isn’t it?”

Heidi moved to stand beside you. She wasn’t sure what it would take for you to whoop Athenadora’s ass, but it was probably a taunt about your family.

“She died. Unfortunately, that happens.”

You replied, trying to let the dig roll off of your shoulders. Athenadora’s mouth dropped.

“You don’t know, do you? Caius never told you? Aro? My my...what a scandal.”

You took a breath, counting to ten.

“What do you want to say, Athenadora? Either open your mouth or shut the fuck up and go about your day.”

The corners of Athenadora’s mouth turned upward.

“Aro never told you how he killed Didyme to stop her and Marcus from leaving?”

That achieved Athenadora’s goal. The cocky expression on your face immediately vanished.

What? No.

You thought as Heidi grabbed your hand.

“That’s enough.”

Heidi growled. Athenadora giggled, choosing to ignore the other woman. Her eyes were hyper-focused on you. If she could tear you down, she would find a way.

“It’s true and I see Caius never told you. That’s scandalous. What else is he hiding from you?”

Athenadora stepped closer but stopped instantly. She looked down at your body before her eyes widened. She didn’t care that you looked close to losing it. Aro killed your mother?! He killed your mother and acted as if nothing happened! What was worse, Caius knew…he knew and hadn’t told you anything. The question is, is Athenadora telling you the truth?

You’re father!

Poor Marcus had been sitting there for centuries in misery, not knowing the truth! How could you look him in the eye and not tell him?

“Does he know?”

You stopped your inner turmoil to glare at Athenadora.

“Know what? I’m kind of in the middle of a tizzy here, and you won’t stop yapping!”

You snapped, suddenly confused as Heidi put a hand to her mouth. Athenadora backed up before smiling.

“I’ll take that as a no. This is amusing. Mr. I-make-the-rules fucked up.”

Heidi moved to push you behind her.

“That’s enough. You need to go.”

Athenadora laughed before walking away. Heidi turned to you with a serious expression.

“Did you know?”

You were beginning to get annoyed.

“Know what? Heidi, you are freaking me out, not to mention that bitch…”

Heidi put a hand to your mouth.

“It happened to the Cullen girl... it would only make sense because you're half human…how would you not know? It could be a potential gift…”

You watched as Heidi paced.

“Heidi, for the love of god…”

“You’re pregnant! I can hear the heartbeat. I never could before until now…were you hiding it? You can hide things well.”

Heidi put a hand over her mouth as you moved to sit down.

“No, I wasn’t hiding anything…at least not intentionally. How is this possible? Oh shit, this is heavy..”

Heidi managed to get a grip on herself when she saw the petrified expression on your face. She quickly walked over and knelt down in front of you.

“You didn’t know?”

You shook your head with wide eyes.

“No. I wouldn’t have known to hide that “

Heidi sat down beside you.

“Unless it was your subconscious hiding it. Look, this happened to the Cullen girl in Forks, WA. It caused a huge uproar and nearly a war. You’re half human, so it makes sense.”

You nearly yelled. What part of this made sense? How were you pregnant?

I mean, I know how. I know how babies are made. Caius and I are good it the act of making a baby without actually trying to do so.

You muttered in your mind.

“Heidi, none of this makes sense. I didn’t think it was possible.”

Heidi was silent for a few moments.

“A lot of things that we don’t think are possible have been happening. You know what, it will be okay. Y/n, you will be fine. You are with the right person and have the right family.”

You stared at Heidi as if she had grown two heads.

“Do you hear yourself? What part of this is alright? Caius is going to lose his mind! What part of Caius and playing house goes together? I can make you a list of things that he expects to happen to him, and being a father isn’t on it! Plus, he has a lot of enemies…holy shit, it looks like hot girl summer is off our calendar now. This is what I get for Caius turning me into a needy hoe.”

Heidi moved to wrap her arms around you.

“You’ll always be a hot girl. As far as being a needy hoe, it’s good sex, and I wouldn’t have said no either. Look at me, I want you to hear me. You will be safe. I know it’s going to be rocky with Aro, especially with the truth that was just dumped on you, but you have your father and Caius will come around. He’s too in love with you to end things. He’s just going to have to add a new thing to his list of accomplishments. Plus you have Demetri and me…and everyone else…even if they don’t know it yet. I’m sure it’s not going to be pleasant, but your vampire side may even out the yuck of the human side…”

Had you not been spiraling, you would have been thankful for Heidi’s kindness.

“Thank Heidi, but I still want to puke.”

Heidi reached for your hand.

“I would consider you a fool if you weren’t freaking out. We should get back.”

For the remainder of the evening, you sat hidden. The last thing that you wanted was to speak to anyone. Heidi let you know that she was there if you needed her. Thankfully, she understood that you needed space.

Sitting with your knees to your chest, you stifled a sob. This whole day had been a shit show. You didn’t know what to think about…your poor mother or the baby to be? Should you go try to choke Aro out or leave him alone? He could be useful when it came to keeping you safe…but could you trust him?

How would you tell Caius? How was he going to react? Burning the world down didn’t seem like a feasible option for this.

“Darling?”

You froze at the sound of Caius’ voice. The moment he opened the closet door, he stared down at you with a confused expression on his face.

Seeing the tears in your face made the rage start to build. Who was about to die?

“Why are you crying in the closet? What happened?”

You rubbed your face.

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

Caius held out a hand to help you to your feet.

“Tell you what?”

He asked, frowning.

“Aro killed my mother.”

Caius immediately frowned before sitting down. He was silent for a moment, keeping his red eyes on your face. Internally, he was panicking. He didn’t like seeing you upset, but HOW THE HELL did you find THAT out?

“How did you find out?”

He asked, keeping his voice calm. You wiped your eyes again.

“Heidi and I went shopping and we ran into Athenadora…”

Caius was on his feet and livid. You didn’t even have to finish your sentence.

“I should have killed her when I had the chance. I will be now.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?”

You asked. Caius stopped. He stared at you for a moment and frowned. Yes, he could have told you but what use would it bring? It would only cause you more inner turmoil than you deserve.

“Because it was in the past and there was no reason to bring it up. The less you or anyone else knew the better.”

Your mouth dropped

“Are you fucking joking? This was my mother! My mother spent my whole life hoping she was alive. You saying, in this less-than-interesting tone, that it was in the past is some bull shit! You sit near my father and know the truth!”

Caius had you against the wall in the blink of an eye. His hand held your head firmly so you had to look into his eyes.

“You listen to me and listen good, you weren't here thousands of years ago. Aro’s decision wasn’t right and I had no say in it so don’t start bitching at me. Aro regrets his decision. You didn’t need to know because you didn’t deserve the pain. As far as your father, it isn’t my story to tell. As your husband, I am telling you to keep your fucking mouth shut. This system, our ruling, has worked for thousands of years, and it won’t stop because you had your heart broken. Do you understand?”

“Do you know how cold you sound?”

You questioned. Caius let you go.

“Me being this cold has kept me alive, and it will keep you alive. Stop playing with forces that you can’t control. That’s my warning. There are a lot of things in this castle that you don’t and will not know. Accept it and move on.”

The two of you were silent for a moment. This was the Caius that you originally met. The cold and calculating vampire that only cared about facts and not feelings.

You watched him for a moment before giggling.

“What’s funny?”

He snapped. You stopped laughing for a moment before turning to look at him fully.

“It seems I can hide things from you after all, and just didn’t know it.”

“What are you talking about?”

Caius questioned. You closed your eyes, letting whatever guard you had fall away. The moment realization hit him, Caius’ mouth dropped. He stared at you for a moment with an expression you had never seen on his face…fear.

“How long have you known?”

He managed to get out before backing away like you were about to slap him.

“Today…even my own powers played me for a fool. Congratulations, Daddy!”

You nearly screamed the last part before going into the bedroom and slamming the door

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