st did not curb Aro's enjoyment。
〃Let us have the story;〃 Aro almost sang in his feathery voice。
The white…haired ancient vampire drifted away; gliding toward one of the
wooden thrones。 The other
paused beside Aro; and he reached his hand out; at first I thought to take
Aro's hand。 But he just
touched Aro's palm briefly and then dropped his hand to his side。 Aro raised
one black brow。 I
wondered how his papery skin did not crumple in the effort。
Edward snorted very quietly; and Alice looked at him; curious。
〃Thank you; Marcus;〃 Aro said。 〃That's quite interesting。〃
I realized; a second late; that Marcus was letting Aro know his thoughts。
Marcus didn't look interested。 He glided away from Aro to join the one who
must be Caius; seated
against the wall。 Two of the attending vampires followed silently behind him—
bodyguards; like I'd
thought before。 I could see that the two women in the sundresses had gone to
stand beside Caius in the
same manner。 The idea of any vampire needing a guard was faintly ridiculous to
me; but maybe the
ancient ones were as frail as their skin suggested。
Aro was shaking his head。 〃Amazing;〃' he said。 〃Absolutely amazing。〃
Alice's expression was frustrated。 Edward turned to her and explained again in
a swift; low voice。
〃Marcus sees relationships。 He's surprised by the intensity of ours。〃
Aro smiled。 〃So convenient;〃 he repeated to himself。 Then he spoke to us。 〃It
takes quite a bit to surprise
Marcus; I can assure you。〃
I looked at Marc