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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