Twilight you are my light

As Caius had promised, Ahinodora arrived at Forks two days before Bella's wedding, accompanied by little Hillier.

Although Marcus and the others were not happy for Hillier to leave Volturi, they couldn't hold Hillier's longing for the outside world, so they could only watch them get on the car to the airport with trepidation.

Both Hillier and Caius wore a hat. Although the temperature was only around [-] degrees, the August sun was so fierce that they had to do some camouflage.

Hillier has been leaning on the window to look at the scenery outside since he got in the car, his mouth was opened in a circle, and his head was bobbing with the passing cars.He used to know what the outside world is like through books and videos, but the feeling of witnessing it with his own eyes is still different after all.

During the more than an hour drive to the airport, the most frequently asked question by Hillier was:

"Mom, what is that?"

Rao Yaxinodora, who has such a good temper, was tired of being asked. She forcibly suppressed her helplessness and grabbed Hillier back to the seat and buckled his seat belt.

"Sit down, we're almost there."

Seeing Ahinodora's faint signs of anger, Hillier quickly sat down. He smiled and acted like a baby against Ahinodora, and it didn't take long for Ahinodora to smile.

"Why are you acting coquettish when you're so big? Are you ashamed?" Caius said coolly, pulling Hillier's body and forcing him to sit upright.

To be honest, Ahinodora is only 19 years old in appearance, and Hillier already looks five or six years old. The two are more like siblings than mother and child.

Looking at Hillier's young face, Caius thought of an old friend.

When he was the king of Crete, there was a powerful city-state named Batley on the land near Crete.Although there are still a few sporadic small islands and a sea area between the two places, Caius knows that the lord of the city-state has been eyeing Crete.

Due to the development and prosperity of Crete, the land area has gradually expanded in successive conquests. The citizens of Crete are not limited to self-production and self-sale, they began to seek mutual trade with land city-states.

The mutual market transactions went smoothly at the beginning, and Caius, as the king, was also happy to see the close exchanges between different territories.But since Bartley harassed Crete's trade many times, and even did whatever he wanted in the land city-state belonging to Crete, Caius decided to take care of this ignorant idiot.

Bartley is a port city, it has a close relationship with Athens, and it was once the overlord who guarded one side.But since the death of the old king of Crete, Caius ruled with an iron fist, and the military strength of Crete gradually increased, and finally slowly swallowed up the surrounding small city-states one by one.

The changes in Crete made the old King Bartley very anxious, but he has reached the age of knowing his destiny, and his son who is his favorite to succeed him is still immature and unable to act alone.If the throne is passed on to his son now, what if Crete comes over one day.

The aging King Bartley thought about it day by day, and finally came to a conclusion: he had to take advantage of Bartley's full national power to beat Crete to the point where he could not fight back, and he had to solve the serious problem before he could let the queen's son rest assured. enthroned.

The old king Bartley and Caius were old acquaintances who had a cold relationship. The old king Bartley even sat on the throne ten years later than Caius. .

The old King Bartley didn't believe what the rumors in Crete said. Their Majesty the King was still a young man, and he was just false news fabricated by Caius in order to cover up the fact that he was getting old.

Everyone knew that Caius was over seventy years old, no matter how young he was, he was just an old man at the end of his life.Coupled with the slowdown of Caius' external expansion in the past few years, the old King Bartley was even more convinced that Caius was at the end of his battle.

At any rate, he was a dozen years younger than Caius, and he won by himself in terms of energy.

The reason why Bartley kept making trouble for the merchant ships in Crete was just to find an excuse to start a war with Crete. His small actions were all done in secret. He was confident that Crete would not be able to catch him. handle.

It would be even better if Crete took the initiative to ask for war without evidence, because he would then be able to gain the upper hand of public opinion and seek support from Athens, taking Crete to dust in one go.

After the bumps and squabbles between the two sides at the beginning, Crete and Bartley finally started to play for real.

Caius sneered standing on the balcony of the royal palace in Crete. He admitted that since he found the singer, almost all of his enthusiasm for the war had been shared with his lover, so that Bartley had a wrong idea.

Caius did not have time to catch the evidence of the opponent's inferior methods, but wars have always been about strength, and history has always been written by the victors. Crete will not be trampled underfoot casually.

"Old man, you really remind me not to forget the fun of fighting."

Crete soon unilaterally declared war on Bartley, and after Bartley's pretended grievances and complaints, the two sides sent troops to war.

Strangely, when Bartley borrowed troops from Athens, Athens rejected him, which caught the old King Bartley by surprise.

The reason for Athens not borrowing troops is very simple, they have no intention of participating in such a war.What's more, Crete is separated from Athens by the Cretan Sea, which is far away and difficult to manage, so there will not be much benefit in sharing the cake.

More importantly, Athens and Bartley are almost on the border. Once they help Bartley push//overturn Crete, no one can hold Bartley back.In case Bartley has any second thoughts, Athens will be the first to suffer.

I don't know if the old King Bartley was too impatient, he didn't think through this layer.

Crete's naval combat capabilities are extremely strong. They took the lead in attacking Bartley's port, and the Cretan army boarded Bartley in batches.

Bartlett's army is not vegetarian either, they have an absolute advantage in local combat, and even against the fierce Cretan soldiers, they can fight [-]-[-].

The war lasted intermittently for half a month. During this period, the trade in all the port cities of Batley was suspended and the people were displaced.Crete was not much better either. The army suffered heavy losses and the people's hearts were unstable. The people of the two places had a faint willingness to cease the war.

Caius didn't care about the sacrifices of those soldiers at all. The only thing that mattered to him was Ahinodora.For him, war is just a game of chess, and what he loses, he gains.

Compared with Caius' indifferent attitude, the old King Bartley looked much more decadent. Now he is stealing chickens and losing money.But the war has already started, and there is no decent way to end it.

Under the heavy psychological burden, the old King Bartley decided to put all his eggs in one basket.He found his eldest son and said to him: "If you can successfully assassinate the king of Crete, Bartley's future throne will be yours."

Bartley's eldest son was named Hermes. Although he was the first heir to the kingdom, he was not loved by the old King Bartley because of his humble birth.He is probably the least likely among the five legal heirs to the throne, even the youngest ten-year-old brother has a better chance of inheriting the throne than him.

After Hermes recognized his destiny, he devoted himself to the training of the army, hoping to find his own position on the battlefield one day.But when he had no hope for the throne, the promise made to him by the old King Bartley seemed to be a turning point in his life.

"I will complete the task, Father." Hermes took the short sword handed to him by the old King Bartley devoutly, even if he knew that this assassination operation was close to death, he still had to try it.

In order to cooperate with Hermes' assassination, the old King Bartley specially ordered the army to make a gesture of asking for peace. The number of confrontations between the two sides became less and less, and even the surrounding city-states thought that the two countries were finally going to a truce.

The royal palace in Crete was eerily quiet at night, and there was not even a single cloud in the dark blue sky.Except for the wailing of wild dogs and the hooting of owls, there is almost no other sound around.

The tall and slender Hermes quietly dodged the patrolling soldiers, and swiftly climbed into the towering city wall.He climbed into the corridor along the city wall, and silently wandered around in various dark corners looking for Caius.

After he wandered around the entire castle, he couldn't find Caius. Seeing that it was almost dawn, he could only put the treasure in the bedroom at the top of the castle. As soon as he approached the door of the bedroom, he heard the laughing.

"Hmph, when is it that you are still in the mood to hang out with the woman servant II, then don't blame me for taking your head."

Hermes couldn't help but blush when he heard the woman in the room exclaiming in laughter and the sound of clothes being shuffled.

He just turned [-] and is still a II chick in that regard.

Hermes couldn't hold back his inner curiosity, and quietly pushed the door open a gap.Through the gap, he saw the girl's back as white as jade and her long golden hair as thick as seaweed.

The girl's upper body was uncovered, and she used the quilt to cover the key parts of her chest. Her graceful neck and looming side face made Hermes feel parched.He couldn't help wanting to see it more realistically, so he approached the crack of the door...

"What are you looking at?"

Hermes was startled by the voice behind him, he jumped up and recklessly slammed into the open door.

The door of the bedroom was knocked open, Hermes collapsed on the thick carpet in the room, and Ahinodora and her maid in the room were startled.

Ahinodora saw a strange man crashing into the bedroom, she was so startled that she wrapped her naked body tightly with a quilt, and Caius' face turned livid as her terrified appearance fell into Caius' eyes.

Caius knew it the moment Hermes slipped into the palace, but he was curious about what Hermes was going to do, but now it seemed that he should have caught the cockroach earlier.

Caius didn't let the soldiers catch Hermes at first because he became interested in Hermes.This human being is very interesting, his breath is very weak, it seems that there is a natural protective film to make him invisible.If Caius hadn't discovered the existence of Hermes in time, it would be a bit difficult to find Hermes after he got into the palace.

Caius called two soldiers to tie up Hermes, and he quickly embraced Yahenodora, who was wrapped in a rice dumpling, into his arms.

"Okay, it's okay, I'm here." Caius comforted Ahinodora who was in his arms carefully, and Ahinodora's combed blond hair was messed up again.

"Who is he?" Ahinodora stared at Hermes vigilantly, her pair of red eyes almost hooked Hermes' soul away.

"We'll find out soon." Caius kissed the top of Ahinodora's head, "Will you wait for me in the bedroom? I'll be back in a while."

Ahinodora's obedient nod made Caius very satisfied.

Caius in the bedroom is as gentle as a breeze, but Caius in the dungeon is harsh and cruel.

Hermes persisted under the punishment of Crete for several hours and could only spit out. Caius was very talented in inventing punishments that made life worse than death.Hermes is ready to dedicate his life to his ambition, he closes his eyes and waits for the fate to come.

Suddenly, he felt that he was bitten by an animal, and then a burst of extreme pain spread all over his body.He couldn't restrain his pain, he fell to the ground and twitched in pain.In a burst of heart-piercing yells, he lost his voice.

Caius squatted on the ground and waited for Hermes to pass his transformation period. After he learned of Hermes' name, he thought of an excellent solution to the war.

Seven days have passed, and the Cretan army has slowly withdrawn from Bartley's territory.This is a positive signal in the eyes of the old King Bartley, and he believes that Hermes' assassination mission is very likely to be successful.As long as Hermes returns to Bartley with Caius' head, his mission will be officially completed.

The reason for Crete's withdrawal was that Caius no longer needed them humans to fight for him, and he had found his strongest weapon.

After being transformed, Hermes couldn't accept that he became a member of the devil. He didn't calm down until he learned that Ahinodora was also a vampire.

After Caius taught Hermes some basic knowledge, his plan could be formally implemented.But before proceeding, he unilaterally beat Hermes up.There is no other reason, it is because he saw something he shouldn't see.

Caius and Hermes arrived outside Bartley's castle alone. The speed of the vampire was much faster than that of humans, and it didn't take long for them to lock on the position of the old King Bartley.

"My king, congratulations on getting rid of the serious problem in your heart." That was the voice of the queen.

"It won't be over until that kid Hermes gets the head back." Old King Bartley seemed to have drunk too much, his voice was loud, but his speech was slow.

"What do you plan to do with him when he comes back? You can't really hand over the throne to him, can you?" The queen asked the old King Bartley angrily, "He has sat on the throne, what will our Alexander do?"

"Don't worry, when Hermes brings Caius' head back, we will pour dirty water on Hermes..."

Hermes stood outside the door with his fists clenched, and he heard every word of the conversation in the room.His scarlet eyes glowed faintly in the dark corridor, he glanced at Caius, Caius nodded slightly, so Hermes pushed the door and walked into the room.

The expressions of everyone in the room were wonderful. They stared blankly at the murderous Hermes and the cloaked Caius behind him.

"You...you..."

The old King Bartley was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and his bad premonition was cold from head to toe.

Hermes didn't explain anything to them, he just silently killed one person after another, and finally all the people in the room were killed by him.He stood silently among a pile of corpses, and turned to look at Caius who was watching the show.

There is an invisible subordination relationship between the transformer and the transformed person, and Caius is not worried that Hermes will betray him at all.Hermes still needs Caius to secure the throne, and their current interests are the same.

The sudden change in Hermes' personality was only because Caius made him an offer he couldn't refuse.

"Kill those who stand in your way to the throne and make yourself king."

Caius' words were like enlightenment, and Hermes heard from Caius what he dared to think but did not dare to do.

Rumors of Bartley's royal family members being bloodbathed overnight broke Bartley's military and public sentiments in an instant. They were extremely worried about how Bartley's army, without a command, would be able to resist the attack on Crete.

To everyone's relief, Crete appeared to have given up the war on Bartley.Under the leadership of Hermes, Bartley and Crete re-established diplomacy and trade, and the territory of Crete also expanded invisibly.

Caius joined the Volturi in the following days, at the same time he relinquished Cretan rule.Caius once asked Hermes if he wanted to join the Volturi, but the other party refused because he was worried about his own people.

Caius didn't insist on this, and subconsciously he didn't want Hermes to get too close to Ahinodora, and Hermes hadn't settled the debt with Hermes for peeking at Ahinodora.

"Caius...Caius? Are you okay?" Ahinodora woke up Caius who was deep in memory.

The big and small babies in front of Caius were blinking and staring at him. He smiled lightly, and kissed Ahinodora's handprint.

"I'm just too obsessed with your beauty, my goddess."

Ahinodora felt a little shy when she heard this sudden confession, and accepted Caius' kiss with a shy smile.

"I will marry a beauty like my mother as my wife in the future." Hillier shouted excitedly from the side, a silly smile appeared on his exquisite face.

"Tell me to find a wife after you grow all your hair."

"Dad is bad!"