Twilight you are my light

The departure date for Forks had not yet been set, but the triennial Volturi celebrations were about to begin.Although time is just a meaningless symbol for vampires, celebrations, which are full of ritual and social attributes, are still quite popular with them.

Sulpicia has been very busy these days. She has met batch after batch of event planning teams in a week. She hopes that this year's celebration will add some new ideas to the traditional projects of previous years.After all, major changes have taken place in Volturi this year. The first is the resurrection of Ahinodora, and the second is the birth of Hillier.

Hillier For the little Volturi, Sulpicia wanted to print his picture on every decoration, even the plasma cupcake.

Although Sulpicia has been in charge of hosting and planning such celebrations countless times, it should be said that she is already able to handle it with ease, but without Ahinodora's help, she still sometimes loses her motivation.

The various chain reactions of Ahinodora's coma cast an invisible haze on the Volturi.

Sulpicia wearily instructed Colin to assign the styles of dresses to be worn on the ceremony day to Caius and Marcus.After Colin left the room, she stopped what she was doing and sat quietly on the chair to let herself go. It wasn't until Ah Luo's hand lightly rested on her shoulder that her attention suddenly returned.

"Are you tired?" Ah Luo's face was filled with obvious concern, and he looked at the piles of documents on the table with disapproval.

"Don't push yourself too hard." Luo put aside the pile of documents that were too high to collapse, and joked: "You make me look like I'm being lazy."

"Oh come on, don't think I don't know how happy you are not to do these things." Sulpicia rolled her eyes gracefully, and a smile flashed across her tense face, but then the smile was overshadowed by worry. replaced.

"Ahinodora is still unconscious, will Caius go to the banquet at night?"

The highlight of the Volturi celebration was at night, when almost all the main leaders of the branches would come to the Volturi to participate in the evening banquet.As the representative of the elders, Aro will give a short speech before the banquet, sharing Volturi's achievements in this year and the prospect for the future.

It's a bit like the company's annual meeting, and a bit like a New Year's ball, but it's actually more like a test for the branch leaders—after all, Marcus' ability allows him to discover those ambitions that shouldn't be there.

The Volturi celebration is one of the few opportunities for outsiders to meet members of the Volturi royal family, including the elder wives who have been hidden in the tower.Therefore, at this time, the absence of any core member of the Volturi royal family will attract attention, causing an unnecessary undercurrent.

Those in charge are all human beings. Although they dare not be disobedient to Volturi, it is uncomfortable to be gossiped by others secretly. This is why Sulpicia is so worried about Caius and Axi The reason for Nodora.

Aro knew Sulpicia's worries very well, he kneaded his brows gently, and then said slowly: "Don't worry about Caius, he will go for Hillier, I guess he will not let his precious son alone Deal with that bunch of entertainment."

"That's right, I was worrying too much." Sulpicia breathed a sigh of relief, but she became nervous again in a blink of an eye, "Although we have Hillier with us, remember to talk to Hillier about the dinner in advance. He hasn't seen so many outsiders since he was born, so don't scare the child."

"Relax, dear." Aro reluctantly pushed Sulpicia back to his seat, and he gently played with Sulpicia's loose bun, "He is the future successor that we have personally cultivated since we were young, and this little thing can't scare him. "

"But……"

Sulpicia wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Ah Luo, who added meaningfully: "What's more, Hillier already knows how he will go in the future, and it's time to let him grow up."

"...Well, listen to you."

……

The bright yellow light illuminated the entire bathroom, and the hot steam smoked a thin layer of water mist from the large round mirror. Even the drop-shaped chandeliers hanging on both sides of the mirror could not illuminate the scene in the mirror.

Hillier sat in the bathtub, his whole body buried in the warm water.Only his wet blond hair and a pair of lifeless eyes were exposed on the horizontal surface, and the smoky steam gave his red eyes a hazy beauty.There were fine drops of water on his long eyelashes, and his fluffy hair was sticking to his scalp awkwardly.

Hillier's eyes seemed to be hurt by the bangs, so he used his hands to brush back his half-grown hair at will, revealing his smooth forehead.He dried his hands with the towel on the side, then took the mobile phone from the shelf mounted on the wall, and sent a message to Hermes viciously:

"Break off!"

After sending this sentence, he was annoyed at his naivety, so he threw the phone on the ground, and angrily buried his whole body in the water from head to toe.

He quarreled with Hermes.

Hillier doesn't even remember how they quarreled, but it's just you and I choking each other, and neither of them is willing to lose face and give in.But for some reason, the topic changed from trivial matters to Volturi and Karen, and the bickering between the two gradually turned into a quarrel.

"Brother, come to the Volturi dinner too." Hillier smiled and took an invitation letter and handed it to Hermes.

"I'm not a member of the Volturi, so what am I going to do?" Hermes glanced at the gold-plated invitation letter in Hillier's hand and was indifferent. Meaning nothing.

"You will join Volturi sooner or later." Hillier stuffed the invitation letter into Hermes' arms and said firmly.

"Let me join the Volturi? Forget it, I have no luck." Hermes rolled his eyes and frowned in disgust.

"What do you mean?" Hillier heard the disdain in Hermes' tone, which made him feel offended.

"It's nothing interesting. I'm leaving Volturi when your mother's matter is resolved." Hermes didn't answer Hillier's question directly. He mumbled a few words and used leaving as his rejection Excuse.

In fact, Hermes has always been unable to forget what happened to Didimi, and Marcus's grief-stricken look still appeared in front of his eyes, which made him feel bad for A Luo.During the time Hermes stayed in the Volturi, he completely disagreed with the way the Volturi behaved. In countless moments, he clearly knew that he and the Volturi would never be the same people.

He is free by nature, unwilling to be detained in one place for too long, and always has an inexplicable sense of justice from time to time. It is no wonder that Caius wants him to leave early.

After all, it was a good thing for Hermes to leave, both for himself and for the Volturi.

"I won't allow you to leave!"

Hillier suddenly shouted that Hermes was taken aback, but he immediately realized his gaffe, so he eased his tone and tried his best to make up for it.

"What I mean is, since you're here, you should have fun. Why leave in a hurry. I can also introduce you to many beautiful girls like Alyssa. If you don't take the exam..."

"Alyssa?" Hermes seemed to have heard something funny, and his face showed anger and faint sadness, which gave Hillier a bad premonition.

"I know it all, Hillier." Hermes twitched the corner of his mouth with difficulty, "I know it all, she is a spy sent by you and Aro to let me come to the Volturi. hook."

"...No, I really want to introduce you to someone." Hillier was not at all nervous about being exposed as a lie, and he calmly insisted that he had good intentions.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he was pushed into the corner by Hermes.Hermes had a pleasant smell of Brazilian mahogany, which made Hillier lose his mind for a moment.

"It's not a good boy to lie." Hermes' golden eyes stared straight at Hillier, forcing him to feel guilty.Hillier thought angrily about how Hermes knew about Alyssa, and he intuitively believed that it had something to do with Aro.

"I've lived 3000 years, and you've only lived...a year?"

Hermes looked at Hillier's slightly distorted face, as if he didn't want to entangle Hillier about Alyssa.He let go of Hillier's hand, leaned against the wall and looked coldly at the young man whose height reached his shoulders.

"Hillier, you don't really think the Volturi are some kind of justice, do you?"

"The Volturi itself is justice, the law." Hillier replied kindly.

"Oh? So what kind of burning, killing, looting, and wanton killing of innocent people is also justice? Is it also the law?"

Hermes' aggressive posture finally aroused Hillier's anger, which made his tone turn cold: "The Volturi have this obligation and responsibility to maintain the peace and security of the vampire world, and take measures when necessary. I don't see anything wrong with unconventional actions. As for those innocent people you speak of..."

Hillier evoked a perfect and indifferent smile.

"They're not innocent."

He was referring to the Karen family, and Hermes knew it well.

Hermes was speechless for a while after hearing Hillier's words. He lowered his eyes to avoid Hillier's provocative smile, and concealed his disappointment by the way.

Since the three views of the two are contrary, there is no need to continue the conversation.

Thinking of this, Hermes straightened up and looked down at Hillier.

"Boy, don't be so naive. One day you will see the true colors of the Volturi, and I hope you won't regret it."

After Hermes finished speaking, he turned and left. Perhaps because his mocking eyes were too obvious, Hillier's heart was suffocated, and the words that eased the atmosphere seemed to be stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say them for a long time.In extreme anger, he shouted at the back of Hermes leaving:

"Flee, coward! Coward! The Volturi don't need you!"

I don't need you either.

Hillier stood alone on the spot and sulked for a long time, until the back of Hermes disappeared in the long corridor, he returned to his room angrily.

"so annoying."

Hillier stood up from the water with a "squeak" and swung a lot of water in the bathtub with a big movement, and the floor suddenly became wet.

Angrily, he expelled this unpleasant memory from his brain, quickly dried his body with a bath towel, put on a bathrobe in a hurry, and walked out of the bathroom.

As a "teenager," Hillier finally had her own room.But there are no star or movie posters or fancy decorations in his room.The room is composed of three colors of black, white and gray, and the style is so simple that it is a bit deserted, which makes the giant brown bear doll in the corner look a bit out of place.

The bear doll is custom-made. Some people are so tall, and it takes up a lot of space in the corner.It was a gift from Ahinodora to Hillier when he was full moon-even though the pink Peppa Pig was what he wanted most at that time.

Hillier sat gently in the big bear's arms, and he put the bear doll's two furry arms around his chest, so that he could fall into the bear doll's arms, as if the bear doll was hugging him from behind Same.He closed his eyes wearily, letting himself enjoy a moment of silence.The big bear exuded a delicate fragrance, which reassured Hillier.

"It's okay, everything will be fine."