Twilight Saga: Caged Butterfly (Demetri Volturi X Reader)

Chapter 17 Downfall

  

Today marked the very first day that Voltera was plagued by heavy downpour, the rain cascading the perfectly silver skies since early this morning. The small town roads were completely emptied by any living soul while the thirsty stone houses –which were tortured by the warm sun these past few days- welcomed the chilling embrace of water with content. Large pools of water had formed on the pavement of the road and you couldn't help but feel a certain pinch of homesickness, since everything reminded you of your days at Forks.

Leaning against the vast window walls of your bedroom, you allow the coldness of the glass clear your mind to its very depths as you allow your gaze to wander into the roads, calmness and peacefulness invading your line of thoughts for the first time since forever. Rain mixed with the hauntingly beautiful sounds of the music box Demetri gave you, served to help bring your emotionless walls down and reveal your thirsty for calmness self. The truth was that you missed your father and Embry above all else and you would give anything to have a chance to talk to them and make sure they were alright. It wasn't easy for you to live with the thought that they worried about your well-being, believing these vampires were the worst creatures walking planet earth. For the most part, they would surely be right, but that rule did not apply for every one of them. Since last night, your stern and bitter stance towards them was somehow soothed down a bit, mostly by the kind and chivalrous behavior of Demetri.

He had taken you out for a date; as far as that went, you were not too happy about it at first, mostly because you always dreamt of your very first date being with someone you really liked and could see yourself with in the future (even if that was just a few months) and certainly, someone who belonged at the same species such as yourself. To your total surprise though, here was Demetri, the vampire tracker of the Royal Vampire Clan to prove you wrong once again. This guy must have made it his life's goal to get under your skin and bring your walls down even if that is the last thing he would ever do. He took you out on the best date you could imagine, bringing you to a breathtaking beach in order to release lanterns in the magnificent night sky that was adorned with all of its stars and the moon, shining down on you. If you thought about it from an unbiased point of view, it was both original and romantic of him to take you there and it would be a downright lie to say you didn't like it. He treated you like a true princess, making sure you loved each and every second you spend with him, never taking his luxuriously red eyes from your form as you smiled and finally brought down your walls. Even if he was a Casanova, you really had to admit his ways of enticing women were indeed mind-blowing.

The last part was what made your mind go completely numb. Because you enjoyed yourself last night. You really enjoyed listening to his poor attempts to dazzle you with his words or his actions and before you even knew it, you were already laughing at his lame jokes. You! Miss Ice-Queen. Had he finally made his way under your skin or inside your brain? You were saddened to admit it was a good possibility. Every time you close your eyes, every time you inhaled and brought the memories of last night in your mind, you could actually feel his hands gently coming into contact with your own or your waist, electrifying your skin and sending wild shivers down your spine. His voice was enough to make all thoughts go out inside your mind and your stomach to feel completely empty, while you felt his eyes falling on you like a soft and alluring breeze. It was at that moments in which you flashed your eyes open and tried to deny everything. No, you didn't feel anything, this was nothing!

Alas, no matter how much you tried to deny or fool yourself, the truth was there to slap you hard across the face: you were allured and thrilled with Demetri. All you could think about was him and all you could dream of was him as well. The alluring man had finally succeeded into drilling his way into your brain and you were left completely unable to do a single thing. You wanted to be around him but at the same time you didn't. It was clearer than the strong sunlight you were amazed by him, in a way you had never felt before, but it was also clear that this would probably get you to dark places; ebony black paths you should never cross. If you did so much as to allow these thoughts engulf you, you would be signing yourself up for disaster.