Infinite Bliss || Volturi Kings [1]

chapter 50

Three and a half weeks later...

Once my eyelids finally opened the next morning, I practically leapt out of my bed and skidded across the floor on my socks over to my phone. With an excited grin on my face, I opened up my phone to check the date; Monday 7 August.

I let out a high pitched squeal and jumped up and down on the spot just as Chelsea walked in. As soon as we made eye contact, she pulled me into one of her regular suffocating hugs.

"Happy birthday Eli!" she yelled enthusiastically.

"Thanks Chelsea," I wheezed, "I'm still the youngest person in the building though."

"That could go on for a while, get used to it," she laughed.

Caius suddenly burst into the room, definitely unimpressed with Chelsea. I shot him a glare before he had the chance to say a word and gave Chelsea another light squeeze.

"I'll catch you later," I waved as she edged uncomfortably out of the room, clearly feeling a little on-edge with Caius around. I turned to the blonde who was stood before me, "Do you have to be so imposing all the time?"

He smirked. "I came here to wish you a happy birthday, but if you would rather I leave, I can-"

"Nope," I cut him off and surrounded my arms around his torso.

"Happy birthday, carissima," he held me close to him and pressed his lips to the top of my head.

"Caius, please do not monopolize our mate on her birthday," Marcus shook his head disapprovingly with a chuckle.

"I was not monopolizing her, Marcus," he snapped.

"You beat us here!"

"It is not my fault you are too slow!"

I sighed as they continued to bicker like children and went into the bathroom to change, locking the door behind me. Some things will never change. The outfit I'd chosen was a white t-shirt tucked into a pair of denim shorts with my hair tied up into a high ponytail. Once I came back out, the three of them were settled down again although Aro looked like he wanted to jump at Caius' throat at the next given opportunity.

"You look wonderful, cara mia," Aro smiled and pulled me into his arms before unexpectedly pushing me back onto my bed so that he was hovering over me.

I let out a startled yelp. "Geez, you scared me you crazy vampire!"

He simply laughed and pressed an open-mouth kiss to my neck, and I only just managed to nudge that little leech off of me. "Save that thought for later, babe," I ran my hands through his raven black hair and breathed heavily as he helped me back up to my feet.

"Happy birthday, tesoro," Marcus surrounded his arms around my torso and lifted me up, spinning me around on the spot before placing me back down again.

"Thanks Marcus," I kissed him softly, "so what's the plan for today?"

"We planned to spend the day with you, carissima, and the weather is nice today," Caius took my hand and led me out of the room without warning, closely followed by Aro and Marcus.

The short walk through the corridors of the castle ended up taking maybe triple the amount of time than usual to due to me constantly stopping to embrace and gossip with the guards. I could tell it was beginning to piss off Caius as he began subtly steering us away from corridors occupied with people in the hope that I hadn't noticed.

Once we got outside, the four of us settled down on the grass under the usual oak tree. I leant against Marcus' chest with my legs across Aro's lap while Caius sat comfortably beside me with his ankles crossed.