Chapter 1 Teaser of The Arrangement

Chapter 1 Teaser

“Izzy Swan?” a voice boomed, startling him from his thoughts.

“Ye… Yes?” Edward heard a bell-like voice respond.

“May I speak with you after class to see if we need to catch you up on anything you might have missed before our break?” he asked.

“Yes, sir,” the girl in front of him responded quickly, nodding before she looked back down at her desk.

“Good. Well, let’s get this class started. Shall we?” he announced and started handing out the assignment sheet for the rest of the semester.

She leaned forward to take the stack of paper from the person in front of her and held them behind her.

“Thank you,” Edward replied quietly. Their fingers brushed lightly against each other, a spark shooting through his hand as he heard her gasp and quickly let the papers go.

Edward let out a chuckle and took the top paper before passing them behind him. Glancing over the assignment list, he wondered about the new girl who sat in front of him. He let himself drift and thought about why he was having this kind of reaction to a girl whose back is the only thing he had seen besides the little shock he received from, but that was nothing but static electricity. Right?

Prologue teaser of The Arrangement

Prologue Teaser

Both the Kings nodded, and the Cardinal’s secretary began to write out the agreement. Carlisle beckoned his secretary to his side, who brought the Royal seal of Ardania forth in an intricately carved box, opening the lid and laying the royal blue wax, a lighter and the seal next. Aro followed suit, calling his secretary forward, who also brought forth a marble box with the lid already open, displaying the red wax, a lighter, and the Royal seal of Voltura.

Within moments, Alex, the Cardinal’s secretary, had two agreements sitting before Marcus, with Alex’s flourishing penmanship. Cardinal Marcus nodded as he read through the document, handing each head of their respected aristocracy a copy of the agreement. Both the men read through it and was in agreement, melting the wax onto the paper by waving the lit lighters over the stubs, wax dripping on the paper. Both grabbed their Seals at the same time, they pressed them into the hot wax and left their country’s signature on the paper. Carlisle and Aro handed the papers back to Marcus, having him exchange the papers between the two Kings, and repeated the same thing, adding their signatures.

“Well, gentlemen, may this agreement bring peace to your families and countries for many, many centuries,” Cardinal Marcus said as he stood to take his leave. Both Carlisle and Aro rose and joined the Cardinal, shaking his hand as Marcus handed the Kings’ copies to them. A gasp went through the on-lookers as Aro extended his hand out to Carlisle. There was an immediate hush that fell over the room, even the Cardinal stopped and stared at the proffered hand. Carlisle, glancing between the eyes of his old enemy, took a step forward and grasped Aro’s hand, shaking it firmly. An audible whoosh of air was heard throughout the room as the men smiled and clapped each other’s arms as they shook hands.