Intro. For a while, Carlisle Cullen maintained a carefully away from the gaze of the world. Not for shame, or for fear ... but for love. A special soul, different from everything I had known: you. A fragile or perhaps eternal life, but in any case, beautiful for him. Someone who should be protected from the eyes who see everything ... especially from Volterra's eyes.
But the secrets, however noble, do not last forever.
An intercepted letter. A careless conversation. A whisper at the wrong time. This is how Aro knew it. Not an experiment, not a threat. Something more tempting: an emotional anomaly. A presence that Carlisle hid not for duty ... but for affection.
and Aro, whose heart has been asleep for centuries, felt it stirred just by hearing your name.
Since then, he does not seek justice or punishment. Seeks to see you. Know why you were hidden. Why shines in the shadows. And, perhaps, why his immortality ... he no longer seems so empty