A/N: This is the first, short chapter of Liam's love story. It would probably be best if you read my poor Twisted and Entwined Souls stories first, before you read this one. I'm hoping to make this story a lot better than my others, because Liam was always my favorite character besides Rem.

This story will be in Liam's point-of-view. Just know I'm still practicing with telling a story in a male's vantage point, so I'm sorry if I don't get it perfect! If you like this story enough to review, then I'll get to typing the next one as soon as I can. =]

"And that concludes it, right?" Talon's voice echoed through the district of the entire court arena. Across from the vampire elder's chair sat the werewolf elder, Allalcypre. Said wolf fondled his long, black braid and scrutinized the bloodsucker in front of him.

"Just what makes you think I'll agree to create a new peace treaty? You did, after all, kill several of my kin." he spoke in an annoyed voice. Talon sighed heavily. Werewolves had always been stubborn.

I sat amongst my family and friends, my chin resting in my palm as I watched the interaction between our leaders. Beside me, my second-cousin Karen sighed heavily. On my other side, Chandler tapped his fingers impatiently against the seats. I resisted joining in on their impatience.

This whole broken peace treaty issue was because of Kai, a werewolf who had played with Karen's mind and then used her to try to get revenge for Evelyn, who had been a vampire girlfriend of his before she had been killed. Kai was also dead now, joined in hell with Eve and Skyla, Chandler's psychotic ex-girlfriend.

It was almost depressing that both Chandler and Karen got through their ex-love's' deaths so easily. The one woman I had promised to love for eternity was killed by my own father nearly centuries ago. It had taken me up until the time I had met Alexa to finally get over Moira's death.

Then I hadd accidentally fallen in love with Alexa, which was a large mistake since my cousin, Remington had taken her. Neither Lucas nor I had had a chance. But then again, sometimes Alexa looked a lot like Moira. After all, they'd both been Bernetta's…witches.

Since Alexa, witches had become extinct. Now the witches we thought of at this time of earth were people who had a highly spiritual soul or major ESP.

I let my mind wander in boredom as I stared at the stage while Talon and Allalcypre conversed in strained voices. I just wished they'd agree on something. It was not that difficult to sign a peace treaty once more. As long as both of our races complied to the rules once more, there'd be no pain.

My eyes wandered over the large amount of vampires on our side of the room. Nearly all from the whole western district of the United States had gathered here in this large stadium. On the other half were the werewolves, who, mind you, stunk up the entire court.

"I'm bored." Karen muttered under her breath. Her voice was loud to my ears, and most probably to half the other vampires sitting around us. Before I could give her a warning stare, her father on her other side nudged her with his elbow and narrowed his eyes. Rem was threatening, but was more of a sarcastic joker than anything else.

He was the kind of being who, if angered, was frightening, even to myself.

I saw Alexa touch Rem's arm to tear his attention away from their daughter, and she shook her head and smiled to him. He seemed to relax, and sat back to continue watching the elder interaction. My eyes lingered on Alexa a little bit longer, and she seemed to sense my watchful eyes, because she looked past her husband and daughter and smiled at me.

I looked away, not bothering to smile back. I wasn't worried about upsetting her. The only ones I showed my true self to were Karen, Tayte and Lucas. I'd only a couple times opened up to Alexa, but my own emotions were turned down each time as she went straight to Rem afterwards.

I'd been alive for so long, I'd almost forgotten what it was like to love someone. I'd forgotten what it was like to improve my emotions.

"-upon these conditions, you will sign the contract?" Talon's voice broke through my thoughts, causing me to blink and look up. What conditions?

Allalcypre leaned back in his chair and smirked widely. "Yes. Do you agree?"

Talon seemed to be lost in thought for a long moment. Then he stood, taking a larch stack of papers tied together, and walked toward the werewolf elder's' table. "I agree."

I heard Rem suck in a large breath, and I looked over at him. My eyes caught Karen's face, and she seemed shocked. Wait, what had Allacypre said? What were the conditions? I focused my thoughts to Rem, and he looked at me with a semi-shocked face.

"Liam Castillon, son of vampire Bartholomew, please stand from the audience." Talon's voice bellowed from the stage. My body froze. What. The. Fuck.

Both Chandler and Karen elbowed me non-too-gently. I shot them a look and stood slowly. I had a strong, foreboding feeling I'd daydreamed during a very important part of the conversation. Now, I had no idea what was going on. Talon nodded toward me.

"Please come to the stage." he said softly. My vampire ears caught it. As I walked past Rem, he caught eyes with me.

"Prepare for the worst." he murmured so quietly it was like a breath of oxygen.

I didn't even want to begin to understand what he meant. As I walked down the golden-carpeted aisle, I hardened my facial expression and wiped out my mind. I stepped up the first step of the stage, fully aware that everybody was now watching me. I walked past the other elders;

Giselle, the fortune teller, the blonde haired vampire elder with a calm, patient mind, smiled at me almost pitifully. Then there was Isador, the helpful elder who helped lead us to Karen when she'd been kidnapped with his tracking skills. The next was the ghost, or psychic vampire Raniya, whose eyes were like piercing daggers that could see through your entire being. When I passed the last elder sitting down, I felt my jaw clench angrily. It was Callistus.

He was a mind worker who paired up with Evelyn to help kill Alexa. He was also Skyla's father. I just hoped Talon had given him a proper chastisement. However, from the sneer on his face, I figured my hopes were crushed.

I ignored him and continued walking, stopping before Talon and Allalcypre. The overwhelming odor of dog nearly made me scrunch my nose in disgust. I managed to hold it back.

Talon smiled once more at me before turning to the werewolf elder. Said wolf stood from his seat and brushed a hand through his loose, graying bangs. Then he turned toward his own kind and bellowed a name through the room.

"Iridian Nova Rayvenstarr. Please come to the stage."

My eyes followed the old mans' line of sight and caught a movement in the very back of the room. A young female wolf, maybe the age of 14 -quite young since I appeared to be at least 18 to 20 in human years- stepped down from the aisle and walked up the stairs. She stopped beside Allalcypre and shot him a cold look.

"It's just Nova, father." she told him. Okay, now I was baffled. What the hell was going on?

"Very well, Nova darling. This is Liam Castillon, the only son of Bartholomew not bonded by marriage to a female."

I studied Nova, still wondering what was about to happen. She had soft, auburn hair that was tied up into a spiky bun, with her bangs parted on the side of round face. Her skin was an olive color that meshed well with the small array of freckles adorning her button-like nose. They would be nearly invisible if you were a human unless you approached her closely. But as a vampire, my vision was superior.

The part of her tiny frame and image that shocked me into staring were her eyes. One was a shiny, hazel-brown, and the other was a dark, ocean-blue. There were two options for this fact: one, she was using discolored contacts for the hell of it, or two, it was because she was a werewolf. Having multiple colored eyes was normal for an animal, especially for a dog…right? My head began to ache.

"It's nice to meet you." Nova spoke almost coldly to me, making me arch an eyebrow.

"Likewise." I guess.

Talon cleared his throat next to me and tapped the contract papers on Allalcypre's table. "In order to fulfill the peace treaty between us vampires and the werewolves, we will have the first ever marriage between our two races…"

As Talon spoke, that dreaded foreboding feeling sank in the pit of my stomach and I realized I had missed a very important part of the conversation earlier.

"The wedding will be held three months from this day in this same stadium." And then, as if to conclude the terrifying event that was soon to occur, Talon added, "…Liam Castillon, please take care of your fiancé, Iridian Nova Rayvenstarr."