Seraph

Texas 1980

The Denali stood in amazement as they surveyed the town. They had already seen the statue in the town center and couldn't believe it was the same person they knew. The one too lazy to do most things unless asked by her mate. The one with a bit of a short temper. They tried to ignore all that.

But they were still confused with the sight before them when they looked ahead. A whole town. How could she have gotten away with this? They were anxious. Nervous about the attention she had. There were rules; was this breaking them?

Serafina reassured them repeatedly before they relaxed about how the Volturi knew about the town. It had existed before she first went to Volterra, and Aro had seen it the first time they had met when he shook her hand. The Volturi regularly gave her safe passage to visit to ensure its safety when she stayed with them. This made the Denali feel better about the whole situation. Granted, the Volturi hadn't seen the town since then. They didn't know how much it had expanded and how much more respect they gave to herself for its creation. But that wasn't her problem. However, she didn't think she had to tell the Denali this part.

When they returned to the mansion, Kate couldn't help but whistle, "How rich are you?"

"Actually, I've been wondering the same thing," Emmett added, "When Carlisle was a little iffy on whether he should give money to Alice to use in the stock market, you had no problem whipping out a bunch of money and just told her to go crazy." He mentioned.

"It's true. It was only after you guys had made a killing that he felt comfortable giving Alice authority over his money, too," Edward commented.

"You trusted her that much?" Irina questioned, giving Serafina a curious look.

"She hadn't been wrong yet," she shrugged, "it wasn't even that much money."

"It was a lot of money then," Rosalie rolled her eyes.

"A crazy amount of money!" Alice nodded in agreement with a massive smile, "I wouldn't have even trusted myself with so much!"

Serafina couldn't help but frown at that. She thought Alice knew what she was doing. She narrowed her eyes at Alice, who only giggled in response as she hid behind Jasper.

"I'm better now! Much better with my visions! Right? Faster even!" she giddily said while still hiding. Jasper smiled at her antics.

"You mentioned your dad had left you some money when he passed. Have you been living off of that this entire time?" Carlisle softly asked.

"Haven't even touched it yet," Serafina off-handedly answered, "It's strange speaking at my front door. Can we just finish speaking inside?" she asked rhetorically as she unlocked the door and opened it. She stepped back to allow Rosalie to walk in first, immediately following and leaving the others outside.

Rosalie happily entered first. She reached back mindlessly for Serafina's hand, knowing her mate would know her intention and take it. She did. The two made their way to the living room, and Rosalie sat Serafina down in Serafina's favorite chair. Serafina closed her eyes as she relaxed, sitting sideways in her favorite oversized chair with her legs crossed over the arm of the seat. While she settled, Rosalie turned to the others to play hostess. She knew Serafina wouldn't want to give a tour, but she had seen the Denali's curiosity and knew they would like one. They were surprised, though, when the Cullens joined the tour. Esme explained they had only been to the town once before. But Serafina and Rosalie had regularly returned, and many changes appeared to have been made. They wanted to see the changes. The Denali nodded in understanding as they all toured the home together.