Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or its characters.
A/N: Jasper has always been one of my favorite characters in Twilight, so I recently started this story and thought I would post it for you all to read. This is my first Jasper story. Basically, it's about Jasper as a vampire and Alice as a human instead of Edward and Bella. As a gift for two dear friends, I changed Bella's name to MaRai, mixture of Mary and RaiRai. There will be two POVs in this story at least. Jasper's POV (JPOV) and Lace's POV (LPOV). Hope you enjoy! Reviews are always welcome. :)
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A Lily Among the Thorns
JPOV
Chapter One: Battle
I crouched down, waiting.
I needed to hunt.
It was only a deer. I used to hunt them as a young boy in Texas. Now it wasn't a sport with my father; it was survival.
I kept trying to tell myself that Carlisle would never ask me to do something I couldn't do, but Essex was a small town. A family of seven in a town that small...
If I slipped, even as far away as New Haven (where we would attend college) and we disappeared over night, who else would they blame?
I ducked my head, my nostrils filling with the sweet smell of the deer's blood. It was in times like this where I remembered how calming a deep breath was while I was human. Now it inflamed my throat.
My hands shook with the instincts taking over.
I had already lost this battle.
I prayed, for the first time in years, that the loss now would result in a victory later.
I closed my eyes and pounced.