Chapter Song: Fall Asleep By: Us The Duo
We're just lovers we're just lovers
Under the covers under the covers
We got each other each other now
We're just lovers we're just lovers
Under the covers under the covers
We got each other each other now
Woah yeah woah oh yeah
Woah yeah woah oh yeah
I just want to fall asleep
I just want to fall asleep
I just want to fall asleep
Inside your arms
Inside your arms
Inside your arms
Inside your arms
Carissa Rae & Micheal Alvarado
BPOV
I watched as the guard finished decorating the Forks home. It was done in a modern style the living room had a baby blue and cream theme going on, as for the kitchen it was space-tech. Jane had decided to put a pool out back for some reason, I liked the scalding hot water, it's calming. So here I was, leaning against the pool wall, my eyes shut and I focused on Alice.
Alice was running through a town at full speed, the night was still young and it was just after dusk. She was in a town, it was snowing the flakes weren't falling yet. The ground was fifteen inches deep with snow and there was a statue in the town center. It was made of stone and there was gold on the bottom.
She stopped just in front of a club, alleyway. She went to the back entrance, blurring past the bouncer's by the back door and leapt onto the building, sliding in through the bathroom window. She hopped down, there were four women in the bathroom. She went straight for the one by the sinks and she pounced on her, slamming the young girl into the wall and going for her jugular.
She bared her teeth, much to the girl's fright and sunk her teeth into the golden flesh, that was the girl's. The girl screamed out, but couldn't be heard over the loud music. Thought eh three other girls whom were in the bathroom heard it. Two dismissed it, one not caring and the other too busy using the restroom. The third girl rushed out the stall and jumped on Alice.
Alice snapped her head back and threw the girl into the second girl's stall. Both girls screaming their head off. Alice finished draining the girl she'd started on before pouncing on the not-so-brave third girl. She ripped off the third girl's legs and shoved her immobile, bloody body away as she sunk her teeth into the second girl's neck. Draining her effectively, her eyes darkened even more from the sensual feeling she got.
Her arousal was coated by the sweet blood, that was flowing however wonderfully into her mouth. She dropped the second girl's motionless, limp body and bursted into the first girl's stall. She grabbed her by the hair and dragged her to where the third girl lay in horror, watching the horrific events taking place. Alice smiled- viciously at the girl. Her lips leaking blood and her teeth coated with the sweet substance.
She licked her lips and ran her long tongue over her teeth, she went straight for the first girl's neck. She drank and drank, her hands running up and down the petite girl's body. Alice found herself liking the girl's blood and body. The body reminding her of her own. She couldn't help but get aroused more than she had been. She ran her hands under the girl's dress and shoved her panties aside, toying with the frightened girls clit.
Alice scissored between the girl's thighs, working her clit and ghosting her fingers over her slit. Coating her fingers in the girl's juices. She bit down on the girl's neck harder and as she climaxed the blood got even sweeter, much to her liking. She grinned as the first girl's body fell limp-less to the ground. She smirked at the third girl whom she saved for last.
She bent down and snapped the girl in half, ringing her neck. As her head flew off and rolled out the door. A few patrons in the clubs hallway screamed, the head kept rolling until it reached the dance floor, where the dancing drunks and not-there yet patrons stopped what they were doing, screaming in terror. They fled for an exit.
Alice spun, looking in the window. She brushed off the blood of her face and smiled venomously in the mirror, fixing her short, pixie-like hair. Her eyes went from black to crimson red, in seconds. Not just dark blood red but blood bright. She smirked, pushing her breasts higher. She bent and picked up the fourth girl- whom was killed first- purse. She took out the girl's red lipstick and ran it over her lips.
"See you soon Isabella..." She winked.
My eyes snapped open and I climbed out of the pool at full speed, calling the Guards.
They all appeared in front of me, I knew my eyes were extremely black and it probably scared them. I knew how terrifying I could be when I wanted to be or when I was severely pissed off and now I was severely pissed off.
"Alice was in Black Mountain, North Carolina last night. She left the bodies drained and dismembered, I need Heidi, Demetri and Felix to head over and take care of our problem" I said. They nodded.
"Anything else?" Felix questioned.
"Burn it to the ground, as for the witnesses. Kill them" I said.
"We have forty-eight hours before the F.B.I and Area 51 agents are called in to investigate what happened. I want the club gone." I said, with that the trio disappeared and left only Jane, Alec, Renata, Chelsea and Afton in their wake. "Jane, Alec, Renata take Aro hunting he needs it. Chelsea, Afton go hunting your eyes are entirely too dark, the last thing we need is you going on a blood-crazed killing spree through Forks" I said, they all left, Jane, Alec and Renata with Aro and Chelsea and Afton by themselves.
"You know, you're extremely sexy when in Commander Mode" I spun to see Caius, he was leaning against the back porch, column. It was the first time since Marcus's death he'd been outside. His skin sparkling. His eyes black, and his face void of emotion.
"How are you?" I asked, He chuckled. He sat on one of the many lawn chairs around the pool, I sat beside him.
"You know, I never really understood the concept of that saying. People ask you, when you're supposedly grieving but there's only two feelings you go through it's anger and sadness. You should know..." I took an unnecessary breath of air in.
"Yes, I do know. Though it's different for everyone Caius..." I took his hand in my own.
"Yes, well I can assure you all I feel is regret and anger. Regret for allowing Marcus to accompany me without our Guards and Anger for not being able to take everyone. I'm also very angry that Marcus just let them kill him..." He was pissed, I could feel that.
"I'm sorry, I know Marcus meant alot to you. He meant alot to all of us, especially me. He was the second of you all I could even tolerate- I remember when we first came across each other. I felt compelled to be around you, Marcus had nearly had a coronary, if it was possible" I shook my head, smiling.
"That was the bond we shared, we could always be mated you know..." Caius said, I sighed, resting my head on his shoulder.
"Please don't Caius" I said, shaking my head.
"I know" He pressed his lips to the top of my head. "Aro's beyond frustrated. He showed me what he plans to do with Ms. Alice Cullen of Biloxi, Missouri. I can surely say, I'll love to see her head roasting on a silver platter" He said.
"Yeah, well that's something we all have in common. I don't think I can ever forgive nor forget what happened to Marcus, he didn't even get his full revenge on the werewolves whom killed Didyme. He killed the one whom killed her, but not the ones involved nor the ones whom tortured her... I-"
"I know you're thinking about what happened to you in your human life and what happened to her in her vampire life. Marcus chose not to fight and I'm forever pissed off at him, but I won't allow myself or most importantly you to feel guilt by his actions." He pulled me into his lap and I stared into his eyes, defeated. "You're going to go through with whatever you feel is necessary and I'll back you but don't let that feeling inside however small it is over rule you, Isabella" He purred.
"You need to hunt, so let me go shower and we'll go to Seattle. Alright?"
"Yes, Cara Mia" He said, kissing my cheek. I swallowed, as I climbed off his lap and sped for my room.
JPOV
Isabella hadn't been to school since Marcus's death two days ago. She was angry, I could understand. None of the Cullen's went to school and I didn't blame them, The guards were doing a hell of a job guarding the house and the movements of Carlisle and Esme.
"Are you alright?" Rosalie asked, sitting beside me on the sofa.
"Yeah..."
"No you aren't"
"So then why'd you ask, if you knew?" I asked.
"It's a thing called being COURTEOUS! Anyway, Emmett and I are going to see Bella. She's pretty cool, she promised to let me see her wardrobe. If it's anything like her outfits from school that first day and the day in the field. It's expected to be spectacular!" She said, excitedly.
"You really like her..." I observed. She nodded.
"She's a very nice girl. Plus she's technically my sister and I LOVE her! We have so much in common, at first I thought I wouldn't like her, I didn't want to but she's really nice"
"Yes, she is when she wants to be" I smiled.
"You should come with. She needs you right now, even if she's angry with you. You're supposed to be her everything. Her friend, her lover, her confidant, her reason for living, her guider, her protector. You're everything to her as she is to you... She may want space, but you need to show her you're her mate and you won't let her go just because of a mistake you repeatedly made." Rosalie said. I nodded.
"I wasn't planning on it" I said.
"Lets go then!" Emmett shouted, as he blasted past us and out the front door. I chuckled, following after him. Rosalie right behind me, we made it to the Volturi home, which was actually beautiful. It mirrored our's, except there was a pool and a lot more rooms. I could understand the rooms but I wondered why they had a pool.
"Hey, Belly Beans" Emmett said. Bella and Caius came from the woods, Caius's eyes were bright red, Bella's the brightest of gold. Caius went into the house, not speaking to anyone but gave a nod to Bella.
"Hey, Em, Rose, Jazzy" She smiled, but I can tell by her emotions it doesn't quite match what she's feeling.
"Hi" Rose chirped.
"Can we talk?" I asked. She nodded.
"You can just go right in" She said to Rosalie and Emmett. I missed her and it had only been forty eight hours, hell I missed her the first ten seconds, even less if I was being honest. I loved her and I hated being apart from her, I wanted nothing more than to reclaim her and have her in my arms. I felt angered that she could be so free with Caius, don't get me wrong I'm glad she has him as a friend but not when he's persistently trying to take away what is supposedly and IS MINES!
The possessiveness was rolling off of me in waves, I could see Bella tense in the corner of my eyes. She was attuned to my feelings, emotions, my thoughts even if she didn't persistently check my mind, she just knew me. She was mines, all of her as I was hers and the fact that I betrayed her sickened even myself, as well as her. I knew she was disappointed in me, for lack of a better word. She'd seen my slip-ups and my reactions to the animal diet and I was sure she didn't care, she knew as well as I did how it felt to have blood lust pouring from many people around you.
She understood that I couldn't control it, unlike Edward whose continuous fuck-ups from his newborn rebellious stage, he read my thoughts and knew what compelled my screw-ups it was the whole family, with the exception of Carlisle who sent me into a crazed out to get blood state. It was hard being an empath and Bella knew very well how I felt, and even more with the fact that she was that and more.
"What's with the possessiveness and the anger?" She questioned, I knew she wasn't searching into my mind, she'd already told me how she felt about depriving me of my right. As her mate she felt it better if she could just trust me to tell her things, rather than look into things and show there was no trust. I wouldn't have cared either way, there was so much I wanted her to know, so much she'd missed over the year, so much I was willing to tell her and yet I remembered why I didn't want her to look in my mind and probably the main reason she didn't want to.
My escapades with Alice, it wasn't that I didn't love Alice, I did she was a great friend and she helped me out and that just grew, as a new animal feeder and out of the southern wars, I was new to society as a whole and she manipulated me. She used her gift as a seer to tear into me, she knew very well that I was mated and she knew because we'd been away from each other for so long how our bond had been weakened, the pain was unbearable and she told me I could make it go away.
The worst mistakes I had ever made was listening to Alice, I should have turned back around and went back for my mate that day in the diner , I shouldn't have listened to her. I should have fought more to protect her, to guard her instead of following her orders like a lovesick puppy. I didn't do my job as a mate to stand by her side no matter what, in death or everlasting life.
"Jasper" My name coming out of her mouth a soft whisper, her luscious, plump lips curved into a small smile. Her eyes bright and wide-like. Her hair wild and musked, from her previous hunting activities. She looked beautiful and graceful, blood no where to be seen on her hour-glass figure. She could always manage to stay clean during hunts, though sometimes she'd release her feral beast and get real messy. I groaned, willing the images of Bella fighting a Lion or a Tiger or even a Bear in the forest, her clothes ripped to shreds, her teeth and lips covered in animal blood her eyes darkened and lust clouding over her.
"Jazz" She whispers, placing her hands in minds. She pulled me to sit with her on a boulder, we were maybe a good fifteen miles away from the house. She looked at me with sad eyes, I was projecting. I sighed, taking a calming breath, I focused on her face, her beautiful eyes that used to hold doe brown. The color I'd missed the chance to see...
"I won't ask how you are coping..." I started, rubbing circles on the backs of her hands. "Because we both know what you're feeling and it's the type of feeling I really wished you weren't feeling what you're feeling. I wish I could take away your pain, and I could you could but we both know that would be false and you'd be feeling something un-genuine which would prolong the hurt..." I kissed the palm of her hands, one by one.
"J-"
"Humor me, Bella" I said, cutting her off.
The Major was out full force now and she knew it. Never had he been so frustrated, angry and POSSESSIVE!
"We're mates and it's ridiculous to be distant from each other when we could have each other again. I hate this, I hate knowing you're so close and not being able to claim you as mines again. I hate knowing I hurt you, I also hate this whole situation..." I said, purring. She was staring at me, her eyes wide. She couldn't find it in herself to even blink a lash.
"I love you, I'm here for you, I'll be here for you, I'll always be here for you. You're mines as I am yours, we belong together like two pots on a kettle, two peas in a pod, two halves in a whole and a broken heart waiting to be merged into one" With each sentence, I inched closer to her. She was panting - not by choice but by habit. Her eyes and mines locked into a gaze, our lips nearly centimeters away, her warmth instilling my warmth.
"I understand your resolve, your pain, your betrayal and I KNOW that you need time, but we're mates and this isn't the thirteenth century anymore, we were made for each other, you're mines as I am yours and I won't lose you, nor put up with the ridiculousness that is us skipping around the actual solution" I was so close her labored breaths were melding with my own. Pure habits, we both had picked up ever since we'd met.
"You want to hate me, but you can't. You want to disentangle yourself from our bond but you don't really want to, you're love-struck and you're torn and Caius is persistently trying to catch your affections whether it be consciously or not. He wants you, loves you, trusts you. He can give you three things, Love, Trust and Friendship. I can give you that and much more" I said, her non-beating heart could have beated repeatedly by the emotions she was sending out.
"I was made to be anything you want, as you were for me. We're it for each other Bella. We're not just mates, we're Soul mates, we both know any mating couple could leave each other but not soul mates. Soul mates are sealed until death and we both know that. We're it for each other until death do us part..." I pressed my lips to the corner of her mouth.
"So tell me Isabella, do you fancy me dying in order for you to be with your second choice? Your plan B?" I questioned, lust was fogging the air around us. She was doing her best to keep her resolve, but I could feel it slipping away little by little. "Because I can assure you, nothing will feel as good as being with your soul mate, we both know that" She was a thin thread away from snapping.
My hands roamed over her body, slowly trailing her stomach, her lower abdomen, her waist. I could smell her arousal and I could see how dark her hooded eyes were. She was almost completely overcome by love and lust on her own terms. I slid my hand to her neck and caressed my mark, she shuddered, squeezing her legs together, tightly. I moved my other hand and lifted her hand to her mark on my neck. She'd been the only other woman to ever mark me lovingly, sexually. Never Alice, nor Maria or anyone for that matter.
"Do you feel the electricity, the jolts, the spark between us. That'll never happen with anyone ever! You're Mines! Feel the connection, the love, the lust, the everlasting emotions between us both. That's ours, it belongs to us only. You'll never feel this with anyone ever, it will never be like this with anyone else. It won't even be close" I growled, running my tongue over my mark. She snapped, her resolve gone and her eyes holding the most feral, most wild look she could manage to possess.
The Major left me and I let go of Bella leaving her on the boulder, I went for a quick hunt.
BPOV
I had never seen the Major like that before, I knew just how dangerous and possessive and all the more fuck hot and lustful he could be but it had never been to this point ever, he was right. I was his, no matter how hard I tried to fight this, and it pissed me off.
I let out a thunderous growl as I made my way back to the house, I bypassed Caius's Junior Guards whom had no special gifts but could fight like those of the Southern Wars. I had on my infamous bitch glare, which had them cowering away from me and looking downcast. I was feeling murderous, all the anger and resentment I'd been trying to keep down had been released all thanks to The Major, The Captain was now here full force and I couldn't stop her from taking over.
"Someone's pissed off" I turned and stared at Caius who was perched against his door, he looked bored and somewhat annoyed. I knew he knew I was with Jasper or should I say The Major. I couldn't help but feel a heavy coat of arousal at the way he was growling and purring at me, thought I was angry at him well not really The Major, Jasper. I couldn't help but jump for joy inside at the fact our bond was starting to strengthen and we hadn't even claimed each other yet.
I wanted more than anything for Jasper and I to be together again as if nothing had happened, but it wouldn't be like that for a while. Not until the Pixie Bitch was gone, I didn't want nor need her around me anytime in the near future unless it was to have her head on a pike and watching as her incapacitated form burned into ash. It was no secret this hit home on so many levels, bringing back memories of my human life.
"I'm fine, Caius" I said, in a bored tone. He chuckled, darkly.
"If you actually think you're fooling me, you've obviously lost touch with reality, Isabella" He said, tauntingly and playful.
"You know, it's not a good thing to antagonize an already scorned woman" I said, tilting my head, staring at him.
He grinned. "Ah. Captain, it's been a while since I've met your acquaintance"
"You know-" That was when I fully took in Caius's form, his chest bare, his abs well-defined and water droplets moving down his porcelain skin. He had on slacks, with a slim belt around his waist. It was obvious he had just came out the shower and was getting dressed when I passed his room, he always loved to mess with my control when he knew I was near.
He chuckled, his eyes sparkled and his lips pulled into a smirk. He'd caught me red handed ogling him, his Adonis body too perfect for even myself. He looked like pure sin, which is what he was. A sin, Jasper/The Major was my mate and I was here eye-fucking another man, though to be quite honest it was a natural instinct due to my sexual suppression.
I cleared my throat, willing my eyes to move from his exposed skin. "You-" I growled, blowing past him and grabbing his shirt. I helped him into it, buttoning the buttons, so fast I nearly ripped them off. I sighed in relief as his chest was covered and I raised my eyes to his face. The Captain had disappeared and I was back in control.
"You're going to go to hell one of these days, Caius" I said, frostily. He laughed, putting on his suit jacket and pushing his red handkerchief into the pocket. I growled lowly at him, he was being extra flirty and I knew that was just his way of dealing with his Brother's departure from our existence, he'd pushed his grief back and zeroed in on his quest for me.
"Oh but what fun it will be when I land there for, having being in your company" He said, his breath on my cheek. I was so attuned to my humanistic traits, as were many vampires - who could blame us? It was a sticky habit that didn't seem to quite get the gist of being broken. I blinked.
Caius's eyes darkened and he pushed me back onto his plush bed, his knees on either side of my hips. His eyes were black but not with thirst, with lust. I knew exactly why, Rose and Emmett were going to face Jane's wrath for defiling the young one's room. I chuckled, slightly. I was brought back to the norm when I felt his hands on my southern border.
His lips on my collarbone, his white hair a curtain around his face. I squirmed under his grip, as his hands descended lower and he started to unbutton my dress shirt, his lips placing kisses on my stomach as he went lower and lower. He stopped once he reached eye level with my center which was still wet for Jasper, I couldn't help but feel sickened to the core. I felt like I was betraying Jasper, I felt as though I was betraying myself.
I shut my eyes and thought back to earlier, the way Jasper touched me, the way he spoke to me. The way his eyes were dark, clouded with lust, love and possessiveness. He was a vision, he was Zeus himself, Ares. A mixture of the most beautiful and terrifying Greek Gods. My eyes shot open as I realized he had my dress pants almost to my knees.
My hands shot up and I gently pushed him off. Fixing my clothes, damn him to hell! No spark, No electricity, all there was was lust and that wasn't even fully all Caius's, because it may have been his hands on me, over me, trailing over my soft but hard skin but I couldn't stop thinking about Jasper. I knew Caius face was stone cold and I knew very well he was pissed. I could feel it and I felt bad for causing him anger and pain.
He wasn't my love though, he loved me because we were friends. He was my companion, basically a Plan B which was what Vampires called it. If you ever lost your Soul mate, you'd always have someone out there who could fill the void somewhat. So you wouldn't always be alone, a companion was simply a vampire or human whom could fill you desires whether they be sexually or not.
The only difference was, you could never act on the companion bond, only when both parties soul mates were indisposed could they engage in action. The pain from steadying yourself with a companion when your mate was alive was too hard a pain to go through, I'd seen it second hand and it wasn't something I would want to go through no matter how fondly I thought of Caius.
Jasper would always be MINES and I would ensure that. If only I could simply just say it instead of being ignorant and angry, after all I'd never been able to stay mad when Jasper was concerned, but that didn't mean I wouldn't let him earn his keep. I gave Caius an apologetic look before leaving his room, I leaned against the closed door and shut my eyes.
I sensed him.
"I see the realizations hit" He said, I stared into Jasper's eyes and shrugged my shoulders. "Can I take you on a date before we leave for Volterra?" He questions. I nodded, cocking my head to the side. He smiled at me, happily. I took his hand and led him to my bedroom on the other side of the corridor. I was thankful it was a few rooms down from Caius. I could still feel his rage and reluctance to accept my rejection.
"We'll do Fuckward's era courting, no claiming or marking until I feel you've earned it!" I said, venomously as I sat on my bed, removing my shoes.
"I can deal with that, as long as we don't do the whole friends/mates thing" He said with disdain, his nose wrinkled. I grinned.
"I'm going to be quite the hard courtee" I smirked.
"And I will be the perfect courter, because I tend to have you claimed and mines in no time" He smiled, kissing my cheek.
I sighed, flopping onto the bed and groaning in annoyance. I didn't know who was worse, Rosalie and Emmett or the other Guard's or Sulpicia and Aro for Cripes sake! Jasper was obviously affected by the lust that was being poured around this house, and in this room. I was aroused as well as he. I had control, it was hanging by a thin thread but it was control none the less. I pulled Jasper down and laid in his arms, exhaling as I felt the familiar spark run through me. I felt safe in his arms.
Wanted, loved and for the utmost. His.