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Chapter 1
(Marie's POV)

1863:

It was late in the night and I was on my way back from the city after hunting a fat drunken man when I smelled it. It was fresh human blood, but I had to do a double take. Something was different about this person, or was it his blood; I haven't a clue.

It was the most alluring, mouthwatering cent I have ever smelled. But it didn't trigger my blood lust, what-so-ever. It was arousing.

Something inside of me was pulling me in the direction of this luscious scent. I knew that whoever the owner was, I had to find them. My instincts were literally screaming at me, even as I took off in it's direction, looking for the source.

Minutes later, I arrived at a camp site that was filled with human civilians and soldiers from the Confederate Army. I heard from a human at the crowded tavern tonight that they were evacuating Galveston, so I figured that due to the amount of civilians with these soldiers, that they must be the ones who have been evacuated.

I followed the scent through the sleeping humans and arrived at the entrance to a tent. I could tell that the owner must have been a high ranking soldier in order to have such quarters.

I listened to the breathing of the soldier and concluded that he was awake and injured. Upon this revelation, I felt like someone had just stabbed me in the gut. I couldn't understand why some injured human was affecting me so?

I crept inside of the tent, making sure that the tent flaps were closed behind me.

My eyes immediately sought out the figure lying on the cot toward the back of the tent and my breath caught in my throat at the sight of him. He was the most beautiful male I had ever seen.

He looked to be about twenty-three and had curly blond hair that fell just above his nose. His piercing blue eyes focused on me with pain, confusion and wonder. He looked to be about 6'1 and was built beautifully in all of the right places. He must have worked on a ranch or a farm before joining the Confederates.

I was broken out of my stupor when he spoke to me slightly out of breath, "Are you an angel, ma'am?"

I gave him a small smile before heading over to his bedside. "What's your name, soldier?" I asked him.

"M-Major Jasper Whitlock, ma'am." He struggled out, grabbing at his chest.

His wound; I'd nearly forgotten about his wound after first laying eyes on him. I knew he was meant for me as my mate. My whole reason for existing was before me in the form of this wounded soldier.

I looked down at where he was grabbing and placed my cold hand on top of his warm one. He was way too warm. He clearly has a fever from his wound. I could feel the heat radiating off of him.

I could tell just from looking at him that he was shot, for he lay before me in nothing but his pants and wrapping around his stomach. It was clear to me that he was going to die, but I couldn't let that happen. Not without giving him the choice.

I looked back up at his face to see that he was still staring intently at me.

"You're so beautiful," he whispered as he struggled to reach up with his hand to touch me.

I stopped him by grabbing his hand and holding it in mine, putting my other hand on his forehead in hopes of cooling him down a bit.

"Jasper?" I called for him, getting his attention. "You are going to die from this wound, but I can save you by changing you into what I am. Would you want that?" I asked him, petting back his curls.

He gave no reaction that anything I said bothered him as he spoke, "Will I get to be with you?"

I gave him a small smile as I said, "forever."

"Then I want that." He struggled out; he didn't have much time left.

It was now or never.

I leaned down, keeping his hand in mine and turning his head slightly away from me with my other one. I placed a gentle kiss on his neck before opening my mouth and biting down.

I felt no desire to drink from him as I pushed as much of my venom into his veins that I could. He gripped my hand tightly and I heard him gasp in surprise.

Removing my teeth from his neck, I used my saliva to seal the wound before turning away from him and packing a bag of his belongings. I grabbed his uniform, gun, sword, books, letters and jewelry, placing them on my person and some in his satchel, throwing it over my shoulder with ease.

I then returned to my mate's side and carefully scooped him up into my arms, taking care not to jostle him too badly. I couldn't risk one of his men hearing him and coming running. I knew that I had to hurry, that he would begin screaming any minute.

Peeking out the flaps of the tent, I felt content to continue on as I saw no signs of disturbance among the sleeping humans. I weaved in and out through the maze of bodies with ease and once I only hand land ahead of me, I took off into the night, using the air to push me faster.

._.-;~_0_~;-._.

I was half way back to camp when he started to whimper. It was then that I knew the change was underway.

"Shhh," I murmured softly to him. "I promise you that you will be fine." I held him tighter to me and picked up the speed wind speed, in turn picking up my own speed. I wanted to get him into my quarters and comfortable before he starts to feel the full force of the fire. From experience, I knew that he had about an hour before that would happen and I knew that I would have to answer to my sisters when we arrived. I wanted Jasper to have my full focus, so I would have to have this discussion with them out of the way before it started.

I could see the camp coming in to view and continued on at my constant speed before slowing down the wind and myself.

Nettie and Lucy were standing at the edge of camp as I came to a slow walk. They had their arms crossed over their chests looking at me suspiciously.

I ignored them completely and made my way to my quarters, though I could hear them following me from behind. Upon entering, I immediately made my way over to my cot, carefully lying him down. I made sure that he was comfortable first before taking his belongings and placing them underneath the cot so that he could have a change to arrange them about my quarters as he pleased if he chose to stay, or in case he wanted to room with the other newborns.

"And what do we have here, sister?" I heard Lucy ask from behind me, startling me from my thoughts.

I turned around, releasing Jasper from my touch as I dropped into a crouch. He whimpered at the loss, so I reached behind me to grab on to his hand, but kept my eyes on my two sisters. They weren't the nicest people and I always knew to watch my back with them. The kind of things that they did with their prey was vulgar and they didn't care if a vampire was mated or not before pursuing them. Sure, there were some mated vampires that had open relationships, because of the stretch of eternity in front of them, but there were others who were overly possessive of their mates. They didn't care either way and would go after even their closest friend's mate.

"Easy, Maria," Nettie said, pulling Lucy backwards with her out of my quarters, but so that we could still see each other and talk without setting my mating instincts array. Until Jasper was through with the transformation, I knew that I would be extremely protective and overly so.

I straightened from my crouch while keeping his hand in mine, but remaining where I was in case I needed to prepare for an attack. "What?" I asked, searching both of their faces for signs of deceit.

"Why is he here?" Lucy asked again, pointing to my changing mate. "You changed him?"

I nodded, "Yes."

"But why?" Nettie snarled, clearly puzzled. "I thought that we had enough newborns to take over Monterrey."

I began to growl at hearing Nettie speak of my mate as if he was going to be a part of the group of newborn soldiers. There was no way that I would let that happen. The way that they treated them was horrible and I wouldn't stand for my mate being a part of that. Not to mention, after the first year, they plan to kill them because they find them useless without their strength.

"He will not be one of your soldiers." I snapped before looking over my shoulder at the beautiful man and reaching over with my other hand to brush some of his hair out of his eyes. "He's so much better than that."

"You're right," Lucy smirked, bringing my focus back towards her and Nettie.

I narrowed my eyes in suspicion, "What do you mean?"

"Can't you sense it?" She asked, her smile widening in an almost sadistic manner.

"Yes," Nettie agreed, looking behind me at him with a calculating, almost desired expression on her face. "There's something else there, I can feel it."

My stomach dropped as thoughts of what they were planning ran through my head. It was times like these that I wished that there was another way for us vampires other than carnage and war. I didn't want my mate to go through this kind of life, but it was the only way to save his life and I refused to let it be all for nothing.

"Let me make one thing clear," I snapped at them and they snapped their attention back towards me. "He is my mate. That is why I changed him and why I brought him back here and I will not allow you to play your seductive games with him. Do what you must with all of those other vampires and humans that you pick up, but you both will leave him be, especially if you want me to continue to fight in your army."

They both hissed at me, causing me to drop into a crouch again. Jasper let out a yelp and a moan, causing me to hold back a wince at the thought of him going through so much pain. The fire pit outside of my quarters began to roar and grow from my manipulation along with the wind as it picked up a bit, just in case I had to use it.

"Enough!" Nettie snarled. I pulled in my gift and the wind and fire stopped growing, though I kept a firm hold on them in case I had to use them fast. "We will respect him and you as our sister and your mate, but you will do good to remember that we saved your life during the battle that brought Benito's army down, so you will return the favor and do as you're told. We do not take kindly to threats, mi Hermana. (My sister)

I took in a deep breath, realizing that they were right before bowing my head in submission. I owed them my life and therefore, they owned me. I should just be happy that they will respect me as his mate and not pursue him or treat him as they do the newborn soldiers. I've had to sneak blood for them many times, because my sisters believe that they can control them with blood and sex.

"Good," Lucy grinned. "We will leave you with your mate, but he will have to earn his stay as you are.

"You both will report to us after his first hunt when he wakes." Nettie added and the two of them left us alone in the tent.

I took a seat next to him on the large cot and began to trace his features with the hand that wasn't holding on to his.

"I'm so sorry that it has to be this way," I whispered before leaning in and placing a gentle kiss on his forehead that had drops of perspiration beading across it. "But I promise you that I will make your decision worth it."

A/N: Jasper is going through the change, thanks to Marie saving his life. What do you think of Nettie and Lucy? How do you think Jasper will react when he finds of what he is? How will he react towards Maria?

Up Next: Jasper's POV when he wakes from the change and remembers what happened to him.

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