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Chapter 7

APOV

We were silent as we made our way down the beach away from the house. I was unsure of what Jasper had planned to say to me. I silently cast a silencing spell behind me, making it so everyone in the house couldn't hear us, but we could hear them. I knew how nosy Peter was, I wanted whatever Jasper had to say to be between the two of us and possibly Aría. "Did you listen into the conversation between Aría and me or had Peter demanded your attention by then?" I giggled as he teased me, while walking down to the shoreline. "No I was too busy trying to keep Peter in line, why?" The way he worded it made me worry and I frowned slightly, turning to look at him. What could he possibly have to tell me about Aría? He raised his hand slowly as he smoothed the crease out with his finger.

"It wasn't anything you need to worry about like that darlin'. I just wanted you to know that I think she maybe empathic. We were talking about you and how sorry I was that I had hurt you and she said she could tell how sorry I was and how much I loved you." He paused probably to let me think about what he meant. I felt him tense slightly as I removed my hand from his arm, I smiled when I bent down to remove my shoes and vanish them to my room. I stood back up and Jasper smiled when I placed my hand back in it original position, I blinked when a bolt of electricity shot through my body, starting at the tips of my fingers that touched his hand.

I gasped and looked up at him, wondering if the electricity was only felt by me." Please tell me I wasn't the only one to feel that." I whispered, praying that I wasn't making a fool of myself. I held my breath as he shook his head and looked at me."No mi compañero, you weren't the only one to feel that. I know that I have a lot to make up to you, but I will try my damn fucking hardest to make you happy again." I let my breath out slowly only to suck it back in when I felt Jasper project his emotions to me. Love, Remorse, Joy, Guilt and lust. "Jasper." I whispered closing my eyes, just feeling the emotions that mirrored my own. I felt him move before being still, clearly waiting for my reaction. I opened my eyes and saw a look of vulnerability in his eyes that should never be there. I darted forward and threw m arms around his waist. "I believe you Jasper; I still love you, but do not ever do something like this again I don't think I would survive it." When I looked at him, I knew that he could see the pain in my eyes. He nodded at me and leant his forehead on mine.

"I can't promise we won't fight because we both know that I am just as hot headed and stubborn as you are. I can however promise that I will talk to you about anything that worries me. I can also promise that I will adore that little girl up there. It looks like she needs it." I stated as he tightened his hold on me. I smiled up at him and kissed him softly. "Those seem to be reasonable terms Jasper. I will try and do the same. Now what was this about Aría being empathic? I mean I can see it; she got angry earlier when I did and she got scared when I was even if I wasn't outwardly showing it in anyway. What are we going to do if she is? I mean it could be a side effect of the level of magic she has, it could also affect the control she has on her magic."

I watched and waited as he nodded and processed everything. "I didn't realise that she had magic, but that makes sense you wouldn't take a child from anywhere without good reasoning. Also I am sure there is a huge story behind this that needs telling later. Can I ask you something?" I saw uncertainty on Jasper's face as he looked at me, clearly worried about how I would take what he had to say. I nodded, smiling, encouraging him to speak. "Is it me or does Aría look like the perfect mix of the two of us?" I tensed and looked at Jasper's face. I could see the embarrassment in his eyes before he raised them and looked over my head at the ocean. I sighed, "I thought that was just something I was imagining. That she looked like me, but had your eyes. She kind of has a good mixture of our temperaments and personalities as well. She also seems to have a good mix of our gifts. My magic and your empathy." I looked up at him before turning in his embrace, looking out at the ocean while relaxing back against him.

I smiled softly as he placed a kiss to the top of my head, "I think that we should just see where this goes. She will obviously need us both to help her with all of her talents." I nodded glad we were on the same page and said, "I think that she will need us both in general Jasper. She needs to feel safe, loved and part of a family. I went to her old house with her today and I just get the feeling that she wasn't as loved as she should have been. Mon amour, I don't want her to feel like I did as a child. I don't think that I could stand it." I knew Jasper had felt my sadness begin to overwhelm me when he span me around in his arms and held my face gently in his hands. "Darlin', I will do everything in my power until the day I cease to exist to let the both of you know that you are loved, cherished and protected. I promise." He told me.

I smiled and wrapping my arms around Jasper's neck. "I hear you major. I hope you know that I will do the same thing back to you. I know that you don't need protecting, but there may come a time when you need the help and I will be there. I love you. I never stopped." I watched as he smiled down and bent his head towards me. "I love you too." I held my breath as he dipped his head lower to kiss me, when an ear splitting shriek reached us from within the house. We froze before running back to the house. I reached the door first and threw it open, immediately scanning the area with my magic. "What in the name of the founders?" I asked as we took in the scene in the room. Aría was being held protectively by Bella on the couch and surrounded by Esme and Rosalie, while Edward and Carlisle stood behind it. Emmett was crouched on the floor and Harry and Peter stood in front of the entire group. What caught my eye the most was the fact that Harry had his wand out and it was pointed at something we couldn't see.

I darted forward and stood in between Harry and Peter with Jasper moving to stand between Peter and I. In front of us was the fire place, lit for the first time since I had made the house, glowing with green-blue flames of a flue call. That I wasn't expecting. Very few people even knew that I was connected to the network at this address. I placed a hand on Harry's arm and forced him to lower his hand. "Let me. You don't know the existence of the island remember." I walked over to the hearth and knelt down. When Aría whimpered as I stuck my head into the flames, I felt my anger begin to surface and snarled. "Who are you and what do you want?" When my eyes focused I found myself staring at High King Ragnok, the head of Gringotts. "Forgive me for being abrupt High King, but you scared one of my young guests. What can I do for you?" I removed all anger from my face.

He nodded, "I am sorry Your Highness. I just wished to inform you that Dumbledore is trying to access Lord Potter's vaults. Also I have information on the little girl that you have recently acquired. She is biologically the daughter of both you and your fiancée. It would seem that you were followed back to the 1860's and some of your genetic material was taken from the pair of you. The material was then implanted within a Gollum and was grown until the child was born. She was then given to Tom Riddle to use as a weapon, he then passed her over to a married couple who were very loyal to him. So while you did not conceive and carry her naturally she is your daughter and has been placed as such in our records. I apologize for the way in which this information has been departed to you, but if you wish to discuss it in more depth with us, please do not hesitate to owl us. May the rest of your day be brighter than this."

He finished and removed his head from the fire ending the call. As he had spoken I knew that my anger levels had increased and my control on both my magic and my demon was slipping. I knew that Ragnok had noticed this in the way he had abruptly ended the call, without the usual courtesies. I pulled my head from the fire and heard the major say, "No hija, it is not. Neither Jasper or I will allow it." I turned around to see him holding our daughter in his arms, reassuring her of that no one was going to kill us. I stood and turned to face them properly saying, "Nor will I." I knew that my loss of control would be showing within my eyes. I hissed when I saw Aria reached out her arms towards me, tears falling down her face.

I darted towards the pair of them and took Aría from Jasper and wrapped her up in my arms making soothing noises in my throat. I purred softly when I felt Jasper's arms come around the pair of us, sandwiching Aría in the middle of us. 'This is how it should have been from the start of her life.' I thought absently as we stood there. I looked down at Aría and told her, "Nothing will ever hurt you again Aría, Jasper and I will keep you safe. Remember what I told you, everything about me helps me adapt to survive. Nothing short of the world ending is going to cause me to leave you." I wasn't sure that even that would take me away from my daughter. I saw Jasper nod out of the corner of my eye and place a kiss on Aría's hair. "The same is true for me too sweetheart. It will be over my pile of ashes that I leave the pair of you." He smiled at me and I smiled back he didn't even know she was his daughter but was willing to protect her with his life. I knew we would need to have a conversation immediately and mouthed, "Put her to sleep. Please." He nodded and soon Aría's heartbeat slowed.

Once Aría's heartbeat was a steady, slow rhythm, I placed a silencing ward around one of the couches and placed Aría on it. I then turned to face everyone else and watched as they moved to take a seat. I stayed standing as I said. "Right we need to discuss what the hell that was." I stood still at Harry walked towards me with an unreadable expression on his face. "Yeah we also need to talk about you forgiving Jasper so quickly." Harry said, stopping in front of me. I looked at him shocked, then I began to get angry as he judged without knowing the full reason. I placed my hands on my hips and raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me." From the corner of my eye I saw Peter and Jasper flinch and look at each other. I had only ever used that tone once around them and they knew what was going to happen. Before either one of them could intervene Harry snarled out, "Annie he damn near fucking killed you, I know he practically ripped out your heart. Yet you have gone and fucking forgiven him so easily." He began to pace as he spoke.

I just stood there, looking between Harry and Jasper. I could see the hurt in Jasper's eyes and that did it for me. "Well excuse the fuck out of me! I was under the impression that I was a grown ass woman who could make her own decisions. I may have forgiven him Harry, but we all know, especially Jasper that I won't forget what he did. I just can't live without him Harry. What would you have done if it was Peter? Would you have forgiven him?" I looked at him, begging him with my eyes to understand and he nodded, sighing, "Yeah I guess I would have forgiven him." I smiled, relieved and looked at Jasper before frowning and looking at Aría. "Now we have a more serious issue. Malfoy Sr. wants to try and use Aría to take over the ministry because neither of us is there to stop him and he feels that Aría has more power than either of us. He tried to get Aría when he killed her parents about a month ago. He also wasn't working alone, Greyback and one of Lestrange brothers, whichever one we didn't kill in the war." I held my breath and waited for the blow up from that statement.