Jasper's POV
I felt different emotions after hearing Alice's admission. I was surprised, but not nearly as much as I should be, and after thinking about it, it made a lot of sense. Bella was made for me in a lot ways. Certainly more than Alice could ever be. Oh, as a human, Bella had been miles away from me, but she was eighteen and hadn't seen much of the world. Now she was a warrior. She was someone who would do what she had to, no matter how ruthless, to get the job done. Not only did I get that, but I was turned on by it. She was perfect for me.
I also felt anger, mostly at Alice. This wasn't just something that Alice had just figured out. She knew for a while now that Bella was my mate and not her. I would know that even if Bella hadn't accused her of it herself.
I momentarily felt the emotions from everyone else in the room. Well, everyone I could feel. I couldn't seem to feel Peter, Char, Garrett, or Alistair while Bella was around. I felt the Cullens' though. Carlisle and Esme were shocked and slightly appalled. Emmett and Rosalie were angry on my behalf and Bella's. Edward felt betrayed. No doubt he was thinking about how she'd used him for her own agenda.
I did my best to put all their emotions out of my mind. I had my own emotions to deal with, most dominant being the desire inflict the worst pain I could imagine on my wife. I still had a firm grip on her throat and I squeezed harder. If she were human, she would surely be dead by now. As it was, I knew she was feeling an intense amount of pain. I found that satisfied me. "How. Long?"
Alice didn't speak. She just cried out in pain and tried to escape my grasp. Unfortunately for her, I was much stronger than her and Bella was also holding her tightly. She was going nowhere.
I tightened my grip even further to 'persuade' her to answer me.
"Son, please stop. You're hurting her," Carlisle said. As if I didn't already know that.
"I'm aware of that, Carlisle," I said without a shred of remorse. "You'd do well to answer me, Alice. If you don't, you'll learn firsthand just why they call me the God of War."
I heard a low snicker from one of the others. I knew immediately that it was Peter. He was enjoying this. I wasn't surprised. He'd always hated Alice. He never believed she was my mate. I was going to hear about for at least a week when this was finally over.
Alice finally decided to be smart and answer me. "I...I h...had a vision of it a week before s...she moved to F...Forks. Y...you would meet her b...before sc...school even started and bond with her."
"And you decided to change it?" I asked in deadly quiet voice.
"I...I had to. I couldn't lose you. I m...made sure you stuck close to the h...house the day she came and then I t...told E...Edward Bella was his mate. I t...told him he should k...keep her away from you because of your poor control," Alice said.
Bella tugged on Alice's hair, causing her to scream out. "Because you knew that if he got close enough to me, he would feel the pull."
"Y...yes," Alice squeaked out.
"Talk about her birthday. I want to know what really happened that night," I told her. I had a feeling everything was not as they seemed. In fact, I knew they weren't. I might not know much about mates, my believing that Alice could possibly be my mate was proof of that, but I did know some things. I could never lust after my mate's blood. Lust after her, yes, but not her blood.
Bella snarled as she came to the same conclusion I had. She must not have had time to think about it until now.
"Answer me, Alice!" I bellowed when she didn't answer fast enough.
"I...I had to make it so we would leave. If we d...didn't, I...I saw you getting close to her. I saw you bonding like you would've earlier if I didn't prevent it. I...I tried to forget about it and p...planned her party like I was going to all along. Then the f...future changed. I...I saw Bella cutting her finger. I...in my vision, everyone in the family lusted for her blood except you and Carlisle. Edward was about to push her into a table, but you were closer in my vision. You p...pulled her out of the way. I...I knew I had to change it, so I made sure you were too far away to do anything in time. When Edward pushed Bella into the table, you felt his blood lust and everyone else's. None of it was yours," Alice explained.
I growled loudly before pulling Alice out of Bella's grip and flinging her through the air. I was more angry than I'd ever been in my life. Screwing with me was one thing, but Alice had screwed with my mate. She'd caused her pain. I still didn't know what had happened to Bella at the hands of the Volturi, but I did know that it was because of Alice. If I had been there to protect her, the Volturi never would've had the chance to touch Bella.
Bella snarled and immediately started after Alice.
I gently took my mate by the arm, causing her to turn to me. "Together."
Bella looked at me for a minute and then nodded. "Peter, start a fire."
"My freakin' pleasure," Peter said with an evil smile on his face.
Bella and I immediately started after Alice, who was a few feet away backing away from us. I grabbed her by the ankle, pulling her towards me and bent down beside her. "I hope it was worth it, Alice. I hope eighty more years with someone who could never truly love you was worth dyin' for."
"Jasper, son, please! I'm begging you, don't do this," Carlisle begged.
I ignored him. If he thought I was going to spare Alice because of his pleadings, he was more delusional than I thought. Alice was getting no mercy from me. She'd harmed my mate. Worse than that though, she'd set me up to harm her. For that she would face the most painful death that I could give her.
And a painful death she had received. Bella and I literally tore her limb from limb and made her watch as they burned to a crisp, and we did it slowly so that she could lay there in agony for as long as possible. Then I ripped her head off and threw it in the fire along with her torso. I then watched in satisfaction as the creature that caused my mate and me pain slowly disintegrated into ash.
