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Other Worldly Beauty
A/N: As I stated in the Author's Note in the previous pages, this story, DeathsQueen26 will be joining this story as a Co Author after the revised chapters are done being posted! If you have any questions or comments, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note! We look forward to reading your reviews!
Secondly, I would like to give credit due to Miyako-87 from her story 'Wings of a Small Bird.' I used several of her qualities that she uses for her Phoenix's, so if you like the Phoenix's in this story, you should definitely check out her story! - B
Previously...
Suddenly, a deep menacing growl filled the room, echoing and bouncing off the walls. All eyes snapped to my mate. He had a look of pure rage and fury on his face.
"Who dare gives you a child?" He growled.
His question was met with silence and everyone looking everywhere, but at him.
He grabbed me by my shoulders and slammed me into the wall. Good thing I had my walls reinforced so withstand supernatural strength."Well?" He pressed, his emotions leaking from his body as he lost control of his gift. "Who dared to give you a child? Now, we can never have a child of our own together! Who took away my right to impregnate my mate?"
I could understand his anger and if I was in his place, I would feel the same way. A female demon or phoenix can only bear one child. But what seems to be escaping his memory is that only their true mate can get them pregnant to begin with.
I looked to Peter who was standing protectively in front of Char. He nodded his head, letting me know that I should tell him the truth.
I took a deep breath and looked up into my mate's angry black eyes. "She's yours."
Chapter 6
(Jayden's POV)
Seconds turned in to minutes as the silence stretched on. I stood pinned against the wall as Jasper leaned over me with a hand on each side of the wall on either side of my head with his head bent slightly downward as he took in what I just said, glaring at me with a hard, yet surprised expression looking somewhat like a beautiful marble statue.
Peter and Char stood near the living room archway as they began to slowly back out, but not before giving me a look, asking me if I am okay being alone with him in this state that he seemed to be in. I gave them both a nod to go ahead which they had returned before continuing to back out slowly.
More seconds passed and I remained silent, giving him all of the time that he needed to digest this information. He continued to study me as he prodded me with not only his eyes, but his gift, as well, searching for any deception or signs that I was being untruthful.
Finally, he relented with a sigh, dropping his head down to look at the ground in between us, taking a couple minutes to digest what I had just revealed. "What the hell do you mean 'she's mine'?" He quietly and calmly asked in somewhat of a monotone as he slowly raised his head to look me in the eye once again.
"I mean exactly what I said." I began to clarify. "You are her biological father and I am her mother."
"But not her biological mother," he stated, pressing me for more information. "I think I would remember meeting you and being with my mate, nor would I have left you afterward."
"Correct." I nodded once, watching him and studying his reaction for any signs that he might bolt.
"How did this happen?" He questioned with somewhat of a moan, pushing off the wall and running a hand through his hair in befuddlement.
I nodded towards the still open front door. "Come for a walk with me and I will tell you everything." I smiled encouragingly, extending my hand for him to take.
He pursed his lips for a moment as he looked down at my hand as if it he was debating before he finally nodded. "Okay," he sighed as he took my hand and let me pull him out of the front door and began our walk around the property.
"Her name is Raylin Alexandria Whitlock, Rayne or Ray for short." He snapped his head to look at me in surprise and even though he tried to hide it, elation was clear on his expression. "Even though my last name is DelCampo, I wanted Ray to have her father's - my mate's - last name."
"How did you know that I was your mate to begin with before you even met me?" He asked, turning his head forward and keeping his gaze straight ahead of us as he took in the scenery.
I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "To answer that, I will have to tell you everything from the beginning." He nodded and I began my story from the start. "I was living on my property in Nevada three years ago. I own a small ranch out in the desert right outside of Vegas.
"It was around midnight when Peter appeared on my door step with a newborn hybrid baby. She was so tiny and beautiful as she slept in his arms and she had the most beautiful little bright blond curls. Our voices didn't even wake her up when we greeted each other and I invited him inside. We sat in the living room and he asked me to hold the little girl. As he put her in my arms, she woke up and her bright green eyes immediately drew me in. I felt so protective over her immediately and the love I had for this unknown infant was mind boggling. I couldn't understand why until Peter began to tell me about her.
..::*FLASHBACK*::..
I was captivated by the little angel that I was holding in my arms. I couldn't explain it and I didn't care why, but I knew I would protect her with my life.
Peter sat silently observing me as I shifted the little girl so that her head was on my shoulder and I wrapped my arms around the little bundle that held the baby.
"I need you to keep her." Peter said out of the blue.
"What?" I looked over at him in utter surprise and shock. "Why?"
"She's your mate's daughter."
"M-my…mates?" I stuttered in confusion. "Then why doesn't he take care of her?"
"It's not the best place for her to be living. As a matter of fact, I know it isn't. You are what's best for her, Jayden. She needs you to be her mother and one day in the future, she will be reunited with her father when the time comes."
"Okay," I nodded. "You're right. I would love to be her mother." I smiled and kissed the little girl's temple. "So, how did this happen? What happened to her birth mother?"
"Well, your mate had a sexual excursion with a human female. He came to visit me a little while ago and after some drinking and partying, he went home with a girl that he met." Peter explained. "It was only a one nighter and the only night he saw her. He left her the next morning and stayed with me for the rest of the week before he went back to the people he was staying with.
"About two weeks after he left, my knower alerted me that I needed to check up on the girl that he slept with. She actually has some of the same features that you have. Anyway, when I checked up on her, I saw that she was pregnant. I kept an eye on her for the duration of her pregnancy and when it was time for her to have the baby, my gift alerted me to go down to the hospital and I discovered that she had died during the delivery.
"I kept an eye on the child for three days and on the third day, she began to show supernatural signs and it was then that I knew that I had to take her. The more I had her around me, the more my gift told me about her."
"What did you find out about her?" I asked as I rubbed my hand up and down the baby's back as she lightly began to snore.
"She is different from the standard human/demon hybrid." He blurted out. "She holds powers that aren't of the norm for demonic children and she doesn't have the succubus traits."
"Wow, really?" I was stunned.
"Yeah," He nodded. "That's another reason why I believe that she would be best here. You would be able to help her adjust to her gifts and life as a demon."
"Okay," I agreed again, pulling the little girl back to look at her face. Her eyes were closed and she looked so happy and peaceful. Good God, how is it possible to love somebody so much that I only just met?
I concentrated on the gifts that I had copied from the little girl and discovered that she had a special kind of shield. She can send pictures or thoughts when she covers you with it and touches you. She can use her shield to move things or protect people. Wow, it's quite a handy little gift.
"One day she won't have to touch you to communicate, once she trains her gift hard enough." Peter said, 'knowing' exactly what I was thinking about.
"That's neat," I grinned. "I'm interested to see where everything goes."
"Me too," He agreed.
..::*END FLASHBACK*::..
"He left shortly after that, but has visited for every holiday and birthday that she or I have had. She really loves him and Char has been a great influence in her life. They both really love her." I smiled as I thought about my daughter.
I waited in silence, still holding his hand as we approached the stables. I could see Ray in the distance with Bella as she helped her stand on the fence while they were petting Acapella, a beautiful light brown Clydesdale with a white mane. She had a large smile on her face. I could hear her giggling as Acapella's lips tickled her little hand.
"Tell me about her?" Jasper asked as he watched our daughter play with rapid fascination and affection.
"Who, Rayne?" I asked and he nodded, not taking his eyes away from Ray. "She's brilliant. She's so smart and she's always happy. If she likes you, she will talk your ear off. She loves life and just radiates joy. It's contagious and I can't help but to smile when I'm around her."
I looked down and smiled to myself before looking back up at Jasper.
"She is so friendly and sweet and honest. It's almost crazy how smart she is." I shook my head with a chuckle. "She's three going on thirty."
"I would really like to get to know her." Jasper confessed before turning his head away from Ray to look at me. "I would really like to become a family with you two."
A slow, small smile began to take form on my lips. "I'm sure that she would love to get to know you too." I nodded as I felt my eyes tearing up at his confession. "I know that I would love to become a family with you, Jay."
He turned towards me and reached down to take my free hand into his other one and looked down at our connected hands. "Thank you, darlin'," he said with a small smile, rubbing his thumbs over my knuckles.
I kept my eyes on our hands, as well, as I spoke. "She's asked me about you, you know." I admitted, biting my bottom lip.
His head snapped up to look at my face, his eyes wide with hope and excitement, bringing my attention back to his hace. "Has she?" He asked surprised.
"Yes," I nodded. "I didn't know who you were and I only knew what Peter has ever told me, so I told her what I could." I shrugged and quickly amended. "But she has always been anxious to meet you." I paused and gave him a small smile. "She already loves you, you know? Even though she doesn't know who you are. She always has and couldn't wait for the day when you would come for us."
More time passed in silence as I let him take this in.
He turned his head back towards the pasture."That makes me really happy to hear." He whispered, looking back at Ray with a longing, wistful expression as a small smile began to tug at my lips as I followed his gaze to see a head full of blonde curls bouncing under her purple knitted snow hat as she ran, giggling as she went.
I knew what I had to do.
"Would you like to meet her?" I asked him.
He snapped his gaze back towards me and his eyes sparked at my request. I watched an anxious look suddenly cross over his features as he nodded slowly.
I grinned, releasing one of our joined hands and gave his hand that I was still holding a little tug before walking around the large fenced in yard where the horses were grazing. We walked in silence and I could tell that Jasper was nervous and anxious about this meeting as his gift began to leek out and he began to fidget his free hand as he twisted his fingers.
We turned the last corner and began to approach Ray and Bella. Ray saw us first and her face lit up with a beautiful smile as she was once again standing on the railing of the light wooded fence.
"Mommy!" Ray squealed as she fought to get down off the fence with Bella's help. As soon as her little sneakered feet touched the ground, she took off at vampire speed and launched herself in to my arms as I reluctantly let go of Jasper's hand and picked up my daughter. "Did you see me? I was petting Acapewa! She's a big horsey!"
"Yeah! I saw you!" I chuckled at her excitement and pressed a kiss to her soft, puffy cheeks that were stained with pink from the cold. Yes, she was a hybrid, but she still had human blood in her veins along with her attributed vampire abilities.
I noticed Jasper off to the side, looking at us wistfully as I interacted with our daughter. I could sense the longing that he was feeling through his stance to hold her and talk to her like I was. My expression turned serious as I looked back down at Ray and adjusted her slightly on my hip so that both of her legs were straddled around my hips instead of being propped up on my side.
Her eyebrows knitted together as she looked at Jasper with a questioning look on her face before she looked back to me and cupped her little hands, holding them up to my ear as she leaned in. "Who's that man, Mommy?"
I pulled away and looked down at her with a loving smile. "Ray, I need to introduce you to somebody." I told her keeping my smile in place and tucking a stray curl behind her ear and under her hat.
"Okay, Mommy." She nodded meekly as she hid her face in my hair against my neck. I waved Jasper closer as I turned Ray back to my hip so that we both were facing him. "Ray, this is your Daddy. His name is Jasper and he wants to meet you and be a family with us." I said gesturing to him with my free hand.
She peaked out from behind my hair as she heard this and studied him while he slowly came closer, still clearly nervous and anxious about this meeting, nothing like the dark Prince I had head about from all of the legends both in Hell and in the South where he was dubbed the 'God of War'. (A/N: Props go to IdreamofEddy for the nickname as well as Peter's 'knowing' gift!)
He gave her a tentative smile as he spoke softly in a friendly tone. "Hi Raylin, I'm so happy to finally meet you." He greeted her as he looked longingly at his daughter.
She was quiet as she continued to look him over and study him. Moments passed before she had finally turned to me and placed her hand on my cheek, showing me a picture of him holding her.
I came back to the present as the pictures that she showed me disappeared with a pleading look on her face. I looked to Jasper who was anxiously looking at us back and forth with a confused and curious expression.
I nodded and shifted her once again on my hip as she reached out for Jasper with both of her tiny hands anxiously. His face completely lit up as he took her into his arms, melting at the feel of her tiny body finally connecting with his.
She wrapped her tiny limbs around his body as she held him tightly and tucked her head under his chin as she took in deep breaths of his scent. He looked to me with tear filled eyes as he continued to embrace his daughter and gave me a watery smile.
I returned it, wrapping my arms around myself under my bust.
"I've been waiting for you, Daddy." I heard her whisper.
He sucked in a breath at her admission. I know I told him this myself, but I guess hearing her say it meant all the more.
"Well, I'm here now, and I'm not going anywhere ever again." He told in a broken whisper, her giving her an extra little squeeze.
"Promise?" She murmured against his skin.
"Yes, I promise, little darlin'." He nodded and pressed his lips against her head, taking in her delicious scent.
She pulled back to look at his face and I saw that she had a small grin that grew in to a full out smile.
Jasper matched her smile once he saw her expression and he leaned in and kissed her temple. "I can't wait to get to know you, baby girl." Jasper said against her skin. "Me, you and your Momma are going to be a family and I promise to make the past three years that I haven't been here up to you."
She looked up at his face with hope filled eyes. "Will you teach me how to ride a horsey? Mommy said I can, but only on Tuwip." She admitted.
Jasper looked at me with a puzzle expression, so I clarified. "Tulip is her pony that I bought her for her birthday so that she could ride her. She wants to ride by herself, but the other horses are way too big for a three year old's little body. Tulip is the perfect size for her."
Jasper nodded in understanding before turning his attention back to Ray. "Of course, I will teach you how to ride."
Her face lit up as she looked across the field where the two dogs were chasing each other before looking back up at Jasper. "Can Jewee and Athey come?" She asked pleadingly.
He looked a bit confused, so I stepped up to answer for him. "I don't think that Athena and Jericho will want to go, but I know that they will be waiting for you when you get done."
"Okay," she agreed as she turned back to Jasper. "Can we go now?"
He looked at me in question.
"She's your daughter too, Jay. You have every right to answer that question on your own, but do remember that she needs to eat and that she is half human." I reminded him.
"Okay then, how about this," Jasper pondered out loud. "How about we get you dinner, we have a movie night with Aunt Bella, Auntie Char, Uncle Peter, and Momma, and then tomorrow in the afternoon, I will take you out riding."
"Okay!" She agreed victoriously.
"Maybe your Momma will want to come too?" He asked, looking at me hopefully. I knew that as much as he wanted to bond with his daughter, that he also wanted to get to know me and spend time with me, as well.
Ray looked at me with excitement and hope and I knew that I couldn't disappoint either of them with our first family activity.
"Sure," I smile affectionately with a shrug.
"Yay!" She cheered.
I laughed as Jasper stepped forward and wrapped his free arm around my waist.
"Let's go in, then" Jasper laughed as he began to guide me towards the house where Bella had disappeared only moments earlier.
A/N: So Jasper finally met and accepted his daughter in to his life. How do you think everything will work out?! Any ideas on what will be happening next? I hope everyone liked it! Don't forget to Review!
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