BELLA'S POV
I knew Jasper was lying to me but I let him have his way. Not really so much lying I guess as protecting me. I stood up and followed them out once they had been fed and watched as they practiced. I felt fear consume me as Annabella screamed then I turned to see Emmett hovering in the air. I heard her gasp and hit the ground, I still wasn't sure what had happened as I shot to her. I picked her up as Jasper came to us.
"Take her to Carlisle. I want to talk to the boys." Jasper sighed. I carried her over as I listened to Jasper talking to the boys. "Boys, how did you do that?"
"We just thought about it Daddy. We all have to be thinking about the same thing. We discovered yesterday we can do it." Braxton answered.
"Yesterday?"
"Yes sir." Cooper looked at his feet.
"Tell me that is not how my car ended up in the pool?" Suddenly Braxton became really interested in his shoes as well.
"Son of a Bitch. You two do realize that you are both going to get tore up right?" He hissed.
"Jasper."
"Bella, stay out of it." He snapped at me. "Do the two of you realize how stupid that was? Do you realize you could have not only been harmed yourselves but your sister, you really could have hurt her badly. Using your powers to train is one thing but using them to do stupid things like that is a whole different story. Much less hiding it from your Mother and I." Jasper was beyond pissed.
"We just wanted to see how much we could lift. Annabella didn't want to but we talked her into it."
"Annabella is not in trouble at the moment, you two are. Your job is to protect your sister and keep her from harming herself. We've been over this a million and one times. When you put your sister in harms way you are not making wise choices and being the responsible young men I want you to be."
"We don't want to be Southern Gentlemen, we want to be war Gods like you." Cooper huffed and Jasper stood stone still. I could almost see his rage and pride competing for dominance.
"You can be a Southern Gentleman and a War God." I called out glaring at Emmett. I was going to seriously kick his ass. He shouldn't be telling the boys stories about Jasper and his past.
"Don't look at me like that, blame Peter." Emmett sighed. "I had nothing at all to do with it." I turned my glare to Peter.
"Bella, they have to understand why Jasper is so strict and controlling and why everyone fears him." Peter sighed.
"Jasper she's fine." Carlisle called just tired.
"Annabella, come here." Jasper called and I growled.
"Damn it Bella, if you don't stop growling at me I'm going to put you over my knee damn it." She raised an eyebrow at me. "Annabella, I want you and your brothers to show me how you do that." I opened my mouth to protest and he cut me off. "I want the three of you to focus in on Uncle Emmett's baseball hat."
"Could we not use my head as an experiment." Emmett pulled his hat off and tossed it onto the ground." I watched as the had wiggled but didn't move.
"I can't Daddy. I'm soo tired." Annabella whispered as tears fell.
"Shhh, it's okay Princess. We'll work on it more tomorrow." Jasper picked her up. "Enough training for today. Boys get showered and changed and meet me in my study."
Jasper carried Annabella up to her room and I followed him. I took her into get her bath. He kissed my forehead. "Daddy, we didn't mean to hide it. We just weren't sure what we could do yet."
"I know Princess. I know you don't agree Bella."
I raised my eyebrows at him. "You're wrong, I do agree they need to be disciplined for lying to us yet again. They chose to tell us they didn't know how it happened or who put our car in the pool instead of telling us it was their powers and an accident. They need to be corrected for that. They also need to be open and up front with us about their gifts as they emerge." I sighed. "I just don't like them to be spanked. I know it's a necessity but I just don't like it Jasper."
"I know my love and that is exactly why you will never have to be the one to discipline them. I don't like it any more than you do but my priority is teaching them right and wrong and how to be strong and independent. Your roll is to coddle and nurture them." Yeah right, who the hell was he trying to play, all three of them had him wrapped. All they had to do was snap and Daddy gave it to them. I rolled my eyes at him and walked off. "Keep it up woman." He growled at me.
I took Annabella up and got her ready for bed. She was already asleep in my arms. I laid down in the bed with her snuggling while Jasper disciplined the boys. We had separated all three only days ago placing them in their own rooms at night. Annabella was still having issues with it. She didn't like being alone. We had found her in bed the first morning with Cooper and this morning with Braxton.
I heard them go into their rooms and could hear them getting ready for bed. Neither of them were making any sound other then the sounds of their baths and getting dressed. I sighed. I hated this. I knew Jasper had been hard on them. I knew it was necessary but that didn't mean I had to like it. I snuggled closer to Annabella as I heard the door close to Jasper's study and closed my eyes. I jumped when Jasper lifted me from the bed a little while later. If I hadn't known better I would have sworn I had fallen asleep. I sighed into Jasper's neck and kissed it resting my head on his shoulder and closing my eyes enjoying the feel of being in his arms. I sighed as he climbed into bed with me in his arms and began to kiss over my neck and jaw before claiming my lips. "Talk to me Bella."
"I'm just worried. Jasper they don't seem to grasp they can not lie to us."
"I know. They'll get it. Give them a chance. I was like that myself when I was a boy. I remember Daddy having to spank me a lot." He chuckled. "Boys will be boys love."
"I know." I sighed. "Annabella seems so weak tonight."
"It's their gifts, they seem to be draining her. I think it is only because she is not feeling well. Tomorrow we will work with their gifts and see what develops. I think we need to start training them full on."
"Jasper what are you not telling me?"
"The battle in the North. Things are getting worse and they are moving this way. Bella you and the kids need to leave. I want you to go with Esme and Your Mother south but I want you to learn to fight first in case you are intercepted."
"No. Jasper we aren't leaving you." I gasped. "We stay together. Until our souls leave this earth remember?"
"Bella."
"No Jasper. If you want we can send the kids with Esme and a guard. I'm not leaving you."
"And if we are both destroyed what will happen to the kids?" He asked and I gasped. "Bella, if they take me down, I want to know that our children at least have you."
"You're expecting them to kill you? You want me to leave and you expect them to kill you? I won't fucking leave you Jasper. If you go, I go with you. I won't live without you." I was hysterical now. He was sending us away so he could die.
"Bella, calm down. I'm not saying they will. I will just feel better if you go with the kids to Forks. It will be easier for me to concentrate on the task at hand if I know the four of you are safe." I shook my head. "Fine." He sighed. "We'll agree to disagree until the time approaches for the four of you to go."
"It won't get you anywhere." I growled and he cut me off by kissing me as his hand trailed down and tugged on my shirt ripping it from my body before doing the same to my jeans. I smirked at him as I broke the kiss. "You my husband, love of my existence, are over dressed." I ripped his shirt biting his collar bone and that set the beast inside of him loose. I shivered as he ripped his jeans away and sunk into me. I could feel my lust skyrocketing letting me know he was projecting. As he pushed harder and faster pushing me to my release he bit into my neck making me hiss and pushing us both over the top. He released his hold on my neck and licked the wound sealing it before kissing it tenderly.
"Sorry my love." He whispered. "I just felt the need to claim you again."
"Never apologize for that." I sighed. I turned my back to him and snuggled into his chest as he tightened his arms around me. I closed my eyes and purred in contentment. He held me as if this were our last night together. I was lost in bliss when Annabella's scream sent both Jasper and I into a panic. I didn't even see him grab his pants as I pulled my robe on both of us running for her. She was sitting up in the bed screaming full out and non stop. Jasper's growl alerted me to the presence of someone else in the room. I grabbed Annabella as Jasper went into attack mode. I could feel the shift from my husband to the all out Reaper. He was no longer himself, he was the War machine everyone feared. I glanced at him as he and the intruder circled one another and I carried her from the room to Cooper's. I collected Cooper and quickly went to Braxton's room. I could hear Jasper and the unknown going at it in Annabella's room as we made it to Braxton's. I opened the door to see a strange vampire leaning over him touching his head and Braxton panting as if he were in pain. I growled and dropped Annabella and what happened next shocked me. It was as if someone had swung a bat or a board and connected with the vampire launching them through the wall and into the court yard. I jumped out and went after him. Peter intercepted me.
"Bella, see to the kids, let me deal with this." He yelled as he ran. Emmett was right behind him but Edward stood back. I turned and he shook his head.
"I don't know how it happened Bella, we were all out hunting we didn't come across any other scents. The Triplets are frightened. They say you attacked that man in Braxton's room. They showed me what happened. That was seriously some strong mojo." I laughed at that. I had to.
"You did not just say that." I laughed as we both jumped back through the hold in the wall into Braxton's room.
"I had to distract you. You are positively vibrating and I could see the electricity coming off your skin. I didn't want you to fry someone."
"Mommy!" Annabella yelled and flew to me. I held her tightly to me.
"It's okay honey, it's okay." I held her kissing her hair.
"Mommy that mean vampire was hurting me." She cried on my shoulder and I wanted to go in there and kick his ass.
"Jasper kill him." I growled knowing my husband would hear me.
"Done." He came into the room and by his stance I could tell he was still the Reaper and not my husband. "Are you all alright?"
"Yes Daddy." They all answered as he looked around the room. His eyebrow raised when he saw the hole.
"There was another vampire in here with Braxton." Edward explained. "Bella dealt with him." With those words Jasper was checking over all four of us head to toe. His growl sounded when he encountered the bite mark the vampire had left on my arm. He didn't speak just continued to check the kids until he was satisfied they were unharmed. "It's the dominant male trait Bella, right now Jasper is not himself. He is in protector mode. He will not rest until all unfamiliars in the area are dead or run for Canada."
"I know, I feel his need to make sure we are safe." I sighed. "Jasper, I'm okay. Calm down, the kids are fine." I stepped into him placing my hands on his chest. I tipped my face up and kissed him. He growled and stepped back.
"Take the kids into our room. Keep them there with you and Rosalie. Alice will be coming soon to stay with you as well. We are going to hunt them down."
"Jasper please."
"Bella, enough. Take them to our room." He growled and I turned taking all three of the kids with me. I had just sat down with them when metal doors began to slam shut around us. Rosalie entered with an ice chest full of food and drinks for the kids. Moments later the room was locked down tightly.
"I know don't kill the messenger." Rosalie obviously was not happier about this than I was.
"Seriously? He is going to lock us up like caged animals?"
"Bella, he is doing everything in his power to keep you and triplets safe. You don't realize the extent of his love. If something happened to you, he would die. It would destroy him. The triplets as well, he knows neither of you would survive if something happened to them."
"I know. I know Rose. It just drives me insane he will kill to protect us but at the same time keeps us so sheltered we are vulnerable."
"Yet wasn't it you who didn't want him to train the kids to fight?" She asked as I put all three kids back to sleep in our bed.
"The kids no, but me yes. He doesn't want me fighting. I'm suppose to sit by and raise the kids and let him do all the fighting for me and it's just not going to happen. I get the whole nurturing Mother thing I do but he needs to understand that while I'm a Mother, I'm also mate and wife to the Reaper. All we encounter will expect me to fight at his side." After that Rose and I sat in silence reading and waiting as the kids slept. They had just finished breakfast when the doors disengaged and an enraged Jasper came into the room. I could feel the anger pouring off of him as he went into the bathroom. "Rose, can yo take the triplets down to the game room. Let them play the game for a while." I looked at her and she nodded knowingly.
"Emmett and I will keep them busy." She smiled at me. I nodded thankful for her. She always understood and jumped to help distract and keep the kids away.
I waited until they had left the room to follow him into the bathroom. He was pacing nervously and before I could speak he had me totally naked once again checking me head to toe. I didn't fight him just let him be the Major and my husband. I knew once he was certain I was okay, he would relax. I saw the wound on his neck and my fury shocked me. He was injured and it was a female that had marked my mate. Not just any female but fucking Victoria, I was going to rip her ass apart.
