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There are alot of secrets revealed in this and a huge twist which will be explained in later chapters!

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Everybody's Fool - Evanescence

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Bella PoV

When Sam announced that Paul would like to speak to me, I knew immediately that he was coming to deny the imprint face to face, I could just feel it. After my initial breakdown over it, I was surprisingly calm about the whole situation. I knew he had a girlfriend and I didn't want to be a home wrecker, for all I know they could be happy together, maybe even have a family. I didn't want to break that up.

I tensed slightly at the sound of approaching footsteps, followed by a knock on the door. I took a deep breath to steady myself before standing up and going to answer the door, I couldn't help but suck in a breath at the sight of my mate. He looked gorgeous in human form, I could tell it was him by the Earthy and Musky scent that belonged to him.

I gave him a timid smile before stepping back and gesturing for him to come in, he returned my smile before entering and walking into the living room where his Alpha was currently sat with a thoughtful look on his face before looking at Paul and I.

"I'm going to leave you two alone so that you can talk, I'll be outside if you need me," Sam replied before walking out the front door, giving us the illusion of privacy, which I was grateful for, this was going to be hard enough without an audience.

"Would you like to sit down?" I asked Paul who was standing in the doorway, looking uncomfortable.

"Yeah, thanks," he replied as he took a seat on the sofa which his Alpha had just occupied. My sofa seemed dwarfed compared to the size of him, I had to hold in a chuckle.

"Can I get you anything? Something to drink perhaps?" I asked, trying to be considerate of my mates needs.

"No, I'm fine thanks, we do have some things to discuss though," he said, looking uncomfortable.

"Yes, I know we do," I replied seriously.

"I'm sorry but I can not accept the imprint Bella, I don't want to lead you on or anything, the last thing I want to do is hurt your feelings," he said softly, looking me in the eye as he rejected me. Even though I was prepared for this, a pang of hurt still went through me.

"Is this because you're with Leah?" I asked curiously. His facial expression immediately turned to rage and I thought I'd made a mistake in mentioning her, "Im sorry, it was wrong of me to drag her into this," I said hastily, his face softened slightly.

"It's not that, I'm angry with Leah, not you," he replied.

"Are you okay? Did she hurt you?" I asked worriedly, checking him for injuries, if that bitch had harmed him I would tear her throat out.

"Leah and I broke up today, found out some things today that were just unforgivable."

"You didn't break up over me right?" I asked, I really didn't want to be a home wrecker.

"Partly,"guilt coursed through me at those words, "but it's not for the reason you think," he finished with a sigh.

"Okay?" I asked, feeling confused.

"I found out how much of a lying, manipulative little bitch she was," he hissed out, his eyes flashing yellow.

"Can I ask what happened?" I asked, curious about what she had done.

I sat there in stunned silence, listening as Paul told me the whole twisted story, I couldn't believe the gall of Leah. I was in half a mind to go down to La Push and fuck the bitch up but not only would that cause the treaty to be null and void but it would cause more trouble.

When I heard that Paul had a daughter I was stunned and when he told me it was with his ex Rachel, I was confused as to who she was, stunned to find out she was another female shifter. I was enraged when I heard that Leah had dragged his daughter into the argument, what sick, twisted bitch brought an innocent child into an argument in which she didn't belong, I was happy to hear that Rachel had beaten her a lil bit. I was slightly jealous of the fact that Rachel was able to give him something that I would never be able to but I would get over it.

"Wow, that's some fucking story," I said, still reeling from the drama filled day he'd had.

"No shit," he said, rubbing his hands over his face.

"What's your daughter's name?" I asked curiously.

"Her name is Sarah, she's named after Rachel's mom who passed away when she was just a kid," Paul explained, I nodded.

"That's a nice way to remember her by," I commented, "how old is she?"

"She's a year and a half, I left Rachel when she was pregnant with her, for Leah," he said, shame leaking out of him, I was confused.

"Why would you leave Rachel for Leah?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Um, looking back I really don't know, I never really thought of her as a friend, sure she was alright looking but Rachel was a knockout, blowing Leah out of the water but one day, it all suddenly changed after I saw her down the beach one day, I didn't think about Rachel, all I wanted was Leah. It was like she consumed my every thought and my soul but I knew it wasn't an imprint. I left Rachel the very next day, she was so upset, what with her being pregnant but I couldn't bring myself to care. Today after I found out what Leah really thought all those feelings for Leah disappeared and I realised I despised her, I didn't love her and I don't know what she did to make me do what I did but I will regret it for the rest of my life. All my old feelings for Rachel have come flying back, all my love for her has resurfaced," he said, I blinked as I took it all in. Something didn't sit right about the whole situation, it was something to think about at a later date.

"That's fucked up Paul," I said bluntly, he looked at me shocked for a second before giving me a wry smile.

"That is part of the reason I can not accept the imprint, I can't try to be in a relationship with you if I'm still in love with Rachel. Even though she hasn't imprinted, we're going to try to be a family, me, her and Sarah. The other reason is that i dont think I can get past my aversion for the vampire race, I think we could be friends but nothing more than that." He finished, watching me intently as he gauged my reaction.

I hung my head as his words vibrated through me, I had to stifle a sob as venom, that would never fall, pooled in my eyes, even though I knew it was coming, didn't mean it hurt any less. I had pinned all my hope of happiness on finding a mate that would love me for me. When Victoria told me about mates all those years ago, I clung to the idea like a lifeline but now it had been proven to be a pipe dream. I wouldn't end myself like some people though. I had too many people who loved me and would be saddened by death, my mind immediately flashed to Jasper before I shook my head.

Maybe one day I could find someone to love, they wouldn't be my mate but I could maybe feel love for the first time in my life. There had to be someone for me out there didn't there?

"I guess I can understand where you're coming from but I just wish things could have worked out differently," I sighed out, rubbing my hands over my face.

"I'm sorry Bella," Paul said sincerely, I looked up gave him a small smile and shrug.

"It's alright, did you want me out of your life completely? I can leave Forks if that'll make things easier?" I suggested, I kind of hoped he'd say yes and that I could leave but on the other hand my sister was here and I wanted to get to know her.

"Nah, you can stay around," he said with a smile which I returned, maybe we could be friends, who knew.

I glanced up at the clock on the wall and let out a gasp, my eyes widened as I realised I was supposed to have left Forks well over an hour ago, Paul looked at me with confusion, trying to figure out what's wrong.

"Fuck!" I exclaimed, jumping out of my seat, Paul jumped up to and scanned the area, as if he was looking for danger.

"What's wrong?" Paul asked.

"I just realised what the time is, I should have left Forks an hour ago and be halfway to Texas by now," I rushed up, grabbing my essentials, a bag with clothes and blood bags, my purse, my keys and my phone.

"Texas? Why Texas?"

"I have a mission, a vampire warlord is creating a newborn army and lil old me has to go and take them out, it's gaining human attention," I said as I turned to him.

"Vampire army?" Paul asked, looking slightly afraid.

"I told Sam all about it, you'll have to get him to tell you I'm afraid as I don't have the time," I said apologetically, he waved it off.

"I'll get him to show me, it's alright."

"Show you?" I raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Yeah, we share a telepathic mind when we're in wolf form."

"Oh."

"Yeah, anyway, did you need any help? How many vampires are there?" He asked.

"Roughly 36 from our scouts reportings. The number changes all the time," I shrugged.

"You're going to fight 36 vampires by yourself? That's it I'm coming with you," He yelled out, shaking slightly, I took a step back in case he involunarily phased.

"No, you're staying here," I replied, looking him in the eye.

"No fucking way," he answered.

"Yes Paul, you need to stay here and guard your tribe, also your daughter and Rachel are here, remember?" I said calmy. "Plus I got some mad fighting skills and a handy little gift," I grinned.

"Gift?"

"I'll explain when I get back, I do need to get going though, sorry."

"Don't be sorry, I'll leave you to it, be safe," he warned before walking out the front door, Sam appeared minutes later.

"Your off?" He question , I nodded.

"I'll be back in a day or two, Jasper may spend some time here whilst I'm gone so if you see anyone here don't be alarmed."

"Okay, you be safe and come back in one piece okay?" he half joked, I nodded and shook his hand.

"Thanks for not judging me and attacking me cause I'm a vampire," I smirked before he left too.

I locked up the house behind him and disappeared out the back door and into the woods and starting running to Texas, an hour into the run I'd thought I'd call Rose and see how she was doing, she may be a bitch but I still loved her. I grabbed my phone and called her, it rang three times before she answered.

"Hello," Her voice rang out through the speaker.

"Hey Rose, how are you doing?" I asked.

"Oh it's you, I'm alright, why are you phoning me again?" she asked cooly, rolling my eyes at her bahviour. She was such a brat at times.

"I just thought I'd call to tell you I'm almost in Texas," I replied.

"How long are you going to be gone?"

"A couple of days maybe, hey I was thinking, maybe when I get back we could hang out sometime, I know we haven't really spoken since we found each other again. I've missed you, plus I have something to give you," I said with a smile, thinking about the jewelery box I had removed from our human house as something to remember her by.

"What do you have?" She asked curiously, same old Rose, she loved presents, "And yeah, we can hang out sometime," she replied.

"You'll have to wait until I get back now won't you?" I teased, she huffed down the phone, "anyway, I need to get off the phone, I'll see you in a few days okay?

"Yeah sure, and Bella?"

"Yeah Rose?"

"Be safe and I missed you too," she whispered before hanging up, I smiled at my phone, I was happy that we had an actual conversation without too much bitchyness.

I got to Texas 40 minutes after the phone call with Rose, it wasn't dark yet so I'd scope the area out this evening, get a feel for the layout and plan my attack and carry it out tomorrow. I knew it was in San Antonio so I got to the city and followed the scent of a vampire to lead me back to the compound.

The compound itself looked like an old farm, it had a small cottage with a large barn and a scattering of outhouses but it had a large wire fence all the way around. I kept in the treeline and looked around before frowning, this wasn't right. There were too many vampires, there were supposed to be only 35 newborns but it looked closer to 70, not including Benito and the humans currently turning in the barn. This was going to be harder than I thought.

I walked away from the compound, digging my phone out of my pocket and dialling Aro's number, as it was dialling, I felt a prescence behind me and the last thing I knew was my head being dettached from my body and Aro's voice calling my name before everything went dark.

Well fuck.

Jasper's POV

I walked back to the Cullen home, my mind full of questions, why were the Cullen's so insistent that I not go to Texas? I knew Alice was lying when she said what she saw, not only was Bella's shield wrapped around me but I could feel the deciet running through her.

Lately I've had the feeling that the Cullen's are keeping something big from me, I'm wondering if Alice was even my mate, she disobeyed a direct order from me. Until Char arrived and told me herself whether she was my mate or not, I would bite my tongue and keep playing the charade.

On the note of Bella, I hoped she would be alright in Texas, I knew she was leaving after her talk with the La Push Alpha. She should be fine though, her fighting skills rivaled mine and I was impressed.

I hoped she would be able to get over her mate rejecting her, she was such a beautiful, smart woman that I couldn't see why her mate would rather be with Leah, she wasn't that pretty and her attitude and emotional signature was disturbing, she held so much hate and anger. If I had a mate like Bella I would be one happy son of a bitch, I shook my head to dispel my thoughts.

I walked up the front steps and only could feel two emotional signatures, Esme's and Emmett's. I opened the front door and immediately Esme was standing there with her hands on her hips and scowl on her face. Esme pretended to be my mother but what she didn't understand was that I had a mother, a sweet, lovely woman who loved her whole family but she passed away soon after I joined the army. I only put up with the pretenses because I felt sorry for her, she had lost her son when he was just a few days old, when he died she jumped off a cliff but Carlisle rescued her and turned her.

"Jasper Christian Whitlock! Where have you been?" She screeched, making me flinch as my eardrums ached at the pitch.

"Out," I replied.

"Out where?"

"It doesn't matter," I replied with a shrug.

"Jasper I'm your mother, of course it matters," Esme said condecendingly. I rolled my eyes internally, knowing it would set her off if I did it in front of her.

"Where's Alice?" I asked, changing the subject.

"Alice is out shopping with Edward and Rosalie," she replied, "They'll be back tomorrow," I could feel a sliver of deceit in her emotions but I let it slide, she probably would try to play it off.

"Alright, well I'm off for a shower," I said, walking away.

I went up to Alice's and I's room, hopping in the shower and washing quickly, after I got out and dressed I heard the front door open and Carisle calling for Esme, Carlisle said something quickly before I felt a huge amount of lust coming from the both of them, I didn't want to stick around to hear or feel what was coming next so I hopped out of my bedroom window and wondered what to do next.

All I wanted was to be in peace for a few hours before I had school, I had no idea what Bella had told the school for her absence, probably something like an illness. So I decided to go to Bella's house, she did say I could go there anytime, it was pure luck I still had her keys in my jacket pocket cause I did not want to risk going back and catching the Esme, Carlisle lust fest that was currently happening.

I ran to Bella's and within minutes I had the back door unlocked and walking into the living room, I looked at her DVD collection and decided what the hell, why not lose myself in a movie for a bit. The Cullen's were very strict on what they deemed 'appropriate' movies to watch. I finally found a DVD I wanted to watch and laid back on the couch.

Just as I was getting into the movie, a sharp pain radiated through my entire body, focusing mainly on my heart, I cried out in pain as I rolled off the sofa, crossing my arms over my chest. I felt like destroying everything in my sight but refrained myself. My first thought was of Bella but that moment soon passed. Something wasn't right.

Maybe Alice was in trouble, it sounded like the pain Peter had described to me when Charlotte was in trouble with a few male nomads one time, maybe Alice really was my mate, we were just going through a rough patch or something. I grabbed my phone out of my pocket and pressed 2 on my speed dial. It rang for a few moments before Alice answered, sounding out of breath.

"Jasper! Why are you calling me? You know I hate being interrupted when shopping," she snapped a greeting to me. I blinked in surprise, the pain in my chest still causing me agony.

"Alice! Are you okay?" I asked frantically.

"I'm fine, why wouldn't I be?" She said snootily.

"I just had a feeling something was wrong."

"No, I'm fine, it's not like the Gucci hand bags are going to eat me," she said sarcastically, "I'll see you tomorrow, do not disturb me until then," she huffed before hanging up.

I pulled my phone away from my ear and just looked at it for a few minutes, what the fuck was going on? Why did I feel a mating pull if Alice was alright? Maybe she was being coereced into talking to me, telling me she was alright. What if someone was hurting her right now? She had Edward and Rosalie with her so she should be fine. If someone had hurt my mate then they were going to meet the Major, find out why he was the most feared vampire in the world. As I continued to look at my phone it rang, I jumped in surprise, answering it quickly when I saw it was Peter calling me.

"Major, we have a problem," Peter rushed out.

"What's wrong with Alice? What is it? Is it Alice?" I asked.

"Alice? I'm not talking about Alice Major, she's fine, it's Bella!" He yelled, getting frustrated.

"Bella? What's wrong with Bella? Are you sure its not Alice? I felt the mating pull, I think she's in trouble!" I yelled back, getting pissed off with his attitude.

"Bella's in trouble, we need to leave for Texas, get your shit together, Me, Char, Garrett and Alistair will be there in 30 minutes," he growled out.

"I can't go to Texas Peter, Carlisle's forbidden it, he's threatened to kick me out if I go," I explained, I needed to find Alice, make sure she's alright.

"Fuck Carlisle Jasper, we're your true coven, your family," Peter pleaded with me.

"I'm telling you I need to check on Alice first, maybe she can help find Bella," I sighed.

"If you're so worried about Alice then she's in the Sunshine Hotel, just outside of Forks, room 28A, believe me when I say she's fine but hurry the fuck up though and meet us at Bella's house," Peter rushed out. Why the fuck was Alice in a hotel? She's supposed to be shopping in Seattle.

"I still don't know if I'm going Peter. If Alice is hurt I'll have to stay with her, if Carlisle kicks us out I don't know what we'll do," I sighed out, thinking about protecting Alice. I heard a roar from Peter on the other end of the phone, followed by three snarls, I blinked in surprise, thinking maybe they were in trouble.

"Fuck you Major, if you won't help us find Bella then I don't know who you are anymore, when you pull your head out of Alice's ass phone me," Peter replied before hanging up.

I sat there in shock for a moment or two, Peter had never spoken to me like that before, something must be seriously wrong with Bella for him to act this way towards me. My chest was still throbbing painfully so I got up and ran out of the house, not bothering to lock up as I sped through the trees, arriving at the hotel in two minutes.

When I approached the hotel I could only hear 5 human heartbeats but 7 sets of emotions, there were two vampires in this hotel, I almost choked on the amount of lust and desire that was in this place. I didn't even think to smell the scents as I walked up to the room Peter had told me to go to, I crept up so whoever was hurting Alice couldn't detect that I was here. I heard a moan and that was my decision made, I lifted my leg and booted the door open, anger overriding everything at the scene before me.

"Jazzy," Alice whimpered out, shock clear in her face.

The sight in front of me would be ingrained in my head forever, Alice was straddling Edward and were in the middle of having sex. I was enraged, how dare they betray me in this way, I gave Alice everything for nothing. Edward looked at me with fear clear in his eyes, even more so now that he couldn't read my mind due to Bella's shield. I knew in that moment I would be going to Texas.

"You lying bitch," I spat out angrily.

"Jazzy, I can explain," Alice whined out pathetically, jumping off Edward, who still had his boxers on, just unbuttoned and walked towards me, I backed away from her.

"Go on then my darling wife explain to me how you came to fuck your 'brother', how long has this little affair been going on?" I asked scathingly, glaring at my so called wife.

"Um, I, we, well," Alice stuttered out which made my anger grow even more.

"How long?" I yelled, Alice jumped back in fear.

"50 years," Alice said, hanging her head.

"You two fucking disgust me, did you think I would never find out? How will the rest of the rest of the family react to your disgusting little affair?" I asked.

I growled out when Edward sneered at me, I could feel in their emotions that they had no regrets, guilt or remorse, they were just surprised and unhappy that they'd been caught in the act, then something clicked.

"The rest of the family already know don't they?" I hissed out.

"Yes of course they do, all except Rosalie and Emmett, those two can't keep a secret, Carlisle and Esme cover for us all the time, we didn't think you'd be clever enough to work it out," Edward sneered out as if it was all my fault.

Rage overtook me as his words hit me, most of the coven had betrayed me, I didn't do well with betrayal, things tended to get a bit violent when I was betrayed. I ran over to Edward and before he could even move, I had him pinned against the wall with my hand around his neck, Alice gasped and Edward let out a pathetic attempt of a growl. He tried breaking free but he was too weak, bless him.

"Jasper, let him go right this moment!" Alice yelled, I rolled my eyes at her, "I will not allow this kind of behaviour from my husband," she spat out.

"Shut the fuck up Alice, so you lied about being my mate," I turned to look at her, she contemplated what to say, "the truth Alice, I'll know when you're lying," I reminded her.

"No, Edward is my mate" she whispered, I let out a laugh.

"Then why pretend and lie that we were mates?" I asked.

"You were our protection Jazzy, everybody fears you, even the Volturi. With you amongst our ranks, no-one would dare try to attack us. You were our outlet for bloodlust too, without you the Cullen's would have killed more people and the coven would have been destroyed years ago. If you hadn't had stayed with us then you would have found your mate, someone who would never be a part of the Cullen's and you would have left, gone back to Char and Peter, leaving our coven to its destruction," she whined out, begging me to understand before what she said just hit her, she clapped her hands over her face in horror.

"Alice, you stupid bitch! You weren't supposed to say anything about his mate!" Edward screamed out at Alice who looked terrified. I gripped Fuckward's neck tighter, making cracks appear, he let out a pained moan.

"You saw my mate? You kept me from her?" I roared out, wanting to kill Alice in that moment.

"Who is she Alice? What's her name?" I growled out as I pushed an emotional truth serum into her, I had a guess to who it was but I didn't want to hope. It seemed impossible. Alicee whimpered as she tried to fight off the emotional cocktail but was failing, we both knew it.

"Bella."

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