I know, how can I leave it so long without updating?? Anyway, here we go...
APOV
"Alright, we need answers!" Sam all but shouted as he entered the room in which we were all congregated, the other wolves following close behind.
Jasper let out a low growl at his tone, putting everyone on edge.
"You're drinking from humans?" he demanded of Jasper, clearly noticing the bright red eyes.
"Yes."
"Are you turning them?"
"No." Jasper lied smoothly, never flinching.
"It doesn't matter, he broke the treaty!" Matt interrupted, reminding me strongly of Paul from when Bella was still human. He was already trembling.
"You cannot harm us. Your Alpha's orders." I reminded them hastily.
"You tricked us into that." Matt retorted, still shaking violently
I nodded as regret washed through me. "I had no choice." I whispered quietly
"Look, we respect your family but we cannot abide by this – you know that." Sam answered me.
"So what exactly will you do? Fight us? Why not try thinking ahead a little?" Rose interjected "What will happen if you try fight us now? There are seven other vampires in this house aside from those of us here and all are loyal to Jasper, you could never win."
"You mean to threaten us?" Gareth, another wolf, demanded
"No," I replied before Rose could – this was about to get out of hand "She means that if you do fight us and loose you will accomplish nothing – none of us like harming humans, you've known us long enough to know that's true, but it's the only way we can stop the alliance from expanding their territories northward." I paused to allow the implications of that to sink in.
"If you force us into a fight we will not hesitate and you will not survive." Jasper added after a moment, only to be greeted by a round of growls "That is not a threat but the simple truth." he explained "We don't want to hurt any of you but if you put us in a position where we have no other choice…" he let the sentence hang ominously, starring Sam down. "It's the few for the many."
I could see our logic was working on Sam.
"We need to talk to Jacob before making any drastic decisions." Leah said suddenly, placing a hand on Sam's shoulder.
He nodded without looking away from Jasper. "No one will do anything until we get back." he said and Jasper nodded in agreement, before Sam broke eye contact and strode from the room, Leah close on his heels.
Once they were gone the atmosphere began to thicken uncomfortably. Eventually Jasper spoke again "I need to talk to Alice." he said to the room at large, the words coming out as an order.
When no one moved he let out another rumbling growl.
"Could you all excuse us?" I asked pointedly when they still failed to take his meaning.
The room quickly cleared as the wolves moved next door to some food we had arranged for them and the family left to explore the house and discuss things with their mates.
Now, finally alone, I moved to stand before Jasper. He kissed my forehead, allowing his lips to linger as his arms wrapped around me.
Letting out a sigh he asked quietly "So what happened with Charlotte?"
So its short but a short chapter is better than no chapter at all. Special thx to my Beta
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