Here's the FINAL chapter of Alice's Story.
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Chapter 10
With Jasper's hand gripped tightly in her own, she led them through the trees. She could feel his shoulder touching hers as he matched her stride, keeping them close. She knew that he was preparing himself to protect her if he needed to. And he was showing the vampires were they going to meet that they came as a package deal and anything done to Alice would have to go through him first.
As she came to the forest at the edge of the Cullen grounds, she pulled Jasper to a stop. She glanced up at him and took his face in her hands, using her thumb to massage away the frown that she saw there. He had his 'soldier' face on. The face that told everybody to beware. That he needed to be respected and feared.
The last thing she wanted was for them to make a bad first impression.
"Jasper, are you certain that you're ready?"
"Yes."
Alice pulled Jasper's head down so that she could plant a kiss on his lips, and when she pulled back she flashed him her best smile.
"Then let's go."
Taking his hand in her own again, they took a moment to get ready and stepped out of the trees.
Standing in the centre of the very large back garden were Carlisle, Esme and Rosalie. It was just like her vision, just like she had expected and yet seeing them there, really there, was so much more than she thought it would be.
She and Jasper walked side by side, hand-in-hand and shoulder to shoulder up to Carlisle and Esme. She felt Jasper give her hand a squeeze, his signal for her to stop, to keep a safe distance between them.
"Welcome," Carlisle spread his arms in greeting as he spoke. "I'm-,"
And then Alice couldn't contain in anymore. Carlisle didn't get the chance to finish his greeting because Alice had run the short distance between them. She wrapped her arms around his chest, positively bursting with excitement and she could just imagine the look of exasperated disbelief that would be adorning Jasper's face.
She felt Carlisle tentatively return the hug.
"You're Carlisle." She finished for him as Jasper behind her, keeping as close as he could while also trying to maintain a safe distance. "And you're Esme." She shook the hand of the lady with the heart-shaped face and caramel hair. "And you're Rosalie."
She would have shaken Rosalie's hand too, had it not been for the fact that she was glaring angrily at Jasper.
Alice was about to reprimand her for her unnecessary hostility toward her mate when she got a full view of her.
"You are so much more beautiful than I had been led to believe."
The words had escaped her mouth before she'd had the chance to stop them, but they seemed to soften the blonde up if they did nothing else.
Rosalie smiled at her, but she could tell from her expression that she was still wary of Jasper.
"My name is Alice Brandon. And this is my mate, Major Jasper Whitlock." She introduced him, reaching behind her to take his hand again. "Which room can we move into?"
She regarded the shocked vampires with a little giggle.
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