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Bella put her fingers to her lips. They were no longer soft, she no longer had a blush and her brown eyes were now red. Would he still love her when he saw her again? She knew Aro wasn't going to let Jasper visit her before they were ready to attack, so she didn't worry about him being granted a vacation. Still if all went well she would see him in another three months. What would he think of her?

She looked over at the graves she had just dug. She was the monster not him. He did what he had to and didn't enjoy it. She enjoyed it.

Bella felt the hole in her chest start to fill up and she stood up quickly. She jumped up into the tree she had been sitting under and climbed to the top. She looked out over the distance.

She saw three figures walking in the distance. One was extremely large the other seemed small. The third had his head uncovered and his blonde hair shown in the fading light. Bella gasped, Jasper...

Chapter 13

Jasper felt the hole in his chest begin to close and knew without a doubt Bella was near. He couldn't sense her yet and that was good. He looked over at Jane and Felix. He needed to get rid of them. He began to increase Felix's blood lust gradually and felt him become uncomfortable.

He signaled for them to stop and turned to them. "Why don't you two get us a hotel room. You can hunt tonight, I'll be there before dawn." He told them.

"Where will you be?" Jane asked.

Jasper hadn't even tried to influence her. She would have known, she was very intelligent. He was hoping she trusted and liked him enough to follow his orders. She was not Aro's spy this time Felix was. They had developed too much of a friendship and Aro didn't trust her anymore to spy on him.

"I'm going to scout a bit. I don't think it will be too dangerous. We can decide what to do when I get to the hotel." Jasper told them.

Felix readily agreed, his blood lust was really bothering him by this time. Jane took a moment but then nodded her head. She touched his arm briefly then followed Felix as he started to run back to civilization.

Jasper was going to have to be careful, he didn't like betraying the Volturi he wouldn't go back on his word. He would scout and deal with whatever he found, but a chance to see his mate...he wasn't going to lose this chance.

He followed his instincts to a large tree and looked around. The empty feeling was gone but he couldn't see her, he could smell her and feel her near but he couldn't see her. He was smiling, a large open smile, one that he hadn't had for months when he felt her jump down from the tree behind him.

He turned quickly and gasped when he saw her...He understood why she didn't give him any recent news now. He also knew that she was responsible for the large gathering of vampires. She was attempting to rescue him. He grinned at her and felt her emotions jump.

He reached out a hand and gently cupped her face. "Beautiful..." He whispered.

He felt a wave of insecurity come from her. It was odd, almost like he felt it twice...

"My eyes aren't brown anymore. My lips are hard and I can't ever blush again..." Bella whispered looking down.

He traced her lips with his fingers, he felt her desire jump. "Your eyes still express so many emotions, they are still so beautiful no matter what color. Your lips are still soft to me and I will gladly trade your blush for having you live for eternity."

Bella growled at him and suddenly lunged. She pushed him onto his back and straddled him. She rained kisses down his cheeks and began to tear at his clothes. Jasper chuckled. He had dealt with enough newborns to know she had lost control.

He grabbed her wrists and flipped her beneath him. He held her wrists above her head and gazed down at her. Her chest heaved with unneeded breaths. He frowned briefly. He could only guess Peter had changed her. He smelled his venom in her but why was she still breathing? Wasn't Peter helping her?

He felt her insecurity rise, the double emotions again. He wasn't going to let her doubt herself. He bent down and nuzzled his mark on her neck. She groaned and bucked against him.

"Slow darling, I have been deprived of you to long. I want to show you my love. Later I can show you how much I desire you." He growled. He felt her desire spike and wondered if he was going to have to change the order of things...

"Now!" She growled.

Jasper grinned. Yeah the order definitely needed to be changed. He let go of her hands and began to pull his shirt off. He felt her shock as he bared his chest and stopped.

"So strong..." Bella murmured as she touched his scars. He felt her admiration and it soothed his insecurity. He grinned again and started to help her remove her top. She eagerly obliged him. Soon they were both naked and studying each other.

"It's so different. Everything is magnified. You are more beautiful than I ever knew..." She told him running a hand down his chest. He touched her lips briefly with his own. "Everything feels so much more..." She told him.

He began to kiss her neck, making his way down her chest when she growled at him. Jasper chuckled as he felt himself pushed onto his back. His laughter died as in a moment she had impaled herself on him. He growled loudly and pushed himself up into her more. He lost control of his gift and sent out his lust and feelings of completeness. He felt answering echoes from her but couldn't think about it as she started to move.

There was no way he was going to get control of this so he let her have her way and enjoyed the feelings she engendered. He felt himself coming close to his release and struggled to hold back, not wanting the feelings to end.

Bella suddenly leaned forward and bit him at the juncture between his neck and shoulder. He growled loudly and came hard. Bella didn't let go as she put her venom in the mark and rode out his orgasm, following with her own. Finally she let go and moved to his side. He pulled her close, caressing her hair. His love for her was too much for him to hold inside and he projected it to her. He felt her own answer him and smiled.

She had marked him! He could die tomorrow a happy man. He suddenly felt whole and knew that they were going to get through whatever was in store for them. He loved her and she loved him.

"So darlin, how did you become a vampire? And why was I sent here to deal with a large group of vampires?" He asked. He guessed at the answer but he wanted to hear her story. Apparently she had been leaving a lot out.

He listened as she told him about Peter changing her and her father. How Peter had begun gathering vampires. She wouldn't tell him specifics and he was glad. Aro would read him when he got back. He would make sure she left before he could gather his troops, but he had given his word and he had to at least make a little attempt. He was already betraying the Volturi and Aro had kept his part of the bargain. He felt a slight amount of guilt but knew that he would never be able to kill Bella.

He felt a large amount of insecurity come from her and turned toward her. She looked down as he studied her.

"What is it darlin?" He asked.

She didn't answer for a long time. He waited patiently and finally she opened up. "I haven't been doing well. If we were just going by how well Charlie adjusted you would already be back with me...but I can't seem to control my emotions. I am angry all the time. I can't contain my blood lust, I have even attacked my father. They are all scared of me and angry. Peter barely talks to me. Char won't talk to me at all. Carlisle is angry that I have been hunting humans. Garrett helps me but he is reluctant about it. Even Emmett doesn't want to be around me." She had sat up as she talked and drew her knees to her chest.

"Charlie talks to me but I can feel his disappointment. The only one who has helped me is Rose." Bella told him with a sob. He felt her loneliness and self hatred. "It's my fault. All of this. Your friends may die and it's all my fault." She whispered.

Jasper pulled her into his arms, confused. That didn't sound like his friends. Hell, Char never held a grudge as long as he had known her and Peter he had more reason to be angry with Jasper than Bella. From what Bella had told him he had even sort of forgiven Edward and Alice, why wasn't he forgiving Bella.

Sorrow came from Bella in waves, that strange echo...

"Bella you're an empath!" He exclaimed happily.

Bella lifted her head and blinked at him. "No..." She whispered. "I have an ability to negate others gifts. No one has two gifts." She told him

Jasper studied her some more. He shook his head. "No, I'm sure. It explains so much. I struggled with much of what you are talking about when I was a new born. I unknowingly projected my self hatred onto others. No one liked me, or wanted to be around me. My blood lust was stronger because I felt all the other newborns blood lust. I adjusted because my power increased and I learned how to block out others emotions and stop projecting."

Bella tilted her head and closed her eyes. A radiant smile appeared on her face and he could feel her pride. "You are right it's there." She said fingering his mark. "You gave me your gift." She started to laugh.

"Rose said you had the strongest gift she had ever seen. Somehow you must have given some of it to me when you marked me. I can see it. It is no where near as strong as yours..." She paused as she opened her eyes and studied him. Her eyes widened and he felt her joy rise.

"I've given you mine!" She exclaimed. She jumped on him and no more words were spoken as they expressed their love and joy with each other.

They were finally dressed. Jasper had told her that it was time to get her home. She had to warn her army and he needed to go to the hotel.

"I can hold off the vampires I brought as back up for maybe a day, you need to get everyone out of there as quickly as possible." Jasper told her.

Bella was determined to not let her fear and heartbreak over him leaving again consume her. She had been living for too long with to many negative emotions. They had spent what time they weren't making love helping each other learn to use their gifts. Bella had decided to just shut off her empathy till she had more time to train it. Jasper had given her more of his gift than she had given him. She needed time to tame it. Time she really didn't have. It was better to turn it off for a while.

Jasper had learned to shut off a gift for short amounts of time. He was barely able to see the gift. Bella was unhappy that she hadn't been able to give him more. Rose had spoken the truth. Jasper's gift was much stronger than hers. Still he could turn off another's gift enough to stop Aro from reading him or Jane from causing him pain. The thought of Rose made her wonder why the woman had helped her.

"Why wasn't Rose affected by my angst?" She asked.

Jasper smiled that grin of his and Bella had to fight herself to keep from jumping on him. They didn't have time...

"Rose always thinks through her emotions. She ignores them for the most part. She has never trusted them since her fiancé shattered her trust in her own feelings. I have never been able to influence her because no matter how strong of an emotion I sent her she just ignored it. Some people think that makes her an ice queen but I have always liked that about her. She isn't cruel she just uses her head instead of her heart." Jasper told her.

Bella nodded.

"Bella there is something you need to understand as an empath. People feel things that they will think through with time. Someone can honestly hate you one moment then love you the next. They can be jealous, angry, sad, happy but understand that their emotions can be fleeting. Don't hold it against them. It's just our nature and emotions are very hard to control. An angry person can still be kind and a happy person can still be cruel." He told her.

Again Bella nodded she was glad she had the ability to turn off her empathy. She couldn't even imagine what Jasper had gone through. He took her hand and brought it too his lips.

"Go get Peter and Char and bring them to me." He told her as they stopped ten miles from the ranch. She kissed him then ran toward the ranch.

She ignored everyone and made her way to Peter and Char. Luckily they were together.

"I need you two to come with me." She told them. They looked at her oddly but didn't argue.

"I'll be back." Peter told Garrett, who was talking to Kate. Bella smiled as she thought of the two. One thing she had clearly seen was that they were mates. She was genuinely happy for them.

They ran behind her, picking up speed when they sensed Jasper.

"Major!" Char yelled and rushed to hug him.

Bella growled loudly stopping her. She looked at Bella uncertainly but stopped. Peter didn't he rushed forward to hug Jasper. But Jasper stopped him with a punch to his face that sent him flying.

"What the hell Major?" Peter said from the ground as he rubbed his jaw.

"Do you remember how hard it was to be around me when I left Maria's army?" Jasper asked him.

Peter pouted then nodded. "Yes." He said.

"Apparently I gave Bella some of my Empathy when I marked her." Jasper told him through gritted teeth.

Char gasped and sobbed. Peter's eyes bugged and his jaw dropped. He looked at Bella guiltily. Bella fidgeted nervously. She wanted them to treat her better but she didn't want them to feel guilty. She deserved their anger.

"Don't darlin. You made an honest mistake because of your big heart. You were trying to save someone and there is nothing wrong with that." Jasper said.

Bella wanted to believe him, but she felt like she had betrayed him.

"You couldn't know what would happen. Did Edward or Alice ever explain the Volturi to you? Did they ever tell you how gift hungry Aro was? How could you have known? They should have known." Jasper told her before kissing her lightly.

"Does this mean you are free Major?" Peter asked.

"No, Aro has plans if I betray him. I haven't figured out how yet but he has a way to kill Bella if I desert. I need you all to carry on with your plans and eliminate him. You need to start helping Bella. After I'm free if I hear you have been mistreating my mate you will suffer Peter. Brother or not." Jasper said his jaw tight.

"I should have know Major. I am sorry Bella." Peter said shame faced.

"You all need to leave. I have twenty trained and gifted vampires coming to eliminate your threat. They will be here within two days." Jasper said.

Peter took on a calculating look, but Jasper shook his head.

"I'm not sure all the vampires you have but you won't be able to take me on Peter. Bella has given me some of her gift and I can nullify any of your gifted. Go for now. Plan to attack the Volturi when I am not there." Jasper told them.

"How will we know that you aren't there?" Bella asked hoping he would be in contact with her.

Jasper grinned and caressed her face. "Give Alice her gift back." He told her.

Bella crossed her arms and growled at him. Jasper chuckled. "You can always take it back if she gets out of line."

Jasper kissed her then turned away. She watched him go feeling a hole in her chest and her heart breaking. She felt arms encircle her and turned to see Charlotte.

"I'm so sorry Bella. You have been suffering so much...I didn't know..." She sobbed.

Bella debated briefly whether to forgive her. The last three months had been hell...still she wanted her friendship...

"It's okay." She murmured and returned her hug.

"Let's get back sugar." Peter said. Bella smiled at him, forgiving him too. She took one last look at the way Jasper had gone, before following Char and Peter back to the ranch. She was going to get her mate back.