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Out of the Dark & Into the Light
A/N: WARNING: LEMON AHEAD! For those of you who are under the age of 18, you should not read after the warning about 2/3 of the way through this chapter!
This story is written as a collaboration by both Xo Bella Italiana oX and Katara Melody Cullen. If you have any questions, post them in my reviews and I will answer them in my next Author's Note at the bottom of the chapter. We hope that you enjoy the story and look forward to reading your reviews. - B
Chapter 13
(Jasper's POV)
Crystal and I entered my study, fully sated after our hunt.
I made my way over to the sofa and collapsed onto the soft teal cushions, watching as Crystal began to walk around the large room, studying the items and countless books displayed everywhere. She stopped in front of my old rifle, which was safely displayed inside of a glass case on one of my many book shelves and ran her fingertips lightly over the case.
"What was it like?" She asked suddenly as she studied the gun before looking back over at me expectantly.
"What was what like?" I asked, scrunching my brows in confusion.
"The wars," she answered simply, but with a sense of caution in her tone. It was then that I knew which wars she meant, and it had nothing to do with my human life.
I swallowed thickly and straightened uncomfortably in my seat. This subject has always been a touchy one for me and I had no idea exactly how much Crystal has been told about me and my past.
'Well, now's as good of a time as any, I guess...'
"How much of my story has Carlisle and Esme told you?" I asked her bluntly.
She looked thoughtful for a moment as she pursed her lips and wandered around, running her fingertips absentmindedly over the wooden book shelves. "Just the basics, really, about how you were changed when you were in the American Civil War as a Major in Texas and was captured by Maria and her two sisters where you were changed and partook in the Southern Wars as Maria's second for many years." She answered, her eyes not meeting mine as they followed her fingers. "Other than that, everything I've heard was from other vampires that I've met when I was living in Texas with Damien and Jackson. I don't know exactly how much is true and which are just exaggerated rumors." She reached the end of the shelf and walked the seven steps to the couch where I sat and took a seat next to me. "Will you tell me your story?" She asked.
I sighed. "It's not at all a happy story by any means. I am ashamed of everything I've done and I can understand - whether we are mates or not - if you don't want me anymore after you hear the gruesome truth. But you deserve to hear this from me before we get any more involved with each other."
She reached over and took my hand, intertwining our fingers together. "Jasper, I don't care about the things you did in the past. I only care about the kind of person you are now. The kind, amazing, thoughtful man that you are today." She said tentatively and bit her bottom lip and sighed. "I might not have been in the wars, but I have done my fair share of killing these past eighty years. I might have had a reason to kill all those that died by my hand, but it doesn't mean that I take pride in taking someone's life. You don't judge me for my past, so who am I to judge you for yours?"
I smiled a small, grateful smile and ran my thumb over her knuckles, watching my thumb ghost over her skin as I began. "I am the oldest one in the family aside from Carlisle; I am about 150 years old, give or take.
"When I was seventeen, I lied about my age and enlisted in the army. I looked older than I was and was considered to be very charismatic, so there were no questions and I was able to enter the ranks easily where I quickly rose through them over the next couple years. By the time I was twenty, I was given the position of Major. I was the youngest one in the Texas Calvary and earned that title well.
"We were evacuation a town of women and children in Galveston. I had stayed behind and did one last lap of the city, making sure that I didn't miss anyone. When I was satisfied, I began my track to catch up with the rest of my men.
"About a mile from Galveston, I discovered three women on the side of the road and like a good soldier, I offered them my aid. I thought that they might have been stragglers from the group we had just evacuated. As I approached them, I realized that they were all stunningly beautiful. There was a blonde, a brunette, and a Hispanic woman. I hopped off my horse and approached them, bowing to them in greeting. Their beauty stunned me into silence."
...Flashback...
"He's speechless!" The brunette giggled.
The blonde leaned forward, smelling the air around us. "Mmm…lovely." She sighed referring to what I now know was my scent. She opened her eyes and they were pitch black.
"Patience, Nettie." The Hispanic woman scolded her, putting her hand on her shoulder as she looked to be inspecting me from a distance. "Concentrate." She whispered.
"He's young, strong…and an officer too!" The brunette remarked.
"But don't you sense it? There's something else there too." The Hispanic woman told them. "I want to keep this one." She smirked.
"Then you better do it Maria." Nettie said. "I can never stop once I've started." She ended in a whisper.
"Very well Lucy, take Nettie hunting. I don't want to have to watch my back while I'm trying to concentrate." Maria told them.
The two seemed to disappear into thin air, leaving me alone with Maria. At this point, I was a little frightened, but I held my ground. I was not accustomed to having to fear women. I was raised to protect them.
"What's your name, soldier?" Maria asked, bringing me out of my shocked state.
"Major Jasper Whitlock, ma'am." I answered politely.
"I hope you survive, Jasper." She said as she approached me. "You may be of great use to me."
She leaned in, as if she was going to kiss me. At the last second she struck; biting into my neck. The last thing I saw before I succumbed to the pain was Maria's smile.
...End Flashback...
"I woke up three days later in an old barn. From there, Maria introduced herself and her two sister's as Nettie (the blonde) and Lucy (the brunette). They explained to me what I was and about the wars that were going on in the south under the human's radar." I explained before stopping and looking up at her. "Have you ever been told how the wars started?"
She shook her head. "No, not really. I mean, I know what they are, but not the history of them."
I nodded and began to explain. "It all started when vampires began to realize that if a few vampires were to claim a specific territory, or city, that they would be able to feed more often and not risk being discovered as opposed to many vampires feeding in that city."
She nodded. "Makes sense."
I nodded, as well. "I agree. Anyway, a vampire named Benito came up with the easiest way to accomplish this. He created a bunch of vampires and used them to fight his battles in his place and protect his territory. In return, they were given permission to feed on his territory. After the newborns lost their strength and speed after their first year, they would be destroyed and he would start again with a new batch of newborns. Benito won his territory and began expanding very quickly. Others learned his technique for winning and began to follow his example and create their own armies, thus, how the Vampire Wars began."
"Maria was starting her own army at this point." Crystal stated.
Even though it wasn't a question, I still nodded my head. "Yes. She was very good. I was her first soldier, aside from his sisters. She created nine more after me. She trained us herself. I was very good. I never lost a battle, even to this day. I was the fastest, strongest, and most lethal of the bunch. She began to show favoritism towards me, which made the others jealous. At this time they were all men and they would constantly attack me out of jealousy. I was almost always fighting to defend myself, resulting in Maria always having to make more newborns. However, rather than punishing me for this, she would reward me often."
"What kinds of rewards?" Crystal asked.
I sighed. "It varied, depending on how pleased she was. It was usually extra feeding privileges, a particularly sweet smelling human, or sex." I mumbled.
"Oh." She sighed. "Okay, I was just curious."
I looked at her sympathetically. I knew it was the sex that bothered her the most. "I'm sorry, darlin'."
She shook her head and gave me a sad smile. "It's okay; it was before I was even born, before my parents even knew each other. I just hate the thought that you were with anyone else." She let out a breath and looked down into her lap for a moment before looking back up at me. "Continue with your story?"
"Sure. Anyways, the others became jealous and frequently tried to pick a fight with me. I ended up killing them often. Though Maria was agitated that she had to create new soldiers, she still was pleased with my abilities. After she learned of my gift, she became even more ecstatic.
"Once my newborn year was up, we discovered that instead of my speed and strength waning like the rest, it only increased. Maria was thrilled and ended up making me her second in command. I was put in charge of creating new soldiers, training them to fight, keeping them calm and focused with my gift, dealing out the punishments, and destroying them once their year mark was up.
"As the years past, I helped Maria and her sisters expand their territory. Our army was well trained and with my experience in the art of war and Maria's leadership, we were unbeatable. But Maria got greedy and her sisters were becoming jealous and tired of Maria. They began to show signs that they were going to turn on Maria and I in their emotions. So we destroyed them before they had the chance."
"Years decades went by and at this time, our territory was the largest in the south. I had a Captain named Peter helping me. He was in charge of watching the newborns. He called it 'babysitting duty.' He was the only one I ever let my guard down around. It took him awhile to get past my tough and uncaring demeanor, but that silly fucker managed it." I laughed to myself remembering his antics and persistence.
"One day, it we were ordered to dispatch all the newborns that were at their one year mark. Peter was acting strange and his emotions were all over the place. He kept trying to convince me that some of them had potential and didn't need to be destroyed. I told him no, that Maria said that all of them needed to be killed. He was getting more and more distraught and worn out the further we went down the list. Finally, I called forth a newborn woman named Charlotte and his emotions went haywire. He was furious. I couldn't understand it until he looked at her when she came into view. It was pure love. An emotion I hadn't felt in decades. It made me realize that what Maria and I had wasn't real. They were mates and had been hiding it from everyone, and with good reason. Maria didn't allow mated vampires in her army. If they were discovered, both of them would be destroyed.
"Peter screamed at her to run and she took off. I looked at him still puzzled and he stood there ready to take me on if I was to chase after her. I ended up telling him to just run. That I would tell Maria that they escaped. I could feel his gratitude and familial love for me. I was punished severely for their escape.
"It was after this that my depression started. It got so bad that my mind ended up creating an alter ego in order to cope. Peter calls it my Major mode. He is the Major of the Southern Armies. The one the legends speak about. If you ever meet him, whom I have no doubt that you will, he won't hurt you. Just be respectful and submissive. He is a very dominant man and demands respect from all of those around him. He is cold, calculating, and ruthless. Maria gave him the nickname, 'the God of War'.
"Five years passed since I let Peter and Char escape. I can't tell you how many times during those years that I contemplated suicide. Letting myself get destroyed in one of the many battles, fueling the newborn's emotions so they would attack and kill me, tossing myself into a fire...even Maria's patience was wearing thin by then. I began to feel the same emotions I felt from Nettie and Lucy right before they turned on us. I knew I either had to destroy her first or be prepared to die. I had tried talking to her about what was bothering me but she wasn't at all sympathetic to my conundrum. I realized then that she never loved me. I was only her puppet and she pulled the strings." I could feel my voice begin to shake as I relived my past with each word I spoke. Crystal wrapped her arms around me and held me close as I continued with the rest of my story.
"I was on my way back from hunting one night when I smelled Peter's scent nearby. He showed up and went on to tell me that Maria lied to all of us. That there is a better way to live up in the north, that vampires lived among the humans without their knowledge and didn't fight for territory. That they had run into many of our kind and it didn't end in a fight. Needless to say I was shocked and in that same conversation agreed to leave with Peter. We met up with Charlotte the next town up and they took me to their home in Montana."
"More years passed and my depression became worse. I couldn't understand it until Peter realized that it was always at its worst after hunting. It turns out I could feel the emotions of my victims as I killed them and it brought on the depression. I tried to feed less but I would always end up getting so thirsty that I couldn't resist and would slaughter more than one human, bringing back the depression. A few months later, I decided to go out on my own for a while.
"More months past and I ended up in Philadelphia. It began to rain, so instead of staying out in the rain, I ducked into a diner as to not bring attention to myself. Once I was inside, I immediately smelled another vampire and my senses were on high alert. I watched as a little pixie like vampire hopped off her stood and bounced right up to me. Her emotions intrigued me. They were so pure and happy. 'You kept me waiting a long time,' she told me. I ducked my head like a good southern gentleman and said 'my apologies ma'am.' From there she went on to tell me about herself and that she could see the future. That we were going to be joining a family that fed on animals. At first I was a little skeptic because it didn't seem realistic. But watching her hunt and her golden eyes proved me wrong. I agreed to go with her and two years later, we showed up on the Cullen's doorstep and have been with them since." I finished.
I kept my gaze down and off her face, not wanting to see the revulsion and disgust in her expression. I was just waiting for her to run screaming and telling me that she didn't want to be with me anymore and to never speak to her again.
"Jasper?" Silence. "Baby, look at me. Please?" She begged.
Sighing, I hesitantly looked up at her and what I saw shocked me. She was radiating pride, adoration, and…love? It was written all over her face as well as her emotions.
"How?" I asked amazed.
"You didn't know any better, Jasper. You were forced into your transformation by someone who fed you lies and used you for her own needs. You didn't know she was lying to you and that there was another way to live. Your strength amazes me and the fact that you overcame all that and ended up being the man you are today fills me with pride that I have you as my mate." She expressed sincerely with so much love and devotion in her eyes.
I crushed my lips to hers and opened the flood gates to my emotions, letting her feel how happy, amazed, grateful, and in love I am with her. Yes, I said it. Love.I love Crystalline Cullen.
She pulled back and looked at me with wide eyes. "Is that how you feel about me?"
"Yes." I nodded with a smile. "I love you, Crystal."
A heartbreakingly beautiful smile lit up her face. "I love you too, Jasper. I have since the first time I saw you. Before that, I knew that I cared about you, because even though I never met you, I thought of you as a member of my family, but I didn't know what kind of love until I saw you that day in the woods. Until I met you, I didn't believe in love at first sight."
My eyes filled with venom. I have never had someone love me so completely before. It was such a fulfilling feeling. I slowly leaned in and placed a chaste kiss on her lips.
"Thank you for everything. I've never had someone accept all of me before and love me for who I am. You are truly my other half in every way." I told her with my forehead against hers.
She smiled and pecked my lips again. "I will always accept you. Never be afraid to tell me anything. I could never judge you."
"I know that, now." I grinned and pressed my lips to hers once again, running my tongue over her bottom lip, begging her for entrance. She granted it and my tongue dove into her mouth as I ran my hands down the sides of her body with her fingers tangled into my honey blonde curls.
WARNING: LEMON
(For those of you who are under 18, you should stop reading here until the end of the lemon)
Things began to get heated fast and as I trailed my lips feverishly down her neck and over the spot where I would soon mark her, she let out a moan.
"Bedroom." She managed to moan out.
I nodded and stood with her legs wrapped around my waist, my lips never ceasing as I continued to taste her skin and make my way to through the doorway leading to my bedroom, removing each other's clothes as we went, leaving us in only our undergarments.
She pushed me back with both hands onto my bed. "Open yourself up to me?"
I looked at her hesitantly. "Are-are you sure?"
She nodded her head and I could tell by her emotions that there was no trace of doubt. I took a deep breath in and as I let it out, I opened up my gift to her and let all of my emotions flow out of me. She smiled up at me and pulled me back in for a kiss with new yearning. My body ached for her in a way I never knew it could.
I began to plant soft lingering kisses down her neck, undoing the clasp on her bra as I went. She gasped as I freed them from their confines and helped her remove it down her arms, and then laid her back down. Her nipples were raised and erect and she encouraged me further with her gasps and moans as I massaged her breasts. I slowly squeezed them, cupping them.
She let out a sigh as my mouth found her nipples, caressing them gently with my tongue. Her thighs clenched together and she arched her back instinctively. She wrapped her legs around me and pushed her heat up, grinding into my hardness, enticing a moan from us both, these sensations so yearned for and yet so new to us both as they electrified our bodies. Thank you mating bond…It was always said that no sex from anyone anywhere could ever compare to that from your mate. I am now a firm believer!
I let my tongue continue to tease and torment her breasts, one at the time. She was squirming under me, all of this completely new to her, regardless.
My hands began to slide up her thighs, gently squeezing her soft skin, stroking my way upwards and slipping between them towards her innocence. She looked deep into my eyes, her pupils dilated. She slowly spread her legs outward for me as my fingers explored her as of yet undiscovered intimacies. God, she was so wet! I groaned in excitement as my fingers softly probed. The heal of my hand applied the exact amount of pressure required and her back arched a little as her breath quickened. She moaned as I massaged her, stroking her thighs, and then returning to her sensitive clit.
I moved back up from her breasts to her face, looking at her. She was so beautiful and the reality is so much better than any of my fantasies that I have had since the day I met her. I was completely engrossed in her, totally spellbound. Every time I touched her, she reacted as though it was the first time and it turned me on so hopelessly. Her hands began to explore my body, over passing my sensitive waist. Her arousal was so strong and driving me further. I grinned at her, stopping to move down her body and caressing her silky skin with my fingertips.
"I have to taste you." I whispered, my lips lightly touching her skin all the way down.
She lifted her head slightly and watched as I positioned my shoulders between her thighs. I slowly set about her thighs with my mouth and my fingers returned to her pussy. I kissed her thigh up to where it joined her hip and then slowly moved across until my teeth were nipping at the delicate fabric of her lace booty shorts. My fingers were inside them in an instant and I began to pull them down her legs. Her body was trembling with anticipation and expectation, coated with lust and excitement. She let her head fall back and let out a sigh, closing her eyes.
I watched her bite her lip as my tongue flicked back and forth over her clit with wide circular motions, feeling her pleasure as if it was my own. These are the times where I loved my gift. Waves of pleasure washed through us both, increasing as new sensations began to take over. Everything just felt so right. I was gentle, yet determined and intermittently forceful and rough. She relaxed her body and touched her body and her breasts. My hands slowly drifted up her body and took her breasts. We both began to moan, me against her clit, as the feelings became overwhelming. Slowly, but surely, the pulsating tremor shifted to a roaring throb. Then it hit. Our first orgasm, she screamed as her body shook and convulsed with sheer ecstasy. I held her close with one hand as I let out a loud groan, coming in my other hand as I began to stroke myself, catching everything that came out. I continued to hold her until she stopped shaking and her breathing returned to normal as I licked and cleaned her with my tongue. She tasted heavenly.
I grabbed a towel from the laundry bin next to the bed and cleaned myself off, then kissed my way up her body, already hard again and ready to go. I made it up to her lips and kissed her deeply, letting her taste herself on my tongue. She moaned into my mouth and shocked me as she flipped me us over, making her way down my body.
It came as some surprise when I felt her mouth close around my cock. Her tongue swept around the base of the tip and her fingers continued to stroke my shaft. I gripped the sheets, groaning, when her other hand reached down and grabbed my balls, playing with them as she bobbed up and down my dick. After enjoying the wonderful attention she was giving to me, I stopped her. I pulled her back up my body, then flipped us over and cupped her face with both of my hands.
"I really want to make love to you, darlin'." I said placing a chaste kiss on her lips.
She deepened the kiss and I felt her begin to push down my sweat pants along with my boxers. I pulled back to look at her and she bit her lip. God, she was unbelievably sexy. I had to have her and I needed her now. I crashed my lips to her wildly as we lost ourselves in the moment. I took myself in my hand and slowly swept myself over her clit.
"Are you ready, baby girl?" I whispered in her ear.
She responded nervously by nodding and moaning when I pushed myself inside her. She was tight and I knew it was uncomfortable for her. I looked at her face and noticed that her eyes were closed tightly and she was holding her breath. I knew that I was very well endowed, even for a vampire, so I knew that until I broke through and she got comfortable that this was not going to be very pleasant.
"Relax Tally, please baby? I won't hurt you, I promise." I whispered again. "Would you like me to take away some of the pain?" She hesitantly nodded. I reached out with my gift and took away as much of the actual pain as I could and pushed lust and desire towards her, leaving her with a pleasurable pain.
When she exhaled, I pushed myself in deeper, breaking through her hymen. She cried out in pleasure and pain as a tear of venom fell from her right eye. I kissed it away, holding still as I let her adjust to my size as I was fully sheathed inside her heat. After a few moments, I felt her pain completely dissipate and she bucked her hips showing that she was ready.
I slowly pulled out until only the tip was left inside of her and I thrust back inside to the hilt.
"Ugh, Jasper!" Crystalline trembled and clung to my body as I began to slowly move in and out of her.
Good God, I have never felt anything like this. It was wonderful, I couldn't even describe it! I could feel our mating bond solidifying and all that was needed now was our releases and our marks.
Our hands moved all over each other's bodies and placed wet kisses anywhere we could reach. We were truly making love, not just fucking; something that I have never done before. The emotions being passed back and forth between each other was enough to bring any one to their knees. God, what pleasure could make me abandon every vestige of dignity and restraint and make me throw myself upon her, desperate to continue with the onslaught to her body.
I began to pick up the pace a little bit, pushing myself deeper inside of her and filling her more with each gentle thrust, not having to hold back because of her vampirism. She lifted her legs and wrapped them around my waist, both of us moaning at the new angle that allowed me to go deeper. She turned side to side as I felt her walls begin to flutter around me. I continued to move faster, breathing heavily on her neck, kissing her skin and squeezing her breast in my hand. I lifted myself onto my hands and looked down at my mate. Her face was filled with desire and sexual pleasure. I slipped my hand around her waist and flipped us both over.
Crystal opened her eyes and sat herself across me; slowly sinking onto me and letting her head fall back. Her own fingers began pleasuring her breasts. I watched and felt myself hurtling towards release, but I refused to cum until my mate does. I am a gentleman after all.
I grabbed her hips and pulled her down harder and she screamed out as I raised my hips, thrusting myself deeper into her. I was breathless, panting and in pain from needing the release that I was holding back, but it all felt so wonderful.
I sat up, taking her nipple into my mouth as my fingers slipped between her lips and over her clit as I helped her near her release. She rocked with abandon as my fingers continued to circle her while I bit lightly on her other nipple. I couldn't hold out much longer, but I wanted to make this last as long and as pleasurable as possible. The sight of her riding me, knowing I was her first, it was too much.
Between my gift and my ministrations, I knew it was too much for her as well. Her walls immediately clamped down on my dick as she screamed her release as her fangs grew from her gums and she leaned down and bit onto my pulse point, marking me as hers for all eternity.
As soon as her teeth made it all the way through, an enormous amount of pleasure shot through me, throwing me over the edge so fast, I couldn't have held off even if I wanted to. Never have I felt something this amazing before in all of my existence. I never knew I could even feel this way; so full of love, lust, euphoria, adoration, desire and happiness…
I roared my release, my fangs growing from my gums as I bit into her pulse point and released my mating venom. She began convulsing as the bite took her over the edge again, squeezing down on me tighter and bringing my release to another level. I growled into her neck as this happened and I felt my eyes roll into the back of my head in pure and utter bliss.
I finally released myself from her neck, pulling back and leaned my forehead on her shoulder, panting as I tried to catch my unneeded breath as she did the same, still staying buried inside of her. I held her tightly so she couldn't move, just for a minute. I needed to feel her to ensure that this was all real and not another fantasy. Then again, no fantasy could instill this much love and bliss.
END LEMON
Minutes passed and finally I was able to pick up my head and looked at my angel. She was absolutely glowing as she gave me a loving smile. I leaned up and kissed her soft pink lips.
"I love you." I whispered against her mouth.
"As I love you." She replied pulling back. "I'll never forget this moment, even if I live until the end of time."
I smiled up at her and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. She looked so beautiful after making love. "As will I." I agreed, sending her a strong bust of love.
A/N: So, what did everyone think of this extra long chapter?! All of it was between Jasper and Crystalline, so I hope everyone liked the interaction! I did take some of this chapter from my other story Dhampir, but molded it to fit this story. I don't know about you, but when you write as many Jasper stories as I do, there is only so many ways you can write Jasper's story, lol! Either way, I hope everyone liked it! Any ideas on what will happen next?! Review!
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