JPOV

Five hours. That is how long I have been waiting for Peter to show the fuck up. He was supposed to be here already and low and behold, I have been waiting on his ass for five fucking hours. After I got Bella free from the floor, I spent a few minutes explaining how to move her wings in place. I just had her fold them around her shoulders and figured that we could work on the rest as the sensitivity ebbs a bit. She wanted me to help her learn to fly and I shot that shit down. Flying on new wings is just asking for trouble. Our wings are controlled by our back muscles and until you know how to work them right, there is just too many issues to worry about. She is drunk and that is never a good mindset for her to be in if you are having an argument with her. She said she can't actually die if she falls, but I informed her that even though that might be true, she can pull something and THAT is bad; or there is the risk of hitting something and ripping a wing off. I did that when I was five and it was the worst pain I have ever felt, EVER in my life. They do grow back, but it takes forever and that is just as painful.

I then had to go on to tell her that her wings were not yet strong enough to hold her weight. She has to work those out, just like a baby working out their legs to walk. There is a process to follow, but she should be able to get the strength to fly in a few weeks. That seemed to pacify her enough to drop the subject; for now.

I felt him before I saw him, as it always goes with his kind. I turned my head and saw Michael perched on the railing to the balcony outside the library Bella and I were currently lounging in. We were working on her opening her wings and closing them back around when she started looking around the room, her nose flaring at the invading scent. When her eyes landed on him, her eyes lightened and sparked, but not in a good way. It is ingrained in us to not like angels and to do what we can to eliminate them. Weather she likes him or not, her instincts are telling her that he had to go. When she made a move to pounce, I wrapped an arm around her waist and held her back. I looked at him with a smirk, "You're going to have to bare with her for the time being, Michael. She is still a bit new at suppressing her instincts to kill your kind. We were working with her wings. It slipped my mind that there might have been something a little more important than that to focus on."

He rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "Yeah, I bet." He looked at her and smiled, bowing his head. "Well look at you. Calling you My Lady has a whole new meaning now." Bella just growled at him. "Now don't be like that, I thought we were friends." the growling grew. He stuck out his bottom lip out, "Well, guess we will have to work on that then." He looked back at me. "Jasper, we are out of time. Where is your vampire?"

I shrugged, "I have no idea. We are waiting on him right now. I sent him out on an errand, and he is late returning."

"My apologies Sire, but what you asked was harder to do than you might think. Even with my extra ability, it took me way longer to locate them than it should have."

Looking to the door Peter and Charlotte were standing there looking worse for the wears. "What the fuck happened to you?"

He looked at me with a grave face but looking deeper into his emotions I found anger, shock and hesitance. "There has been a development that I am not sure how you are going to react."

Letting go of Bella, I turned to face him fully. Michael came inside and bravely took up post next to Bella, though she seemed to be fully focused on Peter. She looked at Michael and her lip curled, but she didn't do anything. Her eyes then landed on me, "Jazz, what's going on?"

I grunted, "I have no idea. I asked him to locate our favorite coven and tell me where they are and this is how he returns. Late too I might add." She stared at me a moment before looking back at him. I could tell she was not happy, but there was nothing she could do about it. I call the shots and she is going to have to learn at some point that one, I always get my way; and two, my word is law. That is not the talking of a spoiled brat that is just fact. Even if I wasn't who I was, the male is the dominant partner in the matting. You can compare us to vampires in that respect, only, we are far worse when it comes to dominance. We don't beat our mates or anything like vampires are known to do to keep the female in line; we have a much more effective way to handle out of line mates. But there will be more on that later, for now, I want to know what the fuck happened to Peter.

I raised a brow to show him I was waiting. He looked down and cleared his throat, "Well, I was able to find them."

I huffed, "You said that, what you have yet to say is where and how."

He scratched his eyebrow and looked everywhere but me, "Um, well, they are not all that for from here actually."

I crossed my arms, "Captain, your stalling. Just spit it the fuck out and we will deal with it."

He gulped, "The leader and his mate, from what I gathered anyways, had just met back up with the pixy and mind reader; who are currently mated."

Bella and I looked at each other, "And you found them… where?"

He closed his eyes, "About a day south of here."

My head snapped back to him, teeth barred, a growl ripping free, "You're fucking shitting me!" He took a step back and shook his head.

Bella and Michael looked at each other before looking back at us. It was Michael that spoke, "What is so bad about that? From what I found out about them is that is a relatively peaceful coven. Them being close couldn't be that bad, even if you do share a… difficult history with them."

I pulled a very confused Bella to me, putting her back to my chest and wrapped my arms and wings around her. "It is not the coven so to speak that is of concern." Putting my chin on the top of her head, I informed them of the last call I got from Garrett. "It has been brought to my attention that Victoria and her little band of fuck ups are currently a day south of here." Bella stiffened in my arms and I kissed her temple, whispering quiet words of hopefully comfort in her ear. I looked at Michael out of the corner of my eye, "Looks like you were right about being out of time."

Michael rubbed his chin, "Well, it would appear that I have some work to do." He looked at Bella who was still looking a little shaken in my arms. Giving her a smile, "Remember what I said My Lady, it is my honor. Are you ready?"

She looked at him with narrowed eyes and even if you were not an empath, you could still read the emotion in them. It happens sometimes with a transformation, but there is a possibility that things didn't transfer from one plane of thought to another. There is a chance that she has no idea what he is talking about, but there is a flip to that. She could very well remember what he is talking about, but just doesn't want to because the advice came from our enemy even though it was given when she was human. Finally she blinked and smiled; not what I was expecting at all. "Sorry, I was just picturing what you would look like when I rip out your tongue and break your face for calling me a bitch."

It surprised me when he laughed. "I look forward to the battles that are sure to come between us, My Lady; but for now, are you ready for this?"

She cocked her head to the side, which where she was standing put it on my arm. The light contact had me nuzzling her neck with a light smile on my face. It wasn't like she had a choice but to lay her head on me, but still, the mating bond is growing between us and I am finding it hard to not hold and nuzzle and kiss and be out of character affectionate with her. Some would say that would make me a pussy; I say fuck you. She was looking at Michael, but her emotions were showing a growing lust for me. Before we head out, I think I might capitalize on that.

Anyways, out of my mind and back to the current conversation that I have been absent from, and from the looks I was getting, I think they knew it. Michael snorted and his cheeks were a little pink. God, that fucker needs to get laid. "So, Jasper, I will gather my recruits and see how the new ones are faring and find out if they are ready for action."

I still had my face buried in Bella's neck, not really caring about anything but getting everyone the fuck outta here, until the word action once again brought me back to the task at hand. I lifted my eyes because I was quite comfortable right where I was. "You do that and I will see to the rest of mine. I do not want to involve hell's army until we have no other choice, but I was assured that they are ready on my call. I have a few of my babies babysitting the encampment, so I will know when they are on the move."

Michael's eyes went wide. "You have hounds on the human plane? Are you nuts?"

I shrugged, "I have been called that a time or two. Look, they are fully camouflaged and hidden. You didn't even know they were there until now and they have been following the bitch since Garrett told me where I could find her. My pets are very well trained; do not question me on how I choose to protect my mate. If I want to have all the souls of hell walk the earth and keep an eye on a person of interest, I will do just that."

Michael put his hands up, "Alright, gosh, I was just saying."

I rolled my eyes. "Whatever. You go do what you have to and I will the same." He nodded and was gone. I moved my eyes to Peter, "I need you to meet up with Garrett and stay with him. Bella and I are going to involve some people that should have been informed by now, but were left out of the loop for obvious reasons. Now that those reasons are irrelevant, it is time to do so." He nodded and both he and his mate turned and left the way they came.

As soon as I could no longer feel them, my face went back into Bella's neck, only this time I didn't resist the temptation to nip at it. I spun her around to face me and captured her lips. She melted into me and moaned. Nipping her lip as I pulled away, I stared into her icy blue eyes knowing that mine looked the same. Putting my forehead on hers, "how's your back feeling Darlin'?" She rolled her shoulders but was hard pressed to hide the wince that came with it. Looks like she is still in pain. Hmm, well where there is a will there is a way and I know PLENTY of ways for her back to not be in contact with anything; like her being on top for starters.

An evil smirk came to my face as I started to walk her back toward the chase, pulling her clothes off on my way. When her knees hit the seat, I pushed her down, but not on her back. I refuse to be the one to cause her any amount of pain. I reached to unzip my jeans, but she batted my hands out of the way, taking the task upon herself to remove them.

When that was done, she stood up and turned us to that I was facing her, but my back was to the lounge. She put her hands on my chest, stood on her tippy toes and kissed me. That was the first time she kissed my lips first and I felt my heart jump at the contact. She tittered when she heard it too. Brat.

She kissed down my jaw, neck, chest, lower and lower until she was on her knees in front of me. She ran her hands back up and pushed so that I would sit. With a raised brow I did as she wanted. I could feel the uncertainty in her emotions as she stared at me, but she didn't let that stop her. She tilted her head to the side, inspecting my manhood with a curious, confused and determined look on her face. It was cute. She lifted her eyes to look in mine when that tongue of hers poked out of her lips and tentatively let it lick the tip. My eyes closed and a soft grunt came out. She seemed to take it as a good sign, because she did it again a little harder, letting her tongue explore a little more. It felt glorious.

Her tongue swirled the tip before she licked her lips and opened her mouth, sucking the head in her mouth. My eyes closed and the head on my shoulders dropped back when she lightly scraped her teeth across the skin. Her name fell from my lips and my fingers laced into her hair. I was going to let her do this one on her own, but just like her obsession with my hair, I have one with hers.

Every time she pulled back, she took a little more in, every time either scraping her teeth, though mindful of her fangs, or pressed her tongue to the shaft. When she reached to point that she couldn't fit anymore in her mouth, she took one hand and grabbed the rest. It was when she did that that I was reminded to tell her about her new found strength.

With my teeth clenched together, "Bella, baby, you're stronger than you think you are."

She let go and pulled all the way back, me falling out of her mouth in the action. She looked at me wide eyed and scared. "Oh god, I'm sorry! I'm new at this and I didn't know." She then gently cupped my dick and open mouthed kissed and licked it from tip to base, making my eyes roll in the back of my head. Now THAT is an apology. I felt her look up at me but she never stopped, so my eyes didn't feel the need to look at her; I wanted to but, fuck that shit felt good. When she started sucking on the side of it, I was reminded about the porn thought I had the first time we ever did anything. There is no way someone could know how to do that and have never seen it done or done it themselves. Since I know the latter is not true, I must assume, again, the wolves introduced her to porn.

I felt myself getting closer to completion, but I refused to blow anywhere but inside her. I grabbed her under the arms and pulled her to my lap. She pressed herself closer to me, effectively cramming my painfully hard piece between our stomachs. Cannot have that; so as I kissed her, I lifted her up again, holding her so she hovered over me. Lowering her slowly, I took possession of her lips in a brutal crushing kiss. She wrapped her arms around my neck and surrendered to me fully. I wanted to just slam her down, but I heard that the buildup is better, but I don't see it. The actual reason is this is a new body for her and though she is not a virgin anymore, she is as tight as one and will be for the rest of eternity, there is stretching needed. I lowered her two inches, lifted her one and so on till I was buried to the hilt. I pulled back from the kiss and Bella dropped her head on my shoulder, squeezes my waist between her thighs and rolled her hips making both of us groan.

I leaned back on the heels of my hands and Bella put her hands on my chest as she continued to roll her hips. She leaned down and using her bent knees as leverage, lifted herself up and just dropped like a bomb. She cried out and I moaned as my head dropped back again. Then, she went to town, bouncing, twisting, turning, rolling her hips, between pent up excitement and her emotions from contact and the pendant, I didn't stand a chance, but there was zero chance that was going to happen before her. She was close, but I could tell was just not getting the right angle she was looking for. Sitting up, I grabbed her hips and twisted; turning her around to face away from me. In a quick movement, I had her on her hands and knees on the lounge with me standing behind her. She was disoriented by the speed for a moment before she got back into the swing of things and pushed back at me to meet me thrust for thrust.

Bending my knees a bit to change direction, I found her spot. She screamed out and her movements faltered a bit as she dropped to her elbows. I put my hand on her back to keep her there and sped up, going deeper from the change of position and harder for the hell of it. She started to clench around me so leaving my hand on her back I used the other to reach around her and used my thumb on her clit to finish her off. When she reached her peak, she squeezed me so hard and so tight that was it for me. My fangs grew and with two more thrusts I was shooting my seed deep in her and my fangs were once again buried in her neck where my mark was located, however being careful not to put weight on her upper back just yet. She cried out as she was sent back over. Since we are mated, I will never have a venomous bite with her again. My fangs can't hurt her as long as I bite the same place. However, just because there is no venom, does not mean that being bitten by three inch long teeth that are harder than steel will not cause pain if I bite her somewhere else.

Opening my mouth when my fangs receded, I licked the blood off her neck and nuzzled it when I was done. Looking at it for a moment, I was able to better make out the details. When our bond is cemented it will look like a tattoo of my personal crest. It takes three bites after the change for that to happen, but two of them must be done publicly because of my status. There is one, so because of the demon laws that is the last time we can do anything that would prompt me to bite her; and since anything of that nature will ALWAYS result in a bite, well, sex is out of the question until the ceremony and induction are done. Damn.

I kissed her still healing back and pulled out of her getting rewarded with a sexy little groan. I tried to take a step back and almost fell on my ass. Looking down I rolled my eyes at myself. I never took my pants off all the way and damn near tripped on them. Real romantic there Jazz.

I pulled them up and leaned over Bella's limp form. Nuzzling my nose on her cheek and giving it a kiss, I turned to look at her face. Her eyes were closed and she was on the verge of sleep. I butted my nose on hers and she cracked open an eye and smiled at me forcing me to smile back. "I'm sorry mate, but we have to be on our way. There is something that I have put off far too long and it must be seen to and I refuse to let you out of my sight. I do recall telling you that." She pouted and I kissed the tip of her nose. "Sorry love, but we have to go."

Her eyes grew hard at that. "Never call me that again."

It took a moment to figure out why that pissed her off, but when it hit me I gave her an indulgent smile, "Your wish is my command My Lady, but we still have some place to be right now." I grabbed her arm and pulled her to her feet. "Queen or not, you still have responsibilities to see to and this would be one of them. Think of it this way, the sooner we get it over with, the sooner we can deal with Victoria and the sooner we can finish the mating and start our eternity. But in order to accomplish any of that, you need to get up."

She gave me a pitiful excuse for puppy dog eyes because you could see the brightness in them. I pushed her out the door, down the hall to her room and shoved her towards the dresser as I leaned a shoulder on the door frame. "Get dressed and we shall be on our way."

She huffed and stomped her way across the room huffing, "Fine. Where are we going and how should I dress?"

I rubbed a temple, "The where is not important and whatever you want. It's not like anyone there will be stupid enough to speak ill of you."

She looked over her shoulder at me as she grabbed something without even looking. "Why don't you want to tell me where we're going?"

I snorted. Damn, I was hoping she would miss that. "We are going to Italy. There are some vampires there that I am sure would love to know about the army being built."

She was pulling her jeans on when she stopped and a look of concentration overcame her features. "I think I remember Edward saying something about royal vampires there, but the memory is a little fuzzy. I can clearly remember him telling me a story about Carlisle and a man named Aro, but not the details; and I can remember that he said they were bad, like evil bad. Satan's right hand type bad. That was not his phrasing, but the implication was there." She continued to pull her pants on.

I rolled my eyes. "No, Aro is actually not all that bad a guy. I will admit that he is not really my favorite vampire ever, but I wouldn't call him evil, misunderstood and a bit power hungry, but not evil." She was looking at her shirt trying to figure out how to put a shirt on with her wing showing. "Visualize your wings not being there. Since we are not in the palace there is no reason that you can't hide them."

She looked at me, "How do I do that?"

I shrugged. I have been doing it for so long that it just happens when I am not home. "All you have to do is think about them not being seen. When you do that they will disappear and not be a problem." She raised a brow at me but did it anyways. It took her a few tries but she soon got them to vanish. "Anyways, like I was saying, Aro and his brothers are really not that bad. They are the rulers of the vampire race. Vampires that break their only law answer to them."

"The law being that humans can't know they are real?"

I nodded. "That's part of it. The law is actually phrased 'Anyone that threatens the exposure of the vampire race will be sentenced to death'. Telling a human, hanging out with humans, dating a human, building an army; they are all seen as a risk of exposure and all fall under their jurisdiction."

She was looking in the mirror pulling her hair up and she looked at me through the glass, "But if they answer to you or your father shouldn't you be able to deal with it without involving them?"

"Sure, but we tend to try not to step on toes. You'll learn the way of things over time, but here is a crash course; we do not involve ourselves in other race issues. A vampire fucks up; the head vampires deal with it. Same with werewolves, trolls, fairies, pixies, the magic users, all of them. They all have their own ruling force and we leave issues to them. THIS is a different matter altogether. This was a direct attack on the demonic royal family, and what affects THAT family affects ALL 'evil' creatures."

She looked blankly at me before shaking her head. "I don't get it."

I smiled at her, "Don't worry, you will. It will take time, but you will." Looking her over head to toe, "Ready?"

She shrugged, "Yeah, I guess, but how are we going to get there?"

I held out a hand and when she took it, I pulled her close and kissed her soundly. I just can't seem to get enough of her. If this does not settle down after everything, I'm never going to get anything done because I don't want to do anything but fuck the girl's brains out. Pulling back I smiled at her, "We are going to go through Hell. From there we can go where ever we need to faster than any other mode of transportation, and time right now, is not looking to be on our side."