Here's the first of two updates today.
Sorry this is so short.
Also, sorry for any mistakes.
Chapter 25
Jasper is Weak
"Jazz, you need to hunt. Darling, your eyes are pitch black," Alice ran her fingers through her stressed lover's hair, absently tucking the quilt around him with her other hand. Alice let out a little sigh as Jasper simply closed his eyes at her words. She removed her hands from his hair and laid down on the bed beside him, resting their heads against one another.
A few moments passed before Alice heard Jasper's barely audible whisper;
"I can't,"
"You can't what, my love?" Alice raised herself up onto her elbow as Jasper turned his head to face her.
"I've left it far too long, Ali," Jasper still spoke in the near-silent whisper, "I can't."
Alice watched as Jasper allowed his eyes to drift closed again, burrowing his head deeper into the pillow. It took Alice a few moments and a lot of thinking to figure it out, but she did and she let out a soft sigh as realisation hit her.
He couldn't hunt. The blood that had been sustaining him had all gone, he was running on venom alone. Jasper had let himself get too weak. It wasn't something Jasper did, not with him being so on guard all the time. But Alice figured that had been the problem. Certain things caused blood to burn much too fast, injury, ailment, even emotional stress.
Jasper's emotional state had drained him of his nourishment, leaving him in too weak a state to hunt for more.
And Jasper being Jasper, he wouldn't let on that he was suffering. Leading to even more emotional stress.
Alice rubbed a hand over her face.
"I'll go and get something to build your strength up. You'll have to come outside, though. Esme won't appreciate a dead animal being dragged through the house."
And then she was going to have a long talk with him about why he couldn't let himself go so long without nutrition.
I know Jasper seems a little out of character in this.
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