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Without further ado...

Chapter 25

Felix led Jasper and Bella though the castle. Their steps were heavy with despair as they followed their captor. Then they reached a spiral stone stairway. Bella traced the grout between the stones with her finger as they climbed higher and higher to the top of the tower, as she wondered what horrible fate could await them at the hands of the Volturi.

Felix held a key ring in one hand and a lantern in the other. Jasper didn't like the way Felix would glance back at Bella, with longing. He was hungry for her body and for her blood. Jasper wanted to kill him either way, just for looking at Bella was reason enough. They finally reached a shiny thick metal door that was obviously not original to the structure.

As the door opened Bella peered inside of the room. It was round in shape and built of the same thick stone bricks as the stairwell. There was one window; it had no glass, just thick iron bars. It was night and the moonlight shone down through the bars casting an eerie shadow over the small bed and table that set in the center of the room. On the table there was a bottle and some fruits and cheeses.

Felix went around the room lighting three ancient lanterns that adorned the walls before setting his own lantern on the table and turning to Bella. "I'm supposed to make sure you eat something. Are you hungry?" Felix asked as he handed Bella the plate.

Bella hadn't eaten anything all day, but she really didn't have much of an appetite.

"You must be thirsty." Felix said as he removed the cork from the bottle with a loud "Pop". "It's champagne. You should celebrate. If Aro had wanted you dead he would have killed you by now. Here drink." He said as he handed Bella her glass.

She drank it quickly and handed Felix the empty glass. "I'm done. I don't feel like celebrating." Bella turned her back on Felix and went to Jasper's side. "Are you OK Jasper?" Bella asked.

Jasper was trying his best not to attack Felix. He was afraid Bella could get hurt in the fray. He was vibrating with anger.

Felix noticed Jasper's aggressive stance and decided to goad him. He looked at Bella and licked his lips. "I'm sorry to have to leave you here in the tower. You'd enjoy yourself much more in my room, with me, in my bed."

Jasper couldn't take anymore taunting from Felix. He pushed all the horrible feelings he could think of into him, dropping him to the ground.

Felix was the Volturi's best fighter for a reason. He had experience fighting vampires with powers and Jasper's assault didn't keep him down long. He rose off the ground and picked Jasper up by the neck, slamming him against the wall, holding him there. "I'm going to enjoy destroying you when they find you guilty." Felix sneered.

Jasper pushed as much lethargy and apathy as he could into Felix and he loosened his hold. "I have orders to leave you here tonight, don't even think about escaping." Felix said as he turned and left, locking the heavy door behind him.

Bella ran to Jasper's side. "Are you alright?" She asked as she threw herself on top of him, embracing him tightly.

"They are going to end me Bella. I've seen them do things like this before." Jasper said sadly as he covered his face with his hands.

"No Jasper, no! We have to escape! Don't give up!" Bella tried to shake him but his body was heavy as lead. Jasper wouldn't move from his position, seated on the floor.

"I'm so sorry Bella." Jasper said as he looked down in defeat. He had lived with the Volturi long enough to know that there was no way out. They were just too powerful. If you resist them they torture you into submission. If you run they track you down.

Bella stood up suddenly in exasperation, "Isn't there anything we could do Jasper? I can't stand by and watch that giant vampire tear you to pieces! I just can't!" Bella started to pace back and forth. As she passed by the small table she noticed a large golden envelope sealed with red wax that had been stamped with a crest of some sort.

She grabbed the envelope and tore it open. Inside was a note written on glided paper. The note simply said. "You will be one of us soon." It was signed Alice.

For some reason the note angered Bella. She lifted the paper and shook it in the air. "This is just madness Jasper. She was my friend. She was your wife. I had hoped that she would be like the Alice I remembered, but she isn't. I had hoped she would help us! She's so different now."

Jasper finally put all of Bella's words together and his heart sank. "Wait. What?" Jasper asked. Immediately realizing that Bella had memories from another reality in which he had been married to Alice. "Her? Alice was my wife? Oh God, No." Jasper felt so much embarrassment that it seeped out of the grasp of his power and projected itself onto Bella. "Were we that way? I mean, did we act like that?"

"No! You two were never that way. I'm pretty sure I never even saw you guys kiss. I'm sure you loved her and she loved you. I know you were a married couple, but you were never openly affectionate, like that." Bella's speech reassured Jasper. He would have been horrified for Bella to have memories of him being so openly loving towards another.

Jasper then realized that a heavy sadness lingered over Bella like a cloud. "What makes you so sad?" Jasper asked.

"This." Bella showed him the letter.

"You will be one of us soon." He read the words. "So you do not wish to be a vampire?" His heart sank.

"It's not that Jasper!" Bella sighed in exasperation. "I don't want this without you! Don't you understand? I love you."

Jasper could feel her love and pain. She had wanted him. She would have said yes! Jasper jumped to his feet and was by her side at vampire speed. He took her by the shoulders; spinning her around so that they were face to face.

Jasper's voice was quiet and serious when he spoke. "I was going to ask you. I had lain beside you all night while you slept thinking about it. That's what I had planned. I tore the god forsaken roof off my house. I was going to ask you to be with me for all eternity, and then make love to you under the stars if you said yes. I wanted it to be perfect, and they ruined it. They ruined everything."

"You tore the roof off your house?" Bella asked in shock.

"Yes." Jasper said before wrapping his strong arms around her and kissing her passionately. He put all his love for her in his kiss. He was desperate for her. He needed her like a drowning man needs air.

Bella could feel all his love and desperation as Jasper kissed her and lowered her to the bed. It dawned on her that this could be their last night together. She wanted Jasper to know how she loved him so completely. How it would fulfill her dreams to be his forever.

"Yes." Bella said between kisses. "Yes."

Jasper paused. "Yes, what?" He asked as he tasted Bella's emotions feeling all her desire.

"Yes, I want to be with you for all eternity. Take me Jasper. I'm yours. I will always be yours. They can never take that from us." Bella said as she pulled him close and focused on her love for him, so that he would feel it.

Jasper almost collapsed on top of Bella when he felt the strength of her love pour over him. He would take her. He would be her first. He would love her so throughly that even if he didn't live to see another day, she would carry that love with her forever.

Jasper raised his body off Bella's and stood at the foot of the bed. He gazed deeply into her eyes as he removed her shoes and socks. Then she undid her jeans and lifted her hips slightly to help him pull them all the way down. Jasper threw them to the floor and said, "None of us know how long we have. I'll not waste another second waiting to show you how I love you, how I've wanted you, how you are mine"

"Jasper, I'm yours, only yours." Bella whispered as she reached for him to join her on the bed.

Jasper looked at Bella with desire as he removed his shirt. She loved the way his hair fell in soft waves onto his broad shoulders. His hair was slightly disheveled and his face was etched in need and reverence. Bella thought he looked like a fallen angel as the shadows danced across his chest in the candlelight.

Jasper unhooked his belt and pushed his jeans all the way off. He was wearing boxer shorts but they couldn't hide his passion. Bella wanted to see all of him. She wanted to touch him. Her toes were only inches away from his manhood, so she gently ran her foot up his thigh until she reached it.

Jasper could feel her curiosity and her want. She was looking so innocent lying in bed in her panties and shirt; looking up at him with her sweet brown eyes. She was driving him wild. He held her foot in his hand and rubbed it against his length. Then brought it up his chest and to his lips; kissing and sucking on her toes.

Bella was surprised by the erotic feelings Jasper was creating by kissing her feet. It was like electricity running straight to her core with every caress.

"I'm going to love every inch of your body darlin'." Jasper drawled. His voice was deep with lust. "I'm going to make you feel so good."

Bella wanted to make Jasper feel good too. She smiled at him as she lifted her shirt off, then she reached around and undid her bra.

Jasper had never seen such beauty. He ached to feel her. He moved with vampire speed and laid beside her on the bed, kissing and touching her.

Bella moaned in his mouth when he started rubbing her nipples between his thick fingers. She felt so ready for him, so aroused. Her hand found his erection, and she was stunned by how hard he felt.

Jasper grunted when Bella's hand made its way into his shorts. He felt so full of lust that he could explode at any moment. He reached down and removed his shorts for her. He could tell by her emotions that she liked what she saw.

Bella had never seen a naked man before, and Jasper fascinated her. She thought it was beautiful, long and thick and pulsating. She wanted to bring him pleasure. He seemed to be enjoying her light touches. "Show me how to touch you." She begged as she ran her finger across the sticky bead of liquid that had leaked out from his slit.

"Anything you do to me is heaven." Jasper replied.

"I want to make you cum Jasper. Show me how."

Jasper could feel her sincerity and it humbled him. No one had ever been concerned about his pleasure before. He wet her hand with venom and wrapped it around his shaft. Then he showed her how to pump him, how hard he liked to be squeezed, how fast or slow he wanted her to move. Within moments Jasper was cumming. He closed his eyes, his head fell back and his breath came in short bursts as he rode out the best orgasm he'd ever had.

Bella enjoyed watching Jasper's face as he came. It made her feel sexy and powerful to create such a reaction in him. It was also very erotic watching the hot liquid shoot from Jasper's cool body. She licked some of his juices off her finger tasting him, and she smiled at his flavor. It tasted like salty caramel.

When Jasper watched Bella lick his essence from her finger, he almost came again. He needed to please her. "It's your turn now." He said as he removed her underwear, and spread her legs. She looked so beautiful naked. So soft and warm, the intensity of the moment made Jasper groan.

Jasper kissed his way down Bella's stomach and stopped between her legs. He ran his fingers over her folds, making her moan, and then down lower to find her wetness. He gently slid one finger inside of her as he put his mouth on her clit and tasted her.

Bella was stunned by how good Jasper's tongue felt writhing against her. She moved her hips involuntarily, and put her hand on the top of Jasper's head.

"Oh, God Jasper! What are you doing?" Bella panted.

"Tasting you." Jasper purred into her heat as he slipped another finger into her. "You taste so good, and you're so wet."

Seeing Jasper between her legs was intoxicating, but what he was doing with his mouth and fingers made her delirious with need. He seemed to far away. She needed to touch him. "Kiss me. Please."

Jasper could deny her nothing. He crawled on top of her and kissed her, showing her how much he loved her. He felt her hand move down between his legs. She aligned herself with him, and willed him to take her. She was ready.

Jasper pushed himself inside her slowly, and Bella felt him stretching her. It felt glorious. Then he paused. "Hold onto me Bella, I don't want to hurt you."

"Don't stop, you feel so good." Bella whispered, barley able to speak. She ran her hands up and over Jasper's muscular shoulders, bracing herself.

Jasper filled Bella with euphoria as he moved within her breaking her barrier. She only felt a twinge of pain and then she was consumed in ecstasy. They were joined completely, and she couldn't tell where she ended and Jasper began. They moved together as one. Stifling there noises of passion into each others mouths. As Jasper felt Bella become tighter, Bella felt Jasper become harder.

Jasper knew that Bella was close. He put his mouth beside her ear and whispered, "I feel you darlin', so tight, so, good, so close; cum for me, and she did.

As he felt the waves of her orgasm from deep inside her begin, he couldn't hold back anymore. They gasped and moaned together, as Jasper unleashed his power intensifying the moment. Her body was milking him and he was giving her all he had. Everything he had to give belonged to her. He could feel her love and her pleasure, and it completed him. No matter what happened, he would always be hers and she would always be his.

Jasper lifted himself off of her, and noticed that she was trembling. "Bella what's wrong?" He asked. Looking down at where his hands had grasped her, he couldn't detect any marks, and the only emotion he felt was pure joy.

Her head rolled to the side and then he realized. The blood that he had smelled wasn't coming from her sex. It was coming from her neck. He had bitten her. He had claimed her as his mate, and he hadn't even noticed it.