*Jasper*

I could sense the change in his emotions. Demetri was polite, reasonable, but Jemima's mother's blood was changing him. He was hungrier than even we were, and it was making him change into the monster he hid under his formal attire.

"The human blood is affecting you, Demetri. Calm down,"

Demetri glared at me, his red eyes wild.

"Aro may not be brave enough to kill you himself, but I am,"

As if these words were a signal, the dark shapes behind him leapt towards us. Seeing the danger, Emmett and I pushed their boat away. The vampires fell into the side of the boat.

The small boat rocked violently, and I saw Jemima disappear over the side, her scream drowned by the splash.

"Jemima!" I ran over to the side of the boat. She was struggling in the water, fear gripping her. I reached out to grab her, when a pair of arms tightened around my stomach, pulling me backwards roughly. At the same moment, the vampires in the water reached Jemima. She was dragged beneath the surface, screaming. Her pale form disappeared into the darkness.

"No!" I elbowed the vampire behind me, and his roar told me that it was Demetri.

His grip loosened and I attempted to kick him off. He snarled, his eyes like liquid obsidian. His hands moved to grab my arms, but I kicked at him again. His grip did not loosen.

"Carlisle," I shouted,

He was still on the boat with everyone else, but Jemima.

"Throw the human overboard. Her blood will distract them,"

Carlisle looked unhappy, but with fast movements, he picked up the now lifeless woman, and dropped her into the ocean.

Emmett, who had been kicking and punching vampires away from the boat, noticed me beneath Demetri. Like a bull seeing red, he charged. Both he and Demetri fell out of the boat, into the rough, black water. As my family fought to keep the vampires who hadn't dived after the human away from the boat, I leapt into the water.

Even with my strong eyesight, I struggled to see anything in the gloom of the night sea. The only colour was red; the blood of the human.

I ignored it, my instincts driving me towards my mate.

I dove, swimming deeper and deeper.

A Volturi vampire came up towards me, snarling. Moving only a little slower in the water than I would on land, I grab his arms, tearing them from his body. It would not kill him, but chasing his falling arms into the black abyss below us ought to slow him down.

I began to panic as I swam lower and lower.

There was no sign of Jemima.

I had let her slip away once. I will not do it again.

"Jemima!" I shouted, my words forming into bubbles that rose up to the now hidden surface.

Suddenly, some bubbles rose past me, their source deep below where I was swimming. I dove faster, until finally, I saw the ghostly white forms of two battling vampires.

I recognized the Volturi member; Felix, the huge vampire who made Emmett look like a child.

The other was Jemima.

Felix was behind her, his arms wrapped around her waist. She kicked out and shouted, fighting to release his grip. Even in the gloom, the long, white shirt that Jemima was wearing glowed with an unearthly white light, the small, sequin-like crystals catching what little light there was, making her look like an angel as it floated around her.

I swam down towards them, like a hunting shark, my eyes focused on Felix's throat.

But he moved faster.

He arms tightened and Jemima let out a scream that was audible underwater.

I rammed into him, grabbing at any part of him I could, joining the fight for Jemima's release. It was only when my hands for his neck, and began to pull at his head, did he finally release her. Jemima swam from his grip, and her shirt floated up a little in the current. I saw the thick crack running around her waist. She was struggling even more now, her legs barely moving, and only one of her arms working properly. She looked back at me, her expression terrified. Felix's heavy arms moved to grab me, and Jemima began to force herself back towards us.

"Go back! Go back!" I shouted, but she wouldn't listen.

She almost reached us when a dark shape appeared behind her. His arms wrapped around Jemima and dragged her towards the surface. She fought and screamed and tried to reach me, but there was nothing she could do to get him to let her go.

I whispered a thank you to my brother as Felix's crushing arms found my chest.