Chapter Fifty

Jasper

We stayed together naked and joined for the next few hours and for once I couldn't get enough of a woman. I needed Bella, her body full of my venom as much as I could pump into her and she seemed perfectly happy about it. The thing that finally stopped us wasn't Darius return but the sudden fast beating of her heart and her gasp of pain. I sat up looking at her face concerned and then it registered, her eyes were becoming an orange red and her skin now felt closer to my temperature. Our love-making had triggered the final phase of her transformation, my mate was becoming a vampire.

She struggled to speak through the heat and agony of the change,

"Is this it Jasper?"

"Yes but don't worry I'll stay with you and it will soon be over. I'll take your pain away"

She shook her head but then closed her eyes and I knew I had lost her until she woke up once more. I explored her emotions and there was pain yes and fear but also a joy, she was happy to be changing into a vampire and I knew that was because she knew we could be together for eternity this way. Monitoring her pain I decided taking the fear away would be the best thing so I took that in myself holding her close and listening as her heart struggled to beat, her lungs to drag in the air her body no longer needed or wanted.

When Darius got back I explained the situation and he promised to keep guard over us while I concentrated on her,

"I'm glad, for her and you. At least if anyone else decides they want the locket they'll have the three of us to get through. Not that I think there is anyone else, Caius is waiting for Bella to visit but he doesn't know the story, Marcus is free now Aro's dead so I doubt he'll be telling his remaining brother anything and the Romanians are ash, a good days work I'd say. I'll be in the other room, call if you need me"

I nodded my thanks and sank back onto the bed wrapping my arms tightly about Bella's stiff body and taking not only her fear but her pain too now. My throat burned where she'd bitten me but I knew the pain would soon fade although the scar would remain visible for all time. It would be the one scar I would be proud to wear. With the tiny part of my brain not occupied in keeping Bella as comfortable as possible I thought about the Romanian spy, my money was on Tanya and a visit to Denali was on the cards once Bella was under control. This transformation was a one of a kind so I had no idea what to expect when she woke up. Would she be a bloodthirsty crazy newborn or would she skip that phase as her body had already been half vampire? I couldn't wait to see her beautiful face when she woke up and I hoped she would feel the same way about me. Why anything should have changed I didn't know but if my luck ran true to form she'd probably try to kill me, the fear of my scars strong in her as in all other vampires.

Bella

I was terrified of what was happening to my body but I knew Jasper was here and that calmed me enough to open my mind to the changes. My heart was struggling valiantly to keep the blood or venom pumping round my body but it was a battle it couldn't win, a battle my lungs had almost surrendered as the air they dragged in was ignored by my organs. The pain was bearable and I knew that was down to Jasper, I would thank him when I woke up but for now I tried to take an inventory of my senses. I couldn't see anything but then I couldn't open my eyes yet. I could hear though and I knew Darius was back, I could hear him tapping away on his laptop and outside birds singing, the sound their wings made as they flew from branch to branch, traffic further away, every tire make with its own distinctive sound. I could feel Jaspers still naked body pressed to mine, the scars I had seen felt like a raised tattoo on his body. The sheets on the bed felt coarse and the coverlet silky. I wondered how clothes would feel on my newly sensitized skin. I concentrated on the smells being dragged into my body, Jaspers musky scent, the aroma of our lovemaking heavy in the air, traffic smells less concentrated, another smell, more like brandy or a similar spirit and I guessed that was Darius. My heart beat once, twice more, and then fluttered feebly before stopping for the very last time, I was a vampire, dead to the human world.

I knew Jasper was aware what had happened but he was waiting patiently for me to wake to him. I braced myself ready to open my eyes when I heard more sounds, feet on the path outside our room, two people moving fast and I didn't know their scents so moving inhumanly fast myself I leapt from the bed slipping free of Jaspers arms and as the door opened I launched myself at the perceived danger. A male vampire who was in the process of opening the door went flying backwards and the female behind him dropped into a defensive crouch.

Darius who had stood up started to laugh and I knew I'd over reacted, these must be friends but as I started to relax I smelled a wonderful warm scent that had my mouth watering and my head snapped to the right where a woman in a maids uniform was exiting the room two doors down. Before I could stop myself I was on her opening the vein at the side of her neck and drinking the warm salty blood, draining her body. Not until I'd finished and she was dead did I come to my senses then I dropped the body in horror looking round for help.

Jasper took me in his arms and carried me back to our room as Darius and the female vampire grabbed the maids drained body and followed us in. The male vampire I'd knocked across the car park sat on the chair cursing at a long rip in his jacket sleeve and glaring as he saw me.

"You could have warned me you had a newborn with you. This is one crazy lady. How long has she been awake? And why the hell are you both buck naked? Not that I'm complaining necessarily, your skinny body doesn't interest me but your companion, well what can I say?"

I snarled at him baring my teeth as Jasper held me tightly,

"Its OK Bella, believe it or not this is a friend. Peter this is my mate Bella and unless you want her to help Charlotte rip your balls off I suggest you shut it now"

I thought his idea was a really good one but if he was a friend I would have to calm myself. I'd already killed a human and fed on her blood. I didn't want another death on my hands just yet even if I thought Peter was an ass hole!