Bella's POV
"Vampire," I blurted out, without thinking of the consequences that my statement could bring.
The male vampires eyes widened in shock. He was probably not use to his meals knowing what he was. As the last cord of the song ended. I turned back to Ally and asked, "Ally, can ya cover for me behind the bar? I really gota go pee."
Ally nodded and thankfully left without asking me any questions. I was terrified for her safety, I didn't want to put any of the people in this bar in dangers way. The vampire seemed to be in a state of shock and did not comment on why I had sent Ally away.
"If ya are gonna kill me. I'd wait 'til after I get off work. People will worry if I disappear in the middle of my shift," I said as confidently as I could.
It was a little hard to be confident though, when the person you are talking to is larger than you. The male vampire towered over me and was a little intimidating.
I just barely reached his chest and I am five seven. He was nowhere near Emmett or the boys from the La Push pack's height, but he had to be at least six three. He had shaggy dark brown hair that just barely brushed his collar bone, and piercing red eyes.
Breaking myself out of my thoughts about the male in front of me. I found him creepily staring into my eyes. As if he was searching for something and not finding it.
Finally, he spoke in a faint voice. He spoke as if he was trying to comfort, not scare. "I am not going to hurt you. I have already feed tonight and even if I hadn't of. I still wouldn't have hurt you. I only feed on the scum of society, murders, rapists, or the druggie I had tonight."
"Lets say I believe you, which I totally don't by the way. What will you do with me? I know what you are and I know there are laws that say you have to kill or turn me for knowing this. Would you kill or turn me against my will?" My speech started out mocking but towards the end it turned grim.
The vampire scoffed at me as if I was stupid. Then replied with, "Laws, rules, as if I ever cared about them. I care not for the words of a monarchy, the Volturi hold not my respect, nor my loyalty. I do as I please when it pleases me to do so and I do not give a shit about what some stuffy old fools. Who are too lazy…."
I couldn't help but to cut him off by giggling. The way he was speaking, so hauntingly, as if the Volturi were scum and he a king. I could not hold in my laughter, it was just too funny.
"Ok….*Giggle*… Ok…*Giggle*… I believe you! Just stop already, I am Bella, incase you didn't know." I didn't know how long he had been here. So I thought I should introduce myself.
His reply stunned me, "I did. Is Bella short for Isabella." I nodded. "Then I would prefer to call you that, I just meet you. You should not be so informal with me yet."
I raised an eyebrow at him and could not help but to exclaim, "Oh, brother. Ya must be really old but hey whatever floats yer boat. What do I call ya?"
He introduced himself as Garrett Williams. Tiring of talking to him and still unsure of his intentions, I tried to subtly get him to leave without questioning me. I should have known though, that is would never have worked.
Stupid vampires and their photographic memories. Seeing that he wouldn't be leaving anytime soon, I returned to my work behind the bar.
I said hi to Ally as I retook my place. She said it back then went back to work herself. I looked over to Logan and told him he could take his break now. With a wave as thanks, Logan left to go take a smoke break, in the alley out back.
I got lost in the motions of filling drinks, trying my hardest to not think of anything vampire related. However, as always when trying your hardest not to think of things.
The thoughts pop up more than before. Frustrated beyond belief, I didn't notice that the door opened. Nor did I see the vampires that walked through it. I wouldn't have noticed them at all if not for the massive wave of shock that ran through the room.
The unfamiliarity of the feeling told me it wasn't my emotion. I knew of only one person who could manipulate emotions so I glanced up and there walking through the door was my past. A past filled with regret, happiness, family, anguish, terror, and love.
Dazed I called out his name,
"Jasper."
Jasper POV
Opening the bar's door, I took one more deep breathe in. As I was about to exhale, I suddenly stopped and took another breathe in. There, that smell its so familiar, so mouth watering, so MINE.
My eyes turned pitch black as the Major started to rattled the cage of his confinement. Mate, Mine, Mate. He screamed over and over again. My mate was somewhere in this bar. I have to find the owner of that scent.
I stepped into the bar and briefly scanned it looking for my mate. I didn't realize I had projected my shock onto the crowd. I only realized it when I heard Charlotte suck in a deep breathe. I stooped projecting as soon as she did, then continued to scan the crowd inside the bar.
"Oh shit," Peter worriedly exclaimed. I looked at him over my shoulder about to ask him what his knower had told him now. When I heard my name exclaimed twice. I turned my head first in the direction of the bar and saw a brunette girl behind the counter.
Curious how this human female knew my name, I walked over to the bar. As I walked, I looked her over trying to remember who she was. Just before I reached the bar the scent of my mate hit me again.
Once the scent hit me a second time, I knew three things for sure. One the scent was coming from the brunette behind the bar, two I had smelt this scent before, and three the scent was unique to one Isabella Marie Swan.
I hardly recognized her, she was no longer the girl the Cullen family left behind. She was a gorgeous young women now, with long spiral curls of hair all the way down to the middle of her back and a sexy compact little body. With curvy hips, small breast, and a luxurious ass. In other words she was sex on legs.
Finally reaching the bar, I didn't know what to say and neither did she. Checking her emotions, I saw that she was cycling through emotions too fast to feel much more than dazed. Deciding that one of us needed to say something, I greeted her.
"Hey Darlin'," she gulped and shook her head. Then sassily replied back in a barely there Texan twang.
"Well Hello to you to Cowboy." She then burst out laughing and I did also. The Major had finally stopped rattling his cage. We had found our mate and he was, for once, extremely pleased.
I didn't question as to why I didn't recognize sooner that she was mine. I already knew the answer, drinking animal blood deludes our senses. I didn't realize she was my mate because my senses where too dull to recognize more than just her scent.
"Major?" A voice I hadn't heard in, what seemed like a lifetime, asked.
I swung around and growled at him. He was too close to my mate and he needed to back the hell up now or else. Garrett raised his eyebrow but backed off and lowered his head in submission. I stopped growling at him and addressed him.
"Garrett, what are you doing here." Before he could answer, Bella piped in. "Wait ya"ll know each other."
"Yeah Darlin', we do. How do ya and Garrett know each other?" I will admit I wanted to know not because I was curious but because I was jealous, and so I was relived when she answered, "We don't. I just meet him not even ten minutes before ya'll showed up."
Peter cleared his throat to get my attention. Once I was looking at him, he started to talk. "Major, lil bit seems to be busy right now. Why don't us three go find somewhere to sit and catch up. Then after lil bit gets off work, ya'll can catch up."
I looked at Bella, who nodded to say it was ok. Then Peter, Charlotte, and I, followed Garrett to the booth he was sitting in before we entered the bar. I glanced back at Bella to make sure she was ok and I saw that she was watching me.
She tried to look away quickly but it was too late. I had already caught her checking out my ass in these jeans. It made me chuckle, it was a great feeling to know your mate was just as attracted to you as you were to them.
Bella was soon joined by a tall blonde guy and they started working in synchronization. I was a little jealous of how close they were but I didn't act on my possessiveness, instead, I sat down. Keeping one eye and one ear on everything Bella did, I got caught up with Garrett.
He told us about how he had been trying to track us down for weeks now. Apparently, Garrett had heard from a nomadic vampire. That Maria was out of hiding and looking for her Major. She wanted to restart the wars it seemed.
This pissed me off! The south was just now getting back to a semi peaceful place for vampires. It did not need that power hunger, war whore to commence the fighting again.
That was not all Garrett had heard though. Another nomad said, that a red headed vampire was trying to gather an army. She was trying to gather supporters to take revenge against the Cullen's for killing her mate.
I always said that we should have ended her when we had the chance. Carlisle though, had to be a optimist and let her live.
Now the only thing keeping the Cullen's from being killed by an army, is the other vampires respect for Carlisle. If they didn't respect him as much as they did. They would no doubt join the army and try to kill his coven.
Killing a vampires mate is a very serious offence in the vampire world. Some vampires go their whole lives without meeting their mates, that is how rare a mate is in our world.
Thinking about mates had me glancing over at my newly acquired one. She was filling a tray with beers, as she swayed to the music blaring from the speakers, and chatted with a waitress.
Her sexiness had me forgetting my conversation and staring at her. It was only after Char cleared her throat, that I got back to it. For now we would do nothing but lay low from Maria's search teams.
We would also be keeping an eye on Victoria, if she tries to mess with me or mine, I will end her. If she counties to go after the Cullen's, then I will warn them to be on the look out for her. I would not however get caught up in the Cullen's bullshit again.
"BELLA," hearing someone shout my mates name. I looked over to see her staring at me again and not paying attention to the waitress waving her hand in front of her face. I smirked at her and sent her a little of the lust I felt for her.
I was curiosus to see how she would react. She took me completely by surprised though, when she sent me humor. Then a shit ton of lust, I almost fell out of my seat from shock.
She laughed then turned back to the waitress and apologized for spacing out on her. I was glad that she was here. I was so happy that I had finally found my mate; but as always when it comes to the enigma that is Bella, I was left with more questions than answers.
I could not wait for closing time, I had so many questions that I needed answers to. I'm very glad that Peter convinced me to come out tonight.
Though, I was starting to get the suspicion that he was hiding a whole hell of a lot more, then just the identity of my mate. I decided to wait to state my curiosity, at least for now. My experience with Peter taught me that he would tell me nothing but the most important pieces of information.
I was totally and completely blindsided however, by the real secret Peter was hiding. It was much bigger than Maria or Victoria. What Peter was hiding, was a secret that would change not just mine and Bella's lives forever.
This secret would change the whole vampire world for better or for worse was still undecided.
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