A/N: So this next chapter is killing me to write. It is so unlike Bella and Jasper but they have to be this way or my plot won't work. I'm sorry for those Bella and Jasper fans out there who read this. Please don't hate me. I love them as much as you guys do. I hope you guys like it nonetheless.
KARI
In the next few weeks, Edward listened to everyone's thoughts, every chance he got. He even tuned himself into the other girls, just in case. The big problem was Bella's thoughts. Edward couldn't hear them at all. He had to sneak around and listen to the conversations she had with other people. She also complicated things with Jasper. Whenever they were together, she'd use her shield to protect his thoughts.
We had a feeling that she did have it. We just couldn't prove it. Since we weren't getting any answers from their minds, Alice went through hers and Jasper's room trying to find it. Edward and I did the same thing with his and Bella's. We couldn't find a thing. Bella was a lot smarter than I gave her credit for.
After three weeks of nothing, I suggested that we just let the cards fall. Edward wouldn't hear of it. He continued to try to find a way out of the problem. He was no longer angry with Alice. I had a feelings he remembered my speech about mistakes and forgiveness,
In other news, I got my casts off at the end of that month. Edward had refused to drink from me while I was in that condition. It wouldn't have matter but he was trying to make amends for hurting me. He did not, however, stray from the animal diet. He also spent the rest of the month finding other ways to deal with his lack of sex and didn't touch any of the girls.
The cage was removed from the room and replaced with a cot. Edward figured safety wasn't an issue. I was never without Edward or Alice in the room. Edward thought it best that one of them be with me the whole time because he worried Bella would try to hurt me. I couldn't figure out why but she still hated me, even though, Edward hadn't done anything with me in two months. I think I reminded her of things she wanted to forget. In a way I felt sorry for her. I know it's crazy considering everything that Edward told me about how she is now. I think it's because she had so much ripped from her and she felt she couldn't go back.
The rules slowly disappeared too. I was allowed to wonder the room as I pleased and read or listen to anything I wanted. He made sure I got three meals a day and brought me extra snacks when I asked. Since, Bella no longer wanted to play dress up with Alice, I was her replacement. I didn't mind too much. I actually liked how close I was becoming with Alice. Edward even gave her permission to buy me a decent wardrobe. I was estatic.
Things were going swimmingly. Bella had yet to take action with the diary, so we figured she was going to let it go. Then about a week into my third month of captivity, if you could call it that, things started to fall apart.
Alice and Edward decided to go to Russia for a week, to visit their friend Dimitri. When Edward told me, I tried very hard not to think about what they were going to do while they were there. Instead, I let my fear of being in the house without them to protect send panic through me.
"What about Bella?" I asked. I knew he could hear the panic in my voice.
"She knows better than to try anything." he said.
"But she's never been one to do what she's told." I denoted. I was trying hard not to be too afraid. I didn't want him not to go.
"Would you felt better, if I had you put back in the cage for a week?" he suggested.
That was exactly what I'd feel most comfortable with. It was small and cramped. Plus, I'd feel like I was a prisoner again but, at least, Bella wouldn't be able to hurt me. I was about to say yes but then I realized I was doing what I promised myself I wouldn't. I worked hard that first month to show Edward that I wasn't scared of him. Granted, I was but if he didn't see, he'd never know. But I was going to run and hide from Bella. No, I would force myself to show her that I was not afraid of her.
"No." I told Edward. "If I want her to leave me alone, I have to show her that I'm not afraid of her."
"Okay," Edward said. "But if she does hurt you, I want to know as soon as I get back and I'll take care of it."
I nodded. He kissed my forehead and picked up his bag. I watched him walk out the door wondering what we were. I knew we were no longer master/servant but were we just friends or something more. I wished we were so much more. I only hoped he wanted the same thing. Only time would tell.
Things were going just fine until three days before Alice and Edward were supposed to return. I was lying on my cot reading A Tale of Two Cities when I heard a giggle outside. I recognized it as Bella's. I knew that she didn't like to see me doing things above my sation, so I closed the book and shoved it under my pillow. Then I flipped myself off the bed and shrank back into a corner. I hoped, by making myself nearly invisible, she'd just completely ignore me.
When the door opened, a pair of bare feet stepped through. They weren't Bella's. I looked up the rest of the body. It was Japser's. He had his arms around her, holding her up, and she had her legs wrapped around his waist. They were kissing furiously. I had to but my hand over my mouth to top my shocked gasp. Jasper carried Bella to the bed and laid her down. He then straddled her and began kissing her everywhere.
I scoped for an easy accessed, opened door. I didn't want to watch this. The bathroom was right accross from me and the door wide open. I crawled as quietly as possible to it and sat indian style on the tiled floor.
I couldn't wrap my mind around what was going on. Alice and Edward both knew that it was possible their spouses were having an affair but neither thought it would be with each other. I understood why Bella was doing it to Edward. That just leveled out the playing field. Then there was the whole punishment factor. Edward told me that Bella blamed him for that night. That's why their relationship was falling apart.
What I couldn't figure out was, why Jasper? He was her sister's husband and Bella was his brother's wife. What had Alice done to deserve that? Alice was one of the best people I knew. She didn't deserve to be devasted like she was bound to become.
I sat in the bathroom, covering my ears. I didn't want to hear anything that was going on in the other room. Vampires, however, were not known for quiet sex. I heard everything, even with my fingers crammed in my ears. Once they finally finished, I listened for the to get their breathing back to normal. I prayed they'd just get dressed and leave.
I didn't get what I wanted. I heard Jasper whisper something to Bella. Bella let out a small laugh and whispered back. I heard the floor creak and the sound of rustling clothes. Then footsteps coming closer. My heart died in my chest as the bathroom light flicked on and they stood in the doorway.
I did everything I could to not show how scared I was. Bella stood in the doorway with an evil grin on her face. Jasper was behind her with his arms around her waist.
"Come here, human." she said. I didn't move.
I felt a wave of calm trying to get through my body. The purpose was to coax me to Bella. I didn't want to be calm and go to her. I firmly stayed on the floor pushing Jasper's emotions away. Bella looked at Jasper confused. Jasper looked back at her and shrugged.
"I said, come here." she nearly bellowed this time.
I rose from my spot on the floor but backed away from her instead. I nearly ran into the tub.
"Fine." she said and nodded at Jasper.
Jasper was behind me in a second. He was holding my hands behind my back. I struggled to free myself but it was useless. His hands were more effective than manacles. Bella was in my face a second later.
"So you know our dirty little secret." she stated. "The thing is, we aren't ready for Alice and Edward to know about this yet. Which means you're going to have to keep your mouth shut."
"And what if I don't?" I asked with a little more force than intended. She backhanded me. Like always, it wasn't enough to cause permenant damge, it was only meant to hurt.
"Then I'll just have to convince Carlisle to go to Alaska for our new set of slaves." she said once the shock of the slap wore off.
It took me a second to process what she was getting at. In that second, I knew we were right. She had the diary and she had read it.
"Leave them out of this." I hissed.
"If you keep your mouth shut then they'll be no reason to bring them into it. On the other hand, Jasper is looking for a new young girl for himself and your niece, Katherine, is the age he likes. You do want her to see her eleventh birthday don't you." Bella taunted.
"I won't say anything." I said in defeat.
I knew Edward and Alice deserved to know but I couldn't risk the only family I had left. Bella smiled her evil twisted smile and patted my head.
"Good dog." she said. Then turned to leave.
I waited for Jasper to release me but he never did. Instead, he began trailing kisses down my neck. I shuddered as my heart started pounding faster.
"You know, Bella." he whispered. "I've never had a human before. I'm curious to see what Edward found so great about it."
My heart skipped a beat when he said that. I looked at Bella with pleading eyes. She simply smiled, leaned against the door frame, and nodded for him to procceed. He spun me around and slammed me into the wall so fast, I hardly registered what happened. Suddenly both my wrists were pinned above my head with on of his hands. It was just as effective as both.
He brought his lips to mine before I could try to stop him. I swallowed the bile as his tongue made it's way around my impassive one. Then he moved done to my neck again. I felt a jolt of pleasure run through me and knew what he was doing. I forced it away so hard that he stopped and looked at me for a minute.
"No matter." he whispered. "I figure it will be just as fun if only I enjoy it."
He continued kissing down my neck. When he got to my shirt, he pulled it up and began fondeling me with his free hand. I was begging for him to stop and trying to fight the tears. I glanced to Bella. She was still leaning against the doorway with that twisted grin on her face. Jasper began touching, licking, and kissing my upper body. Every once in awhile, he'd let his teeth lightly graze my skin. He never broke the skin but just knowing how close he was sent shivers down my spine.
When he made it to my pants, he had them down to my ankles with a flick of his finger. My underwear shortly followed. I continued to beg for him to leave me alone, no longer able to hold back the tears. I told them I wouldn't tell but he just smirked at me. He bunched all four fingers together and rammed them roughly into my opening. I only allowed myself to let out a small whimper of pain but I heard Bella's short cold laugh.
It was ten times worse than when Edward did it. I thought it was because it had been such a long time then again Jasper was powered by anger and he was no doubt finding off the excitement that was apparent in Bella's eyes. He continued to ram his fingers deeper into to me. The pain was so intense, I couldn't help but cry out a couple times.
After a few minutes that seemed like hours, he pulled his fingers out. He held them up to my face showing me the blood. Then he licked each one, individually.
"That is some of the best blood, I've ever tasted." he said when he finished. " I can see why Edward uses you to curb his thirst. It's too bad that he's so attached or I'd take it all now."
He licked my neck then I felt his teeth graze along it. I sucked in a breath trying not to panic. I felt him smirk against my neck.
Then he reached down to undo his pants.
"Please, just leave me alone." I cried out.
Both he and Bella laughed. He rammed himself into me as hard as he could. I let out another whimper of pain. He thrust himself deeper and deeper into. I let out whimpers and pleads as the pain shot through me. It felt like he was crushing my pelvic bone.
Finally, I felt his icy sperm spill into me. He pulled out and released me. As he put his pants back on, I slid to the floor sobbing. Jasper walked over to Bella's spot by the door and Bella walked to me. She knelt down by my side.
"Remember," she said in the most threatening voice I had ever heard. "Not a word of this to either of them unless you want your niece to suffer."
She stood and kicked me in the stomach and knocked the wind out of me. I gasped to get my breath back as she and Jasper walked out of the room like nothing happened. When I heard the bedroom door close, I crawled to the toilet and got violently sick.
After about a half hour of vomitting, on and off, I pulled my close back on. Then I curled up on the cot and cried myself to sleep. All the while wishing Edward was there to tell me it would be okay.
BELLA
After saying goodnight to Jasper, I walked to Carlisle's study. As scared as I knew the human was from Jasper wonderful tactics, I wasn't prepared to chance Edward finding out. Not that I cared if I hurt him but I wasn't prepared for the fighting that it would cause. It had the potential to rip the family apart even more. I wasn't prepared for that either. So I had to do everything in my power to make sure that the girl did keep her mouth shut. It would be a whole lot easier if I had her little niece in my possession.
When I reached Carlisle's door, I knocked.
"Come in." he called. I opened the door and walked in. "Hello Bella. What can I do for you?"
"Well, I was hoping, we could do this month's collection in Palmer, Alaska." I said trying to sound as innoccent as possible.
"Is there a reason?" he asked pleasantly.
"No, it's just somewhere we haven't looked yet. I hear there's a lot of good humans over there." I said.
I had a feeling he could see right through me. He was the only I couldn't fool with my wonderful new acting ability. He studied me for the longest time.
"Yes. I heard the about the decent stock they have there as well." he finally answered. "I will let Edward know as soon as he gets back."
"Thanks, Carlisle." I said with a smile.
I walked out the door feeling very accomplished.
A/N: One quick thing; Just so we're clear, even though, Edward is in charge of controling the humans, Carlisle chooses where and when to get them. And Edward and Alice went to Russia to go "slave trading" with Dimitri. They plan on coming home empty handed, though. At this point, they're just going through the motions. I hope you enjoyed. Cookies and hugs for reviews.
