Sweet Serendipity

Chapter Eight : La Tua Cantante

Major J. Whitlock

"How in the fuck did you of all people find her?" Peter asked in complete and utter disbelief as he watched the Major walk through the house towards the spare bedroom with the young girl tucked sleeping in his arms. There was an unreadable expression etched into his face as Peter followed him upstairs to watch him lay the girl under the covers in the big bed before stepping back to take a look at her.

She was thin, sickly thin. Too much so for the Major's preference. He wanted her healthy… if she remained in this state her blood would be flat, with no special tang or taste to it.

Watching her lying before him on the bed, Jasper frowned as he felt the emotions creep in from every side.

Turning away from her sleeping form, Jasper smirked at a grinning Peter as he turned and left the room, closing the door behind him as he closed the door behind him and approached the down stairs area, his long time friend and Captain following close behind as they wandered through the halls of the house before finally coming to a stop in his study and taking refuge on the couches placed within his office.

Taking a deep breath, the Major sighed as he ran a hand through his hair and tried to the imagine of her sleeping, sickly form out of his head. He'd had Charlotte check on her and monitor her heath while Jasper and Peter resided in his study, but the thought of her upstairs alone and under duress stirred something in him he'd rather not elaborate on.

This relationship should only be for the pleasure of her blood. Nothing more.

And yet… he couldn't get her out of his head.

The feeling of her soft skin under his hands.

The impression her fearful eyes left on him as his crimson ones met her deep brown orbs of melted chocolate.

The feeling of her soft delicate skin under his lips… and the scent and taste that he was so addicted too.

"Ohhh, your fucked." Peter's voice rang out suddenly in the quiet room as Jasper finally pulled himself from his thoughts and turned his attention to where he was sitting, Peter's eyes scrutinizing his every move as the Major's head cocked to the side in surprise at his friend's words.

"What?" he asked as Peter smirked and shook his head, bounding to his feet as he paced back and forth almost angered at the thoughts that drifted threw his thick skull. Jasper could feel the anxiety, realization, humour, relief, worry and slight irritation rolling off him in waves of emotion as he tried not to drown in the emotional overload of Peter's feelings hitting him from every which way all at the same time. It was unnerving… and making the Major fidget as he tried to push calm emotions towards his Captain to make him quit pacing back and forth. Any more and he was sure Peter would ware a track in the flooring.

"I can't believe you, you little fucker! On her? On a human? On your blood singer? And you didn't even tell me!" he practically yelled as Peter ran a hand through his hair before rounding on Jasper with a smirk on his face. "Now the real question is what are you going to do about it. The adoration, and protectiveness is a given… but what about the temptation of lust, and love? What are ya gonna do then? Ya can't change her 'cause without her blood your gonna be haywire now for a couple of months at least… but if you wait to long, you risk hurting her when you can't control yourself. Not to mention it's pretty dangerous for her. Especially if anyone finds out. Everyone will have her flagged after that." Peter mused as he thought out loud at himself, all the while casting the Major into an even larger form of confusion and irritation.

"Would ya just fuckin tell me what's going on Peter? For Christ's sake…"

"She's your mate." Peter smirked as the Major all but launched him through the wall of the house and ripped a limb from his body without a second thought. "See? See!" he called out suddenly as the Major froze to hear his point, before he really did a number on Peter. "The defensiveness, that irritation… that anger and frustration." he practically yelled at Jasper, a wild gleam in his eye as the smirked etched on his face mocked his leader. "Why do you think her blood calls to you so much? Why do you think that temptation to touch her is so strong? Why do you think that need to have her and have her around is so powerful? Why do you think you were even remotely capable of controlling your blood lust around her? Why do you want to keep her so safe and not just drain her now?… she's your mate you sick fuck." he added to his little lecture of questions as the Major roared from his inner cage.

They shared his body for the most part, his two personalities. Jasper was only a name he'd given to the less rogue part of himself, the more human part of him. But the Major still made it's appearance even when Jasper was out… it was the voice in his head, his eyes, his ears… it still had some control over him despite being locked up in his cage. When he was fully released though, when he was allowed to take back his full form and body, he was cold and relentless, and hard. He would not take 'Jasper' from anyone… he was the Major, and the Major knew who his mate was, and every time he smelt her, or saw her, or touched her… the lock rattled just a little bit looser upon his cage. But the version of him that occupied this body most of the time, the Major/Jasper split didn't want to believe it completely. Alice Brandon was too weak, too vulnerable to be his mate… he was gonna get her killed and that's all there was to it. And despite how much the Major knew to protect her and claim what was his… Jasper just wanted her blood, and that was it.

But he knew they couldn't both have their ways.

When the Major reappeared in full, he would take Alice… whether the Jasper part of him liked it or not… so he might as well get her used to the idea now…

"I can see the change in your eyes… she's someone's mate… I'm just trying to figure out who." Peter smirked as his sire glared back at him before a low and feral threatening growl ripped through his chest. "Oh… think I know now. Good to see you haven't lost you way with the ladies Major… your gonna need it with this bird." he winked as Jasper just shook his head, trying to swallow the urge to run upstairs and claim his mate as she lay within his house.

"This is fucking ridiculous…" he finally groaned out after calming himself down. "You have no idea how tempting it is to just shut it off, let him take over completely. I become more and more like him everyday… it's like he's taking over this part of me as well. I forgot how strong his will power was." Jasper sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. "Every time I lash out, get angry, or even emotional from anything at any time… he starts to reappear. Like a virus taking over my body." he admitted defeated as Peter shrugged. His knower told him it was only a matter of time until Jasper was the one locked away in the cage, just a memory of him remaining… but he knew if Peter told him now, it would only make matters worse.

"Jazz he was a big part of most of your life. I mean when you found the Cullen's and joined their lifestyle all those years ago it was understandable how Jasper remerged from your human life… but you've been on the human diet for a while now, you had to know that he was gonna come back in full when you started up on old habits. And now with his mate so close, what? Did you think he was just gonna slip away?" he asked as Jasper shook his head and sighed. "I'm sorry man, but it's true. The Major is you, he's a part of what and who you are. One day, he's gonna come back for good… so you need him either way." Peter smirked while clapping him on the back with a big grin on his face. "Besides, I just know this shit." he added with a laugh as Jasper shook his head while Charlotte walked into the room with a grim look on her pretty face. Walking into Peter's open arms with love, adoration, and relief flooding her system.

"Update Char?"

"Sleeping… changed… but sickly malnourished. I don't know if she wasn't eating, or she's sick… but kid needs some food in her, as if she wasn't small enough already." Charlotte stated as the Major hissed angrily at the thought of her starving herself and rattled the bars of his cage even more.

"Major's found a mate in the blood singer." Peter smirked as Charlotte 'oh'd' in understanding before trying to offer him her best comforting smile.

"It's gonna be fine Major… she'll be in top shape in no time." she winked as Jasper took a deep breath to calm himself.

"She's not gonna be an easy crack though darlin'… that girl's got fire."

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