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Jasper POV - continues

We ran all night I could feel the tension rolling off Alice in waves. She kept smiling at me and trying to suppress her feelings. Really, she should know by now she can't hide any of her feelings from me. I am more attuned to her than any other thing on the planet. I know when she is going to have a change in mood before she does. It swept over me first through my fingertips then rushing over my body like an invisible wave. As the sun came overhead we stuck to the deeper part of the forest trying to cover as much ground as possible until we could get to Peter and Charlotte – Alice was already assured that they would head to our home to meet Edward and Bella with little question. That was of course if I could get past this stranger who would stand in our way. It shouldn't have surprised me as much as it did, most of our kind was inherently bad, evil and for the most part they embraced it. Alice's anxiety continued to ripple through my body and I wondered if it was from her or if it was me. Sometimes it was hard to separate my feelings from the things my body absorbed.

"It won't be long… I think maybe ten minutes -he caught our scent yesterday but was blocking me somehow from seeing him until now. He is definitely gifted. But, he is slow, you can beat him."

Alice tugged my arm to stop running. We were at a small clearing maybe twenty feet of flat ground encircled by thick trees and shrubs.

"Alice- If this doesn't go well for me, for any reason…you need to run-get to Peter and Charlotte, they will get you out." My voice shook as I spoke the thought of losing her shot pain through out my body -an actual physical pain! I could not exist without my Alice. The Venom in my body tightened and constricted in my veins. I felt as if my insides were pulsing. There was a rustling of the underbrush, my head shot around; I bent down on my haunches getting low into a crouch. Alice hissed from beside me, her anger fueling my own. From behind a large Bamboo the vampire emerged. He was enormous; easily having a hundred pounds on me, looking as if he was in his thirties and a professional prize fighter when he went through the change. He had dark skin and dark hair cut low in the back getting longer in the front so that it swung down past his temples. His crimson eyes flickered between Alice and my crouched form. A slight smile formed on his lips and a growl escaped my own. The stranger cocked his head to the side in amusement. I could feel the lust he was throwing at Alice and I almost jumped on him in reflex. His eyes shifted to me again and I felt his excitement at the fight, no fear, which threw me off guard for a split second.

"Hello" He flashed a set of pearly white teeth at the greeting; he was plainly speaking to Alice his voice coming out in a purr. Her hands flew to her head cradling it; she started to rock slightly back and forth slightly uneasy on her feet. I flew in front of her tiny body glaring at the dark stranger; I threw fear, regret, and every confusing feeling I could at him.

"What are you doing? -STOP!" My scream came out guttural and demanding. He glared at me then- his body trying to absorb the feelings being pumped into his body. I felt it then, the pain in my mind. It was as if the vampire had thrown a dagger and hit me right between the eyes. Then it was gone- disintegrated into nothingness, with it my ability also disintegrated.

"I am merely stopping the dear girl from seeing my decisions-as I stopped you from manipulating me." His voice came out light his words making me want to scream.

I flew at him arms outstretched ready to kill. All the feelings and memories flooding me, the past coming back all to clear -where fighting was a part of my existence. When it was kill or be killed. He jumped back his shoulder barreling into a fruit tree. The tree shook violently at the disturbance. We circled each other slowly crouching down closer to the earth. I felt Alice again at that moment and knew my gift was returning. It was too much for him trying to hold off both of our abilities. Alice took a step toward our circling forms distracting me for a moment.

"There is no way out for you William…You can't win" her sing-song voice was almost chipper. It dissuaded him. She grabbed at her head again faltering on her feet.

"You're wrong my dear, I am stronger than this thing you travel with-"

MY DEAR? I thought -I lunged hitting him square in the chest – He was slower than I, his enormous size not maneuvering nearly as quickly I could. The ground shook as I took him down quickly ending his existence.

I started the fire immediately the funnel of smoke slowly rising as Williams's body burned to ash. I turned to see Alice then, slowly lowering my eyes to meet hers. She flew to me then-her body so light it was amazing to think I was holding her. Her small arms wrapped around my neck her fingers entwining in my hair. I kissed her, lightly brushing my lips to hers, grateful that she was my Alice.