Kitchen ^ Jasper POV

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I was sittin' at the table with Peter, he had showered and re-dressed and was talkin' about the last few years he spent with Char, including the coven that had been formin' in Austin.

In my mind, I could think of a million reasons why Avira was important to me, but the main thing that kept hittin' the forefront of my mind, was that she was my mate. It would explain why she loved me and was submissive to me without me havin' to hurt her.

Thinkin' back to the wars, I hadn't ever had to hurt Avira for her to obey. She just did whatever I ordered of her. It was Maria whom used torture on her and those few times I witnessed it, I would step in discreetly because I didn't understand true mates.

From what Maria had been tellin' me, she and I were mates. And since I woke up to her face, I never doubted what she told me. It took Peter and Charlotte's bond to open my eyes to the truth; Maria wasn't my mate and she was just usin' me. Which pissed me off, and I left without lookin' back.

Peter was sayin' somethin' when his eyes became wide, his vision was starrin' outside behind me.

He said "Oh, fu—" when I picked up this intense rage coming from the southeast. It was familiar and it took me half a second to piece together that it was Avira. She was pissed at somebody and it was not gonna be pretty.

My range for empathy was about eight miles, it took another minute before I picked up the smallest hint of concern from Char. By then, Peter and I were outside, about a hundred yards from the house.

"She's mad Jasper. Char told her how I learned the control technique."

Ah, fuck. That's just great. I knew my eyes rolled even if I hadn't specifically paid any mind to it. My muscles tensed beneath my shirt as I waited for her to break the tree line.

I smelt the smoke before I actually saw the barest glimmer of fire coming about two miles out. She was zig-zaggin' and I could feel the earth rumblin' under my feat, lightening crackled above and it started rainin'. She had to be furious if she could get the four basic elements goin' at the same time.

A large fire ball came through the tree line, her anger was rollin' with hurt and shame all in one and as I ducked away from the fire, it hit the house and Peter was off trying to put it out.

When I jumped up, Avira was flying at me, her hands lit with fire and the earth was beginning to crack under me. I lunged at her, we both fell to the ground, creating a huge crater under us. I forced her wrists to the ground as she was yellin' and screamin' and her eyes were black as night.

"Why the hell didn't you tell me you taught that to Peter?! You knew he learned it from YOU! It's YOUR DAMN FAULT!" She kept screamin' at me and the flames were bursting down her arms. I jumped off her frame as I tried to say somethin' but her leg came flyin' at me, I folded my arms and blocked as she landed onto her feet, I stepped back.

The earth dragged me down, by about a foot. The lightening crackled as her eyes blazed into a pure white, her hands burned in white, loud clashings.

"Avira, enough! Let me talk, damnit!" She seemed to wanna hear what I had to say, her breathing heavy as the earth held me tighter, the rain made it soften only slightly as she gave me a moment to speak.

"If I had known that Peter would hurt you, I'd never have used it on him! Alright? If I had known he'd torture you in the desert, I would have brought you with me. I don't like the idea of you gettin' hurt darlin', I know you're hurt by it, but I had no way of knowin'."

Avira was quiet, though the land was holdin' me even tighter and the rain was pouring heavier, she growled when she charged at me and I slammed my hand against the ground. It broke and made a small break a few feet deep; enough to slow Avira down.

I shoved my hands onto the earth surroundin' myself and jumped out of its grip, but when I expected Avira to charge me, she was runnin' past me, towards Peter; I tried to hook an arm around her hips but when she was pissed she was very quick.

"Avira Whitlock, you best stop this damn none-sense and that a fuckin' order!"

But she didn't stop, instead Peter shoved Charlotte towards the trees and caught Avira in a vice grip. She had her hands around his throat which were burning but none a flame.

"Back off, Major. He's mine!"

Peter, despite the fact that he was a total ass, he was still my brother and I didn't want him to get hurt; Charlotte was standing off to the side, bitin' her lower lip nervously.

"Sugar, please don't hurt him!" Char was beggin' and I couldn't blame her. Avira was straddlin' Peter and had her hands burning at his throat. He was actually struggling to remain still, no doubt if he lived he'd hold a scar from the flames.

"You knew, didn't you? You know all this damn shit, and you knew you'd end up usin' that form of control on me, you knew Maria would torture me! You knew the entire time and instead of taking me with you the first time you came back for Jasper, you let me get hurt! You raped me and you abused me!"

Each time she had finished a sentence, she slammed Peter's skull into the ground, her hand burning a little more intensely each time.

"Avira, quit it!"

"Take another step, Major and I'm gonna burn his neck ash!"

Peter coughed and flicked his hand as to wave me off, his fingers digging deeply into the back of Avira's thighs.

"I swear… I didn't know Maria was gonna do all that shit to you.. not until I came lookin' for you in the desert… I was comin' back to the army for you, but you were gone." He coughed again, shaking his head a bit. Her hands barely loosened as she waited for more of an explanation.

"When I came to the army, and didn't see yah, that's when I knew you fled to save yourself… I could yah, barely, and I knew if I didn't train you and help you develop your gift, you'd never be as talented as you are now. . . Avira, what I did was wrong and I am sorry, but you can't blame Jasper for it.."

Peter groaned loudly as a burn mark formed on his throat, she lifted her hands off his neck, starring down at him.

"… You're his mate… and if y'all got together back then, he wouldn't be on an animal diet, he wouldn't be so compassionate, and he wouldn't love you as much as he does right now… You wouldn't have this control over your gift, you wouldn't fight mixed martial arts, and you wouldn't be on an animal diet either.. You learned compassion from the pain I put you through and I am still sorry that it hurts you to this day, but I would do it again, cause if I didn't y'all wouldn't be so perfect for each other."

Peter was in extreme pain and it amazed me that he got all those words out, he rasped a little as he continued, Avira's emotions shifting to remorse and sorrow.

"If I didn't care so fuckin' much, I would of just let history take its course and y'all would have made your own army and the Volturi would of come down on your heads…"

He smiled despite the situation and the gruesome details of what could have been, his throat was smoking a bit when Avira shifted her hand over his throat, water enclosing the wound. A little vapor came up from the touch of water to burning marble flesh and I shifted forward slowly.

"C'mon Avira, let him up." She climbed off Peter, his hands falling to his sides as I held Avira's forearm. I backed her up a few steps as Char came runnin' over, helping him sit up, examining his neck.

"Aw, it's alright baby cakes. I deserved worse for what I did to her." Charlotte agreed, but wouldn't say it out loud.

And as Avira's emotions calmed so did the shake of the ground and the fall of the rain. Eventually, the elements stilled and she fell onto her knees, rubbing at her face. My gaze moved to Peter whom looked regretfully at her, and I knew he felt guilt from everything that happened, but it was the past and we had to move on at some point.

When Peter and I locked gazes, his skull nodded, confirming that everythin' he had said was true. Avira really was my mate, which made my heart soar and also falter because I knew she needed time to heal before we could build a solid relationship.

Then I turned my full attention to Avira, she was dry sobbing and shakin' like a leaf. She was drowning in pain and misery and the air around her was swirlin' even though I could tell she was tryin' to calm herself down.

I couldn't help but sigh and lift her off the forest floor, she pressed herself into my chest and let me sit her in the passenger seat of the truck. I heard a soft thud as she collapsed into the leather and continued to sob. Before the door of the drivers side closed, I heard the water splash from around Peter's neck.

I backed us up carefully and began to drive us down the road private road to the smaller ones that led to different parts of the mountain; Avira and I just needed to be alone for a while.

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Much longer chapter and I am really happy with it thus far. I hope I didn't make Peter seem like too much of an asshole in the previous chapters. And I really hope Jasper didn't seem to just shrug the rape off as nothin'. It just that he understands why Peter did it and he can't really undo anything so there isn't much point in chewin' the guys ass out for it.

Anyway, more updates soon. Hope the bursts of these chapters were worth the one month wait! Hopefully that won't happen again! Enjoy.

Rei

6/20/13