AN; Thank you to everyone who reviewed this little mash up.


Standing in the recess of a doorway just off the main corridor to the throne room, I waited for Edward to come past. Folding my arms over my chest, I leaned against the aging stone wall trying to keep my mind clear. The last thing I wanted was for him to be aware that I was here and waiting.

It wasn't that I wanted the element of surprise with him, more that I didn't want him to brood too much before he saw me.

Edward and his gift were a pain at times. He would only hear that passing thought, no matter how big or small it was and had a tendency to react to that first thought. Even more so if said thought had something to do with Bella.

Stretching my gift out, I waited for the telltale signs of Edward's emotional signature. It wasn't long until I felt the despair, pain and deep self loathing, letting me know my brother, for all intents of the word, was on his way to where I was waiting.

"Edward," I spoke gently just as he passed the recess.

He stopped dead in his tracks, his eyes narrowing in on where I was standing. The feeling of shock covered my senses followed by confusion as he registered the fact that I was here. Looking at him, I couldn't believe who I was seeing. He looked like shit. Still dressed in the same clothing he had been in on that fateful night just a few months ago. His clothes were dirty and ripped, and I couldn't help but wonder where he had been since he left Forks.

Clearly not with Esme and Carlisle.

"Jasper?" Even as he spoke my name, he still couldn't fully believe he was seeing me. "What...what you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same thing, Edward." I mused, pushing myself off the wall. "Though I'm going to take a stab in the dark here and say you came for death. Am I right?" Starting to walk, I tipped my head. "Come on, let's go for a chat."

"She's dead, Jasper. I went to her house….She wasn't there, no one was there, but you're scent." I felt his emotions puzzle before he realised something. "You, you went to see her." He grabbed my arm, stopping me and turning me to face him. "Did you…" He swallowed hard. "Kill her?"

"No, I didn't kill her Edward." I sighed, knowing that I needed to know what the brothers had to him before I revelled anything. "What did the brothers say?"

Edward looked at me, clearly trying to read my mind, though I kept it blank. There was so much that could come out right now, but so much I wanted to keep hidden for the time being. Right now was not the time for him to know that my years with the Cullen's had been a lie. Right now, I needed to get the information from him and get him out of here before Demetri caught wind.

"Aro refused my death, said that a talent like mine he couldn't let go to waste." Nodding my head slightly, I had expected that sort of answer myself. "They said that they hadn't killed Bella, and I saw nothing that would make me believe other wise, but I did see her here in their thoughts." He sighed, the pain making his voice coming out as nothing more than a whisper. "How did she get here? It doesn't make sense."

"I brought her here Edward." His emotions calmed just a fraction of a second before they rippled through him like wildfire. "They weren't lying when they said they didn't kill her. I turned her."

"What?" Edward's anger spiked rapidly as he realised the true weight behind what I had said. Without me having to come out and say it, he knew she was now a vampire.

The one thing he hated being himself, the one thing he denied Bella from ever becoming. The whole reason he had more than likely left and hightailed it. His worst nightmare had just become a reality.

"I couldn't just leave her there. You broke the law, Edward. She knew what we are, what's out there and you carelessly just left her behind with that information." I stated slightly harsher than I had really wanted too, but it still didn't take away the fact that what I had said was true. "You know the law just like every other vampire in the land."

"I wanted her to have a human life, Jasper. Not this life...Not be what we are." The sad truth was, he really did mean that.

Edward was willing, very willing to let Bella lead a normal life. To go on, get married, have children, grow old and then die. Even though I now knew that Bella was mated to Demetri, I still couldn't really believe that he was willing to allow the woman he claimed to be his mate, live a normal life. A normal human life.

"Then you should have never gotten involved with her." Running a hand over my face, I tried to focus on him actually being here. "You wanted to kill yourself? Without any hardcore proof that she was dead?"

"I couldn't live in a world that she wasn't part of." Edward stated looking pained. "Why did you bring her here, Jasper, why?"

Fuck, should I reveal the truth now or later? I guess in the scheme of things it didn't really matter if I told him now or not. Though I was pretty sure that him finding out the last twenty years of me being part of the Cullen's was a job of sorts, against him finding out that Bella was still alive might just be a little too much.

"Where else was I meant to take her, Edward? It's not like I could do it back in Forks now is it?"

He stared at me for a few moments, his emotions slowly starting to slow down and cool off. Part of me did feel bad for him. He was a self-righteous prick at times but he wasn't all bad. He just hated what he was.

"Where is she, Jasper?" I shook my head. "Jasper I have a right to see my own mate," he growled out, squaring himself to me.

"Edward…" I sighed. "You're not going to see her."

"I have a right!" he spat. "That's my mate, just because you have some "Sire" right on her doesn't mean you have a bigger right than me."

"She's bonded and mated."

"She can't be!" He protested. "I refuse to believe it."

"I'm not lying to you." I placed my hand on his shoulder, pushing a heavy dose of calm his way. Knowing and feeling the pain he was going through. "She was never yours, Edward. But you need to listen to me." I urged. "You have to leave here, go and find Carlisle. Talk to him, let this go."

"You've brainwashed her, haven't you?" Rolling my eyes at him, I shook my head. "You can't have her, Jasper."

"You think I've brainwashed her?" I asked, more surprised than anything else that he had even thought of something so childish.

"What about Alice? Have you forgotten her?" He snapped, "Your mate."

"My mate?" I smirked, "You think Alice was my mate?"

"Of course she is, and now you're here, with Bella. Have you thought about how Alice will feel when she finds out?" Going by his emotions, he was trying to guilt me out, too bad he had the wrong person.

"Oh please, Edward. For someone who reads minds, you haven't got a single idea have you?" I smirked,

"Whatever it is you've done…" he with his threat as my eyebrow rose in challenge.

"Bella isn't yours, Edward. She found her mate, and one day you will find yours. The sooner you accept it, the better."

"She belongs with me." He argued.

"I'm advising you and warning you, to go now while you still can." I had some vain hope of getting Edward out of here before Demetri realised he was here and subsequently went after him.

The last thing Bella needed to deal with now was her ex boyfriend fighting with her mate.

"I won't just forget about her, Jasper." Edward vowed.

Grabbing his arm, I turned him to face me, "Please, just do that. Don't be foolish, Edward."

He shook his arm out my grasp, his emotions determined as he stared back at me. Part of me wanted to offer something to him, some sort of compassion or sympathy for what he was feeling. He maybe a pain most of the time, but the last twenty years weren't about to get erased from my mind.

I still considered him a brother.

ATW

Walking back through the corridors, I pick up my mate's scent. Following it, I found myself standing outside his office. Pushing the door open, my eyes land on him looking over a pile of reports. Caius's eyes flickered up to me, a smirk gracing his full lips as he continued to read over the reports.

"Am I correct in assuming you saw Edward Cullen after he left the throne room?" He asked as I flopped down on the plush leather chair in front of his desk.

"I never knew you were such a gossip, babe." I smirked at him. "Do you have little coffee mornings with Charlotte?"

Caius scowled at me, causing me to chuckle. "I do not partake in the gossip. Though, I did happen to hear your name being thrown into the mix."

"So you do listen to the gossip then?" I teased. "I'll not tell anyone that you and Charlotte are BFF'S."

His red eyes snapped to mine, unamused by my teasing. "BFF's? What in the world does that mean?"

"Best friends forever." I snickered "Do you two have them half broken love heart chains that make a heart when you put them together?"

"I fear you'll never be right in the head from that animal blood," Caius grumbled at me making me chuckle. "Edward Cullens little speech was entertaining." He said sitting back in his chair. A pen twirling around in his hand.

"I'm sure it was. Did you manage not to torment him over your little training room stunt?" a mean smirk crossed his lips as his eyes danced at my words.

"Now that was highly entertaining." He said, "Though, I have not finished."

"Leave it alone, babe." Caius looked at me, a blonde eyebrow raising in question. "It's not going to unlock her gift, and I think Demetri got your message loud and clear."

"You may be right," he agreed, "Though, seeing that pathetic thing beg and plead was fun."

"You enjoyed that way too much, babe," I told him as he smiled, "You know she hates you even more now."

"Oh no, how will I carry on knowing she hates me?" he snickered.

"Something tells me you'll be just fine."

"I still think another round will help her along." He paused, an evil glint forming in his eyes. "Maybe we could test how her fighting is coming along too."

"Have her try to fend off others while trying to protect her mate?" I questioned watching as he nodded his head. "You know that won't work, if she couldn't unlock it today, she won't be able to unlock it while trying to defend herself. Maybe we should leave trying to unlock it for now."

"Possibly." He huffed, "So, what did you say to your ex-coven mate?"

"Told him to go home to Esme and Carlisle." I shrugged. "Though I doubt he will listen to me, he was fixated on the fact that Bella was here, and outraged that she was not only turned but mated."

"You don't think he will leave Volterra?" Caius asked a small trail of plotting began to touch my senses.

"He'll be back, don't go planning anything. That happens to be your brother's friend's son." I reminded him, though he scoffed.

"Aro only wants the gifted ones from his family." Caius stated. "I don't really think his friendship will matter much in the grand scheme of things. He wants the gifted Cullen children, I want them dead. I'm sure there is a compromise in there somewhere."

"A compromise?" I snickered. "You don't do compromises. You do as you please."

"I do with you."

"That's besides the point,"I reminded him, watching as Caius rolled his eyes at me. "Edward seems to think I've brainwashed her, not only that, but he seems to think I'm her mate."

Caius snickered, "Really now? He thinks you're mated to that?" Nodding my head, he continued. "Well that's just amusing."

"Thought you'd like that," I smiled, "Does Demetri know that Edward was here?" I asked.

"Do I actually care if Demetri knows and went looking for him?" Caius smirked. "My money would be on Demetri."

"Mine too."

"Do you remember telling me about that tribe that Carlisle had a treaty with in Forks?" Caius asked after a few moments.

"The Quileute tribe?" Caius nodded.

"Come read this," he offered.

Moving around the desk to his side, I took the report from him and scanned it quickly, becoming shocked that what Carlisle had told me when we first arrived in Forks, was true. When the family had first moved back to Forks, Carlisle had told me about the tribe that was there, and how we weren't allowed to cross into their lands. I had laughed, thinking that a bunch of humans really couldn't do much damage to us, but Carlisle had told me that this tribe had a gene that allowed them to turn into wolves.

Wolves that could inflict damage and kill us, if we were out numbered.

While I had been there, I hadn't seen one, but I had informed Caius the second I had arrived home for a visit. Caius wanted to eradicate them from the earth, almost fearing they were just as bad, if not worse, than children of the moon. With children of the moon, they had to wait until the moon became full again before they were a threat to us, with the shifters, they can change at will. Making them more dangerous than the werewolves ever were.

It took a lot of convincing on my part that these wolves weren't anything like children of the moon, even if they didn't exist anymore.

Caius had made sure since that conversation that he knew just who was in the area and what they were doing. Though, I think he always did know who was around me, he just made it known to me this time.

"No, shit, really?" I asked in disbelief, rereading the report again.

"It would appear so. Though the report has said that this human turned into more of a giant dog." Caius mused, pulling the report from my hand. "How low does Carlisle have to go? Making treaties with a pack of dogs." He said in disgust.

"Kinda wished I had stayed around for a while longer in Forks," I teased, seeing Caius's face darken slightly. "Its been along time since I played fetch with a puppy." I smiled, sitting down on Caius's desk. "You know, Carlisle had this theory that it was the presence of such a large group of vampires that had triggered off them changing the last time they came to Forks. He theorised that it could possibly happen again with the coven being bigger this time round. Considering the family has left Forks, I would assume that the wolves will now stop shifting." I shrugged. "Why was there a human suddenly turning into a dog anyway?"

"That rogue coven you told me about, one of them was killed by it." Caius stated, "Laurent," he said, casting his eyes back to the report.

"He was in Forks?" Caius just nodded. "He had gone to Alaska, last I heard he had become friendly with Irina. Wonder what he was doing there?"

"I don't know Jasper, maybe we should call him and find out?" Caius smirked.

"You're such an ass," I playfully pushed my mates shoulder. "You know what I mean."

"Hmm," he purred, standing up and placing his hands either side of my thighs and running his nose up my neck. "I am yours, though." He nipped at my neck, "And I really don't care why he was there. You're no longer there, and that's all that matters to me."

His lips met mine softly, moving in perfect sync with mine. Caius's warm tongue brushed against my lips, parting them before it invaded my mouth. My fingers found their way into his soft locks, tangling it around my fingers and pulling him closer to me. Our tongues danced together slowly, love pouring between us as I moaned into the kiss. His taste exploding on my tongue, igniting a more primal part of me.

Growling into the kiss, my fingers pulled on his locks, pulling his head back and exposing the column of his neck to me. My lips attacked his skin, tasting him on my tongue, nipping him in between my teeth. Caius growled as I sucked on the spot where my mating mark sat, his own fingers digging into my sides.

Kissing my way to his ear, I nipped it in between my teeth. "Bend over the fucking desk, I wanna fuck you into oblivion." I all but growled out into his ear, making him growl in return.

My fingers made fast work of his trousers, before pushing them down his strong thighs. Caius's hips bucked, and my hand wrapped around his rock hard cock, stroking him slowly while I kissed and nipped at his neck.

"Jasper…." Caius moaned out as I swept my thumb over the sensitive head of his cock.

Smirking against his neck, I resisted the temptation to stroke him faster, enjoying him slowly coming apart by my own hand.

My other hand scraped down his back to his ass, kneading it as I continued to tease him. Caius' fingers hooked into the loops on my jeans, pulling me upright to him. His lips found mine with a new sense of hunger. Frantic movements of lips and tongues, tasting, teasing, fighting for dominance. Caius's fingers danced across the waistband of my jeans, sending sparks flying through me as I growled out.

"Desk, now, Caius." I panted out, clearing the desk of his work and sending the reports flying everywhere.

Grabbing him by the hips, I spun him quickly and pushed him over his desk. Kicking his legs further apart, I rummaged blindly in his desk drawers, turning them out until I found out I was looking for.

"Jasper, you're taking too long." Caius growled at me, his hand already stroking his hard cock.

Coating my cock with lube, I laughed darkly as I lined up and thrust into him with one hard, strong snap of my hips. Caius moved forward over the desk under the sheer pressure of my thrust. His sharp cry of pleasure making my vampire purr as the desk itself groaned in protest.

Holding his hips in place, I set a hard, fast pace, pulling almost all the way out before slamming back into his welcoming heat. Looking down, I bit my bottom lip in an attempt to keep my growl from escaping as I watched myself disappear in his heat time and time again.

"Fuck, Caius...you're so fucking tight." I moaned out, unable to stop myself from thrusting into him a little hard.

"Il mio amore," Caius roared out as the desk began to crack and splinter under the pressure.

Letting one hand go from his hips, I ran it up his spine and into his hair. Curling it around my fingers, I pressed him down against the desk, loving him being at my complete mercy. Keeping my firm hold on him, I pulled all the way out, hearing him groan in protest before slamming into him as deep as I could go.

The desk cracked again and gave out, sending us both crashing to the floor. Coming up to my knees, I growled out as I grabbed hold of his waist and pulled him up to all fours, before slamming into him again.

My thighs began to tremble as I felt my orgasm rapidly approaching. "Fuck...cum with me…" I panted out, feeling him start to contract around my throbbing cock.

Caius suddenly roared loudly, his body shaking, clamping hard around me and through me over the edge. An euphoric pleasure shot through me, making me feel content and complete as I came deep within him.

Breathing hard for unneeded breath, I groaned as I pulled myself out of him and sat back on my heels. Caius moved to me, giving me a soft gentle kiss before looking for something to clean up with. It was only then that the broken desk registered with me, and by the look on Caius face, he had only just registered it too.

"You broke my desk, Jay." He gritted out.

"I did say I was going to fuck you into oblivion," I shrugged. "I think I achieved that goal if the desk is anything to go by." A smirk played on my lips as Caius cleaned himself up, growling lowly over the desk. "Don't you agree?" I asked giving him a kiss.

"My Lord," Jane's voice called through the door as she knocked.

"Go away," Caius bit out, making me chuckle.

"My lord, I'm afraid this is important." Even through the door, I could hear Jane's slight nervousness. "I need to inform both you and Jasper of something."

Caius growled, pulling up his trousers. "She's not going to go away is she?"

"Going by her emotions, I don't think so," I answered, slightly concerned by Jane's persistent here.

"Enter," Caius called.

Jane entered the room, her eyes casting around quickly, before lowering her head. I knew she wanted to smirk, but I also knew that right now she and Caius weren't exactly on friendly terms right now.

"Demetri has reason to believe that Bella has left the castle with Edward Cullen, my lord."

"What reason is that?" Caius asked.

"Bella was seen leaving the castle through the west gate alone. Demetri senses that she is heading towards Edward Cullen's location and wishes to pursue them."

"Tell Demetri he will meet me in the throne room, where the matter shall be discussed," Caius snapped out, "And you," he turned to look at me, "Are coming too."

"My lord, Jasper," Jane nodded her head before leaving Caius study.

"Interesting turn of events," I mused causing Caius to growl. "Don't be like that."

"Be that like?" He growled. "I knew she was bad news the moment you dragged her here. But no one listened to me and now look. She bolted after that Cullen boy and now Demetri is hell pressed to find her."

"Come on babe, they're newly mated."

"She left her mate and went after Cullen, what does that tell you?"