A/N: Sorry, I've been super busy with school so I haven't updated much. But, I hope you enjoy this chapter :)

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to twilight, Stephenie Meyer does.

I had been premoted three times in the past two weeks, I had a feeling my superiors wanted to promote me to a much higher rank but, had to leave space between each promotion so they could come up with another reason why I was needed for the job.

Tonight, I had been working alone. Earlier today the Union's boats had reached the harbor, and I had been put in charge of evacuating the women and children from the city. It had taken a full day to escort the first group of citizen's to Houston. As soon as I was sure everyone had what they needed I headed back to Galveston. Some citizens had attempted to persuade me to stay and rest a short while before heading back, but there was no time to rest, there were others still in danger. I was needed else where.

I had been riding for only a half hour before I began to lightly daze, I rose from my trance when my horse began to speed up, apparently something had scared her. I calmed her and took a look around for sight of what would give her such a fright. I scanned the landscape, my eyes still dreary, my eyes passed over everything in front of me only to be dragged back to the spot where I saw three women on foot.

I dismounted my horse, they must have fallen behind on our way to Houston. I began to look over their faces from the short distance that we held, to search for any injuries or signs of distress, but I paused when I caught sight of their features. I had never seen anyone so beautiful... their skin was so pale, it looked soft and rock hard at the same time. They had high structured cheek bones and full luscious lips. I tried to see their eyes through the moonlight but, I must have been awfully tried because my eyes only perceived a deep crimson that surrounded their pupils. I tried squinting my eyes to get a clearer view but, the colour remained the same. They reminded me of porcelain dolls, with their hair perfectly in place, and flawless faces. There was no possibility that they had been with the group earlier, I would have remembered their faces.

"He's speechless," said the tallest of the girls. She had fair blond hair that was tied back with a white ribbon. It seemed effortless but, fit beautifully anyways.

The girl next to her leaned in and smelled me. "Mmm, lovely." Her hair was even further blond than that first.

What was going on? Who were these beautiful women and why did they choose to smell me?

"Concentrate, Nettie," said the shortest one, she had chin length brown hair. Her voice reminded me of wind chimes, but it seemed as if she tried to apply a certain hardness to her words while speaking to this girl. She had a sense of authority to her voice, there was no doubt she was in charge. The brunette's eyes trailed back to me. "He looks right-- young, strong, an officer..." She paused it seemed like she was trying to really focus on something. "And there's something more ... do you sense it? He's ... compelling." She struggled for words.

Nettie leaned in and inhaled again. "Oh, yes."

"Patience, I want to keep this one." The brunette gave Nettie a warning look.

Nettie frowned in response.

The tallest blond spoke again. "You'd better do it, Maria. If he's important to you. I kill them twice as often as I keep them."

Maria nodded, this made sense to her. That made one of us...

"Yes, I'll do it," Maria agreed. "I really do like this one. Take Nettie away, will you? I don't want to have to protect my back while I'm trying to focus."

I felt the hair on the back of my head begin to stand up. How could I stand here when I knew there was the presence of danger. I hadn't a glue what they were talking about but, hadn't she already spoken of killing?

"Let's hunt," Nettie agreed, she reached for the tall girl's hand. She seemed way to enthusiastic for the situation we were in.

They were so graceful even in the act of turning around, they ran toward the city. They were so fast, even years before when I would race with the other boys my age, I would imagine running so fast, that everyone would be left faraway and I would laugh in success but, even in those years of my early childhood I would have never dreamed of running that fast. They practicably disappeared with their speed.

Maria stared at me. I think her look was curiousity? As I stared back at her wondering what she was, I realized that my question was no longer whoI though she was. Don't get me wrong I am not the superstitious type, so my sudden thoughts of ghosts and the like really began to frighten me.

"What is your name soldier?" She asked me.

I was silent for a second I was back to marveling over the sound of her voice. Even through my fear I remained polite. "Major Jasper Whitlock, Ma'am."

"I truely hope you survive, Jasper. I have a good feeling about you." Maria now took a step closer. She inclined her head as though she was going to kiss me. Something in the back of my head said it wasn't a kiss coming, the same voice told me to run. I tried but, I was frozen in fear.

Maria grabbed hold of my shoulder, and the opposite side of my neck, now I felt my paralysis of fear had worn off I tried to pull away, but this small figure overpowered me. I felt a sharp pain in my neck it began to spread throughout my body sending me into little spasms. I no longer had control of my body. I watched Maria through my new form of paralysis. Maria carried me over her back with no effort, I watched the ground as she carried me over a different terrain then deep into a cave. When she set me down, in the dark I had no more distractions to keep my thoughts off the pain. It felt like little needles coursing through my veins. Maria hovered over me. My last sight before slipping into unconsciousness was the deep crimson of blood that freshly filled her eyes.

I know that chapter was much like Jasper's story that he told Bella in Eclipse but, I felt that it was important to understand everything that was going through his head during the event.

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