~ I ~ Feather in the Wind ~ I ~

~ Jasper ~

~ Historical (fan) fiction ~

~ Chapter 14 ~

1845. After a forced agreement with Whites, 15 year old Piper is betrothed to Jason Grace, son of the one who has caused much harm to her people. Yet she doesn't know that and it doesn't help the vast rumors of forced marriages with the lightly-colored she had heard of. But yet she never thought that she would fall for him, despite the knowledge that he might leave.

~ Hunger and Desire ~

~ Piper ~

As most mornings, Piper woke up in his arms. His, being Jason's. The only difference is that on most mornings, they woke up fully clothed, unlike this one. Last night they had shared something that began to extinguish the fire ignited in them both.

She began to stretch, making his hands rub against her tummy. She quickly scrunched up, the tickling sensation making her giggle. With such action, she awoke Jason.

"Well, someone's up and early." Jason groaned, hugging her tightly.

She laughed like a little girl being lifted by her father. "Wake up, sleepy pants."

"I would have sleepy pants on if someone didn't take them off last night." Jason poked her belly. She contracted.

"You didn't stop me so no word there." Piper defended herself. He chuckled and rolled out of bed. Piper soon followed.

They helped each other dress. Him tying her corset from behind as well as a dress. She helped him his shirt and pants. Again, passing his shirt over his head she stopped it midway. She roamed her hands over his bare chest. He fished her hand and set it atop of his heart.

"I love you, Piper, and I can't live without you. I don't know what I'd do with out you. I hate the way we came to be, but I love the way we love each other." Jason told her, setting his gaze on hers.

She immediately smiled wide. He left her speechless but not motionless. She planted a kiss on his lips and brought her hand up to his neck. She let go of his shirt and tangled that hand in his hair. Good thing he hadn't fixed it yet. It was in his usual disheveled morning hair.

She pulled back. "I'm hungry. Meet you down stairs."

She smirked and let go of him. She left the room with a smile and a view of him that read shocked.

She laughed silently to herself and began to walk down the hall to the dining room. She rubbed her tummy.

"Your daddy is very easy to leave weak-legged." She told her belly. She continued to walk and just as she was going to descend down the stairs, she felt someone grab her from her waist.

She began to kick and yell and was about to scream but a hand clasped her mouth shut. The person pulled her back and into a room. An empty room. A guest room.

She was instantly thrown against the wall and the person shut the door, quietly.

Piper had her eyes shut tight. She heard the person sniff her, on her neck and chest.

"For an Indian, you smell nice." The person let out.

Dylan…

She began to kick harder and harder and eventually got him off her. He groaned. Piper opened her eyes and saw Dylan clutching his stomach. She tried for the door but he got her.

"No, no, no… You stay here. I need you, savage. I need you. You have no idea how much I have desired this moment. Ever since I heard my lovely brother wedded a young pretty native…" Dylan breathed heavily, nailing her to the wall.

"Let go of me!" Piper growled between gritted teeth.

"Don't worry; I won't tell Jason. This will be our little secret." Dylan tried to persuade. He lifted Piper's dress and traced her leg, leading up to her mid section.

"No. Let me go!" Piper tried to yell. She pushed him away and her dress fell.

"You leave me no other choice." Dylan said with an evil smirk.

He grabbed her, despite her kicks, and threw her on the bed. She began to cry but he shut her up with his mouth, crashing his lips on hers. He bit her lip fiercely and slid his tongue in her mouth. He began to nibble on her lip, making it painfully sore. He then let go of her mouth and clamped it with his hand. He began to attack her neck and chest.

"Let go of me!" she said inaudibly on his hand.

She then bit his hand hard. He groaned in pain and she began to taste a metallic tinge on her tongue. Piper realized that she had bitten him hard on his hand. She took the moment to kick him where it hurts.

"Oh dear!" a familiar voice said, frantically. "Dylan!"

It was Esperanza. Mercy!

She was a strong woman and that helped her pull Dylan off of Piper and on to the floor.

"What has gotten into you!" Esperanza scolded him and slapped him. She might be a native but she raised him. She had some right.

Piper was now crying loudly. Hopefully, no one heard of this. She quieted down by placing a hand over her mouth. She still cried though.

"Nana!" Dylan tried but Esperanza took him by the ear to the door. "Go out!"

She quickly raced back to Piper and helped her up and off the bed. Piper had tears streaming down her cheeks. She felt the bruises on her arms. Good thing she decided to wear a long sleeved dress. Her hair was a wreck.

"My little girl." Esperanza said as she embraced Piper in a hug.

"He tried to…" Piper faltered and continued to cry.

"It's over now." Esperanza assured her.

It could have been the stories she heard when she lived in her tribe. It also could have been the memory of James. Or it could have been the very reason of her being scared that made her panic greatly that she couldn't help to cry.

Esperanza helped her to her room and set her there.

"I'll be back with tea, Feather." Esperanza said as Piper sat on the bed.

Piper had quieted down when she was brought by Esperanza to her room. Piper settled a hand over her baby. She ended up hugging her child.

"Oh, my baby! Did that just happen?" Piper asked her child. As usual no response.

She wiped her eyes and laid between the unmade sheets of her bed.

Suddenly, the door creaked open. She expected for Dylan to come after her again and she panicked when she saw a mop of blonde hair but it wasn't him. It was her husband who seeks no harm for her.

"Pipes? Esperanza told me you feel ill? Are you alright?" Jason said worriedly.

Piper let out a breath of air. She didn't tell him anything. And he didn't hear anything.

She thought of something quickly. "Um, yes I'm afraid. Um, lower pains. The baby. I have been feeling ill since yesterday."

Jason immediately blushed. "Do you think it had to do with, you know…?"

Piper smiled slightly. "No no. Just pains."

Jason sighed in relief. "Are you hungry? You said you were. Do you want me to bring you something?"

Piper remembered the hunger she had. Now only a spec of it remained. But to not worry him she nodded.

He smiled and placed a kiss on her belly. "You naughty baby. No more bothering your mother, you hear? I'll be back and if you don't behave by then, then mommy won't be able to go into town. She needs a dress for the ball."

Piper frowned, uncertain.

"Catherine and Thalia are going into town for the dress. They wanted to take you but it depends on how you feel." Jason clarified.

She needed to be away for a while. And fresh air sounded good. "I'll be good by then."

"Alright then. I'll tell them. But first, your breakfast." Jason spun on his heel and went out of the room. But just as soon as he left he entered.

He came in with a platter of food and tea. He set it on her lap.

"Bumped into Esperanza." He reasoned.

He managed to make her laugh. She chuckled and dug in.

"Would you stay with me? There is more than enough for me here. Join me?" Piper asked him.

Piper didn't know it but Jason sensed her scared feelings. He had also noticed the bitten lip. He thought of something, something he refused to think of but he had thought of. He would have to ask Piper of that topic later on.

He nodded and joined her with a smile.

Soon Piper let the negative feeling caused by Dylan to fade for the day.

Evil Dylan! Grr! But Jason saves the day. And Esperanza…

Stay tuned. Piper's POV next chapter. Again.

I am updating this one to not keep you waiting anymore for a sign of life. Yes, I am alive. Maybe not for my other stories' readers, but yeah I'm not alive. Next Ambrosia. :) Maybe not tonight but yeah. Busy life, here, like everyone.

~BeautiWind –heart-