Wow, just wow! The last chapter had all of you ready to hurl me off of the cliff that I left you on. I feel so honored. Thank you so much for letting me hear your reactions through your reviews, faves, and alerts. I have so much fun chatting with you guys! Stripper Major will let you flog him while he dances or you can have Jasper soap up your body while you shower.
This chapter contains violence, lots and lots of it. If it's not your type of thing, you may want to skip this chapter.
This story is extremely AU/OOC.
All characters belong to Stephanie Meyer. The idea of Peter with the sixth sense is the brainchild of I Dream of Eddy.
Readers 18+ only please.
Rosalie's POV
My mother was screaming. Praying and crying to God, to anyone who would listen really, to let us out of the shield so we could go to my sister. The sound of a single gun shot rent the air and stunned us all into momentary silence. My sister clutched her blood-soaked stomach, smiled and mouthed "I love you" to us before she slumped to the ground. Then nothing. Absolutely nothing. I couldn't hear anything, but three evil heartbeats.
In an instant, my rage took over and I grabbed the monster that had fired the gun. I ripped his trigger finger off and threw him up against the wall. The rest of the women were in similar positions. Char ripped one guy's dick off and shoved it down his throat. His muffled cries could be heard as she meticulously ripped his body parts off one by one. Vicky and Irina took one guy together and started biting—without taking in any of his foul blood—and gouging him with their fingernails all over his body before finally taking a side each and tearing him right in half. My mother grabbed the demon that I threw and tore into him—ripping his eyeballs straight out of his sockets. I helped her by decapitating him like I did to Royce and his minions after they raped me all those years ago.
When we were done, the scene was a bloodbath. Each one of us were drenched in blood from head to toe. The beasts were all mutilated and decapitated-their body parts flung carelessly to the back of the alley. We all ran to Bella. I placed my hand on her abdomen and tried to staunch the bleeding. We were all screaming—crying in agony.
"Whyyyy?" I shrieked into the night.
Jasper's POV
We were throwing the football around at a park in South Boston. It was late and we were about to head home. That's when we felt it. We all felt it. Carlisle was the first to drop to his knees. Then, we all fell—one by one—like dominoes. Our mates were in trouble. "Bellaaaaaa!" Peter suddenly yelled. He was clutching his head with his eyes splayed open and rolling on the grass.
"Peter did you get something. What is it?" Carlisle asked.
Peter was a mess. "Bella, it's Bella. De...We have to go to her. No time!" Peter started running like a bat out of hell. No doubt his connection to Charlotte pulling him to where he needed to go. We all followed him. Riley quickly outstripping him. He, too, was feeling the pull to Vicky. Abruptly, five minutes into our run, my pull to Bella was severed. I couldn't feel a thing—no pull, nothing—just emptiness—hollow.
"Carlisle!" I screamed. "I can't feel her. I can't feel Bella. Dad!"
"Keep running son. We'll get to her. We're almost there." My father pushed.
We got to an alley in a deserted side street. The women were all huddled around Bella's bloody body sobbing uncontrollably—unrecognizable, each one bathed in blood. Rose had her hand securely fastened to Bella's abdomen, trying to control the bleeding. We looked to the back of the alley and there were human body parts piled haphazardly, one on top of each other—dead. There was a pistol laying a few feet away from them.
We didn't ask them what happened—not yet. Our first priority was Bella. Carlisle took Bella from the women. Her face was battered and her clothes were torn. I was seething with anger that I had to control for the sake of my girl. Carlisle ripped her clothes off of her so he could thoroughly examine her body. Peter and Laurent both had to hold me back from trying to attack Carlisle for being so close to my mate.
"Get a hold of yourself, now, Major!" Peter ordered. "Carlisle is trying to save her not have his way with her!"
"She still has a heartbeat, but barely—it's erratic and faint." Carlisle announced. "Riley, do you know CPR?"
"Yes." He said.
"Start it now. I'm going to remove the bullet from her abdomen and seal the wound with my venom. Jasper, be prepared to change her as soon as I give you the go ahead." Carlisle ordered.
I must have looked as terrified as I felt because Carlisle slapped me across the face. "This is your mate, son. Are you prepared to go on for all eternity without her?"
I shook my head, no.
"Then put your big boy pants on Major because I'm not prepared to lose my daughter!" Dad roared—every bit the vampire. He then quickly removed the bullet that was lodged in Bella's abdomen using his fingers. Fortunately, it wasn't embedded deeply so he was able to pull it out quickly and seal the wound with his venom.
Riley was pumping away at her chest and after every thirty compressions, Emmett would blow two breaths into Bella's mouth. Finally, after a few minutes Carlisle ordered them to stop.
"Her heartbeat's steady enough. Change her now Jasper." With venom tears lacing my eyes, I took a deep breath, kissed her on the lips, and bit down on her left jugular pumping as much venom into my girl as I could.
Riley bit down into her right carotid artery and pushed his venom into his sister. I noticed, then, that Carlisle and Emmett each bit down into her inner wrists—Emmett replacing James' mark with his own—and that Peter and Laurent each took an ankle while Esme and Vicky pumped their venom behind her knees.
"One more, my son—straight into her heart. It'll speed the delivery of your venom to her and it'll secure your bond as mates." My father encouraged.
I immediately did as I was told. She was now my Bella—heart and soul—mine. MINE!
"We need to clean up the scene and get out of here. Peter, Emmett, and Laurent—I need you boys to grab the vehicles. We'll come back for our mates' cars later." Carlisle instructed. "Peter, grab some lighter fluid at a store along the way. We need to get rid of those bodies." Faster than lightening, they were gone. A few minutes later, they were all back with the cars.
We dumped the dismembered bodies into the large trash bin at the back of the alley, doused them with lighter fluid, and lit them on fire. They would be unrecognizable by the time they were found. We quickly loaded our mates and ourselves into the vehicles and we were on our way to Amherst.
Bella was silent the whole way there. I could hear her heart beating, but she wasn't moving or screaming. Not one sound.
"Riley was like this too." Victoria noted. "Must be a family trait."
The Denalis were already waiting when we got there. Someone must have called them to tell them what happened. "Her room is ready and I have her bath drawn." Carmen gasped as she took in the sight of the blood-soaked women.
I thanked her and ran her upstairs. I gingerly stripped her of her tattered clothes and bathed her—her blood tinting the water pink. I dried her off and changed her into her favorite pajamas. Then I held her. I didn't have any intention of ever letting her go. If I let go, something bad might happen to her again. After they cleaned up, everyone came up into the room to check on her. "What happened?" Eleazar finally asked Esme.
The story was horrific. They were approached by three muggers who demanded their purses. While the women tried to convince them to go away, one pulled out a gun. Bella's shield went up immediately to protect the women. One of them grabbed Bella and attacked her. They attempted to rape her, but she put up a phenomenal fight—all the while keeping everyone's mates protected under her shield. The man with the gun lost his patience with her. He beat Bella then pulled the trigger. Bella's shield fell immediately. The women all grabbed the muggers, beat them, and ripped them apart. We arrived thirty seconds later.
"I'm glad you killed them." Carlisle said to the women. "Those beasts absolutely deserved to die for what they did to my daughter. We'll leave you two in peace now." That lasted about five minutes. Everyone came back in, one by one, and sat vigil by Bella—refusing to leave her side. I tried to absorb her pain, but didn't feel any coming from her. We all talked to her, reminding her of her human life-of memories we all made with her. We talked to her about her parents, the first time we met her in Forks, and the time we saw her again in Climax.
Rose told her about how much fun she had in Provincetown with her—the first and second time. She even reminded her about their few minutes in jail and how she wished they had those orange jumpsuits. "Next time, we'll just bring them." She chuckled.
Emmett told her about how he thought of her as a sister from the moment he met her. He talked about how he used to run through the forest in Forks with her on her back so they could just get away from school for a few minutes and talk before Rose or Edward came looking for them. I never knew they shared that memory.
We each shared a little something with Bella. We were filling her brain with happy thoughts and memories while she silently changed. About fifty-five hours later, we were all jerked out of our tranquil reminiscing by a desperate pounding on the front door accompanied by shrill screaming.
"What the hell are you doing here, Edward?" I heard Carlisle ask.
"Father, I can't do this anymore. She's been shrieking like this for the last fifty-six hours. I can't take it anymore. I know you asked me not to bring her, but please...I'm desperate...I need your help."
Put her in your room, Edward. I don't need her disturbing Bella."
"Bella's here?" Edward asked.
"Yes, she was attacked and gunned down two nights ago. She's changing, Edward."
A few minutes later, Edward ran into our room. Amanda, apparently abandoned.
"Bella, it's Edward. I'm so sorry you're changing, love. I always wanted you to live out your human life. I've always only wanted you to be happy Bella. That's all." He paused. "My fondest memory of you was of us sitting together in your room in Forks and reading Wuthering Heights. I remember getting into heated discussions with you about who was the real heroine in the story—Catherine or Isabella. I still say it was Isabella, I bet you still think it was Catherine. Think happy thoughts, Bella. It'll all be over soon. Jasper hasn't let you go this whole time."
Well, shit. This is fucked up. Here I am sitting with my mate while she changes and her heartbroken, love sick ex-boyfriend is sitting in vigil alongside of me while pouring his heart out to her. With our vampire hearing, we could hear his mate screaming like a hyena at the other end of the house. "Edward, shouldn't you sit with Amanda?" I asked.
"No, I need a break. I'll go insane if I have to listen to that shrieking at close range anymore." Edward admitted.
"Edward, she's your mate." Rose said.
"Oh, are you finally speaking to me now, Rose?" Edward chuckled.
She humphed and glared at him.
Twelve hours later. We could hear Amanda's heart pounding. Her change was nearly complete. Edward ran from Bella's bedside to his mate. Three minutes later we heard Edward screaming like a girl. "Heeeeelp!" He squealed. "Ouch! Owwww! Help me! Dear God, help meeee!"
We all ran to help, leaving Bella alone for just a few minutes. We found Edward in his closet, clutching his arm. "She bit me. She bit me twice." Edward bawled. Holy fuck, he's really crying like a baby.
Amanda looked feral. She was crouched and poised for attack. Having the most experience with newborns Vicky, Peter, Charlotte, and I took the front lines against her. I nodded to Peter.
"Amanda, you will sit down!" He commanded using his captain's voice. Amanda turned her head towards him and snarled. Her head kept moving in nervous ticks and her eyes were shifting from person to person.
"Nobody move." I warned. We were all trapped in the room by an untamed newborn.
"She's like a dog." Rose commented. Amanda's head snapped towards the source of the voice. She jumped on Rose. Vicky and Char were quick to subdue her. With Amanda's newborn strength they needed Peter's help. Amanda kept snarling, venom dripping, her teeth bared.
Fuck! I can't even use my gift and knock her out right now. It's the worst thing that I could do. She'll be even more out of control when she comes to.
"I could run home and grab the gag that I bought for her!" Tanya suggested brightly.
Eleazar shook his head at Tanya indicating that now was not the time for jokes.
"Do you know who you are?" I asked Amanda.
She looked into my eyes and shook her head no.
"Your name is Amanda Paine Masen." I said.
No she shook her head wildly again. We continued in this manner for two hours. I would try and remind her who she was. She would shake her head furiously in denial each time. Every so often, we had to subdue her as her savage, newborn instincts would come out in full force.
We finally gained enough control so that some of the guys could take her for a hunt. I was anxious to get back to Bella. She had now been alone for close to two hours.
We walked into the living room with a snarling Amanda when, all of a sudden, Bella skipped down the stairs carrying a full length mirror over her head. We were all stunned silent.
"What's that moth ball smell and who the hell went crazy with the Lysol?" Bella asked. She, then, calmly walked past us with the mirror and went out of the sliding glass door leading to the pool in the back. She gently set the mirror down in the direct sunlight and started taking her pajamas off.
"Bella! What the hell do you think you're doing?" I asked.
She ignored me and started checking her glorious nude body out in the mirror. Peter, Garrett, Edward, and Rex were all plastered to the glass gaping at her. "Hey! Stop eye-fucking my mate!"
"Bella! Put your clothes on and get back in the house!" I ordered.
"Hold on—I just want to see where I sparkle." She said.
"What?" We all shouted at the same time.
Bella sat on the ground in front of the mirror, spread her legs wide open, and suddenly announced, "Hey! My pussy sparkles!"
"Ungh...Bella! Edward came again-Amanda all but forgotten. Esme grabbed Edward and slapped him across the face. Carmen, then took him and punched him in the gut.
"What did I tell you about demeaning my daughter, Edward?" Esme scowled.
"I know what you told me, mother! I'm sorry. I couldn't help it. Whenever I see her, my member takes on a life of it's own and causes me to expel sperm. I don't know how to control it. What's happening to me?" He apologized.
Amanda suddenly ran outside next to Bella and ripped her clothes off and started mimicking her. Yuck! Now that's one pussy I don't want to see again—ever!
"Well fuck, that's a cockblocker and a half." Garrett said.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Bella asked.
Amanda got on all fours and started licking Bella's toes.
"Gross! Heal girl!" Bella commanded.
Amanda instantly obeyed. She got on her knees and started panting like a dog with her tongue sticking out.
"Shouldn't someone get her a doggie treat or something?" Bella said.
"That's it!" Esme took charge. "Edward, Garrett, Peter and Rex! Get away from the sliding glass door now! Katie close the drapes! Charlotte! Tanya! Why are you both naked?"
"We want to see if our pussies are sparkly too!" Charlotte exclaimed.
"Put your clo...Rosalie! You too?" Esme asked flabbergasted.
"Mom, you have to admit that Bella's idea is great. As women, we should all be checking out our sparkly bits. It's not our fault that our organs aren't dangling out in the open like the men."
Every single male eye was turned to Rose. Sister or not, it's not everyday that you get to see a beauty queen stark naked.
Esme took a deep breath. "I want every single one of you men out of this house now! Yes, that includes you Carlisle. Tanya, Rex we don't want to see a live sex show! Take it upstairs to your room! Gentlemen!"
"Yes, Esme?" We all murmured in question.
"Don't you dare leave us with the rabid dog! Take her hunting now!" Esme roared.
Peter and I went outside to grab Amanda. I noticed that Peter took in another eyeful of my mate in all her glory. "God damn—you're a lucky dude!" He grinned at me.
As we approached, Amanda snarled at both of us and got into an attack position.
"Heal!" Bella chastised. Amanda instantly went to a begging position again. "These are Jasper and Peter. They're your friends. You listen, okay. Friends." She enunciated. "They're going to take you hunting. Yum-yum." Bella patted Amanda on the head. Amanda licked Bella's toes again.
"Ew!" Bella squealed.
"Come on Amanda! Good girl!" Peter encouraged. Amanda followed us stark naked on all fours.
As soon as we got away from the house, I nailed Edward with a right hook.
"That's for moaning Bella's name while you jizzed again!" I said as I got him with a left hook this time. "And that's because I missed my mate's awakening!"
"Hey, you don't think that I didn't want to be there too!" Edward yelled back. "She means a lot to me too!"
"Fuck you! Don't you dare think about my mate!" I slugged him in the jaw. This time Edward punched back. The two of us were punching and kicking until Laurent jumped in and did some kind of spinning karate kick and knocked us both on our asses.
"Huh! I've always wanted to try that with vampire strength. Cool!" Laurent said proudly.
"What's done is done!" Eleazar stated. "We all wanted to be there for Bella's awakening, but clearly it wasn't meant to be. We must take Amanda hunting. We should probably find something to take back for Bella while we're out here."
"What am I going to do?" Edward moaned pointing to Amanda. "She's positively animalistic. She doesn't even know who she is!"
"And that's a bad thing, how?" Peter asked.
"Peter, the girl I married is no more."
"Edward, this is a great thing. No one other than Alice liked the real Amanda—even you haven't liked her lately. Do you realize that you can train her to be whomever you want her to be? You've got a virtual blank slate—a tabula rasa."
Edward smiled, for the first time in five years, I think. "Maybe Bella can help me. She's the only one that Amanda is listening to so far." At the mention of Bella's name, Amanda started yelping excitedly and running around in circles on all fours.
"Come on." Peter said to Amanda. "Let's get you fed and back to your mama Bella." Amanda obediently followed Peter—again on all fours.
"Uh...Edward, this training Amanda thing may take awhile." I commented.
We soon spotted a herd of deer. Edward grabbed one, snapped it's neck, and presented it to Amanda, who devoured it instantly. Now, she was a bloody, naked mess. We did the same thing with another deer, then a mountain lion. She was now covered in fur and animal blood.
"There's a pond beyond those trees. You can clean her up in there Edward." Emmett said.
Edward's eyes bulged as we approached the pond. "You want me to clean her up? I've never touched a woman before. I don't know how."
"Jeez, Edward! You're married. Haven't you even grabbed her tit or something?" Garrett asked.
"No. I finally touched the tip of her tongue with mine the other day." He admitted. "I didn't even hold her when she slept. I only did that with Bella."
Okay, the poor kid is repressed. Holy hell. I'm older than he is and even I managed to French kiss a girl way before I was his age. Edward must have been a real mama's boy.
"First of all, you need to stop being so hung up on Bella. She's Jasper's mate." Riley advised. "Second, if you feel that uncomfortable bathing her, I'm sure that one of the others will help you. Right Peter?"
"Fucker, I still owe you for the pink tutu. You bathe her damn it!" Peter yelled just as Amanda got on her knees and started begging and panting to him like she did with Bella.
Riley just raised an eyebrow and smirked at him.
"Hey, Peter. Looks like you have a brand new friend." Laurent pointed out laughing.
Peter jumped into the pond with Amanda and helped her wash. Edward took his shirt off and handed it to Peter so he could put it on her. We then headed back to the house. We all agreed that we needed a serene atmosphere for both Amanda and Bella so that they could get used to their new lives. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth than when we arrived back at the house. Shit! We forgot to pick up an animal for Bella to feed on. I'll just have to take her hunting.
"What the fuck is going on?" Carlisle who rarely swore asked.
We walked into the house and the lights were dimmed, the girls were all screaming, AC/DC's "Back In Black" was pumping out of the speakers, and Rex was dancing on top of the coffee table.
"Off with the shirt, Major!" Tanya cheered.
"Wait, Char—go rip it off of him!" Rosie yelled.
"No way, don't Char. Let him do it. He does it all sexy!" Bella declared. "Come on Rex rip that shirt off the way I like it! I wanna see those buttons fly all over the living room!"
"Oh God damn! Now, that's a V." Irina said. "Tanya, you lucky bitch!"
"Rex! You've got to unbutton those sexy jeans of yours and show us where that V leads to." Rose screamed.
Rex smiled and unbuttoned his jeans and left his fly undone all while continuing to dance on the coffee table.
"Holy motherfucker! That V leads straight to his cock!" Vicky cheered.
"Hot damn! We've got a winner! Now, those are abs!" My mate hailed. She jumped up and down along with Char—clapping her hands. Amanda joined in—copying their motions.
What the fuck! "Hey, remember who you belong to." I whispered into Bella's ear. I noticed the other men taking similar positions behind their mates.
"You baby. Only you." She said and planted a kiss on my lips. "Now let's watch Rex the Sex Show."
I swatted Bella playfully on the ass and sat her down on my knee. Damn it! If she wanted to watch strippers, she was gonna do it with me. Unfortunately, Amanda did the same as Bella and sat down on my other knee next to Bella. Why me? When I wrapped my arm around Bella, Edward's mate grabbed my other arm and wrapped it around herself.
Peter, Garrett, and Emmett were watching and guffawing. Edward tried to pull Amanda off of me, but she was stunned by his sudden movement and bit him. Edward was screaming like a girl again while his mate assumed her position on my other knee—firmly placing my arm around her. This is literally heaven and hell! I have my angel on one knee and Edward's demon dog on the other.
Esme suddenly ran up to Rex and started taking turns with Carmen swatting his ass. Carmen was using her bare hand while Esme used her riding crop.
"Harder girls! I can handle it now that I'm a vampire!" Rex encouraged. What? Do Carmen and Esme spank him regularly. What kind of female role models are they? I'm glad Bella and I live in Cambridge—she doesn't need to be exposed to too much of that kinky shit. Carlisle and Riley, for some reason, both looked horrified and rubbed their backsides as if reliving a painful memory.
Carmen and Esme were both whacking Rex full force and the guy was relishing it. Hey, whatever floats his boat.
"Wait for it! Wait for it! Get ready!" Vicky yelled. "Now!" Carmen and Esme both ripped off Rex's pants simultaneously. The girls all cheered.
"Not fair!" Katie pouted. "How come Irina gets Laurent the Enlightened Karate Master, Tanya gets Rex the Sex, and I end up with Garrett."
"Aw...come on Katie, Garrett's not so bad. I find the fact that he actually served under General Washington kind of hot." Bella tried to cheer Katie up.
"Hey, when can we go to Climax to see that Cowboy guy? Now that's a real man!" Char gushed.
"Oh hell, yeah. I'm game for whenever." Bella agreed.
"What a minute! What Cowboy?" Rex and I asked at the same time.
"Oh, he's the guy that replaced you Rex." Rosalie announced. "Super sexy and with an accent that just makes you want to drop your panties on the spot. He's from Texas."
"Born and Bred. All cowboy." Vicky finished.
Riley growled—so did Rex.
"Can we go see him? Can we? Can we?" Char jumped up and down excitedly. Amanda mimicked her and did the same thing.
"Bella can't go. She's a newborn." I smirked. No way she was gonna go see some Texan who thinks he's a cowboy. I'm the only Texas Cowboy in her life.
"Oh, she'll be able to go." Victoria challenged. "So far, everything about her change has been just like Riley's. She'll have absolutely no bloodlust at all. Look at all the control she has already. How many newborns do you know that can hang out and have a conversation? Bella, are you thirsty?"
"Not really, why?"
"Bella, you should be insane with thirst by now." I stated. What the fuck is wrong with my mate? Hell, what the fuck is wrong with me? Have I lost my mind? I forgot that Bella's a newborn.
Vicky had a smug expression on her face. "You see what I mean? She's just like Riley. She can even replicate all the fine and gross motor skills of a human. No screaming while changing, no pain either right?"
"No, not really. It just kind of tickled. Plus it was really hot—kind of like being in a sauna." Bella replied.
"I guarantee you that she's gonna jump right into being herself—just like her brother. She'll probably still be able to go to Harvard next week too. Just slap a pair of brown contacts into her eyes."
"We're awesome, baby girl!" Riley said.
"More like freaks of nature." Irina scoffed.
"Cool!" Bella jumped up and high-fived him—so did Amanda. "I don't have to give up my scholarship!"
Carlisle interrupted. "I'd like to keep you home for a few months, sweetheart, just to be safe."
"No, please don't do that to me!" Bella said. "I worked hard for that scholarship. Dad, you have no idea how much extra work I put in just to earn it."
"I agree with Bella. She'll be fine. Right after my first feed. I ran back to Seattle with Vicky to go grab my Suburban. I was totally fine. I was even able to drive in rush hour traffic." Riley stated proudly.
"Here, I'm going to prove my theory." Victoria rushed down to the basement and came back upstairs with a bag of human blood from our emergency stores. She threw the bag in the microwave for a minute, ripped it open, and poured it into a mug. She pulled Bella into the kitchen. "Here, take a whiff of this." Victoria thrust the mug directly under Bella's nose. Meanwhile, Amanda was snarling and licking her lips, her eyes going in a hundred different directions, looking for the source of the scent. Hell, I didn't blame her—that shit smells good.
Bella inhaled deeply. "It stinks! It smells like rust and salt. What the fuck is it?"
"No shit! Kind of smells like sea water that's been sitting stagnant for a while, doesn't it sis?" Riley asked.
"Bella, Riley language!" Esme and Carmen both chastised.
"Sorry." They both said. Okay. Bella and Riley are officially fucked in the head. That blood is mouthwatering.
"That, my dear sister is a bag of extremely rare and fragrant AB positive." Just as Victoria said that, Amanda who was being held by Peter, broke loose and attacked the mug that she was holding. The mug cracked under the force of pressure of Amanda's grasp so she started lapping it up from the floor using her tongue. When the floor was completely clean. Amanda got into her seemingly favorite position and started begging Bella and Vicky for more.
"Wow, Mom. At least you won't have to mop the floor clean." Bella said, picking up the remains of the mug and chucking them in the trash bin. "It already smells like Lysol—so do my toes, come to think of it."
"I'm taking Bella for a hunt." I announced and grabbed Bella's hand. Amanda started whimpering and following Bella on all fours.
"I'll be right back. Stay with Peter." Bella patted Amanda on her head again. "Good girl."
Bella and I ran into the forest hand in hand. I couldn't get over how she seemingly had none of the standard newborn traits. She was calm, not reactive and she was not sensitive at all to sounds and movements. She just took everything in stride, kind of rolled with the changes. Bella had no bloodlust at all either. I couldn't feel any coming from her—just like I could never feel any coming from her brother Riley. Amanda's reaction to the human blood was typical. Bella actually said it smelled bad and refused it. How the hell did I get so lucky to have a mate like her?
Suddenly, I heard it. It was a heartbeat. Probably bear. "Bella, do you hear it?" I whispered.
"Yeah. It's a heartbeat, right?"
"Right, where do you hear it coming from?"
"Um...that way." She pointed towards the clearing.
"Yep, now follow it." I instructed.
Bella followed the heartbeat and hid behind a tree. Sure enough it was a massive black bear. She waited til it's back was turned then went in for the kill. Bella quickly snapped it's neck and sunk her teeth into it's artery. She didn't spill a drop of blood. When she was finished. She dropped the bear and pierced me with pitch black, lust-filled eyes.
I instantly attacked. I pinned my mate to the ground and ripped her clothes off, then my own. I kissed her lips with new abandon then thrust into her pussy without warning. "Jasper, you feel so warm." She moved her hands up all up and down my back—stopping to squeeze my ass. "Fuck me hard now, Jasper!" She ordered.
So, I did. My mate could handle it now. I pounded into her over and over again with no mercy.
"Harder, Jasper! More!" My mate cried out.
I pulled out of her and flipped her over. She immediately arched her back so I could fist her hair and plunge into her just the way I like it. I was relentless as I rammed my cock in and out of her pussy.
"Jasper, keep fucking me like that. Just like that—Jasper please!" She begged. The intensity was like no other. We were linking ourselves to each other, securing our bond as mates. I reached for her heart and ran my fingers gently over the final bite I gave her for her change. She moaned.
I thought about the events preceding the change, how those men tried to attack her, then beat her, and finally shot her. I cringed at the memory of how I wasn't there to protect her. Never again. Never again will that happen. I fucked her harder then, my mating instincts kicking into high gear. Somehow, I managed to penetrate her deeper as I pulled her closer to me.
"Don't let go of me, Jasper! Keep me with you! Jasper...promise me!"
"Never Bella! Never! You're mine, Bella! Always mine! MINE!" I sunk my teeth deep into her collarbone and claimed her, no longer able to deny my urges, as we reached our crescendo together. Bella screamed at the top of her lungs, both in pleasure and pain. "Jasperrrrr!"
I sat down on the forest floor and pulled my mate onto my lap gently licking her new mark. She snuggled into my chest, turned to look at me and reassured me, "Yours, Jasper. Only yours. Eternally yours."
"I love you, Bella." I whispered into her lips as I kissed her tenderly. I picked her up and carried her through the forest, back to the house. We jumped up onto our balcony and went into our room, that way so that no one could stop to talk to us along the way. I filled the tub up and climbed in with her. We washed the forest grime off of each other then she cuddled up to me. I held her. Talked to her. Simply loved her.
"Hey, you two done with your sexin' yet? We wanna hear how Bella's first hunt went. Plus, Amanda's getting a little antsy." Peter called.
"Jasper, what the hell am I going to do with Edward's mate. She's like attached to me. When did she wake up anyway?"
"She woke up a couple of hours before you did. We'll figure out what to do with her as we go along—for now, though, you and Peter are the only ones she's listening to."
"Great." She moaned. "I've gained a pet."
We walked downstairs where everyone was waiting. "So, how was it?" Carlisle was the first to ask.
"It was incredible. Sex as a vampire is so much more satisfying than as a human." Bella stated. I think she's been spending too much time with Char and Tanya—she's losing her verbal filter.
"I meant the hunt." Carlisle said uncomfortably. Then he fixed me with an angry glare.
"Oh...It was a black bear. Easy." She said, snapping her fingers.
"Yeah, I didn't even have to tell her what to do. She just snapped it's neck and went for it. She didn't even spill a drop of blood." I added. "Come to think of it, how did you know what to do?"
"It's not the first time I've been hunting, you know." She revealed. "I've been, plenty of times."
"What?" Most of us said stunned. We noticed that Riley, Vicky, Irina, and Laurent were all looking either at their toes or up at that ceiling.
"You guys took her hunting?" I hollered. "You could have lost control and killed her?"
"She was fine. She was always up in a tree watching us anyway. What did you want us to do? Leave her by herself? It was always when we were on vacation anyway." Irina justified.
"Um...couldn't you guys have taken turns to watch her?" Edward made a really good point.
"No, no time. We had lots to see and limited time. The lines at Disneyworld can be out of control during winter break, you know. Besides, we thought it would be best if she were as prepared as possible for this life." Vicky stated.
I'll say. Bella has to be the most prepared vampire in existence. She knows how to hunt and even how to take out newborns. All courtesy of my sweet yet deadly new sister, Vicky and my cousin Irina. Both of whom had the most warped sense of reality in existence.
"So, mom—I was wondering. Do you think that I could install a tree in Jasper and my bedroom?" Bella asked. Jeez! I was hoping she'd forget about the tree during her change, but clearly that didn't happen.
"A tree, sweetheart, why?" Esme turned to Bella.
"I just want to swing from it. You know, for exercise." Rose and Emmett both chuckled.
Please say no, Esme. Please say no. Bella goes nuts around that tree. Besides, come to think of it, now that she has no gag reflex, I need her to keep trying to convince me. So for me, say no. I shook my head almost imperceptibly at my mom. She acknowledged me by blinking her eyes once.
"Bella, there's no room for a tree in your room. Why don't I just install some swings for you in the backyard?" Esme looked excited at the prospect.
"Oh, okay. I guess that'll have to do." Bella pouted. As soon as Amanda saw her pouting face, she whimpered and started licking Bella's toes again in an attempt to make her feel better. Poor Edward, it's gonna take years to make his mate even passably human. In Maria's army, vampires like Amanda with absolutely no control were destroyed right away. We didn't have time to teach and train them and their human memories rarely, if ever, came back. During her burning, Amanda lost every single one of her memories. She isn't even aware that she was once human. She's very much an infant, trying to learn by mimicking. At this point, she thinks that Bella is her mother and that Peter is her father. I can feel her strong connection to the two of them. She also feels the pull to Edward, but at this point she isn't able to identify what it is—that's why she keeps attacking him.
Edward, on the other hand, is torn between the lust he feels for Bella and the pull he feels towards Amanda. Bella's more like his intellectual ideal and his fantasy Playboy centerfold rolled into one, however he feels absolutely no pull to her and that bothers him. Edward actually feels the pull towards Amanda. I felt his desire for her when she was hunting naked in the woods—he probably still feels betrayed about her actions as a human and doesn't know what to make of the helpless newborn that she's become. I have to hand it to the kid though, he sure has a lot of self control. As soon as I saw Bella as a vampire, I had the urge to mark her as mine. I almost did when she stripped naked in front of the pool to check herself out. By the time she had hunted for the first time, my instincts were screaming at me to claim her before anyone else did. That's why I took her when I did. I didn't want any males, familiar or unfamiliar, seeing her without my mark. Edward, on the other hand, has completely tampered down on his urges. It might have something to do with him injecting her rather than biting her. We'll have to look into it more because clearly, with Amanda being as feral as she is, it was going to take all of us to train her.
"Hey!" Bella asked suddenly. "Who changed me anyway?''
"Ah...that's a good question kitten. Many of us did, but it's mainly Jasper's venom that runs though your veins. He injected you on your left carotid artery and your heart, Riley got your right carotid artery. Emmett and I took your radial arteries..." Carlisle tried to go on, but was interrupted by Emmett.
"I replaced James' bite with mine. I didn't want that bastard's mark anywhere on you sissy."
"Thanks." Bella acknowledged Emmett.
"Yes, thank you." Vicky seconded that.
Carlisle then continued. "As I was saying, Emmett and I took your radial arteries, Peter and Laurent took your posterior tibial arteries, and your mom and Vicky took your popliteal arteries."
"I know where the radial arteries are, but I have no idea where the other two are." Bella stated perplexed.
"The posterior tibial are the inside of your ankles sis." Peter said. "Now you've got a bit of me running through you for all eternity."
Edward then spoke. "The popliteal arteries winds from the front of your knees to the back. You were most likely bitten on the softer back side of your knees."
"Thanks, Edward." Bella acknowledged. "Why did so many of you bite me?"
"Well, we had to sweetheart, you were dying. We needed to push as much venom into your body as we could in a short amount of time to shock your system." Carlisle told Bella truthfully.
"Wow! Thanks. It's pretty cool knowing that I have everyone's venom running through me. Does that mean I have eight sires?"
"Yes, it does and you'll always feel a connection to us, but your primary bond will always be with Jasper because he is your mate as well as your sire. It's mainly his venom that runs through your veins." Carlisle said.
Bella smiled at me and climbed on my lap, nuzzling my neck. Oh shit! Here comes Amanda again.
"Um, guys. What are we supposed to do with Amanda?" Edward asked. "She seems to be attached to Bella, Peter, and Jasper. She keeps attacking me." Amanda mimicked Bella—nuzzling the other side of my neck. Oh God! She's licking my neck!
I took Bella and Amanda off of my lap. Amanda instantly climbed onto Bella's. "Edward, Amanda can feel she's your mate, but she's not capable of identifying it yet. She doesn't even know that she's a vampire that was once human. She feels the pull, but can only see it as physical pain—that's why she keeps attacking you."
"Well, how are we supposed to teach her?" Edward asked.
Eleazar jumped in the conversation. "It's going to take all of us. Thankfully, Jasper, Peter, Char, and Vicky have experience in this."
"No, we don't. She would have been culled immediately in Maria's army." Vicky said with a hopeful grin.
"Jasper, what are Amanda's feelings towards Bella and Peter?" Eleazar asked.
"For lack of better terms, they're her parents." I answered.
"It's a girl—I think." Peter announced brightly to Bella. She looked disgusted as Amanda was now lapping up Bella's face with her tongue.
"Edward, get your wife off of me!" Bella yelled.
Edward made to move Amanda off of her, but she was startled, jumped on him and bit him again.
"Ouch! Stop it!" Edward whined. "That really hurts!"
"No, no Amanda! No biting Edward!" Peter said forcefully. She stopped immediately and jumped into his arms sobbing.
"Mother! What are we supposed to do with this?" Peter asked Bella. He was cradling a now bawling Amanda in his arms.
"Hell if I know. I've never trained a newborn before." Bella said perplexed. "Maybe we should pick up a copy of Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care or What to Expect From Your Newborn Puppy?"
"Amanda! No, no cry. Happy! Smile!" Peter tried consoling her by grinning.
Amanda mimicked Peter by putting a grin on her face. Huh. This is the first time I've ever seen the girl smile. She always looked like she had a stick stuck up her ass when she was human.
"Um...it looks like you've got this Peter so I'm gonna go take a shower. I smell like Lysol and moth balls." Bella ran upstairs to our room and I heard the shower turn on immediately. She's naked in there and lathering herself up with soap. Shit! I should be soaping up her body for her. Damn it! I've got a hard-on again.
"Um...I'll be right back. Bella's a newborn—she'll probably need help showering!" I ran out of the living room, ripped my clothes off, and dove into the shower with my mate.
"What took you so long?" Bella winked as she dropped to her knees.
Indeed, what took me so long.
Guess what? No, cliffhanger! Wasn't that nice of me? So, let me know what you think. I look forward to hearing your opinions and I can't wait to write back! XOXO