Wow! The majority are ready to hurl daggers at Jasper, Peter, and Alice while a handful of you want to hang Bella. I won't make you wait long to find out about the aftermath of their argument. We'll start with Jasper's POV. Thank you so much for the passionate responses to this chapter, I truly enjoyed reading your opinions. One Major Jasper Whitlock for each of you! For my male readers, I give you Rose and Bella on a beach in bikinis.
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Jasper's POV
She walked away from me without even looking back. I went to retrieve Peter and Alice's heads. No one, not even their mates, bothered to pick them up and reattach them. Charlotte and Mike just turned and walked away. Felix, Eleazar, and Tony helped me fuse them back on.
As soon as Alice was composed enough, she spoke. "It's over, most of us are dead. There's just no way to win without Bella."
My cell phone buzzed just then. Thinking it was my wife, I answered it. "Bella?"
"Are you fucking insane? What did I say that we had to do in order to survive? I said that our souls must be free and clear for us to survive and that we must function as a family. You and Peter have been treating everyone worse than the dirt on the soles of your shoes! As for Alice, well, why would you rely on someone whose visions are decisions based? You still have time to salvage this although I'm not sure if Bella and your mating will survive. Why, Jasper? Why? Why did you take all that was beautiful that you built up with your mate and push it aside? She is hurting and you must fix this. Cancel all training until I get there in two days and for God's sake, keep Alice's fucking mouth shut! Why you fucking fused her head back on, I have no idea!" Sushmita hung up the phone angrily.
I walked back into my empty house, unable to face anyone. My wife was gone. Oh, hell, my life was gone and I had only myself to blame.
There was a knock on my door and I answered it. Esme walked inside asking if we could talk. I waited for her to start the conversation.
"Jasper, I'm here to intervene. You need to do something about your attitude, or you're going to lose Bella permanently."
"Esme, I highly doubt..."
"Just listen to me. Listen. You haven't been doing enough of that lately. Just listen. I know that you want to defeat Maria for good. We all do, but what's the purpose in that if you lose your mate in the process? I know that you love Bella more than your existence, but, frankly, you're pushing her away each time you don't listen to her, each time you demean her. I can see the hurt in her eyes. Recently, though, the hurt has been turning into indifference. Bella's getting to the point where she just doesn't care anymore. That's what happened to Carlisle. I pushed him away. I didn't listen to him, I didn't hear him out. He wanted to try something other than medicine, but I was so worried about myself that I didn't stop to listen to him. You know what happened to us. I just wanted to talk to you before the same thing happens to you and Bella."
"Esme, you can't compare Carlisle and your situation with Bella and mine."
"Are you sure, Jasper? In the end, you may defeat Maria; but if you lose Bella—and with her gone, you're already halfway there; you may find that you were the one that lost the most."
She looked at me pointedly, hugged me, and pecked me on the cheek. "Well, I'll leave you to your thoughts. I'm still proud of you, son. I'll always be proud of you."
I sat and pondered what Esme had to say for the longest time. She was right. I could defeat Maria, but, without Bella, there would be no reason for me to go on. I walked upstairs to our room and put my mate's pillow over my head and inhaled her scent. I missed her. I've been missing her for months now. We'd been living in the same house, but we may as well have been living apart. Bella tried to talk to me countless times, but I just shrugged her off. I was so caught up in winning this fight that I forgot about how to be a husband. This situation was unacceptable and it was my fault.
I thought about all of the points that Bella had brought up, she had made some very valid ones. I just didn't take the time to consider any of them. She was right, all of the planning in the world wouldn't matter if Maria changed her mind and Alice's vision didn't come to fruition. Maria knew enough about Alice through Amber to know that her visions were decision based. Bella's right, you can't really plan for the unknown, you just have to hope that we were all in a good place mentally and physically to defeat the enemy.
When I was in the Civil War, I had no idea what I was going to encounter whenever there was a skirmish. I had to always expect the unexpected; we all did. I dismissed my wife's opinions as mere ramblings from an inexperienced woman. I demeaned her. I valued Alice's visions above all, but in reality, her visions were not a hundred percent fail-proof. In actuality, by depending on Alice's visions, I was depending on Maria to decide what Alice had seen so far.
I'm an idiot. I need to fix this. I need to apologize to everyone and right my wrongs. I need to save my relationship with my mate. I need to find my mate first.
I knocked on Rex and Tanya's door. Tanya answered.
"Would you happen to know where Bella is living?"
"Why? So you can yell at her some more? Fuck off, Major." She slammed the door in my face.
Have I been that bad? Oh shit, I have. I've been belittling her in front of everyone. Fuck! What happened? How could I let this happen? Bella's my wife—not an army recruit. None of these people are army recruits and this isn't boot camp. This is my family and I've been treating them like mud on the bottom of my shoes. Sush was right.
I knocked again on Tanya's door pleading with her to talk to me for just one minute saying that I needed to apologize to Bella. She didn't believe me, though. My shoulders slumped in defeat and I made my way over to Pete's. Char wasn't there. She, apparently, had moved in with Rose and Emmett. She told Pete that she'd be back once he gave birth to his head which she felt was currently lodged somewhere in his anal cavity.
"Hey, Pete."
"Major," he acknowledged. He looked worn, haggard, and defeated. Not only had he lost his wife, but also his great-granddaughter. Neither of them wanted nothing to do with him anymore.
"We need to fix this, Peter. We're losing everyone. We're going to turn into a plain ol' army and lose our family."
"Yeah, I know. Char didn't even help me fuse my head back on. It's going to take a lot for us to fix things—especially with Bella. She's at Mulligan's with Rex. Go get her."
I ran to the center of town to Mulligan's. I peered through the window and I saw them—dancing. Rex was twirling Bella, her eyes lit up in joy. Joy that she never had for me anymore. Joy that she found in the solace of another man's arms. I honed into their feelings. They were purely platonic. Rex was there for my wife, doing his best to keep her happy, to keep her sane, listening to her. I felt like a turd. I decided to go home and wallow in my own self-pity—downing a case of Jack Daniels on my own. I figured that since I was going down anyway, I might as well do a good job of it.
I cancelled training for the next week and sent a text message to everyone stating that Sushmita was coming for a visit to help fix things. Two days later, I picked Sush and Amrita up at Sault Ste. Marie airport. I was greeted with reverberating slaps across my face by my Indian sisters.
"You have no one to blame, but yourself. Now, take me to Bella!"
"I don't know where she lives and no one will tell me."
"Are you a fucking vampire or not? We have heightened olfactory senses or did you forget?"
We scented Bella out to a modern looking townhouse complex. Each townhouse had a designated covered garage. We knocked on the door, but she wasn't home. We were just getting into the Tahoe when a brand new, red Ferrari pulled into one of the covered garages. Okay, it didn't exactly pull into the garage, it kind of jerked in, stalling out a couple of times. Clearly the driver had no idea how to drive a stick shift. Bella hopped out, shut the garage door, and proceeded to open her front door. The three of us ran to her door to talk to her.
"You and Amrita can come in. He can't. I don't want his scent in here."
"Stop it, right this second, Bella! Jasper is your mate and you two are going to fix this even if I have to strap you both naked to St. Andrew's crosses and flog you both into submission!" Amrita yelled.
That doesn't sound particularly pleasing. Apparently, Bella didn't think so either because the next thing out of her mouth was, "Fine. He can come inside."
"Good, you sit here next to your mate, now talk," Sush ordered.
"Bella?" I started.
No response.
"Bella?"
No reaction.
"I'm sorry, Bella. I was a jerk of the worst kind. I belittled you, I demeaned you, I didn't listen to you, I wasn't there for you. I treated you like a new army recruit instead of hearing you out, listening to your suggestions. I acted like a dictator when I should have been acting like your husband."
"I know."
"Alice's visions are subjective. They're based on decisions that people make and I was depending on them to come to fruition when, in reality, we can only take her visions with a grain of salt."
"What about everyone else? You treated them all like peons. We're not prisoners or army recruits, Jasper. We're your family and you've taken us all for granted. I think you owe everyone an apology. So do Peter and Alice."
"I know. I'll do whatever it takes to fix this. I fucked up. How can I make things better between us?"
No answer. I tried a different approach.
"Esme talked to me. She said that destroying Maria will mean nothing if I destroy our relationship in the process. She's right. I did a damn good job of fucking things up, didn't I? Do you want to leave me? Do you want Chelsea to break our bond?"
"No."
"What do you want then?"
"I'm not sure. I just know that I want you. I'm not so sure that it'll work anymore, though. How many times do we have to do this?"
"I don't know, there's an old Spanish proverb that I once heard, 'Two great talkers will not travel far together'. I talked and talked, Bella, without taking the time to listen to you. I don't know how, or why, or even when that started happening. I guess I was so caught up in Maria that I forgot what's important in life and to me. Nothing in life matters if I don't have you."
She nodded her head, indicating that she understood what I was saying, then she finally spoke more heartfelt words to me than she had in months. "Without you, nothing matters. I know that you're not perfect and neither am I—far from it, but I know we're perfect for each other. It's just making it work that's so hard sometimes. It takes so much work, time, and effort to make 'us' work. Sometimes I wonder if fighting for it is worth it, but then I remember something from the poet, Robert Browning, 'Take away love and our earth is a tomb'. He's right, without love, we might as well be dead. I'll fight for our love, Jasper."
It was a start. We were talking and we made some headway. She didn't want the bond to break either. She was willing to fight to make love work. It occurred to me that nothing else mattered, Maria, the newborns, even the family—the only thing that mattered was us—me and my mate. This is what we were fighting for and this is what Maria was trying to take away from us.
One month later...
Bella was still living in her townhouse away from me. I saw her everyday, but we still hadn't slept together yet. It's been five months since the last time we had sex. Bella didn't want to rush anything. I didn't want to either, but I was reaching the point of desperation. I was sexually frustrated and sick of jerking off in the shower by myself. Right now, I was taking a walk alone and thinking. Living without Bella was lonely for me, I spent many hours walking and thinking everyday.
My Indian sisters were still with us. They were living in the two houses that I had built for each of them when I had bought this place. Sush had lectured me, Peter, Alice, Felix, Eleazar, and Tony explaining to us that this was about keeping the family together. Training has been scaled back to every other day for two hours only. Anything further than that was going over the top. Everyone was encouraged to pursue their own interests in order to become mentally prepared. A clear, happy mind would do greater good than a frustrated one during battle.
Everyone had their own hobby that they pursued to keep them going. After Peter apologized, he and Rose started working on souping up everyone's cars since they couldn't open up their own garage until after the battle. They were allowed to touch any car except for Bella's brand new, red Ferrarri. She wouldn't allow anyone near it. I asked her why she bought it and she explained that as a matter of fact, there's a chance that she could die during the fight with Maria. She just wanted to drive her dream car in case that became reality. She just had to figure out how to drive a stick shift smoothly. Rose tried to teach her, but quickly lost patience with her. Carlisle was doing his duty as Daddy and teaching her now, but he said she was worse than Chelsea.
Esme spent her time decorating her house. It kept her mind off of things. Alistair joined Garrett, Rex, Tony, Felix and I in coming up with Civil and Revolutionary War battle plans. Others took classes at the community centers in Cheboygan or Sault Ste. Marie to take their mind off of things. The rest of the time, they spent making love to their mates. Everyone, that is, except for me.
I soon found myself in front of Bella's townhouse. I peered through her window, Bella was reading a romance book and laughing aloud. I missed her so much. She was my life. My heart and my soul. I saw her everyday for a couple of hours, but I'd have to leave by midnight because that's how she wanted things to be for now. I just wanted to hold her in my arms. I wanted to feel her, to touch her. I knocked on her door.
Bella opened it. "Jasper?"
"I forgot something when I left this afternoon."
"Sure, come inside. What did you forget?"
"My heart."
I reached out and tilted her chin up with one hand. Then, I kissed her. Her lips felt warm to me and was a welcome respite for my tired soul. Bella responded by wrapping her arms around my neck and moving in closer to me. I picked her up and sat on the sofa with her on my lap. We soon found ourselves in a frenzied passion desperate to have more of each other.
Bella ripped my clothes off of me and started planting kisses all over my body. When she took my cock into her mouth, I exploded. It didn't take me long to cum. It had been five months and I no longer had the will to hold out.
"Bed." Bella pointed towards her bedroom. I picked her up, shredding her clothes between the living room and her bedroom and plowed into her pussy just as I was laying her down on the bed. I thrust inside of her, hard, over and over again. Bella flipped me over and started riding me. Her perfect tits were bouncing up and down each time she slammed down onto my cock. I sat up and nuzzled my face into them, licking her nipples, making her scream in delight for more. I moved my hand down to her sensitive nub and started stroking it. She was squirming, moaning in ecstasy, then, finally, she was pulsating onto my cock, crying out my name in ecstasy. I shot my load deep into her core and sunk my teeth into that fleshy part of her neck which was beckoning me to bite down for a taste. I vowed never to let it go this long again without my mate.
After a few minutes of cuddling, I decided to voice my opinion. "We need to talk, Bella."
"Hm?"
"I can't live apart from you anymore. You're too far from me. I spend my nights wandering the woods and the town waiting for the moment I can see you again. Can you honestly say that you're not lonely here by yourself?"
"I'm scared, Jasper. What if we move back in together and it all goes wrong again? What if you take me for granted again? What if I shut myself off from you again?"
"Bella, you're my mate and my wife. It's a chance we're gonna have to take. Marriage takes work, especially if the couple knows each other intrinsically like you and I do. That's why I took you for granted, I figured that you would understand why I did what I did. And, you shut yourself off from me thinking that I would know why you did. Our marriage wasn't all bad, we hit a huge bump in the road, but now we know better."
She closed her eyes so she could think. I leaned down and started running my tongue over the mating mark on her neck. I couldn't help, but purr into her. I could feel her becoming increasing aroused by the second. A minute later, she moved her hand down to her pussy and started stroking it. I continued licking her mark and purring. I watched intently; she looked so beautiful pleasuring herself in front of me. I moved my hand down to help her, inserting two fingers into her dripping wet pussy. With each stroke of her hand and thrust of my fingers, her passion was building. The intensity and heat of the moment was making my cock hard. This was her time, though.
Bella, suddenly, arched her back and started screaming my name in a fit of passion. I continued licking her mark as she came, but this time I climbed on top of her and plunged my dick straight into Bella's core. She was still in the middle of her orgasm and her walls clenched down on me, making her feel tighter than she usually was. I was in a heated frenzy from watching her masturbate in front of me. I, also, was a little jealous and needed to show her that I could make her feel that way too.
I beat against her core like a drummer in a solo. With each thrust, I questioned her. I needed her to make me feel like she wanted me, needed me.
"Who makes you feel this way, Bella?"
"You do."
"Who do you think of when you want to cum, Bella?"
"You!"
"Who does your pussy belong to, Bella?"
"You, only you! Oh, God! Please!"
"Who do you belong to, Bella?"
You, Jasper! Only you, Jasper! It's always been you! Always you!"
"You're mine, Bella. Remember that!" With that, I came harder than I'd cum in months. I claimed my mate again. This time, biting harder, pumping more venom into her, making her cry my name out in pleasure and in pain. I needed to chain her to me. She was the one woman that could bring me to my knees and make me soar like an eagle at the same time. I needed Bella more than blood and venom. I needed her to need me the same way I needed her.
"Bella, you say that you're scared, but part of the problem is that you try to do everything yourself. I'm here for you, Bella. No matter what happens, I'll always be your mate. You can depend on me. I want you to depend on me. I need you to depend on me, just like I depend on you."
She broke down and sobbed into my chest. I held her to me and rubbed her back soothingly. She relaxed into me, but, after awhile, she flinched and grabbed the mark that I just gave her. She was dripping venom from it. I mentally chastised myself for forgetting to care for her wound and started bathing it with my tongue until I could only feel a minimal amount of pain from her.
I needed to take her for a quick hunt. I dressed her in a pair of pajama pants and a tank top. I realized that I had nothing to wear since Bella ripped my clothes off. I borrowed the roomiest pair that she had. Damn, I guess pink Hello Kitty pajama pants will have to do.
Bella started chuckling at the sight of me. I grabbed her keys, picked her up bridal style, and climbed into her Ferrari. I drove south to the edge of the Atlanta State Forest Area, parked, and started running with her on my back. I spotted a bear, snapped it's neck, and brought it to my mate.
"Share with me, Jasper." She requested, so I did. It was a show of faith and it meant the world to me that after all that's happened between us, my mate still believed in the power of our love. We finished the bear and I quickly buried it. I checked under her eyes and still saw dark circles. She needed more. She hadn't been feeding regularly, that much was for sure. I placed her on my back again until I spotted a moose. We fed from it together again then buried it. Bella looked much more refreshed after that feed, but still needed more. I chased down a cougar and presented his snapped neck to her. She dove into it immediately.
After I took care of the carcass, I questioned her. "How long has it been since you hunted, Bella?"
She didn't answer me. She looked down.
I pulled her chin up so her eyes met mine. "Bella?"
"Three..."
"Three weeks? Are you insane?"
"...months."
Fuck me. If I had gone three months without feeding, I would have devoured the entire town of Cheboygan, Michigan by now. There would have been no citizens left.
"Why, Bella?"
"I don't know this area well and, um, I don't like hunting alone. Everyone usually hunts with their mates and you always went alone so I guess I just forgot to go."
Shit! Again my foolishness brought me to this point. Bella has never been responsible about feeding either. She penciled it in like Riley, but she also had a habit of not looking in her planner.
I picked her up and cradled her to my body. "It won't happen again, baby. I'll never let you go for so long without a hunt, but you've got to start taking responsibility for it yourself too."
After finding another bear and having Bella feed from him alone, I carried her back to her Ferrari and drove us back to the townhouse. I also mentally thanked God for creating such a smooth machine like the Ferrari. The two of us showered off all of the grime from the hunt together. In the morning, Bella ran to the store to grab an outfit for me. As soon as she got back, she sat down and stated, "Alright, let's talk."
I nodded my head indicating that I was listening.
"Clearly, I need you to keep me in line. I mean, not feeding for three months is completely irresponsible. Part of it is this area, I'm just not comfortable here, but most of it is my own lack of responsibility in that area. Second, I agree that enough is enough. We need to live together again as husband and wife. I love you with everything I have in me and being afraid of running into problems is not a good enough excuse for us to not live together."
Phew. What a relief, I couldn't picture myself being without my mate anymore. "Okay, Bella. Let's start packing your things."
"I'm not moving back in with you. You're moving in with me, Jasper."
Huh? "Baby, we have a perfectly good house that's all paid for. We don't need to be paying rent."
"Yeah, well, as you can see, this townhouse gives us more privacy. There aren't any annoying family members to disturb us. I'm comfortable here, Jasper."
She actually had a really good point. People just walked into our house without knocking anymore, it's almost as if they've completely forgotten about our right to some privacy.
"Jasper, I think it'll be healthier for us to live away from the training grounds. It'll keep our minds off of what's to come and alleviate some of the stress."
"Okay, Bella. You've made your point. We'll live here."
She smiled her first real smile for me in months. She jumped up into my arms and started kissing me. Two hours later, she was off to purchase yet another outfit for me since my new one lasted all of five minutes before she tore it off of me. While I waited, I peered into the bedroom and realized that we'd have to go shopping for a new bed. The one she had in here was lying in a crumpled heap on the carpet. Oh, well, I guess I'll start clearing out the pieces while I wait for her.
Two months later...
We were all in India. The whole lot of us. Everyone needed to get away from Cheboygan and we needed to train along with our Indian family. On top of that, Amar needed help harvesting tea so we all volunteered to help. Privately, he phoned to say that he was terrified that Amrita was coming home to torture his dick again so would we please stay with him? Definitely, even I knew that an intervention was necessary there.
Bella and Rose were currently out hunting. I had confided in my sister about my wife not hunting for three months. She was helping me keep Bella in line in that department. It was easier in India, Bella loved tigers and there was an overabundance of them in this country so it kept her happy and, above all, well fed.
Our relationship was improving on a daily basis. I, myself, made the decision to savor my days with Bella. I have no idea what's going to happen to us and I'll be damned if my last days are going to be spent training for Maria's appearance. Besides, we couldn't exactly train anymore. Even Carlisle, who was our worst, could hold his own now. At this point, we were as prepared as we could ever hope to be and we could only hope for the best. Sushmita still insisted that she saw us all surviving; especially now that Bella worked on improving her relationship with both Peter and Alice. She still kept both of them at a distance. This hurt them both immensely, but, for this, there was no one to blame but themselves.
"Hey, Jasper." Emmett sauntered onto my perch on the balcony overlooking the jungle. "Do you realize that our mates have been hunting for over twenty-four hours now? I'm getting kind of worried."
"Really? That long? They're usually only gone for about eight hours at the most. Have you tried calling them?"
"Yeah, their phones are out of range."
"Maybe we should have Mike track them."
"Are you kidding me? If Mike tracks them, that means Alice goes with him. I'm not dealing with Rose or Bella's wrath if she shows up to wherever they are. You know how they feel about the pixie."
True. Alice was back at the bottom shelf as far as Bella and Rose were concerned. They were kind, courteous, and polite to her; but that's as far as it went. They both loved Mike to pieces, but Alice was back on their shit list—especially on Rose's. Rose was downright rude to her. It was no secret that she couldn't stand Alice and that, after the fight with Maria was over, she would be moving as far away as possible from our resident seer. In fact, she reminded her of the fact to her face every single day. Even Bella was nicer to Alice.
Charlotte was a different story. She was now extra close with Bella and Rose, much to the chagrin of Peter who wanted back in Bella's good graces, especially. Rose and Peter were still fine, they had their shared love of cars binding them together. Bella, however, was still hurt by the way Peter treated her in Cheboygan. Like Alice, he was held at a distance by her. Even Esme was closer to Bella than Peter and Alice, which is saying a lot because my wife isn't too crazed about my mother at all.
Emmett and I decided to track Rose and Bella ourselves. It hadn't rained in a few days so we should be fine. We ran at vampire speed for about eight hours and ended up in the state of Goa, India. It was absolutely gorgeous here. Surrounded by water, unspoiled beaches, and lush, green forest; I could see why Bella and Rose didn't want to come home. We went for a quick hunt, taking down a tiger each, then scented out Bella and Rose. It was twilight and the two of them were lounging on the beach in their bikinis with a bevy of human admirers. And by bevy, I mean about one hundred men circling around them like vultures vying for their attention. The two of them were ignoring the men and reading. Rose was reading "Hot Rod Magazine" while Bella engrossed herself in some trashy vampire novel called, "The Undead Next Door."
I sent their admirers a dose of fear and they all went barreling in different directions away from our mates.
"Hi Jasper."
"Hello Emmett."
Both girls spoke simultaneously without looking up from their reading materials.
"Hey, do you two realize that you've been gone for over thirty hours now? We were worried about you." Emmett was pacing back and forth in front of them.
"We left you messages on your phones. Did you bother checking?" Rose stated with a raised eyebrow.
Oops. I knew I forgot to do something. I dug my phone out of my pocket and sure enough there was a text message from Bella stating that she and Rose found a beautiful beach in Goa that they couldn't bear to leave so they were going to spend a couple of days relaxing in the sun. It also said that Em and I should run down so we could hang out with them. I looked over at Emmett and he was intently listening to a voicemail message from Rose that said roughly the same thing.
We both smiled at our mates sheepishly. Okay, so we might have forgotten to check our messages, but damn, we just loved them so much that we both had a tendency to lose our heads and start panicking when it came to them.
"It's okay," Bella said. "It was an honest mistake."
"Sorry, baby."
I plopped down on the sand next to Bella and enjoyed the view. She went back to reading her book. A bit later, she put the book down and tapped Rose on the shoulder. "Shouldn't we try to get a hotel room? Or should we stay in the youth hostel again?"
"Fuck no. No more youth hostels, I don't know how you put up with staying in those places when you traveled through Europe."
"Hey, don't knock them, Rosie. They're cheap, safe, and they're a place to sleep and shower."
"I swear to God, Bella, sometimes you can be so fucking cheap. This is Goa, India. Some of the best hotels in the world are here. We're staying in one of them."
I agreed with my sister on both counts. There was no way in hell I was staying in a youth hostel. We're staying in a fucking beachfront hotel where I can make love to my mate on the beach in the middle of the night, damn it!
"I'm okay with whatever we do, Rosie," Bella said with a smile.
"How about you let me handle the hotel, Rose," I suggested.
"Good idea, bro."
We ended up staying at the Cidade de Goa Beach Resort. It wasn't as luxurious as I had in mind, but they had rooms that led directly out to Vainguinim Beach which was my main goal. After an evening hanging around playing beach volleyball with some human couples, we went back to the hotel and bid Emmett and Rose goodnight. Quicker than lightening, those two were off to their hotel room which was at the furthest end away from us. I was about to do the same with Bella when I noticed a sign in the lobby: Gold Finger Casino.
Casino? Casino? Oh, fuck yeah! I've been itching for some action. I haven't been to Vegas since Claude and Tony were changed. I approached the casino and noticed that they were open twenty-four hours. Hmm...I can make love to Bella quickly, play a bit of baccarat, run...what the fuck am I thinking? My woman is standing there in her bikini top looking hot as sin with eyes gleaming with lust and I'm thinking about gambling? Sex now, gamble when it's sunny. That's what I'll do. At least things are back to normal in our marriage. I was no longer walking on eggshells around my mate and neither was she around me.
I picked Bella up and ran to our room. I had her bikini shredded in seconds and did a head dive straight into her pussy. My tongue was lapping up her folds greedily as if every dripping morsel was manna from heaven. She was squirming into my face, her core vibrating onto my tongue. She was crying my name out, panting desperately, and I wouldn't relent. I kept tonguing her as if she were my last meal. I wouldn't stop, I couldn't stop, I had to give my mate her release. That was the thought at the forefront of my mind when she suddenly got down on her knees, undid my shorts, and took me into her warm, welcoming mouth. She sucked and licked my cock gluttonously, grasping the base with her fingers, occasionally stopping to suck on my balls. With every flick of her tongue and every moan of pleasure from her throat, I had to force myself not to cum.
I had a sudden urge to be deep inside of her pussy. I pulled Bella up so that she was standing, facing me. I picked her up so that she was straddling me and she, immediately, plunged down onto my cock. Holy shit, it feels good inside of her. With Bella still straddling me, I opened up the sliding glass door leading to the beach, and ran towards the water. I collapsed onto the sand with her still riding my cock and let her fuck me in earnest. I had a glorious view of her tits bouncing up and down with each rise and fall of her beautiful body. She was everything to me, she was mine. All mine. Only mine.
I needed to claim her, now. I flipped her onto her back and took charge. I wanted her to feel my cock as I entered her sweet pussy. I held her hands over her head and relentlessly thrust into her. The feeling of my dick submerged inside of her drove both of us over the edge and we were soon screaming out each other's names in ecstasy as we were blanketed by the soothing waves of the ocean coming onto shore. I sunk my teeth into my one and only's neck, marking her, showing her, proving to her that she was mine for all eternity.
Three months later...
We were back in Cheboygan awaiting Maria. Alice confirmed that Maria would still be arriving in Michigan a year from now. Our Indian brothers and sisters plus Carmen and Eleazar would come for a short visit in June, then arriving at Christmas time for the fight. Until then, we were back to our twice weekly training sessions. Bella, Claude, Rex, and Riley took daily yoga classes to stay relaxed. Emmett, Rose, and I went with them once and decided against going considering that we wanted to hang the instructor by her neck by the time class was over. I can't understand how manipulating your body into ungodly positions can be considered relaxing.
Additionally, Bella was taking weekly hula dancing lessons with Tony in Sault Ste. Marie which pissed Rex off to no end. He would bitch and moan while they were gone; so much so, that Tanya took to learning how to work on cars from Pete and Rose on those days.
Emmett and I were online daily scoping out Maria on Facebook. She was building up her army, that was for sure. She messaged Michael Edwards stating that she went to California to look for him, but he wasn't there. We messaged her back stating that we were currently backpacking through Europe, then we posted some doctored up photos of Michael Edwards hanging out in Florence, Italy. We knew that she wouldn't seek him out there. She was adamant that she wanted him to contact her as soon as he returned to the States.
We had Tony playing World of Warcraft in the same realm as Maria. He stated that she never really changed her strategy for taking over territory. It was always the same with her, surprise attacks with a large army. We were learning a lot about Maria through this online game. Tony, or Captain Delicioso—Bella named him, was Sergeant Slayer's new enemy. She still hasn't been able to take him down. Captain Delicioso was always one step ahead of her.
Alice and Peter's relationship with Bella was improving everyday. Alice only looked into her visions when requested at this point. She no longer wanted to use her gift and was content with Bella keeping a physical shield on her. She always returned to that bad place where she became full of herself whenever she used her gift constantly.
As for Great Grandaddy Piper, Riley stepped in telling Bella that like it or not, Peter is their grandfather and that she has to make amends with him. The three of them took day trips outside of Michigan once a week. They were almost back to the way they were now and Peter was extra careful not to tell Bella what to do.
Last week, the three of them ran to Forks and got drunk with the wolves at the Mill Creek Bar. They bumped into Lauren Mallory who was visiting her parents, she got drunk right along with them. She told Peter that she would officially sanction his Ashlay Bendover fan club. That made him super happy. The very first members were the Quileute Wolves who were all in awe of the porn queen. In fact, Peter made Jacob Black vice president of his fan club. Meanwhile, Riley and Quil supposedly mowed everyone down during a beer pong tournament that they happened to be having. They were both now proud owners of brand new Mill Creek Bar t-shirts. As for Bella, she put her billiard skills into play and came home with a thousand extra bucks in her pocket from taking down some local pool sharks in Forks.
We were in the middle of training. Bella was late. Extremely late. We were already halfway through, in fact. I had sent her a text, but she hadn't responded. I called her cell phone repeatedly, but it was turned off. We were all on edge because we were seriously worried about her. If she didn't show up in five minutes, I planned on having Mike track her.
A couple of minutes later, Bella walked into the clearing dragging a body with it's head slung callously by the hair over her shoulder.
"Look what I found lurking around town." She flung the head and body unceremoniously onto the forest ground. Amber Putain's eyes looked up at me pleadingly.
"Bella, where did you find her?"
"She was hanging around downtown Cheboygan so I trailed her. She was following the elementary school librarian. I think she was going to feed off of her. Anyway, I couldn't allow that to happen so I nabbed her. I ran back here as fast as I could, but it wasn't easy running through the streets with a decapitated body and a head. I didn't burn her cause I thought you'd want to question her."
"Thanks, babe." I kissed my wife deeply on the lips. "Felix, Peter, Emmett, and Garrett; go run a perimeter check. Mike, hone in on Amber's scent and follow it to it's origin. Alistair, go with him. I want you in pairs at all times. Call me if you find anything. Vicky, Char; put Amber back together then relieve her of her limbs so she can't run. Someone get her something to replace her venom with. I need her coherent."
"Oh, hold on a second," Vicky stated with a brilliant smile. She ran back to her house then ran back with her purse. She smiled sweetly at Amber. "Guess what I have? Your pinky. Let me put it back on your hand for you."
Vicky spit her venom onto the dried out, decrepit looking pinky and replaced it onto Amber's hand. It was the weirdest thing. Amber's body started shaking as if it were in immense pain, but she couldn't voice anything because her head was not attached to it. I could feel her physical pain vibrate through my body, though.
"Oh, Char. We're going to have so much fun."
Chelsea walked up to them with a sinister smirk. "I want to play, too. I know a lot of exciting games."
"I, so, love play dates, don't you, pet?" Vicky asked Amber. "Aww, poor thing, you can't talk. Charlotte will reattach your head to your body in a second."
"How long do we have, Major?" Char asked.
"We meet at headquarters in two hours. Is that enough time for you to play with her or do you need more time."
"Oh, no, two hours is ample. We should be able to accomplish a lot in two hours."
I grabbed Bella and started running to our house on the property. As soon as we got inside, I started checking her over for injuries. I peeled her clothes off of her and ran my hands over her body and closely inspected her. After that, I wrapped my arms tightly around her naked body without any intention of ever letting go.
"Jasper, I'm okay. I swear it." Bella brushed my hair back with her hands.
"Babe, why didn't you call or at least text me?" I continued checking her body over for injuries. I could smell Amber's scent on her from their struggle. No, not good. I need to replace it with my own scent.
"I didn't want to alert her to my presence."
I was losing control. Quickly, too. Jasper was receding into the back of my mind and the Major was coming to the forefront. My mate placed herself in deliberate danger. Amber was an older, more experienced vampire. She could have killed her. Bella didn't call me for help. She didn't depend on me. She's supposed to depend on me. She's my mate, for God's sake. Half of me knew that she could handle herself, but the other half of me knew that it was my duty to protect my mate.
"Jasper? Jasper?" I could hear the concern in my mate's voice. "Jasper? Please, what's wrong, tell me."
Bella's POV
His eyes were as black as coal and he was more intimidating than I'd ever seen him before. He bore into me with his eyes and sent me a dose of fear so strong that if I were human I would have peed my pants. This wasn't Jasper. This was the Major. My not calling him when I was in danger triggered him to come out and for the first time ever, in our nearly fifteen years of marriage, I was witnessing the Major come to surface in earnest. I had heard about him, of course, from Peter and Charlotte, especially; but never once thought I'd see him. Everyone warned me that I should fear him if he ever surfaces. For some reason, even though he sent me copious amounts of fear, I wasn't scared. I was completely entranced by the commanding man who stood before me.
I did my best to not let the fear he was sending affect me. Underneath the surface of this intimidating man lay Jasper Whitlock, my husband. I was positive that he wouldn't hurt me. In fact, as the Major, he would protect me even more. I peered into his eyes, positive that he wouldn't harm me. If the Major is as self-assured as everyone says he is, he would know the difference between friend and foe. I stroked his cheek with the back of my hand.
The Major buried his nose into my neck and inhaled my scent. "Mate," he hissed.
"That's right, mate."
He inhaled again—he sniffed every inch of my body. When he got to my hands and arms he became angry, "Who touched you, my mate?"
"Focus, Major. You know that it was Amber that I took apart. I was safe. You trained me well."
"You put yourself in harm's way without contacting me. Why didn't you alert me to her presence."
"Had I done that Major, it would have put me in even more danger."
The Major was projecting feelings of insecurity, fierce protectiveness, and anger. He sprawled my nude body out onto the dining table and started licking my hands and arms. Wherever he detected Amber's scent, he replaced it with his own. I was soon coated in the Major's scent. I kissed his lips with a sudden desire to feel them on mine. He responded by kissing me passionately and springing his cock free from the confines of his jeans. He was inside of me in seconds.
He made love to me with an intense fervor that I'd never experienced before. He had every part of my body covered with his own and he sent feelings of lust, desire, passion, worry, and love. Love. Copious amounts of love.
"I can't lose you, my mate."
"You're not going to lose me. I promise. You won't ever lose me," I reassured.
He plunged into me continuously; urgently. Never stopping, even as the dining table collapsed to the floor. I felt all of him inside of me and I was insane with desire for him. He was making love to me as if it were the last time he'd ever get the chance to do so and I was ravenously devouring every inch of him. Every touch had a purpose, every kiss was full of meaning. Every thrust was meant to claim me.
We looked into each other's eyes as we climaxed together. The Major sent me every morsel of love he had for me before his mouth descended over my heart and he sunk his teeth in to mark me. I screamed in agony. The pain was absolutely excruciating; it was like nothing I'd ever felt before. Suddenly, as his venom flowed through my veins, I felt my bond to my mate increase at a rapid pace. It was an incredible feeling of elation and security mixed with pain, so different from when he marks my neck. The Major finally unfastened his teeth from my heart.
I reached up to kiss him, but he swiftly moved my head to the side, exposed my neck, and quickly sunk his teeth into the place that Jasper calls his own. I winced at the pain and cried out in pleasure as his venom coursed through my system. He finally released his hold on my neck and started caring for my wounds. He sealed the wound over my heart and on my neck with his venom then slid his tongue over my body, scenting me for the second time in less than an hour. When his tongue slipped between my folds, I relaxed into my mate. With each stroke of his velvet tongue I was transported to heaven. The blissful feeling of his tongue on my clit shot straight to my core and soon the frenzy started taking over as my body demanded a release.
"Majorrrr!" I couldn't help, but scream when my orgasm exploded straight onto his tongue. He continued caressing me, then all of a sudden, I felt the bite.
"Aaaghhh!" I cried out in both agony and in ecstasy as my mate marked me for the second time today in an area foreign to me. This time he clamped his teeth to my inner upper thigh, inches away from where his tongue had just given me untold pleasures. I was feeling more pain than pleasure at this point, my other marks were still throbbing, especially the one over my heart. I had to bring my Jasper back.
"Jasper, baby, come back to me," I whispered desperately.
"Please, Jasper, you're hurting me. Let go of my thigh, honey." I stroked his hair with my fingers. He didn't stop and now the pain was bordering on torture.
"Please stop, Jasper. You're really hurting me," I begged. And finally, "Major! You're scaring me!"
Something finally clicked. My mate immediately detached his teeth from my thigh. There was venom seeping from the wound. I cringed in pain as he bathed the wound with his venom.
I wasn't sure if he was Jasper or the Major at the moment, but I knew for sure that he was my mate. He started inspecting my body as if it were fine porcelain. I could see the pain in his eyes as he saw the two new marks he had made on my body. He carefully placed his shirt on me, threw his pants back on, and started running into the woods cradling me in his arms. He shifted me into his right arm and with the left he grabbed a lynx and presented his neck to me. I bit down immediately, allowing the blood to soothe my depleted veins. As soon as I was done feeding, he dropped the carcass. I snuggled into his chest and again felt him cradling me to his body. He sunk down on the forest floor with me in his arms. I turned my face up towards him. He looked sad, broken, disappointed with himself. I had to fix this, it was up to me.
"I love you, Jasper," I reassured.
"I never wanted you to see that side of me. I was trying to protect you from him."
"The Major is part of who you are. Don't be ashamed of something that is such an intrinsic part of your nature."
"Bella, I hurt you."
"Not on purpose. You were marking your territory, staking your claim. My heart belongs to you, my entire body does, actually. The Major knows this. You know this, too, Jasper. I told you once before that neither of us are perfect, but we're perfect for each other. I meant what I said."
"I don't deserve you, Bella. I'm a monster."
"Oh, now you sound like Edward did in the past. Stop brooding, Jasper—it doesn't become you. What's done is done. I'm not angry at all. I'm actually kind of turned on by the fact that you let your primordial instincts take control. You are Major Jasper Whitlock, my husband, my mate, my lover, my best friend, and nothing is ever going to change that. You're going to have to find a way to accept the Major into your heart, Jasper. If it makes it any easier, I already have. And I can tell you already, I need both of you."
"I don't know if I'm strong enough to be both the Major and Jasper at the same time."
"I know you can do it, and if not, I'll be strong enough for you."
"You're too good to me, Bella."
"I can say the same thing about you, Jasper."
"I love you, Bella."
"And I love you."
"Now put your Major face on. Don't you have someone to interrogate?"
"I do. Promise me something?"
"What?"
"I want you to stay in the house with Rosie. I'll tell you everything afterwards, just do this one thing for me, please."
"Okay, I promise." I wanted to be there, but I knew it was more important to show my mate that I had faith in him.
Jasper carried me back home. I kept his shirt on and threw on a pair of pajama pants. Rose stopped in a few minutes later. We sat on the sofa and talked. I showed her the new mating marks that Jasper gave me. My sister showed me one of her own on her inner thigh. She told me that it was a fairly normal spot for a male vampire to mark their mate. She had never seen a mark over the heart, though. We both agreed that it was a personal and intimate spot to place a mark. After that, Rosie held me the way only she knew how. She was my sister and my best friend in every way and I knew that she'd always be there for me no matter what happened in the future.
Chelsea's POV
"What the fuck happened here? How come Amber is incoherent? How come her hair looks like she's a member Poison?" the Major asked.
"It's possible, sir, that Amanda, Gianna, and Claude may have gone a little too far with her during playtime," Victoria answered nonchalantly. "Frankly, it was a bit boring for me, Charlotte, and Chelsea. We haven't had a chance to play with her yet."
Amber Putain was slumped up against the wall, her limbs were currently being cared for by Amanda who was painstakingly painting her finger and toenails neon orange. Afterwards, she was planning on drawing tattoos onto her arms using Sharpie's. Amber had just gotten her head reattached after Claude and Gianna gave her hair an eighties style perm.
"Well, did you at least go through her belongings and feed her?"
"Like I said, we haven't had a chance to. Amanda, Gianna, and Claude were playing with her."
The Major slapped his forehead. "Well, feed her. She's probably lost most of her venom. How long ago did you reattach her head?"
"Um, about three minutes ago. Claude finished her perm and even styled it for her. Doesn't she look bitchin'?" Vicky, Char, and I grinned at the totally nonplussed Major. He arched one eyebrow and stared the three of us down. I'm telling you, even in the Volturi, there was no one as intimidating as him. I became frightened just looking at him.
The three of us grabbed Amber, ran into the forest, and had her feed on a couple of deer. After her eyes appeared a bit more focused, we brought her back to headquarters and placed her on the floor. By then, Amanda had brought back her limbs. She had drawn on tattoos on her arms using Sharpies. One read 'Betty Sue' and the other read 'I love Hannah Montana'. Her finger and toenails were painted flaming orange and neon green. They actually matched the eye make-up that Claude had put on her. She started howling in pain as we reattached her limbs to her body using our combined venom.
"Help me, Jasper," she begged.
He bore straight into her eyes. "You attacked my mate."
"No, no, I didn't even know she was there. She attacked me without provocation."
"You were about to kill an upstanding member of the community."
"I wasn't...I..."
"Don't lie to me. You know that I can feel when you're lying."
"I...aaaagggghhhh!" Amber started howling in pain. The Major was using his gift full force on her. She stared at Jasper in stunned silence. I think she thought that he'd save her.
I'd heard about this whore from Vicky and Charlotte. She was evil and no good and she had already been the catalyst for causing two years of strife in Jasper and Bella's marriage at one point. I planned on fucking her up my own way. The Major must have sensed this because, with an evil glint in his eye, he turned to me and drawled, "Why don't you loosen up her tongue for me, Chelsea? I'll be back in twenty minutes."
The door closed with a decided click as the Major left headquarters. It was just me, Vicky, and Charlotte in an empty building alone with Amber. The slut rose to her feet and got into a crouched position. Really? She's going to fight the three of us? She's either brave or stupid or both."
I motioned to Char and Vicky to stand down. "Come and get me," I urged lazily. Amber lunged at me with all of her might, but she was no match for me. I had her in pieces in seconds. We reconstructed her battered body.
Vicky suddenly dug her fingers deep into her master's bite. "Oh, pet, I think you need a reminder of who exactly you belong to." She removed her fingers from the mark and replaced them with her teeth. Her scream shattered two of the windows in headquarters as Vicky pumped her painful venom into her. She was Vicky's bitch through and through now, but I had one more trick up my sleeve.
I unleashed my gift on her. My plan was to make her so loyal to the three of us that she'd serve us in any capacity we asked. This is the way the three fucktoads in Volterra were able to keep their power. Almost every vampire there was made loyal to them by me. Of course, now they're only loyal to their mates so everything is fucked up there, but I digress.
The Major walked inside and faced Amber, I created another tie between her and him so that she would be loyal to him in every way, shape, and form. She dropped to her knees in front of him. "Excellent job, Chelsea," he noted proudly before turning to Amber. "Why were you in Cheboygan?"
"I was hunting in the Sault Ste. Marie area when I detected vampire scents. I tracked them to Cheboygan."
"Did Maria send you here?"
"No, sir, I only do odd jobs for Maria. I haven't heard from her personally in about six months. I do keep in touch with her via Facebook, though"
"What do you know of Maria's plans?"
"She's creating an army, sir. She has roughly three hundred newborns so far. Her goal is five hundred. She wants you, Peter, and James to train them."
Five hundred newborns? Oh my lord!
"Is she working alone or with anyone else?"
"One of her newborns has the ability to neutralize most powers. She is powerless against shields, though."
"How do you know that she is defenseless against shields?"
"Maria's acquired a mental shield to protect her from your seer. Her shield is limited, though. She can only shield one person at a time."
Damn it! Bella was spot on! She told us that the accuracy of Alice's visions were dependent on many factors and that if Maria knew about it, she would find a way around it. Jasper's face fell. I think he realized that by discounting his wife's opinions, he may have caused more damage than he realized.
"When did she acquire this shield?"
"About fifteen months ago."
"How is she collecting all of these talented vampires?"
"She gets to know them on her travels, then she connects with them online. She also has me, Violetta Fisher, and Jeanine Ratson recruiting around the world. We get five thousand dollars for a standard newborn, ten thousand if the newborn is gifted."
"Do you know how to contact the two women?" Vicky asked.
"Yes, mistress. The three of us stay in touch."
"Major, I want first dibs on both of them. I have a score to settle with them."
"Tell me what you know about them, Lieutenant," the Major ordered Vicky.
"They were former lovers of James's. Both of them were turned by him and both of them are vicious. Jeanine Ratson, especially, can rival me in a fight."
"You forgot to mention that they're both gorgeous and that they'll spread their legs for anyone for a few bucks," Amber added helpfully. Good to see that my gift is working. Amber was completely on our side now.
"And how is that different from you?" I couldn't help, but ask.
"Oh, I never have sex for money. That would be immoral," she replied. Okay, so the girl is just a hoe of the non-hooker variety. I suppose we have to respect that.
"Amber, wait here for your orders please," the Major then turned to the three of us. "I'd like to see you ladies in the conference room please."
We followed him to the soundproofed conference room where Peter, Felix, Alice, and Tony were waiting. Claude and Edward were guarding the room that Amber was holed up in. I doubted she would even attempt to escape. I rigged it so that her loyalties lay firmly with us.
We all sat down around the oversized conference table with Jasper sitting at the head. "First of all, Chelsea, excellent job in manipulating Amber's loyalty. She'll make an effective double agent for us."
"Captain."
"Yes," Peter and Tony both responded.
"Uh, Pete, did you and your crew find anything?"
"No, it was only Amber's scent that we detected. There were no other vampire scents in the vicinity."
"I went through her belongings and I detected another vampire's scent on some of her clothing. I can't identify it, though," Alice passed around a shirt, a bra, and a pair of panties.
"I am not sniffing her panties," I protested.
"Well, that's where the scent is most concentrated."
We all took a whiff of the clothes, but none of us could identify the foreign scent.
"Alice, go and see if Carlisle, Garrett, or Laurent have run into these scents before." She left immediately.
She returned a minute later with my mate in tow. "The scent belongs to a nomad named Randall. He's a friend of mine. I can't see him being involved in this mess with Maria. And please don't make me sniff her panties again, that was just cruel and unusual punishment."
Jasper chuckled, "Chelsea, go and question Amber about Randall. Take Edward with you. Have him read her mind."
I left the room and went to Amber with Edward in tow. "I have a question for you."
"Yes, mistress," Amber responded.
"What do you know of Randall?"
"He's an occasional lover of mine. He's a nomad."
"Is he your mate?"
"God, no. He's fabulous in bed, though. Would you like to sample him? I have his cell phone number."
"Uh, no, thank you."
"How about you, sir?" She turned to Edward. "He goes both ways."
I had to do my best not to laugh. Edward looked mortified. "No!"
"Your loss."
I went back to business. "Does Randall have any involvement with this Maria business?"
"No, not at all. He likes to avoid conflict."
"Thank you, Amber. We'll get back to you."
Edward and I left the room. "Do I really look gay?" he asked me.
"Yes," I answered honestly. "Did you get anything about Randall from her mind."
"Only some new sexual positions. He's only her lover. He has nothing to do with this Maria business. She was being totally honest. Her last rendezvous with him was in Montreal, Canada about a week ago."
"Thanks, Edward." I smiled and kissed him on his cheek. He winked at me. I really do love my family.
I reported my findings back to the Major. At least we were able to eliminate Randall as a possible ally to Maria. Now, we had to deal with the business of Violetta Fisher and Jeanine Ratson finding new recruits for Maria. We also had to figure out a way around her mental shield and the newborn with the ability to neutralize all powers.
I think it dawned upon all of us that Bella had just become our number one asset. She was not only a mental shield, but a physical one as well. She was capable of shielding some or all of us and, on top of everything else, her mental shield could cover us over large distances. I could be in Las Vegas and she could shield me mentally from New York City, for example.
"What do we do with Amber, Major?" Victoria asked.
"Hmm...that's a tough one. Chelsea, can you manipulate her bonds so that she's loyal to everyone in our family?"
"That's easy to do."
"Alright, then, it's a risk, but we send Amber on her way. I need a secure cell phone to contact her with. She's not to mention us to Maria and she's to report any and all of Maria's activities to us directly. I need Emmett to keep tabs on her phone, email, and social networking accounts too. Chelsea, how long will it take for you to realign her loyalties?"
"If you send people into the room with me two at a time, it can be done quickly and easily."
"Okay, let's do this. After she's gone, I want a group sent out to question Violetta Fisher and Jeanine Ratson. We'll deal with that tomorrow, though."
With that, the meeting concluded. Victoria threw the clothes in Amber's bag in the washing machine to get rid of our scents. She sprayed everything else in the bag down with Lysol. Meanwhile, I worked on manipulating her bond to our family. When I was sufficiently satisfied with the outcome, I let her take a shower and gave her a fresh outfit to wear since hers was destroyed. I didn't do this out of the kindness of my heart. I actually did this so she could wash our scents off of her. We had to tread carefully at this point. Vicky repacked her bag and we, again, doused it with Lysol before allowing her to take it. With the Major's instructions committed to memory, Amber bid us farewell and went on her way.
As she left the property, I couldn't help, but think that this was only the beginning. More fuckery was headed our way and we would soon be facing the venomous bitch called Maria. I hope to God that we all survive because to be honest, even in the Volturi we've never had to deal with five hundred newborns, a power hungry warlord, and a vampire who could neutralize powers. For the first time in my life, I was terrified. Oh my God!
Jasper and Bella both got the kick in the pants they needed to bring their relationship back to a good place. Are you satisfied with the way Jasper realized the error in his ways? Bella also admitted to mistakes on her part. I think she's come a long way. Jasper's reaction to Bella and Amber's scuffle was for the Major to come out in earnest-not the Major that they had been playing with in bed. Now, what did you think of Bella's reaction to the Major? What about Jasper's reaction to the Major coming out? What did you think of Amber? Last of all, Chelsea is terrified, should we all be scared, too? Let me know your thoughts on this chapter. I will always respond to your reviews. XOXO