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Chapter 6
The rest of the day went ok. Having Jasmine in each class was fun for me not so much my kids, as weird as that sounds. There was still a lot of tension between Jasmine and Rose and Jasper but I could tell they were trying. At least they were using names instead of species when talking to each other.
After school, Paul was waiting for Jasmine. She was, of course, thrilled and made sure the entire school knew he was taken. Rose, Jasper, and the rest of the Cullen's, on the other hand, were disgusted. Rose and Jasper kept their comments to themselves, which I was very proud of them for but Edward and Alice each had something snarky to say. I did my best to ignore them. I am so thankful there is no pull to those two.
"Hey B, I'm going to hang out with Paul for a bit," Jasmine smiled to me.
"Sounds good," I was happy for my sister. "I'll be trudging through all the homework that we've been assigned." After I found out about Jasmine being a Fairy, she also informed me of how old she really was and that's when I realized everyone around me knows all that is being taught in school, either from having lived it or already studied it.
"How about we help," Rose offered. She was still cautious about the blooming relationship between us. I don't know much about her history but have already decided I needed to find out about her's as well as Jasper's and Emmett's.
"I'm always up for helping out," Emmett agreed with Rose. I loved watching them interact. While on the surface it looked as if Emmett was always giving into Rose but watching them a little more closely, Rose gives into Emmett as well.
"Well I'll never turn down help," I smiled. "Jasper, are you joining as well?"
"No we've have plans," Alice interrupted with a smirk.
"Actually, I will be joining you," Jasper said to me while glaring at Alice. "I can deal with Alice at home later."
Paul and I took off from school leaving Bella with her kids. I knew they would protect her as fiercely as I would and that's the only reason I trust them. I wish her connection had been with other members of Paul's pack but understood it wasn't meant to be.
Paul started driving and was very quiet and seemed more tense than normal. As much as I hated waiting, I would wait until he was ready to talk. Something had happened between last night and today and I would bet it has to do with the pack.
"So Sam said the Pack isn't going to protect Bella since she is choosing to be around Cold Ones," Paul started softly, barely loud enough for me to hear him.
"Excuse me?" I was pissed. "When the Pack was given the gift of shifting into wolves, they vowed to always protect Humans and Fae. It was a gift given by my father so long ago in response to the threat of Cold Ones. At the time, Fairies were known to be around a lot taking their pleasure in Humans. At some point, the Cold Ones realized a difference in the blood of Fairies and started to pursue us. Gifted Cold Ones are ones who had Fae blood in them prior to being turned."
"So they offered themselves up?" Paul demanded. I could feel the tension leaking from Paul in response to my anger.
"No," he needed to understand everything. "No Fairy would ever willingly turn into a Cold One. The ones who turned with Fae blood were the offspring of a Fae mating with a Human, much like Bella. They never knew of their true parentage since the Fae don't generally acknowledge half-breeds."
"You said it was a gift to become a shape-shifter?" The derision in his voice was obvious.
"It was meant to be a gift," I started again. "The Fae were unable to fight on their own because we don't posses the physical strength to actually fight when a Cold One gets their hands on us. If we can run or use our mental powers it's doable but we don't all have the same mental powers so we'd have to have multiple of use with different powers teamed up to take down just one Cold One.
When we came across your tribe having problems with Cold Ones and they had the ability to leave their bodies and fight spiritually we knew your ancestors would be the ones who could handle being a shape-shifter.
Both my mom and dad came from Faery and spoke with the chief who was residing in the body of a wolf. They offered him the ability to become Human again but since he didn't have his own body any longer, the new body would have to be supported by both his and the wolf's spirit. Your Ancestor was wise and after consulting with and gaining the Wolf's approval he accepted my parents offer. The only warning they could give is this would be a gene forever passed down his bloodline. They asked that this knowledge be kept within the tribe and preferably within the bloodline.
The only thing they didn't realize when giving him this gift to become Human again was they gave him a few more Fae traits. One of them is knowing your Soul Mate with a look."
"But aren't your parents Soul Mates?" I could hear the confusion knowing it stemmed from the fact my parents cheated on each other all the time.
"They are," I acknowledged. "Something within the Wolf won't allow the man to cheat once he finds his True Mate. I believe it has something to do with a wolf mating for life, never straying from his chosen Mate."
"So you could cheat on me?" Paul was pissed and shaking. We had finally stopped at some point and he moved outside the car. I followed and put a calming hand on his arm.
"No," I smiled happy that I wouldn't ever want to. His raised eyebrow telling me to continue. "The bond the magic formed between us when you imprinted on me allowed some of your instincts flowed into me and some of mine flowed into you. Of course it was only the strongest instinct and ones that made us a stronger couple. That being said, the ability to cheat was effectively erased from me."
"What did I gain?"
"Well, if you were able to break so easily from the Pack, I would guess the ability to truly wander the Earth would be one," I smiled.
"I thought we were bound to the Rez?"
"That was never a stipulation from the Fae. My best guess is your Ancestors wanted to ensure the Wolf Gene wouldn't become active when there was no one around to help. Or they were just looking out for the safety of their tribe."
"The Elders never told us all this," Paul was amazed now that he had calmed down.
"They may not have known it all," I pointed out. "It's very possible some things were forgotten over time."
"If you say so," Paul didn't sound as if he believed me. Instead of pushing him, I just enjoyed being with him until we had to go home.
I was concerned about Jasper. While I couldn't stand Alice and felt she was wrong for him in every way, I wanted him to be happy and if that means being with Alice I'll just suck it up. I was working on feeling only happiness around Jasper so he wouldn't suspect my true feelings for his wife.
We got to my place and got to work quickly. My dad was working the night shift tonight so I didn't have to worry about him being around. I stopped about five so I could start dinner. I wasn't sure if Paul was going to stick around so I made sure to make enough just in case.
"When will Jasmine and Paul be home?" Rose hesitated but said his name when I looked at her, silently daring her to call him something other than his name.
"I'm not sure," I smiled, happy that she was making an effort, even if I did have to remind her. Jasper and Emmett weren't nearly as bad and knew I'd have to get her alone one day and really get her to open up to me but for now I was content getting to know her at this level. I knew when she was ready she'd share her past with me.
"Well when we smell them we'll head out," Jasper said calmly. That made me feel sad. I hated when my children left even if it was only for the evening.
"No," I decided to speak up. "You can stay. There's no need to rush just because Jasmine has Paul over. We are all family now and the only way to get past the hostility of species is by interacting with each other."
All three just nodded, Jasper could feel my conviction and I knew that alone would make him understand. Rose looked pissed but I could see a glimmer underneath that. I'm not sure what exactly but I'm thinking whatever the glimmer is will cause her to stay and Emmett will stay or go as Rose does.
I went back to cooking while the three vampires sat at my table. We made small talk and while things cooked I continued to work on my homework. It finished just as Jasmine and Paul arrived. I knew they were here by how tense my children were, and yes Emmett had become my child through Rose.
"Hey sis," Jasmine called walking in. "Jasper, Rose, Emmett," She acknowledged the three with a nod. Paul just nodded to everyone but was pissed. He wasn't shaking but the stormy look in his eyes made me realize how dangerous he could be. I wasn't scared of him though. I knew he would never hurt me primarily because my sister is his mate but there was another reason deep inside that I couldn't pinpoint. Either way I trusted him with my life the same I did with my children and sister.
"What's wrong?" I asked loading up a plate for myself and Jasmine before putting the rest on for Paul.
"The damn dogs at La Push need to be taught a lesson," Jasmine sounded murderous. "They don't deserve the gift given to them. If this is the way the treat one who's supposed to be family maybe they should be put down!" I could feel Jasper's calm seeping into the room but it appeared not to affect my sister. "Knock it off Jasper! You're gift won't work on me. I'm Fae royalty, only my parents hold more power than I do. "
"Why won't it work on you? How are the Fae immune to vampire gifts?" Rose demanded. I'm sure she was worried about her brother.
"The gifted vamps have Fae blood in them," Paul sighed. "I learned a lot in the last few hours. Jasmine explain it better but the gist is anything magical or supernatural in the world all start with the Fae."
"I don't know how Cold Ones, vampires came about," Jasmine started. "I do know Fae have been coming and going in this realm for millennia. Cold Ones discovered the Fae blood as being sweeter than Human blood. They also found that Fae could hurt them in ways Humans couldn't. My parents demanded the Fae go back to Faery to prevent the Cold Ones from getting to us. At this point, many fae had taken pleasure with humans and of course the result was children. If the child was not a full Fae they couldn't be taken back to Faery so they were left with the human parent. I don't know if it was luck or strategy but the Cold Ones started turning people who were descended from the Fae and once turned the abilities of their Fae ancestry came to life.
When my parent's realized half-Fae were being changed, they gave the gift to shift to ancestors of the La Push tribe and other tribes. This was given with the promise the tribes would protect the Fae and humans from the Cold Ones. They were gifted with speed, strength and the ability to rend a Cold One so it could be killed. But my parents could only give it to one bloodline in each tribe and not all tribes were good chosen."
"So I'm part Fairy?" Jasper seemed to be stunned.
"Yes," Jasmine nodded. "Your's is a drop in the bucket. What do you know of your human family? Who were your parents? Grandparents? Great-Grandparents? Your Empathy is a Fae gift. Somewhere in your history a Fae mated with someone in your family."
"So why did you want to kill the pack?" Emmett circled us back around. I had to admit I was curious as well.
"I'm a lone wolf now," Paul said and the angry look was back. "When I told Sam, the Alpha, about all this," he wave his arms to encompass all of us in the room, "he said to have Jasmine stop all contact with Bella since Bella made an informed decision to be around Vampires. When I told him they are sisters, he said to be nice but interact as little as possible. I then told him how we'd have to help protect Bella and work with at least Rose and Jasper due to the connection shared between them. That's when Sam basically told me to choose. I will choose Jasmine every time which means I choose Bella and vampires."
"I think we need to let all this sink in," I spoke up when no one else did. That was a lot of information to be dropped on us all at once and now we needed to wrap our heads around it, at least I did, and then figure out where to go from there.
No one moved. We all just sat there. Jasmine and I had been sharing my room since she came but now I wasn't sure what would happen. If my children and Paul wanted to stay, my dad's house was so small. At least Charlie wasn't going to be home tonight.