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Chapter Eighty
Bella
The red mist was just beginning to descend again when Jasper came back on horseback, leading two beautiful stallions by the reins. I smiled as he appeared and ran to him, feeling his love enfold me again. As he dismounted he looked round,
"No Charlie?" he asked hopefully just as Charlie came round the side of the house.
"I'm still here."
Jasper smiled and offered Charlie the reins of one of the horses.
"I'm not your fucking stable boy" Charlie snapped.
"It's a gift for you Charlie. I thought you might like to learn to ride."
Charlie ignore the outstretched hand.
"I don't want anything from you boy, except my daughter".
Jasper turned away to lead the horses to the stable block when Charlie brought his hand round and I saw he had a huge kitchen knife in it which he swung at Jasper catching him in the throat. I screamed as Jasper fell backwards holding his throat with his hand and Charlie swung the knife again slicing off several of Jaspers fingers and his chest as he swung it back. I moved to stand between Charlie and Jasper before he could swing again and projected my shield to cover us both, Charlie cursed as the knife met the invisible wall.
Peter
I'd followed The Major back, a bad feeling niggling at the back of my head. I saw Charlie attack and Jasper fall back as his fingers dropped to the ground then saw Bella step between them sheltering him.
"Fuck I've had enough of this" I sighed getting off my horse and marching over to grab Charlie by the throat and take the knife.
"If you're going to attack with a knife make a good job of it" I said turning the knife to stick into Charlie's chest.
As he gasped in pain I pulled it out,
"Make every swing count" I slashed him across the face,
"And don't stop until your opponent is down"
I sliced across his throat and pushed him down to the ground.
"Now you listen to me. The only reason I don't rip your body to fucking pieces and burn it is Bella but if you ever attack the Major or any one of us again I will."
I picked him back up and threw him against the wall of the house then followed him over to pick him up again,
"Do I have your full attention now Charlie?"
He didn't answer me so I threw him against it again then picked him back up.
"I can keep this shit up for hours so you just let me know when you've had enough."
As he shook his head I turned and threw him against the concrete fence post cracking it in two.
"Now look what you made me do. I've got to renew that post and I hate putting up fucking fence posts. It really pisses me off."
I shook him and he struggled in my grip,
"Oh you still want to play Charlie? Fine"
I lifted him above my head and sent him head first into the patio sending splintered paviers shooting across the ground. He was still struggling so I held him face to face with me,
"Charlie you are trying my patience and you wouldn't like me if I got really angry. I have one mother of a temper and up to now I've been playing with you.
Bella
I knew Peter was losing his temper because his voice had gone icy calm,
"Dad, stop struggling"
I warned him but Charlie brought his fist up and punched Peter in the face. A spider's web of cracks radiated from the spot the punch had landed and Peter turned his cold glance to me.
"Bella I'm warning you now that if your father doesn't calm down I will hurt him."
I nodded,
"Charlie stop now please".
I was bent over Jasper helping him reattached the fingers of his right hand.
"Yeah you look after him don't worry about me. I'm not important."
I stood up my hand on Jasper's shoulder.
"You're right Charlie. You aren't important. You hurt Jasper and that's unacceptable"
I walked across and snatched him from Peter.
"Nobody gets to hurt my husband. Not even my father"
I drew my arm back and punched him in the face. The look of astonishment on his face would have been funny if I wasn't so angry. I grabbed the arm he'd held the knife with and ripped it from his body, ignoring his roar of pain and Peter's attempt to get him away from me.
"We did everything to help you and this is the way you repay us. You hurt my Jasper"
I ripped the other arm off too and threw it into the trees.
"Step away Peter" I warned.
Jasper
My cuts were already healing and the fingers reattached although it would be a while before I regained full use of them. I heard Peter and knew he was getting genuinely annoyed but Bella's actions really shocked me. It was the first time I'd seen her close to losing her temper as a vampire and she was spectacular, what made it even more amazing was that she was doing it out of love for me, a tigress defending her mate. Peter tried to intervene, I think he thought what I did, that when she calmed down she would regret her actions but I was beginning to see she was in deadly earnest and I motioned for him to back away.
"Bella darlin' I'm OK."
She looked over at me and smiled,
"I know Jazz but he could have really hurt you and I won't have that. I wanted my Dad in my life and I really thought it might work out but I can see now that it can't. He's not able to control his temper and that makes him a liability to us all."
"He'll settle down in a few months" I pointed out but she shook her head,
"No he won't. I know my Dad. He'll never be happy until he destroys you and I won't allow that."
She turned back to Charlie.
"I gave you chances. We all gave you chances but you threw them back in our faces. I won't let you threaten or hurt Jasper again."
As I watched she dropped him to the ground and standing on his chest took his head in her hands and pulled. As it ripped from his shoulders she dropped it on his torso and took out a lighter from her pocket.
"Bye Dad. You can rest easy now" and she set him alight.