Chapter Ninety Seven

Bella

"We needed something to discredit Rose and Carlisle's work with the blood substitute. If Aro knew it was true research she wouldn't survive a year. By linking it with the werewolf story it would do just that. Aro and Caius believed the message was a letter Esme posted just before Carlisle killed her. Esme was already discredited in their eyes after the last fiasco, but Caius hates werewolves so he would have to make sure. By bringing werewolves into the mix it made the whole thing seem stupid. If the Volturi send a search party to look for werewolves they wont find any. Now Sam has been warned he'll keep the few wolves he still has in human form. There's no need for them to phase, there are no vampires around, and when the Volturi turn up I'll shield them for a long as it takes. See I can be as devious as you Major Whitlock."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Would you have told me?"

That made him stop for a second before answering yes,

"You hesitated, see Jasper there's the small part of you I don't have yet. You still think like The Major sometimes. Make the decisions unilaterally and tell the others when they need to know. Did you tell anyone exactly why you were asking them to do what you were asking?"

"Only Peter and only part."

"See. I rest my case. I want the Major as well as Jasper Whitlock."

"You have a point. I'll try Bella but I've been alone so long."

"Not any more Major, we're a unit now. You get that into your head and I'll be happy"

Jasper

She was right, there was a small part of me that I kept locked away, mainly because it was the part that turned me into the monster I no longer wanted to be. Bella had seen him and she still wanted to own that part of me, it made no sense but if I didn't give myself to her completely then our future would always be shadowed by it. The decision to part with him gave me a strange feeling, suddenly I felt lighter, as if a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. I didn't have to make the decisions and give the orders alone any more. My Bella was my other half and I would treat her as such in everything I did. Put simply there was no Major any longer. I swung her round in my arms and she giggled,

"Why Major, I don't know what you're thinking"

As I lay her on the bed I saw reflected in her eyes the desire I felt, she was my woman, my mate and my equal but now she was going to be mine and I took her not caring for gentleness but wanting to assert my dominance, she wanted The Major she would get The Major. I saw a gleam of combat in her eyes and the fight for domination began. We rolled across the bed and on to the floor each trying to gain the upper position but neither able to hold it and eventually we compromised, she on top then I as we rolled around uncaring of the smashing of furniture and glad of the granite skin which would prevent carpet burn. At last we came together screaming out our ecstasy in perfect rhythm then laying sated in each others arms amid the debris. I can only assume there was no one in the room to the side of us or below at the time or they surely would have complained about the noise.

Bella

It had been rough and challenging but wonderful too, to finally feel I had all of Jasper, we were equal partners in this relationship, neither holding sway over the other. When we finally climbed to our feet and surveyed the damage I groaned.

"What are you going to tell the hotel management?"

He looked at me and shook his head.

"Not me, we're equals remember, you tell him"

"OK but you're not going to like it" I warned

He laughed and ran into the bathroom and I heard the shower start so I grabbed the phone,

A few minutes later as he came out wearing only a towel draped over his loins there came a knock on the door,

"Maintenance Ma'am" the guys called as I let them in.

They looked round the room then at Jasper who stood there with a grin,

"Are you sure you don't need any help Miss?"

"No I'm fine but thank you"

"They shouldn't let them out on these trips if they're going to behave like this, its disgusting"

"Oh he can't help it and once he comes too he doesn't remember"

"Really? Well that's something. I don't think I'd want to remember crawling round the room pretending to be a skunk. It's not natural. You're a good girl to take your brother out when he acts like that. It must be very hard on you my dear."

I just smiled angelically as I saw Jasper frown, "A skunk?" he mouthed.

I nodded and when the guys weren't watching, stuck my tongue out at him,

I knew I'd pay for it but that was half the fun.

As the men left Jasper was about to pounce again but the phone rang so I grabbed it,

"Bells its Peter can I speak to The Major"

"Oh he's a little off at the moment can I take a message?"

"Ah no I really need to talk to him."

I handed the phone to Jazz,

"See you in the shower in five" and I kissed my mark on his shoulder.

Peter

This was going to be awkward and I wasn't sure how to begin

"Ah Major we have a couple of problems. One bigger than the other and I'm not sure which one you want first."

"Start small and work your way up."

"OK. Well the Volturi are sending Demitri and Alec to check on the werewolf situation. They leave in a week. Its Caius idea and the others are humouring him but it could be awkward if Sam and his mutts go pissing up trees while they're there"

"We got it covered Peter. What else?"

"Well this is a bit more delicate"

"Spit it out!

"It's the informer. The one who told the Volturi about the wolves, it wasn't Em or Rose. Mind it has cleared up something. Aro and the others are convinced that Carlisle's blood work was a load of eyewash, what with the crap he got Esme sending them and now this shit about wolves. Aro just brushed the whole thing aside so Rose is in the clear."

"But?"

"Well here's the rub, the Volturi thought it was Esme sent them the crap about wolves but I think they got it wrong"

"Really?"

"Yeah, I don't know how to break this to you but it was..."

"Bella"

"How the fuck did you know that? You let me get all tied up in knots and you knew. That's bang out-of-order Major, fucking cruel. Did she tell you why?"

"Yeah and you just bore out what she said."

"I did? Tell her she fucking owes me then."