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This chapter has some sexual themes. I am staving sex scenes for a later chapter.

Chapter 18: He Smell So Good

Soon, Bella's body felt colder then she had ever remembered. She huddles under her purple covers on her bed that her 'dad' bought her. Being of no use to her, she pulls the covers tighter around her if only for comfort. They serve her little purpose other than to keep her together.

Now, that her body knew that her mate was out there somewhere there. There would be no stopping her from thinking about Jasper. The mare fact that Jasper had rejected her hurt her to no end. Something needed to be done but all she knew was that mates stayed together. Mates meant something to each other.

Shaking Bella pulled up Jasper's file. He was sired by a vampire named Maria. He was involved in the Southern Vampire Wars. Shortly after, he was listed as a nomad but he was not a rogue. Then, he was with the Cullen's ever since.

The Cullens were considered vegetarians to vampire standards.

The Southern Vampire Wars where outdated. The God of War that some said he was not needed in present times.

The Volturi would not even want him, now. If they had their pick, they would capture Edward or Alice but they stayed away because of Carlisle. Carlisle had Aro's respect but if Carlisle went rogue Volturi would no doubt have their pick on who would die or not on his team. It would be as if someone opened the door to a candy store to a five year old without adult supervision.

Jasper was no more than their nurtured vampire dog whom use to have a freighting bark. The Volturi had no need for a war veteran that had emotional problems with his power and no thrust for human blood.

They might say the same for Edward and Alice but they were sure they could break them enough to get them to see more clearly.

Not everyone she knew was forced to join Volturi. She had volunteered herself out of boredom and a need for a family even when she was able to make friends easily. They always seemed so focused on every task they were given. It made her long for origination in her world of disorder. She made friends but not for long.

Over the years, she had grown to become skeptical of her powers. They were there for her to use but what if she lost them?

Instilling love in others seemed so fake: both boring and anti-climactic. She hated cheating to accomplish her tasks. That led to a large amount of guilt. She wanted her opponent to get to fight back. Using her powers right away made her feel like some loser who only relied on her powers.

Bella wondered if the Volturi knew that she could use her powers right away. If they knew, they were not saying anything. She cared for them so much that she would not think about using her powers on them. However, she would use her power when she went fishing with Heidi. They had tried to find a mate for Marcus. Bella would help when she was home with the Volturi.

They would actively look for woman for him. Before, the Volturi fed Marcus would glance over at the women searching for any sign that one might be his mate then; he would give the feeding signal. Sometimes, he would go to his room without feeding at all.

Bella felt so saddened by his predicament that she was only able to feed after Heidi started to feed.

One of the times, Bella fallowed after Marcus. He was sitting in his room reading.

Bella attentively approached him meaning not to harm him. "Master Marcus, I am sorry we could not find her."

Marcus folded the book closed on his lap. "You don't have to look for her."

Only faintly had Bella shook her head back and forth. "I want to. It is not just for you. My mate could be out there waiting for me."

"Why have you not ever used your powers on me? I have no mate. I don't know if I would have known the difference." He looked a little dejected by Bella's treatment of him.

Use her powers? No, Bella would never think about hurting him that way. "No. She is out there. And, my mate is out there, too." She takes a seat in his room if only to show that she was not speaking down to him. "Did I ever tell you that I once though I felt him?"

"I would have remembered." Marcus told her putting down his book.

Aro looks in on Marcus who has frequently sat in his room alone after feeding. When he notices Bella he cannot help but ask, "Bella why are you in here?"

"Master Aro, I was going to tell Master Marcus about the time when I though I sensed my mate."

"Darling are you ever going to retired to our bedroom?" Sulpicia inquired to Aro as she laid eyes her shimmering eyes on Bella.

"Bella was just about to tell Marcus about the time when she almost found her mate. Go on Bella."

Aro pulled Sulpicia onto his lap as they listened to Bella.

Suddenly she felt a little embarrassed with her Masters and Mistress in the room, so she would tell the short version. "It had to be in the 1800s. Heidi and I were actually fishing for fish. It was fun. More of a catch and release sort-of thing. When one day we took all of or fish put them in baskets to throw at this group of newborns we spied days before that day. On that day, we just started pelting them with fish. They never caught us. Then, I caught this scent but it was closing in fast. It was amazing but I ran because he was yelling at me. I kept running and after about a day, I hit a tree. My leg was cough in between two strong branches. I hung upside down. Heidi found me upside down and hit me with a fish. That scent must have been my mate."

Marcus laughed. "A fish."

She smiled, "Yes, Master Marcus. Not the fish. I was distracted." They only laughed so she stood up.

"We know dear. You are a treasure to behold. Have a wonderful night, Miss Bella."

"I will, Mistress Sulpicia."

"Wait, have you ever noticed that smell ever again?"

"No, Master Aro. Good night, Masters and Mistress."

Bella blinked her eyes as she thought about her surroundings. That memory had been long forgotten but somehow today she remembered. That story was only meant to cheer up Marcus.

That smell might have been her mate. There was less bathing back then so a scent could carry far for a vampire. Today, everyone wanted to smell like flowers or food so it was hard to spot a mate from far away.

Some men had smelt of musky perfumes and dirt, though. It was easier to scent out a mate a long time ago.

At the sound of a knock of a door, Bella jumped pulling her out of her thoughts. She ran down the stairs, as she smelled the most delicious scent only to be stopped by another knock.

She answered the door to be seen by Jasper. Jasper?

Bella step across the threshold to look around him. What the hell was that scent? Where had it gone? "Did you see someone else out here?"

"Only I." Jasper eyes fixed on Bella wanting her to take notice of him.

Bella sniffed him. "What is that scent on you?"

"Hair products. Have you thought about that spell?" Jasper hoped that she had not gone insane. She had already sniffed him as if she had turned into a dog.

Looking around trying to figure out if that scent was Jasper or someone close, Bella found no one outside wondering around within her sight. "Yes. Come. I will not attack you. I promise."

He nodded preying that she was the only Volurti member that could smell like an appetizing treat. "Carlisle has warned me." Jasper followed her inside as she found a place to sit down knowing only what Carlisle had told him about her.

"My powers never slip like that. I normally use my powers slowly over time on my missions. I didn't mean to disrespect you." They normally obey her. Since, when was she going to need to retrain herself? Bella was not a newborn. She had no idea why her powers went rogue.

"What is this power of yours?" Jasper's hand went to the small of her back effectively making him wonder what his hand was doing there.

Straitening her back at his touch, "I can make someone think they are in love with me. I also have a power to shut others out as well as to help others shut everyone else out."

"You have used your power over me." Jasper wondered why she would choose to use him. He knew Maria had used him but Bella belonged to Volurti. He saw no immediate need for himself in her life.

"I do not know why I would use that power on you. I use my power to keep others out. I have many friends; I do not need some man falling all over me. I had planned to actively search for my mate after I leave here."

"Your enthusiasm for finding a mate has clearly landed on me."

"You must have felt my emotions."

"You know of my power?"

"And, Alice's and Edward's as well." She smiled sweetly at him. "I will find a cure. My first guess is talking to a voodoo priestess. Most witches these days deal in love potions, health, and luck."

Jasper though that she might disfigure him with all those potions and spells. "Or, I could start growing warts on my nose."

"An improvement, I am sure." Bella looks down at the floor wondering why she felt as if the room had disappeared leaving Jasper and her to be the only ones in the room.

Jasper headed her, her homework as if he was trained to meet her needs. "I brought you your homework." He cursed himself for sounding like her servant. What had he expected a gentle pat on the head?

Jasper wanted to pout but instead he sent enough lust her way that if she was human Bella would have fallen over.

The next thing Bella knew a wave of lust hit her body. She gripped onto her furniture to keep from falling over.

Bella slammed him out of her thoughts completely. That attack had come as a surprise.

Jasper felt panicked when he could not feel her but he decided that it must be her power over him. "Bella? I can see you but I can't feel you. Bella. Bella." He almost hit himself for being such an idiot.

Bella held onto his shoulders noticing that he was looking a little crazy. "I will get find a cure." She looked up witches on her cell phone. The search lead her to all different on-line adds. "Here are some orbs, crystals, jewelry, and lots of herbs."

"Don't shut me out." Jasper wanted to hit himself in the teeth with a hammer to get him to shut up.

Bella hurried up with her order. "I need you to stay with your family. You will be safe there. I will order some of these packages first class."

Blinking as if he had been placed in darkness. "Let me feel something."

"I just need to push enter. My credit card information is almost done."

Jasper wants to throw that phone away. "Put it away. I want to make you feel what I am feeling."

Bella could feel the need of her body wanting to sit on his lap naked. "I am feeling it. I do not know why. There must be something wrong with my powers. I normally can feel when they are working but I have never felt my own power before."

In one swift motion, he pulls her onto his lap. "Eep." She can't help herself. She leans back into him. "How are you doing that? My powers have shut you out."

"Let me help you." He purred. Moving faster than her mind could process, Jasper pressed her up against the cleanest part of the wall. "I can help you with oh so many things." Sensing her moment of weakness, he picked her up and carried her to her bedroom.

"Jasper. I must find a cure." For what? What cure?

"Shh. Let me help you."

Bella was latterly in a daze. She wanted Jasper to do something. It was getting so tough to resist him. "Jasper. Fight it. You must."

He was licking the spot where she he had bit her which was driving her mad. Jasper thought she could use some teasing but he found that some type of spell trapped him. "I can't."

He smelled amazing to her as pressed her down on her bed. "Wait. Stop."

He stops wondering if there was something wrong with him. Just like that, he stops. "Bella. I could not stop. I tried."

"I was not using my powers." She claims his lips for own. "We will think of a cure, later."

Both become slaves to their own passions as they sexually explore each other's bodies. Tomorrow. Tomorrow, they will find a cure.

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