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Chapter 29

Bella and Jasper laid naked with their limbs intertwined, in a blissful state together on the small bed in the room at the top of the north tower. They had each other and they would also have their freedom. Bella gazed into Jasper's eyes and she noticed they were still black. "Are you thirsty Jasper?" Bella reached for the container of blood that Alice had given to her.

Jasper was really thirsty, but the smell of the stale blood was not at all appetizing. "It's probably spoiled by now. Animal blood tastes bad, and it's almost unbearable to drink it when it's cooled to room temperature."

Bella remembered the flavor of the blood she had tried earlier. It had been repulsive to her. She hoped that there would be something more palatable to sustain her through out the rest of her immortal life. "You mean it will taste better when I drink it straight from the animal?" she asked.

Jasper smiled. "Yes, it will taste much better fresh. All of the different creatures have slightly different flavors. We need to go hunt. I wonder if they are ready to let us go. I sure am ready to get out of here."

Jasper noticed that Bella's mood fell slightly. "What's the matter honey?" Jasper asked as he put on his jeans.

"They are letting us leave; I'm not sure when. I didn't tell you that we are going to have a chaperon. It's someone I used to know, Carlisle Cullen. He has taken responsibility for us."

Jasper stared at Bella as she sat naked on the bed. She looked so sweet. Her makeup was messed up, and her hair looked like a bird had made a nest on her head, and she was obviously worried for some reason about Carlisle, whoever he was.

Jasper handed Bella his shirt and his shorts. "I'm sorry I messed up your nice dress, Honey."

"I'm not." Bella smiled.

"Why are you feeling worried? Is it about Carlisle? Did he ever treat you badly?"

"I just really don't want to have to see the Cullens again." Bella looked at Jasper with a sad pleading look.

Jasper could tell Bella was dealing with some deep dark emotions when she thought about the Cullens, but Jasper had no idea what had happened between them. She had tried to talk about them early on, but he had always changed the subject. Jasper was curious, but he wasn't sure he wanted to know.

"We don't have to live with them Darlin'. It's going to be just you and me. I'm going to take care of you." Jasper hugged her tightly and kissed her on the cheek.

Bella's scattered thoughts went back to the Cullens. She had no memories of them from this reality, so it would be hard to relate to them. Edward wasn't living with the Cullens the last time she had spoken with Carlisle, but he would visit them eventually. Now that Carlisle had knowledge of Bella's transformation Edward would eventually find out about Bella being an immortal. Would Edward be so bold as to seek her out? She really hoped not. Then there was a certain awkwardness she felt about having to explain her past to Jasper. How would he react to finding out that she had been in love with another vampire? She decided that now was not a good time to explain her past with the Cullens to him. He had been through enough today.

She looked at her mate. He was trying so hard to reassure her. He smiled sweetly as he studied her. His hair was disheveled and his hand ran over the fresh bite mark on his neck. "Are you ready to go?" He asked and he took her hand in his, and she knew everything would be fine.

"Yes, let's go." Bella smiled as she put on Jasper's shirt and shorts. "Does your neck hurt? I'm sorry I bit you. I'm not sure I even realized what I was doing."

"No don't be sorry. It feels warm, and it will always remind me of you. You bit me because we are mates. It's instinctual for vampires to claim their mates in that way. When I bit you it happened the same way. I wanted to discuss it with you-"

Bella cut him off. "I wanted you to do it Jasper, don't ever question that."

Jasper could feel her sincerity and her love for him. "I feel the same way about you claiming me darlin'. I am so lucky to have you. All the other vampires will know by our marks that we are mated. It's like marriage but stronger, mated vampires are only separated by death."

Bella liked the thought of that. She pulled Jasper to her and kissed him deeply, and ran her fingers through his hair. She began to purr as he lifted her off the floor with his strong arms never breaking their kiss.

"Knock-knock!" said a cheerful voice, and the door swung open. It was Alice and beside her stood Carlisle. Carlisle looked away in embarrassment; if he could blush he would have been completely red.

"Carlisle needs to get back soon, so we came to ..." Alice looked furious. "What has happened to you? Your dress! Your hair!" Alice wailed.

Bella bit her lip. She suddenly felt very self conscious. There was no mirror in the room, and as she ran her hands over her hair she could tell that is was wild and tangled.

Jasper felt Bella's embarrassment, and spoke for her. "I'm sorry Alice." He said in a strong clear confident voice. "Bella has claimed me as her mate, and I was so thrilled with her that I tore her dress off." Jasper made eye contact with Carlisle, letting him know that Bella was taken. He didn't feel any attraction between Carlisle and Bella, but he wanted Carlisle to know who Bella belonged to all the same.

Alice rolled her eyes. "I should have known that you were responsible for this mess." Her arms flailed around as she spoke . "We will just have to get Bella cleaned up again." Alice glided across the floor and picked up the scraps of dress sorrowfully as she mourned for it.

Alice's features glazed over momentarily with a vision, her eyes squinted and she grimaced in pain. "You all should go hunt together before you get cleaned up. You will just get messy again. Carlisle will take you. He knows the area well. Then you all can come back and get cleaned up before you go."

"Thank you Alice, for everything!" Bella said as they left the tower to go on her first hunt.