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Attempting to Covet
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Chapter 7
(Bella's POV)
I noticed immediately when my Jasper came back. I watched as his black eyes turned back to a bright crimson and he didn't feel so uptight and animatistic. I didn't mind that though. I loved all of Jasper, including the Major and his demon.
I watched as Jasper grasped what happened. From what I have heard, when the demon of a vampire comes out, they lose all of their humanity and can't control what they do. The demon doesn't recognize anyone except their mate and would kill their brother, father or mother if they crossed them. From what Peter explained downstairs to Garrett a little while ago, the Major's demon is the worst he has seen.
"Welcome back." I said smiling, still straddling his lap.
"Thank you, darlin." He said as he continued to kiss and suck on my neck.
I moaned in pleasure and ground my hips against him. He let out a low growl and pulled me tighter to him. My head fell back, giving Jasper easier access to my neck and throat. He then nipped, kissed and sucked on my mating mark and I felt a strong surge of lust fly through my body, effectively going straight to my core. Ugh! That felt so amazing!
Suddenly, I heard Peter banging on the closet door.
"Come on, fucker! You can make the nasty with yer mate later! We have things to discuss that can't wait." Peter yelled.
I groaned and laid my forehead on Jasper's shoulder.
"This is so not fair." I whined.
"I know, sug." Jasper said chuckling. "But it's okay. We can finish what we started later."
I pulled my head back to look at his face. He wore a smirk and gave me a wink. I giggled and then stood up, helping Jasper up off the closet floor.
We made our way downstairs to the living room where the other three were anxiously waiting. Jasper sat down on the loveseat and then pulled me down on his lap, wrapping his arms around my torso. I put my hands over his and laced my fingers with his and gave him a gentle squeeze which he returned.
"Okay, sweet thing," Peter began. "I discovered a few things about what happened to ya today. First off, you can't drink animal blood anymore."
My eyes widened in shock and I began to panic. I didn't want to kill an innocent human. I felt myself start panicking as thoughts of corpses with their lifeless eyes staring back at me. I felt Jasper send some calm my way and I soaked it up like a sponge. I sent him a wave of gratitude in return and he kissed the back of my neck.
"I don't understand, Peter. Why can't I just drink animal blood? I drank it this whole time so far and nothing happened up until this last time." I drilled him.
"Because, since you fully mated with Jasper, your powers have enhanced and grown. Not only that, but new ones have appeared through your mating bond for the both of you. Since this has happened, the animal blood is not enough to sustain you. It will not kill you, but it ends up making you weaker instead of stronger." Peter explained and paused. "I suggest that we keep that bit of information between the five of us."
We all nodded our heads in agreement and sat for a moment in silence.
"So, now I have to kill humans? There's no other way?" I asked solemnly. I felt Jasper give me a reassuring squeeze as we waited for Peter to answer.
"I'm afraid not, sug. But with the powers you possess, you better than anyone of us here will be able ta sort out the monsters from the innocent an' in turn end up protecting humanity from other scum a the earth. Think of all the young girls you could save from rapists! Think of all the children you can save from pedophiles! Think of all the families who will remain whole thanks to you for ending a serial murderer! This doesn't have to be a bad thing, Lil Bit." He said.
"He's right, darlin'." Jasper said turning me around to face him. "To be honest, I was seriously contemplating going back to human blood, but didn't know what you would think of me it I did. So we can do this together if that helps any?"
My eyes widened in shock.
"But, what about their emotions? Won't that bother you? I don't want to see you hurt!" I exclaimed in a panic.
He put each of his palms on my cheeks and I felt him sending waves of calm and love to me. Once he felt that I was stable enough to continue, he answered me.
"If that is what you are worried about sweetheart, you could shield their emotions from me so I won't be affected by them. But in all honesty, when I used to feed from humans, I didn't sort out my prey. The emotions from all the innocent people I killed are what got to me. Not only that, but my conscience played a big part. I always knew that I was killing somebody's mother, sister, father or brother. Somebody's loved one; somebody that would be terribly missed. When I found out that Peter and Char sorted out the innocent and the criminals, I was already dedicated to the animal diet and stayed on it for Alice at the time. So, you see, darlin? Everything will be fine." He explained rubbing soothing circles on my back.
After Peter's explanation and Jasper's speech, I do have to admit that I did feel a lot better about the whole human diet.
"Actually Major, I think this would be a good time to go into better detail about the new gifts you have been given through your mating bond." Peter interjected, shifting Charlotte off his lap and onto the seat next to him. Jasper nodded his head for Peter to continue. "Being mated to someone as gifted and special as our little one here, is somethin' the prophecy does not describe lightly. This information was never written for the sake of the both of ya, but with me bein' able to 'know' what I 'know,' I will be able to fill ya all in. To start, I think you should know now that if by chance one of ya is destroyed, it will affect the one left a lot worse than any normal vampire who has lost their mate. A normal vampire who has lost his mate will be able to survive. As we have seen with Victoria, you know that they will grieve and seek revenge on whom they feel was responsible for their mate's death as any of us would. After they extract their revenge, the pain from the mating bond being broken will start to subside. They will start to move on and possibly be happy and love again in the future. They will never have another mate again, but it is possible for them to have a companion, though the love will never be as deep as it was for their mate.
"Now, in your case, I'm sorry to say that the loss and pain the remaining mate will feel would be so strong that their inner demon will come to the surface until they extract revenge for their mate upon any and all who were involved and any who stands in their way. Then once their demon is once again caged, they will immediately seek their own death to follow their mate to the afterlife. The pain from the broken bond will never subside, they will never find another to love, and they will find that even friends or family will not be enough to sooth the pain. They will keep chasing death until it finally consumes em." Peter finished sadly.
At this notion, I heard Jasper let loose a long feral roar and his hold on me tightened to the point where it was almost painful. I could feel him shaking with rage as he continued letting loose long, low, and feral of losing my Jasper made fear and panic shoot through me and I started to shake. Tears began to fall uncontrollably and my breathing was coming out in pants. I had no doubt that Peter was telling the truth in regards to what would happen to the remaining mate. I knew that I would do exactly that if I lost my cowboy.
As soon as Jasper felt my emotions, he immediately stopped growling and shaking. His grip loosened and I felt him shift me so I was straddling him. He looked at my face and his hard, black eyes softened. I knew that since his eyes had turned jet black and by the way his body felt tense as if he was waiting for the first of the other three in the room to move so he could take off with me, that The Major was definitely back out again and I briefly wondered if he always made an appearance this often. He then tucked my head against his un-beating heart and I heard him begin to purr softly in my ear and he rocked me while holding me tightly against him. It was obvious that he was putting his own fears and pain aside in order to tend to me, that that is what it meant to be the male of a mated pair.
About a half hour later, during which my mate continued to purr, rock me, and murmur soothing words of how we will never part and that I will never be without him, I finally felt myself begin to calm enough to finish our discussion. The tears were no longer falling, my shaking and ceased, and my breathing was coming out in even breaths. The Major obviously felt the difference in my demeanor so he took charge to ask the start of the many questions that were bouncing around in my head.
"Captain?"
"Yes sir?" He asked rising his head from his submissive posture.
"Now that you have effectively sent my mate into a panic attack, I assume that there was something positive that you would like to add to your statement about our mating bond?" The Major almost demanded in a tone that threatened consequences.
"Yes, Major, I do wish to add a positive outlook ta my previous statement." Peter answered in a military tone. The Major nodded at him to go ahead and I watched as Peter stood and began to slowly pace the length of the long, expensive, and beautifully designed carpet. "Your mating bond, bein' as strong as it is an' with the grave consequences of one a ya being lost, nature an' fate have its way of protecting ya. The stronger the individual's an' the bond ya share, the stronger the protection becomes for that bond. This kind of thing is common in the world. Look at vampires for example. There are nomads who have only themselves to look after so therefore they aren't that well protected an' are easily destroyed. Then there are covens that have stronger protection because they look after each other. Next there are the warlords. Those single individuals are extremely hard to destroy, because of their soldier's that protect em'. Then lastly, there's the Volturi. The three brothers are next ta near impossible ta destroy because they have not only the guard to fight for them, they have their personal castle guard ta protect their inner circle. Renata, for example, is part of that inner circle because she protects Aro an' the other two brother's if necessary with her bein' a shield an' all. Are you all with me so far?"
"So their bond would be the equivalent to the Volturi in your description? The stronger the bond or vampire/s, the more defense or protection they will have to ensure that their bond never be broken?" Garrett asked.
"Exactly!" Peter answered ecstatically as he stopped to face Garrett. "Since their mating has been completed, not even Chelsea will be able to break their bond. Little one, bein' who she is, her powers have grown an' enhanced. Since she marked the Major an' him her, their mating venom and the il veleno d'amore has not only strengthen their gifts, but in the Major's case, gave him new one's so that he has a better chance of defeating his opponents, an' if the chances of survival are minimal and escape is impossible, he will have a new defense so that he will remain safe no matter what, until more help arrives. Though the chances of loss are extremely unlikely for sweet thing over here, her defenses have enhanced an' grown so she can remain protected an' untouched as well, the same as the Major here."
We all then remained quiet to give this a chance to sink in and to understand exactly what this means. The fact that Jasper now safer put my mind more at ease. I knew that this discussion was far from done, but for now the silence was nice.
"What kind of power's did my mate share with me?" The Major questioned in a hard tone that demanded answers as important as these.
"Ya now have your own impenetrable mental an' physical shield. You can communicate with your mate telepathically no matter the distance. Your empathic power has grown incredibly an' is now a power ta be reckoned with. We will discuss that one specifically in a few minutes. You have an ability similar to Demetri, meaning that you will always know exactly where your mate is at all times. You can teleport ta where the little one is at all times, but ya can only bring those with ya those whose intentions are pure.
"You can heal any injuries your mate suffers as long as her head still remains. For example if she was captured an' they burned her body, as long as her head still remains ya are able to heal her ta where she can regrow her limbs back. You accomplish this by feeding her your il veleno d'amore, while using your healing power. If she is completely burned, you need her ashes to bring her back. This power will only work with her, so ya wouldn't be able to bring anyone else back like ya mate can. Certain ones like this one only work through yer mating bond. After she is brought back, she will be incredibly weak and not able to walk on her own. You will need to do the normal healing ritual with your il veleno d'amore and human blood.
"All of these will new gifts will come instinctively so you have no need to train or practice them. Also, between the two of you, not even your shields can block the power's that work through your mating bond. As of right now these are what ya have. As time goes on, it is most likely you will develop other's that will come in times of need when your life or her life is threatened. It will work on instinct an' once they are discovered, they shall remain." Peter explained.
"But where are all of these power's comin' from?" Char pondered out loud.
"Through the mating bond, of course! The little one has limitless power! Unconsciously, she will send him copies of her gifts through the mating bond." Peter answered matter-of-factly.
"But I don't understand?" I wondered out loud. "If one of us was burned to ashes, shouldn't the mating bond have been broken?"
"Not unless your ashes are actually scattered." Peter answered. "Ya see, since ya have a very strong bond, the hold is a lot stronger as well. It would be attached ta every ash, so if it is scattered, each piece that leaves the other's weakens the bond until it is no more. That is why when it first happens, it is so painful. It isn't a quick break like ours would be. It's drawn out. As long as there is about a hand full of ashes, give or take, ya can bring the other back. After the body is restored, the bond will be also be restored completely. Though, be warned ahead of time. Ya are gonna need the help of other's if the ashes start to scatter themselves. The pain is indescribable so you are gonna need someone to either fetch the blood for ya or you are gonna wanna have it on your person for yourself and your mate."
"Why exactly does it hurt for the bond to be severed?" Char asked Peter.
"Because, like us, the bond is what holds our souls together." Peter began. "A soul mate is the person who holds the other half of yer soul, so in other words you share a soul. Each half will cry out ta the other until they find their each other and can become whole. That is why there is pain in ya heart when ya are too far apart or if ya aren't near each other for a certain amount of time, why ya feel the constant need to hold an' touch ya mate, why ya hurt when yer mate is hurtin, whether it be emotional, physical, or whatever. If one half of the whole does not accept the mating, it brings ya strong pain. In our case, if yer mate is upset at ya it won't physically hurt the one they are mad at, however with a bond like theirs, it will bring the other heartache. I could go on an' on about why, but it won't change the fact that it just does an' for more reasons than I can name. Their mate is somethin' that is not to be messed with as it is, an' in this case, the consequences are more serious. This again is why the mating bond, when it is fully and geminately completed, builds up defenses an' way's to ensure that their soul always remains as one."
We all sat in silence for a moment to understand what we have learned so far until Garrett brought us into a new important discussion.
"I can see now why we are not to share this information. Why it wasn't ever recorded in the written form of he prophecy." Garrett said to himself.
Peter nodded his head.
"Others would try to take her for themselves. They will attempt to mate with her to gain the powers that they share. She only has one mate destined to obtain that bond with her an' that is our Major here. Other's do not know of this. They all have their own beliefs on the mating bond. I found all this out years ago when I 'knew' I had to research an' find out all I could about this prophecy. Also, there are those who would love to own her in their own ways. She is a weapon all on her own. The warlord's, the Volturi, or even power hungry covens will try to covet her to gain what they want. The Romanian's, for example, would love to get their hands on her if they knew of her. They have been dying to take the throne from the brother's for almost a millennia." He said.
"Not only that, but Victoria is now trying to kill me to avenge James's death!" I added.
Throughout all of this, the Major was not making a sound. As soon as I added my last bit to the pile just now, I felt him start to heave. I turned my head to look at him and saw that his eyes were squeezed tightly. Steady low growls started sounding from his chest. His grip became almost uncomfortably tight. His emotions were radiating fear, determination, possessiveness, protectiveness and rage. Suddenly, a sparkling, red shield came up around us.
"Major?" Garrett said trying to gain his attention.
His eyes shot open towards Garrett and I saw that his eyes were glowing red.
"MINE!" He growled out a loud warning to Garrett who immediately put his hands up in submission, showing he meant no harm and sat back down in his chair.
"Pumpkin, ya need to start an' calm him down. Otherwise his demon will come back out, an' with his new power's that work on instinct... you can imagine the consequences." Peter thought out to me. I nodded my head in understanding and letting him know that I did indeed get the message.
He was right too. If Jasper did anything to harm Peter and Char, or even Garrett, he would never forgive himself. I couldn't let that happen. I didn't want to see my new family and mate destroyed in ways like that.
"Major?" I said putting my hand on his cheek and turning his head to look at me, my blue eyes meeting his bright, glowing red ones. "Everything is okay. I am safe and right here in your arms. No one can hurt me." I told him through our bond, wrapping my arms around him and holding him close. I began to send calm, loving, and content emotions to him as I started to purr softly in his ear. "I am here and I love you. No one will take me from you. Our shields will keep any with a tracking power unable to find us. I will never leave you my love, my heart, my everything, my mate." I even began to give him soft kisses on my mating mark on his neck.
I did not keep track of time. It did not matter. What mattered was that my mate was upset and felt that I was threatened and I would do all that I could to calm him and reassure him.
Finally, I felt his emotions and breathing even out. I saw his shield disappear and felt him relax. I pulled back so that I could see his face, and I saw that his eyes were back to a normal crimson. Jasper is back and the Major and his demon are back inside him.
"Are you alright my love?" I asked him, raking my fingers through his hair lightly on the side of his head.
"Yes." He sighed. "It was all too much for me to take in at the time. With the consequences of one of us perishing, to what could happen if it got out about you, and the thought of one of them taking you. Even learning about all of these new powers was all just too overwhelming and I got defensive. What through me over the edge was Victoria trying to kill you. Let alone the thought of someone trying to steal what is mine."
"All this is why we must keep all this information to ourselves. No one can know about me. I'm sure I can change my eye color to red if I so wish. Keep my mark covered. No one will know any better that way." I reasoned.
"You will have to keep yours covered too, Major." Peter added.
"Huh?" Jasper questioned with a look of confusion. "What do you mean? I don't have a mark."
"You do now, sir." Peter told him. We both looked at him, silently requesting further information. Peter gave an exasperated sigh and continued. "Lift up your shirt."
Jasper skeptically lifted up his shirt a bit. While the Major and his demon may not be uncomfortable with other's seeing his scars, Jasper was anything but comfortable. I could not only see it on his face, but feel it in his emotions. He was throwing me shame, self-loathing, unworthiness, self-hatred... and it goes on. Peter clearly could not see how much this was bothering Jasper. Everyone but me only had eyes for his torso.
"All the way, fucker." Peter said chuckling.
Jasper's head snapped in my direction looking both panicked and worried. He put his shirt back down and pulled me close for strength and support.
Finally, other's started to notice what was happening.
"Awh, Jazz... brother... I didn't mean ta-" Peter began, only for me to put my hand up to silence him.
"Don't worry, Peter." I told him. "I could see you weren't paying attention. Just give us a moment."
I began to picture the two of us back at our spot by the waterfall, the spot where we consummated our mating and bound us forever.
I could tell when Jazz opened his eyes. I felt his shock and he pulled back quickly, with me still on his lap and sitting on the ground against a nearby tree with a beautiful view of the waterfall.
"Darlin? What's goin on? Why are we here?" Jasper asked still looking around stunned. I guess power like this in general is something my love is going to need to adjust to.
"I figured that you would want to discuss this in privacy." I said.
He remained silent and looked down and took hold of both of my hands, playing with my fingers and massaging my palms.
"I understand why you feel that you need to cover up and why you feel the way you do, baby. Honestly. But you need to understand that no one in that house thinks that you are anything less than the heroic, brave, loyal, honest, amazing man that you are." I told him with conviction.
"How do you know Garrett won't? I know my brother and sister feel the way that you say. They earned their scar's right alongside me. But I felt Garrett's fear. That is why I cover up. In our world, having scars like the ones I do is a risky thing. It screams danger to other's and also attracts them to try and take me down. Being who I am doesn't help that one bit. There are those who search the world for a chance to take me on, all because of the stories that were spread from the south. Now that we are mates, that will only make it worse. But I wouldn't give you up for anything. I just feel bad that you are going to have to put up with all the baggage that comes with being mine. You don't deserve that." He answered solemnly.
"And you don't deserve having to put up with my baggage either. We both have a lot that comes with being together, but I would rather put up with that every day for the rest of eternity than to not have you as mine.
"As for your scars, I understand that you just don't want there to be trouble, but that is going to come our way weather you have them or not. Being who you are and with me being who I am, it's going to find us. And when those times come into play, would you rather them think that the world think that reaching their goal will be easy? Or would you rather them second guess causing trouble all together and fear you? Have them respect you and think you a perfect mate for someone like me? After learning everything I have today, do you know what I thought to myself?" I asked him.
He shook his head no, but I could tell he was starting to see things differently, more positively.
"I thought 'I am so lucky to have my Ares as a mate. With all that comes with being my mate, there is no one more suited and perfect for me. No one stronger, fiercer and more respected than this man holding me. I know that he will protect me and do a damn good job of it.' I don't think I could handle having a weak mate who could die easily. You heard what Peter said. If our mate goes, we go too. The trouble will appear no matter who you are; The Major or not, scar's or not. Vampires will fight to prove themselves and you are someone who they don't have a chance against us, especially us together. Each one of your scars is a badge of honor, strength, and victory. Be proud of them. I know I am." I finished touching my favorite one on his brow.
He looked up and smiled at me, then brought his hand and cupped my jaw and gently pulled me in for a loving chaste kiss. During this time, he was sending me gratitude, acceptance, love, admiration, and pride. My heart swelled at the thought of being able to help him and make him see what I see. Any who, don't aren't anyone important.
We pulled apart and he rested his forehead against mine.
"Thank you, Darlin. You've opened my eyes and really made me realize the truth. I finally see what the Major sees and why he isn't ashamed, but proud of who he is. We could never see eye to eye on that topic and thanks to you, I see myself in a whole new light." He said.
"I love you." I told him with glassy eyes.
"Not as much as I love you." He answered and gave me another sweet kiss on my nose.
We smiled at each other and noticed the sun beginning to set, blanketing the land in orange, red, and yellow light.
"We should get back to the house and finish this." I said.
"I agree." He sighed.
"Would you like to take us there, my love?" I asked him.
He nodded eagerly and took a deep unneeded breath. This was going to be his first time using a power that he never had before. I could feel his excitement.
He closed his eyes to concentrate and before I could even think about asking if he needed instructions, we were back in the living room, surrounded by the others.
"Hey! Welcome back, ya'll!" Char said ecstatically, trying to erase any tension before it began.
"Thanks!" Jasper laughed.
"We explained the situation to Garrett and we all agreed not to mention anything when you guys returned." Charlotte told me in her thoughts.
I smiled and sent her some gratitude for the way she chose to handle things here. She obviously knew that Jazz wouldn't want to make a big deal of what happened a few minutes earlier.
"Are you ready to do this, baby?" I asked Jasper through our bond. He nodded his head and lifted me off his lap and sat me next to him on the couch so he could stand up. He pulled his shirt over his head and tossed it to me. I caught it and held it in my lap.
Everyone was shocked and silent at Jazz's quick transformation from the insecure, ashamed man, to a proud, strong minded vampire that was standing before them. But what quickly diverted their attention was the reason this all began in the first place.
There, on his chest where his heart should beat was a mark just like mine; A crescent moon. His head snapped in my direction and he had a wide, excited smile on his face. I smiled back at him and stood in front of him and touched his mark. I then leaned my head forward to put an open mouth kissed on it. He shivered at that and I could feel his lust spike. He smirked at me and mouthed 'later.' He looked back down at his mark and touched it with his fingertips.
"This is definitely one crescent shaped mark that I am definitely proud to have on my body!" He grinned.
I laughed and grabbed him by his neck, bringing his lips to mine. He quickly deepened the kiss as we battled for dominance. Onlookers be damned. His emotions were so uplifting, happy, and in love that I couldn't have cared less if this was inappropriate to display in public or not.
But alas...minutes passed and he started to slowly break this kiss. He saw the pout on my face and he laughed, leaning in and giving me one more quick kiss.
I turned to see that the other three were still sitting there, rather patiently with smiles on their faces. I was not expecting this, especially from Peter. I couldn't resist looking into their thoughts.
'The Major deserves the happiness that Bella brings him. I've never seen him smile so much and be so accepting and proud of himself and his body in the entire time I've known him'...Charlotte
'I admire how happy they make each other and how much they love the other is worn plain as day in their every stance. How when one is feeling down or off, the other knows just how to fix it and make it all better. It makes me wish that I could find my mate and maybe be as happy as they are someday'...Garrett
'I'm so happy that my brother has finally found someone who completes em. After all that fucker's been through he deserves someone who brings em peace an' happiness. She makes him comfortable in his own skin and that is something I never thought I would ever see. I'll fight with my life to insure they're never separated by force. I already love my new little sister so much for everythin' she's done an' who she is. She was definitely always meant ta be a Whitlock'...Peter
Listening to them brought tears to my eyes and I nodded my head to each of them in silent thanks. They knew exactly what I meant by it too.
"Can I ask one last question? Then I really need to hunt. This was all very emotionally draining for me." I said.
"Of course, Pumpkin, what's your question?" He asked.
"Well, it's more like two." I said, biting my bottom lip. Peter nodded for me to continue. "First, how did Jasper's empathic power grow?"
Jasper pulled me down on the couch with him so he was sitting sideways against the arm of the loveseat and I was straddling him. This way we could see everyone and each other.
Peter thought to himself for a minute before he began to explain.
"When he sends out an emotion, he is able to control the intensity of it. Now, that scale has expanded. He can make it so they barely feel it, to where it will take over them completely. He can do this from a much greater distance than he used to, and now he can also make an emotion last as long as he want, as strong as he want's without having to continuously concentrate on it like he used to. He also is now able to send everyone a different cocktail of emotions at the same time, instead of one cocktail to the whole group.
"The reason that this is such an intimidating power is because he can control someone with their emotions to do this will if he so desires and when they are no longer in his range, they won't come to their senses until he lifts it. For example, if he wants to interrogate someone and they are serious about not answering, he can send them trust, submission, honesty, devotion, and compliance. With that, they will answer any question honestly and will beg to do his will. Can you imagine him doing something like that to someone like Aro?
"Another example will be if he sends them rage, compliance, trust, and determination. While he does this he can tell that person anything against someone, making that person believe what he tells them and even make that person or vampire go and end the other he convinced is their enemy. Even if the one he tells them to kill is their own mother." Peter told us all with a serious expression.
All of us, including Jasper, sat there with wide eyes and a shocked expression on our faces. That is definitely a dangerous power indeed.
Jasper must have felt my fear shoot through me, because next thing I knew he shifted me sideways and he could see my face and put a strand of hair behind my ears.
"Darlin, I would never do that to an innocent person. Honestly, I don't even like the fact that I have that kind of power. I know what it's like to do something against your will unknowingly and it is something I wouldn't wish on any innocent someone. That is something you would use in severe and dire circumstances, so you have no need to be afraid, doll." - Jasper
"I know, Jasper. I guess all of this is just overwhelming to me too." - Me
"I'm sorry, sweetheart. We are almost done, I promise. As soon as you ask your last question, I don't care if there is anything else. I am taking you hunting, and then we are spending the rest of the night alone. I promise to make it worth your while and also help you relax." - Jasper
"Thank you so much." - Me
"Anything for you, my love. Always and forever." - Jasper
I smiled at him and gave him a chaste kiss on his lips, sending all my undying love, devotion, and gratefulness. I then turned back to the group and decided to address everyone on this.
"This last one really isn't a question, but a statement and request." I paused and took a deep unneeded breath. "The Cullen's, I love them with all my heart, but if they spill to someone that they just changed a girl with bright blue eyes. It might not be intentionally but if they don't know to keep this under wraps, this could turn into something serious, especially with Carlisle being friends with Aro."
"She is right." Jasper supported me as the other three nodded their agreements. "I will get right on the phone with Carlisle while everyone who is coming hunting with Bella and I gets changed."
"If he is friends with Aro and he saw Bella's eyes, he might have already called Aro when he was looking for information on why that is and to see what he knew about it." Garrett added. "I've known Carlisle long before he created Edward and if he is as interested in knowledge now as he was back then, I have no doubt that he would be finding out as much as he could from whoever he could think of. Even now that he knows about the prophecy. He thrives on new information. So, knowing him, he will continue looking through books, archives, and any friends he has that could possibly know anything on the prophecy to learn as much as he could. He may have spilled about Bella to any of them."
"Shit, you're right." Jasper said raking his hands through his hair. "Aro and Eleazar would be the first he would call and while Eleazar himself isn't someone I would worry about, he would try and help Carlisle with this and make his own calls. I need to do this as soon as we are finished then and find out what he knows and what he told who if he even spoke to others. So, let's make this fast. Peter, the things that weren't written in the prophecy itself. Where did you get that information?"
"A decent amount of it just came through my knower, an' the rest I found out in Rome from a seer named Clarious who predicted this prophecy herself. She never told a soul before me, an' only told me because she knew that I would need this information. She said that I would need ta deliver this information that she knew couldn't be written about ta the girl whose name means 'beautiful' an' her mate Ares. She said that they would call her 'La Principessa de Luce' meaning the Princess of Light. Her mate would be called 'll Dio derra Guerra' for The God of War. Those who are loyal to him would call him 'il Sindaco' or The Major. She knew I was his second. His 'il Capitano' (the captain).
"What no one knows is that she is a mental shield as well as a seer. So if Aro touches her, he will see nothing. She can lie ta him, tellin' him that she was named after her grandmother who is dead so that he nor anyone else who wishes to penetrate her mind will never find out what we discussed here today." Peter explained then paused as if a light bulb went off inside his head. "Speaking of mental shields, the seer told me that you, lil Bit can put a block on our minds. Not a mental shield, but a block on our present thoughts, an' past thoughts that involve you or the Major here. She said that it was a block only you can remove. That it was important you do this ta your main circle, startin' with us three since the Major has a mental anyway."
I thought about that for a second and knew that all he said was the truth. I wasted no time on building the mind block.
"Alright, I want you to picture Jazz and I in your mind." I told them. "Continue to do so until I tell you otherwise."
I gave them a few seconds before I began. I could feel my eyes start to glow their icy, blue color as I worked on each one. I raised my hand and saw a white light glow from my palm. I saw Jazz and myself in each of their minds. I thought to myself that I did not want any memories, thoughts, or knowledge from the past or present thoughts be allowed to be seen in their minds. I forced the light towards each of them and watched as the images of us disappeared from sight. The light flew back to my palm a bright blue glow. I knew it was done at that moment. As I slowly lowered my palm that was still facing them, the light began to dim. Just as the glow deflated from my eyes was until all was normal once again.
"It's done." I told them.
They opened their eyes and looked at each other.
"It worked." Peter said out loud. I knew that he just 'knew' it did.
"Alright, now that we are finished, at least for now, I'm going to call Carlisle. So everyone who is coming hunting with Bella and myself, go and get dressed and ready or whatever you need to do." My Jasper said in an impatient, but commanding tone.
Everyone stood and began to exit the room, except for Jasper who was pulling out his cell phone. When he noticed that I still have not left, he looked up at me sending me his curiosity.
"I just wanted to tell you that no matter what happens. If he did end up telling someone about us, that we will get through this and do whatever we have to in order for us to be safe. I know with you as our leader that we will not fail and you will keep us safe my love." I told him and leaned down and gave him a soft, chaste kiss.
He smiled back and nodded. I gave his hand one last gentle squeeze and exited the room with my finger's crossed and praying to God that everything will be okay.
A/N: Cliff Hanger! What do you guys think? Did Carlisle tell anyone about Bella and Jasper? If so, what will their plan of action be? Review your thoughts and comments and let me know what you think!
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