Chapter Thirty-Four
"Enough!" I pull my hand back at the sudden growl. Aro growls and looks at Jasper behind me. I turn my head a little at my husband to see he is seething. Jasper grabs my arm and he pulls me away from Aro. "You have seen enough. She is hurting the more you dig into her mind, Aro."
"How dare you speak to my brother that way!" the blonde, Caius, says. He shifts to strike at Jasper, but I move to block his path with a growl.
"Do not touch my husband!" I snap, my body is singing to let me phase on him. Jasper puts his hands on my arms and he remains close to me.
"See how she reacts to this? She is a danger to us all and I am sure so are her children. How do we know you two are safe to remain in this world?" Aro asks.
"Because we can eat both human food and blood," Matthew says. "Marinna does not drink blood or consume meat. Me on the other hand, I eat both."
"What about your growth rate?" Aro asks.
"We will age until we either make the choice to become a vampire or we remain a wolf. Marinna stopped aging at the age of sixteen, but I am aging still until I am ready to become a vampire. We have been hidden amoung the humans for many years and have never caused problems to anyone," Matthew says.
"But what of your sister and her abilities to breed and change her shape from human to wolf?" Aro says with his eyes still on me. I turn to him and growl before Jasper pulls me away.
"She is a shifter by her choice and will be. Her children will still have vampire venom in them just as she and I do, but it is not very fatal like yours. We are harmless and we are working to help Reneesme keep her under control of her thirst and to help the Cullens with what to expect in the years to come," Matthew says. Aro nods and then he turns to his brothers. The four of us turn to walk away and I remain close to Jasper. Once we are back with the Cullens, Aro has turned back around and he looks to a young girl not too far from him.
"Pain," the girl says and then Edward falls to the ground in pain. Her gaze shifts elsewhere to me, but Jasper jumps in front of me to be within her gaze.
"Jasper!" I scream. "Bella, now!"
Bella takes a step forward and throws up her shield to block the girl's mental torture. Jasper stops convulsing and he takes deep breathes, while I kneel down next to him with tears in my eyes. I smile at him when his eyes meet mine. Jasper sits up and cups my face to wipe away the tears on my cheek. We stand up together and look over to see if everyone was okay.
"Who was your mother if you never knew your father?" the other raven haired man, Marcus, asks.
"Our mother was Charlotte Uley and she died when she was an art student in Italy," I say before Matthew could.
"Your father is not known to you?" Aro asks once more.
"No, he was never in our life," Matthew says.
"Interesting, we will keep an eye on you all and I hope you find out who your father is so we can learn more about your heritage. Jasper, a congratulation to you union. The same for you, Edward," Aro says with a sly smile. "Until next time."
"In your dreams," I murmur. The Volturi leave us and I let out a deep breathe.
I sit with Bella and Rosalie in the living room after everyone has left us after many hours of saying goodbye. Rosalie is making fun of me about not being able to pick out names for my babies. Jasper is talking with his brothers and letting us ladies have our fun moment. Matthew and Alice are of course off on their own as usual, but they will come home eventually. Bella is listing off names for my baby girl and I am telling her no to most of them.
"What will their last name be first of all?" Rosalie asks.
"I am not sure, Mattie is going to live forever so the family name will live on. Jacob and Sam could have kids of their own to pass the name and the bloodline on. But, I know that Jasper has three last names that he has used before in his life. He uses Hale or Cullen, but he has not used his real name in a long time. My name was hyphenated growing up and I am not sure if I want that for my children," I say.
"Why not call them Hale-Whitlock?" Bella suggests.
"It would be nice to see my family name be passed on. Besides, Manny has the name Call-Cullen anyways," Rosalie giggles. Reneesme walks into the room and she sits next to me on the couch.
"What do you think, sweetie?" I ask Reneesme. She smiles and then looks at my tummy. "What would you like to name your cousins?"
"Well, I think the girl should be Christine and the boy should be Christian," Reneesme says.
"I like that," Bella says with a smile. Jasper, Edward and Emmett walk into the living room with smiles on their faces.
"What are you ladies doing?" Emmett asks.
"Picking out names for the twins. Neesie picked out the names Christine and Christian, but Marinna cannot decide on their last name," Rosalie giggles. Jasper sits on the coffee table in front of me and takes my hand.
"What were you thinking, darling?" Jasper asks with his little Texas twang.
"I was thinking of giving them the last name of Hale-Whitlock since you are technically both of those," I say sweetly.
"So, our options are Christine Hale-Whitlock and Christian Hale-Whitlock?" Emmett asks.
"That is a mouthful for a little child," Edward chuckles.
"Says the man who let his wife give their daughter a long first name," I giggle.
"How about just the name Hale? I will live forever to carry on the family name, but my bloodline will live on. If the children want to change their name then we can let them. I am actually called Jasper Hale and I want to make it look official to the humans," Jasper says.
"So we have come to an agreement? The names will be Christine and Christian Hale?" Bella asks. I smile and nod my head in agreement to my childrens' names.
"Christine Rose Hale and Christian Jasper Hale," I decide and everyone agrees to it. Finally, a happy family that be with me forever.