Isla de Cascadas Hermosas
by Wizardtho
Chapter 05:
The sound of gasps, pants, moans, and cries of pleasure filled the air as Eleazar’s body met mine. The feeling of skin against skin, his hardness filling me, his sweet breath against my face, along with his muscles flexing under my hands, all consumed me as we made love. It was a ritual as old as time itself, yet time ceased to exist.
There was no insecurity, no hesitance. My hands may have trembled slightly, my voice sounded a bit shaky, but it was purely in reaction to my desire for my mate. Eleazar was having the same reaction to me, but once we were fully connected, it was as if we’d made love hundreds of times before. Even though intimacy was new between us, we seemed to sense exactly what each other needed. The pleasure we created together was extraordinary.
It was while Eleazar was behind me, my back flush to his chest, that I sensed him starting to fight with himself again. His thrusts slowed down, while his arms unwound from my waist, only for his hands to reverently start roaming my curves. He never moved his face away from my neck, but his teasing words halted, to be replaced with deep even breaths of my scent.
Coming to a decision quickly, I turned and pushed on his chest as I pressed flush against him. He took my meaning for what it was, moving to lay back while kissing me deeply. Once settled, I started a slow and seductive rhythm, knowing that he would soon thrust up because of my teasing pace.
When he did, I let my instincts take hold. I gasped at the feeling, then bit down on his neck until I could feel the pressure against my teeth. With a rumbling growl of, “Christ, Isabella… yes, more…” from his chest, Eleazar sat us up, then guided my hips as he thrust into me from below at a steady pace.
Now that my teeth had met his skin, I couldn’t stop. Especially not when his thrusts were constantly rubbing against my sweet spot. I bit down again to smother my cry of pleasure as my orgasm approached, right at the crook of his neck and shoulder, causing Eleazar to let his own strangled cry of my name. I released my teeth long enough to catch his gaze, intent on returning, but the onyx sparkle that met me had me begging, “You can feel it, Eli… how much I long for my teeth to sink into your skin… for you to bear my mark. That same longing echoes in you. I can feel that, too, and I’m ready for all that it entails.”
Without a pause in his thrusts, Eleazar tenderly wrapped his hands in my hair and around my waist, tilting me back to a better angle. Words spilled from his lips as incomplete thoughts, full of undying love and endless desire, before we both cried out one final time.
His teeth met the top of my left breast as our orgasms rushed over us almost violently, but the immense euphoria that took over drowned out all but the most beautiful sound… my mate purring while his teeth were still imbedded in my flesh.
The cool rush of his release inside me extended my own bliss, but soon enough, I felt Eleazar lovingly tending to the most important bite mark I would ever wear… my true mate’s mark.
As I lay sprawled on his chest, both of us calming, I heard his chuckle rumble in his chest. The sound of it made me smile, then I looked up at him as he asked, “Do you feel like a married woman now?”
I laughed outright, knowing why he was asking. When he first told me of how we would be married in the eyes of other vampires once I was marked as his mate, I honestly gaped at him like a fish. Now I chuckled along with him before offering, “Honestly? My whole time here on the island with you has felt like one big honeymoon. Yes, it caught me off guard when you first explained that aspect, but being tied to you in every manner is high on my list of wants, Eli.”
He gave me the most beautiful smile, then asked while curling a stray lock of hair around my ear, “I have not asked before now, but why Eli? I like it, truly, but I am just wondering your reasoning.”
I kissed over his still heart, trying to word my thoughts. Then I just shrugged, offering, “It just fits, when I think of you. Your full name is used by everyone else, and it’s honestly a mouthful, like mine is. I guess I just wanted something to call you that was mine alone… something sweet from me. You are definitely not a ‘baby’ and so much more than a ‘lover’, plus other common nicknames feel insufficient. You are my Eli.”
His beautiful smile became radiant, then I placed a kiss to his lips before I got up to walk toward the bathroom.
Over the next week, Eleazar and I continued to explore the island together, but there was one big difference. I was no longer running from our feelings for each other. Instead of burying everything when he would glide his hand across the back of my waist, or look away when I could see desire in his eyes, I now met him touch for touch and look for look. We almost always seemed to get carried away on our expeditions now, often finding ourselves tangled together in an intimate way, with no care about place or time.
I think my favorite place over the week was the secluded tall waterfall. The area was surrounded by jungle and a rock cliff, with the tall waterfall raining down into one of the clearest blue pools I had ever seen. The overhead view was breathtaking, yet you couldn’t really get the whole ambiance of the area until you reached the bottom near the fall.
While I ate the picnic lunch my mate had kindly made me, sitting on a soft blanket at the edge of the pool, Eleazar decided to start building something from the fallen tree limbs. I was curious at first, when he started gathering the long limbs together. It was when I saw him gathering what looked like miles of thick vines that I couldn’t hold in my confusion. I was leaning back on one elbow, wearing only one of the small bikinis Alice had packed me, as I asked, “Care to share what your experiment will be with the rest of the class?”
He laughed while dropping yet more vines down near the logs, then came to hover over me, giving me beautiful smile before kissing my lips. “I am making us a water raft, of course. I thought you might want to lay on it in the water, and I would certainly enjoy accompanying you.”
He gave me a cheeky grin, causing me to laugh, “Of course you would… and this has nothing to do with my human fragility in nature.”
When his brow furrowed as a frown graced his lips, I immediately cupped his cheeks, “Eli, I told you. It was nothing. Barely a scratch in the heat of the moment. We were up against a rock wall while making love, and it wasn’t you that scratched me. I think you proved who was boss to that wall when it was all said and done, don’t you?”
The tension melted from his body at my words, then he said seriously, “I did… and I would do the same again. Honestly, I was not thinking of that time while gathering the wood for our raft, but making love to you on it does sound like an excellent way to spend the afternoon.”
I was glad he wasn’t dwelling on what happened, to tell you the truth. It had been the first time we’d had sex while exploring, and he had taken me up against the rock wall of an amazing little cave. My palm had scraped against a jagged part of the wall right at a pivotal moment for the both of us, which ultimately caused him to go into defense mode as soon as our orgasms waned.
After quickly scanning the surroundings while holding me to his back, he pulled my hand up to tenderly lick my palm, which had barely scratched enough to draw a drop of blood.
With the healing of my palm complete, he sniffed out what had caused the slight damage to me, then growled one long stream of profanities while rubbing his hands up and down the whole wall until it was smooth. He checked twice to make sure there were no jagged edges left, then finally came back to me after brushing himself off.
As he kissed my palm with little brushings of his lips, his only comment was a whispered, “That wall will not damage you again, my sweet mate.”
I was brought out of my musings by Eli humming while he worked. Lately, I’ve felt more comfortable talking about sex, since we’d been having plenty of it, but there was one topic I hadn’t broached. My curiosity about Jasper’s power. “Eli? I was wondering… do you know how Jasper’s power works? I mean, I always wondered why he could affect me. Edward couldn’t read me at all, while Alice only sees snippets of me in visions anymore.”
He smiled as he continued working, but offered in explanation, “It is not easy to explain, Poco Paloma, because Jasper’s empathy is more complex than you might believe. Yes, he can feel and influence emotions, but it is quite a bit more complicated than that. He actually spoke to me about his power at one point. To get just the right combination, he needs to influence both chemical and electrical signals, as well as produce the emotion itself. For instance, if Jasper wanted to help you sleep, he would need to induce the right chemical and electric signals in your body, along with sending a dose of lethargy to you.”
That made me think of something. Before I could stop myself, I asked in what sounded like an awed tone, “So he could… if he wanted to… make someone cum without ever touching them?”
Eli laughed as he took in my expression, then dropped the vine in his hand to come hover over me. Once our lips parted from a brief but passionate kiss, he hummed into my neck, “Mmm… would you like that, Isabella? Too bad he’s not here now, because I think I would love watching Jasper make you cum… with or without his power.”
Though I wanted to tell him yes, I shook my head, “It would never happen, my love. He is mated to Alice. If we truly ever think of finding a companion, I believe it should be someone unattached. I must admit that Jasper is quite handsome, though.”
The raft ended up being large yet perfect. We floated on the clear water for a long while, just leisurely touching and teasing each other, before we finally couldn’t bear not being intimately connected. As soon as our bodies merged again, a collective sigh of relief could be heard from both of us, as the tension melted away completely.
Add in the misty spray of the fall at my back, while Eleazar’s cool chest pressed to my front, and I felt like I was in my personal version of utopia. It was an indescribable sensation.
That night, as I was eating dinner, I couldn’t help but get lost in memories of our day. Even Eleazar’s phone ringing, though I had registered the sound, couldn’t pry me from my memories. My sexy mate, kissing my neck as he gathered my empty plate, was finally what it took to return to the present.
“Hmm? Who was it that called, my love? I’m sorry, I was a bit distracted,” I offered with a slight blush.
In response, Eli smirked, “Just a bit of a surprise I’m planning. Nothing distressing, I promise.”
JPOV
I was talkin’ to my brother, Peter, when I noticed Alice still wasn’t back from her hunt. I switched the phone to my other ear, askin’, “Pete, ya got any feelin’s? ‘Bout anythin’?”
He chuckled, then said, “Well, if ya woulda been listenin’, I was sayin’ that things are changin’... big things are in store for ya, brother. Not gettin’ anythin’ specific, but I know somethin’ goes wrong before ya can be put on the right path. It’s gotta just pan out, Jay.”
I hummed in thought, but couldn’t shake the feelin’ that Alice shoulda been back well before now. “Gotta go, Pete. I’ll call ya soon… and thanks.”
Before I pressed the end button, I could hear his response, “Anytime, brother.”
I was startin’ to get a bad feelin’ about this. Alice never took longer than two hours to hunt, but she’d been gone for the better part of the mornin’. She didn’t want me to go with her, either, even though we’re still supposed to be layin’ low. “Jesus, Darlin’. Where are ya?”
Then it hit me. I could track her phone’s GPS. I pulled up the program on my phone, then hit the correct code to access Alice’s information.
“No… nonono, Darlin. This isn’t right.”
I was out the door as soon as her location popped up on the screen. We were layin’ low in Dixville, New Hampshire… a beautiful place right on Diamond Pond, just outside of Coleman State Park. There was no reason for her to be over near Montpelier, Vermont.
We’d agreed that neither of us would hunt further than a 10 minute run from the house, with the threat of the Volturi and Victoria still out there. The only thing I could think, was that somethin’ was wrong. She wouldn’t leave without tellin’ me. I needed to find my Ali, and I would kill whoever took her from me.
When I got close to Alice’s GPS signal, I made a wide circle, runnin’ completely on instinct. I needed to know what I was walkin’ into, as well as what kind of backup I would need. I was thrown when I only scented one other vampire, which happened to be Emmett, of all people.
I snuck closer, still feelin’ that somethin’ wasn’t right. That’s when my world fell apart. I saw them. I heard them.
My heart broke at the truth happenin’ in front of my eyes. Alice couldn’t be my mate.
Mates literally couldn’t step out on each other… companions are a mutual thing… yet the proof of her actions was right in front of me. They were fuckin’ less than a football field away; I could see it all in perfect clarity from my tree-top point of view. This was not their first encounter, not by a long shot.
The Major was hissin’ in the back of my mind, practically clawin’ to be let loose. He wanted death and venom on his hands… coatin’ his skin. He wanted to bathe in their destruction.
Still, it didn’t make sense. I was close to both Em and Rose. I didn’t believe either were the type to allow flat out cheatin’, even though this is what it clearly was.
I needed more information. I would not let Major have his bloody way until I knew everythin’.
It was only another 45 minutes before they finally looked to be done. The sight of them together sickened me, made the Major roar within my mind.
Alice hopped up on her toes after hurriedly dressin’, kissed his cheek, then dashed off through the woods in the direction of home. Em was still dressin’, so I quickly made my way to him, then dropped down from my perch the instant he was dressed.
Without a thought, my fist made contact with his face, the fury evident in my roar as soon as his eyes met mine, “WHY?!”
He landed against the base of the tree behind him, but shock was the only emotion in him, other than the pain from my fist connectin' with his face. There was no guilt, no deceit… nothin’ that would indicated knowin’ly cheatin’ with someone else’s mate. I didn’t understand it, but at that moment, Emmett got to his feet and shook his head.
Confusion was prominent, even in his voice, as he blurted out, “What the fuck, Jazz Man? Why the hell did you hit me?”
I bit out my retort, “Why would you think fuckin’ Alice behind my back would be okay?”
His eyes widened as disbelief flooded his emotions, then he held his hands up, “Whoa… Whoa, Man. Jasper, that shit isn’t funny. I’ve kept to the deal. Wait… you’re fucking serious?!”
I could only growl back as my body tensed for a fight, “As a god damn burnin’ pyre, Emmett. Explain!”
“Jasper… man, I think we’ve both been duped, here. Come back to the house, so we can talk this out. I seriously didn’t think I was going behind anyone’s back. That wasn’t the deal… not the one I made. Please, man. You know me. Just… I’m confused as hell right now, and I know you must be, too. Come to the house, and we’ll hash all this shit out there. Rosie will be glad to see you. She’s missed you like crazy.”
Peter’s words rang in my head, then with a growl from Major in my mind, I told Emmett to lead the way.
The sound of gasps, pants, moans, and cries of pleasure filled the air as Eleazar’s body met mine. The feeling of skin against skin, his hardness filling me, his sweet breath against my face, along with his muscles flexing under my hands, all consumed me as we made love. It was a ritual as old as time itself, yet time ceased to exist.
There was no insecurity, no hesitance. My hands may have trembled slightly, my voice sounded a bit shaky, but it was purely in reaction to my desire for my mate. Eleazar was having the same reaction to me, but once we were fully connected, it was as if we’d made love hundreds of times before. Even though intimacy was new between us, we seemed to sense exactly what each other needed. The pleasure we created together was extraordinary.
It was while Eleazar was behind me, my back flush to his chest, that I sensed him starting to fight with himself again. His thrusts slowed down, while his arms unwound from my waist, only for his hands to reverently start roaming my curves. He never moved his face away from my neck, but his teasing words halted, to be replaced with deep even breaths of my scent.
Coming to a decision quickly, I turned and pushed on his chest as I pressed flush against him. He took my meaning for what it was, moving to lay back while kissing me deeply. Once settled, I started a slow and seductive rhythm, knowing that he would soon thrust up because of my teasing pace.
When he did, I let my instincts take hold. I gasped at the feeling, then bit down on his neck until I could feel the pressure against my teeth. With a rumbling growl of, “Christ, Isabella… yes, more…” from his chest, Eleazar sat us up, then guided my hips as he thrust into me from below at a steady pace.
Now that my teeth had met his skin, I couldn’t stop. Especially not when his thrusts were constantly rubbing against my sweet spot. I bit down again to smother my cry of pleasure as my orgasm approached, right at the crook of his neck and shoulder, causing Eleazar to let his own strangled cry of my name. I released my teeth long enough to catch his gaze, intent on returning, but the onyx sparkle that met me had me begging, “You can feel it, Eli… how much I long for my teeth to sink into your skin… for you to bear my mark. That same longing echoes in you. I can feel that, too, and I’m ready for all that it entails.”
Without a pause in his thrusts, Eleazar tenderly wrapped his hands in my hair and around my waist, tilting me back to a better angle. Words spilled from his lips as incomplete thoughts, full of undying love and endless desire, before we both cried out one final time.
His teeth met the top of my left breast as our orgasms rushed over us almost violently, but the immense euphoria that took over drowned out all but the most beautiful sound… my mate purring while his teeth were still imbedded in my flesh.
The cool rush of his release inside me extended my own bliss, but soon enough, I felt Eleazar lovingly tending to the most important bite mark I would ever wear… my true mate’s mark.
As I lay sprawled on his chest, both of us calming, I heard his chuckle rumble in his chest. The sound of it made me smile, then I looked up at him as he asked, “Do you feel like a married woman now?”
I laughed outright, knowing why he was asking. When he first told me of how we would be married in the eyes of other vampires once I was marked as his mate, I honestly gaped at him like a fish. Now I chuckled along with him before offering, “Honestly? My whole time here on the island with you has felt like one big honeymoon. Yes, it caught me off guard when you first explained that aspect, but being tied to you in every manner is high on my list of wants, Eli.”
He gave me the most beautiful smile, then asked while curling a stray lock of hair around my ear, “I have not asked before now, but why Eli? I like it, truly, but I am just wondering your reasoning.”
I kissed over his still heart, trying to word my thoughts. Then I just shrugged, offering, “It just fits, when I think of you. Your full name is used by everyone else, and it’s honestly a mouthful, like mine is. I guess I just wanted something to call you that was mine alone… something sweet from me. You are definitely not a ‘baby’ and so much more than a ‘lover’, plus other common nicknames feel insufficient. You are my Eli.”
His beautiful smile became radiant, then I placed a kiss to his lips before I got up to walk toward the bathroom.
Over the next week, Eleazar and I continued to explore the island together, but there was one big difference. I was no longer running from our feelings for each other. Instead of burying everything when he would glide his hand across the back of my waist, or look away when I could see desire in his eyes, I now met him touch for touch and look for look. We almost always seemed to get carried away on our expeditions now, often finding ourselves tangled together in an intimate way, with no care about place or time.
I think my favorite place over the week was the secluded tall waterfall. The area was surrounded by jungle and a rock cliff, with the tall waterfall raining down into one of the clearest blue pools I had ever seen. The overhead view was breathtaking, yet you couldn’t really get the whole ambiance of the area until you reached the bottom near the fall.
While I ate the picnic lunch my mate had kindly made me, sitting on a soft blanket at the edge of the pool, Eleazar decided to start building something from the fallen tree limbs. I was curious at first, when he started gathering the long limbs together. It was when I saw him gathering what looked like miles of thick vines that I couldn’t hold in my confusion. I was leaning back on one elbow, wearing only one of the small bikinis Alice had packed me, as I asked, “Care to share what your experiment will be with the rest of the class?”
He laughed while dropping yet more vines down near the logs, then came to hover over me, giving me beautiful smile before kissing my lips. “I am making us a water raft, of course. I thought you might want to lay on it in the water, and I would certainly enjoy accompanying you.”
He gave me a cheeky grin, causing me to laugh, “Of course you would… and this has nothing to do with my human fragility in nature.”
When his brow furrowed as a frown graced his lips, I immediately cupped his cheeks, “Eli, I told you. It was nothing. Barely a scratch in the heat of the moment. We were up against a rock wall while making love, and it wasn’t you that scratched me. I think you proved who was boss to that wall when it was all said and done, don’t you?”
The tension melted from his body at my words, then he said seriously, “I did… and I would do the same again. Honestly, I was not thinking of that time while gathering the wood for our raft, but making love to you on it does sound like an excellent way to spend the afternoon.”
I was glad he wasn’t dwelling on what happened, to tell you the truth. It had been the first time we’d had sex while exploring, and he had taken me up against the rock wall of an amazing little cave. My palm had scraped against a jagged part of the wall right at a pivotal moment for the both of us, which ultimately caused him to go into defense mode as soon as our orgasms waned.
After quickly scanning the surroundings while holding me to his back, he pulled my hand up to tenderly lick my palm, which had barely scratched enough to draw a drop of blood.
With the healing of my palm complete, he sniffed out what had caused the slight damage to me, then growled one long stream of profanities while rubbing his hands up and down the whole wall until it was smooth. He checked twice to make sure there were no jagged edges left, then finally came back to me after brushing himself off.
As he kissed my palm with little brushings of his lips, his only comment was a whispered, “That wall will not damage you again, my sweet mate.”
I was brought out of my musings by Eli humming while he worked. Lately, I’ve felt more comfortable talking about sex, since we’d been having plenty of it, but there was one topic I hadn’t broached. My curiosity about Jasper’s power. “Eli? I was wondering… do you know how Jasper’s power works? I mean, I always wondered why he could affect me. Edward couldn’t read me at all, while Alice only sees snippets of me in visions anymore.”
He smiled as he continued working, but offered in explanation, “It is not easy to explain, Poco Paloma, because Jasper’s empathy is more complex than you might believe. Yes, he can feel and influence emotions, but it is quite a bit more complicated than that. He actually spoke to me about his power at one point. To get just the right combination, he needs to influence both chemical and electrical signals, as well as produce the emotion itself. For instance, if Jasper wanted to help you sleep, he would need to induce the right chemical and electric signals in your body, along with sending a dose of lethargy to you.”
That made me think of something. Before I could stop myself, I asked in what sounded like an awed tone, “So he could… if he wanted to… make someone cum without ever touching them?”
Eli laughed as he took in my expression, then dropped the vine in his hand to come hover over me. Once our lips parted from a brief but passionate kiss, he hummed into my neck, “Mmm… would you like that, Isabella? Too bad he’s not here now, because I think I would love watching Jasper make you cum… with or without his power.”
Though I wanted to tell him yes, I shook my head, “It would never happen, my love. He is mated to Alice. If we truly ever think of finding a companion, I believe it should be someone unattached. I must admit that Jasper is quite handsome, though.”
The raft ended up being large yet perfect. We floated on the clear water for a long while, just leisurely touching and teasing each other, before we finally couldn’t bear not being intimately connected. As soon as our bodies merged again, a collective sigh of relief could be heard from both of us, as the tension melted away completely.
Add in the misty spray of the fall at my back, while Eleazar’s cool chest pressed to my front, and I felt like I was in my personal version of utopia. It was an indescribable sensation.
That night, as I was eating dinner, I couldn’t help but get lost in memories of our day. Even Eleazar’s phone ringing, though I had registered the sound, couldn’t pry me from my memories. My sexy mate, kissing my neck as he gathered my empty plate, was finally what it took to return to the present.
“Hmm? Who was it that called, my love? I’m sorry, I was a bit distracted,” I offered with a slight blush.
In response, Eli smirked, “Just a bit of a surprise I’m planning. Nothing distressing, I promise.”
JPOV
I was talkin’ to my brother, Peter, when I noticed Alice still wasn’t back from her hunt. I switched the phone to my other ear, askin’, “Pete, ya got any feelin’s? ‘Bout anythin’?”
He chuckled, then said, “Well, if ya woulda been listenin’, I was sayin’ that things are changin’... big things are in store for ya, brother. Not gettin’ anythin’ specific, but I know somethin’ goes wrong before ya can be put on the right path. It’s gotta just pan out, Jay.”
I hummed in thought, but couldn’t shake the feelin’ that Alice shoulda been back well before now. “Gotta go, Pete. I’ll call ya soon… and thanks.”
Before I pressed the end button, I could hear his response, “Anytime, brother.”
I was startin’ to get a bad feelin’ about this. Alice never took longer than two hours to hunt, but she’d been gone for the better part of the mornin’. She didn’t want me to go with her, either, even though we’re still supposed to be layin’ low. “Jesus, Darlin’. Where are ya?”
Then it hit me. I could track her phone’s GPS. I pulled up the program on my phone, then hit the correct code to access Alice’s information.
“No… nonono, Darlin. This isn’t right.”
I was out the door as soon as her location popped up on the screen. We were layin’ low in Dixville, New Hampshire… a beautiful place right on Diamond Pond, just outside of Coleman State Park. There was no reason for her to be over near Montpelier, Vermont.
We’d agreed that neither of us would hunt further than a 10 minute run from the house, with the threat of the Volturi and Victoria still out there. The only thing I could think, was that somethin’ was wrong. She wouldn’t leave without tellin’ me. I needed to find my Ali, and I would kill whoever took her from me.
When I got close to Alice’s GPS signal, I made a wide circle, runnin’ completely on instinct. I needed to know what I was walkin’ into, as well as what kind of backup I would need. I was thrown when I only scented one other vampire, which happened to be Emmett, of all people.
I snuck closer, still feelin’ that somethin’ wasn’t right. That’s when my world fell apart. I saw them. I heard them.
My heart broke at the truth happenin’ in front of my eyes. Alice couldn’t be my mate.
Mates literally couldn’t step out on each other… companions are a mutual thing… yet the proof of her actions was right in front of me. They were fuckin’ less than a football field away; I could see it all in perfect clarity from my tree-top point of view. This was not their first encounter, not by a long shot.
The Major was hissin’ in the back of my mind, practically clawin’ to be let loose. He wanted death and venom on his hands… coatin’ his skin. He wanted to bathe in their destruction.
Still, it didn’t make sense. I was close to both Em and Rose. I didn’t believe either were the type to allow flat out cheatin’, even though this is what it clearly was.
I needed more information. I would not let Major have his bloody way until I knew everythin’.
It was only another 45 minutes before they finally looked to be done. The sight of them together sickened me, made the Major roar within my mind.
Alice hopped up on her toes after hurriedly dressin’, kissed his cheek, then dashed off through the woods in the direction of home. Em was still dressin’, so I quickly made my way to him, then dropped down from my perch the instant he was dressed.
Without a thought, my fist made contact with his face, the fury evident in my roar as soon as his eyes met mine, “WHY?!”
He landed against the base of the tree behind him, but shock was the only emotion in him, other than the pain from my fist connectin' with his face. There was no guilt, no deceit… nothin’ that would indicated knowin’ly cheatin’ with someone else’s mate. I didn’t understand it, but at that moment, Emmett got to his feet and shook his head.
Confusion was prominent, even in his voice, as he blurted out, “What the fuck, Jazz Man? Why the hell did you hit me?”
I bit out my retort, “Why would you think fuckin’ Alice behind my back would be okay?”
His eyes widened as disbelief flooded his emotions, then he held his hands up, “Whoa… Whoa, Man. Jasper, that shit isn’t funny. I’ve kept to the deal. Wait… you’re fucking serious?!”
I could only growl back as my body tensed for a fight, “As a god damn burnin’ pyre, Emmett. Explain!”
“Jasper… man, I think we’ve both been duped, here. Come back to the house, so we can talk this out. I seriously didn’t think I was going behind anyone’s back. That wasn’t the deal… not the one I made. Please, man. You know me. Just… I’m confused as hell right now, and I know you must be, too. Come to the house, and we’ll hash all this shit out there. Rosie will be glad to see you. She’s missed you like crazy.”
Peter’s words rang in my head, then with a growl from Major in my mind, I told Emmett to lead the way.