*Jasper's POV
Reag the hospital, I strode ihout hesitation. Ign the the register I took a deep breath, letting my throat burn just to find Annabell's st and therefore her, faster than I'd get the o tell me where she was. That is, if she even knew about Annabell being admitted. sidering Carlisle's question, she may not be officially registered as a patient at all. Found her! I thought with a sliver of relief when her st led me to a door to a private hospital room close to Carlisle's office.
Quickly walking in, with Emmett in tow and closing the door behind us, I stopped for a sed. The ued situation ihe room fused me. Annabell was in the bed, looked all beaten up and her beautiful bck hair was soaked in blood. I focused on her heartbeat. It was regur and strong. But she looked too still. Then there eter, croug in front of her bed, angry, growling at Rosalie and Carlisle, who was trying to get to Annabell.
"What the fuck is going on here?!" My mate was hurt, Rose knew something about it and this whole situation issing me off.
"Shortly after Rose brought Annabell here, Peter barged in and wouldn't let me tend to her." Said Carlisle.
"I saw blondie over there carry Annabell. All bloody so I followed her. the register had no idea who I'm asking for so it took me a little bit to find where was Aaken. When I finally found the room, he was leaning down to her like he was going to bite her." Expined Peter, acg Carlisle and firming my suspi about Annabell being admitted unofficially. Don't you people think you hurt her enough already?!" Snarled Peter at the dain.
I turo Carlisle. "I told you, that you 't bite her, damn it!"
"I knoer, I wasn't going to. I was just cheg her vitals wheer came in, but he wouldn't listen a me near her since." Carlisle held hands up in front of him in surrender. "I swear I wasn't, but she o be treated immediately." Carlisle was holy ed for his patient's health and nothing more. That he didn't try to get through Peter with force, which he probably could especially together with Rose, also spoke in his favor.
I walked past Peter, closer to Annabell. "Thank you brother, it's ok." I said, patting his shoulder as I passed him. "My angel..." My voice broke when I had a ce to take a closer look at the woman I love, lying in the hospital bed. There were obviously fractured bones in her left arm and right leg. Multiple bruises were starting to deepen in colour in various pces on her arms, shoulders and head and I was sure there were more, covered by her clothes. Cut on her forehead, just by the hairliht temple looked really bad but the blood stopped flowing and was already starting to dry. "Carlisle?"
"Yes?" He warily stepped closer, walking slowly arouer who was now looking with a sorrowful expression at the girl in bed as well. "She suffered a severe cussion, the wound on her head needs stitches and I o fix the bones in her arm and leg." He hesitated, looking at me. "However, I'm not sure when or if she will wake up." Finished Carlisle quietly.
"No." I shook my head. "She will wake up." I said firmly.
"Jasper... don't you want to resider?" I knew what he was asking. But even if I wao, it wasn't an option for her.
"No."
"Jasper-"
"No!" I repeated. Angry and frustrated. "She 't turn, Carlisle. It's not possible for her!" I ran my hand through my hair. "She isn't an ordinary human. Vampire venom will kill her, not turn into one of us!" He was just staring at me in shock. "Rose, what the hell happened?! Why did you just leave without telling me?"
"I-I thought I saw Ali the hall ao make sure I just mistook her for someone else, but when I found her... the moment I found her, she pushed Annabell dowairs. There was nothing I could do... I'm so sorry! I should have told you all about Alid that she wanted her dead." I couldn't believe my ears.
"Are you telling me you khat psycho was after my mate and didn't say shit?!" I was royally pissed off. "Do you pn on proteg her? Because she signed her death sentence!"
"No! I wao tell you, but then Carlisle said they worked also with someone else and I didn't want to tip Alice off, that I know about her lies in hope I'll find out who that someone is." Recallirange call the same evening that Annabell ran from home. It finally made sense. I should have known it had something to do with the crazed fortueller!
"That bitch will pay for this!" I grabbed a wooden chair standio the bed and smashed it on the floor. It shattered into thousands of splinters but did very little to ease my anger.
Turning back to the angel in bed, my helplessness made me feel weak and useless. "Carlisle, please, help her..." I begged him aurned his attention back to Annabell's wounds.
I watched him and carefully stitnabell's forehead while listening to the strong and rhythmical beating of her heart. That sound was the only reason I was alive. If she dies, my existence will beeaningless again. But this time, unbearable.
The other three left the room. When Carlisle fiitg the cut on Annabell's head, he moved to her arm. Slowly pressing his fingers into her skin along the bones, he made sure they are in the right position before seg her arm with a splint.
Theook scissors and cut her jeans from her ankle all the way to her hip, unc her damaged knee. I was right. She had bruises all over. I ched my fists as another wave e washed over me. There's no pce that little psycho hide from the God of war! We thought simultaneously.
When Carlisle reached down to her thigh, right above the ko find out the extent of the damage and to fix her broken bone, just like he did with arm, my body moved on it's own and growling I grabbed his hands. Carlisle looked up at me and waited. He wasn't surprised angry nor afraid, just uanding. I took a hold of myself and released him again. "Sorry." I muttered and started pag bad forth by the bed as Carlisle tinued his work.
"That's alright, son. I uand. I am also truly sorry that it was a member of my that did this to your mate. I assure you, that Alice is no longer sidered a part of this family." His emotions were a mix of shame, regret and ahen curiosity. "What do you mean that she's not an ordinary human?"
I stopped pag. It was safe to tell Carlisle, wasn't it? "I don't know if you heard of them, but her kind is known as the Gifted." Carlisle's head snapped up and I saw reition on his face. "You know about them." I stated.
"Yes. The Gifted were one of the main reasons I left the Volturi." He said.
"Wait, from what I know, you are not old enough to have been around when they've been sughtered by Volturi." I was fused.
"I heard about that. And yes, I wasn't around back the. However, the way Volturi treat those poor women... I was at disagreement with Aro about it from the moment I learned of their existence." He just deepened my fusion.
"What are you talking about? Volturi are the reason Annabell is the only o. And only because Lady Michae mao protect her daughter from them. Even though they seem to have hunted down and killed everyone else from her bloodline." For a moment he just studied my face. "What?" I was extra short on patieoday.
"They didn't kill all of them." Said Carlisle slowly, carefully watg me. "They took some of them to Voltera and made...ermm" He grimaced and I felt his disgust. "Aro calls it a farm."
My eyes widened in shock. "You don't mean...?" Now I was disgusted too and angry again.
"Unfortunately yes." He answered quietly and turned back down to his work on Annabell's leg.
"All the more reason to keep Annabell's identity a secret." I ented and he nodded.
When was Carlisle done, he put her leg in a cast to keep it immobile ahe healing process. Theook few blood samples a.
Sitting at the edge of her bed by her side, I took her less hurt hand in mine. "Oh sweet angel... please, wake up!" I begged her quietly. "You said your power heal, right?. Please, wake up my love." Kissing the palm of her hand I pressed it to my cheek. She didn't feel as warm as usual, making me more worried.
Losing track of time, I kept listening to her heartbeat with her hand on my cheek and closed eyes. "I 't lose you, my beloved. Stay with me..." I whispered into the silence of the room again, hoping that she hear me.