*Annabell's POV

  Whether was something wrong with me or with Jasper, I did not care. His hands felt warm on my skin and I loved it. It was such a cozy feeling that I dozed off without realizing. At least until a sudden loud noise pulled me back from my slumber. I heard Jasper's soft ughter and he was caressing my cheek again. "Do you intend on sleeping sitting here?" He asked still chug.

  I could listen to him ugh, for ay. Then it occured to me what that sound must have been. "Was I sn just now?" I asked c my mouth as if I could hide the embarrassment. Jasper just ughed more. It brought my smile back. "I love this sound." I whispered.

  "What sound, angel?" He sounded puzzled.

  "Of you, ughing." I fessed. Remembering what day is tomorrow I asked. "Umm, could you do me a favor please?"

  "Anything, my love." He answered quickly.

  " you carry me to my bed please? Or I will really sleep here like this. I... don't think I walk now." I admitted embarrassed again

  "Does you ankle hurt?" Asked Jasper, worried.

  "No, no." I reassured him quickly. "I'm not sure what Michae did but my ankle feels pletely healed now." That was you, dear. Your power heal you on its own now. Revealed Michae to me. "Oh, that's handy." I mused.

  "What is, angel?" Jasper didn't uand, hearing only my side of the versation. It made me giggle.

  "Apparently, my power does that on its own now." I expined "But I... uhmm... feel too weak to even stand up right now to be ho." I found it very humiliating to admit but sleeping like this was a bad idea. There's school tomorrow so I need a good rest in my bed. Not to mention how my neck could hurt in the m if I stayed sleeping in the armchair.

  "Ah, I see. That's nothing to be embarrassed about, Ann. Remember st time you used your power?" I couldn't help a grimace recalling the moment my light took him down. He gently caressed my cheek. "Stop bming yourself, please. It was my fault you had to stop me. If you didn't... I would definitely kill Peter."

  I sighed softly releasing the tension in my shoulders again. "What I'm talking about is that at that time it exhausted you to the point of losing sciousness. Today you not only stayed standing, you walked all the way home afterwards. Yetting stronger, my love." I waue that teically I did not stay standing... however, his toud voice was too nid fortable, slowly lulling me back to sleep. 'My love...' echoed in my mind. So soothing, so deep. I wasn't sure when my eyes closed.

  Feeling Jasper's strong arms se up and walking at human pace up to my bedroom, the rhythmic rog of each step sent me off to the realm of dreams.

  *

  Where am I? I found myself in a pletely unfamiliar sery. The only pce I ever saw in my dreams was a meadow in a deep and darkened forest. Now I was standing in a sunlit field which didn't feel like any pce I have visited before in my life. A.. something about it was familiar a like home. Inhaling deeply, I closed my eyes. Horses... As if on cue, a sound of stomping hooves was ing closer to me. Turning towards it, shielding my eyes from the bright light, I was given a fasating view.

  Topless man on the back of a majestic bck horse was making his way straight to me. As he came closer, even though I've never seen him I reized that face. Framed by short, dirty blond locks, reag just below his ears, now dang around his head in the wind as he galloped closer. Jasper? Silently watg his muscles work in perfect sync with the beautiful creature beh him I admired the dispy of power and grace before me as he slightly pulled the reins and his mount came to a stop.

  "My beloved." He greeted me with a smile. Ki hungry look in his eyes made me all warm and fuzzy inside. Smoothly iion he dismounted and stepped to me. I heard myself giggle. "Wele home." said my voibsp;Wait a minute... With dey I realized I am not in trol of my body. Before I could ponder any more, Jasper reached under my knees and lifted me in his arms. "We've been waiting for you." Said my voice again. It had a suggestive too it, I never heard myself use before. Looking longingly into my eyes he leaned down and his lips found mine. I was kissing him back but it wasn't really me doing so. We? ...ummm ...Michae? What's happening? But I got no ao my arm, I found it doesn't feel like Jasper kissihis man had definitely Jasper's body but I was suddenly sure it isn't him. He didn't feel like Jasper.

  With a gasp, I woke up. My lifelong friend darkness, enveloping me. "Jasper?" Relief that I own my body again and my voice works at my and was short lived. Jasper wasn't around. I tried once more, little louder "Jasper, where are you?" A kno door to my room startled me a bit.

  Probably seeing me nearly jump, he apologized. "Sorry Annie, didn't mean to scare you. Jasper didn't want to wake you up. Heh, he didn't want to move an inch away from you, in fact." Peter chuckled. "But he really had to go hunt before school. He is by far the most strong willed man I know but his ability to feel others' emotions be overwhelming to him when in a crowd of people, especially when he is hungry." He expined.

  "Got it." I never sidered that aspect of his talent. While trying to make myself fortable in my bed again, it made me only admire my mate all the more. My mate... I like the sound of that. What with that dream though... Michae? Nothing. Ugh! How typical of her. I thought annoyed.

  *Meanwhile ile

  Avoided, nearly fotten dark alley oskirts of Seattle reeked of blood. A single ph, signaling an ining message distracted a predator from his meal to be, trembling in grip of his undead, stonelike fingers.

  Unfortueenage girl with long bck hair opened her terrified grey eyes, surprised by the same sound. The predatave an angry growl at being interrupted. Now, disgusted by the girl's eyes color, snapped her neck, throwing her lifeless petite body away from him. With a loud crack of her skull, her body smmed into a nearby wall smearing it with more crimson red as it slid down to the ground. "Fuck! What a waste." The monster grumbled taking out his phoh message from Alibsp;

  Staring at the s, another dangerous growl echoed through the silent alley. "Out? What the hell did he fuck up this time?!" Fury made the monster's eyes, of the same crimson color as the girl's blood, now spilled all over the dirty ground, almost glow in the darkness. "He was an idiot, but still huimes more useful to me than you, bitch!" Rang his voito the night and his phone flew through the air to definitely depart with its owner by a soft spsh of water as it began its dest to the bottom of a nearby river.