*Annabell's POV

  Usually, when I couldn't sleep, I quietly sang, sihere was nothing to do now and I couldn't go for a stroll now. Not only because of some damn old vampire after me, but because in few hours I had to go to school.

  After I seer outside I still couldn't bring myself to start. Jasper is far away at the moment aer... is Peter. "Nobody is listening A, stop being such a wimp! Who even would, at the dead of the night, haa..." I spttered myself on my bed. I wished for Jasper to be hat I made myself think I feel his presenbsp;I'm hopeless.

  Thinking about the love I felt towards the man who became the ter of my dark universe, my bea of safety. Who made me feel like I belong, like home again. A song came to my mind. Humming the soft melody I couldn't believe how much I rete to the lyrics of the song and started singing. I was thinking about Jasper so much I felt like he's standing by me. "...?Touch him..." I reached out like the night he came to my life, wishing he was there.

  "...I don't think I could endure

  If I let him walk awayWhen I have so much to say..."

  "Then tell me." Suddenly said the dreamy deep voice I loo hear when I woke up earlier, making me gasp. When...?

  "Jasper!" I quickly sat up. "How long..." ...no, I know! He's been around from the start, I didn't imagine anything! "Oh!" I hid my fa my hands. I'm so dumb! Shaking my head, I couldn't believe he didn't let me know about his return. "You-!" I threw one of cushions I had instead of pillow now at him. He just chuckled, catg it, because I didn't hear it hit the floor.

  I listeo him walk across the room to the window, worried he's leaving again, until the quiet creaking sound of huge, fy leather armchair standing there told me he sat down. "With that hearing of yours, you are almost like a vampire." He mused. Then I felt an object flying through the air straight to my face. Dug i moment I realized it must have been the cushion I threw at him. I stuck my to.

  "How did you do that?" He sounded shocked.

  I didn't like the distaween us. I didn't like he wasn't there when I woke up. I o feel him. "Hmm..." Standing up and making my way over to him, I tried to think of a way to expin how I do what I do. Oh I know! I felt like there went a lightbulb off in my head. Stopping in front of Jasper I reached down to find his legs. I missed his fortable embrauch.

  When I found his knees I traced along his jeans with my fiips, over a leather belt and up his silky shirt to his shoulders. Leaning on him a little bit to steady myself while kneeling on the armchair with my legs on each side of him like a kid, I sat down in Jasper's p to stay fag him. Jasper held my waist to help me keep bance, which made me think he doesn't mind me doing so and started expining.

  "Ripples on water." Was the only thing I could e up with that seemed simir enough and easy to uand to me. But Jasper seemed distracted.

  "Err..what?" He asked, obviously unfocused. He wouldn't ask if he didn't want to knht? I pondered fused over his sudden loss of i in how I mao dodge the cushion.

  "Ripples on water." I repeated. "When something moves through water it pushes the water in front of itself, creating waves. The same do objects flying through the air." I wasn't pletely sure how to expin it better when he didn't say anything so I decided to make an example. "Hmm... if a cushion, in this case, is flying at me, it's not heavy or fast enough to make a sound unlike a ball would, for example. But I feel the waves of air it pushes in front of itself, much like if someone was trying to hit me. Let me demonstrate, close your eyes."

  I took a hold of his to make sure I stop at the correct distand swung my fist at him. I stopped my fist just before I'd hit him. "Did you feel that?" I inquired, hopeful, he would uand. I trained with Chris, until dogging ining objects became my sed nature and my reflexes are quite good. If I say so myself.

  "I did. You are incredible, my love." He sounded impressed.

  I io say something, opening my mouth. But whatever I was thinking escaped my grasp when I felt movement of Jasper's fingers. Momentarily shocked how I failed to notice that he left his hands rested on my hips this whole time, his thumbs stroking my sides sent a tingliion to the core of my being. Uhmm... what was I-? Slowly being aware of my as from an outside perspective I couldn't believe myself. I ractically myself to Jasper, the way I seated myself and leaning almost over him.

  Quickly taking my hands off of him and making more space between us I pondered why he didn't use it and do something. Thinking back to his rea when I just stood in front of him in a towel I felt my cheeks warm up. He must be restraining himself so much... "Uhh.. what I... umm.. sorry." I somehow got an apology out, absolutely mortified by my own behaviour.

  Jasper took a hold of my . "What are you apologising for, my love? If anything, I should apologize for sg you earlier. I'm sorry Ann. Your singing... was just so breathtaking." He plimented me, releasing my to soothingly stroke my back, when he tinued. "I don't mind, my i angel. For o made me extremely happy you came to me, and two, I won't do anything you don't wao." he stated. "To be pletely hohough, I do very mujoy the way you use your touch, to see." fessed Jasper, his voiewhat husky, making the heat in my cheeks rise, thinking to how I searched for his shoulders and he didn't say anything at the time.

  "Thank you." It was hard for me to prehend, that he was making the effort to see things from my viewpoint, instead of using it to his advantage like I imagined any guy in this situation would. I was certain, that at least Mike and his friends definitely would. How did I deserve to be able to be with su amazing person was beyond me.

  I found his shoulders agaiing my hands on them, pting what he said about not doing anything I didn't want him to... Would he do what I wanted him to? "I want..." My heart was rag and I hesitated, biting my lower lip. Is it even right for me to ask anything of him?

  "Tell me, darling." Enced me Jasper, gently.

  "I want you to... kiss me." I mao say, quietly. I longed for him to kly what I feel. Pg my hand on his cheek I lifted my shield to show him how much I love him and that I am not afraid nry anymore.

  "Did you just...?" He whispered incredulously.

  "Yes." I firmed with a small smile, feeling little vulnerable, waiting.

  Jasper pulled me closer. One of his hands ran through my hair, cupping my head and his lips brushed over mine. As if electricity shot through my body I exhaled, unaware of holding my breath until then. My lower lip felt little too sensitive as I tend to bite it when thinking or out of embarrassment. So when Jasper took it in his mouth and caressed it with his tongue, aingly shot surged through me and my mouth escaped a moan.

  I grabbed his shirt while my other hand clutched the back of his head, feeling his hair tickle my fingers a little bit. Pressing myself to him for more, I felt his strong hand sliding along my side all the way down to my ass. He grabbed it and pulled me pletely into his powerful body.

  At the same time Jasper finally covered my lips with his and enced by his words earlier I took the initiative on deepening the kiss, losing myself in it, giving another involuntary moan. My body was burning for all I knew. I felt like on fire but I loved every sed of it.

  I couldn't get enough, I felt Jasper's firm muscles through the two thin yers of fabric that were our shirts and I wao touch them, feel them on my skin. The sparks of my desire kept igniting every nerve in my body when I felt a new kind of fme, longing, to awaken deep within me. Longing that grew as we tio kiss. Our tongues meeting and parting to e bad twist again, were sending shivers of pleasure down my spine. When Jasper groaned, squeezing my ass again I nearly lost my mind.

  No matter how close I was to Jasper or how passionately we kissed the unfamiliar longing just kept on growing stronger, ulihen I felt Jasper's strong arm embrace my waist keeping me in pce while sug on my lip again, earning himself another moan from me before he ended our kiss. Putting my arms around his neck I snuggled into him, slowly putting out the inferno that was raging inside of me, feeling immense happiness but also relief as the unfamiliar feeling slowly subsided.

  We sat in silence for a while. Enjoying each other's closeness. "I... might have taken it little far. Sorry about that." Out of the blue he apologized, caressing my back.

  "No apologizing, please." I mumbled into his neck, too fortable to pull away and face him. "It was amazing." I admitted whispering, while pying with his hair, embarrassed again.

  "What is it, angel?" Inquired Jasper. Of course, he could feel it now.

  "I...ugh... You probably tell that I'm... well, that I never-" I couldn't get the words over my lips and Jasper chuckled.

  "My sweet angel..." His deep voice coaxed. "Yes, I am well aware and it is my absolute honor to be the one you experie all with." I could tell he meant every word, making me happy. "It is my utmost pleasure to show you anything and everything about this aspect of love. When you feel like you're ready. Let me teach you and listen to your instincts, my beloved."

  I couldn't find words. This man... my man... Ran through my mind. "I love you." I whispered. I didn't want to move, his embrace erfect. "I love you, my angel." I felt him pce a kiss into my hair and without realizing when, I fell asleep.

  ***

  *Rosalie's POV

  Sitting with Emmett on a couch, we were watg an aovie, about a bald guy saving a city from terrorists while proteg a hacker, I didn't remember the title of. Esme was w on a new design oop i while Carlisle read some magazine about modern medie in the living room with us. I couldn't focus on the blowing up cars and even helicopter that ever so often appeared on the huge s before us, thinking back to the evening that day. I happeo e home earlier than expected because I got bored of Emmett's endless versation about games with some guy dressed as one of the vilins from Mortal Kombat, who he kept calling Absolute zero or something like that.

  When I got back to the house I heard Alice scream, so I hurried inside. "Yon yourself killed! No fug blood is worth this." She was yelling into her phone, unaware that she's not alone anymore. What is she talking about? Who's gon killed? What blood...? I was fused beyond words. "Haa?! Did you just hang up on me!?" Apparently, the person oher side hang up on her. I didn't want to interrupt her so I waited for her to notice me in the doorway.

  However, that didn't happen, as she angrily tapped away on her phourning her bae, she seemingly unsciously paced further away from me. Lifting her head up to look out of the window she ended in front of, she solemnly whispered. "May your ashes be at peace among your fallen prey, dear Eddie."

  My hand flew to my mouth to keep myself from gasping in shock, hiding behind the wall to keep myself hidden now. What?! Making sure to do it soundlessly, I went upstairs trying to my mind around what I just witnessed. Not long after, I heard Ali garage and then her Porsche drove away. Then myself pag around my room, I went over Alice's words again. Given the ck of self trol Edward has, the person oher end of the lih Alice could have been him. Just what kind of trouble is my stupid adoptive bretting our family into this time? I thought irritated.

  'Yon yourself killed' and that strange, sort of a farewell.. Why 't he leave human blood alone for fuck's sake!? Carlisle keeps fiving and exg him. Edward should have faced some kind of sequences after the pirl he met here the st time!

  I'll never fet the sight when I found Edward in the woods behind the school. I was following the st of blood and calling Carlisle that he might be needed. However, my phone fell out of my hand. Seeing that whatever may Carlisle try to do, he ot save this petite brue in Edward's arms. Her too thin looking body was covered in bites, limbs appeared to be broken in multiple pces but... Her head... her head was nearly torn off of her skinhat was Edward still vigorously biting in. Even though the lifeless body he held was already sucked pletely dry.

  I didn't uand how could Carlisle just calmly the site. Of course I helped him, when I overcame the shock, for the safety of our family. But he didn't say anything. Well, with Edward he didn't o say things out loud but what I could tell from their behaviour, all Carlisle did was five him and ed his mess. It was then, that I realized it wasn't the first time something like that happened and that Carlisle was aced to seeing Edward this way as he wasn't even shocked. Meaning he knew about Edward's messes, hiding them from the rest of us. I knew about his rebellious phase shortly after he became a vampire. But they always spoke of it as a closed episode of his life, left in the past.

  Me and Edward were never really close but we drifted even more apart after I found out that it wasn't the case. Obviously Alice had to know too so they kept only Esme ah Em in the dark. I retty shaken at got it out of me after we moved-ran from Forks about a month ter when police dropped the case, filing her as a runaway. Em was furious and didn't talk to Edward or Alice for decades. We kind of hid in Aska, living with the Denali for the ey of the sixty years before attempting to return to Forks. Edward with Alice didn't e with us to the Denali until about fifteen years before we left them again.

  Edward kept reassuring us that he has it under trol. Carlisle believed him immediately and Esme had no idea still so she was just happy to have us all bae. I had doubts, but kept them to myself.

  'May your ashes be at peace among your fallen prey' Resonated Alice's words through my mind again. The only pce I could think of was our hunting grounds. If I tell anyone I heard Alice or decide to go on my own, she will know I heard her. "What do I do?" Jasper. Impatiently g with one of my heels on the wooden floor of my room I waited for him to pick up. e on man, what you be possibly doing to not pick up the phone? Just then I heard that the call got ected. "Jazz? I need you to take a look around our usual hunting grounds." I got the words out as fast as I could, nervous, trying to keep it simple and to not make any decisions that would alert Alice. "I 't really tell you anything more now. But please be careful. I think Edward is in trouble." And I hang up before he was able to reply.

  I was not fond of Edward but Esme did not have a clue and it would break her heart to lose any one of us. Having lost a child before she became a vampire she sidered us to be her children.

  *

  Carlisle's phone shortly buzzed and not long after, he left the house. I wasn't paying attention to the movie whatsoever anymore. Emmett turo me questioningly as I stood up from the couch. I softly shook my head giving him a small smile aurned his attention to the s again.

  I slowly walked around the gss walls of our house, when I noticed Carlisle standiweerees. He was talking to Jasper. Studying his face I cluded that he found Edward. Jasper had an apologetic look wheiced me and mouthed "sorry" to me. I uood that Alice's vision came true and Edward was no more. I o Jasper a back to wandering around the house, pting what it meant for our family.