CHAPTER 6 - ANYA - JASPERS POV
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''Jas, where are you going?'' Stephen asked as he came after me, ''Don't do anything stupid.''
''Don't order me around Stephen!'' I snapped at him, ''You know Anya, she won't let this go. She's going to hurt Aurora and we both know it. I need to try.''
''You could ruin everything!''
''I am already denying myself my mate.'' I snarled at him, ''I will at least keep her safe!''
I left the camp and my family with my mate. I knew they'd keep her safe, and I had to try and defuse this situation. I had to speak with Anya about her dead mate. I doubted she would see reason, I wouldn't if someone tried to hurt my mate, but she was defending herself from Luka and Johna, it wasn't her fault that her blood killed him.
This thought crushed me. I longed to taste her blood. She smelt incredible. I was strictly drinking animals, but I wasn't against donated blood, and occasionally I would go to one of the vampire settlements where we paid humans to give their blood. Although it was mostly a s*xtual experience.
I had the power to teleport, so I transported myself out of our territory, and walked the rest of the way to Anya's nest, where I found her screaming, crying and throwing around any object that crossed her path.
''INTRUDER!'' Rick, one of the newer nest members, called out from where he was sitting on a high tree branch, and draining a snake. As a rule, we avoided animals with poison. You could accidentally drain the poison too. It wouldn't kill us, but you would get high.
''YOU!'' Anya charged at me, but I teleported out of her way and re-appeared on the other side of her.
''I'm just here to talk!''
She didn't listen and spun around as she ran at me again, and this time, she slashed out her sharp nails. I quickly grabbed her wrist and spun her around so her back was up against my chest.
Anya and I were lovers once, but has long since parted way before she met her mate, and this was the closest we'd been in decades.
''CALM DOWN!'' I shouted, ''I JUST WANT TO TALK!''
''YOU PROTECTED THAT B*TCH!'' She snarled and struggled in my arms, ''SHE KILLED MY MATE. SHE KILLED MY LUKA!''
''Luka attacked her!'' I shouted and shoved her onto the dirt, ''He tried to drain her, and he died from her blood, she didn't kill him. It wasn't her fault.''
''Why are you defending that wh*re?'' Johna asked, as he rushed over to Anya and helped her up. ''Why are you protecting her?''
''It's none of your business.'' I snapped, ''Alll I will tell you, is she needs to be protected, and I will not let any of you hurt her.''
''I DON'T WANT TO HURT HER. I WANT TO KILL HER!'' Anya screamed and charged at me again.
I rolled my eyes, and teleported again, landing a few feet from her once more.
''We can do this all day, Anya.'' I told her, ''You will not get me. So just stop it and listen. I won't let you hurt Aurora.''
''SO THAT'S THE B*TCHES NAME!'' Anya shouted, she was clearly beyond reason. This was a waste of time. I should just killl them all.
''DAMN IT, ANYA SHUT UP AND LISTEN!'' I shouted over her, ''SHE IS NOT TO BLAME FOR YOUR MATES ACTIONS. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE TRIED TO KILL HER. HIS DEATH IS ON HIM, HE SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HUNTING ON OUR LAND IN THE FIRST PLACE!''
''F*CK YOU!'' Anya screamed and scrunched her hands into fists. ''WE DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOUR BULLSH*T TERRITORY CLAIM, WE WILL HUNT WHERE EVER WE WANT, AND I WILL GET THAT GIRL. SHE WILL BE MINE, AND I WILL SKIN HER ALIVE!'
I exhaled and rubbed my face. ''If you try to touch her, you and your nest will be forfeit. We will kill you all. I'm sorry you lost your mate, but it's his own fault, you and your nest should move on. There is amazing woods near Calembine, I suggest you relocate there.''
''The only relocation we'll be doing, is relocating Aurora's head from her neck.'' Johna told me.
''Try it, and you will be the first I come for.'' I warned him, ''You have been warned. Do not come for her, or I will you all.''
''What is she to you?'' Anya asked, with a calculated expression, ''Is she your mate?''
''Don't be ridiculous. I'd be with her right now if she were mine. You know mates can't separate for the first few days.''
''There's still something going on,'' Another women, Corin, commented from where she was relaxing by a fire. ''They want the girl for some reason. I'll bet you anything that the girls powerful. No way would Amelia protect her if she couldn't use her for something. Probably that lucidus dream she has to defeat the Kings.''
''We will defeat them.'' I told her firmly, ''But Aurora has nothing to do with it. We saved her becasue she was an innocent, so stay the f*ck away from her. I meant it Anya, don't try anything.''
''I am going to rip her apart.'' Anya told me angrily, as she sniffed and wiped tears from her cheeks. ''Get our of nest, and warn your little b*tch that her days are numbered. In fact, I might come see her today sometime.''
''Try it.'' I smirked, and teleported home.
When I walked back to the others, I saw Aurora talking with Amelia. I shouldn't have listened, but I couldn't help it. This was my mate, and I wasn't allowed to tell her, or even claim her as my own, so I was resigned to living in her shadow, skulking and spying on her from a distance.
I hated hearing Amelia lie to her, we knew exactly what she was. Exactly who she was, and it killed me that we were going to use her. I felt like she'd be on our side if we told her the truth, but we couldn't risk it. What if she chose her family and didn't help us take her father down?
But at the same time, she clearly left him. Or did she? We didn't know how she'd ended up in our dimension or why she left her family. Maybe he banished her? Or maybe she left on her own? None of that explained why she had amnesia, and what would happen when she got her memories back?
Should I bring up the Kings in more detail then Amelia had, and see if anything sounds familiar to her? If she got her memories back on her own. Could I then confess that we were mates?
I was about to turn around and go into my hut to pout, when Amelia gave me an excuse to be by my mate's side. I was grateful, even if it hurt to be near her and not tell her we were mates.
I walked over and watched her trying to put on a bracelet Amelia had given her, but when she was struggling with it. I offered to help, and I couldn't help but touch her smooth cool skin. She felt so amazing. I could feel the slight buzzing of the bond, and once again wondered why I couldn't feel the full effect of the bond.
Was she only my second chance mate or something? Could you feel a second chance mate?
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