Alice and Jasper - Chapter 7

 Hunting Screams

     Three weeks on the island had past. Alice and I have been scuba diving without equipment, of course. We had been exploring the island, and found many interesting creatures and plants. I wasn't my thing to stare at plants, but Alice enjoyed it.
     It was time for me to hunt again, but I didn’t want Alice to come. I took a moment to think of the words, and I accidentally blurted them out instead.
     “Alice, I need to hunt, and I want to go alone,” I said.
     She looked shocked for a moment, and then she relaxed. “Yes, that is fine. I know the reason.”
     I ran out the door after kissing her tenderly. I heard her giggling fade as I ran deeper in the forest. It didn’t take me long to find a pack of deer, and I just happened to find a wild boar. I finished with both and ran off. Pouncing on a stray buck, I heard a piercing scream. It echoed around the entire island. It was my Alice. I ran to the house as quick as I possibly could and burst through to the bedroom. Alice was curled up on the bed, and a man was approaching her on the bed. He was easily human by the scent. I wonder for a brief half a second why she didn’t kill him herself. Of course, she was afraid to kill.
     “Jasper!” She screamed.
     Her scream broke my thoughts and I realized he had started stroking her legs. I grabbed the man’s throat and pushed him against the wall. I wasn’t going to give him an easy death. He had touched my Alice. For that, I was going to brutally kill him. With vampire strength, I trusted my fist through his stomach, and he let out a terrible shriek. I ran outside with him so Alice didn’t see. I grabbed one of his vocal cords, and ripped it from his neck. The man died, and I drain the pathetic man quickly. I dropped him in a hole, and ran back to Alice. When I reenter the bedroom, she was still cowering in the corner of the bed. I climbed up the bed, and pulled her into my arms.
     “Shh, Alice, I’m right here. I’ve got you,” I chanted.
     Her body was trembling, and tiny whimpers escaped her lips. Her arms coiled around me, and she pushed herself against me.
     “Jasper,” She whispered, “I was so scared. I knew that I would be able to fight him off easily, but I was afraid.”
     “Alice, you don’t have to be afraid. I will always be here to protect you. I love you, Alice,” I soothed.  
     Her sobs quieted, and she rested her trembling head on my chest.
     “Do you promise, Jazzy?” She asked.
     I was shocked the she would doubt in me. She could look in the future and tell me the answer, but I already knew it. Vampire love is very powerful, and vampires don’t get divorces like humans do.
     “What does the future show?” I asked.
     She took it the wrong way, and I felt it in both her emotions and her body. “You have a doubt on whether you will stay with me?” She sobbed.
      I stroked her tearless face for reassurance. “I simply meant that I could never leave you even if I wanted to. I don’t want to leave, and I won’t leave you. I love you so much. You belong to me,” I concluded tightening my arms around her fragile body.
     “How did you know I was in danger?” She asked.
     “I heard your scream from across the island,” I replied.
     “I only screamed once, and it was really quiet.”
     I was confused. I knew what Alice’s voice sounded like, and I knew it had been her would screamed. Maybe I was so tuned to her considering I was always with her that I could hear the tiniest of noises that came from her soft lips.
     “Alice, why hadn’t you seen the man coming?” I asked.
     “Well, I didn’t see you wanting to hunting alone, so when you told me the future shifted,” she explained.
     “I’ll never leave you to go hunting again. We’ll go together for now on. I know I can protect you, but I won’t risk losing you.”
     I kissed her forehead lightly, and Alice snuggled closer to me.
     “Do you want to watch a movie?” she asked.
     “Sure,” I replied knowing that that answer would make her happy.
     I lied down on the couch and she went to the movie cabinet. I watched her slid in The Count of Monty Cristo. I gathered her up in my arms and cradled her against my chest as the movie began. I kissed the back of neck, she and twinned her fingers through mine. As we watched revenge and love conquer the wrong doers, I softly bit her ear.
     “Jasper, are you that bored of this movie?” She asked.
     I licked the spot I had bit. “Nope.”
     “Behave, Jasper,” she stealing a swift kiss.
     With that, I sighed, rested my cheek on hers, and watched the rest of the movie.
     Once the movie was over, Alice and I remained on the couch.
     “Alice, did you want to stay here after what happened?” I asked.
     “Yes, but where would we go?”
     “Where would you want to go?” I asked.
     “Maybe France or Italy-
     “Never will you go to Italy. The Volutri live there. If they see me, they will kill me. Worse, they will kill you for being with me. Never will I risk you like that,” I said fiercely.
     Alice remained very still in my arms.
     “Alice, why was that…that creature here?” I asked.
     “I imported some clothes for us, and the management promised that they would simply drop two bags of new designer clothes to the surface. That man came with unexpectedly. He brought the clothes to the house, but when he found me alone he…” her voice trailed off.
     I tightened my arms around her again.
     “You’re safe here,” I whispered. That, I knew was true. As long as she remained in my arms where I could feel her I knew that she would be forever safe.