Chapter Three, Interruptions

Jasper laid in bed a soft smile upon his lips as he gazed at a slumbering Aiyana curled into his side, tenderly brushing her dark hair from her face. It has been a month since he was traditionally accepted by the tribe and two months since he met his wonderful mate and left behind the shackles of his old life with the Cullens. Despite being thankful for them he did not enjoy the pressure they had forced upon him, thinking he was weak and not able to control himself. When in reality his gift was too strong and having to feel not only his own hunger while being forced amongst humans, but also feel seven other vampire's hunger was no easy feat. A fact that his new family had made him realise, as they taught him how to use his gift to its fullest leading to a better control.
"You're thinking too loud, Adageyudi." Aiyana mumbled, snuggling closer to Jasper's chest, smacking it gently when it rumbled with his laughter.

"Good morning, Uwoduhi. Gvgeyui." Jasper murmured, kissing her forehead tenderly.
"Morning," Aiyana yawned, stretching like a cat drawing Jasper's hungry eye to the beautiful lean figure of his mate. "Gvgeyui as well Jasper." She purred, causing Jasper's eyes to darken even more as he flipped them over so he was leaning over her supporting himself on an elbow while his other hand rested on her thigh and Aiyana with her back flat against the bed, her own eyes darkening. Despite only being a Hybrid she still needed some sleep, although it was only between eight and ten hours a week.
"The things you do to me." Jasper purred lustfully, his eyes black with red flecks showing Aiyana she had coaxed out Major; however, before she could utter a word Major kissed her hungrily full of love and lust, his hand sliding up her thigh causing Aiyana to moan, giving a Major to taste her mouth with his tongue as their tongues battled for dominance. Which he eventually won as he plundered her mouth.

However, before they could go any further than a hot make out session and consummate their bond (which was lucky or unlucky as they had wanted to wait till they finish courting), there was a knock on the bedroom door.
"Aiyana," Senna hesitantly called through the door. "I'm sorry, but it's imperative you and Jasper join us. Now. There's an unwanted visitor." Her voice growling and showing the warning for what it was. Major growled at that, not at Senna but at whomever at decided not only to interrupt his time with his mate but to interrupt the harmony of the coven and tribe for he could feel the anger and hesitance coming from the three aunts in thick waves that it was almost visible.
"We'll be right there." Major replied gruffly, growls reverberating from his chest.
'They'll pay for this! The things they're feeling!' Major growled within his mind to Jasper.

'We'll make sure Edward pays! No one thinks or feels about our mate and family the way he is!' Jasper promised, fully agreeing with Major and content to let him take the reins for a bit. Since gaining more control and confidence over himself Jasper allowed Major out more; for the first time ever, they were at peace with each other. No longer was it a battle of wills every second of everyday inside Jasper's own mind but a harmony between them. He was no longer afraid or ashamed of himself, his past, or his alter ego.
'Good!' Major growled satisfied, letting more growls pass his lips threateningly towards Edward.
"Shh, Major." Aiyana crooned, brushing his honey blonde curls from his eyes; not caring she was standing before him in just her bare skin, her grey cotton floral, but sexy, nightie in a pool at her feet.

This time Major growled for a whole other reason, winding his arms around Aiyana's waist and she did his neck, their bodies flushed together.
"You little minx, do you know how hard it is to restrain myself from continuing what we started?" Major asked rhetorically, but all Aiyana did was smile innocently and giggle at him with a mischievous twinkle in her dark eyes.
"Well," Aiyana drawled, standing on her toes to whisper into his ear, a groan slipping from Major's throat as her breasts pressed against his bare chest as his hands slipped from her waist to clutch tightly at hips, "as much as I would love to continue what we started, my Major, we should really see what or rather who has turned up to make you and my aunts so angry." She purred in his ear, nibbling it gently before pressing a soft kiss to his neck.

Smirking victoriously at his groan, Aiyana slipped out of his arms, sashaying her hips as she walked over to the bathroom for a quick shower and got ready for the day. The interruption could wait for all she cared.
"This woman is going to be the death of me!" Major groaned, raking his hand through his curls before he joined her in the shower (to unfortunately just to wash) to save time and water and if it brought him more time with his mate than it was a bonus.

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"What do you want, Edward!" Major growled upon entering the living room, his arm around Aiyana's shoulder and the pair dressed in the clothing of the tribe along with the beads. Edward looked up from his staring contest with the three women, who had frustrated him by thinking about the Forest of all things. He couldn't even get a glimpse of anything about them, their tribe or anything, a look of disgust appeared on his face when he noticed Jasper's clothing style showcasing his battle scars and his black and scarlet eyes.
"You've changed and not for the better." Edward snarled with revulsion.
"Who are you to speak to my mate this way!" Aiyana snarled, fangs bared and ready to attack as shadows swirled around her hands and the shadows in the room became denser, thicker.

"You've made him lose his soul!" Edward shouted. "All because you have no soul yourself, you even killed your own mother!"
That did it.
Edward didn't even have time to foresee their attacks in his mind; as one they attacked him. Zafrina took away his senses, apart from pain she made sure he could still feel that, by using her gift making him see whatever she wanted (she choose being burned alive, no one messed with her niece or disrespected her younger sister), Jasper attacked him; forcing his legs out from under him as Kachiri and Senna grabbed his arms behind his back, while Aiyana created weapons out of the shadows impaling one through each leg causing Edward to howl in agony.

"You know nothing!" Kachiri growled in his twisting his arm causing cracks to appear. "You've been blinded by your own ego that you think you're above everyone and can treat them as you wish. Well, let me tell you, you have another thing coming if you think you can disrespect my baby sister and insult my niece without there being consequences!"
"Now, what should we do with you?" the normally quiet Senna mocked sardonically.
"Please. Please. Please." Edward begged, howling as Major and Aiyana twisted the blades in his legs.
"You do not deserve mercy nor do you deserve forgiveness. You come to our home and treat my mate abominably!" Major growled furiously.
"Major please!" Edward begged, regret seeping through him. Not for what he said but for his life. For getting caught.

"Perhaps it would serve as a better lesson to allow him to leave knowing we can find him and end his life in nanoseconds. Let fear consume him knowing there will always be consequences to his actions and away from his coven consequences will be wrought for his spoiled Prince attitude. Plus he only came here to snoop on us, no doubt trying to glean information on us, on me. We let him leave with a promise of what's to come if ever steps foot in this forest again and if he ever tells someone about us." Aiyana suggested, sneering at him. "Plus if we don't and kill him like we want to do so badly, more will come looking for him."
"You're right, of course, Adageyudi." Major agreed, kissing her forehead. "I do not believe Carlisle put him up to this but someone did. He leaves tortured but alive as a warning."

"Very well." Kachiri agreed reluctantly, but she knew her niece and Jasper were right. She just wanted to kill the filth, but settled for torturing him some more by twisting his arms almost clean off. Once they were satisfied with the level he'd been tortured, Aiyana used the shadows to transport him on the edge of the Forest before almost collapsing to the floor, if Jasper hadn't caught her.
"Why hello Jasper." Aiyana flirted, a tired but flirty smirk on her lips.
"Hello darling." Jasper flirted, he was now back in control. Lifting her into his arms and carrying her into the kitchen where Zafrina and Senna were preparing her a mushroom omelette. "Are you alright?" He asked, sitting on a bar stool with her in his lap.

"I'm just hungry and tired. It took a lot to remove him, especially as he fought against me." Aiyana revealed, sighing in contentment as she rested against Jasper as Kachiri stood beside them rubbing her fingers through her niece's hair.
"What he said about you and your mother isn't true, Aiyana, you know that right?" She asked seriously.
"I know." Aiyana spoke softly. "Doesn't mean it didn't hurt and that I didn't used to feel guilt-"
"Well, don't!" Zafrina fumed, not at Aiyana but at the filth who made her feel this way. "What happened to your mother isn't and never was your fault. She loved you more than her own life, as do the four of us."

"You mean everything to us, Aiyana, everything." Senna implored her niece to believe them. "We love you. But eat and drink up, we all need to hunt." She added, setting a plate containing a mushroom omelette and a glass of orange juice before her niece.
"Thank you aunties, this smells amazing and I love you all, too. I promise I'll try not to think or feel like that anymore." Aiyana promised, digging into her breakfast.
"That's all we ask darling." Jasper muttered against her neck, placing a soft kiss against her pulse point.
"Just promise us you'll tell us next time." Kachiri asked, smiling when she got a nod from her niece who had just taken a bite. "Good." She sighed satisfied. After Aiyana had finished the quartet left to hunt as they had a rather busy day ahead of them and had already been delayed enough.

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In Toronto, Canada the Cullens groaned in annoyance (Rosalie, Emmett and Gwen) when Alice revealed to them the complications Edward had just wrought upon them.

Cherokee to English translations:

* Adageyudi = love
* Uwoduhi = beautiful
* Gvgeyui = I love you