*Jasper’s POV

  Sihe night when the seer came too close and almost got caught, the days passed quite ufully. I found myself enjoying the ess though. Each day Annabell seemed to ease up to my assistah her everyday tasks on her way to recovery and she truly let me care for her now. I couldn’t have been happier because I saw her strength ing back. I was also rewarded with her slowly growing fidence while being naked around me as I was allowed to admire her geous body in its ey a few times.

  Days were calm. However, every night there oint where she’d get anxious and several times she even started to thrash about, screaming for me until she clutched my hand or the worst nights I had to hold her tightly in my arms and calm her down. She never woke up from whatever was t her in her sleep and I waited for the m hoping she’d fide in me. But she acted as if nothing happened and I didn’t question her, w if she remembered it.

  The days passed and I realized too te that Wednesday came about and Annabell was supposed to go for a check up at the hospital the m. I should go hunt before that, but Annabell was already sound asleep by my side. I couldn't decide whether to leave her for a while, possibly to deal with whatever she fights in her sleep every night by herself until I make it back, or to risk going to the hospital already quite hungry.

  As I kept absentmindedly pying with silky tresses of her ebony hair, Peter’s head suddenly appeared in the door. “Hey, isn’t Annie going to the hospital tomorrow?” He asked.

  “Yeah.” I knew he wao and would go with us.

  “Damn it man! Don’t tell me you didn’t hunt.” He scowled at me, seeing my eyes were not as light as they should be. sidering that I’ll go into a building where blood flows pretty muonstop. The st time I was there, I had huhe night before that and I was also too preoccupied to care for the fire in my throat. “Go. I’ll stay with Ail you e back.” It was almost an order and I wao give him a piey mind. Under different circumstances I would rip him a new one, but he was right and I relutly moved away from my beautiful sleeping mate after pg a light kiss on her soft lips.

  I made of the hunt what I could, as fast as I could, to quickly e back. For I knew she would need me. And I was correct. Before I could even see her house, I sensed her distress. It was as if she was calling to me through the night aing closer I could feel her panic as well as Peter’s worry. “Annie, calm down. It’s just a dream, wake up.” Coaxed Peter. But it had no effect.

  “No! You’re not my mate! Don’t you touch me!” Screamed Annabell, fighting with Peter while he was trying to hold her still without hurting her. He shot me a helpless but slightly relieved look when I jumped in through the window.

  “I’m here, my love.” I hugged her tightly wheer stepped aside. “I’m here.” I kept reassuring her while doing my best to calm her down. When she did, Peter quietly left with a nod and I knew he’ll be ba the m with his Impa to drive us to the hospital.

  “Jasper…?” Whispered Annabell suddenly. Tonight she woke up and I saw the tears running down her cheeks as they sparkled in the moonlight. “Ah, Jasper!” She buried her fa the shirt on my chest, holding onto me as tightly as she could.

  “Yes, angel, I’m here. You’re alright. It was just a bad dream, my love.” I spoke quietly, gently stroking her hair.

  After a while she pulled back a bit to face me. “Will you leave me for another?” Asked Annabell. Her face looked emotionless now as she waited for an answer but I felt so much pain, sadness and fear from her.

  Staring at her in shock for a moment as I had no idea where did that e from, she pressed her lips into a thin line aears formed in her mesmerizing emerald eyes. “Never, my love. You are my other half, Annabell. I ’t even begin to imagine being with someone else.” I spoke softly, wipiears away. “What made you ask such a question?” I inquired, uo hide my fusion.

  Slowly rexing into my embrace she expined. “I keep having the same dream every night. We’re together in a sunny pce with horses but you disappear and I hear a woman ughing. Then I’m alone in the darkness and while searg for you, an unfamiliar vampire catches me, tellio be his. Every time I mao escape him and you appear again…” She trailed off and I khere was more. Carefully tightening my arms arouo tell her that I’m not going anywhere, I waited for her to tioday was different. I couldn’t shake him off and you never came back.” Finished Annabell quietly. Her voice broke at the end and she had her head hung low.

  I finally uood. “So that’s what was b you every night… I’m sorry, my love. I fot to go hunt in time and had to leave you tonight for a little bit while Peter kept guard.” I apologized, rubbing circles on her arm soothingly. “It was only a bad dream, Annabell. I’m here now. You are safe.”

  She pletely settled down, at st. Annabell lifted her head leaning into me and I met her velvety lips in a tender kiss. Our tongues seemingly gravitated towards each other, deepening the kiss, turning it passiohe sensual dance of our tongues set off the sparks of our desire, growing it into a hot burning fme.

  Annabell was seated sideways on my p. I slid one of my hands over her back, hip and under her voluptuous bottom, caressing all of her delicious curves along the way and I brought her wonderfully feminine form even closer to my hard and yearning body. Now I kly how marvelous the body in my arms was and it took all of my willpower to not rip Annabell’s clothes off, to relish her naked beauty and to feel her skin on mine again.

  Annabell reached up to tangle her fingers in my hair at the bay head and pressed herself to me, causing a low, hungry growl to vibrate through my chest.

  I found that my other hand had quite free access to one of her soft breasts. Cupping its lovely weight in my hand, Annabel purred and slightly arched her bader my touch, granting me eveer access. The thin yer of fabric as her t-shirt stretched over the plump treasure was like a sed skin and couldn’t hide its taut . When I caressed the tempting top of it with my thumb, she moaned into my mouth and arched her back a little more. That caused her to pull from the kiss and bare her throat to me.

  Fighting the urge to give in to my hunger for her at that sight, with a groan I buried my head into the crook of her neck. Her unintended invitation to sink my teeth into her creamy skin and mark her as mine, almost destroyed my hard built self trol and break all my promises to her. ing my arms around her lightly trembling body, we stayed like that for a while. I was taking deep breaths of her sweet st to clear my mind and she was doing the same to calm her rapidly beati.