The Pull

Knowing

The Pull

Chapter 12: Knowing

Bella P.O.V.

After I finished my food, Peter and I went into the living room. "I know we haven't got to spend any time together, Isabella. That is why I wanted Charlotte to go hunting with Jasper. I know that one day you will come to see me as your family but right now you don't know much about me. That is why I want to tell you the story of my past. But it isn't just my story, it is Charlotte and Jasper's story too." He said. I could tell by the look in his eyes that this wasn't easy for him, but I wanted to know as much as I could about the vampires that I felt such a sudden but strong connection to. I nodded for him to continue. " This is not a happy story. The Whitlock Coven did not always live the easy life you have come to expect from the vampires you have been surrounded by in the past."

"Jasper was my sire. He changed me for his sire, a vampire named Maria. I was not the first or the last, he created thousands of newborns for Maria. She was a war lord in what has come to be known as The Southern Vampire Wars." I was shocked to say the least. I had heard Jasper mention this Maria once before but I didn't know she was his sire. I never imagined Jasper in war. I mean Edward had told me he was in the civil war but this was different. vampire battle was different from human fights, I had seen that first hand with James.

"In the south we fought for territory, hunting grounds. Maria wanted an army of newborns to fight her battles because our kind is strongest in our first year of this life. That's why she loved Jasper's gift. He could control the newborn's emotions. So it was his job to create, train, and when their year of usefulness was up, to destroy the newborns. I was one of the only vampires he was able to convince Maria would still be of use. It was not an easy life but I was grateful for it anyway. Maria was a cruel evil woman. She forced us to kill human children and women as punishment for failing her. It was worse for Jasper, as she had taken a liking to him. She called him 'her Major'. She loved not only his ability to make her enemies feel pain, but also his ability to make her feel amazing pleasures with his gift alone."

My anger had been slowly building the whole time Peter had been talking. That bitch Maria was the most evil person I had ever heard of. I hated the fact that Jasper had even known her, let alone pleased her. I didn't know why but I felt the need to destroy her. I felt something animalistic inside me trying to push its self to the surface. I held it back, I needed to know the rest of the story. Peter would never finish telling me, if I freaked out now.

"Are you doing ok, Bella? I know this isn't easy to hear." Peter said sympathetically. I put on my best poker face and forced my self to say " Yeah, Peter, I'm ok, really. Please go on."