The God and Goddess of War

chapter 11

Jaspers Pov

"Stop it" Bella giggled playfully as I nuzzled and licked her neck, my arms trapping her against me as she squirmed on my lap. Of course I knew she was playing so I did no such thing.

We were all relaxing around the house, having some quality time with our mates. The battle had made our animal instincts to rise to the surface, since our mates are the most important thing in our lives it was obvious we would want to be with them. It would be a couple of days before we calmed down enough to be away from them like we used to but now I was just enjoying the time I had with my Bella, I was going to take full advantage and enjoy it.

"Mm you smell so good" I groaned as I pulled her even closer to me, her squirming making the fabric of my jeans to rub against my very permanent erection. Damn, this is the life.

"Jasper, I need to hunt" she moaned out as she continued her weak protests, though I wanted to continue I finally felt her uncomfortable emotions as she tried to deal with her blood lust. I was immediately out of my seat and tugging her towards the woods, internally shouting at myself at my lack of concern for my mate. She of course needed to feed heavily over the next couple of days due to the amount of energy she used, she may look all together after a fight but she used a lot of energy by doing so.

I wondered if anyone noticed how Bella was both shielding them from a gift attack as well as a physical one; the newborns could attack you but not get close enough to sink their teeth in. Our scars were before she had learnt how to use it, ever since the only ones we collected were in our passion of fucking. It was another reason why I wondered how she had gathered 2 more, I knew her body better than she did and it reminded me to have that conversation with her as soon as possible.

"Where you going bro" Emmett shouted from the garage, he had been helping Rose since they refused to be out of each other's sight, though the instincts affect the male mate more the females don't like to leave there side, at all, and even if they wanted to the males wouldn't allow it. The fight was 2 days ago and since then Bella hasn't been out of my sight for even a second.

"Hunting" was my short and straight to the point reply as I swept Bella into my arms and ran into the forest, my concern for my mate my main priority. Why wasn't I reading into her deeper emotions? Shit!

"Jasper calm down" Bella sighed as she rested her head against my upper chest, her arms going around my neck as I sped us to an area where I could sense animals nearby. I had been so distracted that I hadn't felt or noticed her slight discomfort or her weak attempts to suggest hunting, I felt like an idiot and a arsehole now I put it all together. Fuck if I am going to make that mistake again.

"Not until you hunt" I stated with authority in my tone and she sighed but nodded, I winced slightly as I felt a tiny stab of relief from her before putting her down and staring at her expectantly.

"Bella..." I drawled and she seemed to snap out of whatever thought process she was in as she immediately smiled before taking off. Not wanting her out of my sight I followed behind, knowing that she wouldn't feel the need to claim her hunt due to me being her mate, if it was anyone else then she would have attacked to protect her kill.

Following close behind so she was always in my sight I watched both lustfully and in awe as she took down a deer, her hunting style graceful as she snapped its neck before draining it dry. Knowing one wasn't enough I followed her as she took down 3 mountain lions, 2 deer and a bear before she seemed satisfied and I again felt guilty for not realising her needs sooner, I would have also fed with her since I loved it when we hunted together if she wasn't in such need for substance.