ʏᴇꜱ ᴡᴇ ɢᴇᴛ ʙᴀʙʏ ᴊᴀꜱᴘᴇʀ'ꜱ ᴘᴏᴠ. ᴍʏ ꜱᴇᴄᴏɴᴅ ʟɪʟ ᴍᴀɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ᴀᴄᴛᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴀ ʙɪɢ ʟɪʟ ᴍᴀɴ.

ɢᴏᴅ ɪ ɢᴇᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ꜰᴇᴇʟꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ. ᴏɴʟʏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ᴄᴀɴ ᴄᴏᴍꜰᴏʀᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ɪɴꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴅᴜᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏʀᴏɴᴀ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ꜱᴇᴇ ʜᴇʀ. ɪ ᴍɪꜱꜱ ʜᴇʀ ꜱᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ...

ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ʜɪᴛ ²⁰ᴋ ʀᴇᴀᴅꜱ ᴀ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ɪꜱ ɴᴏᴡ ᴀᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ⁸⁰ᴋ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ. ɪ ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴡʀɪᴛᴛᴇɴ ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ɪɴ ᴀ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴀ ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ. ɪᴛ ʀᴇᴀʟʟʏ ɪꜱ ᴀɴ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪꜱʜᴍᴇɴᴛ.

Jasper's POV

My breathing remained ragged as Rose helped me out of the plane. Nothing made sense anymore. The world that I had made for myself, all of the walls that I had put up around my own emotions and my gift were falling down, leaving what was left of me.

I felt like I was alone, even if people were all around me. Nothing shook my feelings of loneliness. It didn't matter how many people tried to comfort me, the one person who I wanted wasn't here.

Anna. The girl who I had grown to love like she was my own sister, my own family. In the end, she was what I wanted more than anything. To hear her voice again, to see her newly immortal face. I hadn't gotten a chance to see her, not really.

Out of everyone I had ever met, she was the one that made me feel like I had found a home, found a place where someone loved me just as much as I loved them.

A city of blood and gore, the main base of the ruling coven of vampires, Volterra truly was a beautiful place. It's beauty could not be admired by my golden eyes. I just kept my head down, making sure that no humans could see what we were, what we really were. They thought that they had gotten rid of us for good, that we were never going to step foot in their city.

Vampires had never left.

"Jaz," Rose whispers, holding me close to her, protecting me from whatever could come next. It wasn't like the Volturi were just going to let in a coven without cause. Some of us didn't even have gifts. The ones that did couldn't be worth their time. "Stay close to me. It's going to be okay."

The problem was that it didn't feel like that. No, it didn't feel like I would ever be okay again. I felt numb, hollow to the core. She was missing from me and no matter how much I called out to her in my head, she wouldn't be able to hear me. I was cut off completely, with our letter exchange being the only real contact we had for the last four months.

My numbness did not exclude the complete pain I felt when even thinking about her.

"Jazzy," Emmett whispers to me, "Carlisle just got off the phone with Aro. You can see her. He promised that you could see her. She wants to see you too."

His words did nothing for me. Words meant nothing. Even the words that tore me apart would mean nothing.

Anna's words meant something. Those words would mean something to me.

God, I missed her. Her voice, her comfort, her everything. Everything about her just felt like home.

I wanted home back more than anything else in this world. No hunger, no nothing, just home.

"Jasper," Carlisle's voice was soft as he walked next to me, putting his hand on my shoulder. "I know it doesn't feel okay now, but your sister loves you and she is going to see you once we get inside the castle. She-"

My father cut himself off and just sighed, walking faster. The castle was now in sight, with one of the entrances guarded by none other than Jane and Alec Volturi, the witch twins of Volterra.

Known as to be one of the most powerful vampires in the world. Also, the most protective of my Anna.

Out of sight, we sped up to the entrance. The twins smiled at Carlisle but showed no emotion when looking at the rest of us.

"Where is she?" Carlisle asks the two teenage vampires.

"We are holding no vi-" Jane was cut off by none other than Aro, who had rushed himself to the eneterence and in front of his covenmate.

"Let them in, Jane. They have to come in," Aro tries to rush us in, but Jane does not budge, openly defying her sire.

"They cannot see him. It is dangerous for them to be here, father. They cannot find out!" Find out what? Why are...Is that why they've been cooping people up in the castle? They have something to hide?

"The Olympic Coven are going through something and it is for the sake of my mate and her sanity that we get them inside now. Jane, let them through. For the sake of your mother, let them through," Jane huffs, but does as Aro tells, opening up the doors to the castle and ushering us inside.

My insides churned as I felt the eyes on me. All of the members of the guard were looking at us and then looking at the throne room. They all guarded that door, making sure that nobody could get inside. Where is my sister? Please, I just want my sister.

It only took us about a minute to get where Aro was taking us. Aro looked at Marcus and Caius, who were standing outside the door. Both of them nodded, giving permission to go into the room.

Even from far away I knew that the room they were taking us to was not like any other room in the castle. This room was scented by someone who had found their mates.

It smelled like Anna.

I couldn't go in here. No, mate rooms were damn near holy and nobody could go inside. Not without direct permission from all parties involved in the making of the room. This was her safe space and I would never invade that, no matter how much I longed for her comfort, to see her.

"Go in, Jasper," Caius seethes, "If we cannot help our mate, you will be able to. It seems that you both need each other. I will never do anything to stop my mate from being happy, even if it means allowing another male in our nest."

"Just..." Marcus sighs. "Just make sure not to freak out when you see him."

Not taking any time after being given permission, I open the door. A great big purple room was revealed. Her favorite color. Of course it would be the color of her nest. All around I could see LED lights hanging, lighting up the room to reveal the shimmer in the paint.

"Jazzy," I heard Anna call out to me. I looked to where her voice came from. Before I could move in further, the door was shut behind me, letting a loud creak fill the air.

When I saw her face, everything just clicked. My sister was sitting on one of her many couches, a sad smile on her face. She felt equal in her unhappiness. Her hair was a mess and her eyes showed tears that would never be able to fall.

On her right sat a boy, a small little boy. He looked to be about four or five, give or take. He...he has a heartbeat. Did sissy adopt a baby? His heart doesn't sound right at all. Like a butterfly or a hummingbird. It's beautiful. God, he's the cutest little thing ever.

"Jazzy," Anna repeats, speeding up to me and tackling me to the ground. I let out a half hearted sob that sounded like it was mixed with a sour laugh. Her head bumped with mine as she laid with me on the floor. "Jazzy I missed you so much. What's wrong? The bond is going crazy."

I had almost forgotten just how bad I felt when I saw the little boy let out a small giggle.

"You...you...." I couldn't get the words out of my mouth. My heart dropped in my chest once more as I felt the pain all over again. He wouldn't stop. He wouldn't leave me alone. He wouldn't stop hurting me. He hurt me so bad. It hurts so bad. I thought that we were family. I just wanted to be a good brother. I failed. God, I failed at everything. I'm a failure.

"No, no, no, Jazzy," Anna looks me in the eyes as I let out another sob. I couldn't stop as the sobs escaped my mouth. At that moment I wished that the tears could fall. Instead, they just welled in my eyes and blinded my vision. "Jazzy, I'm here."

I nodded my head, knowing that she was right in front of me. My sissy was in front of me.

It still hurt. God, it still hurt so bad. I felt like I was being torn from the inside out. Nothing was okay. Nothing about this was okay. My heart was being ripped out from my chest and I had no clue how to keep it there. Maybe it was being shattered, just like glass.

Anna shushed me, holding onto me as I cried into her shoulder on the floor. Even the floor, which was hardwood, felt softer than the blows that Edward made towards my heart and soul. He had torn apart my very soul.

The one that he claimed vampires did not have.

"My Jazzy," my sister coos into my messy hair, "What happened, Major?"

She was the only one who was allowed to call me that. When she did use it, things had usually gotten bad.

"He," I couldn't even say his name. "He called you a monster. He said that you were a sociopath. He ignored me. He didn't even care that he hurt me."

It hadn't even been the words that he threw my way that hurt the most. The fact that the man who I considered to be one of my friends, my own brother, had ignored me when I begged for him to stop hurting me. He blamed everyone that I loved. He said that everyone else was making me upset and couldn't own up to the fact that he was the one that burned me alive.

He held the torch, his selfishness being the flame.

"Oh Major," she held me close to her chest, "Don't cry. I'm here and I'll always love you. I love you so much, Jazzy. You'll always be my Jazzy man and nobody else can be my Jazzy man. I need my Jazzy man."

Her words would always soothe me. Everything about her comforted me. I needed her just as much as I needed blood to live.

Although there was no substitute for her love, nothing could replace Anna.

"Hey, Jazzy," I look up into her red eyes, "Do you wanna meet him? I think that he likes you already. Cute little bugger."

"Who?" Anna points over to the couch where the little boy sat, staring at the scene in front of him. "What is he? A human child? His skin is so pale."

"C'mere, baby," Anna calls out to the young boy, who runs over at the same speed of a vampire. I yelp, not knowing exactly what to do. He smells like us and like a human at the same time. It's not normal. This is weird. This is really weird. Weird handsome child.

"Jazzy, this is my son. No, not biological, but he is still my son," I didn't know what to make of what was being told to me. "He's not human and he's not a vampire, he's both. Before you say that it isn't possible, it is, it's just so rare that we don't know anything about it."

"Vampires are infertile," I state.

"Female vampires are, not male vampires. The man had sex with a human woman and got her pregnant. I found her while she gave birth. She did not survive," Anna's voice turned somber. "She told me to take her child and raise him as my own. Of course, I always wanted a baby of my own to take care of, so my son was welcomed quite quickly into the family."

"How did you keep this a secret? The whole vampire world should know by now-" Anna cut me off.

"Why do you think that the Volturi shut their doors? They would think that the child was an immortal and would have killed him. Our coven loves their little prince and has kept the secret inside the walls. I wanted to see you all after we got him, but I knew better. I know that Carlisle said no more secrets, but I knew that this was one that I just had to keep. I hope he doesn't get mad at me," I put my hand on Anna's cheek.

"He could never be mad at you, Anna bear. None of us are ever mad at you. I..." I look at the small hybrid child who was right by us, smiling as wide as he could. "It is just a shock to know what could happen to any woman who encounters a vampire with that much control."

"It was the Romanians. They...god I don't want to think about what she said. Just know that she loved her son and I love my son," I growled at the thought of what that woman would have gone through at the hands of such evil people like the Romanians. "How long are you staying?"

"However long you want me to stay, little sis."

"How does forever sound?"

"Perfect. Forever sounds perfect."