Alice curled her body closer to Jasper's bare chest, her own sheer blouse was half un-buttoned, it's ruffles now framed her perfect cleavage. This was as far as Jasper had allowed their passion to take them and Alice found herself wishing that his weakness when it came to humans would spread into other areas. Jasper was a southern gentleman through and through and he could not bring himself to take advantage of Alice's lust for him. Every time they touched it was like electricity was passing over their cold hard flesh, igniting human, primal urges. But he resisted.

He had been in this world for too long to not know that Alice was still very young in some ways. He had vowed to wait until he was certain that she was ready, until then he would ignore his own feelings that begged him to give in to their shared desires.

Alice's long, elegant fingers traced the almost invisible patterns of venom scars that criss-crossed his chest. She knew all of his history, she had seen him telling her as soon as the decision was made in his mind, it was weeks before he had the courage to bring it up himself, tonight.

"So the venom really hurts?" Alice's usually enthused voice was as quiet and feeble as the beatings of moth wings in the night, but she knew he heard her.

"Venom stings, it's almost the only thing that really can hurt us. I guess after the pain of changing nothing would ever come close." There was deep pain in his eyes as he relived terrible events over again in his mind.

"I don't remember my change." The statement came with a wave of guilt and twisted longing.

Suddenly his arms were around her in a firm embrace, "Never feel guilty for that Alice. You are special and amazing and I don't ever wish for you to feel any pain ever again, even if you don't remember what it feels like you still experienced so much more than anyone could ever deserve."

She looked into his deep, golden eyes and then her lips parted and her head bowed. Her head flashed down to make contact with his chest. He saw her in movement and held his body stiff, he would never flinch away from her even if she did wish to bite him. But instead of teeth, a cool, fast tongue met his skin. The shock of such a gentle touch threw Jasper, he stayed stock still as she continued to trace his chest with her tongue but when she moaned and pressed her body closer to his it was like a fire suddenly erupted within him.

"Alice please you're driving me insane!"

"Mmmmnnn. You have no idea how wonderful this feels on my tongue though." Her body slithered up his so that her face could curl between his neck and shoulder. "You have the most amazing texture."

There was silence for a few moments as she nuzzled him just below his ear and hummed her own tune of pleasure against him.

As the moment slowed he felt her intense passion fade, as the fires coming off of her died down he became aware of another emotion radiating in soothing constant waves. It was a feeling that came close to that of contentedness but at the same time being merely content could never come close. He had never felt such a feeling directed at him before, surely he would have noticed, for some reason felling directed at him always felt so much stronger. Alice was certainly giving off the most potent emotion that he had ever experienced. It was like a steaming bath that's warmth seemed to seep fully through his being. It encircled him and made him melt like he had seen so many others do when in the presence of their other half. It was without a doubt love.

And in feeling it so strong within her thathe knew that there was no longer any reason to hold back.