Chapter 2

BPOV

All the Cullens were staring at me now.

I ducked my head and blushed furiously, "Um my Dad will freak if I am not home right away, so if we are going to your house, then I need to call my Dad so I can have them come meet us there. He is not gonna like me going home with strange vampires."

"Jasper, you drive her car to our house and Emmett hold onto Al ice and help me take her home. Go ahead and call your parents and have them meet us at our house. Jasper they can follow our scent trail to our house." the beautiful blonde, Rosalie said.

"Edward are you sure no one suspects anything or saw something." Emmett asked as he took hold of Alice from Edward's grasp.

"Everyone is wondering what the hell is going on but they were all too self involved to catch the actual incident, but they are trying to figure out what is going on now. Why all the Cullens are talking to the new girl." Edward was looking stressed and his eyes were black with either rage or hunger, I couldn't tell. "We need to get out of here now, before we really cause a scene."

With that said, everyone unfroze and moved to their respective vehicles. Emmett had to drag a struggling Alice with him to Rosalie's red BMW. Jasper took my keys from my hands and then walked me around to the passenger side, he opened my door and lifted me into the seat. He fastened my seatbelt and then handed me my cell phone from where it was sitting in the middle console before walking around to get into the driver's side door. I seemed to be in some sort of fog, because I just went along with it all without adding my two cents. As Jasper started my Xterra and pulled out of the parking lot, I realized that I was supposed to be calling Mom and Dad and that is why I was given the phone. Shit!

I hit my speed dial for Dad, figuring his Yoda/Spidey Sense would be giving him some of the info, and therefore I would have to explain less to him.

"Daddy?"

"Princess?" he replied skeptically.

"Um, I kinda have a problem. Don't get mad? There were some vampires playing as kids at my school and somehow- and I am not really sure how it came about so don't ask me to explain- but somehow, I revealed that I know what they are. One of them wanted to eat or kill me; I'm kinda unclear on which that one is either. So they asked me to go with them to their house so that we could talk and I am on my way there as we speak. They want you and Mom to follow my scent to their house too, so we can all talk or something."

"Deep shit! You know that you are in deep shit young lady. Mom and I are on our way already, I knew that there was some trouble at the school and we are already on your trail. I will see you there."

"Yeah Dad, I understand." We hung up. Wow, I expected him to be a lot more pissed than that. That was relatively calm for him. Have I mentioned how overprotective he is of me? Yeah, so I expected yelling at the top of his lungs and threats of never leaving the house again, kinda things.

It wasn't long until we came to the end of the winding dirt road that seemed to be the driveway for their mansion. It was a beautiful white Victorian and surrounded by lush gardens. I couldn't wait to see inside. Woah! Hold my horses, I better wait for Mom and Dad or the "Wrath of Khan" will seem tame compared to my Dad.

Jasper hopped out of the car at vampire speed and was opening my door before I took a deep breath. He had my seatbelt undone and me in his arms bridal style. I was wondering why he was carrying me and not letting me walk by myself? He was also growling every time someone came close to us? Yet I couldn't help staring at his perfect features from under my lashes. He had to most kissable mouth, his lips looked so plump and they formed a perfect cupid's bow. They were a luscious shade of cherry red and I just wanted to nibble on them.

I realized that he was staring at me now, and purring deep in his chest. That of course, set off my blush and I could feel the heat in my cheeks. My blushing seemed to make him purr harder.

Thankfully I was saved from further embarrassment by the arrival of my parents. How many people can say their parents saved them from embarrassment, usually they are the cause of it. Oh, well. Mom and Dad came into the front of the Cullen house warily scanning for signs of danger. Then Dad's eyes took in the sight of me in Jasper's arms. I thought for sure he was going to blow a gasket, and start screaming for him to give me his daughter, but like usual I was wrong.

Dad shocked the shit out of me and went into a submissive pose in front of Jasper with his neck exposed. Mom caught sight of Dad's position and copied it. Now I was really in the Twilight zone. Do Do Do Doo, Do do do dooo, doooo! Jasper seemed to consider them for a few seconds and then he nodded . Mom and Dad stood up but neither of them would look at me or Jasper.

Dad softly spoke "Hello Major, it has been a long time."

Ok I thought I was shocked before but now I was speechless. Major? Major? Major Jasper Whitlock? Mom and Dad's sire and the God of War*? I had grown up hearing stories about the Major from the time that I was a tiny toddler on my Daddy's knee and now here I was being held in his arms. Now I understand why the submissive poses but I am completely floored as to why I would still be in the Major's arms?

I guess the Cullens were ready to get this show on the road too, as Emmett came out and asked for us all to come inside. Mom and Dad followed Emmett through the doors and the Major carried me. I was temporarily blinded by the change in lighting from the outdoors to the indoors and while my eyes were adjusting we walked into a great room/living room. The Major sat down in one of the wingback chairs with me on his lap and Mom and Dad positioned themselves standing to either side of us. There was a blonde man with a Doctor's coat on sitting on a sofa, next to a beautiful lady with long caramel hair. They looked like mates and were older than the other vampires in the room. Rosalie and Emmett were seated together on the other sofa. Edward was standing as far away from us in the room as he could be, and everyonce in a while he would look at me with his black eyes. Dad and the Major would both growl when he did that. Then there was Alice, she was pacing back and forth in front of the fireplace, growling and mumbling to herself.

The blonde in the lab coat, cleared his throat and began to speak, "Well since we are all here. We should introduce ourselves and then we can get to the reason for this visit. I am Carlisle Cullen and this is my wife and mate Esme. I am the head of our family, my son Edward is a mind reader, Emmett and his wife and mate Rosalie, Alice can see the future and it seems like you already know Jasper. Welcome to our home."

Dad took it upon himself to reply "Thank you Carlisle. I am Peter Whitlock and this is my wife and mate Charlotte. And Jasper is holding our daughter Isabella. Yes, we are well acquainted with Jasper as he is our sire, and family. Thus we carry his name, since I have no memory of my human last name."

I could feel pride radiating off of the Major but it was a strange feeling, I mean technically I know that the Major is an Empath, but it is one thing to know but another to feel.

Rosalie interrupted my thoughts "Your daughter, vampires can't have children and if Jasper is your sire there is no way you could have had her before you were changed?"

Mom took the lead on answering her question, and I could tell that Esme was dying of curiosity too. "That is true that we can't give birth to children, but Bella is adopted. A little over 16 years ago, Peter got a feeling. He has a gift, though he denies it." Dad shrugged as all eyes turned to him.

"He just knows things, doesn't know how or why, but he just knows what he knows. He can't control it or bring it on, it happens when it wants to happen, but he is never wrong. So this time when he got this strong feeling that we needed to move to California and set up house like a normal human couple, I went along. We bought a house and furnished it. Peter went out and got a job. Then one day he comes home and says that we need to go to this adoption agency and get approved to adopt. He didn't know why, he just knew that we needed to do it. So we did the paperwork and the home studies etc… and were approved. Then we waited. I wasn't sure that I wanted a child, I had accepted that as a vampire that it was something that I could never have. Peter just said to wait and see. One morning he called in sick to work, he's a vampire and doesn't get sick so I was suspicious. All he would say is "Today".

" It was shortly after noon when I received a call from the adoption agency "Mrs Whitlock, we have a 4 month old baby girl whose whole family was murdered. Would you be willing to take her?" I was hesitant, but Peter kept nodding his head so I said yes. When the social worker came to our home and placed her in my arms, it was like everything was suddenly right. I knew where I was supposed to be and what I was supposed to be doing. I knew that I was placed here on this earth for eternity, walking through the hell of the Southern Vampire Wars so that I would be here to love Peter and mother Bella. There was no other place that I would rather be and nothing that I would rather do. "

"I love you Mama" I said with tears in my eyes. I had heard it all before but I was so grateful that they were my parents.

The Major pulled me close and started to purr, it soothed me and made me feel protected and safe. Dad leaned over and kissed Mom chastely, but you could tell he was touched too.

For a moment it was like the four of us were the only ones in the room but then it must have become uncomfortable for the others, so Carlisle returned our attention to him by clearing his throat again.

"That must have been very hard for the both of you, to control your bloodlust with a helpless child depending on you 24/7?" He asked.

Dad answered this time "Not really, when you eat steak everyday, then if someone cooks you a nice juicy steak it is easier to say "no thank you". Whereas if you are on a diet of veggies and salad everyday and then someone puts a juicy steak in front of you, it could be nearly irresistible. You understand? Charlotte and I, may hunt humans, but we only hunt those who prey on others. We hunt the rapists, murderers, and child molesters. Child molesters are Char's favorite. There has never been a single incident where either of us has had trouble controlling our bloodlust in front of Bella, and there never will."

Edward scoffed. Dad shot daggers at him with his eyes and said "Unlike with your family. Already your daughter has tried to drain my daughter and your son is thinking about it right now."

The Major jumped up and put me behind him on the chair. He crouched down in front of me protectively and growled.

"Dude what is going on with Jasper? I mean I get that he thinks of you guys as family, but all he has done is growl at us since he saw her?" Emmett burst out.

Dad laughed at him "Just be sure that you keep your eyes and hands to yourself, the Major is having a real hard time controlling himself as it is, with the mating instinct being as strong as it is. You look at Bella wrong, or make a move towards and you may find yourself searching for your head."

Emmett's mouth plopped open and you could see the shock on his face "Mating instinct?"

"Don't mean to tell me that you haven't noticed that Bella is the Major's mate? I mean, I know being veggies dulls your instincts and all, but surely you can see it?" Mom replied.

Everyone was staring at the Major and I now. There were mixed reactions of shock and understanding, but Alice was looking at me with pure hatred on her face.

"No No NO! He is my mate, mine! And no stupid human is going to take him away from me." She screamed and went to lunge at me, but suddenly Emmett and Edward had a hold of her arms immobilizing her. She was snarling and venom was leaking out the sides of her mouth as she stared me down with hate filled black eyes.

To say I was scared shitless was an understatement, the Major was stuck between growling at her and purring at me. Finally Mom and Dad got between Alice and us, so the Major turned the full force of his attention on me. He hit me with a wave of calm and pulled me into his arms. He held me close to his chest so I could feel the vibration of his purr against the side of my face. The "Oh Shit"s going through my head slowed down and I tried to concentrate on taking deep breaths in and out, listening to his purr and inhaling his heavenly scent. He smelled like fresh baked bread, cinnamon, nutmeg and something that was all man. His scent smelled like home.

Dad broke the silence "Obviously Alice, he is not your mate and you damn well knew it. You have known it all along, you have also known that Bella was his mate this whole time."

"No she was supposed to be dead." she yelled. That made Mom growl and lunge for Alice, but Dad caught hold of Mom to stop her.

Carlisle spoke up then, "What are you talking about Alice?" he asked suspiciously.

Alice all of a sudden shut up and looked mutinous.

That is when Edward piped in "Alice you either tell them, or I will. I saw it all in your head before you attacked Bella. So either you tell them your dirty secret or I will and you won't like what I have to say?"

Alice gave him a look like "don't you dare" but he just stared her down.

Emmett got frustrated and said "Will someone please explain what is going on?"

They were all standing in the middle of the room and it must have just occurred to them all what it would look like to anyone looking in. So they broke it up and everyone went back to their original positions, except Emmett dragged Alice forcefully back to sit between Rosalie and him so he could keep a hold on her. It was obvious that she wasn't going to talk so we all looked to Edward.

Edward pinched the bridge of his nose and said "When Alice saw Bella in the parking lot today, she didn't recognize her. Then she received a vision, in it Jasper and Bella were getting married and saying their vows. That is when Alice realized who Bella was and she then thought about everything that she had done. She kept thinking "No she's supposed to be dead" over and over again, and "why isn't she dead?" She remembered back to all she had done to get to this place and was lamenting that it was in vain. You see she lied to Jasper. They were never supposed to be together. They are not mates and they were not supposed to be married. She was meant to bring him to our family so he would be a vegetarian and get his bloodlust under control, because he needed to be in control when he met his human mate. However, Alice knew that he wouldn't meet her for over 60 years and since she wouldn't be meeting her mate for another 110 years, she decided she didn't want to spend all that time alone. Especially when she could have Jasper as her little pet until then. She felt it was easy as Jasper was so grateful to her for helping him out of the dark place he was in and being an empath, he was easily manipulated by others emotions. She slowly began chipping away at his self confidence, undermining his control on his bloodlust so that he thought that he needed her to be good. Then about 20 years ago she got a vision that Jasper's mate was going to be born soon. She searched until she found Bella's parents in California. Then she called on some favors she was owed by some nomads. She sent them to kill Bella and her parents. That is why she thought Bella was dead. When she realized that Bella must have survived the attack and was about to meet Jasper today. She decided her best plan would be to pretend that Bella was her Singer and that she got overwhelmed by bloodlust. She planned to drain her. Of course we would have to clean up the mess and move, but it would be her first "slip" so she was sure we would all forgive her. Jasper would never know that she had just killed his one true love. Jasper would remain with Alice until she met her true mate, then she would dump him and live happily ever after."

The emotions in the room must have been chaotic, but the rage coming from the Major was enough to bring them all to their knees in submission. I didn't know what to do, but I knew if I didn't do something and soon that the Major would be removing the Pixie Bitch's head. I was still in his lap but he was growling and his eyes were black as pitch. I reached up and grabbed his face, and turned it to look at me. He still had his eyes trained on the Pixie Bitch but he allowed me to move his face. The growls within him were getting louder. Knowing he could feel everything I felt, I decided to think about the way he made me feel when he was purring earlier. Safe and home. I leaned up and placed a soft kiss on the underside of his jaw. I could feel a shiver go through him at the feel of my lips on him. I concentrated on getting him to shiver again so I leaned up to place another kiss upon his jaw line higher up, but this time I opened my mouth and licked his skin with my tongue. He tasted like honey and spices: delicious. I decided to see what reaction he was having to my actions, so I peeked up at him through my lashes. He was staring at me unblinkingly with his black eyes, but I didn't see anger in them. Instead I saw desire. I could feel my face become aflame with a bright blush.

I buried my head in the crook of his neck, inhaling his scent.

He bent his head and nuzzled into my neck too, breathing in my scent deeply. He began purring again. Though I was embarrassed and feeling out of my depth, I also felt incredibly comfortable right where I was. It was like we were the only two people in the world right now and I wanted to keep it like this forever.

The world intruded again.

This time in the form of my Dad. "Yeah well, Pixie Bitch, just so you know. Touch my kid and you won't last out the day. If the Major hasn't started a bonfire with your ass, then I will use all those clothes that are so dear to your heart to light the pyre that you will be consumed in. Understand? I should just end you right now for what you have already done, but something tells me that my daughter would like that privilege once the Major turns her. Besides it will be fun knowing that you are going to spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder waiting for my daughter to end your existence."

Mom was the one to explain to the Cullens "You see, she may not have succeeded in killing Bella, but that was only because Bella had pneumonia as a baby and was hospitalized the night the nomads came to kill her. The nomads killed Bella's Mother, Father and older Sister that night. Thankfully Alice must not have realized that Bella had an older sister and since she probably told the nomads to kill the parents and the baby girl; the nomads reported that it was done. Alice must not have checked the future since she already knew that she took care of the Bella problem. That was mistake number one. Mistake number two was thinking that we would let her get away with draining our daughter under the guise of uncontrolled bloodlust. Mistake number three was trying to get between the Major and his mate, not a good idea. You know the old three strikes rule, huh Pixie Bitch?" Mom was pissed. I'd never seen her so coldly furious before. This must have been what she was like in the Vampire Wars, thank god I'd never been on the receiving end of that fury.

"Wait a minute, let me get this right? " Emmett asked. I really did like him, he was just a little dense for a vampire but he seemed like a nice guy "So Alice had Bella's family killed thinking it would kill Bella. Then she lied to Jasper all these years, telling him that she is his mate. In the meantime, she was just using him for an occasional lay, a willing slave, and portable ego boost. But soon as she meets her real mate, she planned to dump him leaving him to be alone for the rest of eternity. When she realized Bella wasn't dead, she decided to kill her and blame it on uncontrollable bloodlust, possibly exposing us and bringing the Volturi down us in the process. Yet, no one is going to end her life today? I don't get it?" Now even Emmett looked like he was pissed.

It was Carlisle who answered. "Emmett, as it was Bella and Jasper that were harmed the most by Alice's actions, it is their right to decide what they want to do about it. As for us, I believe that I can speak for all the rest of us, Alice is no longer a part of our family. Even if they choose not to kill her, she will be leaving us permanently. " He looked sad and he had his arms around a heartbroken Esme.

I peeked up at the Major again, just to guage his mood. He looked contemplative but his eyes were still very dark. I tried to send him more peace and safety to soothe him as I laid my head on his very muscular and hard shoulder. The Major tried to get my attention then, by rubbing his face against mine. I responded with a "hmmmm?"

"Darlin?" It was the first time he had really spoke to me during all of this and I loved the sound of his voice. That deep velvet with a southern drawl was downright sexy, and my panties were instantly drenched. He must have been able to tell because he chuckled. That caused another gush. What was going on with me? Sure he was a sexy, perfectly handsome vampire, but really did I have to act like a Ho?

"Darlin, what do you want to do about Alice? Whatever you decide, I will stand beside you? If you want me to tear her to pieces and spread them all over the planet, I will do it. You want to build a pyre and roast her like a marshmallow, I'll find a stick. Whatever you say?" and I was caught up in his beautiful eyes as he stared into mine waiting for my answer.

"Major, I don't know what I want. Part of me hates her with everything that is in me. She has tried to take away everything that was ever mine. She took my parents, my sister, my mate, and then she tried to take my life. Yet, I have loving parents that would do anything for me, I'm hoping to have a sister in Rosalie, and brothers in Edward and Emmett, you are here with me, and she will now have no one. So is that enough? That I am happy and she has to suffer all the things that she wanted me to suffer? I don't know?" I stated in a whisper, knowing that they would all hear me anyways, but unwilling to have the spotlight on me due to my shyness.

He leaned down until our foreheads were touching. We both seemed to gain some strength from the contact. Then he straightened up and the persona of the Major came over him. "My mate has spoken, if either of us ever see you again, it will be your end Alice. If ever, we hear that you have caused harm to us or those we love, then we will hunt you down to the ends of the earth and dance around your pyre. We are giving you a second chance at life, use it well or pay the consequences. My mate is much more compassionate than I, but if I have to deal with you again, it will be I that deals out your punishment and your death will not be quick or painless." With that, he stood up holding me in his arms bridal style.

"Carlisle, my mate will be more comfortable in her own home and I do not wish to deal with reminders, so I will be staying with her for the time being. Before she leaves, make sure she signs the divorce papers that are in the second drawer of my desk in my study. While Jasper didn't realize that she was not our mate at first, I did and have been prepared for this day. If you need me, you can reach me on my cell." Then he turned to my Mom and Dad, and waved them ahead of him.

We were outside momentarily and Jasper through my keys to my Dad after unlocking the rear passenger door. He climbed into the backseat with me on his lap, and Dad drove my Xterra with Mom riding shotgun. We were home in no time. I couldn't believe that it had only been 12 hours since I had left the house this morning, so much had happened in that time that it was hard to wrap my head around.