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Chapter 21

The Warlord's Mate

Jasper POV

Get my mate back. Destroy Edward.

My saving mantra was back in my mind while we walked inside the house. I could feel all the emotions inside the house and the cocktail was explosive for me, threatening my already week control.

All I wanted was give up, grab Demetri and go on the hunt for my woman. But I could not, I had responsibilities and this was my first challenge ever since I was nominated as the governor. My guard counted on me and the Volturi's eyes were on me too. But most of all, my mate needed me to keep my head as clear as I could to end her ordeal as soon as possible. She needed me to be the cold, unfeeling warlord that was my public persona, and to do what I was best at, strategize and planning.

Get my mate back. Destroy Edward.

So, maybe now my saving mantra was what I needed to survive this. I could focus on it and do my job. I made a promise to myself witch my inner beast all heartily accepted. Isabella would never again leave my sight for as long as I lived, not for a second. I felt like a piece of my soul was missing, I had never felt such loss, not even when I had killed my beloved mother and lost my family.

Get my mate back. Safe in our arms. Destroy Edward.

We reached the conference room, and as I had predicted the head seat was settled for Marcus. Almost everyone was already seated but there were some places left for the two Quilleuts at the end of the table, who took them as if they were a dangerous animal; for Carlisle and for me next to Markus. I did not take any seat without my master's permission. I took my place behind Marcus as protocol demanded and as a show of my true allegiances.

My mate, my beautiful innocent mate. We will destroy Edward.

I felt a little wave of guilt, sorrow and love directed to me and it was enough to take me from my saving mantra. I looked down and saw Alice, already kneeling by Marcus left side looking tired and weary. Marcus scent was all over her and the smell of sex coming from her was very strong. I tasted her emotions and I could feel the beginnings of detachment and indifference towards the things around her. Chelsea's gift was wearing down her ties to the Cullen's; in a few weeks she would be unable to leave Marcus and the Volturi even though she would always long for the life she had lost.

She kept shooting quick fearful glances to Marcus and longing ones to me until a subtle hiss from Marcus put her in her place and she lowered her eyes. I felt the anger and sadness coming from the Cullen females in the room at Alice's situation, but wisely they did not mention it to the males, that would not have been healthy for them.They knew that we males are always in control, always in charge, especially when we are someone like my master or me. The Cullen women were considered very lucky ones by the rest of the female vampire population.

Get my mate back. Destroy Edward.

I did not know if he was going to put all in the clear now or not. I heard rustling and Carlisle walked in, looking weary and heartbroken, he sighed as he saw the disposition of the people at the table. Sadness and disbelief emanated from him as he took in Alice's position and he took in her new scent. As he went to take his seat by Marcus right side, Marcus stopped him and turned to the table.

"I would like for Jasper to take his rightful place by my side from now on, as he is the warlord and governor of the American continent, and the rightful representative of the Volturi in this land. His word is law and his law is absolute. Absolute obedience and compliance are required towards him at all times as is required towards the Volturi." There it was, blunt and quick like his kills. The cat was out of the bag. I could feel his amusement at the Cullen's and Quilleuts shocked faces and their feeling of betrayal. I could also feel the joy, anticipation and expectation of both my guard and the Volturi's.

"I have also taken Alice as mine, and both Jasper and she have agreed. I will not tolerate any questions about this at this moment. All of this will be explained in due time, now we have a more pressing matter. You are all aware of the disappearance of Isabella Swan, the killing of her father and the huge mess caused in this town by some members of the Cullen family. We are gathered here to decide what is going to be done to solve this crisis. So, I pass you my commander and your governor, Jasper Christian Whitlock, your new master. He will take charge of this situation and the Volturi guard present here is at his command. I expect from all of you the same obedience towards him that you have for the Volturi." He smiled at me as he waved for me to take my seat at his right. Carlisle swiftly took a seat besides Esme, the incredulity and despair at the tumbling down of his world swirling around him.

Get my mate back. Destroy Edward.

I took a deep breath to steady myself. I let my inner soldier to take control of my actions. The disciplined and terrifying warlord was out to play.

"I will summarize the situation, and I will not be interrupted. Isabella Swan is my mate. Alice and I were never mates. I allowed the deception of Isabella and Edward's childish relationship to go on while I got hold of my thirst and I worked into building the foundations of the new order that my master's the Volturi decided to implement more than a century ago." I looked around the table to see if everyone was able to comprehend what was being said.

Yes. Get my mate back. Destroy Edward.

"I have decided last week to finally claim my mate as mine. As she is still human I had to proceed with care. I made the first steps of the mating yesterday and was taking it as slowly as possible. As some of you are aware my mate Isabella is special."I said proudly."She is capable in her human form to block some gifts. That is true for Alice's and Edward's gifts and the reason why Alice decided to betray me. She simply could not accept that she was not my mate. So and accordingly to her own confession to me a few hours ago, she willingly fed Edwards jealousy and childish behavior by showing him some specially selected visions of me and my mate, that made him break in into my mate's house, kidnap Isabella and in the process kill her father." I once again paused taking in the sorrow, anger, pain, disbelief, determination in the room, and let them pass by me as I hold on to my mantra.

My Isabella's eyes, her scent, her face in ecstasy, and her breathless I love you from last night.

Get her back to us. Destroy Edward.

No one dared to utter a word; they could probably feel my own whirlwind of emotions and felt better to be quiet, so I went on.

"She is mine, she was born to be mine and I want her back. Alice is already being punished by her part in this. I want Edward punished to the full extent of the law, of all laws known to anyone on this table, both human, pack and vampire ones. I will give him no mercy, no lenience. I want Charlie's death avenged, but I warn you all Edward's life belongs to Isabella and me, the offended parts. Now, I will ask each and every one of you. Who. Is. With. Me?"I could not manage to keep the growl out of my voice, the need to go hunt my mate too much for me to control.

I watched as the Volturi's immediately raised their hands, the same for my trusted guards, who were beaming in pride. I saw Emmet looking deep into Rosalie's eyes, before both raising their hands. I was glad that they were taking my side. I turned then to Carlisle and Esme, raising my eyebrows at them, making Carlisle sigh before answering my silent question.

"I am sorry Jasper, it is all too sudden. We were not aware of any of this. But you cannot expect that we go on the hunt of my oldest son, your brother. He was our first companion and my conscience and my love for him would not allow it. That does not mean I do not which you success on retrieving Isabella, but I beg you compassion for my Edward. He is just a young, confused boy."I went to speak but Marcus beat me to it, making me smile. Carlisle was in for a shame ride.

"Without wanting to step on my commander territory I must say Carlisle, that you disappoint me. An innocent young girl in the first stages of being claimed as a mate, and her father, an innocent brave man are the victims of a foolish child you call son, and yet you refuse to see the truth. You have raised a spoiled child that doesn't like to be denied anything. She was never his mate. You must take responsibility for your actions."He said sternly, and Carlisle bowed his head in shame.

"If you want to have a family and not a coven as you claim, then you have to raise the young ones well in the respect of the traditions of our race, of our kind, that you seem to despise so much. One of those sacred laws that even you don't dare to challenge says "that you shall not touch another vampire mate once she is claimed, or in the process of being claimed by a male", is it possible that he wasn't aware of the laws of our kind? Haven't you thought him anything?" His voice was steadily rising as his anger at Carlisle chosen path.

"I smelled Jasper's matting scent all over the Swans house, it will stay there for days and everyone with advanced senses can smell it. He knew, he was aware of what was taking place. You are responsible for the people that live in your house. So you are also responsible for this. You will stay in this house until the hunt is over and Jasper's mate is safe, and you will place your family under the Volturi's mercy."He was seething at Carlisle hate and despise for what he was, but Marcus was right, all the Cullen's except for Carlisle knew almost nothing of our laws, traditions and ways, Carlisle made sure of that in his obsession of being human.

Carlisle nodded, incapable of saying anything else, his worry and fear for his family stronger than ever, Marcus looked at me and waved for me to proceed.

"Peter, Alexis and Bastien, report."I said, wanting this to get over with. Peter stood at attention, looking me straight in the eyes.

"As you instructed us sir, we took Isabella's blood from the basement refrigerators, and we took her truck. We made as if she was going sightseeing. We found a secluded road and we made the car went down the cliff, straight into the ocean; we did not use the blood because the sea water will wash everything. We made it appear that she was spit out by the driver's door of the truck upon impact, the water is not deep in that spot and the truck can be seen underwater by anyone passing by. For all intents and purposes she fell into the ocean and is now dead, her body lost, I believe that the police will say that the cause of death may be either suicide or a freak accident." He radiated smugness, and I knew it had been his idea. I really did not care, as long as my mate had no problems with the authorities once I got her back.

"Very good Peter; Charlotte is at Isabella's house gathering information. We need this information to reach the investigators as soon as possible; they were going to call the FBI."

Alexis stood. "Sir, I can go in my car and phone the authorities, reporting that I just saw a truck going through the cliff. And help Charlotte keep an eye on things. I can also retrieve some items from Isabella's room, if you would like, sir." I really, really liked this sweet girl.

"Yes, you do that. Make sure no one see's you. She loves her books and her music. Get some of her clothes too. Ah…and pictures from her, from her friends and family. Don't take anything too obvious. And take also something from her father's that can be meaningful to my mate. Go."

She smiled at me and was out the door.

I turned to Marcus.

"Master, I need to interrogate Alice. I need her visions. Even through the weird block that Isabella has, she may give us something useful."In vampire etiquette, the polite thing to do is always ask the male for permission before talking to the female. He nodded, stood and picked Alice up, placing her by his side. She was as submissive as she could be, and I had never seen Alice like this. He placed a finger under her shin and lifted her head a little.

"You know what to do, little one. Do not try to deceive me or I will punish you severely. It's in your interest to redeem yourself for this mess you helped to create."He told her firmly.

We all saw how she shivered in fear of him and whimpered, and that made some of the Volturi chuckle. They were partial to showing fear, especially from your companion.

Her eyes glazed over when she managed to reign on her emotions.

"I see him surrounded by snow, trees, Oregon, Canada or Alaska, maybe." Immediately I turned to Bastien.

"Bastien, Emmet get on the road, run as fast as you can and go to the Denali's. Approach stealthily, and keep your mind blank, in case he is there. If you spot Isabella call immediately for back up. Stay there until we call you. If you have to engage Edward in a fight you must remember to not think about your moves, he reads minds so fight on instinct, and protect my mate."

They were out the door even before I had finished. Both eager to help and to get into the action.

"Rosalie you will take charge of moving, Esme, Carlisle, start packing the house. We are moving to my headquarters' in Montana. Jane, Alec and Felix will help you. At the same time we will be seen in the community, I don't want suspicious behavior. You are not to return to this house for many, many years, I want to house empty by the time the funeral services come, we will attend and then leave." I turned my glare on them to show there was nothing else for them to do but to obey me.

Then it was time for the wolves.

"How many wolves can you lend to help the search?"

The Quilleuts talked between them, shooting stares in my direction once and awhile.

The elder one turned to me.

"We want to honor the agreement made with the Volturi because it seems that you are the new power of your kind in here. But we must know first if you will honor the treaty made by our forefather's?"

Oh, fuck. I have other things to do.

"Yes, you have my word as the governor of the American continent, and as a warrior that I will uphold any treaty celebrated between the Volturi and the Quileute pack, with my life. Now, I want your vow also, to respect my power and authority, and to grant help whenever I need."It could work both ways.

I could feel their displeasure as they eyed each other, but the defeat was clear around them. They were well aware of our power. The pups thought they could play us and find loop holes in this new order. Though luck.

"Very well cold one. You have the word of me and my people and our descendents that we will uphold the old treaties, and we recognize you as the Volturi's voice in this continent. We will grant you help whenever needed and we will seek your help whenever we need in deals with your kind."

"I accept." I reached my hand over the table to shake his, cringing my noise at the smell coming from them all.

"We will not leave our people unprotected, and we don't have many wolves. Our pack leader will go with you, and stay until conclusion; he is a very good tracker. We have also decided to alienate young Isabella from the human race, as we know now that she will not remain human much longer."

"Good, then I need you to take this phone, and start tracking from Isabella's house direction north. Follow the trail he might have left. He is on foot and he was carrying a weight, there must be tracks. He has maybe 4 hours on us. Call if you find anything relevant, the numbers are already recorded." I tossed him a pre paid phone and with a nod he and the elder where outside.

Obviously they were in a hurry to get out of our sight.

I turned to Alice again, hearing what she was saying to Marcus.

"I don't see Bella; he is clear in my vision now. I see a cave… he is moving towards a cave. He is not making decisions. Ah… he is staying in the north, to hunt, Anchorage…shopping for Bella...I don't know when."Finally a break through; a corner of my mind scanned her emotions in search for any kind of deceit. I couldn't find any. Defeat was all she was feeling. In a fraction of a second we were on our feet, adrenaline or its vampire equivalent rushing through our veins. The excitement was palpable and I was feeling hopeful for the first time.

Get my mate back. Soon, soon she will be with us. And then…Destroy Edward.

"Demetri, Peter you may have a difficult time tracking her, so pay attention. Pass the word around to everyone, we go to Anchorage. Master, I would like for you to take command and maybe represent the family in the ceremonies if we are not here in time."

He nodded.

"Go, go get your heart and soul, my son." I didn't need to be told twice. I was out the door quicker than lightening, the other two hot on my trail. The hunt for my mate was on.