Major Jasper Whitlock's POV

"Are you wearing them today?" Peter asked Garrett and I rolled my eyes.

A few days had passed since they had… I don't know what they had done. I know Garrett admitted his feelings towards Peter, but Peter, I had no fucking idea. He was guarding himself more than usual. Not that I wanted to understand their relationship at all. As long as they weren't causing trouble and weren't hurting each other then so be it.

"No," Garrett answered.

"Why not?"

"Because I'm not wearing any underwear."

"At all?" Peter asked.

"No."

"Oh."

Isabella let out a small chuckle and I wrapped my arms tighter around her. We were actually having a pleasant moment. I was on the couch with Isabella and she was lying back against me, my arms firmly around her. Peter and Garrett were sitting on the other couch, close to each other, but not touching, and we were all just sitting here relaxing. It was nice and everyone's emotions were comforting. I still couldn't forget the Volturi though, but with no word from Alistair yet I knew that we were currently safe. We would need to move on soon, but now was not the time.

"Bella, are you wearing underwear?" Peter asked.

"Yes," she answered.

"Oh." Peter was definitely thinking hard about something and I didn't care to know what. "Jasper," he started, but I cut him off with a glare and he backed off. "Excuse me," he said and he left the room.

"What is he doing?" Isabella directed at Garrett.

"Who knows," Garrett answered with a smile, "but I'm going to find out."

Garrett left too and I reveled in Isabella's contentment and happiness.

"I'm so glad our relationship isn't complicated," she said. "Do you think they will ever figure things out?"

"Of course," I answered. "They are just having trouble transitioning. For a century all they were too each other were coven mates, brothers even. Sure Garrett may have known otherwise, but I don't think Peter did, and even if he did, he didn't admit it or allow himself to think of it as an option. He is most likely realizing that he cannot be who he was with Garrett anymore, that he now has to be nice. But what he doesn't realize is that nothing has to change and all he has to do is be accepting. He will get there though, it may not be in this lifetime, but he will get there."

"How are you always to wise?" Isabella asked me.

"I can feel emotions," I said. "I know what makes people tick."

"It's more than that, Jasper."

"It does not matter. I am old, old vampires are supposed to be wise."

"You're not old. …Garrett is old."

"Hey!" Garrett said before getting distracted. "Peter, no you can't do that."

I shared a look with Isabella. I knew she wanted to see what was going on with the boys so I let her go.

"What?" Isabella said and I could feel her shock. "Peter, I didn't know there was a full moon tonight… Why is it so bright? What is he doing?"

"I have no idea," Garrett said.

"Where are they?" Peter asked.

"Oh, hey, warn a lady before you turn around. Seeing your naked butt is one thing, but seeing that… thing."

"Oh, I'm sorry, have you and Jasper not fucked yet?" Peter asked.

"Yes, we have, many times," Isabella answered. "Oh, Peter, no."

Garrett let out a laugh. What was he doing now?

"It's a helicopter," Peter said.

Great, thank you for that visual.

"Garrett, grab the flares and land that sucker already before Peter's crashes," Isabella said.

"The flares come afterwards," Peter told her.

"Oh, no. Jasper was right, you two are worse now, at least before your conversations weren't directed towards sex.

"Ah, there they are," Peter said triumphantly.

"You wanted Garrett's underwear all this time?" Isabella asked. "Why?"

"It's both of ours," Peter said. "You gave it to us as a gift."

"Well at least you now have pants on."

My phone rang and everyone was in the room before I could pull it out. No one called me aside from Alistair and my coven. I shared a look with everyone and blocked their emotions. I grabbed my phone and it was indeed Alistair.

"Alistair," I answered.

"Oh, you've really done it this time. Aro is on a rampage, he is not happy at all that the twins are dead. He is blaming Felix outwardly, but we all know who he really blames. He's gearing up for something big, I don't know what, but I would advise leaving wherever you are and going underground, literally. This will not end well. Aro is not going to give up until you are all dead and he is not going to lose this round, Whitlock. Move now and move fast. I wish you luck."

I hung up the phone and looked at the faces of my coven, they said it all. Peter and Garrett looked determined, but I could see some fear in them. Isabella's was just pure fear. We all knew this moment would come one day though.

"We must leave," I said firmly. "Felix knows this location. We need to find somewhere new."

"Are we just going to run?" Isabella asked.

"For now. Once we are safe we can begin our plan of attack."

"Will we win?" she asked next.

"I don't know," I answered honestly.

I knew Aro had an army and I knew no one who would fight with us. I was only close to Alistair and he didn't like to involve himself in any wars.

"Go and grab whatever you need," I said. "We will be leaving shortly and we most likely will not be coming back here until it's over. So grab anything sentimental."

Isabella and Peter disappeared upstairs, but Garrett stayed with me.

"The only thing that means anything to me is Peter," he admitted.

I was the same with Isabella, but I didn't say anything.

Ten minutes passed before Peter rejoined us. Why the fuck he had taken ten minutes and only had a small backpack was beyond me.

"Where's Bella?" I asked and his face dropped.

"She came back downstairs not long after we went up."

"No, she didn't." I focused on my gift and stretched it out. I couldn't find her anywhere. Where was she? Did she have her shield in place? I raced up the stairs and walked into my room. The window that Garrett had broken and fixed was wide open. I looked around for a note or a reason as to why she had ran, but there was nothing.

I thought back to what happened before Isabella came upstairs. She was so fearful, so scared. She asked if we would win and I basically said no. Did she not want to die? That was understandable, but why did she run? I needed to figure out where she went. I thought about her life and she only had two connections, Forks and the Cullen's. She had to be with the Cullen's. But why? … The why didn't matter, I could learn the why when she was safely back in my arms. Now where were the Cullen's? They would be hiding from me, but where. I remembered that Edward mentioned that they had friends, the Denali's and they were from Alaska. Isabella surely knew this information and that had to be where the Cullen's were.

"Let's go!" I roared as I took off running, my boys following me. We needed to get to Alaska, but I would pass through Forks on my way to make sure she wasn't there.

Maybe Isabella had gone to the Cullen's and their friends to ask them for help. That is the only option I could come up with, because nothing else made sense. I just needed her back. I knew she wouldn't do anything without good reason and that she would never abandon me, but this was unacceptable. She better have a good fucking reason or I would not be happy. And she sure as fuck better not die. I let out another roar and picked up my speed.

I could feel Peter and Garrett's emotions behind me and Peter's were shifting. Now was not the fucking time for emotional growth. I heard a noise and turned my head to see Peter now on Garrett's back.

"Do not slow the fuck down," I told them and I could feel Garrett's understanding. I turned my head back around and kept on running, but I had no option but to listen to their conversation that Peter decided that they needed to have right fucking now.

"I'm sorry, Garrett," Peter said. "I'm sorry I haven't accepted that you're my mate, but seeing Jasper without Bella… I don't want to lose you."

"You won't."

"But what if we get split up and I haven't told you."

"Told me what?"

"That I think I love you."

"Peter, we're mates, I'm sure of it, so I know you love me even if you don't think it's true."

"How do you know?"

"Because the first fucking moment I saw you I just knew. You were so fucking beautiful and the way you stuck to Jasper's side and how nice you were to him. I just knew."

"Why didn't I know? Why didn't you say anything?"

"It doesn't matter, Peter, not right now. Ask me again when this is done. …Now, not that I don't love this close embrace with you, can you please get the fuck off my back and start running again."

I felt Peter's love for Garrett and I heard him kiss Garrett. I turned just in time to feel Garrett's shock and to see him return the kiss. Garrett lost concentration and tripped, sliding through the forest floor. I didn't stop and they somehow managed to keep their lips locked the whole time. It almost made me smile. They were close to being connected as mates, but now was not the time to smile. I picked up my pace and ten minutes later I was joined by Peter and Garrett who thankfully were no longer locked at the lips. I didn't say a word, but I could feel their emotions and they were already beginning to line up like most mates' do.

It took almost a day to get to Forks. I ran through town searching for Isabella, but there was no sign of her. We continued on to Alaska, which took another day and then half a day to find these Denali's, thankfully their coven was named after a national park and that's where they happened to reside.

It had been two and a half days since Isabella had left and I was trying to keep it together, but I was failing. I knew I would explode and I knew there would be no stopping it.

We came upon their house in the forest and I didn't stop, it was too late for that. They met us outside and they had their fighting stances ready.

"Has anyone passed through here recently?" I asked, stopping.

"No," a female with blonde hair answered. I focused on her as she seemed to be the leader.

Her answered registered in my mind... No, no? Had Isabella not been here? Where were the Cullen's?"

"Where are Emmett and Rosalie Cullen and cut the bullshit? Just answer me and no one will get hurt."

"They were here this morning, but they headed out."

"Where?"

The leader paused.

"Tanya, just answer him," the man said. "He has a gift and he will be able to tell if you're deceiving him."

I wondered how he knew about my gift, but now was not the time to worry about it.

"They headed east, along the border. I don't know where they're going."

"That is a lie," I roared as I jumped at her and grabbed her neck pinning her to the ground. "Speak the truth or I will kill you."

"Montreal, they said they were going to Montreal, but I believe they're going to Maine. Please don't kill me."

"I won't kill you," I said as I let go of her neck. "But never beg for your life because it only makes vampires like me want to kill you more. I will give you a pass as I don't know what you mean to my mate."

I turned around with my information and took off running. I wasn't sure where Isabella was especially seeing as she hadn't been here, but then again she probably just called the Cullen's and got a location. I needed to track them down fast because if Isabella wasn't with them then I needed to move on. We headed towards Montreal following the border. Half a day in and I could feel the Cullen's emotional signatures up ahead. I alerted my boys and we began our attack. My boys went off ahead and grabbed them unaware and then I revealed myself.

"What are you doing here?" Emmett asked. "We have caused no trouble?"

"Where is Isabella?" I asked. "Where are you meeting her?"

"Just leave us alone," Rosalie spat. "We never wanted any of this. We hardly even knew Bella. She was Edward's friend, not ours. We only met her twice, but we were willing to protect her. We promised we would always look out for her as she was considered family to Carlisle and Edward, and with them dead it fell onto us, but we're done. She has brought us nothing but trouble. And she is your mate, so you can claim the ownership on her."

"Isabella has not contacted you in the past three days?" I asked.

"No, she hasn't."

Fuck! Fuck! This was not good. There was only one other place Isabella would go, but I thought she was smarter than that, obviously not. I had no doubt now that she was in Volterra. What had she done? What was she doing?

"Kill them," I told my boys.

"No, please, don't," were Rosalie's last words.

"Fuck you," were Emmett's.

I had had enough of them. They got more chances than they deserved. Plus I had kept my promise to Isabella because I didn't kill them, my boys did. We watched them burn and the process took forever. Now that I knew where Isabella was for sure, I wanted to be with her, but it was already too late. She had been in Volterra for at least three days now and it would take us at least half a day to reach her. Whatever she had planned would already be in effect. There was only one good thing and that was that she was still alive, but that could change any second. We needed to leave now!

"What's wrong?" Garrett asked me.

"I know where Isabella is?"

"Where?" Peter asked.

"Volterra."

"No, she wouldn't be that stupid," Peter said.

"Yes, she would."

"Umm, Jasper?"

"What, Garrett?!"

"How are we getting to Volterra?" he asked and I could feel his fear.

"On a plane, Garrett."

His face fell and he began panicking. Peter was quickly by his side comforting him.

"Garrett, you have two hours to get the fuck over your fear of flying because you are not staying behind."

I took off running towards the nearest major city I was certain would fly out of the country, New York. Garrett's fear of airplanes was not something we needed right now, but I hoped that with Peter by his side and him understanding why we had to fly, to save Isabella, that he would get onto the plane. If not I would just tie him up in the cargo area because that would be where we were riding, and as soon as we landed in Europe we would disembark and run the rest of the way. And I didn't give a flying fuck if anyone saw us. I wanted my mate back and nothing would stop me from getting her, and if anyone stood in my way, human or vampire, then they would die.