Jasper's POV

I was so wrapped up in my happiness about Alice and Serena that if it wasn't for my ability of moods would I ever have noticed Alice and Edward's moods simultaneously changing from ones of joy and excitement to the feeling of pain and sorrow. No. I quickly glanced down to my wife's face to find it filled with pain, clinging tightly to our child, as if letting her go would mean the end of the world. She looked at Edward as a strange choking noise escaped from between his lips. What was going on here?

"Lis? Edward? What's going on here?" I asked my voice full of concern as I rested my hands on her shoulders.

"The Volturi," Edward whispered, "They'll here about this soon enough and try and butt in like they did last time."

"The Volturi? Surely they'll understand after what happened with Renesmee, they have to listen to us," Carlisle said calmly, holding Esme's hand tightly, she was giving him all of his strength.

I snarled, "Hardly likely, The Volturi is full of liars and con-men alike, don't tell me you haven't seen the way they react to our coven, they think were vermin that need to get rid of but they can't do it with Aro in charge. They have to have a reason and this would be a good chance for them, we need to be prepared for when they arrive and stand our ground." Emmett nodded with me, smiling as he did so.

Before any chaos could erupt between family members Alice's facial features changed, changing from aware and frightened to completely blank, I knew what it was going to be about, we just needed the information on when. After a fraction of a second Alice's vision had ended and she was back to gnawing at her lip, cute as it was this was a bad sign.

"How long, Alice? When will they be here?" Emmett asked, snarling on that single word. Thankfully Serena had fallen asleep in her mother's arms, she may only be three days old but if she was awake she would know they danger she was in.

"This is not good, not good at all, why so soon? It was never this quick before," Edward started murmuring to himself, sitting on the bottom step, placing his head in his hands. Bella moved to comfort him, stroking his hair.

"Edward, love? What did Alice see? How long?" Bella pleaded with her husband, wishing for an answer.

"A few days…" Edward and Alice whispered simultaneously, but then Alice spoke alone, "Apparently Jane was in Biloxi the day we went to my nieces in Biloxi Jazz; she saw me pregnant and rushed back to Volterra to tell Aro. What are we going to do Jazz? I can't let her slip away from me without a fight!" I could see the fear in her eyes for our little girl and I just had to wrap them both in my familiar, yet, loving embrace.

"Alice darlin', don't worry ya'll pretty little head about a thing, we will make absolutely sure that no one will be able to take Serena away from us, she's too important to the fabric of the Cullen Coven. I will die trying if I have to, just to keep the little one safe. That is a promise." I kissed my wife lovingly on the mouth, trying to put all my love and caring into this one, simple gesture. I think it worked because Alice caught on quickly and responded eagerly, forgetting all about her worries and fears.

"Whoa! Not in front of us you don't! Go to your own room or something! Ewww!" Nessie squealed, trying to hide her eyes in the fabric of Jacobs shirt, Jacob just grinned at her, wrapping his arms around her waist and pulling Nessie closer to himself.

"Yes, because it's not like you make out publicly with that mutt or anything is it?" Rosalie teased at Nessie, but adding a slight, but still noticeable, remark to Jacob. He just shrugged and they sauntered of outside together.

"I'll go make some calls, we'll need everybody to be here by tomorrow night at latest or we might cut it too close," Carlisle announced, heading off to his study, phone in hand with Esme trailing after him.

Then everybody else just kind of melted away, leaving us alone for the first time properly today. Things would get better, I was sure of it, they can't just kill us. They didn't last time so they wouldn't do it again surely? I pondered these questions for a few seconds before getting distracted by Alice. She wasn't doing anything except standing there but that still drew me in to her scent, her everything.

We just stood there for a very long time, watching our precious daughter sleep like we had no care in the entire world, but we did. Though for that single moment it seemed like we didn't.

Jasper Whitlock