JPOV

The major didn't go away until we actually got off the plane. Even though my mate hadn't left my arms since before we got to the airport, I still couldn't shake the feeling that she was in danger, and it unnerved me. I had been in the southern wars for over a century and I knew when to listen to my instincts and when someone was messing with you. This wasn't one of those times. My mate was in danger. I could feel my eyes turning black as my head turned looking at everyone in the room and assessing the danger level to my mate. Pulling my mate tighter to my chest when I saw the one thing in the room that could cause my mate danger; the volturi. A low growl started in my chest as I kept my eyes on him. My baby looked back at me and her eyebrows creased in confusion. I saw Peter telling her that this was part of life as a mated female. Male vampires were extremely possessive and territorial over their females and any male that tries to come between them usually winds up as ashes. Even if the male isn't usually a good fighter, when it comes to their mates, vampires will do anything. The exception was me. Bella was a newborn and didn't know that I was her mate and I couldn't have forced her to be with me when she didn't want to be. Vampires mated for life and if that mate was taken away suddenly the vampire in question wouldn't be able to live on. They would find some way to cease to exist rather than go through the pain of loss for eternity.

'major, he's not after Bella. But he will come over if you don't stop growling in a human place. Do you want to put pumpkin in danger?' did he need to ask? I'd die before I did that and he knew it. Hell, I was willing to die if it meant she would be happy, even if it was with another male.

'no' I growled out. He smirked and I wanted to rip his head off right there. I would have. If it hadn't been for my Bella. She turned in my arms so she was facing me and moved her arms so they were behind my neck. She played with the hair that was there.

'what is it Jazz?' she kissed my neck

'there's someone from the volturi here. He could hurt you' I whimpered into her neck, the pain of thinking I could lose her again running through me.

'baby, have we done anything wrong?'

'no'

'then he wont have any reason to do anything will he?'

'no' she laughed and leaned on her tipsy toes and kissed my forehead.

'lets go get charlotte mister, then we can leave Maria's army forever' I leaned my forehead against hers while we stood where we were apparently waiting for Pete to do something. Sliding my hands to her hips, we rocked from side to side. Some of the older couples around us looked at us and awed at the young couple so in love. I could see this orange, fake boobed, bleach blonde skank (no offence to anyone like that. I just find it funny) walking up to me and almost laughed at the feelings I was getting from her. Lust and determination, really? She thought she had a shot when I had this gorgeous girl in my arms. This was going to be fun.

'em like , I was like wondering if you like wanted to go to like my place. We could like have some fun while your like friend stays at like a hotel' she used the word 'like' 7 times in that cluster fuck.

'why?' I said, trying to hold back my laughter slightly better than Bella who had her face buried in my neck snickering to hell.

'well, like have you like seen me? I'm like gorgeous' WTF! This girl must have problems because no way would I even think to fuck an oomph a loompa.

'no, I prefer girls who do not walk around like a tangerine with a wig on. I mean seriously do you own a mirror?' she stormed off offended, after tossing her hair. I turned my face into my mates shoulder and groaned. She laughed softly, her hands running through my blonde hair. It felt so good that I'm certain that I started purring. She giggled, making me smile. She was happy and as long as I was alive, I intended to keep it that way. Our moment was interrupted, however when the Vulture vampire came over to us. I growled low in my throat and tried to push my mate behind me but one look at Bella told me that she wasn't having that. I stopped but turned to face who I realised was Alec. Great. He was unmated. And I hadn't marked her yet! I could see him eyeing Bella up and this time she let me put myself in front of her. He looked sad for a moment before looking at me.

'do not worry. I will not harm your mate major. I am here to hunt potential Vulture guard members. Aro has us do it every once in a while when he gets bored'

'I am not worried Alec. You and your Vulture brethren could not harm me or my beautiful mate if you wanted to. You are, in a word, pathetic in your fighting skills' I smirked. He growled for a second before stopping and stepping away. I kept my eyes on him and backed away, my body curled protectively around my mates slight frame. Bella whimpered, causing me to look round hissing lowly in my throat to find what was causing my mate distress. When I found her looking at me, I was confused.

'what is it my love?' she stroked the hair at the nape of my neck, causing me to hold back my purr. I could tell that she was reluctant to tell me anything while Alec was there, but there was no choice, he wouldn't leave us alone at the moment.

'I had a thought, baby. Maybe you should stop growling at him. The faster we get out of here the faster we gat charlotte and get out of our lives' she whispered into my ear.

'why did that cause you to be in distress my mate?' I had to know, so that I could eliminate the thing upsetting my beautiful baby girl.

'just the thought of charlotte being in that place any longer made me upset for a moment there baby. Sorry for upsetting you' I turned, taking her face in my hands and kissed her softly.

'no worries baby' she nuzzled her head into the hollow between my head and neck. I sighed contentedly. I finally felt happy.