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The menace

Chapter 8

Jasper Whitlock POV

Last chapter:

Her ass cheeks were red as a ripe cherry, and in that moment she was the most beautiful sight I have ever seen; and my dead heart flipped at the sight of her abandon and submission.

What is this girl doing to me?

Now

With a last kiss on her bare shoulder, I got off of her. I had had an amazing orgasm and I did not even penetrate her! She was something extraordinary. I closed my eyes to center my emotions after such a powerful rush. I took a deep breath and then something - you can call it instinct, you can call it intuition, you can call it whatever you want - started nagging at my gut. Something was wrong…something was not right in here.

I had trusted this feeling all of my vampiric life and it was enough to put all of my vampire instincts and training on full alert. I felt uneasy. I expanded my power trying to determine the nature of the possible menace to us. Us? Are you insane?

Focus…I have to focus!

Nothing. My ability to feel emotional patterns had a large enough range to detect emotional signatures from miles away from me and, as time went by, I had worked on it more and more. I pushed further away my gift, and still nothing. Not a single, rational signature for miles and miles around. Not even one…But I should have registered at least one near me. I looked back at the girl sharply. Not even her registered. She just stood there on the bench lying down, recovering from a our activities…but now I could not feel her emotions. That was what was wrong! She had been an open book to me until now. And just when I had given her a mind blowing orgasm, she suddenly is silent…?

I scanned her again, using the full force of my power.

Nothing. Not even a single peep.

Silent as a corpse.

This was a first for me. I had never found anyone that my gift could not feel. All living creatures had emotions, from animals to humans and vampires. No matter how basic, how primitive or how sophisticated they were, no matter if you were simply human or a supernatural creature, the ability to feel emotions was an inherent part of being alive.

This should not be happening. This girl shouldn't be able to shut herself from me. It was impossible for a human to shut down his emotions completely. Not even the greatest of the meditation masters was able to deceive my gift.

I double checked her vital signs again to see if she was alive because, right now, and for the first time in my life, I could not trust my gift. She was alive alright - her heartbeat, the shallow breathing and the warmth of her skin proved it. She was silent, and probably exhausted after all the emotional havoc that I had put her through, but her heart beat was as strong as ever and made the most beautiful sound in the world. I stood still for the entire three minutes it took me to realize the truth.

She must be gifted! The thought hit me like cannon ball.

Gifted! The girl that I had kidnapped, that had created havoc in my life that had made me reassess all that I knew for a fact, that was messing with me as no one had ever dared, was gifted as a human!

A shield!

A shield manifesting in a small, irritating human girl.

This changed everything! Shit…Shit…if this was known, I would lose her! All the crack-pots want to be Warlords and ambitious coven leaders would want her for themselves. She was a mental shield, at least. I could feel myself panicking at the thought of losing her and I had to summon all of my control to not start tearing things apart.

Get a grip Whitlock!

Since they were so rare, a shield was one of the most powerful weapons in any coven. They were highly sought after and the simple suspicion that a human could be a possible shield was enough for his or hers days as a living, breathing member of the human race to be very short. The Volturi had managed to secure one shield: Renata. A tiny little creature, turned by Aro himself that never left his side. And they were constantly looking for others. As were all the other ambitious coven leaders. A shield made any coven almost invulnerable.

Maria had found and turned one during my last days at her side. The girl was a physical shield and her gift made Maria overconfident. Right after my departure, Maria become cocky and decided to take Lucia – only a month's old newborn and inexperienced fighter – into battle. Lucia lasted only five minutes on the field. After the leader of the enemy coven had discovered that Maria was protected by a physical shield and pin-pointing exactly who the shield was, he sent all of his forces to get hold of it. Unfortunately Lucia, inexperienced in battle, could not hold it for too long. She did not survive so many raging newborns fighting to get to her.

Shields took time to develop and hone their abilities. It usually took them years to control the drainage of energy, and to shield several persons at the same time. Renata was two centuries old now and could only project her shield a dozen of meters around her.

Maria had to run for cover after Lucia was destroyed and laid a low profile for a few years.

I could not believe that one had landed on my hands. The girl that had been my obsession for the last few days was gifted!

I had to try and figure her gift out without make it obvious. There was no way that I could appear in Alaska with her and knock on Eleazar's door. Even if his gift was to discover latent abilities in vampires and humans alike, I never trusted him. He was too close to Carlisle. It would be the same as to hand her to the Cullens. After all they claimed to be cousins. And there was no way in hell that I hand her to them. No, they will not lay their paws on her. She is mine.

The Volturi were out of the question too. Even if my relationship with Caius especially was very good, Aro was known to want only more power and to collect gifts. Gifts and abilities that could help them maintain their undisputed hold and power over our world. If I was right this girl would be too valuable. She was gifted in her human form. When changed she would be even more powerful. Aro would take her from me in a heartbeat, not caring if I liked it or not. And there would be nothing that I could do about that. That was not for me, not now. She was mine. I had already invested too much in her. She changed me and I could feel in my cold bones that the change was not over.

I gave another good look at the tiny girl that has turned my life upside down. I had never felt such a rush of power neither had I felt as alive as I was now. All thanks to her. My venom was pumping wildly inside of me and I felt like I could do anything. I needed a strategy. I needed a plan. This was too big to let go. I needed to think about my future. I needed to contact my brother and best friend. I needed allies, to make plans and to gather my forces.

Gently as to not hurt her anymore than I already had, and minding her red and sore bottom, I disentangled her from the bench. Even in this aspect of my life things would have to change. I needed to refrain myself from losing my patience with her. I needed her cooperation. Fuck…I listened to her breathing and I realized that she was soundly asleep. Good! I had a lot to do and she really needed the rest. I held her in my arms; taking a deep breath I smelled our combined essence on her body. It was magnificent.

I knew that she couldn't be very comfortable but I couldn't help it, I liked her smelling of me. I liked that my seed was drying on her back making her smell of me. She could wash herself afterwards, but for now she would stay like this.

I jumped from the basement holding her to me and gently laid her in my bed, covering her body with the furs. She had been a good girl today. She fought me all the way but gave in to me in the end. She whimpered when the furs came in contact with her bottom, but I shushed her, and I was in awe when she just snuggled in the warmth and stood still. I looked at her for a while always trying to feel her. Such a strange, delicious, and quite possibly very powerful girl. She was beautiful, intelligent, innocent and brave all at the same time. Capable of making me feel so much. She will make a magnificent vampire.

It was with a jolt of surprise that I realized that I was enthralled by her.

A woman worthy of me!

I had to stop this train of thought immediately. It wouldn't do me any good to think like this now. Attachments and emotions were not a good thing when I had to plan our future life and when that same life might hang on the balance once the word of my new found shield was out. Everyone would covet her and assuring her undivided loyalty could be a problem after what I did to her.

I didn't want to get myself more attached to the girl than I already was. I had enough of it with Alice and the Cullen's. And I wouldn't have another Cullen fiasco on my hands. That much I knew. I had to find a way to secure myself and by extension the girl.

I walked to the fireplace and put in it several more logs. I lit them and I could feel the cabin warming while I prepared some meet for her to eat later. I prepared some rice to go with it. It looked that so many years in High School had paid off. I knew how to cook.

I checked the house to see if she would be alright. Everything was in order, all windows closed, and no sharp objects in sight. I decide not to tie her up to the bed; she would like to move freely and giving her that could give me some points in her favor. Things would have to change between us. This was no longer about only me, this was about us. It was ironic how things changed and came back to bite me on my ass. From wanting to kill the girl I went to want to have fun with her for a while, to have to protect her as mine. Fate really was a bitch, nothing was ever simple for me!

I got out of the house and noticed that another storm was coming. Probably worst than the last one. Good. I walked to the car and got inside, leaving the door open to better monitor the house and my sleeping girl.

I started the car pc in seconds. I had a powerful wifi receiver and distributor installed in a satellite dish in the house. It was easy to catch the signal in my car and I was on-line in seconds. I went directly to my secret message box. I had only a new message from Peter. No surprise in that. He and Charlotte were the only ones who knew of this account.

'All your assets safe and untraceable. You are one filthy rich SoB. Connect to our secret account. I will be on line. I have news."

Yes. This was good news. I had made much money during my time with the Cullen's, and even if it were with the help of Alice and her gift, I was not stealing from her. Alice had more than she could ever spend and her gift allowed her to turn a dime into a million dollars in a few days. Having money was a good thing to start my new life and one problem solved.

I connected to the secret account that Peter and I had created several years ago and that gave access to a very selective and private chat room. Sometimes Alice and her family were a bit too much and I needed an escape from all of the prying. The account was a well-kept secret. It was managed and kept on a European server by Peter and Charlotte, I only accessed it from safe computers, far away from the prying eyes, minds and hands of the Cullen coven. I typed my user name and my message.

*Brothers in blood

Are you there?

*Brothers in arms

Welcome back Jasper Whitlock. Finally! We have been waiting for you to come to your senses for a while and to come back to us, my brother.

I felt a jolt of joy and pride at hearing my birth name spoken by my brother. It had been so long since I last wore it. I had told Isabella to address me as Mr. Whitlock and she had been the first woman in many years to say it. I had always taken the Cullen's names, or Hale or Cullen, but I had never been a Whitlock. The last time I had been a Whitlock was when I was with Maria still. I always had been proud of my given name, why had I hidden it? Not even when I got married I gave it to my wife. Alice never wanted to use it anyway, always claiming that it was too well known and that it could lead to problems with old enemies. Bullshit!

*Brothers in blood

I was busy. What's up?

*Brothers in arms

The Cullen's are hunting you down. They are claiming a debt of honor in the name of Edward against you, Jasper Whitlock; they claim that you stole his intended mate. They are turning every rock and tree looking for your girl. They called me several times already trying to find out if I had any knowledge of your whereabouts. I told them 'no', and that I would like to be left alone. But they are on the warpath and I don't think that they believed me. Charlotte and I will leave our house to join you as soon as we can.

Fuck. A debt of honor was the only acceptable way to declare war and to kill amongst 'civilized' vampires. It only ended with the death of the two persons involved. There wasn't any other way. It is not a thing that frightened me; I had had too many debts of honor launched at me in the past. And I survived them all. But I was not expecting this from them. After so many years they are hunting me? I have defended them time and time again. I have always been loyal to them. I felt rage fill me. Fuck them all. I would not allow them to control me anymore. I didn't need them anymore.

Carefully I made a list of possible allies and started to plan a strategy. I needed protection, a safe heaven and leverage against them. I had at least one ally, possibly three in the enemy coven. Esme, Emmett and Rosalie. But their situation was difficult. Tied by their sire marks to their coven leader, it was painful for them to rebel and it was difficult to fight the compulsion to obey and to try to please. Only strong minds like mine could do it. My hatred for Maria helped me in fighting the sire bond. I was one of the few cases known in the vampire world. But the Cullen's could not fathom hatred as the one I felt towards my maker. They were too civilized to feel such a strong emotion so it would be nearly impossible for them to fight their sire's bond and orders.

I had to find someone from the first lineage of vampires like the three Volturi brothers, who were all older than Carlisle to help me. Caius was always looking for a good fight and he loathed the very mention of that coven. He would take my side in a heartbeat if it was to destroy the abominations as he called them. Marcus and Esme had had a very strong connection and he would be happy to intervene and take her away from Carlisle. Aro would love to get his greedy hands on Alice and maybe on Edward, if I played well. They were definitely a choice! But that meant to expose my woman to Aro's greed.

Maybe Stefan or Vladimir? They were even more dangerous than the Volturi and asking a favor from them was asking for trouble.

Rose and Emmett were secure assets. Without their loyalty to Carlisle they would probably life peacefully somewhere. They would not fight me, unless they were ordered.

And then maybe they wanted to join my coven…

I stopped breathing at the turn that my thoughts took. My coven! I could form my own coven. Why hadn't I thought about that before? I had everything to make my own coven. I had two loyal and excellent fighters; even if they were not gifted they were two of the best fighters in the world. Created and trained by me, their sire. I had a shield in human form, the rarest of gifts sound asleep in my bed right now. I had money and the possibility of making much more. I only needed a base of operations.

*Brothers in arms

you there?

*Brothers in blood

Yes. I drifted away for a second. Don't make any decisions that Alice can see, but come here. We need to talk. You were right all those years ago. My life has been a waste of blood and venom. It is time to put our plans to work, you, me and Charlotte. This is safe for now. Send a message to Caius and Marcus, tell them to come, that shit is about to hit the fan. Be brief, and tell them to mind Alice. Ah, and tell Charlotte to bring some practical winter clothes, and boots for the girl, they are very nearly the same size and shape. Also buy us several phones and pre paid untraceable cards. And several laptops. And don't forget the cigs.

*Brothers in arms

I will be there tomorrow night. Welcome back bro. I missed you.

*Brothers in blood

Yeah. Me too.

I disconnected the computer and closed the car. The first snowflakes were floating in the wind and the temperature had already dropped several degrees. We were in for a rough cold night. I walked to the cabin's front porch and sat down on the stairs. I grabbed my pack of cigarettes and smoked one while I thought about the future. I had too many things to think about.

I heard a moan coming from inside the cabin and I smiled. Alice had been right. The girl – Isabella was her name. I had better get used to it. She changed me. But I was also right; she really was a menace to the Cullen's. I had never known how much of a threat she was until now. She had awakened me. The shift that I was feeling inside of me was the most amazing thing that I ever felt. I felt alive with anticipation and I was not ready to let this go.

Today was the first day of the rest of my eternity.

A/N Is this powerful, recently awaken Jasper on the right path to get his life back? And what will Isabella do now? Will she comply with his vision of the future?