Silently Carlisle led me upstairs, to what I assumed to be the main area everyone got together. I glanced around the room. Jasper was glaring at me, I kept my face impassive, he could smell Maria on me, considering the way she hung around me when she wasn't plotting the scent was undoubtedly strong. Rosalie looked upset, I couldn't begin to understand why that was, maybe she'd argued with Emmett. Esme was practically catatonic as Carlisle walked over to wrap his arms around her, I internally smiled, at least something hasn't changed. Alice, however was not here, this should have surprised me considering how she had hung around him when I was human. When I saw Edward to the first time in about a century, he was in an awful mood, scowling at the floorboards. I laughed aloud at him when he hissed in temper, upon seeing my vampiric form.
"Poor baby" I mocked, walking past him "Did you not get your way?"
I sat on a windowsill behind everyone, forcing them to turn to look at me. Before I could even begin speaking to the Coven, Jasper had a tight grip on my throat. I didn't flinch as my skin began to crack, instead I grabbed his wrist raising my ruby gaze to meet his topaz eyes, my strength clearly surprised him. I wasn't surprised, my newborn strength had never left me, Jasper let go as my grip became tighter than his. The cracks on my throat healed almost instantly, I kept my eyes on him as I stood back up.
"Mister Whitlock, it would serve you well to keep your hands to yourself." I hissed at him, using the eloquent language I used only on newborns, "Especially, since I have come to warn you."
He drew back his lips, baring his teeth at me showing his mistrust, but stayed silent.
Carlisle spoke instead "You said you needed to speak to us. So speak"
I smirked, the 'I'm-the-Patriarch' voice was being used "Of course, I simply came to warn you that Maria is coming for Jasper"
"She has came for him before, and she ran away upon seeing the size of this Coven" Edward snarled at me, he was extraordinarily angry at me.
"She is much stronger now" I glared at him "She has over a hundred newborns in training" I laughed suddenly "That isn't even scratching the surface though, the range of gifted vampires in her army rivals that of the Volturi"
"Why did she keep you?" Emmett asked me, I raised an eyebrow, he carried on flustered "I just mean that Jasper says she only keeps certain vamps after a year."
"Yes, that is true she does kill off most the yearlings" I smirked "She found my gift most appealing, you see I can hypnotise people" He frowned at me "I can make the newborns forget the burn, I could turn them into mindless drones if I wished to."
Carlisle unnecessarily cleared his throat, to draw my attention back to him "Why are you warning us?"
"I tire of her games" I looked into his eyes "and I also want you to contact the Volturi for me"