Chapter Eighty Four
Jasper
I saw Esme tense and turned to Carlisle,
"You stop her or I will".
He put his hand out and grabbed her before she could lunge at Bella
"Well thank you for the heads up Carlisle, perhaps you'd be kind enough to pass on the news of Alice and Charlies deaths to Sam Uley. The people concerned are all dead so I think it's over don't you? We never broke the treaty and I don't want a fight with the wolves"
"You might not but I'd love a wolf skin coat"
"Peter don't make matters worse" I snapped and he subsided.
"I'll pass the message on Jasper but I'm not sure they'll see it the same way you do"
"Just a minute. How come they haven't used you for chew toys Carlisle? Only it may have escaped your notice but you're vamps too"
"We had nothing to do with it"
"Neither did we, it was the psycho pixie who did the deed".
Carlisle shook his head at Peters words,
"If I get any news from Sam I'll let you know Jasper"
"Hey send a Post card or ring. You don't need to drive all this way"
Bella
We watched as they drove off and Jasper turned to Peter.
"Do you have to be obnoxious every time you see them?"
"Fuck yes".
"I thought so. Anyway now we know what the problem is we can keep our eyes open for wolves".
Peter shook his head,
"I'd watch the Bitch if I were you"
"Which bitch Peter?"
"There's only one we haven't burned".
And he pointed at the receding headlights.
"Esme?"
"Oh yeah, she's got a hard on for you two".
I thought he was right but I didn't see what she could do unless she sent Em and Rose to take us out!
The next few days passed peacefully with Peter and Jasper building new stables and making plans to buy some new horses.
"Charlotte, are they really going to buy horses?"
She grinned
"Oh yes. Peter and the Major love their horses".
I shook my head so what do we do?"
"Think of ways to take their minds off the horses!"
As we laughed the phone rang and Char picked it up
"Hello"
I heard a deep booming voice and recognised Emmett.
"Is Jasper there?"
"Yes just a minute"
I ran to the door and shouted for him,
"Its Emmett"
He came swiftly and took the receiver from Charlotte
"Emmett?"
"You got big trouble my friend".
"OK What now?"
"The wolves are coming in force"
"I thought they protected their own area"
"They're making an exception this time".
"Thanks for the heads up"
"We're on our way but I'm not sure we'll beat them"
"Thanks Em I appreciate that"
"Hey I'm not doing it for you. I just think life's more fun with Bells in it"
He laughed as he rang off and I couldn't help a smile.
Peter opened his mouth but Jasper silenced him
"Don't say it".
I wasn't sure what we could do to prepare for the wolves but listened as Jasper and Peter discussed it.
"Dig a few fire pits that'll keep their furry little butts out."
"Peter take this seriously"
"Hey, a few overgrown mutts aren't gonna scare me Major".
"Then they should Captain. These wolves are cunning and highly dangerous. I need to try to talk to their Alpha but I'm not sure he will wait to hear me before attacking".
"So send him a letter and lets scram".
"I don't know...let me think".
Peter watched concerned as Jasper walked out of the room.
"What's up Peter?"
"I've never heard the Major say he's not sure before and it scares the shit out of me Bella. Do you know these wolves?"
I nodded
"Yes and I think he's right, they are dangerous"
Peter started to speak then shut his mouth and appeared to be hearing something inside his head. Hew ran from the room and we followed to hear what was going on
"Major I think the wolves are the least of your worries. I think the Volturi are on their way too. It feels really bad and that always means them".
"What they hell would they want?"
Char looked at him
"At a guess I'd say they've learned of Edward and Alice's deaths and Aro is out for revenge. You know he wanted the pair of them in the guard and he never gave up hoping they'd join eventually. Now you put a stop to that and you have a rather intriguing and desirable partner with gifts that Aro would sell his brothers to get his hands on".
I looked at Jasper
"Are they coming for me?"
"It sounds logical, so probably. I'm sorry I got you into this mess Bella."
I kissed him,
"Hey were in it together. What do you think Aro will do?"
"He'll send the guard for you, for all of us probably"
"Can we run?"
"No, Demitri would only find us. He's the best tracker ".
"But can he track Bella?" asked Peter.
"I'm not leaving you, any of you. We stand together".
"We go up against the Volturi, we fall together."
"Then we fall together but I'm not running out on you. Could I shield us all?"
"Maybe, but not forever Bella and they have forever."
"So you two go, we'll stay and act innocent"
"Peter that won't work. Aro would have you killed just out of spite" The Major pointed out to me.
"OK Mastermind, you come up with something"
He pulled me away from the others.
"Bella we can't fight the Volturi and we can't hide forever. We'll slip up sometime and they'll find us. All we can do is to meet with them, sending Peter and Char away they don't need this kind of trouble".
"OK, but will they go?"
"They've never ignored an order yet, so let's try".
Peter
When they came back in I knew what he'd been saying by his face
"Peter, Charlotte, I want you to leave now. Bella and I are going to meet the Volturi but it's not necessary for you two to get involved"
"Fuck you Major, this is our fight too, you are the only friends we have and if you think we're leaving you dangling in the wind..."
"It's not a request Peter. It's a command".
"Yeah well, we ain't in an army now, so sorry Major but the peasants are revolting. Where you go, we go, simple as that".
He shook his head
"Well, short of kicking us out and watching as we wait for the Volturi goons to turn up, you don't have much choice".