Chapter Twenty Seven

Alice

Edward and I went out to hunt after the visitors left the following day, any excuse for some time away from the others, both of us upset at the way Jasper had been spoken of, he was family and deserved better from all of us.

"What did you think of Eleazers friends?"

I shrugged scowling a little,

"Connor was OK but I thought the girls gave Tanya's spite far too much attention."

"Yes, I wasn't keen on Olivia, I'm not sure she told the truth about her mate"

"Really? Why would she lie?"

"I don't think she necessarily lied, I just think she preferred to tell everyone that he was dead but she never saw his body, she ran away and she's feeling guilty about it."

"How could she run away without knowing if her mate was dead or not?"

"No idea, I couldn't leave you behind but from what she was thinking she doesn't know anything for sure, She's not even sure whether he was snatched in Texas or Mexico."

"Well I guess she's got to live with her conscience, I'm just glad its not me"

Edward and I tracked down a small herd of elk to slake our thirst for blood then found an old abandoned trappers cabin to slake our other thirst. If not for Eleazer helping Edward I think we would have gone home but until we were sure he had control of himself it would be too dangerous especially now Bella and Jazz were a proper couple, she had even visited the house a few times and Esme told me that even Rose was thawing so Bella must be making a good impression. I was pleased for him, I hated to see him the only one still alone in the family. As I lay in Edwards arms relaxed and happy watching the sun come up I lost myself in one of my visions, one that Edward later told me had gone on for some time. I saw Connor and Siobhan talking with Olivia. She was fascinated by our way of life but even more so by Tanya and her sisters especially when it was explained to her what their gifts were. She decided that she wanted to return to the area where her mate had gone missing, she missed him seeing us so happy and tried to persuade the others to go with her but that area was a dangerous place for nomads and they refused.

"You want to go into places like that you need to get yourself someone like The Major."

"The Major? I've heard of him. Didn't he used to run with Maria the Mexican?"

"He certainly did but not for years now. He joined the Cullen family."

"You mean he lives with Alice and Edward?"

They laughed,

"Of course you don't know do you?"

Olivia looked at Siobhan,

"Know what?"

"The guy Tanya was bitching about, Jasper Hale, he is The Major."

"You mean he is the guy who's going out with the human girl Tanya was so disgusted by?"

"Yes. The very same"

Olivia's expression made me smile, I guess it did sound a little crazy to an outsider. We never thought of Jasper as Maria's creature The Major, it hardly seemed possible they were the same person.

When I came back to the present Edward asked what I'd seen and I explained although I had no idea why I'd seen it.

"I don't see the significance to us in that"

"No, neither do I but when I get these sudden visions they usually involve the family some how. Maybe Olivia will turn up in Forks to see The Major in person, that could be fun."

I could see Edward trying to make sense of my vision but we were soon more interested in each other again and my vision got pushed to the back of my mind. I should have taken more notice I guess but it just seemed so trivial at the time. When we got back Eleazer took Edward aside to tell him because he had worked so hard at resisting his urges we would be going back home sooner than we thought, so Edward could show the others, especially that he wasn't a threat to Bella any longer. In fact Carlisle and Esme were coming for a visit and we would return with them. The thought of getting away from Tanya and her sisters made my day, I loved my cousins but after a while the sexual tension in the house got to me and even Edward was avoiding them where possible.

The next vision was much more worrying although it too seemed irrelevant at first. I saw Olivia searching for her mate without success both sides of the border although she never met with any of the most dangerous covens, Maria's or Carlos both of who seemed to be laying low for some reason. My vision was Olivia talking to a young man who had been turned some years ago by Maria's right hand man Nathan, a name I'd heard Jazz mention in passing. Olivia was interested to hear that he too had heard of The Major although he, Tim, had been changed after Jazz left Maria's army. The stories he told were terrible enough, more terrible than any Jazz had ever spoken about and I understood that his life with Maria had been far worse than any of us could ever have imagined. How he held on to his humanity was a mystery to me but I admired him even more for hearing them. Olivia told Tim that she had heard of the man The Major had become but when she explained the circumstances he laughed her off. When she left she knew only that her mate hadn't been killed or captured by Maria's coven, she was no nearer finding him.

When Esme and Carlisle appeared they had lots of news for us, Rose and Emmett had gone to their favourite ski lodge in Switzerland, both were very good skiers and Emmett loved the thought of hunting in the remote mountain areas. As school had finished for the summer they could stay away as long as they wanted while Edward and I needed to be back for Autumn term. Jazz and Bella were still an item of course and he had decided that when we got back he was going to tell Bella what we really were, he couldn't hide it much longer in any case. Esme was also looking to buy a new house, a project for us to move to after finishing in High School and brought several print outs for us to discuss. Eleazer, Edward, and Carlisle went off to Eleazers study to discuss the work on Edwards urges to kill Bella while we girls talked of the merits of the various properties. Of course Carmen preferred the one closest to Denali, just across the border in Whitehorse and I could see Tanya's brain ticking over. How far that was from Forks Washington and Bella Swan but if she thought he would leave Bella behind then she had no idea at all. Then Esme dropped the bomb shell that Jasper was thinking of staying behind when we moved, so he could remain with Bella. The look that passed between the girls was classic and I couldn't help smiling but it was the last time I was to smile for sometime because a few hours later, just after we left Denali I had another vision and this one explained the others only too well.