Jasper's POV

I was beyond angry. I didn't think anything could calm myself down. Feeling the disgusting lust and blood lust James carried for my mate, I want to rip him apart till there's nothing left of him. I could imagine my arms trapping his neck in my hold. Slowly twisting his head off. I want him to feel it all. And I would enjoy it.

My thoughts are cut off as I feel my Katherine wrap her arms around me and holds on to me. I let out a shuddering breath as I just realized what I was thinking. I'm becoming like I use to be. The monster Maria made me. I slowly wrap my arms around Katherine and hold her close to me.

I feel her lifting her head and look deep into my eyes.

"I love you." She whispers.

My love, my reason for my existence, James will have to pry her from my ashes to get to her.

"I love you more than anything, my darling'." I whisper and lean in to kiss her sweet lips. Thrusting my tongue into her mouth. She always tasted so sweet. I couldn't get enough of her.

With soft sigh, we pull away just as we arrive at home.

I get out first, then helped Katherine out. I watch Dax get out with Alice connected to his side. Holding on to him as if he was going to disappear in seconds. We head inside with Edward and Bella, but we skid to a halt as a familiar face is walking towards us with Carlisle in tow. I couldn't stop the growl escaping my lips as I see Laurent, knowing he's part of James' coven. I was ready to attack with Edward and Alice but, Carlisle stops us.

"Wait! He came to warn us...About James." He says.

I could feel he was telling the truth. The fear from Laurent's pores as James' name is spoken clogs my throat.

"This isn't my fight and I've grown tired of his games. But he's got unparalleled senses, absolutely lethal. I've never seen anything like him in my three hundred years. And the woman, Victoria...Don't underestimate her." Laurent gives us a apologetic and worried look, then left. I could feel his blood lust for Bella, but, he fought as hard as he could to resit it. As well I as I am doing now, being so near her. My anger was stronger than my lust for blood. I wanted James dead.

We headed down to the garage and Edward packed up the cars.

"Hey, your mom and dad dropped off your suitcases at Charlie's. They were nice enough to pack for you." Bella mutters as pain and sadness fill her as she talks to Katherine and Dax. I watch Katherine hug her and hold her. Comforting her as best as she could.

I sigh bitterly as I help Emmett with packing while Carlisle stacked up emergency money.

"I've had to fight our kind before. We're not easy to kill." I say as I grit my teeth.

"But not impossible. We'll rip him apart and burn the pieces." Emmett says, as if it was that simple. I had my doubts it'll be easy.

"I don't relish the thought of killing another creature. Even a sadistic one like James." Carlisle says.

Rosalie sits on a counter, glaring at our mates and us, "What if he kills one of us first?"

Dax and Katherine snap their heads up at that question, then move to another part of the garage to talk. I could hear them talking in their language. I look over to Carlisle who frowns. Confusion rolls off him.

"Carlisle, what is it?" I ask.

"I..That language. It just seems familiar, but...never mind. We need to focus on James and Victoria." He says, shaking his head. But, I could feel he was disturbed by the language for some reason. Does he know it? But, he's right, we need to focus on the hunters first.

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Katherine's POV

Dax pulls me away after Rosalie asked that dreaded question. I could feel that Dax was disturbed as well as I was.

"That's it, I'm going after James." Dax snarls in the dead language.

"Dax, you know that's not a good idea. If you you leave, Alice will find you and you'll put her in danger. All of us." I reply back in the dead language.

"I'll kill him before she reaches me. Something has to be done. I'm not losing my mate to a sick, psychotic killer like James." He growls in his throat.

I pull him to face his back towards the Cullens and leaned in closer, "Dax, easy. You're going to turn dire in front of everyone." I whisper as I look up into his bright, neon, blue eyes.

Dax closes his eyes and does his best to control his rapid breathing. When he opens them, his neon eyes faded back to his original blue eyes. Human blue eyes. And his breathing dies down to normal.

"Good. Listen, James is going after Bella mainly. Her blood is too much for him to ignore. If we need to...we'll go after him together. And kill him." I state.

He sighs deeply, I could see how annoyed he was about waiting, but he nods anyway, understanding my terms.

"I'm gonna run Bella south and then lead the tracker away from here." We hear Edward state. Dax and I walk back over to them and listen to their conversation. Jasper immediately wrap his arms around me and pulls me into his arms. Dax stands near Alice and wraps his arms around her, trying to sooth her.

"No, Edward. James knows you'd never leave Bella. He'll follow you." Carlisle protests.

"It's best if we all just stay together. Dax, Bella, and I. And you guys can lead him away. The farther away we're from the tracker, the better." I say.

Carlisle nods in agreement with me, "He'll follow all of your scents. We can use that for our advantage."

"He wants Bella's more. I could see it in his head. His sick desire for her." Edward snarls in disgust."

"Jasper and I will drive them south." Alice speaks up. "I'll keep her safe, Edward." She assures him.

"Can you keep your thoughts to yourself?" Edward scoffs at her.

Alice rolls her eyes at him, "Yes." She takes Bella's hand and leads her to the car.

Jasper takes my hand and guides me to the car, settling me in the front seat with him as he sits at the driver's side. Alice sits in the back with Dax and Bella. Dax made sure they both had room in the back.

"Rosalie... Esme...could you put these on so the tracker will pick up Bella's scent?" Edward says as he throws Bella's clothes to them. Rosalie scoffs and pushes the clothes away from her.

"Why? What is she to me?" She snarls at Edward.

Edward was about to blow up at her, till Carlisle speaks up.

"Rosalie...Bella is with Edward. As well as Dax and Katherine are with Jasper and Alice. They're part of this family now." He holds Bella's jacket up for her. "And we protect our family."

Rosalie lets out a bitter sigh and takes the jacket. I could sense she still hated this and worried for her family. I could relate to her.

I drown out Bella and Edward's conversation and look at Jasper who sat next to me, tensed and stiff. I reach out gently and take his hand in mine, gaining his attention. He slowly turns to me, looking into my eyes with such love, care...and worry, too. The restrain forces me to halt my words. How badly I wanted to tell him everything was going to be ok because of what we are...what we can do.

"I love you." He says softly.

I smile slowly at him, "I love you, too." I whisper.

He gives me a crooked smile and kisses my hand gently, holding it close to his heart.

"...Bella, you are my life now." Edward whispers softly to Bella.

I sigh softly at their relationship. I know this must be so hard for the both of them to be apart. But, it must be done. For her safety.

Jasper starts up the car and takes off. We decided to go on to Phoenix, but that'll be just the first stop.

"Hey, mom. It's me again. Um, you must have let your phone die or something...I'm not in Forks but everything's okay and I'll explain it later." Bella says as she leaves her mom a voice message.

Dax sighs and holds Alice in his arms. I could see the yearn in Bella's eyes for her mate as she watches us tend to our mates. I felt kinda bad for her.

"I'm so sorry, Daxy." I hear Alice whisper.

"It's going to be OK, baby." He says softly, rubbing her back up and down in comfort.

She moves to look up at him, frowning at him, "How can you be so positive?"

Dax smirks at her and brushes strays of hair from her face, "I know a certain little, pixie psychic." Alice slowly begins to smile, "And it seems she has made me psychic, too."

Alice rolls her eyes, but laughs, "Even in dangerous situations...you still make me smile."

"Good. Cause I want to keep you smiling always." Dax sighs.

Alice gives him a shy smile and he tips her chin to look at him, cupping her jaw to pull her closer and give her a slow, loving kiss. When it ended, he sighs and rests his head against her.

"I love you, my little pixie." He whispers.

"I love you, too, my Daxy." She whispers back.

By mid-afternoon, we made it to a hotel in Phoenix for Bella, Dax, and I to rest. But, honestly, I don't think either of us could sleep. Bella clutches onto her phone as if it was her lifeline. She needed to know everything. Jasper and I snuggled on a chair, with me in his lap and my head on his chest. I played with his shirt buttons and he rests his nose into my hair, breathing me in. Dax and Alice sat on the love seat. Dax was lying against the corner with her in his arms.

(Katherine's change of clothes ^^^^)

(Dax's change of clothes ^^^^)

Suddenly, Alice sits up fast and gasps.

We could see she was entering a vision, "What is it? What did you see?" Dax asks.

"The tracker. He just changed course." Alice gasps.

"Where will it take him, Alice?" Jasper carefully picks me up and moves to give Alice a piece of paper and a pencil.

"Mirrors...A room full of mirrors." Alice frowns and while she was in her trance, she rapidly draws the location of the tracker.

"Edward said the visions weren't always certain." Bella says as we watch Alice draw.

"She sees the course people are on while they're on it. If they change their minds, the vision changes." Jasper explains.

"So, the course that the tracker's on now is gonna lead him to... A ballet studio?" Bella frowns in confusion.

Alice suddenly stops drawing and looks up at Bella in shock, "You've been here?"

"I took lessons as a kid. The school I went to had an arch just like that." Bella says as she points at the picture.

"Was your school here in Phoenix?" I ask her.

"Yeah." Bella nods and jumps as her phone goes off, "Edward, you okay?"

I hug myself as I start to think about everything. The ballet studio. Bella use to go there. Why would James go there? Her scent should be gone by now in that studio. Something was up.
Bella cuts the call and turns to me and Dax, "They lost the tracker but Victoria is still in the area. Rose and Esme are back in Forks to protect Charlie and your parents. Edward is coming here. We're gonna go somewhere. Anywhere." She looks at us sadly. "We're gonna have to split up till they catch him."

I sigh and we both pull her into a hug.

"We need to end this...tonight." I send the message to Dax's mind and he agrees.

Bella heads to the bedroom to pack while Jasper and Alice head down to check out.

I stand on the balcony and glare at the world. Fate has brought our mates to us and it seems like we have to fight for them to stay with them. I sense Dax coming outside to stand next to me and leans on the wall.

"Why do you think James is going to a ballet studio?" He asks.

"It's obvious that something is there that draws him. It can't be Bella's scent. It should have faded away with the years." I frown.

Dax sighs and thinks, "Maybe something is gonna draw Bella there."
I look over my shoulder at him, "What could possibly draw..." I stop mid-sentence and realized that there's something that could draw Bella out of hiding. Something that she would die to protect. Someone who could also be in Phoenix with us.

"Renée!" I gasp.

Dax stiffens as he puts it together as well.

"Where's Bella?" I ask.

We pace towards the bedroom and see most of the suitcases half packed and Bella was nowhere to be found.

"Damn it, Bella!" I growl and punch the door.

"We need to get to her before James does. We're ending this." Dax states.

"Damn straight." I growl lowly as my eyes glare with neon green.

I rush to grab a pencil and piece of paper and leave Alice and Jasper a note.

"Jasper, Alice...
Bella has run away. We know where she's going. We'll try and stop her before James finds her. She's going to the old Ballet studio. The one Alice saw in her vision. Please call Edward as soon as possible to let him know this. We love you both so much.

Katherine and Daxy.

Dax and I rush to the roof and made sure no one would see us. I nod at Dax and he snarls lowly. Transforming into his dire side. His skin pales till its dark gray, black in some areas. Loud crackling erupts from his back as large bat wings exploded out from his skin, ripping his shirt apart. His eyes glow a neon blue as his lips thin out and his teeth form into sharp edges. His ears blend into his skin and enlarge against his face. Turning into bat ears. Large claws burst from his nails as his feet bent out of shape and burst from his shoes. His wings flapped loudly as he growls deep in his chest.

(Dax's dire side)

"We need to go." His voice was even more deeper than before.

I nod and move to stand against his chest. His wraps his arms around me and with a loud whoosh of his wings, we take off into the air. To find Bella.