After speaking with Carlisle, Jasper was informed that they were due to meet the shape-shifters in the woods for some training. At Jaspers raised brow, Carlisle chuckled and said: "Well, not exactly training for them. The training is for us, but we agreed that them watching how a newborn would fight would better prepare them."

Jasper had hummed, he had no real quell with the Quileute wolves, and while he could see the benefit in siding with the wolves, it didn't mean he was comfortable having them around his mate. A gentle squeeze to his arm brought his eyes down to his mate beside him; she didn't have to be an empath to know he was feeling uneasy and uncertain about it all. She gave his arm another squeeze and paired it with a smile. Her whole aura radiated reassurance. He let out a sigh before giving her a brief smile before turning back to Carlisle and agreeing that it was a good idea.

Jasper took in the large clearing; they were deep in the forest hidden perfectly from any wandering humans. Tall trees surrounded them; a cold breeze ruffled the leaves and bushes while making the trees groan ever so slightly. To the left of Jasper was a poorly made dirt track, one he suspected the Jeep would come down later.

Everyone was unusually quiet, and while he could feel slight tension in the air, mostly on the Cullens side, he could also feel Rhea's anxiousness. Jasper moved closer to her; she smiled at him as he wrapped his arm around her, pulling her close into his chest.

"Don't worry darlin'; everything will be fine." He whispered into her ear before giving it a gentle nibble. He smirked as she slapped his chest in amusement, her eyes darken, and she went to open her mouth to speak but was cut off with a sharp ring that echoed throughout the clearing. All eyes turned to Carlisle as he pulled out his phone tapping the little green button before he brought it up to his ear.

Jasper tightened his arm around his mate pulling her in just a little closer by her belt loop as Carlisle hung up the phone. And while everyone could hear the conversation, out of habit Carlisle relayed the conversation once again to those present.

"That was Emmett; they're only a few minutes away. Bella said the wolves are also on their way here." He told the four of them while grabbing his wife's hand.

Once again the five of them fell into silence, Jasper focused his attention on his mate, he moved a few strands of fallen hair out of her eyes and squeezed her hips. Their eyes met briefly before a strong emotion of curiosity and disbelief hit him. Jasper turned his head; his eyes met Rosalie, he raised an eyebrow at her, she lifted one of her own back before the sound on tires hit their ears. Rose turned away with a huff, arms crossed over her chest and brushed a blonde lock out of her face.

Jasper frowned, while Rosalie had been standoffish at the house she had for a moment defended both him and Rhea. But it seemed that fleeting rare moment was gone as she was back to being her usual bitchy self. Jasper let out a sigh as his eyes turned towards the Jeep, he could feel several different emotions; excitement from Emmett, curiosity from Bella, disgust from Edward, and slow-burning anger deep inside Alice.

He would have to keep an eye on Alice, the raw anger he could feel coming from her had him slightly worried. Because he knew it was directed more towards Rhea than it was at him.

And that was just unacceptable.

Vampires may have been indestructible and immortal, but nothing was more dangerous than a vampire who was both angry and vicious.

He may not be a seer, but he would have to be a fool not to see the coming blow out that was bound to happen soon.

And he knew, he just knew, that his mate was going to be at the center of it all.

Like they say, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

While Jasper knew that one day he would have to see the Cullens again, he didn't expect it to be so quickly. He had been hoping that perhaps, at the very least, for twenty years or so to go by first. And he definitely didn't want to deal with all the drama that was coming. Most of all he didn't want to be pulled back into choosing sides and watching the atrocious love triangle between Edward, Bella, and Jacob. While listening to Alice complain about everything, paired with Edward's controlling ways and Bella inability to stand up for herself.

Jasper tightened his grip once more on Rhea's waist as the Jeep doors opened and slammed shut. The faint words of Bella telling Edward "It's a graduation gift," reached his ears. Not a moment later the others reached their little circle, Rosalie immediately moved next to Emmett, Alice stood next to Edward who held Bella's hand somewhat tightly.

Bella was anything but subtle in her staring. It would seem that even though she had been told that Jasper had left the family, turned back to his old diet and divorced Alice, she had not quite believed it. In her mind, Jasper and Alice were perfect, better than perfect; they were a fairy tale. And for Jasper to leave seemed fishy to her.

Bella's eyes turned to Rhea; a scowl painted her features, this was the girl who stole Jasper away from her best friend. And she would not stand for it.

Jaspers brows furrowed at Bella's emotions and how they changed from one thing to the next quickly, shock, sadness, yearning, then anger as soon as she looked at Rhea.

Of course, Alice and Edward must have painted a horrible picture and told her that I was stolen away from her. That we could have a chance together if it weren't for Rhea, I guess now I'll have to keep an eye out on both of them.

Edward glance then scowled at Jasper, in return Jasper raised a brow.

If you don't like what you hear, then don't listen.

It seemed for a second Edward was going to reply but was cut off by the arrival of the wolves. The shape-shifters moved in from the hill above them, Carlisle stepped forward, Edward half a step behind him. Jasper moved himself and his mate to the right of all the Cullens, clearly showing they were set apart from the others.

Both Rhea and Jasper heard the mutters of Carlisle and Edwards conversation, "They don't trust us in their human form." Edward whispered.

"They came, and that's all that matters," Carlisle muttered back before raising his voice. "Welcome and thank you for coming," he started taking a few steps forward before gesturing to Jasper and Rhea "Jasper here has experience with newborns." Jasper gave one last squeeze to Rhea before letting go of her and stepping forward, "He'll be teaching us how to defeat and defend ourselves against them." Carlisle smiled politely, but before he could say another word, the wolves started growing in the direction of both Jasper and Rhea.

Jasper stood in front of his mate, the intention to protect her should they attack but also maintaining a stance of passiveness towards them, his palms outward showing that neither of them meant any harm.

The others tensed as wolves continued to growl threateningly, Edward stood in front of Bella as he hissed out, "They don't trust their red eyes!"

Carlisle immediately tried to get control of the situation; he stood between Jasper and the wolves "Jasper and his mate mean you no harm."

The Alpha wolf bared his teeth and Edward translated immediately "He wants to know why they're here, why you've called for red-eye vampires."

Before Carlisle could speak, Jasper answered: "We mean no harm, we were called to help, teach, and train you about the newborns." His accent coming out as he gestured to Rhea who stood ridged behind him, "My mate and I will not harm anyone in the surrounding areas, we will hunt in the larger city of Seattle far away from your territory."

The other wolves growled lowly before the alpha turned to them and let out a loud bark, hushing the rest of them into silence. The alpha looked at Jasper and the woman behind him before looking at Edward.

Edward's lip curled ever so slightly but nonetheless translated "He said 'you speak for the both of you, yet the female has said nothing. How do we know she will keep your word when she has not said the same?'"

Rhea stepped forward her hand touched Jaspers arm as he tense just a little. She made sure that every ounce of her radiated in a non-threatening way. She smiled softly towards them, and in the lightest voice, she could manage said, "Jaspers word is my word, and my own is his. Surely you understand the way of mates." The black wolf dipped his head ever so slightly "If it gives you peace then know that what he said is true. We will not hunt near your territory, this I promise. αν επιστρέψω στον λόγο μου, μπορεί ο Θεός Δίας να με βάλει κάτω και να με στείλει στο τάρταρο." With that, she dipped her head respectfully to the wolves.

A gray wolf growled lowly before its Alpha turned and snapped his jaws towards him in warning, silencing the other immediately. The black wolf turned back towards the white-haired vampire before dipping its head and looking back towards Edward.

"He said, 'we accept your oath but won't hesitate to kill you should you go back on it,'" Edward muttered towards Rhea, gritting his teeth.

Jasper tensed ever so slightly, and shifted himself just a smudge in front of his mate, the Alpha turned and stared at Jasper. Jasper stared back; nobody said anything until the Alpha huffed in acknowledgment, knowing if they attacked the female they would have to fight the male too.

The wolf turned back towards Edward, they were silent for a moment before Edward spoke once more, "They want to know how the newborns differ from us."

Jasper relaxed as the conversation drifted elsewhere, a small hand slipped into his own and squeezed, Jasper, squeezed back before flashing a smile and a wink in the direction of his mate.

"Our kind is never more physically powerful than in our first several months of this life," Carlisle told the wolves before he turned to Jasper, gave him a brief grin and then walked towards his wife.

Jasper nodded in acceptance, squeezed Rhea's hand then step forward, taking Carlisle place, "Carlisle right, that's why they were created. A newborn army doesn't need thousands, like a human army and no human army could stand against them." He stood straight, hands clasped behind him.

He stood, to full attention as he addressed everyone, wolves and vampires alike, "Now the two most important things to remember are, first: never, and I mean never, let them get their arms around you," he looked towards the wolves grimly, "or they'll crush you instantly." He paced as he talked, "And second:" Jasper paused, fully aware that his pause had stopped dramatically as he faced the wolves, a hard look in his eyes "Never go for the obvious kill."

Unless you want to die in the most painful way possible.

A flash of training newborns came to mind, a lesson he had learned the hard way. And he had the scars to prove it.

Edward scowled slightly in Jaspers direction, he didn't need to see his face to know what the human-lover was feeling.

Again, if you don't like what you hear, then stay the hell outta my head!

He felt a wave of indignation and disgust pass over him. With an inaudible sigh, Jasper continued, "They'll be expecting that, and you will lose." He looked each wolf in their eyes, conveying without the use of his gift just how serious he was. With one last hard glance to them all, Jasper turned around and walked through the circle of the Cullens and called out: "Emmett!" He stopped a good ten feet or so away from the others and waited for Emmett to take his place opposite him.

He didn't have to wait long, Emmett grinned excitedly as he took his place. Jasper let his own grin show briefly, flashing a smirk in the direction of his mate, feeling her amusement in return.

"Don't hold back," Jasper told him with a grin lacing his words.

Emmett cracked his knuckles, for all intents of purposes, looking like a child high on sugar, "Not in my nature cowboy."

Jasper chuckled and stood still, clearly waiting for Emmett to make the first move, and he didn't disappoint. Within seconds, Emmett was running at him full speed, Jasper just smirked as he opened his arms slightly, like he was going to hug him. Of course, he did anything but hug, with a loud sound Emmett crashed into Jasper's stomach. Jasper dug his feet into the ground as he was pushed back, Emmett grabbed him around the waist and threw him into the air.

With a twirl of his body, Jasper landed on his knee and without wasting a second ran full speed at Emmett, who took an excited swing at him. Jasper ducked behind him and with a smack of his arm to Emmett's throat, knocked the bigger vampire off his feet and onto his back.

Hands clasped behind his back, Jasper looked down at the fallen vampire "Never lose focus." The smirk was apparent in his voice.

Emmett huffed, stood up, brushed himself off and grinned, "Next time, I'll get you, cowboy." And then walked off to his wife.

Jasper rolled his eyes good-naturedly as he waited for his next opponent, a wave of amusement rolled over Jasper making him look to his right, where his mate stood, she had a soft grin on her face, a perfect white brow raised in his direction. The question clear on her face.

Having fun?

He grinned back at her.

Hell yes.

She sent him a wave of proudness, as well as a touch of concern. Jasper, in turn, sent her a dose of love, a clear message of don't worry darlin'.

A moment later Edward stepped forward, there was a faint scowl on his face, he stood in front of Jasper cocky, feeling as if he just knew he was going to win. But he seemed to forget something - as Jasper stood in front of him, mind completely cleared.

Edward rushed forward, Jasper thought of moving left as his body moved right. Edward, following Jaspers thoughts, moved left but stumbled as Jasper kicked a leg out, with a growl Edward spun on his heel and tried to swing a punch. Again, Jasper ducked, hands falling to the ground and he spun his legs out knocking Edward to his back. Jasper stood, and brushed his hands together, wiping the dirt off them.

Was that Jasper was a trained soldier who moved and fought on muscle memory, not thoughts. "And never fully rely on your gifts, for the other party can, and will, always deceive you." Jasper took several steps back as Edward got to his feet and tossed him a scathing glare.

Jasper ignored him and nodded towards Carlisle, "Try again, and focus, don't rely solely on your gift. Fight each other." He told them both as he moved away.

Carlisle came forward, stood in front of Edward, then they were off. Jasper circled around them, giving them pointers every few seconds. Fairly soon, Edward pinned Carlisle down, he stood up with a slight grin at his accomplishment. Jasper walked forward knowing what was going to happen "And one more thing," as Edward turned around thinking he had won, Carlisle pinned him down "Never turn your back on your enemy."

Once the two moved off Jaspers makeshift battleground, Rosalie came forward, she put up a good fight, better than Edward but nonetheless was pinned down by Jasper within a minute.

Jasper felt a shift in the air and turned his head ever so slightly as Alice stepped forward, he could feel by her emotions that she was up to something. She had an almost playful smirk on her face, one that used to end with them tangled on the floor in a completely different way. Now, it made him sick, for her to even entertain the idea, that perhaps later something of that nature would happen, made his skin crawl.

Fortunately, and Jasper really had to thank whatever God there was, his beautiful mate stepped up next before Alice could go any further. He could feel the dark rage within Alice, but at that moment he couldn't care as Rhea stood in front of him. A soft smile on her face, the one she always reserved just for him, his special smile. Her eyes held a certain playfulness to them, her body completely relaxed.

Jasper grinned playfully at her "Are you sure you're ready to take me on, darlin'?"

He watched her laugh, her eyes twinkling "I think, I should be asking you that ἀγαπητέ."

Jasper said nothing but smirk, with a slight nod to her, signaling he was going to start, Jasper lunged forward his arms opened, intending to catch her in them. Only, she danced out of his way, with a spin, he turned and lunged once more, this time with his hand in front of him so he could grab at her shoulder. Soon, it became clear he had underestimated her, as she twirled and danced her way out his reach. This time as he moved forward with several swipes of his arms, she put her hands on his shoulders and flipped over him. Landing cleanly and rather gracefully on her feet.

With half playful, half serious narrowed eyes, Jasper rushed at her, he moved to punch right then feigned left, and as she went to defend the left side of her, he moved quickly and spun around her, grabbed her right arm and with a smirk tossed her into the air.

She, like he had earlier in his fight with Emmett, spun mid-air and landed gracefully on one knee, her right hand on the ground in front of her and her left in mid-air. Her hair, which she had put up in a hasty ponytail before starting was falling loosely around her face. And when she tilted her head ever so slightly and looked up at him through her eyelashes, he froze, and was reminded of the night he found her feasting from a drunk human, one that he, himself, was going to attack.

So beautiful.

So sexy.

And yet, so so dangerous.

And it turned him on. Immensely.

Probably not the time to get a hard-on, he thought as he started to crouch, waiting for her to pounce first. She grinned, flashing him her teeth. His eyes turned darker, thoughts taking a more sexual way of thinking. From the corner of his eye, he could see Edward grimacing and shaking his head in disgust. Clearly, he wasn't the only one thinking naughty things.

And then she rushed towards him, and something shifted within. It was no longer the playful mock battle between lovers, it'd turn sexual, it had turned into a show of hunter and prey, of catch and dominate.

As she reached him she went to spin around him, but he caught her with his arm around her waist, he pulled her tightly against his body. The beast inside purred as she wrapped an arm around his neck, she pushed her ass against the front of his growing bulge, and he barely caught the moan that started low in his throat. Her head moved to lay on his shoulder before she tightened her arm around him and flipped herself over him, her legs wrapped tightly around his waist, and her breasts pushed firming against his back. She kissed his cheek before flashing off him as he reached up to grab her.

With a grin that was boarder line dark, Jasper spun and made several grabs towards her. She was good, he'd give her that, but then his eyes darken with the desire to see her under him.

But then again, he was better.

Far too soon into their game, Jasper tackled her to the ground, his hands on either side of her head. Both of them were breathing hard, each breath building the desire within them and neither cared that they had an audience or that Jasper was supposed to be training both the Cullens and the Wolves on newborns and battles.

Jasper's grin was feral "Caught ya." Rhea smirked in amusement as she wrapped her legs around his waist, Jasper leaned in for a kiss but was taken off guard as she flipped them both. Her hands now on either side of his head as she straddled him.

"Rule three: don't underestimate your enemy." She was obviously quite proud of herself, and Jasper would be lying if he said he wasn't because he was. He chuckled, as she leaned down and gave him a quick kiss. Then she stood up and held out a hand to him, one he would always take.

And once he was on his own feet gave her another kiss. She flashed him that special smile, her eyes full of promises of later. And never in his life -or undead one- was Jasper more impatience then in that moment.

He wrapped his arm around her waist as he turned to everyone else and took in their facial expressions, Emmett looked like he was fighting the urge to say something sexual, he had a big grin on his face and wiggled his eyebrows when Jasper caught his eye. Rosalie rolled her own, looking bored, both Esme and Carlisle had soft smiles while looking amused, Edward and Bella both were glaring while looking faintly disgusted. And Alice, Jasper had to pause at her, she looked beyond livid. The anger she felt, the betrayal, the fear, and disgust was enough to make the hairs on the back on his neck stand straight up.

For all of it, was directed towards his unknowing mate.

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝

Translations: "If I go back on my word, may the God Zeus strike me down where I stand and send me into the depths of Tartarus."