Chapter 1

Jasper's POV

Five years. Five fucking years. I still don't know how that bitch kept me from her for so long. How was it that she was able to draw out our time together and keep me from my mate while we sorted through our divorce? She got everything, not like I cared that she had all those things, all I cared about was having her back. This time, no one would stand in my way, no one would stop us from being together. No bitch who thought she could get away with trying to control the major ever survived. There was nothing more that I wanted now than to find her.

I had been traveling every state in the country trying to find her. I finally called Peter and Charlotte for help. We decided we would meet in Texas to talk because Peter had said he had gotten some information. The fucker probably wanted to talk me into taking a break, for a few months or even a few years. He knew that I wouldn't stop searching for her, but it wouldn't stop him from trying.

Seeing both Peter and Charlotte in front of me, I had no choice but to stop. Though I could take them out if they tried to stop me. They were my brother and sister, I couldn't consciously harm them; roughing them up, though, was a different story all together. As soon as they told me what information they had, I would be gone again to track my mate. That bitch tried to stop me and now she was in hiding. Fearing that I would find her and tear her to shreds. However, my mind was not set on her, instead set on finding her, my mate, again. When I did find my mate, I would be going after that bitch. She would pay.

I tried returning to Forks, only to find that she was gone; same with Phoenix and Jacksonville. I had begun to travel all over the continent to track my mate down, to take her as mine. She wasn't good enough for that bastard. He only wanted her for her blood or any human or vampire she came across. She was mine alone and I would kill anyone else who tried to take her from me. No one messed with Major Jasper Whitlock and got away with it, not even the Volturi and they were well aware to keep their distance from me.

"This had better be good," I growled at them, letting my anger flow from me.

"There's been talk, Jasper," Peter calmly said, not flinching at my anger; he was too used to it from our time in the South together. "There's a rise in the south. Whoever is in charge has become almost unstoppable. They've claimed almost the entire area."

I raised an eyebrow. "This has nothing to do with the information I asked you to gather, Peter." I didn't want to hear about this stupid shit. My anger was growing, the things they said were impossible.

"It began with Maria's army," Charlotte said, in a low voice. This was very intriguing, but my first priority was to find her. I would pay more attention to this information as soon as she was back with me. I turned my back to walk away from those I truly considered my siblings.

"Vampires are fleeing the south, Jasper. They say that this vampire is equal only to the major," she said, again in a low voice.

This made me stop in my tracks, releasing a snarl, causing the birds in the area to take flight. How dare they claim that this vampire is equal to myself, no one was equal to the major and they knew it. My mate would be safe for a while longer while I searched out this new army in the south and dealt with them. By the time I was done, there would be no doubt of who was the best. Those vampires who whispered of this new threat would know that there was no other who could match myself.

I paced the ground trying to figure out where to go next when I heard Peter speak up. "I think we should go check out Maria's old camp," he said with a shit-eating grin on his face.

"Fine, Fucker," I grumbled as I continued to pace the area around me. I wasn't even going to attempt to figure out what what he knew.

I had to find my mate before something or someone harmed her. I would find her, conquer her, and make her mine, I thought as a sly smirk crossed my lips. I had had many women in my day but none compared to my mate and I already knew that. I swore, the day I left that place in Forks I would find her and I wasn't going to wait.

"Come on, Major, you can come back and stay with us. We need to plan before we just waltz into their camp. I don't think the three of us have a death wish," I heard Charlotte whisper to me as she placed a hand on my shoulder.

I turned to face her. "No, we can fight whatever is thrown at us. We all know that so let's go pay this vampire a visit," I hissed feeling, the demon in me come to the surface as a smirk crossed my lips. I wasn't going to wait another day when it came to this "terror." I was going to take care of it and then go and find her; I knew it would be safer that way. I turned in the direction that I knew Maria's camp had been.

"Major, we can't go unprepared!" Charlotte exclaimed, trying to stop me.

I hissed at her, seeing Peter come up to my side. "We've fought newborns before. I'm sure we can handle these. It's not like anyone is around to train them," Peter laughed and with that I knew we had to just talk Charlotte to come with us.

Newborn POV

I smirked as I stared off into the distance. They would be coming soon; from what I'd heard, the major could never resist a challenge.

Now, it was just a matter of time before we found out who the better warrior was: the Major or the Queen of the South. I knew my queen could take the three of them out or if she wanted to, or we could. She had trained us well after she had taken out Maria. Now it was almost time to put those skills she taught us to use.