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Her thirst quenched, Bella raised her red eyes from the wolf she’d caught earlier and watched the members of her family who had gone hunting with her: Edward, her husband, and his siblings Emmet and Jasper. Edward’s butterscotch eyes were already set on her.

“Feel better?” he asked.

She nodded, not daring to open her mouth in case she’d have pieces of meat stuck between her teeth. It’d happened once, and the Cullens had had no qualms about teasing her about it.

Emmet stood up and picked up two carcasses at once. “Time to do the dishes,” he declared loudly.