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Bella's POV

I can't believe that just happened! What were the odds, meeting Edward again? I was still reeling from the conversation that should never have happened. I was forbidden from having contact with males ever again. My instincts after so much training to stay away from men had made me recoil from him and my shock had made keeping my emotions in check easy in front of him. But now that I was away the experience played again in my head.

I realized my memories of him the few times I thought about him were more off then I realized. But I also recognized that he himself had changed. He looked... well dead. His eyes had no light in them and he looked like he had no reason for living. His expression when I had been so cold was pitiful. But he was still as beautiful as ever and- What are you saying! This is completely forbidden and besides he left you remember? I rebuked myself. But deep inside me I felt something stir and I knew it couldn't be good.

Somehow I managed to compose myself as I entered our camp. I was the last one to return after the Hunter's Call. When I arrived everyone was taking down the camp. I hurried to help my friend, Thalia, take down the tent we share with two other girls. She looked at me funny.

"Where have you been?" She asked.

"Took a walk.." I mumbled looking away. "Guess I went kinda far." She gave me a suspicious look like she knew that wasn't the full story but she let it be and we finished taking down the tent. She called over one of our tent mates Sarah and told her it was her turn to carry the tent.

Sarah and her twin sister Miley were half-bloods and had been with the Hunters a little longer then me. They had met the Hunters during a big battle against the Titans before I had known about any of this. They had never felt like they belonged at camp half-blood and were thrilled to join up with the Hunters. Miley walked over to her sister and helped her carry their things. They were really close and did everything together.

Thalia and I gathered the rest of our things and waited as the rest of the camp finished packing up. When we were all ready Artemis gave the signal and we began to move out. We were moving farther west following the scent of monsters to find areas with more of them to fight.

Okay so maybe I should explain a little about my history. I'm Bella Swan. I look about 18 but really I'm 38. Thats because I'm immortal after joining up with the Hunters of the Goddess Artemis. Yes the greek Gods(and Goddesses) are real and they live over the Empire state building. Except for Artemis; she wanders the wilderness with her faithful Hunters (us) and hunts monsters. I joined the Hunt because shortly before then I had lost the love of my life forever. So when Artemis came and offered me an immortal life free of men and with complete freedom and best of all, the chance to forget about him, well the choice was pretty obvious. I love being a Hunter. Its like a big family where we all protect each other. And fighting monsters is just another one of the perks.

It took us all morning to find our new campsite. A nice area with plenty of monsters to fight. It was a shaded area right by a creek so we settled down and set up camp. That took us most of the afternoon. After that we all went down to the creek.

We all stripped down until we were wearing only our standard issue protective undergarments. They were protective in that they kept us from the prying eyes of any men that might happen upon us. But they also were only removable by the wearer. So if we were ever somehow overpowered by a man (fat chance) we would be protected. They were simple and comfortable made of a sparkly silver material that fit to our bodies perfectly.

I shivered a little as the cold water hit my skin. As Hunters though we have a natural resistance to cold or hot temperatures and it wasn't long before I was completely submerging myself in the stream. I laid on my back and let the gentle currents carry me for a little while.

When it started to get dark, we got dressed and went back to camp. A girl started the fire and we warmed up by it while the prey that Sarah and a few others had caught cooked.

After the meal we retired to our tents to get some rest. We were setting out to hunt a nearby minotaur at dawn tomorrow.

When I woke the next morning it was still dark. I could sense it was an hour before dawn but I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep. My dream was still haunting my thoughts. In my dream we had been out hunting. It was all very clear and I could see all the Hunters with us. We were chasing something through the woods but it was dark under the tree cover and I couldn't see what it was. When we finally broke through the trees standing in a shaft of sunlight was... Edward. All the Hunters started shooting. I knocked and arrow and aimed at him. He just stood there looking at me with sad, dark eyes...

I shivered at the memory as Thalia snored on besides me. I got up quietly and left the tent. No one moved; my tent mates were heavy sleepers. I walked down to the river and sat while the pre-dawn sky lightened and the forest started to stir. After a while I became aware of a feeling creeping inside me. I felt like I was being watched. A shiver that had nothing to do with the chilly temperature went through me and I got up to leave.

More people were rising back at camp now, preparing for the hunt. They were packing food in light packs in case of a long trek. Thalia was by our tent gathering her supplies. She picked up a few empty bottles and walked down to the river to fill them. We all were ready at this point so we sat chatting and waiting by the woods. Just as the suns first rays peeked over the horizon, making us cover our eyes, Artemis walked out from her tent and walked over to the rest of us.

"Let the hunt begin." She said. We smiled as she sounded the horn and we set out.

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