"We thought We heard a game." The dark haired man said. "I'm Laurent, these are Victoria, and James." He gestured to his coven mates.

"I'm Carlisle. This is my family, Emmett, and Jasper, Rosalie, and Esme, Alice and Bella, Edward and KC." My father stated pointing to us in groups of two.

"Do you have room for a few more players?" Laurent asked.

"We were just finishing actually." Carlisle answered. "Although we certainly would be interested another time. Are you planing on staying in the area for long?"

"We're headed North, in fact, but we were curious to see who was in the neighbor hood. We haven't ran into company in a long time."

"No, this region is usually empty except us and the occasional visitor like yourselves."

"What's your hunting range?"

"The Olympic Range here, up and down the Coast Ranges on occasion. We keep a permanent residence nearby. There is another permanent settlement like ours up near Denali."

"Permanent? How do you manage that?"

"Why don't you come to our home with us and we can talk comfortably? Its a rather long story." Carlisle invited.

"That sounds very interesting and welcome. We've been on the hunt all the way down from Ontario and we haven't had a chance to clean up in a while."

"Please don't take offence, but we would appreciate it if you could refrain from hunting in this immediate area. We have to stay inconspicuous, you understand," Carlisle explained.

" Of course, we certainly don't want to encroach on your territory. We just ate outside Seattle anyway." Laurent laughed.

"We'll show you the way if you would like to run with us. Emmett and Alice you two go with Edward and Bella to the Jeep." Carlisle said casually.

There was a sudden gust of wind causing Bella's hair to ruffle. Edward stiffened and James whipped his head around to gaze at Bella. He took a step forward shifting into a crouch. Edward shifted into a defensive crouch in front of Bella, releasing a feral snarl.

"Whats this?" Laurent exclaimed.

"She is with us." Carlisle stated firmly.

"You brought a snack?" he asked.

Edward snarled again looking fierce.

"I said she is with us." Carlisled corrected.

"But she is human," Laurent protested.

"And you'll be dust in the wind if you touch her." I hissed.

"KC, please." Esme whispered placing a hand on my shoulder.

"It appears we have a lot to learn from each other." said Laurent

"Indeed." Carlisle stated.

"But we'd like to accept your invitation. And of course we will not harm the human girl. We won't hunt in your range as I said." Laurent said.

James and Victoria looked in disbelief at Laurent. Their eyes flickered to Bella.

"We'll show you the way. Jasper, Rosalie, KC, Esme?" he called.

We gathered together and ran as a group with Laurent to our home.

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