Bella wasn't about to mention when she'd been drinking bagged blood during her pregnancy. She still wasn't sure what other vampire cultures thought about the subject...and there was no way she was going to even open the door to that level of suspicion on the off chance Ness arrived here someday.

"I suppose that's an option, but I never thought about it. The forest has plenty of wildlife and," she smiled a little wider, "it's really fun chasing them down."

She took a breath she didn't need and nodded. "Yes, he knows. Hard for him not to when I tackled him nearly to the ground and called him the wrong name while I did so."