"You're...you're out in the open where you're from?" Bella considered that for a moment, then nodded. "I suppose it could work, for your kind of vampire, ones that can feed without killing or turning the human. I don't think it would be quite that simple for us. Still, it would be nice to be able to see my mom again, some of my old friends."

Bella smirked inwardly. What she wouldn't give to see Mike's reaction to her new look.