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I heard his breath stop, and his eyes zeroed in on right field He took a half step, angling hi

Carlisle, E sounds of passage much too faint for ed one by one fro a dozenfell back i the otherhimself around the tall, dark-haired man in a manner that clearly displayed who led the pack The third was a woman; from this distance, all I could see of her was that her hair was a startling shade of red

They closed ranks before they continued cautiously toward Edward’s

fa the natural respect of a troop of predators as it encounters a larger, unfaroup of its own kind

As they approached, I could see how different they were froait that see into a crouch They dressed in the ordinary gear of backpackers: jeans and casual button-down shirts in heavy, weatherproof fabrics The clothes were frayed, though, ear, and they were barefoot Both e hair was filled with leaves and debris from the woods

Their sharp eyes carefully took in the more polished, urbane stance of Carlisle, who, flanked by Euardedly forward tocohtened into a

The man in front was easily the most beautiful, his skin olive-toned beneath the typical pallor, his hair a glossy black He was of anext to E a flash of glea restlessly between thearound ht breeze Her posture was distinctly feline The second hter than the leader, his light brown hair and regular features both nondescript His eyes, though coilant

Their eyes were different, too Not the gold or black I had co and sinister

The dark-haired ht we heard a gahtest of French accents "I’estured to the vampires beside him

"I’m Carlisle This is my family, Emmett and Jasper, Rosalie, Esroups, deliberately not calling attention to individuals I felt a shock when he said my name

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

Carlisle matched Laurent’s friendly tone "Actually, ere just finishing up But we’d certainly be interested another ti?"

"We’re headed north, in fact, but ere curious to see as in the neighborhood We haven’t run into any coion is usually empty except for us and the occasional visitor, like yourselves"

The tense atuessed that Jasper was using his peculiar gift to control the situation

"What’s your hunting range?" Laurent casually inquired

Carlisle ignored the assue here, up and down the Coast Ranges on occasion We keep a permanent residence nearby There’s another permanent settlement like ours up near Denali"