Elijah POV
“Who the hell was that?” Bella asks the next morning. Her and I are at the breakfast table with William, Jeremy, and the other four, earlier than nearly anyone else at the clan after catching everyone up to speed on our rendezvous last night. Our plates are full of eggs, bacon, and fruit, but no one seems to have much of an appetite after our retelling.
“I don’t know,” William sighs, “It's not a scent I recognize.”
“He has no ties to this clan, I would’ve felt it. So who the hell is wandering the town I the middle of the night?!” Bella growls. She's frustrated. We all are.
“Bells, it's probably a scare tactic from Jed. He knows about the town, it wouldn’t be hard for him to implant a couple of guys to set us all on edge,” Jake says.
“I have to agree.” William nods. “Th
