Bella's eyes were wide as they looked around the place, nodding as she took in the info about Val's past. When they talked, they'd focused more on the similarities of their stories and those glorious vampire days. "And then some. I've never seen anything like it."

And because they shared a vampire past, a little bubble of uneasy went up her back. "I don't suppose you're good at self-defense kind of things? I mean, she's been teaching me to fight back, but I'm not exactly the best at it yet."