THIRD PERSON POV:

Bella's absence had the triplets in a chokehold, but they tried to convince themselves she needed space. Hazel, on the other hand, tried to conceal the fact that Bella had been in the vampires' den for about three days.

"Is it just me, or has something weird been going on with the girls?" Kai asked as the trio made their way to school.

"Yeah, I noticed it too, but I'm going to assume it's just Bella being Bella. I mean, Hazel is more of her friend than ...