Bella:

I swallowed hard at her words.

"What do you mean?" I asked, and she inhaled deeply, keeping her gaze on me.

"You plan to release Radolf Clawmark, which is a wise decision, and you need about fifty hybrids," she began, and I nodded. "But you are going about it the wrong way. I knew when you got yourself into trouble, and I watched you, too. I wanted you guys to come to me, but you didn't, and I cannot interrupt the balance of the universe by just interfering. To be ...