NEW ECLIPSE (SUBVERSE): PREPARING FOR WAR
“Wait, that’s it!” Bella exclaimed, dark hues moving from her injured hand to meet her father’s gaze. She had been preparing some of the weapons from the hunter’s chest when one had slipped in her grasp and cut her.
“Think about it, Dad. If Jasper’s been able to learn control through moderated blood bags, the newborns are the complete reverse. They’re frenzied, constantly attacking people. They can’t handle the slightest bit of blood. We know I’m Victoria’s target. So if we spread a little of my blood in the woods, we can lead them exactly where we want them without them coming through Forks.” That was it, that was the key.
Their whole plan had been for this battle to go down in the more rural Forks area instead of Seattle in order to keep the blood count lower, and, at least in part, to keep the rest of the Human Faction focused on the big city instead of on the Cullens and the Pack. (Her father had a hard enough time making sure certain members of the faction stuck to the accords as it was lately.) But here was the answer to keeping the whole of the town out of relative danger as well. Bella never thought she’d be thankful for her clumsiness, but there was a first time for everything.