Were getting pretty far out here,she commented.

We got deeper and deeper into the mountains without finding any trace of the pack. Fading vampire
trails were everywhere, but the scents were familiar now. I was breathing them in all day long.

I founda heavy, somewhat recent concentration on one particular trail—all of them coming and going
here except for Edward. Some reason for gathering that must have been forgotten when Edward brought
his dying pregnant wife home. I gritted my teeth. Whatever it was, it had nothing to do with me.

Leah didn't push herself past me, though she could have now. I was paying more attention to each new
scent than I was to the speed contest. She kept to my right side, running with me rather than racing
against me.

Were getting pretty far out here,she commented.

Yeah. If Sam was hunting strays, we should have crossed his trail by now.

Makes more sense right now for him to bunker down in La Push,Leah thought. He knows we're giving
the bloodsuckers three extra sets of eyes and legs. He's not going to be able to surprise them.

This was just a precaution, really.

Wouldn't want our precious parasites taking unnecessary chances.

Nope,I agreed, ignoring the sarcasm.

You've changed so much, Jacob. Talk about one-eighties.

You're not exactly the same Leah I've always known and loved, either.

True. Am I less annoying than Paul now?

Amazingly... yes.

Ah, sweet success.

Congrats.
We ran in silence again then. It was probably time to turn around, but neither of us wanted to. It felt nice
to run like this. We'd been staring at the same small circle of atrail for too long. It felt good to stretch our
muscles and take the rugged terrain. We weren't in a huge hurry, so I thought maybe we should hunt on
the way back. Leah was pretty

hungry.