"You expect me not to work after marriage, Lexi?" I asked her, incredulously, and she looked at Pheonix, who looked like he wanted to disappear. It was funny how a woman was stopping another from working after marriage because they were an easy target. When I got no response from Pheonix, I turned back to his mother. Or maybe Lexi was not the mother I wanted her to be.
"It's for your own safety, of course, Bella, my dear. This is not the normal life you used to live back, Bella. This is going to be a lot tougher and a lot scarier. You'll be constantly on the watch, on the target of our enemies." Lexi tried to explain to me the side effects of working. I smiled at her concern, or at least, that's what I wanted to name it. But deep down in my heart I knew it was much less than concern, and
