Chapter 17, Alliance.

Bella, Edward's soft voice came from behind me.

I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running.

He pulled me into his arms at once, just like he had in the parking lot, and kissed me

again.

I'm Julia Arguiett, and I'm Vanessa Zoltan, and this is a hot-bothered Twilight and Gourmety.

Before we get to our recap today, we want to just tell you a little bit about something

that we're up to and invite you to join us.

Obviously, part of our reflection on getting into these Twilight books has been some deep

concern about the way that Stephanie Mayer talks about the Kool-Aid tribe.

The Kool-Aid tribe actually currently has a fundraiser going on for something really

interesting and important, which is they have a bunch of really wonderful things on the

reservation, including a community center for their elderly members and this really amazing

education center for the kids in their tribe.

It is too close to the ocean, and climate change is impeding on their security that this

building is going to be able to keep existing.

They are raising money to move to higher ground.

We have been lucky enough over the last seven, eight months that we've been doing this

project to get some advertisers.

We've been donating 10% of our advertising revenue to this effort.

With an additional $100 for Native American Heritage Day, we've been able to donate a

little over $700, and we really invite you to join us.

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