Bella reflecting on the incident with Pera made me realize that, while they’ve planned for mate bonds snapping in, they haven’t planned for singers. I suppose that if Nathan goes nuts and devours an imprint, it wouldn’t be absolutely catastrophic for anybody but him (and, well, the imprint, and her mate)--and the only way to close off that possibility would be to avoid sending any vampire into the village.
Actually (although you aren’t expected to know this) any singer in the village will have marinated in nasty wolf smell long enough that Nathan has a reasonable chance of checking the impulse to eat her. (Edward makes a comment to this effect about Bella in canon.)
Bella reflecting on the incident with Pera made me realize that, while they’ve planned for mate bonds snapping in, they haven’t planned for singers. I suppose that if Nathan goes nuts and devours an imprint, it wouldn’t be absolutely catastrophic for anybody but him (and, well, the imprint, and her mate)--and the only way to close off that possibility would be to avoid sending any vampire into the village.
Actually (although you aren’t expected to know this) any singer in the village will have marinated in nasty wolf smell long enough that Nathan has a reasonable chance of checking the impulse to eat her. (Edward makes a comment to this effect about Bella in canon.)