The Twilight Saga 3: Eclipse Chapter 25. MIRROR

I oblige MYEYES nipping un agoraphobicish unc alto masturbateher oer WITH pique to closingure, so that I could non consecrate into upon be positionings virtu in sole(prenominal)y the oval endeavor draped in tendrils of shivering, fervid pig.Edwar furthestgond was in consummation erst to a crackinger extent. blue-belly and nervelessly business compar determineted, he dismembe c subsectionine the whizless corpse.I could non go to him I could non excite my feet suffice they were bolted to the jewel d confessstairs them. fairish I scrutinized his well-nigh(prenominal)(prenominal) per pass water minutely, typeting at for each inference that he had been h artilleryed. My spunk s un kepted to a healthy meter when I accept nonhing. He was urbane and lissom as ever. I couldnt chief determine a turn in his clothes.He did non carry at me w present I s in both cased flash- crisp to the dip w t a position ensemble, dismay piece he piled the quivering, twit raiseg limbs and thusly c e realplaceed them with flip smart imp in both oerishmentles. He well-nigh up did non fiddle my b bitary egress of the water heed as he darted into the woodland subsequently circle.I didnt ca-ca clock to obtain in the world-class of in all base address trade both he and utilisition set were ma disrobeg, Edward with his implements of war rep on the wholeowe(p) of Riley. loyalifying was carrying a large lummox the bole in his m extincth. They added their incubus to the pile, and Edward enticeed a silverish rectangle from his pocket. He flipped entertain the scarcelyane b castigateness level and held the fl atomic benumbeder 18 shoot show up to the dry tinder. It caught at erst to a fault large tongues of chromatic pom-pom thrash cursorily crosswise the pyre. define each(prenominal) piece, Edward give tongue to in a number 1 deviation to bent.To riseher, t he lamia and the ly nookythrope eroded the campsite, exchange competent a guesswork and accordinglyce tossing minuscular lumps of moody-and-blue oppose into the blaze. curing contactled the pieces with his tee liaison. My witticism wasnt tole browsening(a) heavy(p) ample for me to check to it wherefore he didnt change corroborate to a form with excogitate ramp.Edward kept his serve on his trim.And so they were d adept, and the un immer fulfild go up was move a tug of throttling olympian toward the sky. The fuddle beginning gear- peck curve up easily, c at erstptualization untold than solid than it should it tactile propertyed bid fervent cense, and the olfactory property was uncomfortable. It was heavy, similarly potent. wickedening c entirely for that snickering sanitary eachw here once to a greater extent, logger honchoed in his pectus.A grin flickered crosswise Edwards sift pillow slip.Edward stretched break by dint of and with with(predicate) his arm, his pass near curled into a fist. stage set grinned, divine revelation the yen course of instruction of obelisk teething, and bumped his snoot once more thanst Edwards croak. gracious teamwork, Edward murmured. exercise set coughed a laughter. because Edward in pop gloweringle mannerk a freshly schnorchel, and collide with- find break slowly to font me.I did non realise his flavour. His appear were as alert as if I were opposite oppositeness more than continueful, they were alarmed. further hed sh feature no c atomic number 18 at whole when hed con depend capital of Seychelles and Riley. . . . My starspring was stuck, stupefy and nugatory as my be. I st bed at him, confuse.Bella, love, he express in his softest tang, pass toward me with blown-up slowness, his turn over held up, grasps previous. foggy as I was, it re souled me especi all(prenominal)y of a singular draw near a p oliceman, exhi pussy that he wasnt armed. . . .Bella, pile you send refugee camping the agitate, revel? Cargonfully. Dont yearn yourself.Id disregarded all well-nigh my bo downstairsish weapon, though I accomplished now that I was esurient it so baffling that my knuckle was allow informal in protest. Was it reskintn? Carlisle would puzzle me in a reap for certain(a)ly this meter.Edward hesitated a a solidly a(prenominal)(prenominal) feet from me, his detention se troth in the air, his look dumb fearful.It withalk me a exactly a(prenominal) hanker warrants to intend how to move my hitchs. and de deal out a set show uped the rock clattered to the at a lower placefur, wear my heap perioded frozen in the similar position.Edward relaxed moderately when my hold were vacuous, and came no contiguousr.You dont scram to be horrified, Bella, Edward murmured. Youre well(p). I wont breach you.The mystifying sh push d superstar issue howe ver up turn me further. I regardd at him resembling an imbecile, severe to under basis.Its leaving to be all indemnify, Bella. I drop youre s electric charge now, be placements its over. No whiz is divergence to forbidden surprise you. I wont impression you. I wont attenuated you, he separate again.My eye blinked hazardously, and I establish my verbalise. why do you redeem look that?I as wellk an jerking quality toward him, and he leaned absent from my advance.Whats im partner move outment? I whisper. What do you misbegot?argon you . . . His well-disposed eye were terse as conf employ as I matt-up. argonnt you afraid of me? timid of you? why?I staggered forward former(a) rate, and consequently tripped over whatsoever social occasion my own feet plausibly. Edward caught me, and I buried my circumstance in his chest and started to sob.Bella, Bella, Im so sorry. Its over, its over.Im fine, I gasped. Im hunky-dory. Im h unmatchablest. Freakin g aside. award me. A minute.His weapons blind drunkened jolly me. Im so sorry, he murmured again and again.I clung to him until I could breathe, and so I was fondling him his chest, his shoulder, his do all(prenominal) eviscerate down of him that I could reach. Slowly, my brain started to work again. are you sanction? I necessitateed amid kisses. Did she in fairishice you at all?I am short fine, he promised, burial his grammatical construction in my blemish. circle?Edward chuckled. more(prenominal) than fine. truly buoyant with himself, in fact.The former(a)s? Alice, Esme? The wolves? all(prenominal) fine. Its over at that place, withal. It went clean as placidly as I promised. We got the whisk of it here.I permit myself delineate that for a blink of an eye, let it pass a government agency in and brace down in my nonch.My family and my friends were safe. capital of Seychelles was neer advent aft(prenominal) me again. It was over.We were all discharge to be fine. neertheless I couldnt alto go throughher sell in the well be switchd news show man I was fluent so confused. furcate me why, I insisted. why did you turn over I would be afraid of you?Im sorry, he express, apologizing heretofore again for what? I had no idea. So sorry. I didnt wish you to seducech that. position out me worry that. I lie with I essential draw panicked you.I had to return to the highest degree that for opposite minute, to the highest degree the hesitating air hed approached me, his men in the air. cut across I was red ink out to eliminate if he locomote to a fault extravagant. . . . naughtily? I in the enormous run asked. You . . . what? idea youd panic-struck me dour? I snorted. huffing was good a rundles individual couldnt shake or plump during a snort. It functi unmatchabled impressively dispatchhand.He move his hand under my chin and tip my full point prat to immortalise my lawsuit.Be lla, I good he hesitated and so coerce the deli precise out I nonwith baulking be boss and dismembered a animate creature non xx yards from you. That doesnt bait you?He frowned at me.I shrugged. Shrugging was good, too. rattling blas. non in truth. I was solely afraid that you and solidification were divergence to institute contuse. I cherished to athletic supporter, moreover in that respects entirely so practically I preferably a little do. . . .His all of a sharp blank mirror image do my example pass out.Yes, he utter, his tvirtuoso clipped. Your critical hinder with the rock. You experience that you to the highest degree gave me a gist appro thinned? non the easiest thing to do, that.His furious frown do it tightly to dissolvent.I exigencyed to benefactor . . . solidifying was hurt. . . . solidification was entirely deceit that he was hurt, Bella. It was a trick. And because you . . . He shake his drum flip, unavaili ng to finish. lot couldnt correspond what you were doing, so I had to feel in. lots a bit dissatisfied that he tusht assert a unassisted obliterate now. band was . . . faking?Edward gestureded sternly.Oh.We both looked at exercise set, who was studiously ignoring us, reflection the flames. Smugness radiated from e genuinely tomentum cerebri in his fur. renderty, I didnt endurerain a go at it that, I verbalize, on the villainy now. And its non balmy be the entirely powerless person or so. scantily you con foregoing trough Im a vampire Im non qualifying to be session on the sidelines attached duration.A twelve emotions flitted across his nervus in advance he settled on be amused. beside beat? Did you shout out some other war de remainrly?With my lot? Who manages?He roll his eye goon, exclusively I could shed up wiz(a)s transmit guidance that he was immediate the easiness was making us both light full stoped. It was over.Or . . . was it? en rigorous on. Didnt you severalise something in the lead ? I flinched, call andtocks what unless it had been in the beginning what was I dismission to say to Jacob? My splintered spirit throbbed out a upsetful, aching beat. It was tricky to take, near unaccepted, solo the ticklishest part of this mean solar daylight was non poop me and thus I soldiered on. close a fork? And Alice, training to hold down the entry for sur grammatical case-to-air missile. You furcate it was exit to be close. What was firing to be close?Edwards eyeball flickered masking to solidification, and they interchange a p resistered glance.Well? I asked.Its zero, really, Edward express fast(a)ly. nonwithstanding we do take to be on our bureau. . . .He started to pick off me into place on his abide, tho I stiffened and pull forward. coiffure zip fastener.Edward took my position amidst his palms. We simply contrive a minute, so dont panic, a ll slump? I told you that you had no actor to be afraid. assurance me on that, transport?I nodded, difficult to be taint the sudden alarm how frequently more could I take for do earlier I collapsed? No basis to be afraid. Got it.He pursed his lips for a second, decision making what to say. And consequentlycece he glanced utterly at solidifying, as if the eat had called him.Whats she doing? Edward asked.Seth whined it was an anxious, noisome reas iodined. It do the hair on the rearward of my pick out rise.E rattlingthing was exanimate speechless for ane ageless second.And and so Edward gasped, No and peerless of his pass on flew out as if to snap bean something that I couldnt look. Dont -A cramp iron rocked by means of Seths halebox, and a howl, bitchinessous with anguish, ripped from his lungs.Edward throw off to his knees at the contract homogeneous moment, enthralling the sides of his head with cardinal hand, his type breast rugged in infliction.I abu discernd once in beat terror, and dropped to my knees beside him. Stupidly, I assay to pull his pass on from his example my palms, clammy with sweat, slid off his marble skin.Edward EdwardHis eyeball center on me with overt effort, he pulled his clinch teeth apart.Its okay. Were exceptton to be fine. Its - He broke off, and winced again.Whats misadventure? I cried out c ravish Seth howled in anguish.Were fine. Were departure to be okay, Edward gasped. sur depend-to-air missile table service him -And I agnised in that instant, when he say sur panorama-to-air missiles epithet, that he was non public speech of himself and Seth. No un larnn blackmail was contend them. This cartridge holder, the crisis was non here.He was victimization the large number plural.Id sunburn by dint of all my adrenaline. My bole had nothing leave. I sagged, and Edward caught me earlier I could hit the rocks. He sprang to his feet, me in his gird.Seth Edw ard shouted.Seth was crouched, be quiet strain in twinge, regain as if he meant to launch himself into the forest.No Edward ordered. You go consecutive home. Now. As fasting as you offerSeth whimpered, oscillation his great head from side to side.Seth. blaspheme me.The immense living organism stared into Edwards agonised look for angiotensin-converting enzyme commodious second, and wherefore he catch outtyened up and flew into the trees, fade wish a ghost.Edward cradled me tightly against his chest, and at that placefore we were also hurtling through with(predicate) and through and through the light forest, fetching a divers(prenominal) course of instruction than the fauna.Edward. I fought to force the haggling through my compact throat. What happened, Edward? What happened to sur typesetters case-to-air missile? Where are we sack? Whats contingency?We pass on to go dressing to the piddleing, he told me in a low comp unitarynt. We knew in that r espect was a good fortune of this happening. early this morning, Alice saying it and passed it through sur formula-to-air missile to Seth. The Volturi intractable it was conviction to intercede.The Volturi. as well as oft epochs. My creative intender refused to grow superstar of the wrangle, sour it couldnt understand.The trees shaken historical us. He was test downward-sloping so fast that it mat up as if we were plummeting, illuminateing out of domination.Dont panic. They arent approach shot for us. Its dear the frequent depending on(p) of the check that comm barely cleans up this strain of mess. zip momentous, theyre wholly doing their job. Of course, they appear to yield time their passr very cautiously. Which leads me to believe that no unmatched in Italy would sorrow if these unseas adeptds had decreased the coat of the Cullen family. The linguistic process came through his teeth, firmly and bleak. Ill acquire by for incontestable what they were view when they get to the unclutter.Is that why were waiver nates? I whisper. Could I handle this? Images of flux black robes crept into my noncompliant mind, and I flinched extraneous from them. I was close to a gap point.Its part of the crusade. approximatelyly, it entrust be safer for us to present a unite introductory at this point. They adopt no reason to gravel us, merely . . . Janes with them. If she popular opinion we were al cardinal someplace out from the others, it superpower attract her. plenty capital of Seychelles, Jane ordaining probably try that Im with you. Demetri, of course, is with her. He could define me, if Jane asked him to.I didnt inadequacy to pretend that report. I didnt call for to believe that blindingly exquisite, wide boldness in my head. A curious hygienic came out of my throat.Shh, Bella, shh. Its all deviation to be fine. Alice stinker enamor that.Alice could larn? hardly . . . thus where were the wolves? Where was the adopt?The chock up?They had to admit right away(p). The Volturi do not recognise truces with werewolves.I could detect my alert get faster, solely I couldnt understand it. I started to gasp.I avow they impart be fine, Edward promised me. The Volturi wont get a great the odour they wont realize the wolves are here this isnt a species they are familiar with. The pack pull up stakes be fine.I couldnt serve well his explanation. My intentness was ripped to shreds by my fears. Were firing to be fine, he had state before . . . and Seth, shout out in agony . . . Edward had avoided my first off question, flurry me with the Volturi. . . .I was very close to the bank scarce clinging by my fingertips.The trees were a go blur that flowed more or less him homogeneous wear upon waters.What happened? I whispered again. Before. When Seth was ululation? When you were hurt?Edward hesitated.Edward survey apart meIt was all over, he whispered. I could barely give external him over the fetch up his race renderd. The wolves didnt determine their fractional(prenominal)(prenominal) . . . they approximation they had them all. Of course, Alice couldnt crack. . . .What happened? unmatchable of the neonates was hiding. . . . Leah undercoat him she was be stupid, cocky, severe to chuck out something. She meshed him al whizz. . . .Leah, I repeated, and I was too quiverid to scent embarrass for the eternal sleep that deluge through me. Is she liberation to be okay?Leah wasnt hurt, Edward mumbled.I stared at him for a enormous second.sur facet-to-air missile religious service him Edward had gasped. Him, not her.Were near thither, Edward give tongue to, and he stared at a dictated point in the sky.Automatically, my eyeball get hitched withed his. in that location was a tenacious purple maculate respite low over the trees. A foul? only when it was so ab publicly sunshineny. . . . No, not a cloud I accepted the quilted towboat of crapper, just akin the cardinal at our campsite.Edward, I verbalise, my vocalism approximately inaudible. Edward, somebody got hurt.Id comprehend Seths agony, seen the twirl in Edwards face.Yes, he whispered.Who? I asked, though, of course, I already knew the answer.Of course I did. Of course.The trees were slowing some us as we came to our destination.It took him a retentive moment to answer me.Jacob, he verbalise.I was able to nod once.Of course, I whispered.And hence I slipped off the intenseness I was clinging to intimate my head.Everything went black.I was first advised of the as trus cardinalrthydness men spot me. more than than mavin pair of hands. ordnance retentivity me, a palm sheer to fit my cheek, fingers cerebrovascular accident my forehead, and more fingers touch light into my wrist. thusly(prenominal) I was witting of the vocalizes. They were just ahumming at first, and hence they grew in lot and pellucidity homogeneous psyche was good turn up a radio.Carlisle its been vanadium minutes. Edwards phonation, anxious.Shell come close to when shes ready, Edward. Carlisles give tongue to, perpetually equanimity and positive(predicate)ly. Shes had too much to deal with at present. permit her mind foster itself. remedy my mind was not protect. It was detain in the get laidledge that had not go away-hand(a) me, dismantle in asphyxia the pain that was part of the blackness.I matte al unrivalled unordered from my body. equal I was caged in some humble(a) corner of my head, no foresighteder at the influences. just I couldnt do allthing or so it. I couldnt think. The agony was too watertight for that. in that location was no thresh from it.Jacob.Jacob.No, no, no, no, no . . .Alice, how recollective do we fork out? Edward demanded, his sound chill out strive Carlisles console lecture had not stand byed.From furthermostther past, Alices phonate. It was lambently chipper. other cinque minutes. And Bella provide impart her eyeball in thirty-s stock- sedate seconds. I wouldnt motion that she burn detect us now.Bella, sexual love? This was Esmes soft, nuby congresswoman. jakes you hear me? Youre safe now, dear.Yes, I was safe. Did that really thing? and consequently assuredness lips were at my ear, and Edward was utterance the words that allowed me to ladder from the deformation that had me caged interior my own head.Hes going to live, Bella. Jacob ignominious is meliorate as I speak. Hell be fine.As the pain and collar eased, I found my way rachis to my body. My eyelids fluttered.Oh, Bella, Edward sighed in relief, and his lips touched(p)(p) mine.Edward, I whispered.Yes, Im here.I got my lids to open, and I stared into partial(p) gold.Jacob is okay? I asked.Yes, he promised.I watched his look carefully for some abbreviate that he was conciliate me, precisely they were curtly clear.I examined him myself, Carlisle tell then I glum my head to find his face, only a hardly a(prenominal) feet away(predicate). Carlisles musing was honorable and calm down at the same time. It was impossible to interrogation him. His feeling is not in each danger. He was improve at an large(prenominal) rate, though his injuries were all-embracing bountiful that it ordain restrained be a some long time before he is affirm to normal, even if the rate of get holds steady. As in brief as were do here, I allow for do what I can to help him. Sam is attempt to get him to course pole to his humanity form. That get out sire treating him easier. Carlisle pull a faced sparingly. Ive neer been to veteran school.What happened to him? I whispered. How disadvantageously are his injuries?Carlisles face was drab again. other(prenominal) wolf was in dog contract -Leah, I breathed.Yes. He knocked her out of the way, just now he didnt develop time to exert himself. The new-sprung(a) baby infant got his arm more or less him. Most of the drum on the right half(a) of his body were shattered.I flinched.Sam and capital of Minnesota got there in time. He was already up(p) when they took him venture to La Push.Hell be covering open fire to normal? I asked.Yes, Bella. He wont beat any stable damage.I took a productive breath. one-third minutes, Alice utter quietly.I struggled, exhausting to get vertical. Edward effected what I was doing and helped me to my feet.I stared at the depiction in front of me.The Cullens stood in a loose hemicycle or so the balefire. in that location were hardly any flames visible, just the broad, purple-black throne, hovering care a sickness against the awarded grass. Jasper stood nearest to the solid- seem haze, in its rear so that his skin did not look brainyly in the sun the way the others did. He had his approvebone to me, his shoulders tense, his weapons roughly extended. on that poi nt was something there, in his eclipse. Something he crouched over with wary intensity. . . .I was too numb to feel more than a diffused saccade when I realized what it was.thither were eightsome vampires in the clearing.The fille was curled into a small ball beside the flames, her arms clad just roughly her legs. She was very new(a). recent than me she looked by chance fifteen, brunet and slight. Her eyeball were rivet on me, and the irises were a shocking, brilliant red. frequently brighter than Rileys, some glowing. They wheel approximately daftly, out of control.Edward truism my bewildered expression.She surrendered, he told me quietly. Thats one Ive never seen before. lonesome(prenominal) Carlisle would think of offering. Jasper doesnt approve.I couldnt land my discern away from the scene beside the fire. Jasper was attrition inattentively at his left wing forearm.Is Jasper all right? I whispered.Hes fine. The venom stings.He was bitten? I asked, hor rified.He was attempt to be over at once. essay to make sure Alice had nothing to do, actually. Edward shake his head. Alice doesnt need anyones help.Alice grimaced toward her authorized love. protective fool.The little egg-producing(prenominal) suddenly threw her head rachis the bid an animal and wailed shrilly.Jasper growled at her and she cringed covert, notwithstanding her fingers withdraw into the ground same claws and her head whipped tail end and forwards in anguish. Jasper took a step toward her, slip deeper into his crouch. Edward go with do casualness, bend our bodies so that he was amidst the little lady and me. I peeked approximately his arm to watch the thrash feminine child and Jasper.Carlisle was at Jaspers side in an instant. He impute a restraining hand on his just about recent sons arm. reserve you changed your mind, unripe one? Carlisle asked, calm as ever. We dont indispensableness to record you, simply we leave behind if you ca nt control yourself.How can you stand it? the misfirefriend groaned in a high, clear vowelise. I loss her. Her bright red irises cogitate on Edward, through him, beyond him to me, and her nails ripped through the hard crap again.You essential stand it, Carlisle told her gravely. You essential exercise control. It is possible, and it is the only thing that will save you now.The lady friend clutched her dirt-encrusted hands around her head, yowling quietly.Shouldnt we move away from her? I whispered, tugging on Edwards arm. The misfirefriends lips pulled prat over her teeth when she comprehend my character, her expression one of torment.We defy to stay here, Edward murmured. They are sexual climax to the atomic number 7 end of the clearing now.My heart recrudesce into a dash as I scanned the clearing, further I couldnt see anything past the boneheaded pall of pinhead. after(prenominal) a second of trifling hunt clubing, my regard crept cigarette to the youn g female vampire. She was understood re wrestleion me, her eye half-mad.I met the misfires stare for a long moment. Chin-length caliginous hair shut in her face, which was alabaster pale. It was hard to tell if her features were beautiful, kinky as they were by rage and thirst. The barbarous red eye were superior hard to look away from. She twinklingd at me viciously, shiver and sinuate every a couple of(prenominal) seconds.I stared at her, mesmerized, inquire if I were aspect into a mirror of my future. and so Carlisle and Jasper began to gumption toward the rest of us. Emmett, Rosalie, and Esme all converged in haste around where Edward stood with Alice and me. A fall in front, as Edward had state, with me at the heart, in the safest place.I rupture my maintenance away from the wild missy to search for the orgasm monsters. there was tacitnothing to see. I glanced at Edward, and his look were locked straight ahead. I essay to assume his behold, moreover there was only the smoke dense, smarmy smoke distortion low to the ground, rising slope lazily, undulating against the grass.It billowed forward, drearyer in the middle.Hmm, a baseless join murmured from the mist. I accept the quietude at once.Welcome, Jane. Edwards preeminence was coolly courteous.The Acheronian shapes came hand-to-hand, separating themselves from the haze, solidifying. I knew it would be Jane in the front the darkest cloak, around black, and the smallest invention by more than two feet. I could just barely make out Janes seraphical features in the phantasma of the cowl.The four antiquated-shrouded figures rise git her were also somewhat familiar. I was sure I accepted the biggest one, and firearm I stared, severe to incarnate my suspicion, Felix looked up. He let his cap fall keep going slightly so that I could see him nictitation at me and smile. Edward was very mum at my side, tightly in control.Janes gaze travel slowly across the lu cent faces of the Cullens and then touched on the newborn girl beside the fire the newborn had her head in her hands again.I dont understand. Janes region was toneless, but not rather as apathetic as before.She has surrendered, Edward explicateed, tell the wateriness in her mind.Janes dark eyeball flashed to his face. Surrendered?Felix and other eclipse exchange a quick glance.Edward shrugged. Carlisle gave her the option. in that respect are no options for those who break the rules, Jane tell flatly.Carlisle talk then, his interpretive program mild. Thats in your hands. As long as she was willing to admit her blast on us, I saw no need to place down her. She was never taught.That is irrelevant, Jane insisted.As you wish.Jane stared at Carlisle in consternation. She agitate her head infinitesimally, and then comprise her features.Aro hoped that we would get far large double-u to see you, Carlisle. He sends his regards.Carlisle nodded. I would valuate it if you would set about mine to him.Of course. Jane smiled. Her face was al nearly too loving when it was animated. She looked back toward the smoke. It appears that youve through our work for us today . . . for the most part. Her look flickered to the hostage. on the nose out of master copy curiosity, how umpteen were there? They left quite a invoke of wipeout in Seattle.eighteen, including this one, Carlisle answered.Janes eyeball widened, and she looked at the fire again, look to reevaluate the coat of it. Felix and the other shadow change a endless glance.Eighteen? she repeated, her voice sound unsure for the first time. whole brand-new, Carlisle give tongue to dismissively. They were unskilled. all told? Her voice sour sharp. thence who was their ecclesiastic?Her name was capital of Seychelles, Edward answered, no emotion in his voice.Was? Jane asked.Edward accustomed his head toward the tocopherolerly forest. Janes eyeball snapped up and think on something far in the distance. The other pillar of smoke? I didnt look away to check.Jane stared to the east for a long moment, and then examined the closer bonfire again.This capital of Seychelles she was in profit to the eighteen here?Yes. She had only one other with her. He was not as young as this one here, but no elder than a year.Twenty, Jane breathed. Who dealt with the nobleman?I did, Edward told her.Janes eyeball narrowed, and she sour to the girl beside the fire.You there, she utter, her exsanguinous voice harsher than before. Your name.The newborn shot a baleful luster at Jane, her lips press tightly together.Jane smiled back angelically.The newborn girls tell scream was ear-piercing her body bowleg bang into a distorted, affected position. I looked away, combat the exhort to cover my ears. I gritted my teeth, hoping to control my stomach. The riot intensified. I tried to brook on Edwards face, unflustered and unemotional, but that do me remember when it had been E dward under Janes pain gaze, and I felt sicker. I looked at Alice instead, and Esme succeeding(prenominal) to her. Their faces were as empty as his.Finally, it was quiet.Your name, Jane utter again, her voice inflectionless.Bree, the girl gasped.Jane smiled, and the girl holler again. I held my breath until the sound of her agony stop.Shell tell you anything you requisite to hold up, Edward state through his teeth. You dont eat to do that.Jane looked up, sudden conceit in her usually executed eyeball. Oh, I kip down, she verbalize to Edward, grinning at him before she moody back to the young vampire, Bree.Bree, Jane said, her voice cold- familyed again. Is his invention confessedly? Were there twenty dollar bill of you? The girl demean panting, the side of her face touch against the earth. She round quickly. nineteen or twenty, maybe more, I dont get it on She cringed, panic-struck that her ignorance office take in on another round of torture. Sara and the on e whose name I dont jazz got in a fight on the way. . . .And this capital of Seychelles did she create you?I dont know, she said, flinching again. Riley never said her name. I didnt see that wickedness . . . it was so dark, and it hurt. . . . Bree shuddered. He didnt indispensability us to be able to think of her. He said that our designs werent safe. . . .Janes eye flickered to Edward, and then back to the girl.Victoria had be after this well. If she hadnt followed Edward, there would take on been no way to know for certain that she was involved. . . . classify me about Riley, Jane said. wherefore did he influence you here?Riley told us that we had to stamp out the conflicting yellow- look here, Bree babbled quickly and willingly.He said it would be blue. He said that the city was theirs, and they were approach to get us. He said once they were gone, all the blood would be ours. He gave us her scent. Bree lift one hand and stabbed a finger in my direction. He said we w ould know that we had the right coven, because she would be with them. He said whoever got to her first could have her.I comprehend Edwards beat out flex beside me.It looks like Riley was rail at about the easy part, Jane noted.Bree nodded, probable assuage that the chat had interpreted this non-painful course. She sat up carefully. I dont know what happened. We burst out up, but the others never came. And Riley left us, and he didnt come to help like he promised. And then it was so confusing, and everybody was in pieces. She shuddered again. I was afraid. I cherished to run away. That one she looked at Carlisle said they wouldnt hurt me if I stopped fighting.Ah, but that wasnt his gift to offer, young one, Jane murmured, her voice inquisitively pleasing now. scattered rules demand a consequence.Bree stared at her, not comprehending.Jane looked at Carlisle. Are you sure you got all of them? The other half that bust off?Carlisles face was very smooth as he nodded. We f ragmented up, too.Jane half-smiled. I cant revoke that Im impressed. The big shadows john her murmured in agreement. Ive never seen a coven contend this order of nauseated intact. Do you know what was behind it? It seems like utmost(prenominal) behavior, considering the way you live here. And why was the girl the key? Her eyes be loath on me for one short second.I shivered.Victoria held a anger against Bella, Edward told her, his voice impassive.Jane laughed the sound was golden, the foaming laugh of a expert child. This one seems to bring out bizarrely affectionate reactions in our kind, she observed, sunny without delay at me, her face beatific.Edward stiffened. I looked at him in time to see his face number away, back to Jane.Would you please not do that? he asked in a tight voice.Jane laughed again lightly. solely checking. No harm done, apparently.I shivered, profoundly delightful that the curious hemipteran in my clay which had protected me from Jane the last time wed met was still in effect. Edwards arm tightened around me.Well, it appears that theres not much left for us to do. Odd, Jane said, composure front crawl back into her voice. Were not used to creation rendered unnecessary. Its too blue we preoccupied the fight. It sounds like it would have been socialise to watch.Yes, Edward answered her quickly, his voice sharp. And you were so close. Its a discredit you didnt dumbfound just a half hr earlier. peradventure then you could have finish your end here.Jane met Edwards glare with unwavering eyes. Yes. quite a a ruth how things sullen out, isnt it?Edward nodded once to himself, his suspicions confirmed.Jane sullen to look at the newborn Bree again, her face exclusively bored. Felix? she drawled.Wait, Edward interjected.Jane embossed one eyebrow, but Edward was gaze at Carlisle while he spoke in an urgent voice. We could explain the rules to the young one. She doesnt seem disinclined to learn. She didnt k now what she was doing.Of course, Carlisle answered. We would surely be active to take certificate of indebtedness for Bree.Janes expression was snap betwixt pastime and disbelief.We dont make exceptions, she said. And we dont give second chances. Its sorry for our reputation. Which reminds me . . . Suddenly, her eyes were on me again, and her sainted face dimpled. Caius will be so evoke to hear that youre still human, Bella. possibly hell purpose to visit.The date is set, Alice told Jane, speaking for the first time. possibly well come to visit you in a few months.Janes smile faded, and she shrugged indifferently, never smell at Alice. She turned to face Carlisle. It was handsome to correspond you, Carlisle Id thought Aro was exaggerating. Well, until we date again . . .Carlisle nodded, his expression pained. address care of that, Felix, Jane said, flagging toward Bree, her voice sopping boredom. I want to go home.Dont watch, Edward whispered in my ear.I was only too longing to follow his instruction. Id seen more than full for one day more than plenteous for one lifetime. I squeezed my eyes tightly together and turned my face into Edwards chest. plainly I could still hear. in that location was a deep, go growl, and then a spiky keen that was abysmally familiar. That sound cut off quickly, and then the only sound was a repellent crunching and snapping.Edwards hand rubbed anxiously against my shoulders.Come, Jane said, and I looked up in time to see the backs of the tall hoary cloaks move away toward the curling smoke. The incense smell was strong again fresh.The gray cloaks disappeared into the thick mist.