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In the Olympic Peninsula of northwest Washington State, a small town named Forks exists under a near-constant cover of clouds.
No one was going to bite me.
Lol
For some reason, my temper was hardwired to my tear ducts. I usually cried when I was angry, a humiliating tendency.
he was obviously wondering if I was mentally competent.
Good call for Bella
I wasn’t used to being taken care of, and Charlie’s unspoken concern caught me by surprise.
“I decided as long as I was going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly.”
“What if I’m not a superhero? What if I’m the bad guy?”
It was only fifteen miles to La Push from Forks, with gorgeous, dense green forests edging the road most of the way and the wide Quillayute River snaking beneath it twice.
Seen it
The tide line was strewn with huge driftwood trees, bleached bone white in the salt waves,
supposedly, the ancient Quileutes tied their canoes to the tops of the tallest trees on the mountain to survive like Noah and the Ark.”
My modem was sadly outdated, my free service substandard; just dialing up took so long
Wow
Naturally, the screen was covered in pop-up ads. I sat in my hard folding chair and began closing all the little windows. Eventually I made it to my favorite search engine.
“No, Dad, but I’m helping them find dresses—you know, giving them constructive criticism.” I wouldn’t have to explain this to a woman.
About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was part of him—and I didn’t know how potent that part might be—that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.
“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb . . .”
“Can’t I come in?” he asked. “Would you like to?”
Inviting in the vampire
“Wait . . .” He paused. “Which one is Edwin?”
“Oh yes—you should hear the arguments they get into! Actually, I hope you don’t, you would think they were raised by a pack of wolves.”
Werewolves
“You thought that would be a black tie occasion, did you?”
