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his right hand. “Bella,” he whispered. “Do you have any idea how close I came to crossing the line today? To breaking the treaty and coming after you? Do you know what that would have meant?” I gasped and his eyes opened. They were as cold and hard as night. “You can’t!” I said too loudly.
I knew exactly what I wanted, but I was suddenly terrified of getting it.
“You’ve never tried,” he disagreed. “When he left, you spent all your energy holding on to him. You could be happy if you let go. You could be happy with me.”
I had to get over this irrational feeling that Jacob belonged in my life. He couldn’t belong with me, could not be my Jacob, when I belonged to someone else.
“I think it’s too late for that, Jake. How can we be friends, when we love each other like this?”
But, though the night dragged relentlessly, it was not the worst night of my life. I took comfort from that. And I was not alone. There was a great deal of comfort in that, too.
I made a face as I pulled my arm through the retarded sling and grabbed my crutches.

