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If he succeeded with this, if Bella lived, Edward wasn’t going to be able to get away with so much when her senses were as sharp as his. He’d have to work on the honesty thing.
Edward sighed. “You’d tell me if she poisoned it, right?” I asked. “Yes,” Edward promised. And for some reason I believed him.
That’s the funny thing about knowing you can’t have something. It makes you desperate.
I remembered Edward saying once—his voice in my head a weak shadow compared to the crystal, musical clarity I was hearing now—that his kind, our kind, were easily distracted. I could see why.
“I’ve held her all of one time, and already you think you have some moronic wolfy claim to her? She’s mine.”
“You nicknamed my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster?” I screeched. And then I lunged for his throat.
I sighed. My baby, the sea serpent.
We could love together—both active participants now. Finally equals.
“I didn’t put him in danger. Except from you. But you’ve got some kind of supernatural self-control, right? Not as good as mind reading, if you ask me. Much less exciting.”
Edward moved then, darting across the room to get in Jacob’s face. Though he was half a head shorter than Jacob, Jacob leaned away from his staggering anger as if Edward towered over him.
“I started to tell him more about werewolves, but I didn’t even get the whole word out—Charlie cut me off and said he’d ‘rather not know the specifics.’ Then he asked if you’d known what you were getting yourself into when you married Edward, and I said, ‘Sure, she’s known all about this for years, since she first came to Forks.’
“You’re still putting Charlie at a huge risk.” “I am sorry about it hurting you. I didn’t know it was like that. Bella, things are different with us now, but you’ll always be my best friend, and I’ll always love you. But I’ll love you the right way now. There’s finally a balance. We both have people we can’t live without.”
You’ll be careful, won’t you, Renesmee? You’ll help us?” Renesmee touched him again. “No, I don’t care if you bite Jacob. That’s fine.” Jacob chuckled.
you, Bella, are fairly easy to classify. Talents that are purely defensive, that protect some aspect of the bearer, are always called shields. Have you ever tested your abilities? Blocked anyone besides me and your mate?”
