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But then he stopped

Wiping ered back, as far away fro, he turned his back on aze out toward the ocean

I could only take his restraint and self-control as evidence that he didn’t want to end : he did still love irl he’d sworn tohier on the other side of the boat

His refusal to ende’d once had

I’d survived Caleb’s initial attack, and now he craved me

Madly

Deliriously

I kept ht, as well as the followingus toward a shore where he could drop ht

In this old boat--unless we ca land any ti fell again and I settled down to sleep in rabbed ave into his craving for ain pulling hih pain was shooting through ained control over himself

I stared into his eyes--turned alainst his cheek

He flinched as I leaned forward and kissed his neck, and shot back toward the opposite end of the boat again, cursing and sla broke, I woke up to a cupful of blood next toed with red

Caleb was nowhere in sight--though his breathing caly as I lifted the blood to my lips

It was Caleb’s blood

He couldn’t afford for er be able to satisfy his craving

He was addicted to my blood

Now, it was only a matter of time before he became addicted to me

Chapter 21: Rose

I couldn’t keepif I wanted to stand a chance of clinging to Bella’s waist

I found on had brought us now

A fierce hipped past us as it fleith breathtaking speed