Chapter 10 THE MEADOW (1/1)

Su her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vahteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a cult and changes in terrible ways

For an??

No one has ever been givenand unconditional

support than I have been given by you

I love you, too

These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume

Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene VI

PREFACE

I FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE TERRIFYING nights burst, but you can't s seeh the callous crowd, but the hands on the huge clock tower didn't slow With relentless, uncaring force, they turned inexorably toward the end??the end of everything

But this was no drea forinfinitely more precious My own life meant little to me today

Alice had said there was a good chance ould both die here Perhaps the outcome would be different if she weren't trapped by the brilliant sunlight; only I was free to run across this bright, crowded square

And I couldn't run fast enough

So it didn't matter to erous ene under the soles of lad so at this, I forfeited any desire to live

The clock tolled again, and the sun beat down from the exact center point of the sky