Wait, I thought. The circling paused for one beat, and then they were pacing again. There's little time, Sam said. But ?what are you thinking? You wouldn't attack them for breaking the treaty this afternoon. Now you're planning an ambush, when the treaty is still intact? This is not something our treaty anticipated, Sam said. This is a danger to every human in the area. We don't know what kind of creature the Cullens have bred, but we know that it is strong and fast-growing. And it will be too young to follow any treaty. Remember the newborn vampires we fought? Wild, violent, beyond the reach of reason or restraint. Imagine one like that, but protected by the Cullens. We don't know ? I tried to interrupt. We don't know, he agreed. And we can't take chances with the unknown in this case. We can only allow the Cullens to exist while we're absolutely sure that they can be trusted not to cause harm. This... thing cannot be trusted. They don't like it any more than we do. Sam pulled Rosalie's face, her protective crouch, from my mind and put it on display for everyone. Some are ready to fight for it, no matter what it is. It's just a baby, for crying out loud. Not for long, Leah whispered. Jake, buddy, this is a big problem, Quil said. We can't just ignore it. You're making it into something bigger than it is, I argued. The only one who's in danger here is Bella. Again by her own choice, Sam said. But this time her choice affects us all. I don't think so. We can't take that chance. We won't allow a blood drinker to hunt on our lands. Then tell them to leave, the wolf who was still supporting me said. It was Seth. Of course. And inflict the menace on others? When blood drinkers cross our land, we destroy them, no matter where they plan to hunt. We protect everyone we can. This is crazy, I said. This afternoon you were afraid to put the pack in danger. This afternoon I didn't know our families were at risk. I can't believe this! How're you going to kill this creature without killing Bella? There were no words, but the silence was full of meaning. I howled. She's human, too! Doesn't our protection apply to her? She's dying anyway, Leah thought. We'll just shorten the process. That did it. I leaped away from Seth, toward his sister, with my teeth bared. I was about to catch her left hind leg when I felt Sam's teeth cut into my flank, dragging me back. I howled in pain and fury and turned on him. Stop! he ordered in the double timbre of the Alpha. My legs seemed to buckle under me. I jerked to a halt, only managing to keep on my feet by sheer willpower. He turned his gaze away from me. You will not be cruel to him, Leah, he commanded her. Bella's sacrifice is a heavy price, and we will all recognize that It is against everything we stand for to take a human life. Making an exception to that code is a bleak thing. We will all mourn for what we do tonight. Tonight? Seth repeated, shocked. Sam ?/ think we should talk about this some more. Consult with the Elders, at least. You can't seriously mean for us to? We can't afford your tolerance for the Cullens now. There is no time for debate. You will do as you are told, Seth. Seths front knees folded, and his head fell forward under the weight of the Alpha's command. Sam paced in a tight circle around the two of us. We need the whole pack for this. Jacob, you are our strongest fighter. You will fight with us tonight. I understand that this is hard for you, so you will concentrate on their fighters ?Emmett and Jasper Cullen. You don't have to be involved with the... other part. Quil and Embry will fight with you. My knees trembled; I struggled to hold myself upright while the voice of the Alpha lashed at my will. __________________________________ I am sad, i just finished breaking dawn today and i am sad cause there is no more to read about edward and bella and the rest of the cullens! Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn E-book! Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: dimanche 07 août 1904 16:30:18

14. YOU KNOW THINGS ARE BAD WHEN YOU FEEL GUILTY FOR BEING RUDE TO VAMPIRES When I got back to the house, there was no one waiting outside for my report. Still on alert? Everything's cool, I thought tiredly. My eyes quickly caught a small change in the now-familiar scene. There was a stack of light-colored fabric on the bottom step of the porch. I loped over to investigate. Holding my breath, because the vampire smell stuck to the fabric like you wouldn't believe, I nudged the stack with my nose. Someone had laid out clothes. Huh. Edward must have caught my moment of irritation as I'd bolted out the door. Well. That was... nice. And weird. I took the clothes gingerly between my teeth ?ugh?and carried them back to the trees. Just in case this was some joke by the blond psychopath and I had a bunch of girls' stuff here. Bet she'd love to see the look on my human face as I stood there naked, holding a sundress. In the cover of the trees, I dropped the stinking pile and shifted back to human. I shook the clothes out, snapping them against a tree to beat some of the smell from them. They were definitely guy's clothes ?tan pants and a white button-down shirt. Neither of them long enough, but they looked like they'd fit around me. Must be Emmett's. I rolled the cuffs up on the shirtsleeves, but there wasn't much I could do about the pants. Oh well. I had to admit, I felt better with some clothes to my name, even stinky ones that didn't quite fit. It was hard not being able to just jet back home and grab another pair of old sweatpants when I needed them. The homeless thing again ?not having anyplace to go back to. No possessions, either, which wasn't bothering me too bad now, but would probably get annoying soon. Exhausted, I walked slowly up the Cullens' porch steps in my fancy new secondhand clothes but hesitated when I got to the door. Did I knock? Stupid, when they knew I was here. I wondered why no one acknowledged that ?told me either to come in or get lost Whatever. I shrugged and let myself in. More changes. The room had shifted back to normal ?almost?in the last twenty minutes. The big flat-screen was on, low volume, showing some chick flick that no one seemed to be watching. Carlisle and Esme stood by the back windows, which were open to the river again. Alice, Jasper, and Emmett were out of sight, but I heard them murmuring upstairs. Bella was on the couch like yesterday, with just one tube still hooked into her, and an IV hanging behind the back of the sofa. She was wrapped up like a burrito in a couple of thick quilts, so at least they'd listened to me before. Rosalie was cross-legged on the ground by her head. Edward sat at the other end of the couch with Bella's burrito'ed feet in his lap. He looked up when I came in and smiled at me?just a little twitch of his mouth?like something pleased him. Bella didn't hear me. She only glanced up when he did, and then she smiled, too. With real energy, her whole face lighting up. I couldn't remember the last time she'd looked so excited to see me. What was with her? For crying out loud, she was married Happily married, too ?there was no question that she was in love with her vampire past the boundaries of sanity. And hugely pregnant, to top it off. So why did she have to be so damn thrilled to see me? Like I'd made her whole freakin' day by walking through the door. If she would just not care... Or more than that ?really not want me around. It would be so much easier to stay away. Edward seemed to be in agreement with my thoughts ?we were on the same wavelength so much lately it was crazy. He was frowning now, reading her face while she beamed at me. "They just wanted to talk," I mumbled, my voice dragging with exhaustion. "No attack on the horizon." "Yes," Edward answered. "I heard most of it." That woke me up a little. We'd been a good three miles out. "How?" Im hearing you more clearly ?it's a matter of familiarity and concentration. Also, your thoughts are slightly easier to pick up when you're in your human form. So I caught most of what passed out there." "Oh." It bugged me a little, but for no good reason, so I shrugged it off. "Good. I hate repeating myself." "I'd tell you to go get some sleep," Bella said, "but my guess is that you're going to pass out on the floor in about six seconds, so there's probably no point." It was amazing how much better she sounded, how much stronger she looked. I smelled fresh blood and saw that the cup was in her hands again. How much blood would it take to keep her going? At some point, would they start trotting in the neighbors? Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn E-book Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: mardi 12 mai 1914 17:28:52

"What if we need to talk?" Jared asked. "Howl ?but watch the line, 'kay? We'll come to you. And Sam doesn't need to send so many. We aren't looking for a fight." Jared scowled, but nodded. He didn't like me setting conditions for Sam. "See you around, Jake. Or not." He waved halfheartedly. "Wait, Jared. Is Embry okay?" Surprise crossed his face. "Embry? Sure, he's fine. Why?" "Just wondering why Sam sent Collin." I watched his reaction, still suspicious that something was going on. I saw knowledge flash in his eyes, but it didn't look like the kind I was expecting. "That's not really your business anymore, Jake." "Guess not. Just curious." I saw a twitch from the corner of my eye, but I didn't acknowledge it, because I didn't want to give Quil away. He was reacting to the subject. "I'll let Sam know about your... instructions. Goodbye, Jacob." I sighed. "Yeah. Bye, Jared. Hey, tell my dad that I'm okay, will you? And that I'm sorry, and that I love him." "I'll pass that along." "Thanks." "C'mon, guys," Jared said. He turned away from us, heading out of sight to phase because Leah was here. Paul and Collin were right on his heels, but Quil hesitated. He yelped softly, and I took a step toward him. "Yeah, I miss you, too, bro." Quil jogged over to me, his head hanging down morosely. I patted his shoulder. "It'll be okay." He whined. "Tell Embry I miss having you two on my flanks." He nodded and then pressed his nose to my forehead. Leah snorted. Quil looked up, but not at her. He looked back over his shoulder at where the others had gone. "Yeah, go home," I told him. Quil yelped again and then took off after the others. I'd bet Jared wasn't waiting super-patiently. As soon as he was gone, I pulled the warmth from the center of my body and let it surge through my limbs. In a flash of heat, I was on four legs again. Thought you were going to make out with him, Leah snickered. I ignored her. Was that okay? I asked them. It worried me, speaking for them that way, when I couldn't hear exactly what they were thinking. I didn't want to assume anything. I didn't want to be like Jared that way. Did I say anything you didn't want me to? Did I not say something I should have? You did great, Jake! Seth encouraged. You could have hit Jared, Leah thought. I wouldn't have minded that. I guess we know why Embry wasn't allowed to come, Seth thought. I didn't understand. Not allowed? Jake, did ya see Quil? He's pretty torn up, right? I'd put ten to one that Embry's even more upset And Embry doesn't have a Claire. There's no way Quil can just pick up and walk away from La Push. Embry might So Sam's not going to take any chances on him getting convinced to jump ship. He doesn't want our pack any bigger than it is now. Really? You think? I doubt Embry would mind shredding some Cullens. But he's your best friend, Jake. He and Quil would rather stand behind you than face you in a fight. Well, I'm glad Sam kept him home, then. This pack is big enough. I sighed. Okay, then. So we're good, for now. Seth, you mind keeping an eye on things for a while? Leah and I both need to crash. This felt on the level, but who knows? Maybe it was a distraction. I wasn't always so paranoid, but I remembered the feel of Sam's commitment. The total one-track focus on destroying the danger he saw. Would he take advantage of the fact that he could lie to us now? No problem! Seth was only too eager to do whatever he could. You want me to explain to the Cullens? They're probably still kinda tense. I got it. I want to check things out anyway. They caught the whir of images from my fried brain. Seth whimpered in surprise. Ew. Leah whipped her head back and forth like she was trying to shake the image out of her mind. That is easily the freakin' grossest thing I've heard in my life. Yuck. If there was anything in my stomach, it would be coming back. They are vampires, I guess, Seth allowed after a minute, compensating for Leah's reaction. / mean, it makes sense. And if it helps Bella, it's a good thing, right? Both Leah and I stared at him. What? Mom dropped him a lot when he was a baby, Leah told me. On his head, apparently. He used to gnaw on the crib bars, too. Lead paint? Looks like it she thought. Seth snorted. Funny. Why don't you two shut up and sleep? __________________________________________ THIS IS MY 50th VIDEO OF BREAKING DAWN! and we arent even half way done, so there will be a lot more posting! thanx to all my subbers! Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn E-book Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: mardi 12 mai 1914 17:16:08

"Jake," she said, and she patted my hair, stroked my cheek. "It's going to be okay. Shh. it's okay." I didn't look up. "No. It will not be okay." She wiped something wet from my cheek. "Shh." "What's the deal, Bella?" I stared at the pale carpet. My bare feet were dirty, leaving smudges. Good. "I thought the whole point was that you wanted your vampire more than anything. And now you're just giving him up? That doesn't make any sense. Since when are you desperate to be a mom? If you wanted that so much, why did you marry a vampire?" I was dangerously close to that offer he wanted me to make. I could see the words taking me that way, but I couldn't change their direction. She sighed. "It's not like that. I didn't really care about having a baby. I didn't even think about it. It's not just having a baby. It's... well... this baby." "It's a killer, Bella. Look at yourself." "He's not. It's me. I'm just weak and human. But I can tough this out, Jake, I can ?" "Aw, come on! Shut up, Bella. You can spout this crap to your bloodsucker, but you're not fooling me. You know you're not going to make it." She glared at me. "I do not know that. I'm worried about it, sure." "Worried about it," I repeated through my teeth. She gasped then and clutched at her stomach. My fury vanished like a light switch being turned off. "I'm fine," she panted. It's nothing." But I didn't hear; her hands had pulled her sweatshirt to the side, and I stared, horrified, at the skin it exposed. Her stomach looked like it was stained with big splotches of purple-black ink. She saw my stare, and she yanked the fabric back in place. "He's strong, that's all," she said defensively. The ink spots were bruises. I almost gagged, and I understood what he'd said, about watching it hurt her. Suddenly, I felt a little crazy myself. "Bella," I said. She heard the change in my voice. She looked up, still breathing heavy, her eyes confused. "Bella, don't do this:' "Jake ?" "Listen to me. Don't get your back up yet. Okay? Just listen. What if... ?" "What if what?" "What if this wasn't a one-shot deal? What if it wasn't all or nothing? What if you just listened to Carlisle like a good girl, and kept yourself alive?" "I won't ?" "I'm not done yet. So you stay alive. Then you can start over. This didn't work out. Try again." _____________________________ sry this got deleted! Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn e-book Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: jeudi 22 septembre 1904 15:19:05

Looks to me like separate packs aren't linked. Huh. Guess there was no reason for our fathers to know that before. 'Cause there was no reason for separate packs before. Never enough wolves for two. Wow. It's really quiet. Sort of eerie. But also kinda nice, don't you think? I bet it was easier, like this, for Ephraim and Quil and Levi. Not such a babble with just three. Or just two. Shut up, Seth. Yes, sir. Stop that! There are not two packs. There is THE pack, and then there is me. That's all. So you can go home now. If there aren't two packs, then why can we hear each other and not the rest? I think that when you turned your back on Sam, that was a pretty significant move. A change. And when I followed you away, I think that was significant, too. You've got a point, I conceded. But what can change can change right back. He got up and started trotting toward the east. No time to argue about it now. We should be moving right along before Sam... He was right about that part. There was no time for this argument. I fell into a run again, not pushing myself quite as hard. Seth stayed on my heels, holding the Second's traditional place on my right flank. / can run somewhere else, he thought, his nose dipping a little. / didn't follow you because I was after a promotion. Run wherever you want. Makes no difference to me. There was no sound of pursuit, but we both stepped it up a little at the same time. I was worried now. If I couldn't tap into the pack's mind, it was going to make this more difficult. I'd have no more advance warning of attack than the Cullens. We'll run patrols, Seth suggested. And what do we do if the pack challenges us? My eyes tightened. Attack our brothers? Your sister? No ?we sound the alarm and fall back. Good answer. But then what? I don't think... I know, he agreed. Less confident now. / don't think I can fight them, either. But they won't be any happier with the idea of attacking us than we are with attacking them. That might be enough to stop them right there. Pius, there're only eight of them now. Stop being so... Took me a minute to decide on the right word. Optimistic. It's getting on my nerves. No problem. You want me to be all doom and gloom, or just shut up? Just shut up. Can do. Really? Doesn't seem like it. He was finally quiet. And then we were across the road and moving through the forest that ringed the Cullens' house. Could Edward hear us yet? Maybe we should be thinking something like, 'We come in peace." Go for it Edward? He called the name tentatively. Edward, you there? Okay, now I feel kinda stupid. You sound stupid, too. Think he can hear us? We were less than a mile out now. / think so. Hey, Edward. If you can hear me ?circle the wagons, bloodsucker. You've got a problem. We've got a problem, Seth corrected. Then we broke through the trees into the big lawn. The house was dark, but not empty. Edward stood on the porch between Emmett and Jasper. They were snow white in the pale light. "Jacob? Seth? What's going on?" I slowed and then paced back a few steps. The smell was so sharp through this nose that it felt like it was honestly burning me. Seth whined quietly, hesitating, and then he fell back behind me. To answer Edward's question, I let my mind run over the confrontation with Sam, moving through it backward. Seth thought with me, filling in the gaps, showing the scene from another angle. We stopped when we got to the part about the "abomination," because Edward hissed furiously and leaped off the porch. Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn e-book Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: vendredi 19 août 1904 04:11:44

"Well, I'm going to go work on some stuff___"I started for the back door. "Wait up, Jake. Aren't you going to tell me what happened? Do I have to call Sam for an update?" I stood with my back to him, hiding my face. "Nothing happened. Sam's giving them a bye. Guess we're all just a bunch of leech lovers now." "Jake..." "I don't want to talk about it." "Are you leaving, son?" The room was quiet for a long time while I decided how to say it. "Rachel can have her room back. I know she hates that air mattress." "She'd rather sleep on the floor than lose you. So would I." I snorted. "Jacob, please. If you need... a break. Well, take it. But not so long again. Come back." "Maybe. Maybe my gig will be weddings. Make a cameo at Sam's, then Rachel's. Jared and Kim might come first, though. Probably ought to have a suit or something." "Jake, look at me." I turned around slowly. "What?" He stared into my eyes for a long minute. "Where are you going?" "I don't really have a specific place in mind." He cocked his head to the side, and his eyes narrowed. "Don't you?" We stared each other down. The seconds ticked by. "Jacob," he said. His voice was strained. "Jacob, don't. It's not worth it." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Leave Bella and the Cullens be. Sam is right." I stared at him for a second, and then I crossed the room in two long strides, i grabbed the phone and disconnected the cable from the box and the jack. I wadded the gray cord up in the palm of my hand. "Bye, Dad." "Jake, wait ?,'7 he called after me, but I was out the door, running. The motorcycle wasn't as fast as running, but it was more discreet. I wondered how long it would take Billy to wheel himself down to the store and then get someone on the phone who could get a message to Sam. I'd bet Sam was still in his wolf form. The problem would be if Paul came back to our place anytime soon. He could phase in a second and let Sam know what I was doing.... I wasn't going to worry about it. I would go as fast as I could, and if they caught me, I'd deal with that when I had to. I kicked the bike to life and then I was racing down the muddy lane. I didn't look behind me as I passed the house. The highway was busy with tourist traffic; I wove in and out of the cars, earning a bunch of honks and a few fingers. I took the turn onto the 101 at seventy, not bothering to look. I had to ride the line for a minute to avoid getting smeared by a minivan. Not that it would have killed me, but it would have slowed me down. Broken bones ?the big ones, at least?took days to heal completely, as I had good cause to know. Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn E-book Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: mardi 15 avril 1902 08:15:59

The composure he was trying to keep up for Bella was shaky. I could see how close he was to that burning man he'd been outside. The others saw it, too. Silently, they moved out the door while I shifted out of the way. They moved fast; my heart beat twice, and the room was cleared except for Rosalie, hesitating in the middle of the floor, and Edward, still waiting by the door. "Rose," Bella said quietly. "I want you to go." The blonde glared at Edward and then gestured for him to go first. He disappeared out the door. She gave me a long warning glower, and then she disappeared, too. Once we were alone, I crossed the room and sat on the floor next to Bella. I took both her cold hands in mine, rubbing them carefully. "Thanks, Jake. That feels good." "I'm not going to lie, Bells. You're hideous." "I know," she sighed. Im scary-looking." "Thing-from-the-swamp scary," I agreed. She laughed. "It's so good having you here. It feels nice to smile. I don't know how much more drama I can stand." I rolled my eyes. "Okay, okay," she agreed. "I bring it on myself." "Yeah, you do. What're you thinking, Bells? Seriously!" "Did he ask you to yell at me?" "Sort of. Though I can't figure why he thinks you'd listen to me. You never have before." She sighed. "I told you ?," I started to say. "Did you know that I told you so' has a brother, Jacob?" she asked, cutting me off. "His name is 'Shut the hell up." "Good one." She grinned at me. Her skin stretched tight over the bones. "I can't take credit ?i got it off a rerun of The Simpsons" "Missed that one." "It was funny." We didn't talk for a minute. Her hands were starting to warm up a little. "Did he really ask you to talk to me?" I nodded. "To talk some sense into you. There's a battle that's lost before it starts." "So why did you agree?" I didn't answer. I wasn't sure I knew. Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn E-book Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: vendredi 15 juillet 1904 13:40:26

I was halfway home before anyone recovered. Then they all started running to meet me. It was almost dark ?the clouds covered the sunset completely. I risked darting across the freeway and made it without being seen. We met up about ten miles out of La Push, in a clearing left by the loggers. It was out of the way, wedged between two spurs of the mountain, where no one would see us. Paul found them when I did, so the pack was complete. The babble in my head was total chaos. Everyone shouting at once. Sam's hackles were sticking straight up, and he was growling in an unbroken stream as he paced back and forth around the top of the ring. Paul and Jared moved like shadows behind him, their ears flat against the sides of their head. The whole circle was agitated, on their feet and snarling in low bursts. At first their anger was undefined, and I thought I was in for it. I was too messed up to care about that. They could do whatever they wanted to me for circumventing orders. And then the unfocused confusion of thoughts began to move together. How can this be? What does it mean? What will it be? Not safe. Not right. Dangerous. Unnatural. Monstrous. An abomination. We can't allow it. The pack was pacing in synchronization now, thinking in synchronization, all but myself and one other. I sat beside whichever brother it was, too dazed to look over with either my eyes or my mind and see who was next to me, while the pack circled around us. The treaty does not cover this. This puts everyone in danger. I tried to understand the spiraling voices, tried to follow the curling pathway the thoughts made to see where they were leading, but it wasn't making sense. The pictures in the center of their thoughts were my pictures ?the very worst of them. Bella's bruises, Edward's face as he burned. They fear it, too. But they won't do anything about it Protecting Bella Swan. We can't let that influence us. The safety of our families, of everyone here, is more important than one human. If they won't kill it, we have to. Protect the tribe. Protect our families. We have to kill it before it's too late. Another of my memories, Edward's words this time: The thing is growing. Swiftly. I struggled to focus, to pick out individual voices. No time to waste, Jared thought. It will mean a fight, Embry cautioned. A bad one. Were ready, Paul insisted. Well need surprise on our side, Sam thought. If we catch them divided, we can take them down separately. It will increase our chances of victory, Jared thought, starting to strategize now. I shook my head, rising slowly to my feet. I felt unsteady there ?like the circling wolves were making me dizzy. The wolf beside me got up, too. His shoulder pushed against mine, propping me up. Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: samedi 06 août 1904 21:42:10

I turned slowly to stare at him, raising my eyebrows. He looked embarrassed. "I was... curious. I took the liberty when I was treating you last June." I thought about it for a second. "I guess that should piss me off. But I don't really care." "I'm sorry. I should have asked." "S'okay, Doc. You didn't mean any harm." "No, I promise you that I did not mean you any harm. It's just that... I find your species fascinating. I suppose that the elements of vampiric nature have come to seem commonplace to me over the centuries. Your family's divergence from humanity is much more interesting. Magical, almost." "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," I mumbled. He was just like Bella with all the magic garbage. Carlisle laughed another weary laugh. Then we heard Edward's voice inside the house, and we both paused to listen. "I'll be right back, Bella. I want to speak with Carlisle for a moment. Actually, Rosalie, would you mind accompanying me?" Edward sounded different. There was a little life in his dead voice. A spark of something. Not hope exactly, but maybe the desire to hope. "What is it, Edward?" Bella asked hoarsely. "Nothing you need to worry about, love. It will just take a second. Please, Rose?" "Esme?" Rosalie called. "Can you mind Bella for me?" I heard the whisper of wind as Esme flitted down the stairs. "Of course," she said. Carlisle shifted, twisting to look expectantly at the door. Edward was through the door first, with Rosalie right on his heels. His face was, like his voice, no longer dead. He seemed intensely focused. Rosalie looked suspicious. Edward shut the door behind her. "Carlisle," he murmured. "What is it, Edward?" "Perhaps we've been going about this the wrong way. I was listening to you and Jacob just now, and when you were speaking of what the... fetus wants, Jacob had an interesting thought." Me? What had I thought? Besides my obvious hatred for the thing? At least I wasn't alone in that. I could tell that Edward had a difficult time using a term as mild as fetus. "We haven't actually addressed that angle," Edward went on. "We've been trying to get Bella what she needs. And her body is accepting it about as well as one of ours would. Perhaps we should address the needs of the... fetus first. Maybe if we can satisfy it, we'll be able to help her more effectively." "I'm not following you, Edward," Carlisle said. "Think about it, Carlisle. If that creature is more vampire than human, can't you guess what it craves ?what it's not getting? Jacob did." I did? I ran through the conversation, trying to remember what thoughts I'd kept to myself. I remembered at the same time that Carlisle understood. "Oh," he said in a surprised tone. "You think it is... thirsty?" Rosalie hissed under her breath. She wasn't suspicious anymore. Her revoltingly perfect face was all lit up, her eyes wide with excitement. "Of course," she muttered. "Carlisle, we have all that type O negative laid aside for Bella. It's a good idea," she added, not looking at me. "Hmm." Carlisle put his hand to his chin, lost in thought. "I wonder... And then, what would be the best way to administer___" Rosalie shook her head. "We don't have time to be creative. I'd say we should start with the traditional way." "Wait a minute," i whispered. "Just hold on. Are you ?are you talking about making Bella drink blood?" "It was your idea, dog," Rosalie said, scowling at me without ever quite looking at me. I ignored her and watched Carlisle. That same ghost of hope that had been in Edward's face was now in the doctor's eyes. He pursed his lips, speculating. "That's just..." I couldn't find the right word. Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn e-book Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: jeudi 22 septembre 1904 18:18:42

"So take the blonde out first. Your kind can be put back together, right? Turn her into a jigsaw and take care of Bella." "Emmett and Esme are backing her up. Emmett would never let us... and Carlisle won't help me with Esme against it___" He trailed off, his voice disappearing. "You should have left Bella with me." "Yes." It was a bit late for that, though. Maybe he should have thought about all this before he knocked her up with the life-sucking monster. He stared up at me from inside his own personal hell, and I could see that he agreed with me. "We didn't know," he said, the words as quiet as a breath. "I never dreamed. There's never been anything like Bella and I before. How could we know that a human was able conceive a child with one of us ?" "When the human should get ripped to shreds in the process?" "Yes," he agreed in a tense whisper. "They're out there, the sadistic ones, the incubus, the succubus. They exist. But the seduction is merely a prelude to the feast. No one survives" He shook his head like the idea revolted him. Like he was any different. "I didn't realize they had a special name for what you are," I spit. He stared up at me with a face that looked a thousand years old. "Even you, Jacob Black, cannot hate me as much as I hate myself.'7 Wrong, I thought, too enraged to speak. "Killing me now doesn't save her," he said quietly. "So what does?" "Jacob, you have to do something for me." "The hell I do, parasite!" He kept staring at me with those half-tired, half-crazy eyes. "For her?" I clenched my teeth together hard. "I did everything I could to keep her away from you. Every single thing. It's too late." "You know her, Jacob. You connect to her on a level that I don't even understand. You are part of her, and she is part of you. She won't listen to me, because she thinks I'm underestimating her. She thinks she's strong enough for this___" He choked and then swallowed. "She might listen to you." "Why would she?" He lurched to his feet, his eyes burning brighter than before, wilder. I wondered if he was really going crazy. Could vampires lose their minds? "Maybe," he answered my thought. "I don't know. It feels like it." He shook his head. "I have to try to hide this in front of her, because stress makes her more ill. She can't keep anything down as it is. I have to be composed; I can't make it harder. But that doesn't matter now. She has to listen to you!" Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: vendredi 15 juillet 1904 13:10:34

She nodded, not meeting my eyes. "Did you know Esme jumped off a cliff? When she was human, I mean." "So?" "So she was close enough to dead that they didn't even bother taking her to the emergency room ?they took her right around to the morgue. Her heart was still beating, though, when Carlisle found her___" That's what she'd meant before, about keeping her heart beating. "You're not planning on surviving this human," I stated dully. "No. I'm not stupid." She met my stare then. "I guess you probably have your own opinion on that point, though." "Emergency vampirization," I mumbled. "It worked for Esme. And Emmett, and Rosalie, and even Edward. None of them were in such great shape. Carlisle only changed them because it was that or death. He doesn't end lives, he saves them." I felt a sudden twinge of guilt about the good vampire doctor, like before. I shoved the thought away and started in on the begging. "Listen to me, Bells. Don't do it that way." Like before, when the call from Charlie had come, I could see how much difference it really made to me. I realized I needed her to stay alive, in some form. In any form. I took a deep breath. "Don't wait until it's too late, Bella. Not that way. Live. Okay? Just live. Don't do this to me. Don't do it to him." My voice got harder, louder. "You know what he's going to do when you die. You've seen it before. You want him to go back to those Italian killers?" She cringed into the sofa. I left out the part about how that wouldn't be necessary this time. Struggling to make my voice softer, I asked, "Remember when I got mangled up by those newborns? What did you tell me?" I waited, but she wouldn't answer. She pressed her lips together. "You told me to be good and listen to Carlisle," I reminded her. "And what did I do? I listened to the vampire. For you." "You listened because it was the right thing to do." "Okay ?pick either reason." She took a deep breath. "It's not the right thing now." Her gaze touched her big round stomach and she whispered under her breath, "I won't kill him." My hands shook again. "Oh, I hadn't heard the great news. A bouncing baby boy, huh? Shoulda brought some blue balloons." Her face turned pink. The color was so beautiful ?it twisted in my stomach like a knife. A serrated knife, rusty and ragged. I was going to lose this. Again. "I don't know he's a boy," she admitted, a little sheepish. "The ultrasound wouldn't work. The membrane around the baby is too hard ?like their skin. So he's a little mystery. But I always see a boy in my head." "It's not some pretty baby in there, Bella." "We'll see," she said. Almost smug. "You won't," I snarled. "You're very pessimistic, Jacob. There is definitely a chance that I might walk away from this." I couldn't answer. I looked down and breathed deep and slow, trying to get a grip on my fury. _________________________________ Last one for tonight! Auteur: SingingStarSolo Tags: Breaking Dawn E-book Eclipse Moon New Saga Series Twilight Ajoutée: vendredi 15 juillet 1904 13:59:14