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Chapter 11 The Two Things
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THE TWO THINGS AT THE VERY TOP OF MY THINGS-I-NEVER-WANT-TO-DO LIST
Sam started moving the others into formation while i was still on the ground. Embry and Quil were at mysides, waiting for me to recover and take the point.
I could feel the drive, the need, to get on my feet and lead them. The compulsion grew, and I fought ituselessly, cringing1 on the ground where I was.
Embry whined2 quietly in my ear. He didn't want to think the words, afraid that he would bring me toSam's attention again. I felt his wordless plea for me to get up, for me to get this over with and be donewith it.
There was fear in the pack, not so much for self but for the whole. We couldn't imagine that we wouldall make it out alive tonight. Which brothers would we lose? Which minds would leave us forever? Whichgrieving families would we be consoling in the morning?
My mind began to work with theirs, to think in unison4, as we dealt with these fears. Automatically, Ipushed up from the ground and shook out my coat.
Embry and Quil huffed in relief. Quil touched his nose to my side once.
Their minds were filled with our challenge, our assignment. We remembered together the nights we'dwatched the Cullens practicing for the fight with the newborns. Emmett Cullen was strongest, but Jasperwould be the bigger problem. He moved like a lightning strike—power and speed and death rolled intoone. How many centuries' experience did he have? Enough that all the other Cullens looked to him forguidance.
/'// take point, if you want flank, Quil offered. There was more excitement in his mind than most of theothers. When Quil had watched Jasper's instruction those nights, he'd been dying to test his skill againstthe vampire5's. For him, this would be a contest. Even knowing it was his life on the line, he saw it thatway. Paul was like that, too, and the kids who had never been in battle, Collin and Brady. Seth probablywould've been the same—if the opponents were not his friends.
Jake?Quil nudged me. How do you want to roll?
I just shook my head, t couldn't concentrate—the compulsion to follow orders felt like puppet stringshooked intoall of my muscles. One foot forward, now another.
Seth was dragging behind Collin and Brady—Leah had assumed point there. She ignored Seth whileplanning with the others, and I could see that she'd rather leave him out of the fight.There was a maternaledge to her feelings for her younger brother. She wished Sam would send him home. Seth didn't registerLeah's doubts. He was adjusting to the puppet
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adj.谄媚,奉承 | |
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whined
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v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 );哀诉,诉怨 | |
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whine
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v.哀号,号哭;n.哀鸣 | |
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unison
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n.步调一致,行动一致 | |
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stunned
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decided
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applied
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judgment
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n.吸血鬼( vampire的名词复数 );吸血蝠;高利贷者;(舞台上的)活板门 | |
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nervously
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promotion
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doom
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confrontation
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发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 ); 发嘘声表示反对 | |
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perimeter
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gratitude
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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defensive
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