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Chapter 21 First Hunt
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"The window?" I asked, staring two stories down.
I'd never really been afraid of heights per se, but being able to see all the details with such clarity madethe prospect1 less appealing. The angles of the rocks below were sharper than I would have imaginedthem.
Edward smiled. "It's the most convenient exit. If you're frightened, I can carry you.""We have all eternity3, and you're worried about the time it would take to walk to the back door?"He frowned slightly. "Renesmee and Jacob are downstairs___""Oh."Right. I was the monster now. I had to keep away from scents6 that might trigger my wild side. From thepeople that I loved in particular. Even the ones I didn't really know yet.
"Is Renesmee... okay... with Jacob there?" I whispered. I realized belatedly that it must havebeenJacob's heart I'd heard below. I listened hard again, but I could only hear the one steady pulse. "Hedoesn't like her much."Edward's lips tightened7 in an odd way. "Trust me, she is perfectly8 safe. I know exactly what Jacob isthinking.""Of course," I murmured, and looked at the ground again.
"Stalling?" he challenged.
"A little. I don't know how...."And I was very conscious of my family behind me, watching silently. Mostly silently. Emmett had alreadychuckled under his breath once. One mistake, and he'd be rolling on the floor. Then the jokes about theworld's only clumsy vampire10 would start....
Also, this dress—that Alice must have put me in sometime when I was too lost in the burning tonotice—was not what I would have picked out for either jumping or hunting. Tightly fitted ice-blue silk?
What did she think I would need it for? Was there a cocktail11 party later?
"Watch me," Edward said. And then, very casually12, he stepped out of the tall, open window and fell.
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