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Chapter 29 Defection
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We sat there all night long, statues of horror and grief, and Alice never came back.
We were all at our limits—frenzied into absolute stillness. Carlisle had barely been able to move his lipsto explain it all to Jacob. The retelling seemed to make it worse; even Emmett stood silent and still fromthen on.
It wasn't until the sun rose and I knew that Renesmee would soon be stirring under my hands that Iwondered for the first time what could possibly be taking Alice so long. I'd hoped to know more before Iwas faced with my daughter's curiosity. To have some answers. Some tiny, tiny portion of hope so that Icould smile and keep the truth from terrifying her, too.
My face felt permanently1 set into the fixed2 mask it had worn all night. I wasn't sure I had the ability tosmile anymore.
Jacob was snoring in the corner, a mountain of fur on the floor, twitching3 anxiously in his sleep. Samknew everything—the wolves were readying themselves for what was coming. Not that this preparationwould do anything but get them killed with the rest of my family.
Thesunlight broke through the back windows, sparkling on Edward's skin. My eyes had not moved fromhis since Alice's departure. We'd stared at each other all night, staring at what neither of us could livethrough losing: the other. I saw my reflection glimmer4 in his agonized5 eyes as the sun touched my ownskin.
His eyebrows6 moved an infinitesimal bit, then his lips.
"Alice," he said.
Thesound of hisvoice was like ice cracking as it melted. All of us fractured a little, softened7 a little.
Moved again.
"She's been gone a long time,"Rosalie murmured, surprised.
"Where could she be?" Emmett wondered, taking a step toward the door.
Esme put a hand on her arm. "We don't want to disturb ...""She's never taken so long before," Edward said. New worry splintered the mask his face had become.
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adv.永恒地,永久地,固定不变地 | |
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censure
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vampire
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psyche
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