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暮光之城4：破晓|Breaking Down

第一部 贝拉 第二章 长夜|2. LONG NIGHT

属类： 双语小说 【分类】魔幻小说 -[作者: 斯蒂芬妮-梅耶] 阅读：[25037]
《暮光之城》是美国作家斯蒂芬妮·梅尔 （Stephenie Meyer）写的系列小说，包括《暮色》、《新月》、《月食》、《破晓》以及番外《布里·坦纳第二次短暂生命》、《暮色重生》和《午夜阳光》。《暮光之城》系列以伊莎贝拉·斯旺和爱德华·卡伦一对苦命鸳鸯的情感纠葛为主线，融合了吸血鬼传说、狼人故事、校园生活、恐怖悬念、喜剧冒险等各种元素，而凄美动人的爱情则是全书“最强烈的情绪”。
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“我想死你了。”

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“我可以不走的，我可以留下。”

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“Mmm。”

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漫长的寂静中，只能听到我剧烈狂乱的心跳声，我们两个紊乱的气息声，以及我们的双唇同步运动的细碎摩擦声。

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有些时候我很容易忘掉我正在和一个吸血鬼接吻。并不仅仅因为他看上去跟普通人一样――我从没有片刻怀疑过在我怀里的，于其是人类更不如说是天使――并且当他的双唇抵上我的唇瓣、我的脸颊、我的喉咙时，什么都不会发生。他曾经断言，他已经成功克zhi住了我的血对他的诱惑，差点失去我的念头帮助他克服了欲望。但是我知道我的血仍然会造成他的痛苦――他的喉咙在燃烧，就像吸入了火焰。

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我睁开双眼，发现他也有同样的动作，凝视着我的脸庞。完全没有理由会让他这样注视着我，好像我是他好不容易获得的奖赏而不是一个侥幸的幸运儿。

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有那么一小会儿，我们就这样对视着；他金色的眼眸是如此的深邃让我仿佛可以直接看到他的灵魂。他是有灵魂的，虽然这样的想法有点傻气，也即是他是一个吸血鬼，我对此从来都深信不疑。他有世界上最美丽的灵魂，这种美甚至超越了他聪慧的头脑，他无暇的脸庞，他耀眼的身体，盖过一切。

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他回望着我，好像他也看穿了我的灵魂，他也喜爱着他所看到的。

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他可以看穿任何一个人的心思，却无法读取我的。天知道为什么――大脑某个奇怪的故障让我可以屏蔽所有吸血鬼欲加之在我身上的超能力，或者是令人害怕的东西。（只有我的精神层面是具有抵抗力的。我的肉体对Edward这一能力类型以外的其它类型的吸血鬼能力，仍然会做出反应。）但是我依然感激这小小的失灵，可以将我的思想对外保密。否则，我就可能窘不堪言了。

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我又一次拉近了他的脸。“我完全可以留下来，”他低声呢喃道。

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“不，不，这是你最后的单身派对了，你应该要去的。”

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说是这样说，可是我的我右手手指还牢牢地揪着他的棕发，左手将他的背和我的贴得更紧了。他冰冷的手抚摸过我的脸。

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“单身派对是为那些哀叹自己单身岁月的终结的可怜虫们安排的。而我却是迫不及待想让它早一些结束，所以没有关系的。”

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“那倒是。”我抵着他冰冷的喉咙喘着气。

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在我欢乐小屋的生活即将划上句号。Charlie浑然不知得睡在他的屋子里，所以我们跟独处没有什么分别。我们尽可能地相拥着，蜷曲在我那张小床上，厚重的阿富汗毛毯把我裹得像枚粽子。我恨我还需要毛毯，因为如果我的牙齿开始打架，多少会破坏这浪漫的气氛。如果在8月份的天还发烧的话也会引起Charlie的注意……

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起码，如果当我需要被裹起来的时候，Edward的衬衫也差不多是在地上了。他雪白、冰冷、如大理石般光滑的身体，我每一次见到都忍不住惊叹。眼下我的手正滑过他坚硬如石的胸膛，抚摸他平坦的腹部，啧啧称奇。一股轻微的颤栗传遍他全身，他的唇又一次贴了上来。小心翼翼地，我用舌尖扫过他光滑如镜的嘴唇。他叹了口气，冰冷香甜的气息拂面而来。

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他开始把我推开――每次当他觉得事情快要变得失控时，他本能地会做出这种反应，也是他每次及其想要将某件事进行下去时的条件反射。Edward花了大部分的时间来拒绝任何形式的肉体上的满足感。我知道要他现在改变这一习惯是多么艰难。

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“等等，”我说着，一边按住他的肩膀一边把自己向他贴得更近了。腾出一条腿，环到了他的腰上。“熟能生巧。”

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他轻笑了一声。“嗯，在这一点上我们已经非常接近完美了，不是吗？你过去一个月里有怎么睡过吗？”

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“但是我们只是演练了脱衣服，”我提醒他，“而且我们也只练习了几个特定的环节。是时候玩点冒险的了。”

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我原以为他会笑的，结果他什么都没回答，突如其来的压力让他的身体一动不动。眼中的金色也渐渐凝固成了固体。

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我又想了想我前面说的话，知道他从里面听出来我的潜台词。

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“Bella……，”他小声地说。

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“不要再说了，”我说。“约定就是约定。”

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“我不知道。当你和我亲热的时候，我很难集中思想。我，我无法好好思考。我会控制不住自己的。会伤到你的。”

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“我会没事的。”

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“Bella……”

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“嘘！”再次吻上他的唇，安抚他的痛苦。我早就知道了，在我嫁给他之前，他是不会打破约定的。

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他回吻了我好一会儿，但是我能感觉他没有之前那么投入了。担心，总是在担心。如果有一天他不需要再为我担心该有多么好啊。那么他可以用剩下的时间做些什么呢？他应该会发掘一个新的爱好吧。

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“你的脚怎么样？”他问道。（另一层意思，你有把握吗？）

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知道他话中有话，我回答说，“很暖和。”（另一层意思，非常确定。Bella和Edward在玩双关。）

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“真的？要不要再考虑一下？你现在改变主意还来得及。”

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“你是不是想扔下我？”

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他笑了。“只是想确定一下。我不想你去做你还不确定的事情。”

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“我认定了你。其他的我都可以忍下来。”

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他犹豫了一下，我想我是不是又做错了什么。

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“你可以吗？”他静静地问我。“我不是指结婚――这点我对你非常有信心，即使你有些不安――但是接下来……Renee怎么办，Charlie怎么办？”

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我叹了口气。“我会想他们的。”更糟的是他们会想我的，但是我不打算给他借口。

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“Angela，Ben，Jessica，Mike呢。”

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“我也会想我的朋友的。”我在黑暗中微微一笑。“尤其是Mike。啊Mike！我该怎么办呢？”

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他低吼了一声。

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我笑了不过马上严肃起来。“Edward，我们已经讨论过一遍又一遍了。我知道这会很困难，但是这才是我想要的。我想要你，我想要永远地拥有你。对我来说一生的时间远远都不够。”

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“永远地停留在１８岁，”他低声轻语。

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“这可是每个女人的梦想，”我调侃地回答。

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“不再改变……不再前进。”

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“什么意思？”

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他慢慢地开口回答我。“你还记不记得当我去告诉Charlie我们结婚的事吗？他认为你是……怀孕了？”

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“他还想朝你开枪呢，”我笑着揣测。“就承认吧――有那么一刻，他真的有这样想过。”

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他没有出声。

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“什么，Edward？”

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“我只是想……是的，我只是希望他想的是对的。”

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“嗨，”我终于领悟到了。

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“有很多其他的可能解释他可以去猜想的。我们也确实可以有这种可能的。我痛恨把它剥夺走。”

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长达一分钟的沉默。“我知道我在做什么。”

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“你又怎么能知道呢，Bella？看看我的母亲，看看我的姐姐，这种牺牲，并不是你所想象的那么简单。”

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“Esme和Rosalie都熬过来了。如果以后会有这个问题的话，我们可以借鉴Esme的做法，我们可以领养。”

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他叹了口气，接着他的声音里透着恼怒。“这是不对的。我不想让你为我牺牲掉什么。我想要为你付出而不是剥夺。我不想偷走你的未来。如果我是人类的话……”

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我用手捂住他的嘴。“你就是我的未来。不要再说了，不准无精打采的，不然我就叫你的好兄弟来接你走。或许你会需要一个单身派对的。”

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“对不起。我有无精打采吗？一定是因为紧张。”

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“你怕自己会做不好？”

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“完全不会。我已经等了一个世纪来迎娶你，Swan小姐。我实在等不及婚礼了……”他突然打断了自己的话。“欧，看在爱情的份上，真是太糟糕了！”

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“出什么事了么？”

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他咬牙切齿地说。“你不需要去叫我的兄弟。很Emmett和Jasper没打算今晚放过我。”

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我一下子把他抓得更紧了，不过下一秒我就松了手。我根本没有一点可能性可以赢得和Emmett的拔河大战。“玩得开心点。”

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窗外传来一种尖锐刺耳的声音――有人诚心用他们坚硬如钢铁的手指甲划过玻璃，想要制造一种恐怖气氛，这种让人把耳朵捂起来，鸡皮疙瘩一地的声音，使我不禁打了个冷颤。

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“如果你不把Edward送出来，”是Emmett，仍然隐匿于夜色之中，发出威胁的嘘声，“我们会进来追他的！”

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“走吧，”我笑着说。“趁他们还没毁了我的房子。”

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Edward睁了睁他的眼睛，接着只一个平滑的动作他就下了床，又动了一下，他已经穿好了衬衫。他俯下身来亲吻我的前额。

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“去睡吧。明天可是你的大日子。”

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“谢谢！这句话一定能帮我放松下来。”

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“那么圣坛前见了。”

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“我会是那个穿着白衣的人。”如此出色的掩饰，连我自己都笑了。

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他笑了笑，说，“非常确定，”接着他突然将身体弓起来，全身肌肉像弹簧般一圈圈鼓起。他就这样消失了――他将自己投出窗外的动作是如此迅捷，以至于我的肉眼都跟不上。

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窗外传来一阵闷响，我听到了Emmett的咒骂声。

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“你们最好别让他迟到了，”我小声嘀咕，我知道他们能听见。

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Jaspers的脸隐约闪现在窗后，他蜜色的头发在透过云层透出的月光下银光闪闪。

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“别担心，Bella。我们会提前很久就把他带回家的。”

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我突然感到非常平静，我的不安都显得那么微不足道。就像Alice可以神奇地精准地预见未来一般，Jasper也有他独特的天赋。Jasper的手段是控制心情，而不是预见未来，让人无法抗拒他想让你感受到的心情。

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我笨拙地站着，仍然裹着我的毛毯。“Jasper，吸血鬼通常在单身派对上做些什么呢？不会带他去什么脱衣舞酒吧吧，会吗？”

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“什么都别告诉她！”Emmett的低吼从下面传来。又一记闷响，和Edward恬淡的笑声。

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“放轻松，”我照着Jasper说的做了。“我们Cullen有我们自己的习俗。就几只山狮和一对灰熊。就比普通的夜间打猎多那么一点。”

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我怀疑自己会不会有一天也为“素食主义”吸血鬼的食谱感到骑士般的夸耀。

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“谢谢，Jasper。”

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他朝我眨了眨眼睛，跳出了我的视线。

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窗外一片寂静，只有Charlie的低沉的鼾声隔墙而来。

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我趴着躺倒在枕头上，困了。我小小屋子的墙壁因为月光的照射显得惨白，我就这样盯着墙壁看着，眼皮渐渐沉重起来。

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这是我在我房间中度过的最后一夜啊，我作为IsabellaSwan的最后一夜啊。明天晚上，我就是BellaCullen了。

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虽然这场婚礼也可以说是这项契约，让我不安得犹如芒刺在背，我仍必须承认我喜欢那样的称呼。

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有那么一会儿我让我的心智漫无目的地神游，希望进入睡眠。但是过了一会儿我发现我更紧张了，焦虑感又不知不觉地抓住我的胃，将它绞成了一个不舒服的姿势。没有Edward在，这张床似乎过于柔软，过于温暖了。Jasper已经远离，带走了所有的平和、放松的心情。

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明天是漫长的一天啊。

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我意识到我所有的惧怕都是那么愚蠢――我必须自己去克服。注意力是人生中不可避免的一部分。我总不能把他们和其他混在一起。确实，我有着一些特定的担忧。

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首先就是婚纱的裙裾。Alice已经非常明显地让婚纱的艺术设计感压倒了实用性。拖着裙裾，穿着高跟鞋踏下Cullen家的楼梯似乎是不可能的。早知道我应该先练习一下的。

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接下来是来宾名单。

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Tanya家族，Denali部族，会在典礼开始之前就到达。

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让Tanya一家和来自Quileute保留地的Jacob的父亲以及Clearwater一家同处一室确实有些敏感。Denali一族并不对狼人感冒。事实上，Tanya的姐姐Irina甚至不会出席典礼。她对狼人们杀死她的朋友Laurent这一血海深仇耿耿于怀（是他先要杀了我的）。出于这种介怀，Denali部族在Edward全家最需要帮助的时候抛弃了他们。反而和不太可能的Quileute地区的狼人们联手，才化解了一群来势汹汹的新生吸血鬼的攻击，救了我们大家的命。

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Edward向我保证，让Denali部族和Quileute部族挨那么近不会有危险。Tanya一家――包括Irina――对于之前的不作为感到非常歉疚。和狼人的休战协定只是他们为他们所欠的情付出的小小代价，他们也做好了这样的准备。

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这才是个大问题，当然也可以说是个小问题：我卑微的自信心。

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我之前从未见过Tanya，但是从我角度来说我可以肯定的是和她见面并不是见愉快的事。很久以前，可能在我还没出生的时候，她想要勾引Edward――并不是我想要责怪她或者任何想要占有Edward的人。况且她还美貌过人，光彩出众。要不是Edward非常肯定地，不可思议地，青睐于我，我不可能有机会去和她做比较。

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我曾为此满腹牢骚，直到Edward让我感到惭愧，他太了解我的弱点了。

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“我们是他们可以组成家庭的最亲近的同类，Bella，”他提醒我。“他们仍然像是个孤儿，你要知道，即使经历了那么漫长的岁月。”

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所以我只能勉强赞成，收起我的不悦。

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Tanya现在有个庞大的家庭，几乎和Cullen家的一样大了。一共有5名成员：Tanya，Kate,和Irina，他们加入了Carmen和Eleazar，就跟Alice和Jasper当初加入Cullen家的原因差不多，比起普通吸血鬼，他们都有着想要生活得更富有同情心。

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虽然Tanya和她姐姐仍然单身，但所有的配对都仍处于哀痛期。因为很久以前，他们也是有个母亲的。即使经过千年时间，我仍可以想象失去所留下的空洞；我尝试着想象如果Cullen家如果没有了他们的创造者，他们的中心，他们的守护者，他们的父亲――Carlisle。我无法想象这幅画面。

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在某个我在Cullen家逗留到很晚的夜里，Carlisle向我诉说了Tanya的过去。

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我尽可能多得去了解，来为我所选择的将来做好充分的准备。有许多警世传说就是为了证明一条我在加入吸血鬼世界后必须牢记的铁律，Tanya母亲的故事就是其中一个前车之鉴。就这么一条规则――这条法律可以应用于上千种不同的实际情况――那就是：严守秘密。

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保守秘密可以有许多种方式――像Cullen家一样低调地生活着，在人们怀疑他们并不会老去之前就搬走。或者完全和人类划清界限，就像James和Victoria这样游牧地生活，当然觅食期间除外，目前Jasper的朋友,Peter和Charlotte仍然这样生活着。这意味着控制每一个你所创造出的新吸血鬼，当Jasper和Maria生活在一起时他做到了这一点，但是Victoria却失败了。

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这也意味着不要想当然地创造一些东西，因为有些被创造出来的东西你无法控制。

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“我并不知道Tanya母亲的名字，”Carlisle坦诚说，一回忆起Tanya的悲痛，他金色的双眼和头发都蒙上一层忧伤的色彩。“只要能够避免，他们从来都不提起她，也从来都不主动想起她。”

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“这个创造了Tanya,Kate和Irina的女人，我相信她是爱她们的。这是在我出生的许多年前的事情了，那个时候人类的世界流行了一场瘟疫，带来这场瘟疫的正是吸血鬼小孩。”

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“我实在无法理解那些古老的吸血鬼们都在想什么，他们把几乎还是婴儿的人类变成了吸血鬼。”

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当我在脑海中描绘Carlisle所说的画面时，胆汁似乎都涌上了喉咙，我只得把他们有吞了回去。

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“他们非常漂亮，”在看到我的反应后，Carlisle迅速解释了下去。“那么得招人喜爱，那么得迷人，你简直无法想象。你能做的就是靠近他们，爱护他们，这是本能的反应。”

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“但是他们是无法学习的。他们在各方面都停留在了被创造时所达到的发展水平。脸上挂着酒窝，咿呀学语的两岁小孩，发起脾气来可以毁灭半个村庄。如果他们饿了，他们就会觅食，没有任何的警告可以让他们停下来。人们见到他们，故事就这样周而复始，恐惧如同燎原的野火蔓延开来……”

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“Tanya的母亲就创造了这样一个小孩。就像对其他古老的吸血鬼一样，我无法理解她的动机。”他深深的吸了口气。“自然而然的，Volturi族就开始干预了进来。”

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每次听到这个名字，我都不自觉地缩了缩脖子。毫无疑问，这群在意大利的统治领域中具有皇权的传奇吸血鬼们是这个故事的重点。没有惩罚就没有法律，没有执行也就没有惩罚。古老的Aro,Caius和Marcus执掌了Volturi的法律；我曾见过他们一次，在那次意外的遭遇中，我觉得Aro凭借他强大的读心术成为了真正的领袖，只要他一个触碰就能知道你脑海中曾闪现过的任何一个念头。

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“Volturi在自己的地盘Volterra以及全世界各地都研究过吸血鬼小孩。Caius认定这些小孩无法保护我们的秘密，所以他们应该被毁灭。”

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“我告诉过你他们是那样地可爱。大批吸血鬼集结起来拼死抵抗就是为了保护这些孩子，而他们也被毫不留情地残杀了。这场屠杀并没有（美国）南部那场战争波及范围那么广，在某些方面甚至更具毁灭性。长期建立的族群，旧时的传统，朋友……很多都已经没了。最后这场肃清终于结束了。吸血鬼小孩也不被允许提起，成了一个禁语。”

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“当我和Volturi族一起生活时，我遇到了两个吸血鬼小孩，所以我立刻知道了他们对此仍感兴趣。Aro在那场他引发的灾难结束后许多年仍在研究那些小孩。你知道他那刨根问底的古怪脾气；他希望他们是可以被驯服的。但是到最后，结果不言自明，吸血鬼小孩是不被允许的存在。”

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我差点都已经忘了Denali族姐妹的母亲，直到故事又转回到她身上。

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“无法准确说明Tanya的母亲发生了什么，”Carlisle接着往下说。“Tanya,Kate和Irina完全被蒙在鼓里，直到那一天Volturi族来到她们身边，她们的母亲和她非法创造的生物已经成了阶下囚。正是这样的无知才救了Tanya和她姐妹们的命。Aro通过触摸看到了他们完全的不知情，所以免于和她们母亲一起接受处罚。”

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“她们中没人见过那个男孩，甚至想见他的存在，直到那天她们看到他在他母亲的臂腕中被焚毁。我只能猜测，她们的母亲不让她们知道这个秘密就是为了保护她们免遭这个意料之中的后果。但是为什么当初她要创造他？他是谁？他对她到底有多重要以至于她要明知不可为而为之？Tanya和其他人从来没有就任何一个问题得到过答案。但是她们无法否认他们母亲的罪行，我也不认为她们真的会原谅她。”

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“即使Aro通过接触信誓旦旦地保证Tanya,Kate和Irina是无辜的，Caius却希望他们也被处于火刑，连坐罪。她们很幸运，那天Aro正好大发慈悲。Tanya和她的姐妹们被赦免了，却带着一颗永远无法复原的心和对这条铁律的绝对尊敬离开了。”

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我不确定从什么时候开始这场回忆变成了一个梦境。上一秒我还看着Carlisle，听着他叙述回忆，下一秒我就看到了灰色荒芜的土地，闻到了空气中火焰焚烧的浓烈气味。在那里我并不是一个人。

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在中央有一群人，都笼罩在灰色的斗篷下，他们只可能是Volturi一族。我害怕极了，我没有遵守上次会面所下达的命令，我仍是人类。但是我知道，就像我时常在梦境中看到他们一样，他们看不见我。

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大量的烟雾向我涌来。我闻出了空气中的香甜气味，不敢太靠近去检视那些尸体堆成小山。我不愿意去看那些已经被处决了的吸血鬼的脸，一半是出于害怕在还在阴燃的柴堆中认出谁来。

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Volturi的战士们以某样物体也可能是某个人为中心站成一圈，我能听见他们焦虑不安地低声交谈着。我挤向了这些披着斗篷的人群，梦境迫使我要去看看他们正在紧张审视的人或物。小心地穿过两名正在发出嘘声的守卫，在一个小土堆的顶部，终于见到了他们正在争论不休的对象。

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就像Carlisle所描述的，他是那么美丽，那么惹人怜爱。这个男孩依旧在蹒跚学步，也许只有两岁的样子。亮棕色的卷发勾勒出他天使般的脸庞，以及圆鼓鼓的双颊和饱满的嘴唇。他不住地颤抖着，害怕得双眼紧闭，不敢去看即将到来的死亡。

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一股强烈的冲动想要我上前救下这名可爱，极度受惊的孩子，对我来说什么Volturi的肃清屠杀，都无所谓了。我推开他们冲了进去，才不管他们是不是意识到我的出现。推开了几个人后，我奋力冲到了这个男孩身边。

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一个踉跄，让我终于停下来看清了这个男孩所坐着的土丘。不是泥土也不是石头，而是成堆的人类尸体，干瘪而毫无生气。来不及了，我看到了那些脸。我都认识――Angela,Ben,Jessica,Mike……而被这个可爱的男孩直接坐在身下的尸体，则是我父亲和我母亲的。这时，这个孩子睁开了他明亮，血红色的眼睛。

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"I don’t need to leave. I can stay___"

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"Mmm."

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It was quiet for a long moment, just the thud of my heart hammering, the broken rhythm of our ragged breathing, and the whisper of our lips moving in synchronization.

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Sometimes it was so easy to forget that I was kissing a vampire. Not because he seemed ordinary or human - I could never for a second forget that I was holding someone more angel than man in my arms - but because he made it seem like nothing at all to have his lips against my lips, my face, my throat. He claimed he was long past the temptation my blood used to be for him, that the idea of losing me had cured him of any desire for it. But I knew the smell of my blood still caused him pain - still burned his throat like he was inhaling flames.

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I opened my eyes and found his open, too, staring at my face. It made no sense when he looked at me that way. Like I was the prize rather than the outrageously lucky winner.

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Our gazes locked for a moment; his golden eyes were so deep that I imagined I could see all the way into his soul. It seemed silly that this fact - the existence of his soul - had ever been in question, even if he was a vampire. He had the most beautiful soul, more beautiful than his brilliant mind or his incomparable face or his glorious body.

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He looked back at me as if he could see my soul, too, and as if he liked what he saw.

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He couldn’t see into my mind, though, the way he saw into everyone else’s. Who knew why - some strange glitch in my brain that made it immune to all the extraordinary and frightening things some immortals could do. (Only my mind was immune; my body was still subject to vampires with abilities that worked in ways other than Edward’s.) But I was seriously grateful to whatever malfunction it was that kept my thoughts a secret. It was just too embarrassing to consider the alternative.

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I pulled his face to mine again.

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"Definitely staying," he murmured a moment later.

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"No, no. It’s your bachelor party. You have to go."

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I said the words, but the fingers of my right hand locked into his bronze hair, my left pressed tighter against the small of his back. His cool hands stroked my face.

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"Bachelor parties are designed for those who are sad to see the passing of their single days. I couldn’t be more eager to have mine behind me. So there’s really no point."

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"True." I breathed against the winter-cold skin of his throat.

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This was pretty close to my happy place. Charlie slept obliviously in his room, which was almost as good as being alone. We were curled up on my small bed, intertwined as much as it was possible, considering the thick afghan I was swathed in like a cocoon. I hated the necessity of the blanket, but it sort of ruined the romance when my teeth started chattering. Charlie would notice if I turned the heat on in August___

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At least, if had to be bundled up, Edward’s shirt was on the floor. I never got over the shock of how perfect his body was - white, cool, and polished as marble. I ran my hand down his stone chest now, tracing across the flat planes of his stomach, just marveling. A light shudder rippled through him, and his mouth found mine again. Carefully, I let the tip of my tongue press against his glass-smooth lip, and he sighed. His sweet breath washed - cold and delicious - over my face.

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He started to pull away - that was his automatic response whenever he decided things had gone too far, his reflex reaction whenever he most wanted to keep going. Edward had spent most of his life rejecting any kind of physical gratification. I knew it was terrifying to him trying to change those habits now.

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"Wait," I said, gripping his shoulders and hugging myself close to him. I kicked one leg free and wrapped it around his waist. "Practice makes perfect."

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He chuckled. "Well, we should be fairly close to perfection by this point, then, shouldn’t we? Have you slept at all in the last month?"

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"But this is the dress rehearsal," I reminded him, "and we’ve only practiced certain scenes. It’s no time for playing safe."

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I thought he would laugh, but he didn’t answer, and his body was motionless with sudden stress. The gold in his eyes seemed to harden from a liquid to a solid.

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I thought over my words, realized what he would have heard in them.

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"Bella...," he whispered.

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"Don’t start this again," I said. "A deal’s a deal."

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"I don’t know. It’s too hard to concentrate when you’re with me like this. I - I can’t think straight. I won’t be able to control myself. You’ll get hurt."

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"I’ll be fine."

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"Bella . .."

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"Shh!" I pressed my lips to his to stop his panic attack. I’d heard it before. He wasn’t getting out of this deal. Not after insisting I marry him first.

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He kissed me back for a moment, but I could tell he wasn’t as into it as before. Worrying, always worrying. How different it would be when he didn’t need to worry about me anymore. What would he do with all his free time? He’d have to get a new hobby.

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"How are your feet?" he asked.

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Knowing he didn’t mean that literally, I answered, Toasty warm."

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"Really? No second thoughts? It’s not too late to change your mind."

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"Are you trying to ditch me?"

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He chuckled. "Just making sure. I don’t want you to do anything you’re not sure about."

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"I’m sure about you. The rest I can live through."

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He hesitated, and I wondered if I’d put my foot in my mouth again.

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"Can you?" he asked quietly. "I don’t mean the wedding - which I am positive you will survive despite your qualms - but afterward... what about Renee, what about Charlie?"

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I sighed. "I’ll miss them." Worse, that they would miss me, but I didn’t want to give him any fuel.

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"Angela and Ben and Jessica and Mike."

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"I’ll miss my friends, too." I smiled in the darkness. "Especially Mike. Oh, Mike! How will I go on?"

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He growled.

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I laughed but then was serious. "Edward, we’ve been through this and through this. I know it will be hard, but this is what I want. I want you, and I want you forever. One lifetime is simply not enough for me."

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"Frozen forever at eighteen," he whispered.

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"Every woman’s dream come true," I teased.

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"Never changing... never moving forward."

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"What does that mean?"

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He answered slowly. "Do you remember when we told Charlie we were getting married? And he thought you were... pregnant?"

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"And he thought about shooting you," I guessed with a laugh. "Admit it - for one second, he honestly considered it."

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He didn’t answer.

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"What, Edward?"

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"I just wish... well, I wish that he’d been right."

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"Gah," I gasped.

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"More that there was some way he could have been. That we had that kind of potential. I hate taking that away from you, too."

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It took me a minute. "I know what I’m doinq."

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"How could you know that, Bella? Look at my mother, look at my sister. It’s not as easy a sacrifice as youimagine."

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"Esme and Rosalie get by just fine. If it’s a problem later, we can do what Esme did - we’ll adopt."

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He sighed, and then his voice was fierce. "It’s not right I don’t want you to have to make sacrifices for me. I want to give you things, not take things away from you. I don’t want to steal your future. If I were human - "

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I put my hand over his lips. "You are my future. Now stop. No moping, or I’m calling your brothers to come and get you. Maybe you need a bachelor party."

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"I’m sorry. I am moping, aren’t I? Must be the nerves."

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"Are your feet cold?"

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"Not in that sense. I’ve been waiting a century to marry you, Miss Swan. The wedding ceremony is the one thing I can’t wait - " He broke off mid-thought. "Oh, for the love of all that’s holy!"

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"What’s wrong?"

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He gritted his teeth. "You don’t have to call my brothers. Apparently Emmett and Jasper are not going to let me bow out tonight."

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I clutched him closer for one second and then released him. I didn’t have a prayer of winning a tug-of-war with Emmett. "Have fun."

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There was a squeal against the window - someone deliberately scraping their steel nails across the glass to make a horrible, cover-your-ears, goose-bumps-down-your-spine noise. I shuddered.

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"If you don’t send Edward out," Emmett - still invisible in the night - hissed menacingly, "we’re coming in after him!"

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"Go," I laughed. "Before they break my house."

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Edward rolled his eyes, but he got to his feet in one fluid movement and had his shirt back on in another. He leaned down and kissed my forehead.

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"Get to sleep. You’ve got a big day tomorrow."

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"Thanks! That’s sure to help me wind down."

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"I’ll meet you at the altar."

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"HI be the one in white." I smiled at how perfectly blase I sounded.

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He chuckled, said, "Very convincing," and then suddenly sank into a crouch, his muscles coiled like a spring. He vanished - launching himself out my window too swiftly for my eyes to follow.

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Outside, there was a muted thud, and I heard Emmett curse.

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"You’d better not make him late," I murmured, knowing they could hear.

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And then Jaspers face was peering in my window, his honey hair silver in the weak moonlight that worked through the clouds.

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"Don’t worry, Bella. We’ll get him home in plenty of time."

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I was suddenly very calm, and my qualms all seemed unimportant. Jasper was, in his own way, just as talented as Alice with her uncannily accurate predictions. Jasper’s medium was moods rather than the future, and it was impossible to resist feeling the way he wanted you to feel.

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I sat up awkwardly, still tangled in my blanket. "Jasper? What do vampires do for bachelor parties? You’re not taking him to a strip club, are you?"

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"Don’t tell her anything!" Emmett growled from below. There was another thud, and Edward laughed quietly.

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"Relax," Jasper told me - and I did. "We Cullens have our own version. Just a few mountain lions, a couple of grizzly bears. Pretty much an ordinary night out."

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I wondered if I would ever be able to sound so cavalier about the "vegetarian" vampire diet.

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"Thanks, Jasper."

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He winked and dropped from sight.

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It was completely silent outside. Charlie’s muffled snores droned through the walls.

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I lay back against my pillow, sleepy now. I stared at the walls of my little room, bleached pale in the moonlight, from under heavy lids.

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My last night in my room. My last night as Isabella Swan. Tomorrow night, I would be Bella Cullen. Though the whole marriage ordeal was a thorn in my side, I had to admit that I liked the sound of that.

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I let my mind wander idly for a moment, expecting sleep to take me. But, after a few minutes, I found myself more alert, anxiety creeping back into my stomach, twisting it into uncomfortable positions. The bed seemed too soft, too warm without Edward in it. Jasper was far away, and all the peaceful, relaxed feelings were gone with him.

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It was going to be a very long day tomorrow.

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I was aware that most of my fears were stupid - I just had to get over myself. Attention was an inevitable part of life. I couldn’t always blend in with the scenery. However, I did have a few specific worries that were completely valid.

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First there was the wedding dress’s train. Alice clearly had let her artistic sense overpower practicalities on that one. Maneuvering the Cullens’ staircase in heels and a train sounded impossible. I should have practiced.

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Then there was the guest list.

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Tanya’s family, the Denali clan, would be arriving sometime before the ceremony.

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It would be touchy to have Tanya’s family in the same room with our guests from the Quileute reservation, Jacob’s father and the Clearwaters. The Denalis were no fans of the werewolves. In fact, Tanya’s sister irina was not coming to the wedding at all. She still nursed a vendetta against the werewolves for killing her friend Laurent (just as he was about to kill me). Thanks to that grudge, the Denalis had abandoned Edward’s family in their worst hour of need. It had been the unlikely alliance with the Quileute wolves that had saved all our lives when the horde of newborn vampires had attacked___

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Edward had promised me it wouldn’t be dangerous to have the Denalis near the Quileutes. Tanya and all herfamily - besides Irina - felt horribly guilty for that defection. A truce with the werewolves was a small price to make up some of that debt, a price they were prepared to pay.

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That was the big problem, but there was a small problem, too: my fragile self-esteem.

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I’d never seen Tanya before, but I was sure that meeting her wouldn’t be a pleasant experience for my ego. Once upon a time, before I was born probably, she’d made her play for Edward - not that I blamed her or anyone else for wanting him. Still, she would be beautiful at the very least and magnificent at best. Though Edward clearly - if inconceivably - preferred me, I wouldn’t be able to help making comparisons.

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I had grumbled a little until Edward, who knew my weaknesses, made me feel guilty.

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"We’re the closest thing they have to family, Bella,’7he’d reminded me. "They still feel like orphans, you know, even after all this time."

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So I’d conceded, hiding my frown.

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Tanya had a big family now, almost as big as the Cullens. There were five of them; Tanya, Kate, and Irina had been joined by Carmen and Eleazar much the same way the Cullens had been joined by Alice and Jasper, all of them bonded by their desire to live more compassionately than normal vampires did.

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For all the company, though, Tanya and her sisters were still alone in one way. Still in mourning. Because a very long time ago, they’d had a mother, too.

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I could imagine the hole that loss would leave, even after a thousand years; I tried to visualize the Cullen family without their creator, their center, and their guide - their father, Carlisle. I couldn’t see it.

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Carlisle had explained Tanya’s history during one of the many nights I’d stayed late at the Cullens’ home, learning as much as I could, preparing as much as was possible for the future I’d chosen. Tanya’s mother’s story was one among many, a cautionary tale illustrating just one of the rules I would need to be aware of when I joined the immortal world. Only one rule, actually - one law that broke down into a thousand different facets: Keep the secret.

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Keeping the secret meant a lot of things - living inconspicuously like the Cullens, moving on before humans could suspect they weren’t aging. Or keeping clear of humans altogether - except at mealtime - the way nomads like James and Victoria had lived; the way Jasper’s friends, Peter and Charlotte, still lived. It meant keeping control of whatever new vampires you created, like Jasper had done when he’d lived with Maria. Like Victoria had failed to do with her newborns.

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And it meant not creating some things in the first place, because some creations were uncontrollable.

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"I don’t know Tanya’s mother’s name," Carlisle had admitted, his golden eyes, almost the exact shade of his fair hair, sad with remembering Tanya’s pain. "They never speak of her if they can avoid it, never think ofherwillingly.

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"The woman who created Tanya, Kate, and Irina - who loved them, I believe - lived many years before I was born, during a time of plague in our world, the plague of the immortal children.

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"What they were thinking, those ancient ones, I can’t begin to understand. They created vampires out of humans who were barely more than infants."

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I’d had to swallow back the bile that rose in my throat as I’d pictured what he was describing.

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"They were very beautiful," Carlisle had explained quickly, seeing my reaction. "So endearing, so enchanting, you can’t imagine. You had but to be near them to love them; it was an automatic thing.

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"However, they could not be taught. They were frozen at whatever level of development they’d achieved before

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being bitten. Adorable two-year-olds with dimples and lisps that could destroy half a village in one of their tantrums. If they hungered, they fed, and no words of warning could restrain them. Humans saw them, stories circulated, fear spread like fire in dry brush___

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"Tanya’s mother created such a child. As with the other ancients, i cannot fathom her reasons." He’d taken a deep, steadying breath. "The Volturi became involved, of course."

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I’d flinched as I always did at that name, but of course the legion of Italian vampires - royalty in their own estimation - was central to this story. There couldn’t be a law if there was no punishment; there couldn’t be a punishment if there was no one to deliver it. The ancients Aro, Caius, and Marcus ruled the Volturi forces; I’d only met them once, but in that brief encounter, it seemed to me that Aro, with his powerful mind-reading gift - one touch, and he knew every thought a mind had ever held - was the true leader.

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"The Volturi studied the immortal children, at home in Volterra and all around the world. Caius decided the young ones were incapable of protecting our secret. And so they had to be destroyed.

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"I told you they were loveable. Well, covens fought to the last man - were utterly decimated - to protect them. The carnage was not as widespread as the southern wars on this continent, but more devastating in its own way. Long-established covens, old traditions, friends... Much was lost. In the end, the practice was completely eliminated. The immortal children became unmentionable, a taboo.

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"When I lived with the Volturi, I met two immortal children, so I know firsthand the appeal they had. Aro studied the little ones for many years after the catastrophe they’d caused was over. You know his inquisitive disposition; he was hopeful that they could be tamed. But in the end, the decision was unanimous: the immortal children could not be allowed to exist."

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I’d all but forgotten the Denali sisters’ mother when the story returned to her.

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"It is unclear precisely what happened with Tanya’s mother," Carlisle had said. "Tanya, Kate, and irina were entirely oblivious until the day the Volturi came for them, their mother and her illegal creation already their prisoners. It was ignorance that saved Tanya’s and her sisters’ lives. Aro touched them and saw their total innocence, so they were not punished with their mother.

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"None of them had ever seen the boy before, or dreamed of his existence, until the day they watched him burn in their mother’s arms. I can only guess that their mother had kept her secret to protect them from this exact outcome. But why had she created him in the first place? Who was he, and what had he meant to her that would cause her to cross this most uncrossable of lines? Tanya and the others never received an answer to any of these questions. But they could not doubt their mother’s guilt, and I don’t think they’ve ever truly forgiven her.

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"Even with Aro’s perfect assurance that Tanya, Kate, and Irina were innocent, Caius wanted them to burn. Guilty by association. They were lucky that Aro felt like being merciful that day. Tanya and her sisters were pardoned, but left with unhealing hearts and a very healthy respect for the law___"

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I’m not sure where exactly the memory turned into a dream. One moment it seemed that I was listening to Carlisle in my memory, looking at his face, and then a moment later I was looking at a gray, barren field and smelling the thick scent of burning incense in the air. I was not alone there.

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The huddle of figures in the center of the field, all shrouded in ashy cloaks, should have terrified me? - they could only be Volturi, and I was, against what they’d decreed at our last meeting, still human. But I knew, as I sometimes did in dreams, that I was invisible to them.

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Scattered all around me were smoking heaps. I recognized the sweetness in the air and did not examine the mounds too closely. I had no desire to see the faces of the vampires they had executed, half afraid that I might recognize someone in the smoldering pyres.

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The Volturi soldiers stood in a circle around something or someone, and I heard their whispery voices raised in agitation. I edged closer to the cloaks, compelled by the dream to see whatever thing or person they were examining with such intensity. Creeping carefully between two of the tall hissing shrouds, I finally saw the object of their debate, raised up on a little hillock above them.

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He was beautiful, adorable, just as Carlisle had described. The boy was a toddler still, maybe two years of age. Light brown curls framed his cherubic face with its round cheeks and full lips. And he was trembling, his eyes closed as if he was too frightened to watch death coming closer every second.

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I was struck with such a powerful need to save the lovely, terrified child that the Volturi, despite all their devastating menace, no longer mattered to me. I shoved past them, not caring if they realized my presence. Breaking free of them altogether, I sprinted toward the boy.

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Only to stagger to a halt as I got a clear view of the hillock that he sat upon. It was not earth and rock, but a pile of human bodies, drained and lifeless. Too late not to see these faces. I knew them all? - Angela, Ben, Jessica, Mike.... And directly beneath the adorable boy were the bodies of my father and my mother.

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The child opened his bright, bloodred eyes.
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