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〃I'll catch up next year。〃 
〃Maybe you should talk to your parents about that。〃 
The door opened behind me; but who ever it was did not think of me; so I ignored 
the arrival and concentrated on Mrs。 Cope。  I leaned slightly closer; and held my eyes a 
little wider。  This would work better if they were gold instead of black。  The blackness 
frightened people; as it should。 
〃Please; Mrs。 Cope?〃 I made my voice as smooth and compelling as it could be— 
and it could be considerably compelling。  〃Isn't there some other section I could switch 
to?  I'm sure there has to be an open slot somewhere?  Sixth hour biology can't be the 
only option?〃 
I smiled at her; careful not to flash my teeth so widely that it would scare her; 
letting the expression soften my face。 
Her heart drummed faster。  Too young; she reminded herself frantically。  〃Well; 
maybe I could talk to Bob—I mean Mr。 Banner。  I could see if—〃 
? 2008 Stephenie Meyer 
 
20 

A second was all it took to change everything: the atmosphere in the room; my 
mission here; the reason I leaned toward the red…haired woman?  What had been for one 
purpose before was now for another。 
A second was all it took for Samantha Wells to open the door and place a signed 
tardy slip in the basket by the door; and hurry out again; in a rush to be away from school。 
A second was all it took for the sudden gust of wind through the open door to crash into 
me。  A second was all it took for me to realize why that first person through the door had 
not interrupted me with her thoughts。 
I turned; though I did not need to make sure。  I turned slowly; fighting to control 
the muscles that rebelled against me。 
Bella Swan stood with her back pressed to the wall beside the door; a piece of 
paper clutched in her hands。  Her eyes were even wider than usual as she took in my 
ferocious; inhuman glare。 
The smell of her blood saturated every particle of air in the tiny; hot room。  My 
throat burst into flames。 
The monster glared back at me from the mirror of her eyes again; a mask of evil。 
My hand hesitated in the air above the counter。  I would not have to look back in 
order to reach across it and slam Mrs。 Cope's head into her desk with enough force to kill 
her。  Two lives; rather than twenty。  A trade。 
The monster waited anxiously; hungrily; for me to do it。 
But there was always a choice—there had to be。 
I cut off the motion of my lungs; and fixed Carlisle's face in front of my eyes。  I 
turned back to face Mrs。 Cope; and heard her internal surprise at the change in my 
expression。  She shrank away from me; but her fear did not form into coherent words。 
Using all the control I'd mastered in my decades of self…denial; I made my voice 
even and smooth。  There was just enough air left in my lungs to speak once more; rushing 
through the words。 
〃Nevermind; then。  I can see that it's impossible。  Thank you so much for your 
help。〃 
I spun and launched myself from the room; trying not to feel the warm…blooded 
heat of the girl's body as I passed within inches of it。 
? 2008 Stephenie Meyer 
 
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I didn't stop until I was in my car; moving too fast the entire way there。  Most of 
the humans had cleared out already; so there weren't a lot of witnesses。  I heard a 
sophomore; D。J。 Garrett; notice; and then disregard? 
Where did Cullen come from—it was like he just came out of thin air?  There I 
go; with the imagination again。  Mom always says? 
When I slid into my Volvo; the others were already there。  I tried to control my 
breathing; but I was gasping at the fresh air like I'd been suffocated。 
〃Edward?〃 Alice asked; alarm in her voice。 
I just shook my head at her。 
〃What the hell happened to you?〃 Emmett demanded; distracted; for the moment; 
from the fact that Jasper was not in the mood for his rematch。 
Instead of answering; I threw the car into reverse。  I had to get out of this lot 
before Bella Swan could follow me here; too。  My own person demon; haunting me?  I 
swung the car around and accelerated。  I hit forty before I was on the road。  On the road; I 
hit seventy before I made the corner。 
Without looking; I knew that Emmett; Rosalie and Jasper had all turned to stare at 
Alice。  She shrugged。  She couldn't see what had passed; only what was coming。 
She looked ahead for me now。  We both processed what she saw in her head; and 
we were both surprised。 
〃You're leaving?〃 she whispered。 
The others stared at me now。 
〃Am I?〃 I hissed through my teeth。 
She saw it then; as my resolve wavered and another choice spun my future in a 
darker direction。 
〃Oh。〃 
Bella Swan; dead。  My eyes; glowing crimson with fresh blood。  The search that 
would follow。  The careful time we would wait before it was safe for us to pull out and 
start again? 
〃Oh;〃 she said again。  The picture grew more specific。  I saw the inside of Chief 
Swan's house for the first time; saw Bella in a small kitchen with the yellow cupboards; 
her back to me as I stalked her from the shadows?let the scent pull me toward her? 
? 2008 Stephenie Meyer 
 
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〃Stop!〃 I groaned; not able to bear more。 
〃Sorry;〃 she whispered; her eyes wide。 
The monster rejoiced。 
And the vision in her head shifted again。  An empty highway at night; the trees 
beside it coated in snow; flashing by at almost two hundred miles per hour。 
〃I'll miss you;〃 she said。  〃No matter how short a time you're gone。〃 
Emmett and Rosalie exchanged an apprehensive glance。 
We were almost to the turn off onto the long drive that led to our home。 
〃Drop us here;〃 Alice instructed。  〃You should tell Carlisle yourself。〃 
I nodded; and the car squealed to a sudden stop。 
Emmett; Rosalie and Jasper got out in silence; they would make Alice explain 
when I was gone。  Alice touched my shoulder。 
〃You will do the right thing;〃 she murmured。  Not a vision this time—an order。 
〃She's Charlie Swan's only family。  It would kill him; too。〃 
〃Yes;〃 I said; agreeing only with the last part。 
She slid out to join the others; her eyebrows pulling together in anxiety。  They 
melted into woods; out of sight before I could turn the car around。 
I accelerated back toward town; and I knew the visions in Alice's head would be 
flashing from dark to bright like a strobe light。  As I sped back to Forks doing ninety; I 
wasn't sure where I was going。  To say goodbye to my father?  Or to embrace the 
monster inside me?  The road flew away beneath my tires。 
? 2008 Stephenie Meyer 
 
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2。  Open Book 
I leaned back against the soft snow bank; letting the dry powder reshape itself around my 
weight。  My skin had cooled to match the air around me; and the tiny pieces of ice felt 
like velvet under my skin。 
The sky above me was clear; brilliant with stars; glowing blue in some places; 
yellow in others。  The stars created majestic; swirling shapes against the black universe— 
an awesome sight。  Exquisitely beautiful。  Or rather; it should have been exquisite。 
Would have been; if I'd been able to really see it。 
It wasn't getting any better。  Six days had passed; six days I'd hidden here in the 
empty Denali wilderness; but I was no closer to freedom than I had been since the first 
moment that I'd caught her scent。 
When I stared up at the jeweled sky; it was as if there were an obstruction 
between my eyes and their beauty。  The obstruction was a face; just an unremarkable 
human face; but I couldn't quite seem to banish it from my mind。 
I heard the approaching thoughts before I heard the footsteps that accompanied 
them。  The sound of movement was only a faint whisper against the powder。 
I was not surprised that Tanya had followed me here。  I knew she'd been mulling 
over this coming conversation for the last few days; putting it off until she was sure of 
exactly what she wanted to say。 
She sprang into sight about sixty yards away; leaping onto the tip of an 
outcropping of black rock and balancing there on the balls of her bare feet。 
Tanya's skin was silver in the starlight; and her long blond curls shone pale; 
almost pink with their strawberry tint。  Her amber eyes glinted as she spied me; half… 
buried in the snow; and her full lips stretched slowly into a smile。 
Exquisite。  If I'd really been able to see her。  I sighed。 
She crouched down on the point of the stone; her fingertips touching the rock; her 
body coiled。 
Cannonball; she thought。 
? 2008 Stephenie Meyer 
 
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She launched herself into the air; her shape became a dark; twisting shadow as she 
spun gracefully between me and the stars。  She curled herself into a ball just as she struck 
the piled snow bank beside me。 
A blizzard of snow flew up around me。  The stars went black and I was buried 
deep in the feathery ice crystals。 
I sighed again; but didn't move to unearth myself。  The blackness under the snow 
neither hurt nor improved the view。  I still saw the same face。 
〃Edward?〃 
Then snow was flying again as Tanya swiftly disinterred me。  She brushed the 
powder from my unmoving face; not quite meeting my eyes。 
〃Sorry;〃 she murmured。  〃It was a joke。〃 
〃I know。  It was funny。〃 
Her mouth twisted down。 
〃Irina and Kate said I should leave you alone。  They think I'm annoying you。〃 
〃Not at all;〃 I assured her。  〃On the contrary; I'm the one who's being rude— 
abominably rude。  I'm very sorry。〃 
You're going home; aren't you?  she thought。 
〃I haven't?entirely?decided that yet。〃 
But you're not staying here。  Her thought was wistful now; sad。 
〃No。  It doesn't seem to be?helping。〃 
She grimaced。  〃That's my fault; isn't it?〃 
〃Of course not;〃 I lied smoothly。 
Don't be a gentleman。 
I smiled。 
I make you uncomfortable; she accused。 
〃No。〃 
She raised one eyebrow; her expression so disbelieving that I had to laugh。  One 
short laugh; followed by another sigh。 
〃All right;〃 I admitted。  〃A little bit。〃 
She sighed; too; and put her chin in her hands。  Her thoughts were chagrined。 
? 2008 Stephenie Meyer 
 
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〃You're a thousand times lovelier than the stars; Tanya。  Of course; you're 
already well aware of that。  Don't let my stubbornness undermine your confidence。〃  I 
chuckled at the unlikeliness of that。 
〃I'm not used to rejection;〃 

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