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           WhenLaurentspoke,histonewassoothing-tryingtodefusethesuddenhostility."Itappearswehavealottolearnabouteachother."

           "Indeed."Carlisle’svoicewasstillcool.

           "Butwe’dliketoacceptyourinvitation."HiseyesflickedtowardmeandbacktoCarlisle."And,ofcourse,wewillnotharmthehumangirl.Wewon’thuntinyourrange,asIsaid."

           JamesglancedindisbeliefandaggravationatLaurentandexchangedanotherbrieflookwithVictoria,whoseeyesstillflickerededgilyfromfacetoface.

           CarlislemeasuredLaurent’sopenexpressionforamomentbeforehespoke."We’llshowyoutheway.Jasper,Rosalie,Esme?"hecalled.Theygatheredtogether,blockingmefromviewastheyconverged.Alicewasinstantlyatmyside,andEmmettfellbackslowly,hiseyeslockedonJamesashe

           backedtowardus.

           "Let’sgo,Bella."Edward’svoicewaslowandbleak.

           ThiswholetimeI’dbeenrootedinplace,terrifiedintoabsoluteimmobility.Edwardhadtogripmyelbowandpullsharplytobreakmytrance.AliceandEmmettwereclosebehindus,hidingme.IstumbledalongsideEdward,stillstunnedwithfear.Icouldn’thearifthemaingrouphadleftyet.Edward’simpatiencewasalmosttangibleaswemovedathumanspeedtotheforestedge.

           Oncewewereintothetrees,Edwardslungmeoverhisbackwithoutbreakingstride.Igrippedastightlyaspossibleashetookoff,theotherscloseonhisheels.Ikeptmyheaddown,butmyeyes,widewithfright,wouldn’tclose.Theyplungedthroughthenow-blackforestlikewraiths.