201. In that moment, I knew that I was alone. All alone. I wanted to kick myself when I realized how much I’d been counting on that loathsome vampire. How stupid – as if you could ever trust a leech! Of course he would betray me in the end. (Jacob)
202. Nice girl who knew cars. Wow. I stared at her face harder, wishing I knew how to make it work. C’mon, Jake – imprint already. (Jacob)
203. I stared at Edward, feeling sort of like my eyes might pop out of their sockets. Underneath that disbelief, I could see right away that this was the critical factor. This was what had changed Edward – that the monster had convinced him of this love. He couldn’t hate what loved Bella. It was probably why he couldn’t hate me, either. There was a big difference, though. I wasn’t killing her. (Jacob)
204. I want your permission to deviate from what we agreed to in our treaty with Ephraim. I want you to grant us an exception. I want your permission to save her life. You know I’ll do it anyway, but I don’t want to break faith with you if there is any way to avoid it. We never intended to go back on our word, and we don’t do it lightly now. I want your understanding, Jacob, because you know exactly why we do this. I want the alliance between our families to survive when this is over. (Edward)
205. Crazy how easy it was, walking through the dark with a vampire right beside me. It didn’t feel unsafe, or even uncomfortable, really. It felt like walking next to anybody. Well, anybody who smelled bad. (Jacob)
206. Rose’ll catch me if I trip over my feet. Which could happen pretty easily, since I can’t see them. (Bella)
207. You stay with me now, Bella! Do you hear me? Stay! You’re not leaving me! Keep your heart beating! (Jacob)
208. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men… But there was nothing there, just me, just him. Working over a corpse. Because that’s all that was left of the girl we both loved. This broken, bled-out, mangled corpse. We couldn’t put Bella together again. (Jacob)
209. Of course it would want blood. What else would you feed the kind of monster that would brutally mutilate its own mother? It might as well have been drinking Bella’s blood. Maybe itwas. (Jacob)
210. Why should I let him get away from what he’d done? Wouldn’t it be more fair – more satisfying – to let him live with nothing, nothing at all? (Jacob)
211. Everything inside me came undone as I stared at the tiny porcelain face of the half-vampire, half-human baby. All the lines that held me to my life were sliced apart in swift cuts, like clipping the strings to a bunch of balloons. Everything that made me who I was – my love for the dead girl upstairs, my love for my father, my loyalty to my new pack, the love for my other brothers, my hatred for my enemies, my home, my name, my self – disconnected from me in that second – snip, snip, snip – and floated up into space. I was not left drifting. A new string held me where I was. (Jacob)
212. The gravity of the earth no longer tied me to the place where I stood. It was the baby girl in the blond vampire’s arms that held me here now. Renesmee. (Jacob)
213. Her tiny face was so absolutely perfect that it stunned me. She was even more beautiful than her father. Unbelievable. Impossible. (Bella)
214. I had done it. Against the odds, I had been strong enough to survive Renesmee, to hold on to her until she was strong enough to live without me. (Bella)
215. It was harder not to answer this voice, but I stayed paralyzed. I knew that the pain in his voice now was nothing compared to what it could be. Right now he only feared that I was suffering. (Bella)
216. She’s going to be dazzling. (Alice)
217. Edward didn’t answer, but Alice’s words gave me hope that maybe I didn’t resemble the charcoal briquette I felt like. It seemed as if I must be just a pile of charred bones by now. Every cell in my body had been razed to ash. (Bella)
218. Oh. Of course. Edward wouldn’t feel cold to me. We were the same temperature now. (Bella)
219. Jasper and Emmett were in the front to protect the others, as I had assumed. What I hadn’t grasped immediately was that I was the
danger. (Bella)
220. He smiled the kind of smile that would have stopped my heart if it were still beating. (Bella)
221. Don’t panic, love. You’re just a bit stronger than I am for the moment. (EDward)
222. I was stronger than Edward. I’d made him say ow. (Bella)
223. It was like he’d never kissed me – like this was our first kiss. And, in truth, he’d never kissed me this way before. It almost made me feel guilty. Surely I was in breach of the contract. I shouldn’t be allowed to have this, too. (Bella)
224. You’ve been holding out on me. (Bella)
225. Now it’s your turn to not break me. (Edward)
226. Let’s hunt, Bella. (Edward)
227. You promised I could be there the first time! What if you two run past something reflective? (Alice)
228. I stared at the beautiful woman with the terrifying eyes, looking for pieces of me. There was something there in the shape of her lips – if you looked past the dizzying beauty, it was true that her upper lip was slightly out of balance, a bit too full to match the lower. Finding this familiar little flaw made me feel a tiny bit better. Maybe the rest of me was in there, too. (Bella)
229. I was rather hoping that I’d be able to hear your mind, now that it is more similar to my own. And here I am, as frustrated as ever, wondering what could possibly be going on inside your head. (Edward)
230. I guess my brain will never work right. At least I’m pretty. (Bella)
231. Bella, you have never been merely pretty. (Edward)
232. We have all eternity, and you’re worried about the time it would take to walk to the back door? (Bella)
233. Right. I was the monster now. I had to keep away from scents that might trigger my wild side. From the people that I loved in particular. Even the ones I didn’t really know yet. (Bella)
234. And I was very conscious of my family behind me, watching silently. Mostly silently. Emmett had already chuckled under his breath once. One mistake, and he’d be rolling on the floor. Then the jokes about the world’s only clumsy vampire would start. (Bella)
235. That was quite graceful – even for a vampire. (Edward)
236. It was the first time anyone had ever applied the word graceful to me in my entire life… or, well, existence anyway. (Bella)
237. I’m not laughing at you, Bella. I’m laughing because I am in shock. And I am in shock because I am completely amazed. (Edward)
238. You shouldn’t be able to do any of this. You shouldn’t be so… so rational. You shouldn’t be able to stand here discussing this with me calmly and coolly. And, much more than any of that, you should not have been able to break off mid-hunt with the scent of human blood in the air. Even mature vampires have difficulty with that – we’re always careful of where we hunt so as not to put ourselves in the path of temptation. Bella, you’re behaving like you’re decades rather than days old. (Edward)
239. What wouldn’t I give to be able to see into your mind for just this one moment. (Edward)
240. Oops. I didn’t mean to tackle you like that. Are you okay? (Bella)
241. The only parents in the world who don’t need sleep, and our child already sleeps through the night. (Edward)
242. Jacob isn’t suffering. Though I might be willing to change his condition. (Edward)
243. I gotta say it, Bells. You’re a freak show. (Jacob)
244. Wath yourself, mongrel. (Edward)
245. Maybe I’m hoping she’ll get irritated and rip your head off. (Edward)
246. Huh. I can see what everyone’s been going on about. You stink, Jacob. (Bella)
247. Jacob just kept grinning. This made me feel hopeful that things were going to be right between us, the way they hadn’t been for so long now. Maybe now I could truly be his friend, since I disgusted him enough physically that he couldn’t love me the same way as before. Maybe that was all I needed. (Bella)
248. We’ll take care of you, Bella. Don’t worry, we’ll be ready. None of us would risk Renesmee. I think you’ll be surprised at how entirely she’s already wrapped us all around her little fingers. She’ll be perfectly safe, no matter what. (Edward)
249. Did ya get in a couple of good swipes? (Emmett)
250. Just because I understand, it doesn’t mean I won’t throw you out, Jacob. Bella’s doing extraordinarily well. Don’t ruin the moment for her. (Edward)
251. I’ll help him toss you, dog. I owe you a good kick in the gut. (Rosalie)
252. Edward, I don’t want to hurt you, so please let go of me. (Bella)
253. You stupid mutt! How could you! My baby! (Bella)
254. I’ve held her all of one time, and already you think you have some moronic wolfy claim on her? She’s mine. (Bella)
255. How dare you imprint on my baby? Have you lost your mind? (Bella)
256. You said we belonged in each other’s lives, right? That we were family. You said that was how you and I were supposed to be. So… now we are. It’s what you want. (Jacob)
257. You think you’ll be part of my family as my son-in-law! (Bella)
258. Stop her, Edward. She’ll be unhappy if she hurts him. (Esme)
259. She hasn’t gone for his throat even once. (Carlisle)
260. Run away while you still can. (Bella)
261. You nicknamed my daughter after the Loch Ness Monster? (Bella)
262. Edward was still apologizing, and I didn’t think that was either fair or appropriate. After all, Edward hadn’t tried to rip Jacob’s head off – Jacob, who wouldn’t even phase to protect himself – and then accidentally broken Seth’s shoulder and collarbone when he jumped in between. Edward hadn’t almost killed his best friend. (Bella)
263. Bella, love, no one is judging you. You’re doing so well. (Edward)
264. I tried to erase the anger from my system entirely, but it was hard, knowing that Jacob was outside with Renesmee right now. Keeping her safe from me, the crazed newborn. (Bella)
265. I mean, at least you didn’t bite me or anything. That would’ve sucked. (Seth)
266. Lucky thing Ness – Renesmee’s not venomous. ‘Cause she bites Jake all the time. (Seth)
267. I wish treating humans were this instantaneously gratifying. (Carlisle)
268. Jacob, I thought, despite myself. Though that yearning was both vanished and defined – and I was vastly relieved that it was – he was still my friend. Someone who knew the real me and accepted her. Even has a monster. (Bella)
269. Thirstiness was way down the list right now. Besides, Renesmee smelled good in a very non-food way. (Bella)
270. Renesmee smiled her brilliant smile, and her memory eyes did not leave Jacob through all the following mess. I tasted a new flavor to the memory – not exactly protective, more possessive – as she watched Jacob. I got the distinct impression that she was glad Seth had put himself in front of my spring. She didn’t want Jacob hurt. He was hers. (Bella)
271. It’s just because he tastes better than the rest of us. (Edward)
272. For a tiny space, I was disappointed. What? No magic visions, no formidable offensive abilities like, oh, shooting lightning bolts from my eyes or something? Nothing helpful or cool at all? (Bella)
273. I know – I’ll play you for it. Rock, paper, scissors. (Alice)
274. She has never been set down in her entire life. She’s going to be the most spoiled half-vampire in existence. (Alice)
275. I wasn’t afraid of hitting a tree; the tree would be the only one getting hurt in that scenario. (Bella)
276. You’re giving me a house for my birthday? (Bella)
277. Edward had always thought that he belonged to the world of horror stories. Of course, I’d known that he was dead wrong. It was obvious that he belonged here. In a fairy tale. And now I was in the story with him. (Bella)
278. I sighed. My baby, the sea serpent. Maybe there was no help for it. Well, I wasn’t giving in. (Bella)
279. We’re going to tell Alice that I ran right to the clothes. We’re going to tell her I spent hours in there playing dress-up. We’re going to lie. (Bella)
280. He had the most beautiful, perfect body in the world and I had him all to myself, and it didn’t feel like I was every going to find a point where I would think, Now I’ve had enough for one day. I was always going to want more. And the day was never going to end. So, in such a situation, how did we ever stop? It didn’t bother me at all that I had no answer. (Bella)
281. So it’s still standing? I would’ve thought you two had knocked it to rubble by now. What were you doing last night? Discussing the national debt? (Emmett)
282. The more time he spends here, the less chance there is that we’ll ever get the smell out. (Rosalie)
283. I’m sure you’ll ace your classes… apparently there’s nothing interesting for you to do at night besides study. (Emmett)
284. Look at you! You need me to show you how to use your closet. (Alice)
285. That’s just a theory, mongrel. You think we should test it out on Charlie? Did you consider the physical pain you’re putting Bella through, even if she can resist? Or the emotional pain if she doesn’t? I suppose what happens to Bella no longer concerns you! (Edward)
286. He’s brave. Brave as you are. Didn’t pass out or throw up or anything. I gotta say, I was impressed. You should’ve seen his face when I started taking my clothes off, though. Priceless. (Jacob)
287. You have thirty seconds to tell me every single word before I give Renesmee to Rosalie and rip your miserable head off. Seth won’t be able to stop me this time. (Bella)
288. Jeez, Bells. You didn’t used to be so melodramatic. Is that a vampire thing? (Jacob)
289. After a few minutes, he asked, real quietly, if you turned into an animal, too. And I said, ‘She wishes she was that cool!’ (Jacob)
290. Bella, things are different with us now, but you’ll always be my best friend, and I’ll always love you. But I’ll love you the right way now. There’s finally a balance. We both have people we can’t live without. (Jacob)
291. If I don’t kill Charlie tonight, I’ll consider forgiving you for this. (Bella)
292. I’m actually holding her so that my hands aren’t free to kill you, Jacob. (Bella)
293. No, I don’t care if you bite Jacob. That’s fine. (Edward)
294. As far as Charlie knows, you’re the most repulsive monster of us all. (Edward)
295. You gonna make me a grandpa so young? (Charlie)
296. ‘Bout time somebody scored around here. (Emmett)
297. Sturdy if good. She’ll need to be tough, surrounded by all this craziness. Prettiest baby I ever saw, including you, kid. Sorry, but it’s true. (Charlie)
298. I’m not even sure she’s really a vampire, let alone a newborn. She’s too tame. (Emmett)
299. It’s a little dense, don’t you think, to antagonize the strongest vampire in the house? (Edward)
300. Emmett, how do you feel about a little bet? (Bella)