rely intact. “I know exactly what you mean,” he whispered. “But we have lots of
reasons to be happy. For one, we’re alive.”

“Yes,in closing,” I agreed. “That’s a good one.”

“And together,” he breathed. His breath was so sweet it made my head swim.

I just nodded, sure that he did not place the same weight on that consideration as I did.

“And, with any luck, we’ll still be alive tomorrow.”

“Hopefully,” I said uneasily.

“The outlook is quite good,” Alice assured me. She’d been so quiet, I’d almost forgotten her presence.
“I’ll see Jasper in less than twenty-four hours,” she added in a satisfied tone.

Lucky Alice. She could trust her future.

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existing when it did.

Edward stared right back at me, his dark eyes soft, and it was easy to pretend that he felt the same way.
So that’s what I did. I pretended, to make the moment sweeter.

His fingertips traced the circles under my eyes. “You look so tired.”

“And you look thirsty,” I whispered back, studying the purple bruises under his black irises.

He shrugged. “It’s nothing.”

“Are you sure? I could sit with Alice,” I offered, unwilling; I’d rather he killed me now than move one inch
from where I was.

“Don’t be ridiculous.” He sighed; his sweet breath caressed my face. “I’ve never been in better control of
that side of my nature than right now.”

I had a million questions for him. One of them bubbled to my lips now, but I held my tongue. I didn’t
want to ruin the moment,custom usb drives, as imperfect as it was, here in this room that made me sick, under the eyes of
the would-be monster.

Here in his arms, it was so easy to fantasize that he wanted me. I didn’t want to think about his
motivations now??about whether he acted this way to keep me calm while we were still in danger, or if
he just felt guilty for where we were and relieved that he wasn’t responsible for my death. Maybe the time
apart had been enough that I didn’t bore him for the moment. But it didn’t matter. I was so much happier
pretending.

I lay quiet in his arms, re-memorizing his face,custom usb, pretending??

He stared at my face like he was doing the same, while he and Alice discussed how to get home. Their
voices were so quick and low that I knew Gianna couldn’t understand. I missed half