“I’d believed enough of what he’d told me that his words terrified me. I knew that my life was endedand
there was no going back for me. I couldn’t stand the thought of being alone. . . .
“The pain finally ended and they explained to me again what I was. This time I believed. I felt the thirstmy
hard skin; I saw my brilliant red eyes.
“Shallow as I wasI felt better when I saw my reflection in the mirror the first time. Despite the eyesI was
the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen.” She laughed at herself for a moment. “It took some time before I began
to blame the beauty for what had happened to me ― for me to see the curse of it. To wish that I had been . . .
wellnot uglybut normal. Like Vera. So I could have been allowed to marry someone who loved
me
and
have pretty babies. That’s what I’d really wantedall along. It still doesn’t seem like too much to have asked
for.”
She was thoughtful for a momentand I wondered if she’d forgotten my presence again. But then she
smiled at meher expression suddenly triumphant.
“You knowmy record is almost as clean as Carlisle’s” she told me. “Better than Esme. A thousand times
better than Edward. I’ve never tasted human blood” she announced prou,
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