It was difficult to believe that I hadn’t just imagined what Edward had said, and the way his eyes had looked. Maybe it was just a very convincing dream that I’d confused with reality. That seemed more probable than that I really appealed to him on any level.

Are you frightened of me now?

So do you think we’re a bunch of superstitious natives or what?

This decision was ridiculously easy to live with. Dangerously easy.

I can’t sleep.

Should I say ‘have fun,’ or is that the wrong sentiment?

Please forgive me. I can control myself. You caught me off guard. But I’m on my best behavior now.

When you walked past me, I could have ruined everything Carlisle has built for us, right then and there. If I hadn’t been denying my thirst for the last, well, too many years, I wouldn’t have been able to stop myself.

It was ridiculous, and egotistical, to think that I could affect anyone that strongly. It was impossible. And yet I couldn’t stop worrying that it was true.

Sometimes I have a problem with my temper, Bella.