*by Stephenie Meyer*
TWILIGHT - chapter 18 - THE HUNT
A few मिनटों passed in silence, other than the roar of the engine. Then Edward spoke again.
"This is how it's going to happen. When we get to the house, if the tracker is not there, I will walk her to the door. Then she has fifteen minutes." He glared at me in the rearview mirror. "Emmett, आप take the outside of the house. Alice, आप get the truck. I'll be inside as long as she is. After she's out, आप two can take the Jeep घर and tell Carlisle."
"No way," Emmett broke in. "I'm with you."
"Think it through, Emmett. I don't know how long I'll be gone."
"Until we know how far this is gonna go, I'm with you."
Edward sighed. "If the tracker is there," he continued grimly, "we keep driving."
"We're going to make it there before him," Alice कहा confidently.
Edward seemed to accept that. Whatever his problem with Alice was, he didn't doubt her now.
"What are we going to do with the Jeep?" she asked.
His voice had a hard edge. "You're driving it home."
"We can't all fit in my truck," I whispered.
Edward didn't appear to hear me.
"I think आप should let me go alone," I कहा even और quietly.
He heard that.
"Bella, please just do this my way, just this once," he कहा between his clenched teeth.
"Listen, Charlie's not an imbecile," I protested. "If you're not in town tomorrow, he's going to get suspicious."
"That's irrelevant. We'll make sure he's safe, and that's all that matters."
"Then what about this tracker? He saw the way आप acted tonight. He's going to think you're with me, wherever आप are."
Emmett looked at me, insultingly surprised again. "Edward, listen to her," he urged. "I think she's right."
"Yes, she is," Alice agreed.
"I can't do that." Edward's voice was icy.
"Emmett should stay, too," I continued. "He definitely got an eyeful of Emmett."
"What?" Emmett turned on me.
"You'll get a better crack at him if आप stay," Alice agreed.
Edward stared at her incredulously. "You think I should let her go alone?"
"Of course not," Alice said. "Jasper and I will take her."
"I can't do that," Edward repeated, but this time there was a trace of defeat in his voice. The logic was working on him.
I tried to be persuasive. "Hang out here for a week - " I saw his expression in the mirror and amended " - a few days. Let Charlie see आप haven't kidnapped me, and lead this James on a wild-goose chase. Make sure he's completely off my trail. Then come and meet me. Take a roundabout route, of course, and then Jasper and Alice can go home."
I could see him beginning to consider it.
"Meet आप where?"
"Phoenix." Of course.
"No. He'll hear that's where you're going," he कहा impatiently.
"And you'll make it look like that's a ruse, obviously. He'll know that we'll know that he's listening. He'll never believe that I'm actually going where I say I am going."
"She's diabolical," Emmett chuckled.
"And if that doesn't work?"
"There are several million people in Phoenix," I informed him.
"It's not that hard to find a phone book."
"I won't go home."
"Oh?" he inquired, a dangerous note in his voice.
"I'm quite old enough to get my own place."
"Edward, we'll be with her," Alice reminded him.
"What are you going to do in Poenix?" he asked her scathingly.
"Stay indoors."
"I kind of like it." Emmett was thinking about cornering James, no doubt.
"Shut up, Emmett."
"Look, if we try to take him down while she's still around, there's a much better chance that someone will get hurt - she'll get hurt, या आप will, trying to protect her. Now if we get him alone..." He trailed off with a slow smile. I was right.
The Jeep was crawling slowly along now as we drove into town. Despite my ब्रेव talk, I could feel the hairs on my arms standing up. I thought about Charlie, alone in the house, and tried to be courageous.
"Bella." Edward's voice was very soft. Alice and Emmett looked out their windows. "If आप let anything happen to yourself - anything at all - I'm holding आप personally responsible. Do आप understand that?"
"Yes," I gulped.
He turned to Alice.
"Can Jasper handle this?"
"Give him some credit, Edward. He's been doing very, very well, all things considered."
"Can you handle this?" he asked.
And graceful little Alice pulled back her lips in a horrific grimace and let loose with a gestural snarl that had me cowering against the सीट in terror.
Edward smiled at her. "But keep your opinions to yourself," he muttered suddenly.
TWILIGHT - chapter 18 - THE HUNT
A few मिनटों passed in silence, other than the roar of the engine. Then Edward spoke again.
"This is how it's going to happen. When we get to the house, if the tracker is not there, I will walk her to the door. Then she has fifteen minutes." He glared at me in the rearview mirror. "Emmett, आप take the outside of the house. Alice, आप get the truck. I'll be inside as long as she is. After she's out, आप two can take the Jeep घर and tell Carlisle."
"No way," Emmett broke in. "I'm with you."
"Think it through, Emmett. I don't know how long I'll be gone."
"Until we know how far this is gonna go, I'm with you."
Edward sighed. "If the tracker is there," he continued grimly, "we keep driving."
"We're going to make it there before him," Alice कहा confidently.
Edward seemed to accept that. Whatever his problem with Alice was, he didn't doubt her now.
"What are we going to do with the Jeep?" she asked.
His voice had a hard edge. "You're driving it home."
"We can't all fit in my truck," I whispered.
Edward didn't appear to hear me.
"I think आप should let me go alone," I कहा even और quietly.
He heard that.
"Bella, please just do this my way, just this once," he कहा between his clenched teeth.
"Listen, Charlie's not an imbecile," I protested. "If you're not in town tomorrow, he's going to get suspicious."
"That's irrelevant. We'll make sure he's safe, and that's all that matters."
"Then what about this tracker? He saw the way आप acted tonight. He's going to think you're with me, wherever आप are."
Emmett looked at me, insultingly surprised again. "Edward, listen to her," he urged. "I think she's right."
"Yes, she is," Alice agreed.
"I can't do that." Edward's voice was icy.
"Emmett should stay, too," I continued. "He definitely got an eyeful of Emmett."
"What?" Emmett turned on me.
"You'll get a better crack at him if आप stay," Alice agreed.
Edward stared at her incredulously. "You think I should let her go alone?"
"Of course not," Alice said. "Jasper and I will take her."
"I can't do that," Edward repeated, but this time there was a trace of defeat in his voice. The logic was working on him.
I tried to be persuasive. "Hang out here for a week - " I saw his expression in the mirror and amended " - a few days. Let Charlie see आप haven't kidnapped me, and lead this James on a wild-goose chase. Make sure he's completely off my trail. Then come and meet me. Take a roundabout route, of course, and then Jasper and Alice can go home."
I could see him beginning to consider it.
"Meet आप where?"
"Phoenix." Of course.
"No. He'll hear that's where you're going," he कहा impatiently.
"And you'll make it look like that's a ruse, obviously. He'll know that we'll know that he's listening. He'll never believe that I'm actually going where I say I am going."
"She's diabolical," Emmett chuckled.
"And if that doesn't work?"
"There are several million people in Phoenix," I informed him.
"It's not that hard to find a phone book."
"I won't go home."
"Oh?" he inquired, a dangerous note in his voice.
"I'm quite old enough to get my own place."
"Edward, we'll be with her," Alice reminded him.
"What are you going to do in Poenix?" he asked her scathingly.
"Stay indoors."
"I kind of like it." Emmett was thinking about cornering James, no doubt.
"Shut up, Emmett."
"Look, if we try to take him down while she's still around, there's a much better chance that someone will get hurt - she'll get hurt, या आप will, trying to protect her. Now if we get him alone..." He trailed off with a slow smile. I was right.
The Jeep was crawling slowly along now as we drove into town. Despite my ब्रेव talk, I could feel the hairs on my arms standing up. I thought about Charlie, alone in the house, and tried to be courageous.
"Bella." Edward's voice was very soft. Alice and Emmett looked out their windows. "If आप let anything happen to yourself - anything at all - I'm holding आप personally responsible. Do आप understand that?"
"Yes," I gulped.
He turned to Alice.
"Can Jasper handle this?"
"Give him some credit, Edward. He's been doing very, very well, all things considered."
"Can you handle this?" he asked.
And graceful little Alice pulled back her lips in a horrific grimace and let loose with a gestural snarl that had me cowering against the सीट in terror.
Edward smiled at her. "But keep your opinions to yourself," he muttered suddenly.
Tis the season where people start shopping! We will be coming out with our क्रिस्मस Twilight Saga buying guide later this week. We usually get bombarded at क्रिस्मस time with people emailing and asking “what do I get my daughter, girlfriend, wife, etc. This साल we are going to do a list.
The official product विवरण reads “Ashley Greene Head Sculpt w/ 16″ Ballerina Bust Tyler परिवर्तनीय Body; Amber Eyes with Wigged Hair and Cameo Skintone
ALICE CULLEN is the latest member of the CULLEN clan to शामिल होइए Tonner®’s line of TWILIGHT TCF™s. ALICE arrives wearing a costume reproduction from NEW MOON, and includes a striped ब्लाउज with bow tie collar, slim cut twill pants, plush corduroy vest, knit socks, and faux leather ballet flat. ALICE’s CULLEN crest हार is also included. Includes display stand.”
29th December 2010
Hi! I am Mary Alice Brandon Cullen, but i prefer to be called Alice! my family is:
me
Jasper
Bella
Edward
Rosalie
Emmet
carlisle
Esme
and Renesmee(Nessie!)
The reason i got this diary was because nessie forced me into it. " Look auntie Alice! i bought this for you!" That mean little angel! nessie bought me this diary, and आप can't say no can you! so really this is annoying, and i probably won't even do a सेकंड entry!Nessie also bought me a blue jacket. there was 2 tickets that came with it. the tickets were to go to this समुद्र तट place. " auntie Alice! do आप like this coat? आप won't like the tickets! i will take them! Jasper and me just looked at each other when she कहा that. Anyway she is growing up so fast i feel depressed. God, 200 years old tomorrow! Yay! I have to go now thought bye!
Hi! I am Mary Alice Brandon Cullen, but i prefer to be called Alice! my family is:
me
Jasper
Bella
Edward
Rosalie
Emmet
carlisle
Esme
and Renesmee(Nessie!)
The reason i got this diary was because nessie forced me into it. " Look auntie Alice! i bought this for you!" That mean little angel! nessie bought me this diary, and आप can't say no can you! so really this is annoying, and i probably won't even do a सेकंड entry!Nessie also bought me a blue jacket. there was 2 tickets that came with it. the tickets were to go to this समुद्र तट place. " auntie Alice! do आप like this coat? आप won't like the tickets! i will take them! Jasper and me just looked at each other when she कहा that. Anyway she is growing up so fast i feel depressed. God, 200 years old tomorrow! Yay! I have to go now thought bye!
Just got word that...
The Twilight तारा, स्टार has signed on to make an appearance at Spike TV's Scream 2010 awards at L.A.'s Greek Theater. (Show tapes Oct. 16 and then airs three days later.)
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No word yet if Robert Pattinson will be joining her, but with Eclipse up for six awards, ya never know. The lineup already includes True Blood stars Alexander Skarsgård, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley and Kristen Bauer and muscled-up Thor तारा, स्टार Chris Hemsworth.
David Arquette will present never-before-seen footage from Scream 4 with costars Neve Campbell, Emma Roberts and Hayden Panettiere.
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