The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide

?Could you tell me where I can find him?? I prompted.

?Can‘t tell you what I don‘t know. He‘s out.?

Did they guess what I was up to? Was Sam taking preemptive action against me?

?Do you know if he‘s with Jacob?? I asked anxiously. There hadn‘t been enough time for that, had there? Did they guess what I was up to? Was Sam taking preemptive action against me?

?Don‘t think so,? the old man said reluctantly. ?He goes off on his own now.?

Relief rushed through me. ?Okay, I guess I‘ll just come back later.?

The only answer I got was a sour look as he slammed the door. I yanked my foot out of the way, barely avoiding some broken toes.

Well, that was welcoming.

I decided I would drive around and hope to find Quil walking along the road, as I had yesterday. I‘d much rather talk to him without his grandfather present.

?NARCOTICS?

This outtake shows another approach to the scene at the end of New Moon‘s chapter 2.

I collapsed back onto my pillow, gasping, my head spinning. My arm didn‘t hurt anymore, but I didn‘t know whether that was due to the painkillers or the kiss. Something tugged at my memory, elusive, on the edges….

?Sorry,? he said, and he was breathless, too. ?That was out of line.?

To my own surprise, I giggled. ?You‘re funny,? I mumbled and giggled again.

He frowned at me in the darkness. He looked so serious. It was hysterical.

I covered my mouth to muffle the laughter so Charlie wouldn‘t hear.

?Bella, have you ever had Percocet before??

?I don‘t think so.? I giggled. ?Why??

He rolled his eyes, and I couldn‘t stop laughing.

?How‘s your arm??

?I can‘t feel it. Is it still there??

He sighed as I giggled on. ?Try to sleep, Bella.?

?No, I want you to kiss me again.?

?You‘re overestimating my self-control.?

?You‘re overestimating my self-control.?

I snickered. ?Which is bothering you more, my blood or my body?? My question made me laugh.

?It‘s a tie.? He grinned in spite of himself. ?I‘ve never seen you high. You‘re very entertaining.?

?I‘m not high.? I tried to choke back the giggles to prove it.

?Sleep it off,? he suggested.

I realized that I was making a fool of myself, which wasn‘t uncommon, but it was still embarrassing, so I tried to follow his advice. I put my head on his shoulder again and closed my eyes. Every now and then another giggle would escape. But that became more infrequent as the drugs lulled me toward unconsciousness.

* * *

I felt absolutely hideous in the morning. My arm burned and my head ached. Edward said I had a hangover, and recommended Tylenol rather than the Percocet before he kissed my forehead casually and ducked out my window.

It didn‘t help my outlook that his face was smooth and remote. I was so afraid of the conclusions he might have come to during the night while he watched me sleep. The anxiety seemed to ratchet up the intensity of the pounding in my head.

I took a double dose of Tylenol and threw the little bottle of Percocet into the bathroom trash.

Q. WHAT DO THE COVERS OF THE BOOKS REPRESENT?

A. The apple on the cover of Twilight represents the knowledge of good and evil. Eve ate this forbidden fruit in Genesis, and Twilight has an epigraph from this book of the Bible: ?But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.? The question inherent in the apple is ?Do you want to know?? It asks if you are going to bite in and discover the frightening possibilities around you or refuse and stay safe in the comfortable world you know.

Unlike the other covers, Stephenie was not involved in choosing the cover for New Moon.

The author originally proposed a clock image, as time is such a key theme in the book. But ultimately the team that chose the tulip focused on the theme of loss. The image of the flower losing its petal was chosen to reflect that. They felt the fallen petal could also be interpreted to represent the drop of blood from Bella‘s paper cut in the first chapter.

The not-quite-broken ribbon on the cover of Eclipse is a metaphor for Bella trying to leave her human life behind her, but being unable to make a clean break. There are some threads she is unable to cut — she can‘t completely divorce herself from her past.