The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide

I leaned in and kissed his face softly. ?Love you, Jacob.?

He laughed lightly. ?Love you more.?

He watched me walk out of his room with an unfathomable expression in his black eyes.

18. OK GO, ?IT‘S A DISASTER?

Chapter 27 My hindsight seemed unbearably clear tonight. I could see every mistake I‘d made, every bit of harm I‘d done, the small things and the big things. Each pain I‘d caused Jacob, each wound I‘d given Edward, stacked up into neat piles that I could not ignore or deny.

And I realized that I‘d been wrong all along about the magnets. It had not been Edward and Jacob that I‘d been trying to force together, it was the two parts of myself, Edward‘s Bella and Jacob‘s Bella. But they could not exist together, and I never should have tried.

I‘d done so much damage.

19. MUSE, ?FALLING AWAY WITH YOU?

ALTERNATES:

ARCADE FIRE, ?THE WELL AND THE LIGHTHOUSE?

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, ?SLEEP?

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE, ?THIS IS HOW I DISAPPEAR?

Jacob‘s perspective

Epilogue Come home when you can. The words were faint, trailing off into blank emptiness as he left, too. And I was alone.

Hear this, and nothing more. Feel nothing but speed, nothing but the pull of muscle, sinew, and bone, working together in harmony as the miles disappeared behind me.

So much better. Now I could hear the faint rustle of the matted leaves beneath my toenails, the whisper of an owl‘s wings above me, the ocean — far, far in the west — moaning against the beach. Hear this, and nothing more. Feel nothing but speed, nothing but the pull of muscle, sinew, and bone, working together in harmony as the miles disappeared behind me.

If the silence in my head lasted, I would never go back. I wouldn‘t be the first one to choose this form over the other. Maybe, if I ran far enough away, I would never have to hear again….

I pushed my legs faster, letting Jacob Black disappear behind me.

Breaking Dawn BOOK ONE

1. BILLY IDOL, ?WHITE WEDDING?

Chapter 1 I briefly contemplated my issues with words like fiance, wedding, husband, etc.

I just couldn‘t put it together in my head.

On the one hand, I had been raised to cringe at the very thought of poofy white dresses and bouquets. But more than that, I just couldn‘t reconcile a staid, respectable, dull concept like husband with my concept of Edward. It was like casting an archangel as an accountant; I couldn‘t visualize him in any commonplace role.

2. THE BEACH BOYS, ?WOULDN‘T IT BE NICE?

Chapter 1 ?Getting married, though? What‘s the rush?? He eyed me suspiciously again.

The rush was due to the fact that I was getting closer to nineteen every stinking day, while Edward stayed frozen in all his seventeen-year-old perfection, as he had for over ninety years. Not that this fact necessitated marriage in my book, but the wedding was required due to the delicate and tangled compromise Edward and I had made to finally get to this point, the brink of my transformation from mortal to immortal.

These weren‘t things I could explain to Charlie.

3. MUSE, ?CAN‘T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU?

Chapter 4 And when the music started, Edward pulled me into his arms for the customary first dance; I went willingly, despite my fear of dancing — especially dancing in front of an audience — just happy to have him holding me. He did all the work, and I twirled effortlessly under the glow of a canopy of lights and the bright flashes from the cameras.

4. BLUE OCTOBER, ?CONGRATULATIONS?

Jacob‘s perspective

Chapter 4 ?You‘d think I‘d be used to telling you goodbye by now,? he murmured.

I tried to swallow the lump in my throat, but I couldn‘t force it down.

Jacob looked at me and frowned. He wiped his fingers across my cheek, catching the tears there.

?You‘re not supposed to be the one crying, Bella.?

?Everyone cries at weddings,? I said thickly.

?This is what you want, right??

?Right.?

?Then smile.?

5. PLAIN WHITE T‘S, ?TAKE ME AWAY?

Jacob‘s perspective