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gripped as tightly as possible as he took off, the
others his heels. i kept my head down, but my eyes, wide with
fright, wouldn't close. they pluhrough the now-black forest like
wraiths. the seion that usually seemed to possess edward
as he ran letely absent, replaced by a fury that ed him and
drove him still faster. even with me on his back, the others trailed
behind.
we reached the jeep in an impossibly short time, and edward barely slowed
as he fluhe backseat.
”strap her in,” he ordered emmett, who slid in beside me.
alice was already i seat, and edward was starting the engine.
it roared to life and we swerved backinning arouhe
winding road.
edlioo fast for me to uand, but it
sou like a string of profanities.
the jolting trip was much worse this time, and the darkness o
m. emmett ah glared out the side windows.
we hit the main road, and though our speed increased, i uch
better ere going. and we were headed south, away from forks.
”where are we going?” i asked.
no one answered. no one eve me.
”dammit, edward! where are you taking me?”
”we have to get you away from here — far away — now.” he didn't look
back, his eyes ohe speedometer read a hundred and five miles
an hour.
”turn around! you have to take me home!” i shouted. i struggled with the
stupid har the straps.
”emmett,” edward said grimly.
a secured my hands in his steely grasp.
”no! edward! no, you 't do this.”
”i have to, bella, .”
”i won't! you have to take me back — charlie will call the fbi! they'll
be all over your family — carlisle ahey'll have to leave, to
hide forever!”
”, bella.” his voice was cold. ”we've been there before.”
”not over me, you don't! you're n everything over me!” i
struggled violently, with total futility.
alice spoke for the first time. ”edull over.”
he flashed her a hard look, and then sped up.
”edward, let's just talk this through.”
”you don't uand,” he roared in frustration. i'd never heard his
voice so loud; it was deafening in the es of the jeep. the
speedometer neared one hundred and fifteen. ”he's a tracker, alice, did
you see that? he's a tracker!”
i felt emmett stiffeo me, a his rea to the
word. it meahihree of them than it did to me; i
wao uand, but there enio ask.
”pull over, edward.” alice's tone was reasohere was a ring of
authority in it i'd never heard before.
the speedometer inched passed oy.
”do it, edward.”
”listen to me, alice. i saw his mind. trag is his passion, his
obsessios her, alice — her, specifically. he begins the
hunt tonight.”
”he doesn't know where —”
he ied her. ”how long do you think it will take him to cross her
s town? his pla before the words were out of
laurent's mouth.”
i gasped, knowi would lead. ”charlie! you 't leave
him there! you 't leave him!” i thrashed against the harness.
”she's right,” alice said.
the car slowed slightly.
”let's just look at our options for a minute,” alice coaxed.
the car slowed agaiid then suddenly we screeched to
a stop on the shoulder of the highway. i flew against the harness, and
then slammed bato the seat.
”there are no options,” edward hissed.
”i'm not leaving charlie!” i yelled.
he igely.
”we have to take her back,” emmett finally spoke.
”no.” edward was absolute.
”he's no match for us, edward. he woo touch her.”
”he'll wait.”
emmet