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  sible. so you see, to actually bite someoe the blood, it
  would begi's diffi both sides — the blood-lust on
  the ohe awful paiher.”
  ”why do you think you don't remember?”
  ”i don't know. for everyohe pain of transformation is the
  sharpest memory they have of their human life. i remember nothing of
  being human.” her voice was wistful.
  we lay silently, ed in our individual meditations.
  the seds ticked by, and i had almotten her presence, i was so
  ehoughts.
  then, without any ed from the bed, landing lightly on
  her feet. my head jerked up as i stared at her, startled.
  ”something's ged.” her voice was urgent, and she wasn't talking to me
  anymore.
  she reached the door at the same time jasper did. he had obviously heard
  our versation and her suddeio his hands on her
  shuided her back to the bed, sittihe edge.
  ”what do you see?” he asked iaring into her eyes. her eyes
  were foething very far away. i sat cl in
  to catch her low, quick voice.
  ”i see a room. it's long, and there are mirrors everywhere. the floor is
  wooden. he's in the room, and he's waiting. there's gold… a gold stripe
  airrors.”
  ”where is the room?”
  ”i don't khing is missing — another de hasn't been made
  yet.”
  ”how much time?”
  ”it's soon. he'll be in the mirror room today, or maybe tomorrow. it all
  depends. he's waiting for something. and he's in the dark now.”
  jasper's voice was calm, methodical, as he questioned her in a practiced
  way. ”what is he doing?”
  ”he's watg tv… no, he's running a v the dark, in another place.”
  ” you see where he is?”
  ”no, it's too dark.”
  ”and the mirror room, what else is there?”
  ”just the mirrors, a's a band, around the room. and
  there's a black table with a big stereo, and a tv. he's toug the vcr
  there, but he doesn't watch the way he does in the dark room. this is the
  room where he waits.” her eyes drifted, then fo jasper's face.
  ”there's nothing else?”
  she shook her head. they looked at eaotionless.
  ”what does it mean?” i asked.
  hem answered for a moment, then jasper looked at me.
  ”it mearacker's plans have ged. he's made a de that
  will lead him to the mirror room, and the dark room.”
  ”but we don't khose rooms are?”
  ”no.”
  ”but we do know that he wohe mountains north of washington,
  being hunted. he'll elude them.” alice's voice was bleak.
  ”should we call?” i asked. they traded a serious look, undecided.
  and the ph.
  alice was across the room before i could lift my head to look at it.
  she pushed a buttohe phoo her ear, but she didn't speak
  first.
  ”carlisle,” she breathed. she didn't seem surprised or relieved, the way
  i felt.
  ”yes,” she said, glang at me. she listened f moment.
  ”i just saw him.” she described again the vision she'd seen. ”whatever
  made him get on that pla was leading him to those rooms.” she
  paused. ”yes,” alito the phoheo me.
  ”bella?”
  she held the phooward me. i ran to it.
  ”hello?” i breathed.
  ”bella,” edward said.
  ”oh, edorried.”
  ”bella,” he sighed in frustration, ”i told you not to worry about
  anything but yourself.” it was so unbelievably good to hear his voice. i
  felt the h cloud hten and drift back as he spoke.
  ”where are you?”
  ”we're outside of vancouver. bella, i'm sorry — we lost him. he seems
  suspicious of us — he's careful to stay just far enough away that i 't
  hear what he's thinking