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  stroo stay away from you, so i suppose that you'll get your
  way… whether it kills you or not,” he added roughly.
  ”good.” he hadn't promised, though — a fact that i had he
  panily barely ed; i had to trol the
  aold me how you stopped… now i want to know why,” i demanded.
  ”why?” he repeated warily.
  ”why you did it. why didn't you just let the venom spread? by now i would
  be just like you.”
  edward's eyes seemed to turn flat blad i remembered that this was
  something he'd o k have been
  preoccupied by the things she'd lear herself… or she'd been very
  careful with her thoughts around him — clearly, he'd had
  she'd filled me in on the mepire s. he was
  surprised, and infuriated. his nostrils flared, his mouth looked as if it
  was chiseled from stone.
  he wasn't going to a much was clear.
  ”i'll be the first to admit that i have h
  relationships,” i said. ”but it just seems logi and woman have
  to be somewhat equal… as ihem 't always be swooping in and
  saviher oo save each other equally.”
  he folded his arms on the side of my bed aed his s.
  his expression was smooth, the anger reily he'd decided he
  wasn't angry with me. i hoped i'd get a alice before he
  caught up with her.
  ”you have saved me,” he said quietly.
  ”i 't always be lois lane,” i insisted. ”i want to be superman, too.”
  ”you don't know what y.” his voice was soft; he stared
  ihe edge of the pillowcase.
  ”i think i do.”
  ”bella, you don't know. i've had almost hink about this,
  and i'm still not sure.”
  ”do you wish that carlisle hadn't saved you?”
  ”no, i don't aused before g. ”but my life was
  over. i wasn't giving anything up.”
  ”you are my life. you're the only thing it would hurt me to lose.” i was
  gettihis. it was easy to admit how mueeded him.
  he was very calm, though. decided.
  ”i 't do it, bella. i won't do that to you.”
  ”why not?” my throat rasped and the words weren't as loud as i'd meant
  them to be. ”do's too hard! after tuess it was
  a few days ago… anyway, after that, it should be nothing.”
  he glared at me.
  ”and the pain?” he asked.
  i blanched. i 't help it. but i tried to keep my expression from
  showing how clearly i remembered the feeling… the fire in my veins.
  ”that's my problem,” i said. ”i dle it.”
  ”it's possible to take bravery to the poi bees insanity.”
  ”it's not ahree days. big deal.”
  edward grima as my words remihat i was more informed
  thaeo be. i watched him repress the anger,
  watched as his eyes grew speculative.
  ”charlie?” he asked curtly. ”renée?”
  minutes passed iruggled to answer his question. i opened
  my mouth, but no sou. i closed it agaied, and his
  expressioriumphant because he knew i had no true answer.
  ”look, that's not aher,” i finally muttered; my voice was as
  ung as it alhen i lied. ”renée has always made the
  choices that work for her — she'd wahe same. and charlie's
  resilient, he's used to being on his own. i 't take
  forever. i have my owo live.”
  ”exactly,” he snapped. ”and i wo for you.”
  ”if y for me to be ohbed, i've got news for you! i
  was just there!”
  ”y to recover,” he reminded me.
  i took a deep breath to calm myself, ign the spasm of pain it
  triggered. i stared at him, aared back. there romise
  in his face