完结

  emember when you told me that i didn't see myself very clearly?”
  i asked, raising my eyebrows. ”you obviously have the same blindness.””i know what i am.”
  i sighed.
  but his mercurial mood shifted on me. he pursed his lips, and his eyes
  were probing. he examined my face f moment.”you're ready now, then?” he asked.”um.” i gulped. ”yes?”
  he smiled, and ined his head slowly until his cold lips brushed
  against the skin just uhe y jaw.”right now?” he whispered, his breath blowing y neck. i shivered
  involuntarily.”yes,” i whispered, so my voi't have a ce to break. if he
  thought i was bluffing, he was going to be disappointed. i'd already made
  this ded i was sure. it didn't matter that my bid as
  a plank, my hao fists, my breathiic…
  he chuckled darkly, and leaned away. his face did look disappointed.”you 't really believe that i would give in so easily,” he said with a
  se to his moe.”a girl dream.”
  his eyebrows rose. ”is that what you dream about? being a monster?””ly,” i said, frowning at his word onster, indeed.”mostly i dream about being with you forever.”
  his expressioened ahe subtle a my
  voice.”bella.” his fily traced the shape of my lips. ”i will stay
  with you — isn't that enough?”
  i smiled under his fiips. ”enough for now.”
  he frowenao one was going to surre. he
  exhaled, and the sound ractically a growl.
  i touched his face. ”look,” i said. ”i love you more thahing else
  in the world bined. isn't that enough?””yes, it is enough,” he answered, smiling. ”enough for forever.”
  and he leao press his cold lips ohroat.
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  aents
  a huge thank you to:
  my parents, steve and dy,
  for a lifetime of love and support,s
  freat books to me when i was young,
  and for still holding my hand through the
  things that make me nervous;
  my husband, pany soh, and eli,
  f me so often with my imaginary friends;
  my friends at writers house,
  genevieve gagne-hawes, f me that first ce,
  a jodi reamer, f the most
  unlikely dreams iies;
  my editan tingley, for all her help in
  making twilight better than it started out;
  my brothers, paul and jacob, for their expert advi all
  my automotive questions; and my online family,
  the taleaff a fav.,
  particularly kimberly ”shazzer,” and antenna”
  for the e, advice,
  and inspiration.