The Twilight Saga 3: Eclipse PREFACE

To my better half, Pancho, for your understanding, love, fellowship, humor, furthermore, readiness to eat out. And furthermore to my youngsters, Gabe, Seth, and Eli, for letting me experience the sort of adoration that individuals openly bite the dust for. Fire and Ice Some state the world will end in fire, Some state in ice. From what I've tasted of want I hold with the individuals who favor fire. In any case, on the off chance that it needed to die twice, I think I know enough of hate To state that for demolition ice Is additionally extraordinary And would get the job done. Robert Frost Prelude Every one of OUR ATTEMPTS AT SUBTERFUGE HAD BEEN IN VAIN. With ice in my heart, I watched him plan to protect me. His extraordinary fixation double-crossed no trace of uncertainty, however he was dwarfed. I realized that we could expect no assistance †as of now, his family was battling for their lives similarly as doubtlessly as he was for our own. Would I ever get familiar with the result of that other battle? Discover who the victors and the failures were? Would I live long enough for that? The chances of that didn't look so extraordinary. Bruised eyes, wild with their furious wanting for my demise, looked for the second when my defender's consideration would be occupied. The second when I would without a doubt pass on. Some place, far, far away vulnerable woods, a wolf cried.