The Twilight Saga 2: New Moon PREFACE

Summary When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks or else than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, save she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a passion and changes in terrible waysFor my dad, Stephen MorganNo one has ever been devoted more loving and unconditionalsupport than I have been abandoned by you.I love you, too.These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume. Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene VIPREFACEI FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE TERRIFYING nightmares, the one where you have to run, run till your lungs burst, unless you cant make your body move fast enough. My legs seemed to move sulky and slower as I fought my way through the callous crowd, but the workforce on the huge clock tower didnt slow. With relentless, uncaring force, they turned inexorably toward the endthe end of everything.B ut this was no dream, and, unlike the nightmare, I wasnt running for my carriage I was racing to save something infinitely more precious. My own vitality meant little to me today.Alice had said there was a good chance we would both(prenominal) die here. Perhaps the discovercome would be different if she werent trapped by the brilliant sunlight only I was free to run crossways this bright, crowded square.And I couldnt run fast enough.So it didnt matter to me that we were encircled by our extraordinarily dangerous enemies. As the clock began to toll out the hour, vibrating under the soles of my sluggish feet, I knew I was too lateand I was jolly something bloodthirsty waited in the wings. For in failing at this, I forfeit any desire to live.The clock tolled again, and the sun beat down from the consume center point of the sky.