The Twilight Saga 2: New Moon PREFACE

Summary When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they argon vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a cult and changes in terrible waysFor my dad, Stephen MorganNo one has ever been given more kind and unconditionalsupport than I arouse been given by you.I love you, too.These violent delights apply violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume. Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene VI insertI FELT LIKE I WAS TRAPPED IN ONE OF THOSE TERRIFYING nightmares, the one where you have to run, run till your lungs burst, but you cant make your body move fast enough. My legs seemed to move poky and slower as I fought my way through the callous crowd, but the hands on the huge measure tower didnt slow. With relentless, uncaring force, they turned inexorably toward the endthe end of everything.But this was no dr eam, and, unlike the nightmare, I wasnt streak for my life I was racing to save something infinitely more precious. My own life meant little to me today.Alice had tell there was a good chance we would both die here. Perhaps the outcome would be contrastive if she werent trapped by the brilliant sunlight only I was free to run across this bright, herd square.And I couldnt run fast enough.So it didnt matter to me that we were surrounded by our extraordinarily dangerous enemies. As the quantify began to toll out the hour, vibrating under the soles of my sluggish feet, I knew I was too lateand I was mirthful something bloodthirsty waited in the wings. For in failing at this, I forfeited any desire to live.The clock tolled again, and the sun beat down from the exact center point of the sky.