His skin was a pretty colour, it made me jealous. Jacob noticed my scrutiny. What?" he asked, suddenly self-conscious. "Nothing. I just hadn't realised before. Did you know, you're sort of beautiful?" Once the words slipped out, I worried that he might take my implusive observation the wrong way. But Jacob rolled his eyes. "You hit your head pretty hard, didn't you?" "I'm serious." Well, then, thanks. Sort of." I grinned. "You're sort of welcome.

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled myself closer to him until my lips touched his.

I was much more upset by the situation with Jacob than by the possibility of being eaten by a bear.

Momma, you're special," Renesmee told me without any surprise, like she was commenting on the color of my clothes.

Will you be?” I asked, suddenly anxious. “Will you really be here?” “As long as you want me,” he assured me. “I'll always want you,” I warned him. “Forever.

After a few minutes, he asked, real quietly, if you turned into an animal, too. And I said, ‘She wishes she was that cool!

Never before had I recognized the ring of majesty that was in Billy Black's voice, though I realized now that this authority had always been there.