No, I had never intentionally caused anyone physical pain, but I had hurt Ian deeply enough just by hurting myself. Human lives were so impossibly tangled. What a mess.

You scared me for a minute there. I thought Newton was dragging your dead body off to bury it in the woods.

She was thinking what I think she was thinking, wasn't she?

Sister, they send you out for one and you bring back two... and a half. Such a clever girl.

When you loved the one who was killing you, it left you no options." -Bella

You…made…me…faint,” I accused him dizzily. “What am I going to do with you?” he groaned in exasperation. “Yesterday I kiss you, and you attack me! Today you pass out on me!” I laughed weakly, letting his arms support me while my head spun. “So much for being good at everything,” he sighed. “That's the problem.” I was still dizzy. “You're too good. Far, far too good.

He was a different Edward than the one I had known. And I felt all the more besotted by him. It would cause me physical pain to be separated from him now.