This was why I was here. This was why I would take whatever reception waited for me when I got back. Because, underneath all the anger and the sarcasm, Jacob was in pain. Right now, it was very clear in his eyes. I didn't know how to help him, but I knew I had to try. It was more than that I owed him. It was because his pain hurt me, too. Jacob had become a part of me, and there was no changing that now.

You are so bizarre, even for a human." "Thanks.

This place was truly the highest and the lowest of all worlds - the most beautiful senses, the most exquisite emotions.. the most malevolent desires, the darkest deeds. Perhaps it was meant to be so. Perhaps without the lows, the highs could not be reached.

Do you think I’ll ever get better at this? That my heart might someday stop trying to jump out of my chest whenever you touch me?

Her name is Wanda, not it. You will not touch her. Any mark you leave on her, I will double on your worthless hide.

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

Next time you want to hit me hit me with a baseball bat or a crowbar!