CONTENTS

1. PREFACE
2. TIME PASSES
3. COMEBACK
4. DECEIVER
5. INVITATION
6. CHANT
7. EXPLORING
8. DATE
9. THE PULL
10. GANG
11. INTRUDER
12. CONFESSIONS
13. FAMILY
14. MIND OVER MATTER
15. FAILURE
16. VISITOR
17. FUNERAL
18. TARGET
19. DANGER
20. THE WARRIORS
21. BLINDING
22. THE CULLENS
23. COLD TRUTH

24. EPILOGUE: THE TRUCE


Platinum


"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light."

— J. K. Rowling


1. PREFACE

IF I WERE to die outside of a hospital, I had always hoped that I'd die nobly—heroically, even. This, however, was not the case.

My breathing hitched as I backed up against a tree. It was painful—I had already made my back sore, why add more pain to it? But I couldn't dwell on that at the moment because my attention was focused on the abnormally beautiful woman in front of me. Her eyes where what struck me the most: They were the darkest eyes I had ever seen in my short life.

And those eyes were looking at me hungrily.

All I could do was hopelessly stare at the woman who has hunted my sister for many months now. This woman has brought nightmares to both of us. Worrying, terrified of this happening.

I didn't know what to do. I wanted to scream or beg for her mercy. I didn't want to die just yet. I didn't want to cease to exist! I wanted to grow up and live a normal life. But I knew that all ended when I was plunged into this whole mess.

What would Bella do? Certainly act brave—at least, I think.

But I wasn't Bella. I was me, her younger sister, about to die. Luck tended to avoid me, and I'm sure it's nowhere near me now. Luck, as always, was forbidden to come to my rescue.

Tears brimmed my eyes, and I desperately tried to withhold them. I couldn't. How could I? My life as I know it, was about to end.

And then his face popped into my mind; smiling, happy. . . I couldn't just leave this universe without a fight—not him, not them. That much I knew, and that much I will prove.

What I am going to do might be idiotic, but I have to show this woman that I could stand my ground.

Death and I would soon clash, and my future would burn in the result. I was playing with fire. I have been since I've known all about Fork's mysteries.

With an inward deep sigh, I take a step forward, pushing aside the thoughts that. . . I wasn't going to win this battle.


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