PART XII

PREFACE

I'D NEVER GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO HOW I WOULD DIE—though I'd had reason enough in the last few months—but even if I had, I would not have imagined it like this.

I stared without breathing across the long room, into the dark eyes of the hunter, and he looked pleasantly back at me.

Surely it was a good way to die, in the place of someone else, someone I loved. Noble, even. That ought to count for something.

I knew that if I'd never gone to Forks, I wouldn't even be facing death now. But terrified as I was, I couldn't bring myself to regret the decision. When life offers you a dream so far beyond any of your expectations, it's not reasonable to grieve when it comes to an end.

The hunter smiled in a friendly way as he sauntered forward to kill me.

A/N: YES, YOU ARE INDEED CORRECT, ^ THAT IS THE OPENING PAGE TO THE TWILIGHT BOOK -INSERT EVIL LAUGH-

BELLA WAS LIED TO. IF YOU NEED CLARIFICATION; SHE IS STUCK IN AN INFINITE LOOP.

ANYWAY, I'M SORRY IT TOOK SO LONG TO FINISH THIS OFF, RL GETS IN THE WAY OF STUFF.

SHOUTOUT TO SilverontheRose, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE FEED BACK AND ENCOURAGING PM, I APPRECIATE YOUR KIND WORDS.