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I stared at her, mesmerized, wondering if I were looking into a
mirror of my future.
Then Carlisle and Jasper began to back toward the rest of us.
Emmett, Rosalie, and Esme all converged hastily around
where Edward stood with Alice and me. A united front, as
Edward had said, with me at the heart, in the safest place.
I tore my attention away from the wild girl to search for the
approaching monsters.
There was still nothing to see. I glanced at Edward, and his
eyes were locked straight ahead. I tried to follow his gaze, but
there was only the smoke - dense, oily smoke twisting low to
the ground, rising lazily, undulating against the grass.
It billowed forward, darker in the middle. “Hmm,” a dead
voice murmured from the mist. I recognized the apathy at
once. “Welcome, Jane.” Edward’s tone was coolly courteous.
The dark shapes came closer, separating themselves from the
haze, solidifying. I knew it would be Jane in the front - the
darkest cloak, almost black, and the smallest figure by more
than two feet. I could just barely make out Jane’s angelic
features in the shade of the cowl.
The four gray-shrouded figures hulking behind her were also
somewhat familiar. I was sure I recognized the biggest one,
and while I stared, trying to confirm my suspicion, Felix
looked up. He let his hood fall back slightly so that I could see
him wink at me and smile. Edward was very still at my side,
tightly in control.
Jane’s gaze moved slowly across the luminous faces of the
Cullens and then touched on the newborn girl beside the fire;
the newborn had her head in her hands again.
“I don’t understand.” Jane’s voice was toneless, but not quite
as uninterested as before. “She has surrendered,” Edward
explained, answering the confusion in her mind. Jane’s dark
eyes flashed to his face. “Surrendered?” Felix and another
shadow exchanged a quick glance. Edward shrugged. “Carlisle
gave her the option.” “There are no options for those who
break the rules,” Jane said flatly.