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S T E P H E N I E
M E Y E R
Megan Tingley B oo ks
L I T T L E , B ROW N A N D C O M PA N Y
N ew Yo rk Boston
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Copyright © 2007 by Stephenie Meyer All rights reserved. Exceptas permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Little, Brown and Company Hachette Book Group USA 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Visit our Web site at www.lb-teens.com First Edition:September 2007 The characters and events portrayed in this book are ?ctitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author. ISBN-10: 0-316-16020-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-316-16020-9 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Q-FF Printed in the United States of America
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To my husband, Pancho, for yourpatience, love, friendship, humor, and willingness to eat out. And also to my children, Gabe, Seth, and Eli, for letting me experience the kind of love that people freely die for.
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CONTENTS
PREFACE 1. ULTIMATUM 2. EVASION 3. MOTIVES 4. NATURE 5. IMPRINT 6. SWITZERLAND 7. UNHAPPY ENDING 8. TEMPER 9. TARGET 10. SCENT 11. LEGENDS 12. TIME 13. NEWBORN 14. DECLARATION 15. WAGER 16. EPOCH 17. ALLIANCE 18. INSTRUCTION 19. SELFISH 20. COMPROMISE 21. TRAILS 22. FIRE AND ICE23. MONSTER 24. SNAP DECISION 25. MIRROR 26. ETHICS 27. NEEDS EPILOGUE — CHOICE 1 3 35 65 92 113 131 152 172 196 214 239 267 287 310 328 346 365 383 410 434 461 487 506 531 554 580 605 621
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Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in ?re, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor ?re. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suf?ce.
Robert Frost
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P R E FAC E
All our attempts at subterfuge had been in vain. Withice in my heart, I watched him prepare to defend me. His intense concentration betrayed no hint of doubt, though he was outnumbered. I knew that we could expect no help — at this moment, his family was ?ghting for their lives just as surely as he was for ours. Would I ever learn the outcome of that other ?ght? Find out who the winners and the losers were? Would I live long enough for that? Theodds of that didn’t look so great. Black eyes, wild with their ?erce craving for my death, watched for the moment when my protector’s
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