"Twilight - 03 - Eclipse" - читать интересную книгу автора (Meyer Stephanie)

He did.

So I would have to word my explanation very carefully.

I got up and walked around the table. He opened his arms for me and I sat on his lap, nestling into his cool stone embrace. I looked at his hands while I spoke.

УPlease just listen for a minute. This is so much more important than some whim to drop in on an old friend. Jacob is inpain .Ф My voice distorted around the word. УI canТtnot try to help him Ч I canТt give up on him now, when he needs me. Just because heТs not human all the time. . . . Well, he was there for me when I was . . . not so human myself. You donТt know what it was like. . . .Ф I hesitated. EdwardТs arms were rigid around me; his hands were in fists now, the tendons standing out. УIf Jacob hadnТt helped me . . . IТm not sure what you would have come home to. I owe him better than this, Edward.Ф

I looked up at his face warily. His eyes were closed, and his jaw was strained.

УIТll never forgive myself for leaving you,Ф he whispered. УNot if I live a hundred thousand years.Ф

I put my hand against his cold face and waited until he sighed and opened his eyes.

УYou were just trying to do the right thing. And IТm sure it would have worked with anyone less mental than me. Besides, youТre here now. ThatТs the part that matters.Ф

УIf IТd never left, you wouldnТt feel the need to go risk your life to comfort adog .Ф

I flinched. I was used to Jacob and all his derogatory slurs Чbloodsucker, leech, parasite . . . . Somehow it sounded harsher in EdwardТs velvet voice.

УI donТt know how to phrase this properly,Ф Edward said, and his tone was bleak. УItТs going to sound cruel, I suppose. But IТve come too close to losing you in the past. I know what it feels like to think I have. I amnot going to tolerate anything dangerous.Ф

УYou have to trust me on this. IТll be fine.Ф

His face was pained again. УPlease, Bella,Ф he whispered.

I stared into his suddenly burning golden eyes. УPlease what?Ф

УPlease, for me. Please make a conscious effort to keep yourself safe. IТll do everything I can, but I would appreciate a little help.Ф

УIТll work on it,Ф I murmured.

УDo you really have any idea how important you are to me? Any concept at all of how much I love you?Ф He pulled me tighter against his hard chest, tucking my head under his chin.

I pressed my lips against his snow-cold neck. УI know how muchI loveyou ,Ф I answered.

УYou compare one small tree to the entire forest.Ф

I rolled my eyes, but he couldnТt see. УImpossible.Ф

He kissed the top of my head and sighed.

УNo werewolves.Ф

УIТm not going along with that. I have to see Jacob.Ф

УThen IТll have to stop you.Ф

He sounded utterly confident that this wouldnТt be a problem.