I pushed my legs faster, letting Jacob Black disappear behind me.

“ Maybe it would feel nice. Maybe it wouldn't feel like a betrayal. Besides, who…”

“I was an empty shell. Like a vacant house―condemned―for months I'd been utterly…”

“It is a strange world," I murmered, more to myself than to the native soul."The…”

“Uncle Jeb," we croaked in surprise. "You found us.""Well, now," he said, and hi…”