Breaking Dawn: Book Three

Finally. Last one. It’ll all be over soon.

No longer just a nightmare, the line of black advanced on us through the icy mist stirred
up by their feet.

We’re going to die, I thought in panic. I was desperate for the precious one I guarded, but even to think of that was a lapse in attention I could not afford.

They ghosted closer, their dark robes billowing slightly with the movement. I saw their hands curl into bone-colored claws. They drifted apart, angling to come at us from all sides. We were outnumbered. It was over.

And then, like a burst of light from a flash, the whole scene was different. Yet nothing changed—the Volturi still stalked toward us, poised to kill. All that really changed was how the picture looked to me. Suddenly, I was hungry for it. I wanted them to charge. The panic changed to bloodlust as I crouched forward, a smile on my face, and a growl ripped through my bared teeth.

Breaking Dawn Book Three Prologue

We get to relive the birthing from the last book, but from Bella’s perspective. She’s bewildered by the pain. So are we; we’d like it to end. Death? Kthxbai.
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Breaking Dawn: Book Two

Welcome to book two. For a change of pace, we get to experience this from the point of view of Jacob.

Life sucks, and then you die.

Yeah, I should be so lucky.

Breaking Dawn Book Two Prologue

I’m not getting my hopes up that this is a departure from the standard theme.
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Breaking Dawn: Book One

I can feel you out there, quietly loathing me; the clickings and scrapings of weapons being assembled, and the singing of a knife being sharpened.

Thank you. You can’t possibly know how much it means to me that you wish to put me out your misery; but I must continue to cling to life. I must finish this.

It’s become a holy quest – a crusade, if you will. I don’t know what I’ll find when I reach my destination. Perhaps a sense of accomplishment, and an incredibly high [for me] page count.

Now, if you’ll hold still a moment and permit me to tie this rope around you, I’ll hitch you to this truck and we’ll continue our trip into hell.
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