Love reunited and facing more challenges than before, Edward and Ana push through and prevail.
Faced with forces that threaten them, their families, and their love for one another, the two must find a way to rise above it all.
Book 1 - Complete.
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XXXIII. Apologies.
After dancing with Angela and Jessica for a bit, I broke away to search for Edward, who I had only seen once or twice in the passing. Just as I walked out of the downstairs living room, Alice stepped into my path.
"Ana." She spoke, her tone of voice strained and her face hardened. She was very clearly less than pleased about something.
"Alice," I said, eyebrows furrowing in confusion as I looked at her, trying to figure out what I had done to her.
She stepped beside me, wrapped one intimidating arm around my shoulders, and pointed into the crowd. "Who invited the mongrels?" she questioned me.
I followed her pointed finger, eyebrows raising when I saw Jacob, Quil, and Embry among the crowds of dancing Fork's high students. A dreadful feeling sunk into the darkest pit of my stomach as I looked at Jacob.
I sighed softly before meeting Alice's pointed gaze. "I invited one of them...before," I explained to her as her jaw clenched. "The other two I can actually handle being here," I added softly as I shot a look toward Quil and Embry.
"Why would you invite that one?" Alice asked in a sharp and low tone of voice as she quirked her eyebrows. I knew she meant Jacob. Because even before he tried to kiss me, Alice despised him.
"It was before, "I explained and she rolled her eyes in response. "I'll deal with it," I assured her before slipping away and making my way over towards the three wolves. They saw me coming, and I was met with two beaming smiles and one tight smile. "Quil, Embry." I greeted cheerfully.
"Congratulations Ana." Quil congratulated me as he gave me a brief side hug, and Embry did as well.
"Finally in the big world now, huh?" Embry asked teasingly as he bumped my shoulder with his own, raising his eyebrows.
"Finally." I agreed jokingly as I rolled my eyes teasingly, letting out a soft chuckle.
"We brought you something," Quil spoke up as he held up a small box in my direction and I gave him a sweet smile as I accepted it. "A graduation present. The three of us worked together to make it." He explained.
I opened the small box, smiling when I saw the light pink colored bracelet with three lucky charms on it. One was the letter A, one was a small wolf and the other was a small feather from a dreamcatcher. "Oh..." I whispered, smiling as I admired the bracelet. "You guys made this?"
"We each added a charm," Embry explained. "I put the A, Quil the wolf, and Jake the feather," he added as he motioned between the three of them.
I glanced in Jacob's direction. I still had the Dreamcatcher he gave me for my birthday last year. He gave me a small a small smile and I diverted my gaze down to the bracelet. "It's really pretty. Thank you." I told them sincerely as I put the bracelet on.
