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.His face was bleak,brooding, his forehead creased with worry."Oh, hey, Bella," he greeted me dully."Hi, Quil& Are you okay?"He stared at me morosely."Fine.""Can I give you a ride somewhere?" I offered."Sure, I guess," he mumbled.He shuffled around the front of the truck andopened the passenger door to climb in."Where to?""My house is on the north side, back behind the store," he told me."Have you seen Jacob today." The question burst from me almost before he'dfinished speaking.I looked at Quil eagerly, waiting for his answer.He stared out the windshield for a second before he spoke."From a distance," he finally said."A distance?" I echoed."I tried to follow them he was with Embry." His voice was low, hard to hearover the engine.I leaned closer."I know they saw me.But they turned and justdisappeared into the trees.I don't think they were alone I think Sam and hiscrew might have been with them."I've been stumbling around in the forest for an hour, yelling for them.I justbarely found the road again when you drove up.""So Sam did get to him." The words were a little distorted my teeth were grittedtogether.Quil stared at me."You know about that.?"I nodded."Jake told me& before.""Before," Quil repeated, and sighed."Jacob's just as bad as the others now?""Never leaves Sam's side." Quil turned his head and spit out the open window."And before that did he avoid everyone? Was he acting upset?"His voice was low and rough."Not for as long as the others.Maybe one day.Then Sam caught up with him.""What do you think it is? Drugs or something?""I can't see Jacob or Embry getting into anything like that& but what do I know?What else could it be? And why aren't the old people worried?" He shook hishead, and the fear showed in his eyes now."Jacob didn't want to be a part ofthis& cult.I don't understand what could change him." He stared at me, his facefrightened."I don't want to be next."My eyes mirrored his fear.That was the second time I'd heard it described as a cult.I shivered."Are your parents any help?"He grimaced."Right.My grandfather's on the council with Jacob's dad.Sam Uleyis the best thing that ever happened to this place, as far as he's concerned."We stared at each other for a prolonged moment.We were in La Push now, andmy truck was barely crawling along the empty road.I could see the village's onlystore not too far ahead."I'll get out now," Quil said."My house is right over there." He gestured towardthe small wooden rectangle behind the store.I pulled over to the shoulder, and hejumped out."I'm going to go wait for Jacob," I told him in a hard voice."Good luck." He slammed the door and shuffled forward along the road, his headbent forward, his shoulders slumped.Quil's face haunted me as I made a wide U-turn and headed back toward theBlacks'.He was terrified of being next.What was happening here?I stopped in front of Jacob's house, killing the motor and rolling down thewindows.It was stuffy today, no breeze.I put my feet up on the dashboard andsettled in to wait.A movement flashed in my peripheral vision I turned and spotted Billy lookingat me through the front window with a confused expression.I waved once andsmiled a tight smile, but stayed where I was.His eyes narrowed; he let the curtain fall across the glass.I was prepared to stay as long as it took, but I wished I had something to do.I dugup a pen out of the bottom of my backpack, and an old test.I started to doodle onthe back of the scrap.I'd only had time to scrawl one row of diamonds when there was a sharp tapagainst my door. I jumped, looking up, expecting Billy."What are you doing here, Bella.'" Jacob growled.I stared at him in blank astonishment.Jacob had changed radically in the last weeks since I'd seen him.The first thing Inoticed was his hair his beautiful hair was all gone, cropped quite short,covering his head with an inky gloss like black satin.The planes of his faceseemed to have hardened subtly, tightened& aged.His neck and his shoulderswere different, too, thicker somehow.His hands, where they gripped the windowframe, looked enormous, with the tendons and veins more prominent under therusset skin.But the physical changes were insignificant.It was his expression that made him almost completely unrecognizable.The open,friendly smile was gone like the hair, the warmth in his dark eyes altered to abrooding resentment that was instantly disturbing.There was a darkness in Jacobnow [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.His face was bleak,brooding, his forehead creased with worry."Oh, hey, Bella," he greeted me dully."Hi, Quil& Are you okay?"He stared at me morosely."Fine.""Can I give you a ride somewhere?" I offered."Sure, I guess," he mumbled.He shuffled around the front of the truck andopened the passenger door to climb in."Where to?""My house is on the north side, back behind the store," he told me."Have you seen Jacob today." The question burst from me almost before he'dfinished speaking.I looked at Quil eagerly, waiting for his answer.He stared out the windshield for a second before he spoke."From a distance," he finally said."A distance?" I echoed."I tried to follow them he was with Embry." His voice was low, hard to hearover the engine.I leaned closer."I know they saw me.But they turned and justdisappeared into the trees.I don't think they were alone I think Sam and hiscrew might have been with them."I've been stumbling around in the forest for an hour, yelling for them.I justbarely found the road again when you drove up.""So Sam did get to him." The words were a little distorted my teeth were grittedtogether.Quil stared at me."You know about that.?"I nodded."Jake told me& before.""Before," Quil repeated, and sighed."Jacob's just as bad as the others now?""Never leaves Sam's side." Quil turned his head and spit out the open window."And before that did he avoid everyone? Was he acting upset?"His voice was low and rough."Not for as long as the others.Maybe one day.Then Sam caught up with him.""What do you think it is? Drugs or something?""I can't see Jacob or Embry getting into anything like that& but what do I know?What else could it be? And why aren't the old people worried?" He shook hishead, and the fear showed in his eyes now."Jacob didn't want to be a part ofthis& cult.I don't understand what could change him." He stared at me, his facefrightened."I don't want to be next."My eyes mirrored his fear.That was the second time I'd heard it described as a cult.I shivered."Are your parents any help?"He grimaced."Right.My grandfather's on the council with Jacob's dad.Sam Uleyis the best thing that ever happened to this place, as far as he's concerned."We stared at each other for a prolonged moment.We were in La Push now, andmy truck was barely crawling along the empty road.I could see the village's onlystore not too far ahead."I'll get out now," Quil said."My house is right over there." He gestured towardthe small wooden rectangle behind the store.I pulled over to the shoulder, and hejumped out."I'm going to go wait for Jacob," I told him in a hard voice."Good luck." He slammed the door and shuffled forward along the road, his headbent forward, his shoulders slumped.Quil's face haunted me as I made a wide U-turn and headed back toward theBlacks'.He was terrified of being next.What was happening here?I stopped in front of Jacob's house, killing the motor and rolling down thewindows.It was stuffy today, no breeze.I put my feet up on the dashboard andsettled in to wait.A movement flashed in my peripheral vision I turned and spotted Billy lookingat me through the front window with a confused expression.I waved once andsmiled a tight smile, but stayed where I was.His eyes narrowed; he let the curtain fall across the glass.I was prepared to stay as long as it took, but I wished I had something to do.I dugup a pen out of the bottom of my backpack, and an old test.I started to doodle onthe back of the scrap.I'd only had time to scrawl one row of diamonds when there was a sharp tapagainst my door. I jumped, looking up, expecting Billy."What are you doing here, Bella.'" Jacob growled.I stared at him in blank astonishment.Jacob had changed radically in the last weeks since I'd seen him.The first thing Inoticed was his hair his beautiful hair was all gone, cropped quite short,covering his head with an inky gloss like black satin.The planes of his faceseemed to have hardened subtly, tightened& aged.His neck and his shoulderswere different, too, thicker somehow.His hands, where they gripped the windowframe, looked enormous, with the tendons and veins more prominent under therusset skin.But the physical changes were insignificant.It was his expression that made him almost completely unrecognizable.The open,friendly smile was gone like the hair, the warmth in his dark eyes altered to abrooding resentment that was instantly disturbing.There was a darkness in Jacobnow [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]