Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer [249]
Damn it, he growled, kissing hungrily down the edge of my jaw.
We have plenty of time to work on it, I reminded him.
Forever and forever and forever, he murmured.
That sounds exactly right to me.
And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever.
THE END
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VAMPIRE INDEX
Alphabetically by coven
* vampire possesses a quantifiable supernatural talent
- bonded pair (oldest listed first)
struck deceased before beginning of this novel
The Amazon Coven
Kachiri
Senna
Zafrina*
The Denali Coven
Eleazar* - Carmen
Irina - Laurent
Kate*
Sasha
Tanya
Vasilii
The Egyptian Coven
Amun - Kebi
Benjamin* - Tia
The Irish Coven
Maggie*
Siobhan* - Liam
The Olympic Coven
Carlisle - Esme
Edward* - Bella*
Jasper* - Alice*
Renesmee*
Rosalie - Emmett
The Romanian Coven
Stefan
Vladimir
The Volturi Coven
Aro* - Sulpicia
Caius - Athenodora
Marcus* - Didyme *
The Volturi Guard (partial)
Alec*
Chelsea* - Afton*
Corin*
Demetri*
Felix
Heidi*
Jane*
Renata*
Santiago
The American Nomads (Partial)
Garrett
James * - Victoria *
Mary
Peter - Charlotte
Randall
The European Nomads (Partial)
Alistair*
Charles* - Makenna
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Acknowledgments
As always, an ocean of thanks to:
My awesome family, for all their incomparable love and support. My talented and hawt publicist, Elizabeth Eulberg, for creating STEPHENIE MEYER out of the raw clay that was once just a mousy Steph. The whole team at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for five years of enthusiasm, faith, support, and incredibly hard work. All the amazing site creators and administrators in the Twilight Saga online fandom; you people astound me with your coolness. My brilliant, beautiful fans, with your unparalleled good taste in books, music, and movies, for continuing to love me more than I deserve. The bookstores who have made this series a hit with their recommendations; all authors are indebted to you for your love of and passion for literature. The many bands and musicians that keep me motivated; did I mention Muse already? I did? Too bad. Muse, Muse, Muse
New gratitude to:
The best band-that-never-was: Nic and the Jens, featuring Shelly C. (Nicole Driggs, Jennifer Hancock, Jennifer Longman, and Shelly Colvin). Thanks for taking me under your collective wing, guys. I would be a shut-in without you.
My long-distance pals and fonts of sanity, Cool Meghan Hibbett and Kimberly Shazzer Suchy.
My peer support, Shannon Hale, for understanding everything , and for feeding my love of zombie humor.
Makenna Jewell Lewis for the use of her name, and her mother, Heather, for her support of the Arizona Ballet.
The new guys on my writing inspiration playlist: Interpol, Motion City Soundtrack, and Spoon.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
BOOK ONE: BELLA
PREFACE
1. ENGAGED
2. LONG NIGHT
3. BIG DAY
4. GESTURE
5. ISLE ESME
6. DISTRACTIONS
7. UNEXPECTED
BOOK TWO: JACOB
PREFACE
8. WAITING FOR THE DAMN FIGHT TO START ALREADY
9. SURE AS HELL DIDNT SEE THAT ONE COMING
10. WHY DIDNT I JUST WALK AWAY? OH RIGHT, BECAUSE IM AN IDIOT.
11. THE TWO THINGS AT THE VERY TOP OF MY THINGS-I-NEVER-WANT-TO-DO LIST
12. SOME PEOPLE JUST DONT GRASP THE CONCEPT OF UNWELCOME
13. GOOD THING IVE GOT A STRONG STOMACH
14. YOU KNOW THINGS ARE BAD WHEN YOU FEEL GUILTY FOR BEING RUDE TO VAMPIRES
15. TICK TOCK TICK TOCK TICK TOCK
16. TOO- MUCH-INFORMATION ALERT
17. WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE? THE WIZARD OF OZ? YOU NEED A BRAIN? YOU NEED A HEART? GO AHEAD. TAKE MINE. TAKE EVERYTHING I HAVE.
18. THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR THIS.
BOOK THREE: BELLA
PREFACE
19. BURNING
20. NEW
21. FIRST HUNT
22. PROMISED
23. MEMORIES
24. SURPRISE
25. FAVOR
26. SHINY
27. TRAVEL PLANS
28. THE FUTURE
29. DEFECTION
30. IRRESISTIBLE
31. TALENTED
32. COMPANY
33. FORGERY
34. DECLARED
35. DEADLINE
36. BLOODLUST
37. CONTRIVANCES
38. POWER
39. THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER
VAMPIRE INDEX
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