Eclipse, Chapter Ninteen – Selfish kokkuvõte
When she suggests that
Seth will help her defy him, he retorts that Jake will forbid it -- and Seth will have to obey,
because Jake is Sam's second-in-command. This is news to Bella.
To distract her, Edward talks about the discoveries he's made while listening to the pack mind
last night. For one thing, one of the wolves isn't a Quileute boy at all -- it's Leah
Clearwater. Bella reflects how painful it must be for her and Sam to be in such intimate
mental contact. Edward unsympathetically replies that Leah is making life as difficult as she
can for the rest of them.
But Bella persists: if Edward is going into danger, she refuses to be left behind. She considers
asking him to stay safely with her instead. Her better part is appalled by her own selfishness,
but her instincts for self-protection are stronger. Ignoring her guilt, she tells Edward the one
thing she knows will keep him at her side: if he leaves her alone worrying about his safety, it