We picked our way down to the beach, Mike leading the way to a ring of driftwood logs that had obviously been used for parties like ours before. There was a fire circle already in place, filled with black ashes. Eric and the boy I thought was named Ben gathered broken branches of driftwood from the drier piles against the forest edge, and soon had a teepee-shaped construction built atop the old cinders.
"Have you ever seen a driftwood fire?" Mike asked me. I was sitting on one of the bone-colored benches; the other girls clustered, gossiping excitedly, on either side of me. Mike kneeled by the fire, lighting one of the smaller sticks with a cigarette lighter.
"No," I said as he placed the blazing twig carefully against the teepee.
"You'll like this then — watch the colors." He lit another small branch and laid it alongside the first. The flames started to lick quickly up the dry wood.
"It's blue," I said in surprise.
"The salt does it. Pretty, isn't it?" He lit one more piece, placed it where the fire hadn't yet caught, and then came to sit by me. Thankfully, Jess was on his other side. She turned to him and claimed his attention. I watched the strange blue and green flames crackle toward the sky.
《暮光之城》
當生命是你所能給予自己摯愛的人的一切時,你怎么可能不把生命獻給他呢?對于貝拉來說,無可救藥地愛上愛德華之后,生活既像是充滿甜蜜的幻想,又像是深不可測的可怕夢魘。不管她作出什么樣的抉擇,都將牽動著兩個族群的命運。從兩人第一次牽手的那一刻起,貝拉和愛德華就明白對方是自己要找的另一半,愛情就像雨后的陽光一樣溫潤著他們的靈魂。
幸福讓人覺得溫暖,卻又讓人如履薄冰。來自于不同世界的兩個人的禁忌之愛,像狂躁的風暴蹂躪折磨著兩顆脆弱的心。既然貝拉勇敢地做出決定,一連串空前的驚人事件便隨之展開,在這動蕩的一年,誘惑與沖突將帶領她走向最后的關鍵時刻。貝拉飄舞的心緒終將情歸何處?她與愛德華、雅各布三人的最后命運又將會如何?