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Hesitantly, always afraid, even now, that he would disappear like a mirage, too beautiful to be real… hesitantly, I reached out one finger and stroked the back of his shimmering hand, where it lay within my reach. I marveled again at the perfect texture, satin smooth, cool as stone. When I looked up again, his eyes were open, watching me. Butterscotch today, lighter, warmer after hunting. His quick smile turned up the corners of his flawless lips.
我遲疑著，即使是現(xiàn)在，我也總是擔(dān)心著，生怕他會像海市蜃樓一樣消失，他太美麗了，根本不像現(xiàn)實存在的……我遲疑著伸出了一根手指，輕撫著近在咫尺的，他閃爍著微光的手背。我又一次震驚于那完美的肌理，光潔如綢緞，冰冷如石頭。當(dāng)我再次抬頭看去時，他的眼睛睜開了，正看著我。今天他的眼睛是奶油糖果的顏色，在狩獵以后，變得更明亮，更溫暖了。一抹輕快的笑容浮現(xiàn)在他毫無瑕疵的唇角。
"I don't scare you?" he asked playfully, but I could hear the real curiosity in his soft voice.
“我沒嚇到你嗎？”他打趣地問道，但我能聽出他柔軟的聲音里真正的好奇。
"No more than usual."
“不比平常多。”
He smiled wider; his teeth flashed in the sun.
他笑得更深了，他的皓齒在陽光下閃閃發(fā)光。
I inched closer, stretched out my whole hand now to trace the contours of his forearm with my fingertips. I saw that my fingers trembled, and knew it wouldn't escape his notice.
我緩緩地挪到更近的地方，張開手伸過去，用指尖描摹著他小臂的輪廓。我看見自己的手指在顫抖著，知道這一切都逃不過他的注意。
"Do you mind?" I asked, for he had closed his eyes again.
“你介意嗎？”我問道，因為他又閉上了眼睛。
"No," he said without opening his eyes. "You can't imagine how that feels." He sighed.
“不。”他說著，沒有睜開眼。“你不會想象到這是什么樣的感覺。”他嘆息著。
I lightly trailed my hand over the perfect muscles of his arm, followed the faint pattern of bluish veins inside the crease at his elbow. With my other hand, I reached to turn his hand over. Realizing what I wished, he flipped his palm up in one of those blindingly fast, disconcerting movements of his. It startled me; my fingers froze on his arm for a brief second.
我輕柔地用手撫過他手臂上完美的肌肉，跟隨著他肘彎上淺淺的淡藍(lán)色靜脈的紋路。我伸出另一只手，想把他的手掌翻過來。他意識到了我想做什么，立刻把掌心翻過來，動作快得看不見，簡直讓人倉皇失措。他的動作讓我嚇了一跳，我的手指在他手臂上停滯了片刻。
《暮光之城》
與圖書題目相得益彰的是，“暮光之城”系列別具匠心的封面設(shè)計則很好地傳達(dá)出了每本書內(nèi)在的深遠(yuǎn)寓意。斯蒂芬妮·梅爾指出《暮色》封面上的蘋果代表“創(chuàng)世紀(jì)” 內(nèi)善惡樹上的禁果。象征貝拉和愛德華之間人類與吸血鬼禁忌的愛戀。在書的開頭引用了“創(chuàng)世紀(jì)”217頁的內(nèi)容：“只是分別善惡樹上的果子，你不可吃，因為你吃的日子必定死。”這同時也代表了貝拉如何分辨善惡——選擇是否吃下那顆禁忌的果實，這比喻了選擇跟愛德華在一起或遠(yuǎn)離他。
