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"And now?" His lips whispered against my jaw.
“那現在呢？”他的唇貼住我的下頜，耳語著。
"Trees," I gasped. "Motion sickness."
“樹，”我喘息著說。“運動癥。”
He lifted his face to kiss my eyelids. "Bella, you don't really think I would hit a tree, do you?"
他低下頭，吻著我的眼瞼。“貝拉，你不會真的認為我會撞到樹上吧，對嗎？”
"No, but I might." There was no confidence in my voice. He smelled an easy victory.
“不，但我也許會。”我的聲音里毫無自信。他嗅到了勝利在望的味道。
He kissed slowly down my cheek, stopping just at the corner of my mouth.
他慢慢地，一路往下吻著我的臉頰，恰好停在了我的嘴角上。
"Would I let a tree hurt you?" His lips barely brushed against my trembling lower lip.
“我會讓你撞到樹上嗎？”他的唇輕輕地刷過我微微顫抖著的下唇。
"No," I breathed. I knew there was a second part to my brilliant defense, but I couldn't quite call it back.
“不，”我喘息著說。我知道如果我要很好地反擊的話，我還得補上一句。但我實在說不出來。
"You see," he said, his lips moving against mine. "There's nothing to be afraid of, is there?"
“你看”他說道，他的嘴唇從我的嘴唇上離開了。“沒什么好害怕的，不是嗎？”
"No," I sighed, giving up.
“是”我感嘆，放棄爭論。
Then he took my face in his hands almost roughly, and kissed me in earnest, his unyielding lips moving against mine.
然后，他幾近粗暴地捧起我的臉，如癡如醉地吻著我，他堅硬的唇摩挲著我的唇。
There really was no excuse for my behavior. Obviously I knew better by now. And yet I couldn't seem to stop from reacting exactly as I had the first time. Instead of keeping safely motionless, my arms reached up to twine tightly around his neck, and I was suddenly welded to his stone figure. I sighed, and my lips parted.
我實在找不到借口為自己的行為解脫。顯然事到如今我已經比上次更清楚這樣做的后果了，但我還是情不自禁地像第一次那樣做出反應。我沒有安全地待在那里一動不動，而是伸出胳膊緊緊地纏住他的脖子，然后忽然貼上了他大理石般的五官。我喘息著，張開了唇。
He staggered back, breaking my grip effortlessly.
他搖搖晃晃地退開，毫不費力地掙脫了我的緊握。
"Damn it, Bella!" he broke off, gasping. "You'll be the death of me, I swear you will."
“該死，貝拉！”他掙脫出來，喘著氣說道。“我發誓，我遲早會死在你手里的
《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計則很好地傳達出了每本書內在的深遠寓意。斯蒂芬妮·梅爾指出《暮色》封面上的蘋果代表“創世紀” 內善惡樹上的禁果。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“創世紀”217頁的內容：“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離他。
