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"No!" I shrieked a few octaves higher. I turned to my dresser, and Edward was already there, silently yanking out armfuls of random clothes, which he proceeded to throw to me.
“沒有！”我的聲音又升了幾個八度，尖叫道。我轉身朝著衣柜，愛德華已經在那里了，正沉默地把亂七八糟的衣物抱出來，然后拋給我。
"Did he break up with you?" Charlie was perplexed.
“他和你分手了？”查理有些不知所措。
"No!" I yelled, slightly more breathless as I shoved everything into the bag. Edward threw another drawer's contents at me. The bag was pretty much full now.
“沒有！”我大叫道，稍微有些氣喘吁吁，因為我正把所有東西都塞進雙肩包里。愛德華把另一口衣櫥里的東西扔給我。現在這只雙肩包已經很滿了。
"What happened, Bella?" Charlie shouted through the door, pounding again.
“發生了什么事，貝拉？”查理從門外喊道，又開始砸門了。
"I broke up with him!" I shouted back, jerking on the zipper of my bag. Edward's capable hands pushed mine away and zipped it smoothly. He put the strap carefully over my arm.
“我甩了他！”我嚷嚷回去，努力對付著書包上的拉鎖。愛德華萬能的雙手撥開了我的手，不費吹灰之力把它拉上了。他仔細地讓我的胳膊挎上背帶。
"I'll be in the truck go!" he whispered, and pushed me toward the door. He vanished out the window.
“我會在卡車里等你走！”他耳語道，把我推向門，然后消失在了窗外。
I unlocked the door and pushed past Charlie roughly, struggling with my heavy bag as I ran down the stairs.
我打開門，粗魯地推開查理擠過去，一面與沉重的書包做斗爭，一面跑下樓梯。
"What happened?" he yelled. He was right behind me. "I thought you liked him."
“發生了什么事？”他緊跟在我身后，大喊道。“我還以為你喜歡他。”
He caught my elbow in the kitchen. Though he was still bewildered, his grip was firm.
他在廚房里抓住了我的手肘。他依然很困惑，但他握得很緊。
He spun me around to look at him, and I could see in his face that he had no intention of letting me leave.
他看我轉過身來看著他，我能從他臉上看出來，他一點兒也不想讓我離開。
I could think of only one way to escape, and it involved hurting him so much that I hated myself for even considering it.
我只能想出一種脫身的辦法，但這會多重地傷害他。我單是想到這個辦法，就開始厭惡自己了。
But I had no time, and I had to keep him safe.
可我沒時間了，我得保護他。
I glared up at my father, fresh tears in my eyes for what I was about to do.
我抬起頭，怒視著我的父親，新的一波淚水因為我即將要做的事從我眼中涌出。
《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。
