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》
当生命是你所能给予自己挚爱的人的一切时,你怎么可能不把生命献给他呢?对于贝拉来说,无可救药地爱上爱德华之后,生活既像是充满甜蜜的幻想,又像是深不可测的可怕梦魇。不管她作出什么样的抉择,都将牵动着两个族群的命运。从两人第一次牵手的那一刻起,贝拉和爱德华就明白对方是自己要找的另一半,爱情就像雨后的阳光一样温润着他们的灵魂。
幸福让人觉得温暖,却又让人如履薄冰。来自于不同世界的两个人的禁忌之爱,像狂躁的风暴蹂躏折磨着两颗脆弱的心。既然贝拉勇敢地做出决定,一连串空前的惊人事件便随之展开,在这动荡的一年,诱惑与冲突将带领她走向最后的关键时刻。贝拉飘舞的心绪终将情归何处?她与爱德华、雅各布三人的最后命运又将会如何?