This teaser really has... nothing to do with the entire chapter. We're awful ;)
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“The clinic’s done?” I blurted out.
Carlisle smiled at me. “It is. It should open to the public on Monday.”
“Huh.” Carlisle laughed at my surprise, so I quickly explained myself. “I just didn’t realize you’d been working on it so much.
Sorry,” I told him with a hot blush.
“You’d be amazed at what you can accomplish when you don’t sleep,” he responded.
I had no response to that. It seemed like all the vampires around me were busying themselves while I was sleeping.
“Before we go,” he continued, “I wanted to propose something to you all.”
Billy sat up a little straighter. “Which is?”
“I thought that maybe we could help with the tribe’s finances.”
A low murmur of shock went throughout the room. Paul sneered something to Sam, stopping only when he saw me watching him.
Jerk.
“I don’t know,” Billy said slowly.
“I understand your hesitance,” Carlisle responded, “but let me answer with this. We’ve considered you family since the moment Bella and Edward imprinted. With my daughter Alice’s… special abilities, we’ve done well for ourselves. It wouldn’t be a burden to help fund certain things the tribe needs help with.”
Billy still looked skeptical.
Edward interjected. “Believe me when I say that Alice has made Carlisle more money than one can possibly dream of.”
Billy was silent for a moment. “Can we think about it?”
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Sunday, January 9, 2011
While You Were Gone Chapter 10 Teaser
I'm a fail with writing lately... huge apologies. Between the holidays and an awesome block, I haven't had much time to write. And when I did, I just stared at the doc blankly. Annoying ;)
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I shook my head. “I need your help with an… experiment of sorts.” It was a partial truth. Alice and I simply needed her out of the main house to show her the surprise we’d all spent the last few days working on for her. Bella was usually not a fan of surprises; however, I had a feeling that this specific baby gift would be well received.
Her brow furrowed. “An experiment?”
“It requires you to get up, though,” I teased.
“I’ll get up,” she protested, yawning again. “Maybe.”
I chuckled. “So I was thinking about your DNA…” I started, awaiting her reaction. She just stared wide-eyed up at me, so I continued. “And the reaction that you had to Riley’s scent inside Charlie’s house.”
I could see the wheels turning. “You think they’re connected?”
“Carlisle and I debated it, yes, and we’ve come up with a theory. Would you like to hear it?”
She nodded eagerly. “Yeah. Of course I do.”
“We think my—well, Carlisle’s—venom has something to do with that. You see, everyone in this house was changed by Carlisle, with the exception of Alice and Jasper. His mark was made on all of us when he changed us. And since a little of my venom was left behind, and I’m your mate-“
“None of you would have that same bleach-y smell to you that Riley had.”
“Bleach-y?” I asked, taken a bit aback by her description. None of the other wolves had ever used that term to describe it. They simply recoiled with the burn our scent caused.
She shuddered at the memory. “That’s the only way I can describe it. It was such a sickly sweet smell. It burned like bleach does when it’s accidentally inhaled.”
“Well, in any case, since Alice and Jasper weren’t changed by Carlisle, we wanted to see if they smelled any different away from the house and the rest of the family.” This theory had to be right. It was the only explanation for why we didn’t smell revolting to Bella and vice versa.
“Okay. When?”
“Now, if you’re up to it.”
She swung her legs around and heaved herself off of the couch. “I’m up to it.”
“I was hoping you’d say that.”
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I shook my head. “I need your help with an… experiment of sorts.” It was a partial truth. Alice and I simply needed her out of the main house to show her the surprise we’d all spent the last few days working on for her. Bella was usually not a fan of surprises; however, I had a feeling that this specific baby gift would be well received.
Her brow furrowed. “An experiment?”
“It requires you to get up, though,” I teased.
“I’ll get up,” she protested, yawning again. “Maybe.”
I chuckled. “So I was thinking about your DNA…” I started, awaiting her reaction. She just stared wide-eyed up at me, so I continued. “And the reaction that you had to Riley’s scent inside Charlie’s house.”
I could see the wheels turning. “You think they’re connected?”
“Carlisle and I debated it, yes, and we’ve come up with a theory. Would you like to hear it?”
She nodded eagerly. “Yeah. Of course I do.”
“We think my—well, Carlisle’s—venom has something to do with that. You see, everyone in this house was changed by Carlisle, with the exception of Alice and Jasper. His mark was made on all of us when he changed us. And since a little of my venom was left behind, and I’m your mate-“
“None of you would have that same bleach-y smell to you that Riley had.”
“Bleach-y?” I asked, taken a bit aback by her description. None of the other wolves had ever used that term to describe it. They simply recoiled with the burn our scent caused.
She shuddered at the memory. “That’s the only way I can describe it. It was such a sickly sweet smell. It burned like bleach does when it’s accidentally inhaled.”
“Well, in any case, since Alice and Jasper weren’t changed by Carlisle, we wanted to see if they smelled any different away from the house and the rest of the family.” This theory had to be right. It was the only explanation for why we didn’t smell revolting to Bella and vice versa.
“Okay. When?”
“Now, if you’re up to it.”
She swung her legs around and heaved herself off of the couch. “I’m up to it.”
“I was hoping you’d say that.”
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