[I feel responsible, somehow, for all of this. I ran first. I saw through the facade first. I put the first crack in the armour. The fact that now so many of the Volturi’s previous members were on Cullen soil was my fault. I should help Jacob figure out a treaty. I should help —

— the other members hunt without killing the Forks residents, and signing their own death orders at the same time. But all I could do was worry over my sister, wandering the border, still fuming, no doubt, over the conversation we’d had. What I /should/ do was go find her. —

— But A) I didn’t care to be pained again, and B) Jane was never the “lets talk it out” sort of girl. She needed time, and I needed to give it to her.]

-- Stubborn as always. I called to Jane Strega over my shoulder:] Marcus is due soon. You should come with me. Hear what he's come to --

-- hear me tell him. Jane Strega Maybe then you'll appreciate why I wanted to do whatever was necessary to keep you safe. [Whatever she --

-- decides, it has to be just that. Jane Strega decision. After I get the last word, I dart through the trees until the house is back in--

-- view. There's already quite the little gathering, which suggests to me that Marcus has arrived. With him I can make out --

-- #Carlisle and #Esme , Demetri Bellini and Corin Moretti are in audience, and finally stragglers on the porch are #Jacob, #Ness, #Edward--

-- and of course Bella Cullen . When Jacob Black says my name, I know that's my cue to announce myself.] He's here to see if I was --

-- lying. Weren't you Marcus ?

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[I don't exactly appreciate Jacob Black strong-arming my conversation with Marcus, but he does it all the same. There's nothing to do now but see what I can do to help the visiting Volturi settle in, as Dr Carlisle Cullen would have asked, if he'd had a chance.]