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.The fastest way to a phone was to drive back to Billy's.But I couldn'tbelieve what I'd just seen.Maybe, subconsciously, I hoped I would see somethingdifferent without the glass of the windshield in the way.Jacob laughed, and I spun to stare at him wildly.How could he be so calloused,so cold-blooded?"They're just cliff diving, Bella.Recreation.La Push doesn't have a mall, youknow." He was teasing, but there was a strange note of irritation in his voice."Cliff diving?" I repeated, dazed.I stared in disbelief as a second figure steppedto the edge, paused, and then very gracefully leaped into space.He fell for whatseemed like an eternity to me, finally cutting smoothly into the dark gray wavesbelow."Wow.It's so high." I slid back into my seat, still staring wide-eyed at the tworemaining divers."It must be a hundred feet.""Well, yeah, most of us jump from lower down, that rock that juts out from thecliff about halfway." He pointed out his window.The place he indicated did seemmuch more reasonable."Those guys are insane.Probably showing off how toughthey are.I mean, really, it's freezing today.That water can't feel good." He madea disgruntled face, as if the stunt personally offended him.It surprised me a little.I would have thought Jacob was nearly impossible to upset."You jump off the cliff?" I hadn't missed the "us.""Sure, sure." He shrugged and grinned."It's fun.A little scary, kind of a rush."I looked back at the cliffs, where the third figure was pacing the edge.I'd neverwitnessed anything so reckless in all my life.My eyes widened, and I smiled."Jake, you have to take me cliff diving."He frowned back at me, his face disapproving."Bella, you just wanted to call anambulance for Sam," he reminded me.I was surprised that he could tell who itwas from this distance."I want to try," I insisted, start ing to get out of the car again.Jacob grabbed my wrist."Not today, all right? Can we at least wait for a warmerday?""Okay, fine," I agreed.With the door open, the glacial breeze was raising goosebumps on my arm."But I want to go soon.""Soon." He rolled his eyes."Sometimes you're a little strange, Bella.Do youknow that?"I sighed."Yes.""And we're not jumping off the top."I watched, fascinated, as the third boy made a running start and flung himselffarther into the empty air than the other two.He twisted and cartwheeled throughspace as he fell, like he was skydiving.He looked absolutely free unthinkingand utterly irresponsible."Fine," I agreed."Not the first time, anyway."Now Jacob sighed."Are we going to try out the bikes or not?" he demanded."Okay, okay," I said, tearing my eyes away from the last person waiting on thecliff.I put my seat belt back on and closed the door.The engine was still running,roaring as it idled.We started down the road again."So who were those guys the crazy ones?" I wondered.He made a disgusted sound in the back of his throat."The La Push gang.""You have a gang?" I asked.I realized that I sounded impressed.He laughed once at my reaction."Not like that.I swear, they're like hall monitorsgone bad.They don't start fights, they keep the peace." He snorted."There wasthis guy from up somewhere by the Makah rez, big guy too, scary-looking.Well,word got around that he was selling meth to kids, and Sam Uley and his disciplesran him off our land.They're all about our land, and tribe pride& it's gettingridiculous.The worst part is that the council takes them seriously.Embry saidthat the council actually meets with Sam." He shook his head, face full ofresentment."Embry also heard from Leah Clearwater that they call themselves'protectors' or something like that."Jacob's hands were clenched into fists, as if he'd like to hit something.I'd neverseen this side of him.I was surprised to hear Sam Uley's name.I didn't want it to bring back the imagesfrom my nightmare, so I made a quick observation to distract myself."You don'tlike them very much.""Does it show?" he asked sarcastically."Well& It doesn't sound like they're doing anything bad." I tried to soothe him,to make him cheerful again."Just sort of annoyingly goody-two-shoes for agang.""Yeah.Annoying is a good word.They're always showing off like the cliffthing.They act like& like, I don't know.Like tough guys.I was hanging out atthe store with Embry and Quil once, last semester, and Sam came by with hisfollowers, Jared and Paul [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]