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  “我们走吧。”杰布对我们俩说,他把我们带回到我们来时的路上。杰布走在我的一边,杰米则在另一边。杰米好像一直试着盯着地面,不过他不停地向上瞟一眼我的脸就像我忍不住向下瞟他一眼一样。无论我们的视线何时交会,我们又都飞快地看别处去了。 
  我们差不多走在去大厅的半路上时,我听见身后传来轻轻的脚步声。我的反应转瞬即逝,也是不假思索的。我轻捷地跑到隧道的一侧,一只胳膊拽着杰米,这样我就能挡在他和向我奔来的东西之间,不管是什么东西。 
  “嘿!”他抗议道,不过他没从我胳膊下面挣脱。 
  杰布同样迅速,枪迅雷不及掩耳地从绑带上转出来。 
  伊恩和医生都把手举到头顶上。 
  “我们也能检点自己的行为。”医生说道。很难相信这个声音柔和,面带善意的男人会是长期折磨他人;他对我而言更加恐怖,因为他的外表如此善良。有个人在漆黑诡谲的夜晚会很警觉,会有心理准备,但是在晴朗明媚的白天会吗?当她看不见潜藏的危险时,怎么会知道逃跑呢? 
  杰布眯着眼睛看着伊恩,枪管也跟着他的眼神移动。 
  “我不会惹麻烦的,杰布,我会和医生一样规规矩矩的。” 
  “好,”杰布简洁地说道,把枪收了起来,“可别试探我。我很长时间都没杀过人了,我还有些想念其中的兴奋呢。” 
  我倒抽了一口气,大家都听见了,转而看着我惊恐万状的脸。医生是第一个开口大笑的,不过,不一会儿就连杰米也加入进来了。 
  “是个玩笑。”杰米轻声对我说道。他的手不经意地移开,几乎好像是向我伸过来一样,不过他很快就把它装进短裤口袋里去了。我的胳膊仍然挡在他面前保护他我也让它垂落下来。 
  “好了,时间都浪费了,”杰布说道,仍然有些不友好,“你们所有人都得跟上,因为我可不会等你们。”他还没说完就大踏步地向前走去。     

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Twilight 
New Moon 
Eclipse 
To my mother; Candy; 

who taught me that love is the best part of any story


 Prologue: Inserted 
Chapter 1: Remembered 
Chapter 2: Overheard 
Chapter 3: Resisted 
Chapter 4: Dreamed 
Chapter 5: Unforted 
Chapter 6: Followed 
Chapter 7: Confronted 
Chapter 8: Loved 
Chapter 9: Discovered 
Chapter 10: Turned 
Chapter 11: Dehydrated 
Chapter 12: Failed 
Chapter 13: Sentenced 
Chapter 14: Disputed 
Chapter 15: Guarded 
Chapter 16: Assigned 
Chapter 17: Visited 
Chapter 18: Bored 
Chapter 19: Abandoned 
Chapter 20: Freed 
Chapter 21: Named 
Chapter 22: Cracked 

 

 

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 Chapter 49: Interrogated

 Chapter 50: Sacrificed

 Chapter 51: Prepared

 Chapter 52: Separated

 Chapter 53: Condemned

 Chapter 54: Forgotten

 Chapter 55: Attached

 Chapter 56: Welded

 Chapter 57: pleted

 Chapter 58: Finished

 Chapter 59: Remembered

 Epilogue: Continued

 About the Author 

About this Title


 QUESTION 
Body my house 
my horse my hound 
what will I do 
when you are fallen 
Where will I sleep 
How will I ride 
What will I hunt 
Where can I go 
without my mount 
all eager and quick 
How will I know 
in thicket ahead 
is danger or treasure 
When Body my good 
bright dog is dead 
How will it be 
to lie in the sky 
without roof or door 
and wind for an eye 

 

 PROLOGUE

 Inserted

 The Healer’s name was Fords Deep Waters。 
Because he was a soul; by nature he was all things good: passionate; patient; honest; virtuous; and 
full of love。 Anxiety was an unusual emotion for Fords Deep Waters。 
Irritation was even rarer。 However; because Fords Deep Waters lived inside a human body; irritation 
was sometimes inescapable。 
As the whispers of the Healing students buzzed in the far corner of the operating room; his lips pressed 

together into a tight line。 The expression felt out of place on a mouth more often given to smiling。 
Darren; his regular assistant; saw the grimace and patted his shoulder。 
“They’re just curious; Fords;” he said quietly。 
“An insertion is hardly an interesting or challenging procedure。 Any soul on the street could perform it in 


an emergency。 There’s nothing for them to learn by observing today。” Fords was surprised to hear the 
sharp edge marring his normally soothing voice。 
“They’ve never seen a grown human before;” Darren said。 
Fords raised one eyebrow。 “Are they blind to each other’s faces? Do they not have mirrors?”


 “You know what I mean—a wild human。 Still soulless。 One of the insurgents。” 
Fords looked at the girl’s unconscious body; laid out facedown on the operating table。 Pity swelled in his 
heart as he remembered the condition her poor; broken body had been in when the Seekers had brought 
her to the Healing facility。 Such pain she’d endured。…


 Of course she was perfect now—pletely healed。 Fords had seen to that。


 “She looks the same as any of us;” Fords murmured to Darren。 “We all have human faces。 And when 
she wakes up; she will be one of us; too。” 
“It’s just exciting for them; that’s all。” 
“The soul we implant today deserves more respect than to have her host body gawked at this way。 


She’ll already have far too much to deal with as she acclimates。 It’s not fair to put her through this。” By 
this; he did not mean the gawking。 Fords heard the sharp edge return to his voice。 

 

 At the wordSeeker; Fords gave Darren a look that could only be described as a glare。 Darren blinked in 
shock。

 “I’m sorry;” Fords apologized at once。 “I didn’t mean to react so negatively。 It’s just that I fear for this 
soul。”

 His eyes moved to the cryotank on its stand beside the table。 The light was a steady; dull red; indicating 
that it was occupied and in hibernation mode。

 “This soul was specially picked for the assignment;” Darren said soothingly。 “She is exceptional among 

our kind—braver than most。 Her lives speak for themselves。 I think she would volunteer; if it were 

possible to ask her。”

 “Who among us would not volunteer if asked to do something for the greater good? But is that really the 
case here? Is the greater good served by this? The question is not her willingness; but what it is right to 
ask any soul to bear。”

 The Healing students were discussing the hibernating soul as well。 Fords could hear the whispers clearly; 
their voices were rising now; getting louder with their excitement。

 “She’s lived on six planets。”

 “I heard seven。”

 “I heard she’s never lived two terms as the same host species。”

 “Is that possible?”

 “She’s been almost everything。 A Flower; a Bear; a Spider —”

 “A See Weed; a Bat —”

 “Even a Dragon!”

 “I don’t believe it—not seven planets。”

 “At least seven。 She started on the Origin。”

 “Really? The Origin?”

 “Quiet; please!” Fords interrupted。 “If you cannot observe professionally and silently; then I will have to 
ask you to remove yourselves。”

 Abashed; the six students fell silent and edged away from one another。

 “Let’s get on with this; Darren。”

 Everything was prepared。 The appropriate medicines were laid out beside the human girl。 Her long dark 

hair was secured beneath a surgical cap; exposing her slender neck。 Deeply sedated; she breathed slowly 

 

 “Begin thaw sequence now; please; Darren。”

 The gray…haired assistant was already waiting beside the cryotank; his hand resting on the dial。 He 
flipped the safety back and spun down on the dial。 The red light atop the small gray cylinder began to 
pulse; flashing faster as the seconds passed; changing color。

 Fords concentrated on the unconscious body; he edged the scalpel through the skin at the base of the 
subject’s skull with small; precise movements; and then sprayed on the medication that stilled the excess 
flow of blood before he widened the fissure。 Fords delved delicately beneath the neck muscles; careful 
not to injure them; exposing the pale bones at the top of the spinal column。

 “The soul is ready; Fords;” Darren informed him。

 “So am I。 Bring her。”

 Fords felt Darren at his elbow and knew without looking that his assistant would be prepared; his hand 
stretched out and waiting; they had worked together for many years now。 Fords held the gap open。

 “Send her home;” he whispered。

 Darren’s hand moved into view; the silver gleam of an awaking soul in his cupped palm。

 Fords never saw an exposed soul without being struck by the beauty of it。

 The soul shone in the brilliant lights of the operating room; brighter than the reflective silver instrument in 
his hand。 Like a living ribbon; she twisted and rippled; stretching; happy to be free of the cryotank。 Her 
thin; feathery attachments; nearly a thousand of them; billowed softly like pale silver hair。 Though they 
were all lovely; this one seemed particularly graceful to Fords Deep Waters。

 He was not alone in his reaction。 He heard Darren’s soft sigh; heard the admiring murmurs of the 
students。

 Gently; Darren placed the small glistening creature inside the opening Fords had made in the human’s 
neck。 The soul slid smoothly into the offered space; weaving herself into the alien anatomy。 Fords 
admired the skill with which she possessed her new home。 Her attachments wound tightly into place 
around the nerve centers; some elongating and reaching deeper to where he couldn’t see; under and up 
into the brain; the optic nerves; the ear canals。 She was very quick;

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