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Laurent's face was unhappy. "I was afraid of that." Alicedanced to Jasper's side and whispered in his ear; her lips quivered with the speed of her silent speech. They flew up the stairs together. Rosalie watched them, and then moved quickly to Emmett's side. Her beautiful eyes were intense and ? when they flickered unwillingly to my face ? furious. "What will he do?"Carlisle asked Laurent in chilling tones. "I'm sorry," he answered. "I was afraid, when your boy there defendedher, that it would set him off." "Can you stop him?" Laurent shook his head. "Nothing stops James when he gets started." "We'll stop him," Emmett promised. There was no doubt what he meant. "You can't bring him down. I've never seen anything like him in my three hundred years. He's absolutely lethal. That's why I joined his coven." Hiscoven, I thought, of course. The show of leadership in the clearing was merely that, a show. Laurent was shaking his head. He glanced at me, perplexed, and back toCarlisle . "Are you sure it's worth it?" Edward's enraged roar filled the room; Laurent cringed back. Carlislelooked gravely at Laurent. "I'm afraid you're going to have to make a choice." Laurent understood. He deliberated for a moment. His eyes took in every face, and finally swept the bright room. "I'm intrigued by the life you've created here. But I won't get in the middle of this. I bear none of you any enmity, but I won't go up against James. I think I will head north ? to that clan inDenali ." He hesitated. "Don't underestimate James. He's got a brilliant mind and unparalleled senses. He's every bit as comfortable in the human world as you seem to be, and he won't come at you head on? I'm sorry for what's been unleashed here.Truly sorry." He bowed his head, but I saw him flicker another puzzled look at me. "Go in peace," wasCarlisle 's formal answer. Laurent took another long look around himself, and then he hurried out the door. The silence lasted less than a second. "How close?"Carlisle looked to Edward. Esmewas already moving; her hand touched an inconspicuous keypad on thewall, and with a groan, huge metal shutters began sealing up the glass wall. I gaped. "About three miles out past the river; he's circling around to meet up with the female."