At least I died trying. And I won.I never gave them away. I never hurt them. I did my best to find them. I tried to keep my promise... I die for them.

I'll always be waiting in the wings Bella

Those who lived in peaceful nations had looked the other way as members of their own species starved on their door step.

I ached for the difference between Carlisle and me - that he could touch her so gently, without fear, knowing he would never harm her.

You never know how much time you'll have.

And so the lion fell in love with the lamb.

In summary, she did jump off a cliff, but she wasn't trying to kill herself. Bella's all about the extreme sports these days." I flushed and turned my eyes straight ahead, looking after the dark shadow that I could no longer see. I could imagine what he was hearing in Alice's thoughts now. Near-drowings, stalking vampires, werewolf friends . . . "Hm," Edward said curtly, and the casual tone of his voice was gone.