Newborns are particularly dangerous and volatile for the first few years, since they are focused only on satiating their new hunger. Vampires can either devour humans or turn them into newborn vampires. Edward and Bella continue to discuss marriage, and Bella finally allows Edward’s enthusiastic sister Alice to plan a wedding. Jacob agrees to stop trying to change her mind. Though Bella has realized and admitted she loves Jacob, they both know she loves Edward more.
Cullen cares for Jacob to ensure his wounds are healing. The Cullens invite a surrendering newborn, Bree, to join their coven. They allow Bella to live, with the understanding that a date has been set to turn her into a vampire. But Jacob is severely injured.Īfter the battle, members of the Volturi appear to find out what’s happened. He receives word via Seth’s telepathy that the wolves and the Cullens are winning the battle with the newborns. Edward dismembers and burns the bodies of the evil vampires. Victoria and Edward battle while her cohort battles Seth. Edward and Bella realize she created all the newborns in her efforts to destroy Bella. Victoria strikes at the campsite with one of her minions. Jacob leaves the next day to join the vampire/werewolf battle below, leaving Bella and Edward alone with one young werewolf named Seth. Then Bella, Edward and Jacob hike to a safe location in the mountains to camp. Together, they devise a plot to bait the enemies with Bella’s scent. The Cullens train and consult with the werewolves. Edward’s brother, Jasper, shares how he became a vampire and tells of his experience battling volatile, unfocused newborns. The Cullens believe a batch of newborn vampires may be the culprits. A newspaper article details strange slayings in the Seattle area. The werewolves and vampires work together, trying to pick up the intruder’s scent. She urges Bella to rethink her decision to choose to live as a vampire.īella finds some of her clothing missing and realizes someone has been in her room.
A vampire named Victoria is also stalking Bella to avenge the death of her mate, whom Edward killed.Įdward’s sister Rosalie tells Bella the story of how she became a vampire after a brutal attack by her fiancé, which nearly killed her. The Volturi, Italy’s vampire royalty, have promised bad things for the Cullens if they don’t change Bella soon. While Charlie and Edward encourage Bella to choose a college, she spends her time worrying about enemy vampires. When he learns Bella is planning to marry a vampire and become one herself, he is devastated and promises to fight for her. Jacob and his friends have recently begun morphing into werewolves. Jacob is a Quileute Indian, and his tribesmen are mortal enemies of vampires. While Bella has no problem forfeiting her soul to become a vampire, she worries what people will think of her marrying so young.īella is also concerned about her best friend, Jacob, who is in love with her. Edward has one condition: He wants Bella to marry him first. At her pleading, they’ve promised to make her one of them shortly after her graduation. Edward is part of a coven Bella now considers her family. Her boyfriend, the devastatingly handsome and eternally 17-year-old Edward Cullen, is a vampire.
Eighteen-year-old Bella Swan lives in Forks, Wash., with her dad, Charlie.