Edward left again. Now Bella truely wants death. She heads to Volterra, to ask the Lords to make her wish come true. But she gets a very unpleasant welcome. She said she wanted death, but not like this. Can a lonely vampire Lord save her in time? Or will she be lost to the fire?

Edward had always warned Bella that the pack were dangerous. Hostile, volatile and aggressive in nature. She ignored him, testing even Edward's own vampire instinct by staying friends with his enemy, Jacob. One event will change them all, Bella never truly understood the supernatural world, the reality of a vampire protecting his mate. WARNING: Character Deaths, Violence.

Bella Swan pulled the plug on the wedding juggernaut and ran. Reduced to short stays and voluntary isolation, she moves from place to place. The Volturi can't track her, but it doesn't mean they can't find her some other way. Human, she broke her promise to them. Depressed at Christmas, she meets an older man in a bar and he takes her home. Who is he? Why is she drawn to him?