As a child Bella lived without touch by choice, but when she is struck with an inexplicable illness she lives untouched and alone because of fear and now a vampire she is captured wishing desperately for a savior that may come in the form of Carlisle Cullen.

Bella unable to deal with the pain of losing the love of her life commits suicide. 75 years later the Cullen family returns to Forks and are met with an impossible situation.