Bella had a secret that she never told the Cullens or anyone in Forks. Bella had cancer when she was seven and survived. Now over eleven years later it's back. The day she plans to tell the Cullens they leave her behind in Forks and break her heart. Two years later when she goes to Alaska for treatment, she meets another coven of vampires who have another chance at love and family.

The Cullen family left Bella in the forest. They didn't come back to Forks, yet Bella still ended up a vampire. She's now a feared member of the Volturi. She's got a daughter, and she's had no contact with the Cullens for almost a century. She emerges from the horrors of her past under the shadow of a looming threat.