Slowly, I put the phone to my ear. Then, Alice s voice. `Edward? she whispered, sounding cautious. `What happened?

Yes. What happened? Really, it was better not to think about it. It hurt. But she needed to know, right? So, for the first time, and for the last time because, damn, it hurt so much, I told her what happened.

`Bella.. speaking her name felt like sticking a few extra knives in my insides, and I cringed. `She s ... gone.

Five years after Bella saved her entire vampire family ...