Before I tell you my story," Jasper said. "you must understand that there are places in our world, Bella, where the life span of the never-aging is measured in weeks, and not centuries.

“Across the dying fire, Seth Clearwater - his eyes wide with adulation for the f…”

“Does it bother you, me being half naked all the time?”

“How easy it must be when you had no secrets from the person you lived with.”

“That’s why it was so impossible to tell him goodbye — because I was in love wit…”