Everyone is hiding from something; a secret, a lie. Mine just happens to be a curse, one bestowed upon me before my first birthday; a curse that says I'm supposed to die before I turn sixteen. But that isn't going to happen, because I have a plan. You see, it's impossible to prick your finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel if you're locked in a cell.

What would happen if Bella Swan never jumped off the cliff? If Edward's plan followed through and he delayed his return until she was 21 and engaged to Jacob Black? Would he stick around to watch and protect her, even when she wasn't his?