Ascent

'There is a moment in the sky when night loosens its hold and the world holds its breath.'

Seventeen-year-old Renesmee Cullen has spent her life protected, watched, and carefully contained by the people who love her most. But as she grows into her own identity, the boundaries meant to keep her safe begin to feel more like walls.

When she encounters Hunter Pierce-a quiet, enigmatic vampire who seems to exist just beyond the reach of the rules that govern their world-Renesmee is drawn into a connection she cannot explain and cannot ignore. With him comes freedom, danger, and a glimpse of a future no one has prepared her for.

As their bond deepens, Renesmee begins to uncover new layers of herself, abilities that suggest her nature is far more complex than anyone believed. At the same time, ancient threats stir beyond the edges of vampire and werewolf territory, forcing old enemies and fragile alliances back into motion.

Caught between protection and control, loyalty and choice, Renesmee must decide who she is willing to become-and how much of herself she is willing to risk-for a love that challenges everything she has been taught to fear.

Because some changes do not arrive with darkness...
They come in the quiet, irreversible light just before dawn.