Alec Volturi swore to himself that he would never know love, other than for his sister. He promised that, after they tried to burn him all those years ago, he would never let anyone get that close again. It's because of what he thought was love, that he and his sister were burned at the stake for being accused 'witches'. He thought he would never know what love was, or even believe it existed, until he meets Gwyn Foster. Gwyn Foster is a spitfire of a girl, and boy does she know it.