Jacob phases in front of Charlie, then tells Charlie that Bella has changed, that she and Edward are caring for a special baby; Jacob starts to tell Charlie more, but Charlie wants to hear as little as possible — he‘d like to remain on a need-to-know basis; everyone is angry with Jacob, but Jacob didn‘t realize the danger or the pain he was causing Bella; Alice has colored contacts for Bella, to fool Charlie; Bella gets a crash course in acting human; Bella instructs Renesmee not to touch or bite Charlie
• Charlie arrives and sees Bella; he feels shock, disbelief, fear, anger Edward introduces Renesmee as his orphaned niece; Charlie sees the resemblance to Bella and himself
CHAPTER 26
• Charlie spends the day with the family
Bella explains her daughter‘s name: Renesmee = Renee + Esme; Carlie = Carlisle +
Charlie; Charlie acknowledges that Bella looks good and tells her he‘ll get used to the change in her
• Bella is angry about Emmett‘s embarrassing comments
Bella beats Emmett at arm-wrestling
CHAPTER 27
• Renesmee speaks at one week, walks at three weeks; at this rate she will be an adult in four years
Edward and Carlisle plan a trip to South America to find answers
• Aro sends Bella a wedding gift
Bella needs to go see Aro alone in order to protect Renesmee
• Irina comes to apologize but sees Renesmee from a distance and assumes she is an immortal child; Irina runs away
CHAPTER 28
• Alice has a vision of the Volturi and warns the others that they‘re coming Irina has gone to the Volturi with her mistaken assumption; the Volturi plan to destroy the Cullens
• The Cullens need friends to witness for them, to make the Volturi hesitate
• Alice and Jasper leave hurriedly
• Bella tells Jacob that it‘s over, that they‘ve all been sentenced to die
CHAPTER 29
• Alice and Jasper are gone
• Alice leaves a note listing the friends the Cullens need as witnesses
• Alice also leaves a secret note for Bella, in a copy of
Jenks; Bella realizes she needs to keep the note from Edward
• The Cullens split up to find their witnesses; Edward and Bella stay home to let their expected visitors see Renesmee for themselves
CHAPTER 30
• Bella wants to learn to fight so she can defend herself and her family Edward explains the Volturi‘s strengths; Bella hopes she is immune to some of their gifts
• The Denalis arrive and are horrified to see Renesmee, who they think is an immortal child
Edward convinces them that Renesmee is half-vampire, half-human; they each let Renesmee touch them and show them her story
• The Denalis agree to witness, and feel sad that Irina is the cause of the danger
CHAPTER 31
• Eleazar, who has the gift of sensing the gifts of others, mentions that Bella is a shield Bella and Edward are surprised; Kate wonders if Bella can project her shield onto others
• Under the circumstances, Eleazar has to rethink his opinion of the Volturi Eleazar thinks the Volturi are coming not to punish, but to acquire
• More witnesses arrive; the explanations start again
CHAPTER 32
• The Cullens‘ house is crowded with visitors: the Denalis, Peter and Charlotte, the Irish clan, the Egyptians, a few nomads, the Amazons, the Romanians A few refuse to touch Renesmee, but agree to witness
• Kate and Zafrina try to help Bella learn to project her shield; Bella wants to be able to protect her loved ones
• Bella practices on Edward; Garrett meets Kate
CHAPTER 33
• Bella takes Renesmee and Jacob to visit Charlie; there are twenty-seven vampires in the Cullen house
• Bella leaves to find J. Jenks, a lawyer who provides forged documents Bella understands that Alice has given her a chance to save Renesmee; she knows that this means she and Edward must have no chance of surviving; she decides that Jacob can run with Renesmee to safety; J. Jenks tells her the documents will be ready in a week
CHAPTER 34
• Bella buys a Christmas present for Renesmee — an antique gold locket inscribed with the words
• Edward knows Bella is keeping something from him
