While Rose is coping with the darker effects of being shadow-kissed, her relationship with Dimitri is finally taking off, and when he disappears during a Strigoi attack on St. Vladimir's Academy, she must make a terrible choice. Một thời gian sau khi Mason chết, Rose thấy cậu hiện về trong trường, nhợt nhạt, buồn rầu, và có nét gì như sợ hãi. Bóng ma lọt vào được, chứng tỏ vòng pháp thuật quanh học...

When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.