"Not all gifts are like ours, though. Some are as subtle as being able to tell when you hear a lie, or sensing the gifts of others. That kind of thing." Bella nodded a hearty agreement to his last statement. "I don't know if I'd have been able to say goodbye to the sun. I spent most of my human life in Phoenix, moving to Forks was hard enough with all the rain."

She said the words, but she also knew they were only partially true. She would have chosen the same course even if it meant living in a cave for eternity.