Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of sexual content.

Bella is in excruciating pain. She thinks back to what happened and remembers seeing Renesmee’s beautiful face. She fights to stay alive, only to be overcome by a burning pain worse than anything she has ever felt.

Bella loses track of time as she suffers. She hears Edward speaking nearby to Carlisle, pleading with her to give them some movement or sign. However, Bella refuses to move, afraid that she will cry out in agony. She decides to endure it in silence to spare Edward the pain of knowing that she is suffering.

Eventually, Bella’s pain begins to subside throughout most of her body. However, it moves to her chest, making the pain even more intense in her heart. As it speeds up, she hears Edward call for the others. Just when she thinks the pain is about to overtake her, it subsides, and Bella opens her eyes.

Bella wakes, startled by what she sees: Everything is clearer and brighter. She senses someone’s hand on her and, reflexively, she jumps up, getting into a defensive position.

Bella sees the Cullen family watching her. Edward is by her bed. Jasper and Emmett are in front of the others, ready to defend them from Bella.