Breaking Dawn

“I’ll be good,” he promised.

I pursed my lips, my eyes narrowing. Then I smiled.

I pressed my hands to his face again, hefted the shield right out of my mind, and then started in where I’d left off—with the crystal-clear memory of the first night of my new life… lingering on the details.

I laughed breathlessly when his urgent kiss interrupted my efforts again.

“Damn it,” he growled, kissing hungrily down the edge of my jaw.

“We have plenty of time to work on it,” I reminded him.

“Forever and forever and forever,” he murmured.

“That sounds exactly right to me.”

And then we continued blissfully into this small but perfect piece of our forever.

VAMPIRE INDEX

Alphabetically by coven

* vampire possesses a quantifiable supernatural talent

— bonded pair (oldest listed first)

struck deceased before beginning of this novel

The Amazon Coven

Kachiri

Senna

Zafrina*

The Denali Coven

Eleazar* — Carmen

Irina — Laurent

Kate*

Sasha

Tanya

Vasilii

The Egyptian Coven

Amun — Kebi

Benjamin* — Tia

The Irish Coven

Maggie*

Siobhan* — Liam

The Olympic Coven

Carlisle — Esme

Edward* — Bella*

Jasper* — Alice*

Renesmee*

Rosalie — Emmett

The Romanian Coven

Stefan

Vladimir

The Volturi Coven

Aro* — Sulpicia

Caius — Athenodora

Marcus* — Didyme*

The Volturi Guard (partial)

Alec*

Chelsea* — Afton*

Corin*

Demetri*

Felix

Heidi*

Jane*

Renata*

Santiago

The American Nomads (Partial)

Garrett

James* — Victoria*

Mary

Peter — Charlotte

Randall

The European Nomads (Partial)

Alistair*

Charles* — Makenna

Acknowledgments

As always, an ocean of thanks to:

My awesome family, for all their incomparable love and support.

My talented and hawt publicist, Elizabeth Eulberg, for creating STEPHENIE MEYER out of the raw clay that was once just a mousy Steph.

The whole team at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for five years of enthusiasm, faith, support, and incredibly hard work.

All the amazing site creators and administrators in the Twilight Saga online fandom; you people astound me with your coolness.

My brilliant, beautiful fans, with your unparalleled good taste in books, music, and movies, for continuing to love me more than I deserve.

The bookstores who have made this series a hit with their recommendations; all authors are indebted to you for your love of and passion for literature.

The many bands and musicians that keep me motivated; did I mention Muse already? I did? Too bad.

Muse, Muse, Muse…

New gratitude to:

The best band-that-never-was: Nic and the Jens, featuring Shelly C. (Nicole Driggs, Jennifer Hancock, Jennifer Longman, and Shelly Colvin). Thanks for taking me under your collective wing, guys. I would be a shut-in without you.

My long-distance pals and fonts of sanity, Cool Meghan Hibbett and Kimberly “Shazzer” Suchy.

My peer support, Shannon Hale, for understanding everything, and for feeding my love of zombie humor.

Makenna Jewell Lewis for the use of her name, and her mother, Heather, for her support of the Arizona Ballet.

The new guys on my “writing inspiration” playlist: Interpol, Motion City Soundtrack, and Spoon.

The phenomenon continues. . . .

STEPHENIE MEYER