QUOTE : You kissed me, and I opened my eyes and thought you were Death. You were the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, and I clung to the memory of you because it gave me comfort—the only bit of happiness I had ever had. You were my secret fantasy, my lover. My story… Lord Death is you, and the woman he stalks…is me.”<br /><br />“Why have you come,” he asked, “when you now know the truth?”<br /><br />“Because when you saved me, you forged a link between us. I don’t believe it will ever break.”<br /><br />“Bella,” he whispered, “I couldn’t allow you to take your life. Couldn’t bear the thought of existing in a world that you did not.