The door opens before anyone knocks—because Alice already knows. When Carlisle Cullen steps inside, calm but urgent, he isn’t alone. He’s carrying what’s left of a girl. Mud-stained heels. Torn fabric. Blood dried into her skin like it belongs there. Y/n. Dying—until he refuses to let her. The transformation is inevitable. Irreversible. And when she’s brought into the Cullen home, everything begins to shift. Not because she’s dangerous. Not because she’s new. But because the moment she opens her eyes—She sees him. Sebastian Hale. And across the room, as he steps forward beside Emmett Cullen, something in him answers without hesitation. No confusion. No doubt. Just recognition. Immediate. Unshakable. As if whatever he’s been waiting for his entire existence—has finally arrived.