Chapter Thirteen – Newborn
Chapter Thirteen Newborn
Once Bella realizes that Jasper's arms are covered in scars from vampire bites, he tells her his
history. He explains that vampires live differently in the south, only coming out at night and
fighting each other for control of territories with larger human populations so that they won't
have any competition in feeding.
He tells the story of a young vampire named Benito that began using armies of wild,
uncontrolled newborns to dispatch rival covens. These newborns destroyed each other as
often as their targets, and had to be replaced. The other covens had to form their own newborn
armies to counter Benito. The human population was also drastically reduced during the
fighting, and eventually, the Volturi stepped in. The entire Volturi guard came from Italy and
annihilated all the vampires found with newborns, virtually emptying the region of vampires
for a time. The ones that survived began to stake claims again and the fighting resumed,