User blog comment:Kmanwing/Bella's Gift/@comment-1738345-20091215214058

most vampires get gift from what they are good at in their human years like Alice say glimpses of the future even when she ws human, same with Jasper and his ability control moods. bella is the same it is just something she is naturally good at without even knowing it. when she turns into a vampire she is able to learn to control it better and is able to shield others along with her. if lets say jasper is protected by bella's shield edward can't read his mind but if he gets protected along with jasper he can then read jasper's mind but still can't read Bella's. it is like she has two shield one to protect others that is just as effiecient as her second that always protects hers. at the end of the book she is able to take off her shield with alot of concentration and Edward can read hers as long as she doesn't distract her.