User blog comment:LadyMaryBryan/Better Endings for Leah and Bree/@comment-38474921-20190210224741

I agree about Leah. She needs more of a silver lining.

The thing to keep in mind, though, is that characters are created for very specific purposes. The purpose of Bree is that Bella really gets to see for the first time up close what it's like to be a newborn vampire, as Bree reacts to her scent. And up until this point in the story, we as readers have never seen the Volturi punish someone. When they kill Bree with such unforgiving flippance, it's meant to show how unrelenting and strict they are when it comes to their laws.

"The Volturi don't give second chances."