Here he was again, heavyhearted outside the dark wood door of Damon’s apartment, ready to plead with his brother but knowing already that his words would be pointless. He could hear Damon moving quietly inside the apartment, the pages of a book flicking, his brother’s shallow breaths, and he knew...
It was already five minutes to midnight, when the moon would be at its highest point, so she had to hurry. Diana went around the circle with water she’d collected from the ocean, then with a stick of calamus-scented incense, and finally with a lighted white candle. Pungent, smoky smells filled th...
Adam answered his door wearing only striped pajama bottoms. He was surprised to see her, but he appeared pleased as he crossed his arms over his chest in embarrassment and invited her in. Adam pulled out a kitchen chair for her. There was a half-eaten bowl of cereal on the...
It would have been better to be closer, but then someone might have discovered them. Meredith poured the last of the coffee out of the Thermos and drank it. Then she yawned. She caught herself guiltily and looked at Bonnie. “You having trouble sleeping at night too?” “Yes. I can’t imagine why,” M...
He gripped her tightly with his other hand, holding her still, his fingers digging into her shoulder. Elena struggled fiercely, flailing her arms and landing a firm blow in Caleb’s stomach. She bit down hard on the hand he had over her mouth. Caleb jerked backward, quickly letting go of her and p...
the voice said tersely. Cassie could smell the acridity of sweat. Jordan, she was thinking. The one with the gun. The one in the Pistol Club. The other one was Logan, who was on the MIT debate team, and was younger than Jordan—or was he older? Cassie never had been able to keep Portia’s brothers ...
Frowning with concentration, Bonnie refused to be pulled into their hypnotic patterns. She clutched her falcon charm tight in one hand and breathed deeply, calling upon the stone’s properties. The charm Damon had given her was made of blue lace agate, which contained the properties of tranquility...
I mean aside from all the obvious things,” Bonnie said, licking chocolate frosting off her fingers. “What?” said Elena dully. “Well, the way she ended up, in her slip. She looked just like she did when we found her on the road, only then she was all scratched up, too.” “Cat scratches, we thought,...
Damon and I had spent the night pressing the flowers into liquid, braving the angry red rashes it left all over our hands and arms. Even now, safely packed in glass vials, the scent made my skin tingle and my eyes burn. Our interactions had been similarly prickly. I’d avoided any mention of Kathe...
He had been in Belgium some fifty years ago, and had been surprised to find an English-language book on such a subject still in existence. But there it was, its cover worn to a solid burnished rust, with nothing of the writing remaining, if there ever had been any. Pages were missing inside, so n...
My heart is pounding, my mouth is dry, and my hands are shaking. I’ve faced so much and survived: vampires, werewolves, phantoms. Things I never imagined were real. And now I’m terrified. Why? Simply because I’m leaving home. And I know that it’s completely, insanely ridiculous. I’m barely leavin...
J. Smith Once again, for anyone who may have missed it: this is an episodic adventure fanfiction story. It is not one of the official books in The Vampire Diaries series, nor is it meant to replace these books. This fanfic takes place in an alternate world from the official books that follow Mi...
He has been watching me, baiting me, controlling me. He is the puppet master and I am his hapless marionette, forced to do his bidding. Until I saw Damon, I had not realized just how fond I had become of the Sutherlands, of how they eased my loneliness and gave me hope that I might not have to li...
The sun was quickly setting, but I could still make out a shadowy figure nestled between the roots. I glanced again. It was Rosalyn, her party dress shimmering in the weak light. Bile rose in my throat. How could she be here? She was buried, her body six feet underground at the Mystic Falls cemet...
The air was thick with the stench of sweat, sawdust, and, of course, blood. People were milling around us, paying extra money to gawk at the Strongman and the Tattooed Lady, all of whom were hidden behind thick black curtains at various intervals along the perimeter of the tent. But the majority ...
The clock said 6:15 a.m. Gabriel, Kait thought wildly, jumping out of bed. What has he done now? Anna was up, too, her long black hair loose. Her eyes were alert, but not panicked. "What is it?" "I don't know!" She and Kait spilled out into the hall...
As a child, I’d glanced at it again and again, enchanted by the idea of immortality. Now I knew better. Immortality wasn’t idyllic or enchanting. But it was powerful. If I had to live forever, I had to make it count. And that was why I needed to get as far away as I could from temptation—and from...