Literature

We didn’t weaken it, not enough!” Meredith shouted to her friends over Jealousy’s shouts. The phantom, if anything, appeared stronger as it crossed the garage in one great leap and…

“Stop!” Elena screamed. “Stefan! Stop it! You’l kil him!”Even as she said it, she realized that kil ing Damon might be exactly what Stefan’s idea was here. Stefan tore at…

Matt watched in horror as the phantom shook Damon like a rag dol .Elena spun around to lock eyes with Matt and Bonnie. “We have to save him,” she whispered,…

Knowing he couldn’t perform the ritual on an empty stomach, Stefan hunted down several squirrels in Mrs. Flowers’s backyard, then returned to the boardinghouse’s garage. Meredith had parked Mrs. Flowers’s…

Stefan drove like a maniac al the way back to the boardinghouse. “I can’t believe I forgot to tel him that his name had been cal ed,” he said for…

I will not die – not again, Elena thought furiously as she writhed in pain, the invisible vise clamping down even harder on her.Bonnie fel to the grass, even paler…

No one answered the door at the Smalwoods’ house. The driveway was empty and the house lookeddeserted, the shades pul ed down. “Maybe Caleb’s not here,” Matt said nervously. “Could…

The next morning was another hot one. The air was so thick and humid that just walking down the street felt unpleasantly like getting slapped with a warm, damp washcloth….

The day passed with much research, but with very little in the way of results, which left Elena feeling increasingly concerned for her comatose friend. By the time night fel…

elenaMatt swung his gaze in horror between Bonnie’s prone figure, the name on the floor, and Elena’s pale face. After a few shocked minutes, Elena spun and left the room….

Elena hung up her cel phone as they puled up to the boardinghouse in Stefan’s car. “The nurse at the hospital says Caleb’s stil unconscious,” she said.”Good,” said Stefan. She…

The next morning, Elena felt light and joyful, as if she was hugging an enormous, wonderful secret to herself. Damon was stil alive. He had been in her room last…

Elena couldn’t breathe. She could vaguely feel her mouth opening and closing, but she found she wasn’t able to say anything. Her hands and feet had gone numb. Damon gave…

When she opened her eyes, Elena found herself in someone’s attic. Its wide wooden floorboards and low rafters were thick with dust, and the long room was crowded with objects:…

“Cookies,” Alaric said gravely. “Bonnie thinks she could manage to choke down a few cookies. Just to keep her strength up.””Cookies, got it,” said Meredith, rummaging in Mrs. Flowers’s kitchen…

“Honestly, Elena,” Aunt Judith said, shaking her head as she adjusted the car’s rearview mirror. “I don’t know why these kinds of things always seem to happen to you, but…

Caleb’s hand was hot and heavy against her lips, and Elena scrabbled against it with her nails. He gripped her tightly with his other hand, holding her stil , his…

Once he got outside, Stefan remembered that Elena had taken his car. Turning into the woods, he began to run, using his Power to speed his pace. The pounding of…

He walked for a long, long time, though it seemed his surroundings never changed. The same dim light filtered through a constant cloud of ash. He plodded on through grime,…

As soon as Elena spoke Caleb’s name, the person on the cliff began to pul back out of their line of sight. After a moment of hesitation, Matt took off…