Literature

damonWhere were they? Elena watched the water anxiously. If anything had happened to Meredith or Stefan, it was Elena’s fault. She had convinced Stefan to let Meredith jump the fal…

“I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry,” Meredith said for the tenth time. Her usual y composed face was flushed, and her eyes were bright with unshed tears. Matt didn’t remember…

“It’s going to be a lovely day – perfect for a picnic,” Meredith observed calmly.Bonnie had tactful y but firmly steered Celia into Matt’s car instead of Meredith’s, and so…

Elena hung up the phone. She and Bonnie had discussed everything that was going on, from the mysterious appearance of Celia’s and Meredith’s names to Margaret’s upcoming dance recital. But…

Elder blossoms can be used for exorcism, protection, or prosperity, Bonnie read, lying flopped down on her bed, chin propped on her hands. Mix with comfrey and coltsfoot and bind…

Bonnie winced at the nasty metalic taste in her mouth and blinked several times, until the room around her came back into focus. “Ugh,” she said. “I hate doing that.”Everyone…

“It was seriously creepy,” said Bonnie. They had al bundled into Matt’s car, Elena hopping onto Stefan’s lap and Meredith onto Alaric’s (which, Bonnie had noted, Dr. Celia had seemed…

“Who’s Celia?” Bonnie said indignantly, as soon as they’d wiped off the blood. She’d put the rose down careful y in the middle of the front seat, between her and…

The next morning was clear and hot again, another beautiful summer day. Elena stretched lazily in her comfy bed, then pul ed on a T-shirt and shorts and padded down…

“Are you excited for Alaric to arrive tomorrow?” Matt asked. “He’s bringing his researcher friend Celia, right?”Meredith kicked him in the chest. “Oof!” Matt staggered backward, knocked breathless despite the…

It was the little changes that surprised Elena the most. She had expected the Guardians to bring Fel ‘s Church back. And they had.The last time she’d seen the town,…

The bright morning sun shone on the long, winding drive that led to the garage behind the boardinghouse. Puffs of white cloud scudded across the light blue sky. It was…

Dear Diary,I AM HOME! I can hardly dare to believe it, but here I am. I woke with the strangest feeling. I didn’t know where I was and just lay…

Elena Gilbert stepped onto a smooth expanse of grass, the spongy blades col apsing beneath her feet. Clusters of scarlet roses and violet delphiniums pushed up from the ground, while…

I’D OFTEN DREAMED ABOUT waking up with Dimitri, waking up in a way that was … ordinary. Sweet. Not because we were hastily trying to catch sleep before fighting our…

I WISHED LISSA HAD “needed’ me to go take out an army of Strigoi. I would have felt more comfortable with that than what she needed to do now: meet…

I DIDN’T WAKE UP IN the world of the dead.I didn’t even wake up in a hospital or some other type of medical center–which, believe me, I’d done plenty of…

CRIES AND SCREAMS FROM THE audience told me my disguise was gone.Many eyes also went to Dimitri. Adrian had dropped that illusion too, once I’d shed mine. And, as we’d…

SYDNEY AND HER FRIENDS weren’t happy that we weren’t going to take them with us.”I would,’ I told her, still reeling from what I’d learned from Ian. “But getting us…

I WASN’T THE ONLY ONE who had come to that startling conclusion. When the Moroi Court woke up several hours into our road trip, Lissa was also putting all the…