Hello! The first chapter of the sequel! Bitten and Bound the Sequel: the nearly happy ever after. I hope you enjoy…

Chapter one

Lily's POV

"A man, a woman and a young boy were reported missing yesterday. Emily Swift and her husband Gregory Swift both went on a camping trip with their son, Theo two days ago in the woods beyond Wickery Bridge. When they didn't return yesterday, Emily's sister contacted police after a series of unanswered phone calls from the three.

After many hours of searching the woods, a horrific scene was discovered.

The mutilated bodies of Emily and Gregory were found by their tent, the police believe it was the work of an animal, but others disagree, saying the teeth marks are more human. Their son, Theo Swift is nowhere to be found.

We are now asking for any help to find this boy, we have sent pictures out in newspapers and we are desperate to find him alive. If you have any information on Theo's disappearance or you saw or heard something, please call 911, thank you.

In other news . . ."

I muted the news and frowned.

A killing, this savage and this obvious had to be a vampire. All this crap about animals was just that; a load of crap. But there were no other vampires we new of except in our group.

Had Damon done this? No. he wouldn't kill them like that, and leave it and he would definitely not . . . mutilate the bodies. I shivered. Stefan obviously wouldn't he was the guilty vegetarian vampire. Demetri wouldn't, for some reason he felt he owned me something and he wouldn't betray me like that. And Caroline would not, she wouldn't want to become like that.

I snorted, I didn't.

But who else was there? Who would kill people so . . . horribly and find it fun to take the boy?

Katherine?

Katherine's POV

My bedroom door slammed open with a resounding bang and I was suddenly face to face with a furious Lily. I kept my face calm and nonchalant, hiding my fear of her well.

"What did I tell you Katherine? What did I specifically say before I let you stay here?" She said, gritting her teeth in anger.

"Not to feed on a live one and not to draw attention to us, blah, blah, blah . . . "

"Yes, and did you somehow forget that for a while?" She snapped.

"No, I seemed to have remembered it quiet well actually." I said back, getting more and more annoyed. What was she trying to say? "Why, what have I done now?"

She laughed in a sarcastic way and turned to pick up my remote for the TV. She pressed the on button and it switched on immediately showing the news. "This." She said looking at me and pointing the control at the screen.

"The debt in Greece continues to worsen; the people of Greece are becoming more determined to get rid of their president . . ."

I snorted. "What? Have I supposedly caused this?" I joked pointing at the screen myself. Her jaw flexed and she clicked the rewind button. "That."

"The mutilated bodies of Emily and Gregory were found by their tent, the police believe it was the work of an animal, but others disagree, saying the teeth marks are more human. Their son, Theo Swift is nowhere to be found."

I took a step towards the TV.

"That's what you've done." She paused then said quietly. "Where's the boy, Katherine?"

"I didn't do this." I said, turning to face her fully.

She laughed. "Yeah, alright." She said sarcastically, rolling her head and eyes heavenwards.

My annoyance bubbled over the edge. I wanted to hurt her, but not physically. I had no chance in that department. "Maybe Damon did."

"No – He didn't." She said calmly.

"How do you know? He used to do this all the time." I said, pointing at the screen again.

"He's not like that anymore." She said.

"You can't change the way he is." I said.

"You don't know him." She said through her teeth. "Not anymore."

"I know him better than you do, Lily. After all, I had him longer than you."

Just as Lily snapped and lunged at me, arms wrapped around her torso and pulled her back.

"Stop, Lil." Damon said.

"Get off me." She snarled. She didn't look at Damon as he let go of her, she carried to stare me down; her eyes dark and bloodshot.

"I'm warning you Katherine." She growled and turned to leave the room.

"Are you sure you didn't do it in your sleep, after all you are 'dangerous' aren't you Lil?" I laughed.

She turned and I saw the most evil look I could ever have imagined. Her dark brows shaded her eyes as they grew darker and developed a gold shine. The shadows of blood filled veins became darker and her lips became red as her face filled with her own blood.

I immediately regretted what I had said.

And this time, Damon did not stop her from lunging at me.

She gripped my shoulder and threw me to the floor. With a grunt I stumbled to pick myself back up, and then Lily was above me, shoving me back down by my throat. I choked at her tight hold and gripped her wrist unable to budge it. I gave up struggling and obediently lay there, my hand still wrapped around her wrist.

"Firstly, don't call me Lil, okay? And secondly, maybe you didn't kill those people and take the boy, but that does not mean you can blame or tease anyone else about it. And if you ever say anything about me or Damon again, you will know about it."

She stood and went to leave, then paused once again in the doorway. "Oh, and at least Damon actually loves me and I'm not a desperate slut who has to MAKE him love me. And one more thing, I can compel you to shut your mouth if I want to, no matter how much Vervain you drink." She said, and then smirked at my face. "Yes, Katherine. I know you drink Vervain. I can smell it on you." She walked out of the room and there was no noise but the murmur of the news in the background. Damon quietly slipped into one of the chairs.

"Katherine." He said quietly. I sat up and looked at him. "Don't . . . get on the wrong side of Lily, she will kill you. But I have a felling we'll need you at sometime, even though I wish we didn't. But she has just come back from the dead. She's a bit touchy." He laughed. "I might have put that a little subtle. But do as she says; in the end she'll be the one that keeps you alive." He kept my eyes for a moment as I clenched and unclenched my jaw. He finally looked away, got up and left.

Alice's POV

"What do you mean, Klaus?" I asked.

He sighed, "If she doesn't die again, we'll all die. She has to die in order for us to live."

"So . . . if she doesn't, she lives on and we all die, like . . . just – go, black out?"

"Yes." He smiled. "Now you're getting it."

"I don't care. I won't kill my own sister." I said, looking him straight in the eye.

His pupils dilated in anger. "You will die – DIE – if you don't. You won't go back to the dimension."

"I won't do it." I clenched my fist in my jacket pocket, grabbing its contents tightly.

He grabbed the back of my neck and forced me to look into his eyes. I gasped and felt the force of his compulsion in my mind.

"You will help kill Lily. She must die for your people. YOUR own. Do you understand?"

"Yes." I gasped.

He let go of my neck. "Good." He said, turning to address the crowd behind us that filled the whole room of the old warehouse we were hiding out in. They all fell silent and turned to Klaus. "We have to kill this one girl in order to survive." He called. "But to do that . . . will need a lot of planning." He paused and let that sink in. "She has five vampires on her side and a witch. We'll need to be careful going with this. If we barge in, their will be loss of life on our side. Let's get started shall we." He clapped his hands together once and they split off in directions. We weren't attacking tonight. We were serveilling then attacking. Soon.

Lily's POV

"I wanna be drunk when I wake up, on the right side of the wrong bed. And never an excuse I made up, tell you the truth; how it was. Didn't kill me, it never made me stronger at all . . ." Ed Sheeran's voice was humming in my head as I had my headphones on full blast. I was listening to "good" songs that Elena had persuaded me to put onto my Ipod. This song was the only one that I liked. I was sat in the chair next to the fire, the one I had named Damon's seat. I had pulled my legs up and wrapped my arms around my knees. I was tired and fed up. Someone had killed those people and took there son. Was this the danger I had felt spreading through Fell's Church, waiting to pounce?

Oh, I couldn't wait, I thought sarcastically.

"But a house gets cold when you pick up the heating, without you to hold, I'll be freezing. Can't rely on my heart at beating, cause you take parts of it every evening . . . "

"Lily."

"Take words out of my mouth just from breathing, replace with phrases like when you leaving me . . ."

"Lily."

"Should I, should I, and maybe I'll get drunk again . . ."

"Lily!"

I pushed my headphones off, still hearing the low mumble of the upbeat song.

I looked up to see Damon's ice blue eyes filled with concern and slight humor. Then he smiled and squeezed into the love seat next to me.

"What was that about?" He said, holding my hand.

"The news. Three people went camping near Wickery Bridge the other day. The wife and husband were found . . . ripped to pieces. The little son was missing, he still is." I said. "A vampire did it. But none of us would have, I suspected Katherine since she's such a sociopathic bitch." I took a breath to calm me.

"Listen, I know that deep inside, you know it wasn't her. I know – that you just want it to be. Because that would make things a lot easier for you, wouldn't it?" I nodded. "But even though, I don't want to say it. I think we have another vampire on our hands. I know you're worried. I don't know why and I wanted to wait until you were ready to tell me."

I sighed. "When . . . I was in the other Dimension, on the other side. I had a very strong link to this side, because of you. And I could feel everything on this side. I felt danger, it was building up. It wasn't here yet. So – I just –"I hesitated. "I don't – um – want it to be some other danger. I don't want that. We've been through enough already Damon." He wrapped his arms around my shoulder and hugged me.

"We'll figure this out. We'll win and move on. Nothing bad is going to happen. Okay?" He mumbled into my shoulder, his voice muffled. "We're not defeated easily. Look at you. You've died twice and you're still here." I smiled.

"I love you . . . so much."

"I know." H replied and lifted his head to kiss me, his soft lips gentle on mine. "I love you, too." He whispered back and rubbed his nose against mine, I chuckled. "Just don't lose yourself. I can't lose you. Not again."

"I won't ever." I said. "I will always come back for you."

"Whatever happens, we'll be waiting and we'll be ready."

The first chapter of the sequel, what did you think? Review, next chapter next weekend.

Kellie xx

P.S. the song she was listening to was Ed Sheeran – Drunk. It's y ultimate favorite song, so I had to put it in there :D xx