CHAPTER 1

The sun faded into the horizon as the sky turned a brilliant crimson. The pale clouds came close but not close enough so that the entire town of Georgia turned a beautiful shade of purple. The beautiful turn of events however did nothing to lift the mood of the raven haired man who sat on the nearest chair in the bar nursing a glass of amber liquid. He looked at his sapphire ring longingly. If only he could pull it out and throw it somewhere… a few hours and then BOOM! He'd turn into ashes in no amounts of time. A slight humourless smirk curved his lips as he took a long swig of the bottle of whiskey laying in front of him. The disturbing image of Katherine blurred up in front of his eyes. "The truth is Damon, I've never really loved you" The words kept replaying inside his head as he poured some more bourbon in his tumbler. A loud animated sound of a way too exited girl came to his ears. He turned to the direction of the pretty blonde who was looking at his way a little too often. Damon slowly gulped a mouthful of bourbon and smirked her way…..

ELENA's POV

The night was dark and the moon seemed to have a grudge against her that very night. Her vision blurred away into tears as she ran even faster. She hoped that Klaus's beasts had little patience and would kill her fast enough. She hated the foreplay of torture. She ran even faster than before although her legs hurt her like hell. She had to get away. At times she did feel like slowing down and taking a five, but what if they found her out and caught her? What would they do with her? All these thoughts plagued her as she suddenly ran into a wall of muscles and a pair of strong arms encircled her. Her heart almost beat out of her chest as she looked up to see two intense blue eyes staring back at her in shock and disbelief. She stifled a gasp. The man said, "Katherine?"….