/3 When love and death embrace...

She walked as quickly as she could towards Stefan. "Stefan, please, no, Stefan." Her words were lost on his unresponsiveness. Damon appeared in front of her.

"Love cannot be tamed." He shook his head. "You're not to be blamed, Elena." Elena tried to see past Damon, but his body successfully shielded Stefan and Katherine from her view.

"But why?" Elena lost control and crumbled down to the pavement.

"He couldn't keep pretending." Damon's eyes flickered over to where Stefan and Katherine had been standing seconds earlier. "She couldn't either…" A glimpse of pain showed in Damon's eyes before he crouched down to pick Elena up. She allowed him to scoop her up into his arms. Elena's eyes stared off into the distance, not seeing anything that registered in her mind. Nothing was important anymore; all she wanted was Stefan; all she wanted was for him to embrace her.

"And love said no…" Damon sighed.

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