"Stefan, skipping school? I'm ashamed of you." Damon shot Stefan a smirk and took a sip of his glass of brandy.
Stefan was going through the large bookshelf searching for one book in particular. "I found Jules's body." Stefan said and Damon quirked an eyebrow, waiting for him to continue on. "If I didn't know Caroline had done it I would have thought it was your handy work."
Damon let out a hmm noise and looked impressed. "Blondie really does have some bite in her after all."
"I saw her this morning with Tyler. "Stefan said, his eyes scanning the rows and rows of endless books.
"And we should care because? Jules is dead, Stefan, problem solved." Damon finished off his brandy.
"He had bite marks on his neck." Stefan stopped searching and looked at Damon who had suddenly become very interested in what his brother had to say. "Caroline bit him. He bit her too. I didn't know at first but when I was sitting behind her during first period I could see the mark on her shoulder. They drank each others blood, Damon."
"I know the mutt is in his human form but shouldn't his blood still be semi toxic to blondie? I mean she should at least be getting somewhat sick."
"Unless..." Stefan began.
"Unless what?"
"Unless he imprinted on her. His blood wouldn't be toxic or lethal to her in anyway, if he imprinted on her. That would mean their blood is a part of each other now."
"I thought imprinting was just a myth." Damon said.
Stefan finally found the book he was looking for and pulled it down from the shelf. It was old and dusty and bound in thick, heavy leather. He flipped it open. It was written in Latin. Stefan's eyes skimmed the words quickly as he flipped through the pages looking for what he wanted. He stopped when he found it and put the book on the desk in the study.
"Right here." Stefan said and Damon peered over his shoulder to see what he was reading. "I remember coming across this a long time ago."
"Doing some light reading about our enemy one quite evening?" Damon snarked.
Stefan ignored him. "It says that in the myth of the werewolf that the wolf has a mate, someone to be its other half, even before it is born. It's unbelievably rare and the majority of werewolves live their entire life without ever finding their mate or imprinting. If they do though, they can live forever and they become even stronger and more dangerous to their enemies. When the first transformation occurs the imprinting happens and it is sealed for good when the wolf's mate's blood is spilt and so is its own and they exchange it, after that, there is no going back."
Damon was looking at Stefan intrigued but with a shadow of worry behind his eyes.
"I didn't think a werewolf could imprint on one of our kind but the bite marks, the way he was acting around her. I could practically sense it Damon. This could be trouble."
"So basically what you're trying to say is that if we piss blondie off in any way, we're screwed."
TBC
A/N: I know this is another mini chapter. Sorry. The next one will be longer. I know some of you are probably like "ugh why do Damon and Stefan have to get involved in this?" but I wanted to add another element to everything that is going on and YES there were be lots more Tyler and Caroline coming up. Thanks so much everyone.