"A perfect combination is rare in an imperfect world." Isaac Lahey and Allison Argent have found one another as anchors as their world falls apart. But not even love can stop what is to come.

Nobody can save her. She knows that now. But the more time she spends with the Salvatore's, the deeper she slips into a world where love seems to be able to conquer all. But he's found her again, making her realize the truth that sometimes...it doesn't.

/She wipes the tears from her cheeks, wondering when the real pain will begin. "I'm not going to transition."/ Elena prepares to spend her last moments while fighting with the knowledge that she might have driven the wrong way that night.