Imagine being invited to Jo and Alaric's wedding and finding out Kai Parker is your soulmate right before he kills everyone in the gemini coven.

Jo was your best friend in college. You pretty much clicked from the start, and when you both learned of each other's magic and the fact that you both hated the covens you were born into, it only made you closer.

It was during your second year residency that you gave up on any sort of medical career. A bad motorcycle accident erased all feeling in your left hand. You could still move it fine, but the sensational nerves were absolutely destroyed. So, you dropped out.

Since you were no longer seeing each other every day, you gradually grew apart. That combined with you going off to chase a different dream was the nail on the coffin.

So, it was quite the surprise when you got an invite in the mail to Jo's wedding. Conveniently enough, the wedding date was on a week that you had off of work, and since there wasn't anybody keeping you away, you decided to make the trip to Mystic Falls.

When you arrived at the wedding, you couldn't help but admire the decorations. You didn't have a chance to find Jo before the ceremony, so you were quick to take your seat.

It was beautiful, and you had a smile on your face after hearing Jo's soon to be husband pronounce his vows to her. You hadn't met Alaric yet, but you liked him already.

Now it was Jo's turn to speak. She was teary eyed as she said, "I don't know how I'm going to top that one." Drawing laughs from around the room. From you included. She went to speak, but you could see she was struggling to do so. You frowned.

What was up with Jo?

The issue became more apparent when you saw the growing pool of blood upon the front of her wedding gown. You were frozen in your seat as Jo fell to the ground clutching her stomach. A beautiful man appeared out of nowhere from right beside her. You could feel anger roar from within at his sickening display, but that anger soon turned into horror once you heard him speak:

"I was gonna wait for the little 'til death do us part' bit, but that seemed a little on the nose. Am I right?" The man laughed.

You gasped, acknowledging the fact that those very words were scrawled in ink on the small of your back.

This psychopath is your soulmate.

Yep. That actually just happened.

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