Hi again :)

Just wondering if anybody has noticed something with the chapter titles...? Maybe they're linked somehow ;)

First person to guess gets a virtual cookie :)

Massive thank you to one of my best and most consistent reviewers, rainedakota! :) Her story The Stars Lie is absolutely *out-of-this-world*!

Also, I apologize for any typos. To be fair I'm writing this on an iPod :/

Anyway... Chapter...

Stefan's POV

It was all my fault. I never should have suggested we go hunting. I should have accepted that Elena drinks human blood. It was probably better she did. She could control her thirst, and she drank from bloodbags. It never hurt anybody!

I had to fix this.

Damon's POV

I decided to swoop in and save my girlfriend's ass.

'Amelie, may I call you Amelie?' the blonde nodded, with a certain amount of authority and power, 'I would like to offer you a selection of things that may take your interest.'

I gave her a charming smile, 'In exchange for Elena's pardon.'

'What can you have to offer? We have the greatest scientist in the world, we have a working system, we have a sufficient town. We need no more.' she said thoughtfully.

I glanced at her ring finger. A wedding ring. Not a daylight ring.

'You're a night-walker,' I stated.

She looked baffled, 'Of course!'

'But would you not prefer to... Walk in the sun?' I inquired, twirling my ring.

She gestured for me to continue.

I had her now.

Vampire Money: knowledge.

Eve's POV

I couldn't process all of it.

First Myrnin delivers Claire to our door a little after sunset. She was extremely pale, and looked dead in his arms. Just when I started to believe he killed her, he registers my shocked expression and tells me she isn't dead... Yet.

It was too much! I should just give up, move away, join a convent. But I stayed, I stayed for my friends, my husband, and I stayed in hope of my brother becoming the person he once was.

When I finally came back to the land of the living, after a philosophy lesson in my head, Claire Bear was awake!

I was about to rush over and give CB a massive hug, but then Myrnin stepped forward and... Kissed Claire's neck?! Wait, no, he was *biting* her.

Nobody even moved a muscle. Shane had a stormy expression on his face, and he just watched!

What was going on?

Claire went limp in Myrnin's arms, and he bit his wrist.

Oh God.

She was about to be turned.

Myrnin's POV

I fed her my blood.

'Mick... Whatever your name is, get her blood!' I pointed in the general direction of the young vampire, not taking my eyes off of Claire even for a nanosecond.

Obediently, he ran to the fridge.

Just minutes until the love of my life woke up... As one of us.

Hope you enjoyed!

EA x