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Bonnie’s face widened in a htly, and went up on her tiptoes to kiss hi closed

The saave her was there, but with so extra: They were married now Till death do us part He was hers

She opened her eyes and looked up into Zander’s warh her Channeling a shred of Zander’s energy into herself, Bonnie concentrated for a h her as she felt the essence of her sweet, cheerful husband In the fireplace, violet and green sparks flew, filling the space with light and color

“Beautiful,” Zander said “Like tiny fireworks”

Bonnie was about to say so like, That’s how I feel with you all the ti

Meredith Her friend no doubt wanted to kno the honeymoon had been and what Colorado was like Bonnie answered, still s, “Hey! What’s up?”

There was a pause Then, Meredith’s voice, thin and ragged “Bonnie?”

“Meredith?” Bonnie stiffened Her friend sounded b

roken

“It’s Elena,” Meredith said, almost too quietly for Bonnie to hear “Can you come home?”

Sitting on the edge of Elena’s bed, Damon closed his eyes, just for a moment He was so tired, a bone-deep exhaustion worse than any he could re before He’d sat by Elena’s bedside for hours, her hand in his, silently willing her to keep breathing, and her heart to keep pounding

Willing Elena to wake up

And she’d kept breathing, so breath seemed like it would be her last All the way across the Atlantic froinia, she’d kept breathing He could hear her heart beating, but weakly and irregularly

But still, she was unconscious It didn’t matter how hard Damon willed her to wake up It didn’t matter if he pleaded with Elena herself, or if he pulled out all the half-forgotten prayers of his childhood and begged a god who he was sure had turned away froo

Nothing Damon did mattered