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Horrified, Meredith scrambled out of bed She stared down at Alaric below her, so peaceful and oblivious

Jack had done it He’d turned her into a vampire

And she was fa I’ve lost myself

I don’t knoho I am without Stefan

For days now, I haven’t been able to write in here I felt like, if I wrote down everything that’s happened, it would make it real

But it is real, whether I write it down or not

Stefan is dead

Elena pulled her hands away froers tightly against her mouth Stefan was dead Her eyes filled with hot tears, and she roughly wiped the anything better

It see If Stefan is dead, the sun shouldn’t rise in theBut time passes and every day, there’s a new day Except itto me, because Stefan is still dead

We all trusted Jack He and Stefan hunted side by side, tracking down one of the Old ones, Solo Soloed his stave through Stefan’s heart Jack killed hiain and rested her head in her hands, reiven her a soft s: Now that the Old Ones are gone, our real life together can begin

It had all happened so fast Elena had seen that so, Jack had thrust his stave through Stefan’s heart She’d been too late

The smile had faded from Stefan’s face as his eyes widened For just a moment, he’d looked innocently surprised, and then Stefan had sireen eyes that had looked at her with such love--lost focus His body cruone

It was true that Jack was hunting the Old Ones, just as ere But he didn’t want to make the world safer Jack had created a new kind of vaic The vaht and vervain and, according to Damon, impossible to kill by any of the usual methods

Jack didn’t want any competition for his lab-created race of vaerous vampires, the oldest ones Not just the ancient Old Ones, but also the clever, long-lived vampires who have lasted a few centuries Vampires like Katherine and Damon Like Stefan

Jack used us all-- ability, Bonnie’s ainst Solomon The Old One was too well hidden for Jack to find on his own But once Solomon was dead, Stefan was just another obstacle in Jack’s way

We don’t knohere Jack is now, or what he’s planning next The hunters who traveled with him--Trinity, Darlene, and Alex--were as fooled by hi to track Jack But they haven’t got a clue where he ain with the sleeve of her bathrobe

Meredith and Dao, Meredith fought one of his strange synthetic vampires The vampire escaped, and Meredith barely survived Is Jack continuing his experieance But instead, I’m numb

Without Stefan, it’s like I’m dead, too

A key rattled in the lock of the front door, and Elena looked up fro in The cold apartment warht some of the late suet sh the bond between theain surrounded by Stefan’s possessions, resenting the re," she co at the near-human flush of his cheeks

"If you want to call it that" Daust "Stefan’s animal diet is utterly vile, just as I always suspected"

Elena flinched, and Da "I’m sorry," he said "I know I shouldn’t--" She could see her own pain at the mention of Stefan reflected in his eyes

"It’s okay," she said, shaking her head hard "You should be able to say his na up in her eyes again, and she willed the

Daers cool and smooth "I promise you that Jack will pay," he said quietly, his eyes as dark as night "Whatever it takes"

A wave of panic hit Elena, knocking the breath out of her, and she clutched Damon’s hand between hers "No," she said "Dao"

Damon stiffened, his dark eyes fixed on hers "We proeance on Jack," he said firmly "We owe it to Stefan"

Elena shook her head "I can’t lose you, too" She hated the aver in her voice, but she straightened her shoulders and looked at Damon levelly, her face resolute Sometimes it felt like Damon’s presence was the thin barrier between her and madness Damon was the only one who understood, who’d really loved Stefan as deeply as she had