Mystic Falls has always revolved around one girl. For years, everyone has bent over backwards protecting Elena Gilbert, sacrificing everything just to keep her safe. But that changes the moment an ancient vampire arrives. Marian Volgrave is not just another vampire. She is a Countess. Older than most vampires walking the earth. Elegant. Ruthless. Untouchable. When Marian wanders into Mystic Falls out of pure curiosity, she expects boredom. What she doesn't expect... is Jeremy Gilbert. The hunter. The boy who is supposed to hate everything she is. Except he doesn't. Jeremy sees something in Marian that no one else does - strength, loneliness, and the quiet weight of centuries spent alone. Their connection ignites fast. Dangerous. Intense. Unavoidable. And when Elena demands Jeremy choose between family and the ancient vampiress she calls a monster... Jeremy doesn't hesitate. He chooses Marian. One by one, the people of Mystic Falls start seeing the truth. Maybe the real problem was never Marian at all. Maybe the real queen of Mystic Falls was never Elena. Maybe the throne always belonged to the Dark Vampiress Countess. And once the Salvatores, the witches, and even Elena's own friends stop fighting fate... A new royal court begins to rise. A court built on loyalty, love, and blood. Elena Gilbert wanted devotion. Instead she lost everything. And Marian Volgrave gained a family.

➽ 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬. 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭. [𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠!𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭]

haunted: (a) to recur persistently to the consciousness of, to remain with. Lydia Martin is confident, fierce, and take shit from absolutely no one. Smooth chocolate skin, thick black curls, the prettiest hazel eyes, and she gives Regina George a run for her money.

What if Elijah Mikaelson had been born Eira - elegant, cunning, and utterly devastating - and married to none other than Katherine Pierce? As Mystic Falls begins to unravel with the return of vampires, doppelgängers, and ancient curses, Eira and Katherine work behind the scenes, pulling strings and causing chaos. She's not the noble Original you remember - and Katherine was never meant to play anyone's game but her own. Old enemies. New plans. One ruthless, immortal power couple.

Elena Gilbert died the night her parents did-only to be reborn as something entirely new. With Talia al Ghul behind her eyes and Death watching from the sidelines, Mystic Falls isn't ready for who she's become.

√ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐤𝐨𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝- 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥- 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭. [𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐲!𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐤𝐨𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧]

√ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲. [𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐨𝐜 / 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧]

After being brushed off by Stefan and overhearing one of her best friends talk down about her, a frustrated Caroline Forbes escapes to the grocery store for a night of baking and rom-coms-only to crash her cart into Naya Rios, a stunning Latina art student visiting Mystic Falls.

√ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭. 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞- 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐭. [𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐟𝐞𝐦 𝐨𝐜 𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐱 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐧 𝐦𝐢𝐤𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧]