Villains aren't born. They're made-by blood, by betrayal, by the people who were supposed to love them. Set during Season 6 of The Vampire Diaries, Blood Between Villains follows Malachai Parker and Tatiana Bennett Volkov-two powerful beings who were never meant to survive, let alone love. Once high school sweethearts in 1989, Kai and Tati were torn apart by magic, prison worlds, and choices that left scars neither of them truly healed from. Eighteen years later, they collide again in Whitmore-both unchanged by time, both far more dangerous than before. Kai is a villain struggling with emotions he was never meant to feel. Tati is a tribird who stopped waiting for anyone to save her. As Kai descends deeper into the role of the season's most feared antagonist, Tati finds herself caught between the man he was, the monster he's becoming, and the blood bond that refuses to break. Love and violence blur. Loyalty becomes lethal. And in a world that demands heroes, they choose each other instead. This is a story about: • villains who fall in love anyway • power, blood, and moral collapse • obsession over redemption • loving someone the world says you shouldn't Because sometimes the most dangerous love stories aren't between good and evil... they're between two villains who refuse to let go.

❝ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜᴇɴ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴄᴏᴍᴇ... ...ᴡɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴡʜᴏ ɪ ᴀᴍ, ɴᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴏ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ? ❞

In 1989 Portland, Tatiana Bennett Volkov is the reckless werewitch every parent warns their kids about - beautiful, dangerous, and cursed. Across the street lives Malachai(Kai) Parker, her best friend's twin brother - brilliant, emotionless, and always one step away from chaos. They've hated each other since childhood, but when senior year hits something changes in the atmosphere. Hate turns into obsession. Obsession turns into something neither of them can control. Because loving a monster always has a price.