The Guardian

"In my seventeen years of life, I never really knew what being put first felt like. Sure, I had Elena and the rest of my family, but even then I would be referred to as the edgy twin, the darker half of a whole. I felt like an outsider in my own family, but that all changed when I first laid my eyes on him, Damon Salvatore, the love of my life. I'm Charlotte Victoria Gilbert, and this is my story."