the Original Sin || Katherine Pierce

We all know the story; two brothers destroyed by their love for the same woman.

But what if there were three.

When Katherine Pierce returned to Mystic Falls in 2010, Stefan and Damon Salvatore knew they couldn't face her alone.

So, they made a call they swore they never would.

To the brother they vowed to forget.

The middle Salvatore brother has spent the last century and a half living exactly the way vampires were meant to; dangerously, recklessly, and unapologetically ruthless. Unlike his brothers, Julian embraced the monster the moment he turned.

And unlike Stefan and Damon...he never truly stopped loving Katherine.

In 1864, Katherine seduced all three Salvatore brothers. Stefan was her obsession. Damon was her amusement.

But Julian was the one she truly loved.

He drank her blood willingly.

He planned to turn for her.

He would have followed her to the ends of the earth.

Until the night everything fell apart.

Now, 146 years later, he returns to Mystic Falls believing their love was just another one of Katherine's manipulations. Determined to help his brothers finally kill the woman who ruined their lives.

But Katherine Pierce has never forgotten him.

And when the two are forced back into each other's orbit, old feelings resurface; dangerous, intoxicating, and impossible to ignore.

Because the greatest lie Katherine Pierce ever told...

...was that she never loved anyone.

And the biggest mistake the Salvatore brothers ever made...

...was exiling the one brother who truly understood her.