THE UNEXPECTED the vampire diaries Alaric Saltzman book 1 (Rewrite)
The Unexpected
Expect the unexpected.
Eighteen-year-old Izzy Gilbert thought she already knew what it felt like for her entire life to fall apart.
After losing her parents, returning to Mystic Falls and trying to put herself back together, Izzy expects her final year of high school to be difficult. What she doesn't expect is for vampires to be real, her best friend to discover she's a witch, her family's history to be filled with supernatural secrets-or for one night with a handsome stranger to completely change her life.
Alaric Saltzman was supposed to be exactly that: a stranger.
Until he walks into Mystic Falls High and introduces himself as her new history teacher.
What begins as an unexpected attraction quickly becomes something neither of them can walk away from. But Ric has secrets of his own, including a missing wife, a hatred for vampires and a past that becomes dangerously connected to Izzy's family.
As Elena falls deeper into the supernatural world with Stefan Salvatore, Izzy finds herself right beside her sister, facing vampires, witches, ancient spells, dangerous enemies and secrets that have been buried by the Gilbert family for generations.
And the deeper Izzy digs, the more she begins to realise that Elena may not be the only Gilbert whose life was shaped by secrets before she was even born.
A mysterious ring left to Izzy by her father is only the beginning.
Because something inside Izzy is changing.
Something powerful.
Something dangerous.
And while everyone around her is worried about the vampires hiding in Mystic Falls, no one has stopped to wonder what might already be hiding inside her.
Izzy Gilbert thought the strangest thing to happen to her would be falling in love with Alaric Saltzman.
She was wrong.
Her story is only beginning.
And sometimes, the most dangerous things in life are the ones you never see coming.
Expect the unexpected.