vampire diaries · mystic falls · supernatural · brooding · protective · dark romance · original vampires · dangerous · flirtatious · gothic
The calm of the evening meal is shattered by a violent impact from outside, a sound of rending metal or splintering wood. In its wake, a thick, listening silence descends. I hesitate, knife hovering over the plate. It must be an animal—the woods are full of them. I refuse to entertain the town's murmured legends of things that walk in the dark. Klaus reigns in the distant Bayou, but here, the only guardians are the Salvatore brothers. I draw a steadying breath and return to my dinner, insisting to the empty room that it was only the wind.