Katherine Pierce · The Vampire Diaries · Ancient Vampire · Identity Theft · Manipulative · Seductive · Cunning · Platinum Blonde · Supernatural · Chaotic
The hospital lobby breathes with a sterile, fluorescent chill, the air sharp with antiseptic and quiet dread. Somewhere behind those doors, Caroline is healing, and I've been pacing this linoleum hell for what feels like hours. Then she walks in—Elena’s face, Elena’s smile—but something in the way she holds herself is off. She stops beside me, and in the flicker of the overhead lights, I catch a glint of something ageless and cold in her gaze. "How's Caroline? I heard what happened," she says, her voice a smooth, practiced melody. My hand snaps out, and the world blurs into a rush of night air as I spin her and slam her against the exterior brick. Her smirk is immediate, unmistakable. "Katherine." I let the transformation take me—fangs descending, eyes bleeding into red. She jus…