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people d estr o y th em se lv e s a nd e ve ry o ne th ey lo ve d.
But n ow n one o f it e ve r h appened.
If th e G uard ia ns m ade g ood o n th eir w ord , e ve ry o ne e ls e w ho d ie d is n ow a liv e
again : p oor V ic kie B ennett a nd S ue C ars o n, m urd ere d b y K ath erin e a nd K la us a nd
Tyle r S m allw ood b ack in th e w in te r; d is a gre eable M r. T anner; th ose in noce nts th at th e
kits u ne k ille d o r c a use d to b e k ille d. M e. A ll b ack a gain , a ll s ta rtin g o ve r.
And, e xce pt fo r m e a nd m y c lo se st fr ie nds— Mere dith , B onnie , M att, m y d arlin g
Ste fa n, a nd M rs . F lo wers — no o ne e ls e k n ows th at life h asn ’t g one o n a s u su al e ve r
sin ce F ounder’s D ay.
We’v e a ll b een g iv e n a noth er c h ance . W e d id it. W e s a ve d e ve ry o ne.
Eve ry o ne e xce pt D am on. H e s a ve d u s, in th e e nd, b ut w e c o uld n’t s a ve h im . N o
matte r h ow h ard w e tr ie d o r h ow d esp era te ly w e p le aded, th ere w as n o w ay fo r th e
Guard ia ns to b rin g h im b ack. A nd v a m pir e s d on’t r e in ca rn ate . T hey d on’t g o to
Heave n, o r H ell, o r a ny k in d o f a fte rlife . T hey ju st . . . d is a ppear.
Ele na s to pped w ritin g fo r a m om ent a nd to ok a d eep b re ath . H er e ye s fille d w ith te ars , b ut s he b ent o ve r
th e d ia ry a gain . S he h a d to te ll th e w ho le tr u th if th e re w as g oin g to b e a ny p oin t to k e epin g a d ia ry a t a ll.
Dam on d ie d in m y a rm s. It w as a goniz in g to w atc h h im s lip a way fr o m m e. B ut I’l l
neve r le t S te fa n k n ow h ow I tr u ly fe lt a bout h is b ro th er. It w ould b e c ru el— and w hat g ood
would it d o n ow?
I s till c a n’t b elie ve h e’s g one. T here w as n o o ne a s a liv e a s D am on— no o ne w ho
lo ve d life m ore th an h e d id . N ow h e’l l n eve r k n ow—
At th a t m om ent th e d oor o f E le na ’s b edro om s ud denly fle w o pen, a nd E le na , h e r h e art in h e r th ro at,
s la m med th e d ia ry s hut. B ut th e in tr u d er w as o nly h e r