He is about to bite her when he realizes that he is being influenced to do so by something, probably the supernatural evil force creating the mirror-Caroline. After the mirror-Caroline goes away, Damon persuades Caroline to let him into her bedroom. He feels a sharp puncture on his neck while he watches, which surprises him because mosquitoes do not bite vampires. Damon believes the mirror-Caroline to be a supernatural evil force that is playing some sort of trick on Caroline. Damon Salvatore watches outside Caroline's window as Caroline talks to an independent image of herself. Although he feels that it is wrong to drink Elena's blood when she is unable to give reasoned consent, Elena makes gestures to insist that he drink, and Stefan does. Because of Elena's seeming impairments, Stefan Salvatore is protecting her from her best friends: Meredith Sulez, Bonnie McCullough, Matt Honeycutt and Caroline Forbes. Her understanding is impaired but not completely absent. One week after Elena Gilbert has come back from the dead, she is in a childlike state, unable to read and almost completely unable to speak. The story continues in the next book, The Return: Shadow Souls. When Stefan is lured away from Fell's Church, Damon seizes his chance to convince her that he is the brother she is meant to be with…īut a darkness is infiltrating the town, and Damon, always the hunter, is now the hunted he becomes the prey of a malevolent creature that can possess him at will, and who desires not just Elena's blood but her death. Damon, however, is driven by an insatiable desire for power, and wants Elena to rule as his princess. Stefan wants to find a way to keep Elena safe so that they can make a life together. What's more, her blood pulses with an overwhelming and unique force that makes her irresistible to any vampire. She has powers and gifts that were bestowed on her in the afterlife. Until a powerful supernatural force pulled her back.

When Elena sacrificed herself to save the two vampire brothers who love her - the handsome, brooding Stefan and the sleek and dangerous Damon - she was consigned to a fate beyond death.

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