07 The Return_ Midnight - L. J. Smith

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L. J. Smith The Vampire Diaries The
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Contents 1 Elena Gilbert put down t
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28 Elena was nodding slowly. “It
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1 “Dear Diary, I’m so frightene
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species he’s come to hate and sco
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one. Step two. Step three—I must
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against a wall, or throw her across
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Is she thinking about Stefan in the
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vampirism was a curse. Humans never
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3 Damon leaped. Somewhere in the mi
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“So—assuming you’re alive—y
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Matt’s eyes met Meredith’s and
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comes to the final showdown with Sh
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No, I would not let Sage make me in
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“Well, I can—if you’re done,
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5 “I thought you wanted to get ou
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Stefan! I never begged your pardon
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scared, Damon thought. “I’m mor
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short shake of curls and then a yaw
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He now ascended the steps slowly. H
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“No, I’m serious! When I’m a
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“Now sit down there,” he adjure
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9 Damon dropped his hand. He simply
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them off, not when you’re sleepin
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dressed in a flannel nightgown with
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10 Damon was making his way up the
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He stood again, looking at the girl
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definitely don’t like it. And tha
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11 When M. le Princess Jessalyn D
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Damon smiled at the surly guard.
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Bonnie threw the star ball across t
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12 “Stefan. Stefan!” Elena had
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him back tightly, knowing that her
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13 Elena, sleeping serenely with on
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it up with some of the papers. When
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into the urns. We do know that the
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14 The next morning Elena noticed t
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Matt cleared his throat as somethin
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shop, maybe six or seven. One brown
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15 Bonnie woke slowly, coming up fr
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entertainment—even the Dustbins w
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starting to feel better she was hus
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comfort of her own. The next minute
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star ball.” “Mouse, here, is ri
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examined her, murmuring, “Hair of
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17 Meredith and Matt were sitting a
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“Since I first saw you, I loved y
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They’re faster, she thought. As f
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18 After breakfast Matt went online
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stared at him but with eerie, uncan
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The Gilbert-Maxwells were Elena’s
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seated Misao on the couch, rubbing
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Meredith, Matt, and Bonnie were fri
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Long pause. Then her mother drained
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Meredith stared in utter disbelief.
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21 Someone was still knocking on St
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It was Influence. Before Elena coul
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e wrong. She and Stefan had only jo
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22 “Mama said not in Fell’s Chu
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They were just playing, he figured,
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your first witness.” “We call C
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Matt realized that the duct tape ar
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23 In the car, Matt sat by the slee
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She had the attic bed straightened
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“I know that!” Bonnie said indi
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24 Stefan woke early. He spent the
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“I’ll bring it,” Elena offere
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And only Matt knew how close he had
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deep kiss. For a moment he resisted
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25 “Sleeping in the storage room
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fingers closed on a small sheaf of
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stamped on it, but the malach insid
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what was out there before they step
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Good-bye, Pelat. You may go.” “
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27 Stefan whirled around and saw Bo
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and-ruby necklace and ring—but no
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Bonnie’s head came up. “Even th
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efore putting her down again. “Yo
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“Is it safe, having Biratz carry
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Elena hesitated. It was true; she c
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Damon’s warm hand was inside her
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oh, God, he might murder Stefan. Ag
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elow her feet, or so it seemed. It
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other Godawful Hellacious monsters
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Biratz’s trunks. “It was pointl
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30 “Strip to your underwear and g
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Something was shaking the room. Sha
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we’ll destroy the container.”
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comfortingly. At last Damon dropped
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“Can you make it?” Stefan asked
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32 “Damon doesn’t mean to be su
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At a quarter to eleven Meredith cam
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33 Elena was waiting for the fog to
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in Fell’s Church the Last Midnigh
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She found herself bumping into a ha
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34 “You’ve been fed and taken c
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There was also a picture of a pair
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“Or where,” said the old woman.
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35 Elena felt as if she had been do
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Elena did and gasped. For just an i
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he’d had his puppet, Damon, do wh
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“A little. But I could hear you,
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Page 222 and 223: Thank you…Elena. Thank you…for
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Page 232 and 233: 41 Stefan didn’t move or speak fo
Page 234 and 235: how do we offer them the Fountain o
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Page 238 and 239: air car. Instead of a crash with on
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Page 242 and 243: escape. But she eventually was comp
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Page 248 and 249: felt her soul expand and come out o
Page 250 and 251: 44 On the smallest moon of the Neth
Page 252 and 253: Other Books by L. J. Smith THE VAMP
Page 254 and 255: Credits Jacket art © 2011 by Carri
Page 258: 42 43 44 About the Author Other Boo
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