The Awakening and The Struggle (The Vampire Diaries, #1-2)

by L.J. Smith

She’d have him, even if it killed her. If it killed both of them, she’d have him.

“I don’t know; killers are sort of romantic. Imagine your dying with his hands around your throat. He’d strangle the life out of you, and the last thing you’d see would be his face.”

Instead of refusal he was radiating a deep acceptance – and a deep need. Feelings of love, of delight, of appreciation overwhelmed her and with incredulous joy she realised the feelings were his. For a moment, she sensed herself through his eyes, and sensed how much he cared for her. It might have been

frightening if she had not had the same depth of feeling to give back to him.