vampire diaries
Nikolai Salvatore

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For as long as anyone could remember, the Salvatore family had only ever been associated with 3 names: Damon Salvatore and Stefan Salvatore... Nikolai Salvatore.
The youngest Salvatore.
Turned at seventeen in 1864, Nikolai possessed Damon’s confidence, sarcasm, and charm, but also Stefan’s loyalty, compassion, and humanity. Unlike his brothers, he spent most of the next century away from Mystic Falls, avoiding the chaos that always seemed to follow the Salvatore name.
Then he came back.
The year Elena Gilbert met Stefan Salvatore was also the year her cousin returned to Mystic Falls.
You.
After a family tragedy, you move in with the Gilberts, trying to rebuild your life in a town that feels unfamiliar. To everyone else, you are simply Elena’s cousin. A normal girl attending Mystic Falls High School.
But you are not normal.
You just do not know it yet.
The truth has been hidden for your entire life. Buried deep within your family’s history and protected by people who never wanted you to discover it.
You were born a vampire.
Not turned.
Born.
One of the rarest supernatural beings in existence.
And somehow, Nikolai Salvatore knows.
From the moment he sees you, he notices things nobody else does. Instincts that should not exist. Senses that are stronger than they should be. Small signs that something inside you is beginning to wake up.
But instead of telling you the truth, Nikolai keeps it secret.
Because he knows exactly what would happen if others found out.
Vampires would want answers.
Enemies would want you dead.
So Nikolai does the only thing he can.
He stays close enough to protect you.
Close enough to become a problem for himself.
Because the longer he keeps your secret, you can be safe.
While Elena becomes caught between Stefan and Damon, another story begins in the shadows.
A story built on secrets.
A story built on lies.
And a story about a girl who does not know she is a vampire, and the Salvatore brother determined to keep it that way.