This entire city was poison-filled trash and vultures who lurked around and attacked my life, and the lives of my children, as they all tried to hide their faces. They would simpler around and tell me "it's time to move on." Who are you to tell me anything?! Let me make this clear now. I will do anything to keep my children safe, including burning this city to the ground and hanging the corpses of my enemies off bannerments of my castle.
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DISCLAIMER- I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES OR THE ORIGINALS. ALL COPYRIGHTS AND OWNERSHIP GO TO THE CW, JULIE PLEC, KEVIN WILLIAMSON, MICHAEL NARDUCCI, AND L.J SMITH. I ONLY OWN MY ORIGINAL CHARACTERS AND ORIGINAL DIALOGUE.
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This story is my completely rewritten version of Protecting Them (Book 3). This version is also available on Archive of Our Own (under the same username) and will soon be uploaded to Fanfiction.net (under the username: ihappymac). Please do not steal my work; I have put a lot of effort into it.