Mystic Falls has always been strange, but nothing prepares you for the night you’re attacked in the woods and survive a wound no human should. The injury heals too fast… and the vampire who tries to compel you afterward fails in a way that shouldn’t be possible. Now supernatural creatures you’ve never met are drawn to you — some curious, some terrified, some convinced you’re something dangerous. As secrets unravel and threats close in, one truth becomes impossible to ignore: There is something inside you that shouldn’t exist. And it’s waking up.