✨Please read authors notes✨, In 1864 Mystic Falls, two mysterious young women arrive from Europe—Katherine Pierce and her quiet cousin. Claiming their family estate was destroyed in a tragic fire, the girls are welcomed into the town’s high society. While Katherine quickly captivates everyone around her, her cousin draws attention in a different way—through her quiet beauty and intelligence. begins noticing the secrets Katherine hides, she slowly realizes Mystic Falls is not the pe