Chapter 13

Meredith

From the moment Fabian talked about death, I knew I had to get rid of him before he put me in a body bag and sent me to my mom. Then, it seemed impossible because he seemed like the kind of person who runs the country. There was only one kind of person who might have such power: a mafia lord. Although, from the way he was composed, you wouldn't know the kind of things he was capable of until he showed you or told you. I sighed, staring into blank space. I was mortified at how things turned out so quickly. Now, he has insisted that he is interested in me.

A man like Fabian Salvatore should not be interested in me. I barely have a life going on for me, and that interest was going to be my ruin somehow. Kayla already had an idea that I was involved with the Salvatores; it was only a matter of time before the whole school knew. It beats me to know what it feels like to be infamous and be acquainted with the Salvatores.

"I'm so doomed." I muttered to myself, groaning into my pillo