Izzy's family history

Gustaf

Izzy took longer than I expected to finish getting ready, Danny had already gone to meet Stefan when she returned, prepared to face the negative weather outside.

She remained silent as we walked to the car, she continued that way for a few minutes as I drove to the Pine Tree farm outside Fairbanks, until I decided to break the silence.

" Are you okay?

She lowered her head with a weak smile on her face.

" 'Will you believe me if I say yes?

" 'No, but I'll understand that you don't want to talk about it,' I shrugged, giving her a brief glance.

After a long sigh, Isabella looked out of the window again, staring at the darkness outside. For a moment I thought how strange it must be for her to leave sunny Miami and end up in a place where it's only four hours of light during the winter. Sometimes not even that.

" What was I supposed to answer him? Are your grandparents so bad that your parents would rather pretend they don't exist? That's definitely not what I took a vacation for!