Here’s an e-mel my friend received from L.J. Smith.
“Hi Emily—

Thank anda for your beautiful email. I completely understand why some peminat-peminat get overeager—and especially if they think there is bad news for them. I hope that anda will enjoy Midnight, as it is truly the story of Damon finding his deepest feelings for both Elena and Bonnie—and his feelings are definitely not platonic. In fact, to be blunt, without Bonnie and something that Bonnie does at the end, Damon would be permanently dead.

But right now I have to tell anda something that makes me so sad and devastated—as bad, in fact,...