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THE STRUGGLE The Vampire Diaries Book 2 By L. J. Smith  THE VAMPIRE DIARIES ? The Struggle Volume II ? L. J. Smith ? HarperTorch An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers  Books by L. J. SMITH ? The Vampire Diaries Volume I: The Awakening Volume II: The Struggle Volume III: The Fury Volume IV: Dark Reunion ? The Secret Circle trilogy Volume I: The Initiation Volume II: The Captive Volume III: The Power  ? This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. ? HARPERTORCH An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 10 East 53rd Street New York ? Copyright ? 1991 by Daniel Weiss Associates, Inc. and Lisa Smith Cover art copyright ? 1991 by Daniel Weiss Associates, Inc. ? ISBN:0-06-102001-X ? Produced by Daniel Weiss Associates, Inc., 33 West 17th Street, ? First HarperTorch paperback printing: August 2002 First HarperPnsm printing: March 1999 ? A mass market edition of this book was published in 1991 by HarperPaperbacks. ? Printed in the United States of America ? Visit HarperTorch on the World Wide Web at  ? To my dear friend and sister, Judy ? A special thanks to Anne Smith, Peggy Bokulic, Anne Marie Smith, and Laura Penny for information about Virginia, and to Jack and Sue Check for all their local lore.  One Damon! Icy wind whipped Elenas hair around her face, tearing at her light sweater. Oak leaves swirled among the rows of granite headstones, and the trees lashed their branches together in frenzy. Elenas hands were cold, her lips and cheeks were numb, but she stood facing the screaming wind directly, shouting into it. Damon! This weather was a show of his Power, meant to frighten her away. It wouldnt work. The thought of that same Power being turned against Stefan woke a hot fury inside her that burned against the wind. If Damon h