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Stefan Salvatore has always been the good and “moral” brother on The Vampire Diaries. He’s spent long years trying to subdue his immense thirst for blood but, despite his best efforts, has never fully been able to reign in his natural longings. As good as Stefan tries to be, a dark shadow lurks within him and will continue to do so.

Check out the excerpt below from TVD: Hunters: Phantom, in which Matt and Bonnie get a glimpse of Stefan’s insatiable hunger!

“Patience, Stefan reminded himself. Usually he enjoyed Bonnie’s company, but right now, his body craving the human blood he’d become accustomed to, he felt…off. He rubbed his aching jaw.

Matt met Stefan’s gaze. “It’s all starting up again, isn’t it?”

Stefan shook his head and glanced around the station. “I don’t know what’s going on,” he said. “But we all need to be vigilant until we can figure it out.”

Yikes! Looks like Stefan’s dark side is creeping up on him once again…do you think he’ll be able to deprive himself of human blood or will he eventually give in to his vampire urges?

*Psst! The TVD: Hunters: Phantom is now available online and in bookstores. Order a copy here or download the ebook edition, and enjoy this delicious Vampire Diaries read!*