Here’s an 电子邮箱 my friend received from L.J. Smith.
“Hi Emily—

Thank 你 for your beautiful email. I completely understand why some 粉丝 get overeager—and especially if they think there is bad news for them. I hope that 你 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 你 something that makes me so sad and devastated—as bad, in fact,...