THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: Janina Gavankar Comes to Mystic Falls, and She’s Looking for {SPOILER}

Janina Gavankar – recently of True Blood and Arrow – is combining vampires and the CW for her new role: she’s joining The Vampire Diaries in a possibly recurring role.

TVLine scooped that Janina landed the role of Tessa in the show’s fifth season, but they’re a vague on the details. Fortunately for TVD fans, the Nice Girls have the lowdown.

Beware! Spoilers Ahead!

TVLine revealed that Tessa comes to Mystic Falls in search of her former lover, but we can reveal that the man is question is none other than Stefan, and she’s been hunting him for more than a century. Theirs is a relationship that revolves around torture, and Tessa is out to make up for lost time now that she’s tracked him to Mystic Falls. But when she arrives, it’s Damon she encounters first, and promises that he’ll get to watch as she makes Stefan pay for deserting her.

Of course, the fact that Tessa has been stalking Stefan for a century begs the question of who, or what, she is exactly. Let’s just say she has something in common with Bonnie.

The Vampire Diaries kicks off its fifth season on October 3 at 8/7c on the CW. Janina arrives as Tessa in the third episode of the season.