The trilogy after "The Return" trilogy, "The Hunters", was written by a ghostwriter. In fact, Smith signed a "work for hire" contract back when she had written the original "Vampire Diaries" novel trilogy, which means Alloy owns the copyrights to the series. Smith had originally intended to call the books in "The Hunters" trilogy "Phantom", "Evensong" and "Eternity", but the third book was called "Destiny Rising" by the ghostwriter. "Phantom" was released on October 25, 2011, "Moonsong" on March 13, 2012, and "Destiny Rising" on October 23, 2012.