Chapter 1

Stars lit up the sky when Hayley was alone on the balcony, looking at the beautiful city of New Orleans. She didn`t want to admit it, but she was terrified about having a baby. Especially with Klaus. What was she thinking sleeping with that man, who was now the father of her own unborn child. Klaus had enemies, many enemies, who would do anything to hurt her baby. She wasn`t ready.

She wanted to belong somewhere. She once thought about how amazing it would be to actually have a family, but she didn`t expect her family to be the Michaelson family, the Original family. Klaus was already enough, but Rebekah? Now that`s what she called a drama queen. Although Elijah she had just met. He didn`t look too bad, he seemed nice.

She was in her own bubble when he came and brought her back to reality. Elijah was leaning on the door frame in his suit that he used like a uniform. "I see you`re deep in your own thoughts, perhaps you would like to talk about it?" said Elijah only staring at her with concern.

Actually, she didn`t want to talk about it. He often asked these kind of questions to her. He always found a way to find out what she`s thinking anyway. He understood her. He offered her to come inside, but she refused to. She wanted to stay out here and enjoy the view of the beautiful city. Suddenly she jumped when Elijah appeared behind her in a flash and placed his jacket on her shoulders, and left. She didn`t understand how Elijah who seemed so caring and respectful could be related to Klaus and Rebekah. He looked out for her, and if she needed something she would definetly go to him.

Suddenly her vision started to get blurry, her legs felt like jelly and she thought her head was about to explode. She began to panic, her eyes filled with fear, but she didn`t have the strengh to cry for help. The last thing she saw was the witch bringing her down to the ground before blacking out.

Everything was in slow motion. She didn`t know what was going on, when she remembered. Her baby. Her eyes shot open as she placed both her hands on her stomach. "Good, you`re awake. Elijah and Klaus will be happy to hear the news that you`re not dead. You`re lucky they found you." Hayley was confused when she saw Rebekah sitting on a chair next to her. She was okay. Her baby was okay. "What the hell happened? Who was that bi-" "Another witch who wanted you dead. Better get used to it. You were lucky Elijah was home. Without him, who knows what would`ve happened to you, not that I care really. He snapped her neck so hard, it almost went flying, now he`s gone looking for Sophie to get some answers."

Hayley was thankful to have Elijah around her. "And Klaus..." "He`s with Marcel, as usual. Men..."

Wow. Klaus was so good to her. Oh wait, she was being sarcastic. The child she was carrying had almost died yesterday by some crappy witch. And this morning he went to see Marcel for his own selfish reasons that weren`t good enough for her. Instead, his brother took care of her and took the time to investigate. Being king of New Orleans was far more important to Klaus than his own flesh and blood? How low of him.

After a couple of minutes Hayley was already back on her two feet, walking around the house like a prisonner. Rebekah called her two brothers telling them the news. She looked annoyed when her conversation with Elijah was over as she snapped her phone shut. "My big brother Elijah ordered me to stay in the house with you, afraid something unfortunate would happen. I was about to go shopping! You ruined my day thank you very much!" Hayley simply rolled her eyes, and didn`t say a word. It wasn`t worth it. She knew Rebekah enough to notice that she was jealous of her. Having the attention of her brothers, the baby and she was now her babysitter. Rebekah dreamed of having a family of her own, being a mother.

Hayley continued walking when she noticed Elijah walking through the front door. She shouted his name but the minute he noticed her presence, his eyes grew dark, veins appeared on his cheeks and sharp fangs appeared. That wasn`t a good sign. She started to run for her life, terrified by the monster that was chasing her. She wasn`t fast enough. She had Elijah`s cold hands around her fragile neck. She tried to escape but it was no use. He suddenly dug one hand in her flesh until he found her heart, and ripped it out of her chest.

She felt like she was drowning. Her body tensed as she cried and screemed. What the hell was going on? Where is she? She suddenly realised she was lying on a concrete floor, surrounded by the darkness of the night. She tried to move but the chains held her in place. "Don`t move. Magic is stronger than you, even if you`re a werewolf." Hell no. She had never been saved by Klaus nor Elijah, that witch had entered her thoughts. She`s now back to reality.