Chapter 1

12 years later

Elijah's eyes wandered into the new girl that arrived in their village yesterday. He has to admit he was attracted to her. He found her beauty exotic and hard to come by. Those beautiful brown eyes that can captivate any man's heart. The only downfall is that she already has a child but doesn't have a partner. But that won't stop him from loving her. He froze in. Is he really in love in this woman?

He continued to stare at her until a figure blocked his view of her.

"E-li-jah," the figure said, pronouncing each syllable.

He looked up to the image of his best friend. Her green eyes staring with amusement at him. Ever since they saved her from back then, they've become best friends. He helped her treat her wounds and sneaked her into their house at night knowing that if his father knew about this, he would be extremely angry. When she was healed, they also helped her build a small house in the middle of the woods not too far from the village although he tried to convince her to just live with them. But she politely declined saying that she doesn't want to impose. Even though he disagrees—thinking that a little girl like her shouldn't live all alone—he respected her wishes.

He has to raise his eyebrows at what Lianna was wearing. Unlike other girls in their village who were wearing long dresses that ends above their feet, she was wearing a long shirt that ends under her butt and what looks like a short that most men wear inside the house.

Lianna snorted at him. "What? I like my outfit. I don't like dresses like other girls." Elijah shook his head. He went back to staring at the new girl.

Lianna followed with her eyes what he was looking at. She noticed that it was the new girl. "Wow, this is the first time I've seen you 'checking out' a girl Elijah," she stated, surprised. Elijah never looks twice at a girl. It was always Nikklaus or Kol who always looks at a girl and ends up deflowering them.

Elijah raised his eyebrows again at Lianna's choice of words. He still couldn't get used to her choice of words. "Checking out?" he asked.

"Yeah. You're trying to decipher her," she explained.

Elijah sighed. She would never let this pass. "I am not 'checking her out' as you may say. I'm simply intrigued of her beauty."

"Oh come on, It's the same. Besides I see that you're not the only one who's 'intrigued of her beauty'," she said with a mock of what he said.

She gestured to Nikklaus—or Klaus as she likes to call him- who is standing only a few feet away from them and was also looking at the new girl and to Kol who was practically undressing her with his eyes. It looks like a sibling rivalry will sprout. Lianna sighed. She will be damned before she let that happen. Suddenly an idea pooped into her head. She grinned and her eyes flashed with mischievousness.

Elijah, seeing her grin, groaned. She probably thought of another crazy idea. "Whatever you're planning don't think about it," he warned.

"Nu-uh. I'm going through this one." Before he could stop her, she took off running towards the direction of the new girl.

Lianna run as fast as she can, knowing that Elijah will try and stop her. She couldn't wait to befriend this girl for two reasons. One is she looks nice and the other one was to the approaching sibling rivalry. Men were already surrounding her like a lion and its prey but that didn't faze her. When she reached the girl she immediately shot her hand towards her in the gesture of introducing.

"Hi, you must be the new girl that's the new talk of the village. I'm Lianna, Lianna Salvante," she said with a smile.

The new girl smiled warmly at her and shook her hand. "It's nice meeting you. I'm Tatia Petrova."

The men groaned at her. She was interrupting their time with Tatia.

Lianna looked back at the men and pouted seductively. She knows this will work because men are always captivated by beauty. "Uhh…you're unhappy with me. I just want to know her." She gave them that cute but seductive puppy look of hers and the men immediately melted and stopped groaning.

Turning around she smirked. It always works like a charm. She turned her attention back to Tatia and asked, "Would you like to come to a tour with me?"

Tatia suppressed a chuckle. She definitely likes this girl who can control men in the palm of her hands like her. But Lianna isn't really like her. Lianna is kind, caring and doesn't play with men. She just likes being playful.

"Of course. I would love to," she replied.

Lianna grinned. "Sorry boys. Guess she chose me," she called out as she and Tatia walked away from the men.

The tour wasn't awkward even though she and Tatia just met. Lianna was a natural talker. She can make even the serious Elijah laugh without even trying. Her playful attitude keeps the conversations going and alive. Tatia would laugh every now and then at some old joke that she would say. They really had a great time.

They were on their way back to Tatia's house when someone spoke from behind them.

"How was your trip to the village ladies?" A voice Lianna knows too well asked.

They both turned around to find Nikklaus standing there and smiling at them.

Tatia eyed the blonde-haired man in front of her. He is gorgeous. The way his curly blond hair was sprawled all over his head was just sexy and you can just drown into its depths.

"It's fine. Lianna kept it alive,"she purred out seductively.

Klaus looked at Lianna and smiled lovingly; proud at her. Her heart skipped a beat at that one. Lianna has a crush on Nikklaus since the day he saved her but she likes to keep it a secret. She knows that Klaus only sees her as a friend.

"Lianna is such a talker. I see that we haven't been introduced properly. My name is Nikklaus Mikaelson."

"I'm Tatia, Tatia Petrova," she introduced with the seductive blink of her eyes that always have men captivated. Nikklaus took Tatia's hand and kissed the back side of it.

Lianna felt a small pang in her heart. It hurts seeing him being affectionate to a beautiful girl. She hates to admit it but she is definitely jealous. Why do Klaus have to affectionate with her?

Seeing that she couldn't handle the tension between them anymore, she turned to Tatia. "Thank you for going with me. I really had a nice day but sadly I must be going now." She waved and started to walk away when Tatia called her back.

"Wait, Lianna! You're going to the party this evening, right? I'll see you there." She waved back at her.

Lianna nodded and went back to walking to her house. With Tatia here, things will be difficult. She just feels it.


Night quickly came. Lianna walked into the village dressed in another one of her crazy dresses. She wore pants that men typically wear everyday and a sleeveless shirt with ruffles at the end of each sleeve. She went around the village in search of Tatia, Nikklaus or Elijah. She immediately spotted Tatia in a circle of men and is flirting with them. She sighed. Maybe it was a bad idea to be her friend after all.

She spotted Elijah sitting at a log near Tatia. He was staring at her again. Lianna grinned. She just couldn't miss a chance to tease Elijah. She quickly went around the bonfire, to Elijah. She quickly bent down so her mouth was directly behind his ear.

"I see your staring at her again. You're making me jealous," she purred seductively at his ear.

Elijah froze hearing a seductive voice behind him. He spun around to find Lianna laughing her ass off behind him.

"You…should have…seen…you're…reaction," she said between her laughs.

Elijah frowned at her. She always likes to make fun of him. Lianna seeing him frown tried to contain her laughter but ended up giggling. "Alright…alright, I'm sorry." She giggled again. "But letting this chance pass is so not worth it so I just have to do it," she laughed.

Elijah smiled. Here is Lianna again with her childish nature.

"See, I'm making you smile," she said proudly.

She tapped his back. "Just talk to her. While I go find your brother and have some fun." She wiggled her eyebrows playfully and walked away.

She found Nikklaus near the place where they keep the wine drinking to oblivion with one of the many village girls that fancy him. She frowned, feeling a suffocating feeling at her chest. Here comes the jealousy again. She just has to control it.

She plastered a big smile on her face and walked to him. Nikklaus seeing her quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her into his lap. She ended up sitting between his legs because of Nikklaus' dizziness.

Lianna blushed at the gesture. She knows that this is just the effect of alcohol but just couldn't help it.

"What took you so long?"Klaus purred in her ear not realizing it was Lianna.

Lianna turned tomato red and felt goose bumps all over her. She then noticed Yannah, the girl Klaus is with before, eyeing them suspiciously. She then pretended to glare at him and stood up from her she was sitting.

"Oh come on," she bellowed.

Nikklaus glared at Lianna. If she doesn't want him, it's her loss. He will show her what she just missed. He pulled Yannah into his arms and crashed his lips on hers.

Lianna couldn't believe what she was seeing. Nikklaus was actually kissing a girl in front of her shoving it in her face. After a few seconds of seeing it, she couldn't take it anymore. She runs back to her house. Tears threatening to fall in her eyes.