3rd Person POV:

"So brother, how was the little red head?" Kol asked crudely when Elijah snuck back in the the hut he shared with his brothers.

"Don't speak of her like that, she simply had a frightful dream and I calmed her down with a walk." Elijah told his brother Kol but it was really a warning to all of them not to be disrespectful towards the woman he was falling in love with.

"Please Kol, your forgetting noble Elijah wouldn't even know what to do with a woman." Niklaus remarked not letting the opportunity to tease his big brother pass him by.

"True he is almost as dull as Finn."

"We shouldn't be talking about mother's guest like this and we should all still be sleeping." Finn replied.

"See, no wonder she doesn't find you appealing if your anything like that." Niklaus said.

"Shame... for you, I bet she knows quite a bit about pleasing a man all that time on board her father's ship, surrounded by all those drunken men, I might just have to find out for myself."

Elijah was usually able to ignore his brother Kol's attempts to rile him up but the idea that anyone other than him would know what Kadlin's lips felt like incensed him, he lunged at his brother and the two started brawling. They tumbled outside the hut and soon they had woken up the rest of the family.

"What is the meaning of this?!" Mikael's voice boomed halting the brother's fists.

Elijah and Kol froze at the sound of their father and quickly seized fight and got up off the ground.

"Sorry, father, it was a silly misunderstanding." Elijah replied not wanting to bring Kadlin into this and embarrass her when he still hadn't told her the extent of his true feelings.

Kol and Elijah were punish the rest of the week doing extra chores and working later into the night than everyone else.

One night Kol sneaked off early leaving Elijah to finish their last task himself and came upon the fiery mystery woman who had infiltrated his family.

"Well, well, well, you ought to be careful out here at night red, I hear there are big bad wolves lurking around."

"It's not a full moon Kol,"

"you don't have to be a beast to be a monster."

"Are you speaking from experience?"

"Such attitude you have, are you sure Elijah can handle all that fire? I'd be willing to show you how a real man feels."

"As charitable as that is, I'll pass," Kadlin tried to walk away from him but Kol reached out and grabbed her arm not letting her go.

"Who said I was going to give you much of a choice in the matter?"

"Let her go!" a voice interrupted them, Kol was surprised when he turned around to find Henrik.

"Relax buddy, I was just playing around." Kol tried to pretend the whole exchange between him and Kadlin had been a joke but Henrik wasn't buying it. He drew his sword to show his older brother he was serious about leaving Kadlin alone.

"Well aren't you the brave one?" Kol remarked and reached for his own weapon. Elijah then came out of the woods to see the scene before him... Kadlin looked rattled and Henrik and Kol were squaring off.

"What is going on here?"

"It seems our youngest brother wants to duel over Kadlin's honor." Elijah was impressed and proud of Henrik while equally shamed and disappointed over Kol's behavior.

"My money's on young Henrik, clearly he's more a warrior than you who would threaten a woman, Henrik is at least brave enough to challenge those above him not the defenseless. He is twice the man you could ever hope to be."

Henrik felt his posture straighten as his older brother spoke so proudly of him, it was the first time since losing his leg that he felt like a man... a warrior. Kadlin was right, he was more than his lost leg and he knew what deserved to be fought for and he would square off against any that threatened it.

"We don't even know her and yet both of you would side against me for her?" Kol asked getting tired of Elijah and now Henrik acting so superior to him.

"In a heartbeat." Replied Elijah.

Kol clenched his jaw and walked off in a huff.

Kadlin looked to Henrik and kneeled down.

"My hero, how will I ever repay you?" She said half teasing half completely serious,

"I think I have an idea." Elijah interrupted charmed by the how close the two of them had gotten. He produced the sketches and showed them to Henrik,

"Kadlin drew these, Niklaus and I are saving, we will do whatever it takes to build it for you."

"I'm getting a new leg?" Henrik looked up in awe at Kadlin who smiled back at him.

"Looks like it." Henrik smiled and hopped off to find his mother.

"Are you alright," Elijah asked now more serious.

"I'm fine, nothing happened, I just don't understand..."

"Kol is insecure, he doesn't feel close to Finn Niklaus and I because he is younger than Rebekka but he's not looked at as the baby of the family either because of Henrik, he feels passed over a lot. He caught me sneaking in the night I walked with you and made a comment, normally I'd let his childish remarks go but I couldn't."

"Why not?"

"Because I am falling in love with you... more and more each day. One day I hope to be lucky enough to call you my wife."

Kadlin's eyes nearly popped out of her head.

"You do?" she asked bewildered

"Consider yourself spoken for." Elijah told her as he caressed he cheek lovingly before walking off the make sure Henrik completed his journey back to the main settlement safely.