A month later
Elijah reclined in a comfy sitting chair, his legs sprawled out, glaring into the fierce flames of the hearth; his mind in another time. They had been forced out of the kingdom. Kol's careless actions of draining innocent females of their blood had cost them their strategy to manipulate the king and eventually overthrow him. They had hoped to secure the kingdom's forces to ambush their father, but now all was lost.
During the move, Kol slipped away abandoning his siblings. His departure had been inevitable. Elijah knew this. First Fin, and now Kol, and eventually Rebekah. Sooner or later, Niklaus would drive Rebekah out as well. It was their curse; a curse they deserved. The one thing they valued most was family, and because of their sins, they would become their own downfall. Niklaus could not see this, and because he was blinded by his lust for evil, he would lead them to their doom. A fate worse than death for they could not die.
Elijah bit his lip with disgust. He was no better than Kol or Niklaus. Although he hide his darkness beneath a veil of honor and sophistication, he was still an abomination lusting for blood. Even now his insides burned to taste the strange maiden from the forest. It wasn't just her beauty that tempted him, he had had his fill of fair women in his time, there was something more to her. It wasn't love either. Love ceased to exist for him the night he drank his first love's blood; the same blood that created him, the same blood that had tore his family apart. But still something was there, something that made him want to drive himself deep into her belly while relishing the taste of her blood.
Niklaus enters unheard by Elijah and takes a seat beside him. Elijah remains silent. Niklaus clears his throat before he speaks. "You cannot forget her."
Elijah smirks, "Her blood is still flesh, lingering within me." Elijah closed his eyes and inhaled a deep breath as if he could still taste her.
"There is only one cure for what ails you." Niklaus captures his brother gaze.
"What if I cannot control myself?"
"I know you, brother, and you are the strongest of us all."
"And would you have her after I am finished, brother?" asked Elijah, suspicious of Niklaus' motive. Niklaus rarely did anything unselfishly.
"No. Defiance is enchanting, but I do not want her in that way. Within her, I saw the image of what Rebekah used to be before our change; immaculate, pristine. I could not tarnish such a soul."
Elijah lowered his eyes, shamed-washed. He labeled Niklaus a monster and yet, his brother bore not a drop of blood lust toward Defiance, unlike himself.
When Elijah remained silent. Niklaus added "You will never be free of her unless..."
Elijah stood laying a hand on Niklaus's shoulder. "I am not you or Kol. I cannot act upon my urges no matter how selfishly I desire to."
