Purgatory, Present Time

'You can bring us back? Hang on... You can do magic here?' Kaleb's eyebrows met as he asked.

'We both can. Our bodies have not yet been consacrated. They're still lying in my apartment. As long as there is no consacration, our magic remains with us rather than flowing back into the earth.' Angeline responded with somewhat uncertainty. Kol could notice a glint of sadness in her eyes, but he chose to remain quiet about it. There was something wrong which was troubling her, it was obvious.

'Great, then we'll send Kol back first. Where there's two witches, the impact of the spell grows.' Kaleb countered swiftly, stepping in front of her and blocking Kol out of her view.

Angeline glanced down as she thought carefully of her choice for words. He watched her willingly, hopeful of what she had to say. 'Actually...' She spoke. 'I want to send you back first.'

His face darkened once he heard her wish, all hope drained from his blue eyes. 'Oh...'

'Kaleb listen to me.' She gripped his jacket with her fingers tightly. 'You deserve to retrieve your life first. You've had enough to endure.'

He held onto her forearms gently. 'Yes but that's not what I want. I want to spend as much time with you as I can. Whether it's being stuck here forever or growing old together in the land of the living.' He said honestly almost in a whisper. Kol was moved by his comment. As pathetic as this guy sounded he was speaking the truth and cared less if anyone could hear his confession. He sounded right for Angeline.

She stared him in the eyes dominantly. 'When you'll wake up, I want you to leave my apartment and my body behind. You will continue with your life from where you've left off, because I don't know how long it will be till we see each other again, the transitions may take time.'

'You're really not gonna' change your mind about it, are you? You want me to return first no matter what.' Kaleb stated sadly, his bottom lip stiffening.

'No matter what.' She echoed.

'Well in that case Angeline... I lo-'

'Don't. Don't say it. I'm not ready yet.' She silenced him urgently.

'Fine.' He agreed and turned his head round to Kol. 'Then I guess I'll see you both in New Orleans.'

Kol gave him a faint smirk.

When he spun back to face her, Angeline already started chanting. Her voice creating a crescendo throughout the nothingness of the pirgatory. 'En dugos, tuas, animos. En dugos, tuas, animos. En dugos, tuas, animos. En dugos, tuas, animos!' A light instantly swallowed Kaleb up as magic overwhelmed Angeline. Her knees went weak, she shook as she collapsed to the ground and blood started dripping from her nose. Kol rushed down to her in alarm. He held her up and pushed her hair out of her face. Her gaze fixated on him as a tear dropped down her cheek.

'You lied to him. You lied to him about everything.' Kol countered as she stood back on her feet and she grazed her fingers behind his ear. 'Angeline, without the Red Beryl you're weak. We won't make it back, your power is not enough.'

'I had to let him go. I couldn't let him cling on to me and waste his life doing so.'

'Yes Angeline but you deserve him.'

'And he desrves better than me.'

'There is no better than you, Angeline.'

She instantly cupped his face with her hands. 'I might not be strong enough to send both of us back, but there is enough there for me to send one of us.'

Kol's eyes widened. 'Angeline.'

'Remember what I told you before. The reason I turned myself into an immortal witch was because I didn't want to die without seeing you again. My wish has now been granted. What I said earlier, I promised you things and I have to keep my word. I kept your secret like I swore to you in the woods. I cloaked the amulet and took care of your mother's Grimoire. I promised to keep you alive, which I have failed so I must make it right.'

Kol clasped his hands around her jaw too. 'Look at me. I have failed you three hundred years ago. I was a vampire without feelings who just tried to use you for my purposes. But while human again the feelings that I was supposed to have for you three centuries ago flooded into me. I wronged you, and I will never forgive myself for that.' He rubbed her cheeks softly.

'We all make mistakes, Kol. When your siblings took you away that night, my heart got ripped out of my chest. When you died in my arms last night, it was yanked out again. But I fought through it, because the thought of you made me strong. I love you Kol Mikaelson, so much.' She swallowed the lump in her throat. 'I understand you might not be able to tell me the same thing but I just want you to know that this is how I feel, dead or alive.'

Without hesitation, Kol placed his lips on hers eagerly as he kept her close. Their bodies melted together as they tried to make their final kiss last for as long as possible.

'Your name suits you perfectly, Angeline Bartwelt. You're not a beautiful butterfly; you're an angel. An angel that I regret making suffer, and who will always live inside my heart.' He took her hands and kissed each one of her fingers. 'You're a blessing.'

All the hurt from her eyes was gone. She felt at peace with the thought of her existsnce coming to an end. 'Please, when you reach home make sure Kaleb doesn't see you, but if he does run into you just tell him the truth.' She waited for him to nod in response. 'And one more request. Will you please bury me in the spot where we met in Cadiz?'

Kol smiled as he combed his fingers through her hair. 'You have my word.'

'I guess this is goodbye then.' She uttered with glassed eyes.

Kol kissed her once more, grateful to have met someone like her. No one has ever sacrificed themselves for him, it felt strange and tragic but he felt loved. 'This is perhaps how it works for us... One minute we're together... then the next we're alone.'

She nodded in agreement then paused for a moment. 'Meeting you was the best thing that happened to me. You were all I had for a very long time.'

'It is indeed humbling to know that.' He summoned sadly.

'I'm offering you a second chance to immortal life. I'll make sure you won't blow it this time. I will be your guardian angel who will watch over your shoulder all the time. I promi-'

'Don't promise. You owe me nothing more.' He interjected as he took his hands away from her face at last.

As a teardrop fell from her eye, she began chanting. The power drew out of her leaving behind weakness but she ignored it entirely. Kol was going home. The light eventually broke into the blackness and pulled Kol in. She stumbled on her feet as pain striked her.

'Goodbye, Angeline... and thank you for everything.'

'I love you.' The three words escaped from her mouth right before the white light disappeared with him. When her spell ended she dropped to the ground. She was happy that she accomplished her intentions and that her true love received exactly what she believed he desrved. The darkness and silence surrounding her, rung in her ears. Although she was now alone, it felt right and she would never not even for a second regret her choice.

THE END

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