In the previous chapter, Hayley and Aurora had a heated argument in which the topic for discussion was Hope and the hybrid's dead husband. Following these arguments, Klaus showed up at Hayley's doorstep in order to discuss strategy. Afterwards, Lucien's loyalty was questioned by Klaus and Freya, as the two had to deal with Rebekah's relationship with Tristan as well. Elijah discovered another pendant in Aya's belongings as Rebekah bailed on Davina's plan to bring Kol back. Finally, Rebekah and Freya had a discussion about their respective love interests as Hayley prepared herself for a difficult evening.


PLOT: Hayley attends the party, with Klaus by her side, to the annoyance of Aurora, who decides to keep her brother close for the night. Freya, charged with protecting Hope, is forced to endure Lucien's close approach as she discovers her need to perform a certain transfer spell from the two pendants which are in her possession. Davina attends the party with Marcel, hell bent on getting what she wants. Rebekah is charmed by Tristan right before a violent fight, which has a good result for someone, but Hayley discovers something which puts her life in immediate danger. Finally, with Lucien's plan working, the Mikaelsons become divided.


"Everyone is staring." Hayley whispered as she heard the beautiful music all around the decorated abattoir. She was holding onto Klaus' arm as he led her gently downstairs. "Yes, indeed. How could they not? I was not lying when I said you looked ravishing, sweetheart."

"I think that your flattery should be used more towards your new bitch, considering that she is the reason why you're pretending." Hayley responded and Klaus gripped her hand tighter, pulling her towards him and hissing, "We must not speak of such things here, little wolf. Anyone might hear."

Hayley simply smiled and looked away from him.

"But maybe you're not pretending." She finally whispered when the people stopped staring at them and they had gone back to their regular conversations and no longer paying attention to the famous Labonair Queen.

"Not pretending?" Klaus asked her in shock, raising his eyebrows, as he pulled her closer to him. "I am doing the best I can, love. You must give me some credit to…"

"I mean that maybe you really have feelings left for Aurora." Hayley told him firmly and looked at him in the eyes. She could tell whether he was lying or telling the truth.

Shaking his head, Klaus whispered, "My relationship with Aurora has always been turbulent. You have no way of knowing what it has been like, Hayley. You were not with me all these years ago. You cannot possibly understand…"

"Then don't play dumb with me. I am not Cami." Hayley snapped and turned away from him, furiously.

"Hayley!" Klaus snapped at her as though he were scolding a child. "I told you all you need to know about me. I need you to do the same about yourself. Are you capable of killing her when the time is right?"

"Hayley…" Klaus started saying again but then he hissed, "Please be quiet." Hayley was about to say something but she sensed someone coming towards them.

Klaus pulled her to his side as Aurora made her way with a fake smile on her face.

Hayley could tell that the redhead hated her presence at the party, especially after the incident of that morning. "Hayley! I am surprised that you have time to party...you are of course still in the process of grieving, are you not?"

"Yes, she is. However, Hayley is a stronger woman than you might think, sweetheart and she is not about to grieve for long." Klaus said rather quickly and moved from Hayley's side to stand by Aurora, who pecked him on the lips with a smile.

"Yeah, I will make sure that my husband gets the respect he deserves after his death and perhaps even vengeance, but I want to enjoy this night with my daughter." Hayley told her and Aurora sensed the bitterness in her tone.

"Oh well, it isn't that polite to claim that child as your own when Niklaus is the father…" "And I didn't disrespect him in any way. But maybe you should realize that this child doesn't have only a father. She has a mother too. Excuse me." Hayley replied and moved away from them, her eyes closed but she tried to keep that smile on her face.

She drank some punch, trying to avoid the alcohol for the night and saw Elijah heading towards her after leaving Aya's side.

"Is everything alright, Hayley? Has my brother said anything…?"

"Maybe you should stop trying to blame your brother for everything. It was Aurora." Hayley responded fast. Elijah pulled back slightly and whispered, "I am truly sorry for Jackson and for the pain you must be feeling now, knowing that his killers are at large…and even in this room."

"Maybe you shouldn't get too loud." Hayley told him. She didn't know why she was so upset with Elijah. Truth be told, she was upset with almost everyone in the Mikaelson family…all because of this plan of theirs, to charm the devil himself.

"You are risking a lot, Elijah and I am not sure that this is going to work." She finally admitted to him.

"It was Niklaus' plan from the start and knowing the woman he is charming…she can be fooled…and Gia will be set free." They looked around each other, making sure that no one was hearing them.

"You have to get the diamond, right?" Hayley asked. "As a matter of fact, before we do that, Freya needs to do a spell of her own. And she will succeed. We must have faith."

Elijah returned to Aya with a smile, leaving Hayley almost completely hopeless for the safety of herself and her daughter in the presence of The Strix.

"You keep staring at her!" Aurora said under her breath as she drank up the champagne in her glass.

Tristan smiled lightly as he held his own glass and whispered back, "I am doing all that I can for you, dearest sister and you know that no one comes first for me other than you. However, I cannot deny Rebekah's beauty. She is a charming lady, one whom I have had an interesting connection with in the past and now I intend to continue it."

"But you don't really love her, do you? Tristan, my brother, I know you. It's pure lust when you look at her." Aurora insisted, hoping that she was right.

"Lust…indeed, because no woman had been in bed with me the way she has been. And you never know…perhaps this is my other method to spite Niklaus. He has never liked his sister near me. You know that. But having his own relationship with my darling sister, he was nowhere in position to judge." Tristan explained and Aurora nodded with a smirk.

"So you will break her heart?" "Of course not. I was a Lord once in my own right and now, the leader of our Strix. I am a King in my own right and Rebekah is who I see fit as my Queen. She will not deny me anything. And she will offer me the pleasure I crave."

"That is beyond wicked, brother!" Aurora giggled by his side and Tristan gave her a smile. "Wicked is a part of my amazing personality, Aurora, my darling. I am sure you are aware of that."

"I am, but I should warn you, brother, that you should be very much aware that my intentions towards my love are purely carnal for now as well." She giggled when she saw the shocked expression on Tristan's face.

"Sister…" he started warning her with his tone but Aurora shook her head and whispered, "I do what I want with my life, Tristan. Respect that. I am not your baby sister anymore." "Yes, you are. For all eternity and…"

"You spend your time with Rebekah and I shall spend my time with Niklaus. Simple, right?" "Not as simple as what we have to full right here. You told me you would not let him get away with what he has done to us and Lucien has agreed to stand by our side now."

Aurora frowned and whispered, "I don't know what Lucien really wants. He looks pretty comfortable with Niklaus and that worries me a little." "He is playing his part, little sister just like we should play ours."

"You told Lucien that we plan on getting all of us extreme power to be Originals, equal to the Mikaelsons."

"And that, Aurora, my darling, is exactly what we shall be." "But what about Niklaus' sireline? Lucien is a part of that one." Aurora asked him.

Tristan simply gulped down his drink before saying, "Damage beyond repair. You know as well as I do that as soon as we grab the power we need, Niklaus Mikaelson's sireline shall be destroyed along with him. Lucien may certainly not survive but at least he would be prepared to die for a good cause."

"And Rebekah?" Aurora asked him, her nostrils flaring. "You are a part of Rebekah's sireline, sweetheart. I cannot eliminate her."

"Either way you would not want to eliminate her because you want to bed her. Don't lie to me, brother." Aurora said and walked away from him. Tristan eyed Lucien from across the room with a frown.

The young lad was getting more and more closer to Freya Mikaelson from what he had observed. How was that going to fit into their plan? His eyes then wandered with a frown to the front door, where Marcel Gerard entered, with Davina Claire by his side.

The little witch was looking around as though she was searching desperately for something that would save her life. "You really need to calm down, D." Marcel whispered to her but Davina shook her head constantly.

"No…I have to be here…I need to get that diamond. Marcel, it is important." "And I am not in the mood for you to do anything that will upset the Mikaelsons. I already am completely lost on what game they're pulling here with The Strix."

"What if this is not a game? What if they are seriously considering forming an alliance with them? I can't accept Kol's only salvation to be sacrificed."

"And how exactly do you think that you will get that diamond, Davina?" Marcel asked her.

They eyed each other for a few more moments before she grabbed a hold of his arm and said, "I have to find the right moment to perform a locator spell. I don't care what Vincent said. Whatever Klaus and his family are up to it doesn't concern me."

"It may concern all of us if these Strix are planning to take New Orleans right from under Klaus' nose." "I don't care." Davina replied stubbornly. "I think Freya may be up to something though." Marcel noticed and he pointed to the Mikaelson witch, who looked very protective of Hope.

"She always has that look on her face, as if she is going to be attacked at any moment now. What makes you think that she is planning something?"

"Well whatever it is, the best chance you're going to get that diamond is if you go to her." "Rebekah turned me down. What makes you think that Freya would agree to help me get the diamond."

"Because from the looks of it, she might be looking for the exact same thing." Marcel told her.

"Shhh." Freya hushed the little baby in her arms as she went upstairs in order to put her in her crib. She compelled someone, with Hayley's permission, to watch her for the night and to scream as loud as she could if she saw anyone come into the room to take her.

Both women needed to be sure that The Strix wouldn't dare come near the miracle child of the Original Hybrid. As soon as she left the nursery, her intention was to go straight to her room and start the spell.

The pendants were both safely hidden in there. However, she gasped to see that Lucien was standing before her, smiling.

"I believe that I was the one to ask you to be my date tonight, darling Freya and yet you had not been at all by my side. Any reason for that?" he asked her, cocking his head to one side, curious. Freya opened her mouth to say something but she closed it at once.

She opened it again, when his eyes on hers were making her too nervous, saying, "Well…I…I…" "You what? Let me know…we are partners in crime, are we not?" "No, we are not. And I don't want you here right now. I will see you downstairs."

Freya tried to move to her bedroom but Lucien grabbed a hold of her hand.

He stared at her deeply in the eyes and whispered, "I believe that my offer stands, love." "What offer?" "I shall not say a word about what you and Nik are planning. In return…" Freya sighed and closed her eyes. She was not going to get rid of him easily and a part of her didn't really want to.

Why would she? He was dashing…beyond annoying…but he seemed to care about her. No! She convinced herself that he was just being charming towards her because she knew more about him than his mentor did. "Fine." She said in defeat even though she knew that she had to do what she was meant to do that night.

She would find someway but she could not tell Lucien about this, as per Elijah's instructions.

Taking his hand, Freya was headed back downstairs by Lucien and luckily, no one observed them.

"I asked for something exquisite and it seems like you have done just that…it's lovely. Would you care for a dance?" he asked her and Freya frowned and looked down at the dress she was wearing. "It's nothing carefully chosen for you so spare me."

Lucien rolled his eyes but then smiled and held out his hand for her to grab. She did what he asked and in a matter of moments, they were dancing. Freya could sense that her brothers' eyes were on her the whole time.

She had denied to Niklaus that she held any sort of feelings for this creature in front of him. But this dance showed something else. Lucien was holding her too close for her own tastes but she didn't deny that she was enjoying this.

"What troubles you, dearest Freya?" Lucien asked her with a small smile after a while and Freya stared into his eyes, trying t find her words but she couldn't. "Not even a thank you for the flowers I struggled to find for you…do you truly hate me that much?" he asked her and she smirked.

"I don't hate you. I just can't trust you. That is a whole different story, you know." He twirled her and she ended up back into his arms.

"You can't trust me. How can you not trust me? I have taken the liberty of freeing you from your nightmares. What would you have done otherwise?" "That's suspicious alright." "Suspicious, how?" "You want something from me. You would have helped me otherwise."

"Perhaps I have taken time off to help you simply because…the spark…" "Oh please! Enough with the spark talk! There is no spark!" she insisted but she laughed when she said it, making him grin too as he twirled her again.

She ended back into his arms and she saw something else in his eyes. It was a certain glimmer…one which showed her that he was planning something. "What are you up to now?" she asked him immediately.

Lucien snapped out of his trance and raised an eyebrow. "I am up to something? What makes you think that, love?" "You have that look…it makes me uneasy."

"I am very pleased to hear that I have such an effect on you." "No…" "Yes. But that is alright. Perhaps I am planning something for my own benefit." "I know you always do this. You wont show us whose side you're really on and that is terrifying without a doubt. Why won't you tell me?" she asked him and intentionally, pushed herself closer into him.

"Daring…trying to charm me, my dearest?" "I am not your dearest. But maybe I am trying to charm you." "I have nothing to say to you, love."

"You are planning something. I am sure that you are. So tell me what." She was being serious this time and if his gaze was intimidating to her, she wanted to make sure that her own gaze was intimidating too.

"If I do tell you, you shall inform your brothers straight away and I will not be very happy with that."

"So something you're planning…it's something which will not be approved by my family. I am very interested to hear that." "Freya…" "Tell me…"

"I will not, darling. I will not. But what I can promise you is that you shall know very soon and you shall judge me for it but…at least I will receive what I have always deserved." He ended their dance but left her wanting more.

Freya followed him until she was able to grab his arm and say, "You said that you think we have a spark. Well if we do, then I am sure that you will not have a problem with telling me what your plans are. Which side are you really on, Lucien?"

"Just as you will not let me understand what you are planning upstairs in your little room, I will not tell you anything about my own plans." He pulled away his arm.

Freya bit her lip as she watched him leave. She had a really bad feeling about all of this. She went back upstairs, only to come face to face with Davina.

"What do you want?" Freya asked her, a bit angrily that this little witch had the nerve to stop her. "I want to bring back your brother. Something that Rebekah clearly doesn't. I need that diamond. And I need your help to get it."

"Davina you are not getting any diamond." Freya responded with a sigh as she went back into her room. Davina followed her and realizing that she was not going to get rid of her anytime soon, Freya locked the door behind them and knew that the place was charmed so that no one would know what they were speaking about.

"The diamond is not the interest now. Not when the Strix are planning world domination." Freya explained as she pulled out her two pendants and Davina looked at them. "What are those? I can feel negative energy?"

"It is negative energy because Gia is trapped into one of them and the other one is waiting for its captor. They said that they need a total of two souls. Gia is one of them but we don't know who the other strong one might be." "So what are you trying to do?" Davina asked.

"I am trying to link myself to them…and create replicas." "Replicas?" "Yes. When the darling Aurora will get her hands on these…she will never know they are fake…and I will have the real Gia with me."

Davina just stared at her, unsure of what to say, but all of a sudden, she knew. "If I help you, will you help me get Kol back?"

Freya looked at her and said strongly, "Yes. I want my family reunited just as much as you do, trust me. But that diamond won't do you any good. At least not if the Strix are not stopped. So you better do what is right, forget about Kol for a moment and realize that this whole city is in danger if I don't get this done."

Without thinking about it more, Davina got down on her knees and started helping the older and more experienced Mikaelson witch.

"Ah, the werewolf bitch still hasn't left the spotlight." Aurora groaned when she saw that Hayley was standing, smiling and talking with Rebekah.

Aurora turned to Tristan and hissed, "How can she be so calm and joyful after her husband was killed by us? Something doesn't add up here, brother."

Tristan was simply looking ahead as the Mikaelson blonde was capturing every bit of his attention. "Aurora, my darling, I believe that you can handle the matter very easily with Niklaus. In the meantime, I wish to keep his own sister charmed by my presence. Excuse me." He grabbed another drink and headed towards Rebekah.

Hayley tried to keep herself from saying anything as soon as she saw Tristan approaching. Rebekah really seemed to care about this one. They had a past. That is what she learned.

But when the time was right and Klaus would give word, she will not stop herself from killing the De Martel siblings no matter how much they meant to the Mikaelsons.

"Rebekah, my darling, I see that you and Hayley prefer to be quite isolated from the rest of the party. Any particular reason as to why that is?" Tristan asked, wrapping his hand around Rebekah's waist.

Rebekah eyed Hayley for a moment and then said with a smile, "We were just having some girl talk over here, Tristan. There is no need for you to be jealous. I am more than willing to spend some time with you now. Hayley, you would not mind, would you?" Rebekah asked her friend and Hayley shook her head.

"No, you go ahead. I have something I need to do anyway." Grabbing her drink and walking far away from the pair, she bumped into the last person she really wanted to see. Aurora smiled and turned around, inspecting her. "Are you okay, Hayley? You seem very…intense tonight."

"Probably because I am trying to keep myself from ripping your hair from your scalp." Hayley replied with a smirk. "Better not let Nik hear you say that to me." Aurora told her right back.

"And what exactly do you think that he is going to do? You think that he will step right up and help you like a gentleman? You probably need to learn how to take care of yourself without having men wait around at your feet. Klaus is not that kind of guy."

"And how would you know what kind of man he is? Did you even get to know him like I did? No. You had an unfortunate one-night stand and the only reason he keeps you around is because of that precious little baby upstairs. Of course, if that baby would disappear…"

Hayley grabbed Aurora's drink and slammed it to the ground. "If you say anything more about my child again…!"

"Easy, easy, wolf girl. Are you ready to ruin this party for everyone? I was simply stating a fact. Your daughter is the only thing that ties you and Niklaus together whereas he and I…we go way back." Hayley shook her head and decided to walk away when Aurora grabbed her hand and said, "You know…your soul…it's quite a dark one…and yet you bring a lot of light through it without anyone's help."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Hayley asked. "Your soul can be put to better use." Aurora concluded and smirked before walking away and leaving Hayley in shock. Almost immediately, she started looking around for Klaus but he was nowhere to be seen.

"KLAUS!" she yelled out but no one was even looking at her or trying to help her find him. No one even knew where he was. Suddenly, the lights all went down and the blackness filled the room.

Hayley's heart started beating faster and her first reaction was to try to get upstairs to her child's room. But she couldn't move and everyone was panicking. She wanted to yell out his name again but thought better of it. She hadn't seen Elijah around either.

The lights suddenly were turned on again and Hayley gasped when she saw that she was in the middle of the room, along with the vampires, surrounded by a pack of werewolves. Who were they? What were they doing here?

Hayley held no fear. She was part wolf and they could sense that. "Steady now!" Someone from the upstairs called out and the wolves didn't move a muscle.

The rest looked up to see Lucien standing there, with a smirk on his face, and his hands on the railings, enjoying the view for himself. "And this is where things escalade pretty quickly! As of this moment forward, I am taking control of the little town the rest of you have built so carefully!"

"You wont get away with this, Lucien!" Aurora exclaimed and glared at him in anger.

"What have you done?!" Tristan nearly roared.

Lucien placed a hand over his heart. "What have I done? Better yet, what have you done? You see…I have always known better than to keep my trust in the De Martel siblings! The plan may go forward however, I shall not be the victim of it as you and your darling sister have planned! We will go by my terms now!"

Hayley gasped and wondered where the Mikaelsons were, when she couldn't see anyone. The lights were turned off and this time, Hayley knew that the wolves had started attacking and the vampires were running for their lives.

She used her hybrid speed to get upstairs, when someone grabbed her arm and pulled her inside a room. "Klaus." Hayley whispered his name softly when she saw that he had packed all of their bags and Hope was with him. "We must go, little wolf. Now!" he told her firmly.

Without asking questions, Hayley immediately raced to grab Hope and her things as Klaus grabbed a hold of the other luggage and they used their speed to get out of the compound, where an SUV was waiting for them. Hayley got her child in the back and fastened her seatbelt, before getting in the front, where Klaus was waiting for her to get in.

He started the engine and then they started driving as fast as they could. "What's happening? Where are we going?" Hayley asked him.

She was still wearing her dress and Klaus was wearing his suit but neither one of them cared. "We need to get out of this city as fast as possible, love." "Lucien betrayed us?" "I am not certain of that…he is still very much against us. However, he is even more than ever against the Strix."

"Why didn't you do anything to stop him? Where are Elijah, Rebekah and Freya?" "Elijah and I agreed to let him think that he has won. It is the only way we can be certain that he is going to get rid of the Strix. However, the pendants are still in the compound, or under Freya's care."

"What will happen to the rest?"

"Elijah has taken refuge after his darling Aya had been killed off but we will keep in touch. For now, he has decided that it would be best to go down different paths so as we will not be tracked down easily by Lucien or the Strix. As for Rebekah…she may still be at the compound. But Elijah promised to get a hold of her as soon as possible."

"And Freya?" Hayley asked, worried. "I do not know. But Freya can take care of herself, little wolf. Don't worry about that. I simply needed to make sure you and our child are protected. And I trust myself only to provide that protection for you."

Hayley leaned her head back and closed her eyes. Her mind was spinning and she still had so many questions. She then opened her eyes and looked back to see that Hope had fallen asleep in the back.

Then, she looked at Klaus and whispered, "If Lucien has those pendants…he may be able to perform the spell to get the other soul sucked inside the other pendant, Klaus. If he, Aurora and Tristan get the other soul…they will use the diamond Aurora has and they can become brand new Originals."

Klaus looked at her too and didn't pay much attention to his driving.

"Are you trying to tell me something, Hayley?" he asked her. "Klaus, Aurora hinted who the other soul aside from Gia's is." "Who?" She bit her lip but he insisted, "Love, I need to know."

"It's me, Klaus. They need my soul trapped in the second pendant." She saw his eyes widen for a moment as he looked back towards the road and tried to keep himself focused. "But they cannot obtain your soul, love. You would have to…" "…die." Hayley concluded and looked out the window.

"All the more reason you need my protection now. I shall inform Elijah of your discovery immediately. But first…we need to find a safe place to hide."

"How can you say that Lucien is not against us when he is planning on destroying your sireline so he can be free? Because the moment they get my soul and he becomes an Original, your sireline will be broken, Klaus. And he could come after you and take you down."

"No one can take me down!" Klaus hissed and turned his eyes to hers, whispering, "No matter what…I remain the true immortal being on this Earth. And as for your worries…we let Lucien deal with one of our problems, the Strix…before we engage in a war ourselves to take him down."

"Rebekah and Freya could be in danger." Hayley insisted. "They can protect themselves, Hayley. You must not have that kind of worry. However, you must be well protected by me, especially now that you are a target for the Strix and for Lucien as well."

"Who were those wolves Lucien was controlling, Klaus?" Hayley asked him. "The North East Atlantics…my pack."


A/N: Quite a cliffhanger, right? And this is where things get interesting. Lucien really outdid himself. He is killing two birds with one stone. But how exactly does Freya fit into his plan? And where will Hayley and Klaus find refuge now that they are on the run? You will find out in the next chapter.

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