~ Chapter 10 ~
"You're the witch that was supposed to help me!" Yelled Dariea enraged. Katherine could understand Dariea's anger right now. It was the same feeling she had decades ago when she thought she was one step closer to turning Klaus human and having the opportunity to kill him once and for all.
The witch, a woman of medium height and thin frame walked slowly towards Dariea. "Listen, child. Your sister Stella doesn't want to come back. Once you're dead, you stay dead. She's no longer part of this world. And she doesn't want to be anymore. Raising her from the dead would just result her in behaving like a complete zombie."
Katherine looked back at Dariea who covered her face with her hands again, sobbing harder than before. Hadn't Dariea tortured Katherine for days, she might have actually felt bad for her. Turning back into a vampire made Katherine a little sensitive and prone to reacting emotional. She took a few steps back so that Dariea's sorrow wouldn't affect her as well.
It had turned out that Klaus had taken care of business way before Katherine had turned human, meaning that Klaus had made sure that the witch worked solely only for him. And doppelganger blood is all he needed after all.
"Alright then. I am going to take off now. And thank you for bringing werewolves onto my property, Dariea. Nice working with you." Klaus smiled smugly as he grabbed the bag of blood bags and walked out of the main hall, Dariea's werewolf friend following him.
She didn't react. Instead, she continued sobbing.
Katherine on the other hand headed upstairs to change out of the long, deep cherry red dress she had been wearing since her transition. It probably wasn't going to be a good idea to wear Rebekkah's dress when going for her first hunt after her second transition to a vampire…
"Wait a minute. Where is Rebekkah?" Asked Katherine, turning around to look at Elijah, who just shrugged in response.
"I am going to go and look for her after I lead Dariea and Adriano out of here." Elijah instantly appeared in front of Dariea and looked her straight into the eyes. "You will leave this town and never bother Katarina ever again."
He compelled Adriano to leave as well. Then he turned to Katherine, and said, "You know what? I will never allow myself to forget compelling these fools beforehand. So much could have been prevented."
Katherine smiled. "Well, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger, right?"
Smiling back, he appeared next to her, put his arm around her shoulder and led her outside. Screw it, thought Katherine. I'll just buy Rebekkah a new dress.