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This is a repost of Love Me Like You.

Chapter Twenty: You Have Me.

Staring down at the book that she was holding, Evelyn didn't look up as she heard someone step into the room behind her; the sun rising through the morning, the only sign of time that she noted. The compound was silent and Evelyn hadn't heard anyone else return, she could only imagine what had happened while she had stayed behind and Klaus had taken off after his sister in search of revenge.

The person paused for only a moment before they made their way passed Evelyn to stare out of the window; neither speaking while they enjoyed the silence that had settled around them. Neither quite remembering the last time that the world had been so quiet; it was hard to believe that was true with enemies around them all the time.

"You didn't kill her," Evelyn guessed, closing her book as she looked up at Klaus already knowing that he hadn't; she wasn't sure what would have stayed his hand but she was sure he had. Klaus didn't reply for a moment, his eyes focused on the rising sun as he thought about the night that he'd had locked in a graveyard with his siblings.

"I banished her," Klaus revealed quietly, the last moments of their talk played on his mind and he knew that it was for the best that Rebekah left New Orleans. There was no trust between them and he despised the idea that at any moment, she would turn on him in favour of his enemies when he was his mind was distracted by other things.

Marcel was another story and Klaus was sure that his former protégé would continue to linger in New Orleans despite the fact that the woman that he claimed to love was leaving. He couldn't find it in him to trust Marcel, he knew the other man wanted him gone and would happily find someway to kill him if it weren't for the sire-bond between them.

"You were right… holding onto the past can be damaging but it's all I have," Klaus murmured shaking his head, he had held onto everything that he had suffered at the hands of those who had hurt him and it had made him strong. There was a reason that he was feared, there was a reason that none would dare cross him for many years and Klaus had once prided himself on that.

"That's not true… you have Elijah…" Evelyn said shaking her head, however Klaus scoffed at the mention of his brother; she guessed that wasn't the best example that she could have given right now. It was only the day before that Elijah had left her with an injured Klaus after he had removed the torture device that he had driven into his own brother's chest.

"You still have the babies… and you still have me," Evelyn said instead, she got up from her chair and smiled at him knowing that had to count for something; a hand resting on the bump that she carried and she knew that the twins were something that Klaus could think happily of. Klaus stared at her surprised that she would include herself, only hours ago he had been so sure that he would kill Rebekah for her betrayal and yet here he stood after banishing her and setting her free from him.

Stepping towards Evelyn, Klaus gently rested a hand against the bump and smiled to himself feeling his twins kick; he had never imagined that he would ever get the chance to be a father. Hell, there was a time that he had thought that was for the best that he could never have children; now here he was about to be a father in a matter of months. His eyes moved away from the bump and to meet with Evelyn's blue eyes; her confusion shining through for a moment before he leant forward and kissed her.

The sudden kiss caught Evelyn completely by surprise, she had not been expecting it and she stood frozen for a moment before Klaus pulled away; however, he didn't get far before she gently pulled him back into a kiss. A part of her knew that there was only one way that this could end and it frightened her but she was always going to be linked with Klaus and there was no escaping that. There was something more to everything that had happened in these past months, she knew that there was very little chance that the spell like that could have backfired as it had without a little push.

"Niklaus," Elijah called from downstairs forcing them to pull apart, Klaus rested his head against Evelyn's for a moment before he gently stepped away from her. He winked before walking out of her room and heading off to deal with his brother who would surely have questions about what had happened last time. Elijah was forever trying to keep the peace between his siblings so he was likely to be rather understanding of Klaus's decision to banish Rebekah rather than killing her.

Evelyn watched him leave before she slowly reached up to touch her lips; she couldn't believe that had happened and a small smile formed on her face. Turning back to her chair, Evelyn made her way back over to it unaware that what had just happened had been witnessed; she sat down and focused back on her back still smiling.

Just out of sight, Hayley stared at the witch with a frown on her face as she thought about what she had just seen; the argument that Klaus and Elijah were having only making her roll her eyes as she moved back to her own room. it hadn't escaped her noticed that things had started to cool somewhat between her and Elijah; he had been rather distracted by his unruly siblings to help her.

Since meeting her pack, Hayley had been determined to find a way to break the curse on them since Evelyn had made it clear that she had no interest in helping her. It didn't seem fair that her people suffered while the witches got away with what they had done, the one witch that could help them in some way wasn't going to for some stupid reason.

Hayley closed her bedroom door behind her as she thought about the meeting that she'd had earlier that day; she had pleaded with Genevieve to lift the curse and the witch had wanted something in return. She wanted some way to get rid of the vampire problem that plagued New Orleans and was sure that Hayley had the key to doing so; she would only lift the curse if Hayley helped her with this.

Pacing the room that she called her own, Hayley knew that Evelyn would be the perfect way for the witches to get rid of the witches especially if they succeed in killing the Mikaelsons. With the Mikaelsons dead, their sire-lines would kill off any vampires left in the Quarter and even with Rebekah now banished; she would come back if something were to happen to her brothers.

The question remained just how she was going to use this information to help the witches and get her pack uncursed so that she could have a family once again. They would get back what was taken from them and they would have nothing to fear from the vampires once they were gone; she couldn't imagine that anyone would actually miss the Mikaelsons.

Reaching for her phone, Hayley dialled the number that she had for Genevieve before she pressed the phone to her ear; she doubted anyone would be listening to what she said anyway. Klaus tended to ignore her since she was no longer pregnant with his demon baby and Elijah was too busy trying to keep his siblings from causing any further trouble. Plus, Hayley very much doubted that Evelyn even knew that she was her since the witch would probably think that she was still down at the bayou.

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