Previously, in Corrupted Souls, Jane Anne tried to convince her sister and her parents to join the Salvatore side, but failed, as Sophie is now carrying Finn's child. Father Kieran left the Board and Mikael's side, siding along with Sean and Gia, with Giuseppe Salvatore. Klaus had trained Hayley to fight like in any Mafia battle, as the Salvatore brothers learned of their father's romance with Jane Anne Deveraux. At last, after confronting Caroline and Katherine, Hayley found herself at home, revealing to Klaus her heritage.
PLOT: Klaus and Hayley talk about Hayley's accidental implication in the Mafia, as she is waiting for him to make a decision about the change in their relationship. Camille and Elijah talk about her passion for the violin, as well as her family's cruelty to leave the Board. After fighting for her wife to stay with him, Finn's health is put at risk, as Mikael and Esther finally discover the drugs. At the hospital, Doctor Stevens informs Hayley of her new position. Meanwhile, Giuseppe informs Caroline of what she must do as bait in their plan. Waiting for Finn's recovery, Mikael is bombarded by the police, who are searching suspects for the murder of the Geralds. At long last, Hayley, Camille, and Davina are confronted with curious disappearances.
"I am not the biological daughter of Jack and Annabelle. I was adopted. I do not have Marshall blood in me. I was never meant to be in the Mafia." She let out of her system. His forehead was pressed against hers and his eyes were closed for a moment, processing what she had said. When he opened them, he stared at her, in surprise, as he saw fear in her own orbits. Pulling himself away from her, his mouth parted in shock. He got off the bed in silence and put on his clothes, as Hayley was staying on the bed, paralyzed that she had confessed something like this to him. "Klaus…please say something to me." He continued to get dressed in silence, finding it impossible to speak after such a discovery was made. "I cannot believe that you would keep something from me, after I told you that honesty is what I find very important in a relationship." "And so do I, but this was…" "You are not Jack Marshall's daughter?" Klaus asked her, and Hayley's breathing hitched, as she recognized those cruel eyes, those she was shown before they began a true relationship. "Klaus." She whispered and covered her body with the white sheets, standing up and cupping his cheeks. He stayed there, looking at her with the same eyes.
"Please, my parents begged me to enter this marriage, keeping this secret. How could we admit to you that I am not a true Marshall? Mikael would have never allowed this marriage to happen and my family would have been ruined." She looked desperate for him to understand her. He grabbed a hold of her hands and pushed them off of his face. "And instead, you chose to lie to me." "But nothing has changed. I am the same person that I was when I married you. I am the same person, just not a Marshall by blood, but I was raised by them as a baby." Klaus closed his eyes and anger flashed through them, as he tried to leave the room, but she stopped him. "Don't do this, Klaus, please. I love you. Look at me. I love you and I…I hoped that you would look past this, because you love me too. I know you do." "You tricked me." Klaus whispered, but Hayley started shaking her head, desperately, as she held onto him for her life. She couldn't lose him. Not now, not after everything that had happened. "Klaus, look past this. I am sorry, but I had to do this for my family. Please don't tell your father!" she begged with tears brimming in her eyes. "That is all that interests you, isn't it? My father not finding out of your lies."
"Klaus, please…that is not true. I told you now because I couldn't take it anymore. I didn't want to keep this from you, regardless of what my parents said." "The moment you stepped into my home, I knew you had lied to me the moment we first met. Do you remember that? You called yourself Hayley Mitchel and because I wanted our marriage to work, I had decided to put that behind us. I didn't tell my father the truth. For the first time in my life, I had lied to him, for you. And not even now, can I understand why I had done that. There was nothing going on between us. I barely knew you, but what matters is that I put it past me. And now, you bombard me with an even bigger lie. You are not Hayley Mitchel but then again you are not Hayley Marshall either. WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Klaus lost his temper and pushed her against the wall, as Hayley grabbed a hold of his fists. "Klaus please don't do this to me. Stop it, please." He closed his eyes as he kept his hands at either side of her face. Hayley kept herself still as she continued to search his face for a sign. "I love you. It shouldn't matter to you what my last name is, if you truly love me." Her own eyes hardened as she asked him bitterly, "Do you even love me the way you said you did?"
He opened his eyes just as furious as when he had closed them. Punching the wall next to her head, he noticed that he had not managed to intimidate her one bit. She was still standing there, with her eyes on him, not intending to leave. "Do you love me for me, or is my las name what matters to you most?" she asked him, softer this time but her eyes were filled with mixed emotions, afraid of what his answer would be. "You can keep your present." He whispered and both of their eyes wondered to the expensive art set she had bought for him, from her own money. "No. I don't want it." Hayley replied, her tears streaming down her cheeks, as she pushed him away from her and left the room. If this was the way he felt about them, then there was no reason to stay with him in the same room. Klaus growled and plunged his fist into the wall of his room, seeing it bloodied once again, like he was used to, but this time, he knew that she wouldn't be by his side to tend to his wounds. Feeling frustrated by her discoveries, he left his room, choosing to refuge his soul in the Art Room, just as he used to do when Rebekah died. He picked up his regular brush, dipped it into his red paint and drew angry streaks onto the canvas.
An eighteen year old Rebekah, entered his Art Room with a small giggle, as she watched her big brother paint. "What is it now? Who are you hiding from?" Klaus asked and Rebekah crossed her hands over her chest and shrugged. "Mother wants me to do chores. I don't get why I have to put up with that, I Father got us maids to do those chores for us." "Well, Rebekah, love, I suggest that you take matters into your own hands. You have your own responsibilities in this house and I suppose Mother is simply trying to teach those types of responsibilities to you." "Oh, yeah? And what about you? All you do is sit around here all day and paint. You let me come here, but you never told me anything about your paintings. Why?" Purposely, she went over to his side and admired what he was working on. She smiled as she whispered, "Who is she?" "Someone." Klaus mumbled, as he continued painting the young woman, whose face could not be seen. She was sitting in his room, with a baby at her naked breasts. "Oh dear God, please tell me that is not Caroline, brother." Rebekah groaned, as she knew very well her brother's obsession with her. Klaus chuckled and shook his head, "As much as I know you would like it to be her…" He said with sarcasm as he watched his sister's face show disgust. "…it is not her. This woman is brunette." "I can see that. So she is a woman you plan to meet?"
When he didn't answer, Rebekah groaned, "Nik, I am not a little girl anymore. I can understand if you have some sort of needs…" "My needs, Rebekah, are not something that are ought to be discussed with you." "Why not? You trusted me enough to let me into your oh so secret chamber. Why can't you tell me about this girl? Is it someone you know?" "No. It is someone I hope to meet." Klaus whispered after a moment of silence. "I see. So, she is something serious." "I don't do serious, Rebekah." "Bullshit! You are painting a woman with a baby. Isn't that what you want? A family of your own?" Klaus smirked and shook his head, "I have a family, and you are part of that family." "But it's not enough, Nik. I am younger and I can understand the concept of unconditional love, which you receive not only from your family, but also from a certain someone you meet and fall in love with…" "I don't fall in love. That is why I have Caroline." "You can't hide from love forever, brother. Someday, it's going to find you. You are going to find that special someone and you won't ever want to let her go." "I am not interested." Rebekah huffed and pointed at the painting. "Then why did you paint this?" "Because I simply find women with children fascinating." Rebekah whispered in his ear, "Bullshit." Before leaving.
He still had that painting, stacked up among others. Klaus looked over at the painting with the many red streaks with a sigh and pushed it away from him, as it landed with a thud on the ground. He could not concentrate. There was nothing but anger building up inside of him, anger and the feeling of betrayal. His heart felt shattered at her confession. How could she lie to him? He had poured his heart out to this woman, something he had not gotten to do with anyone else. He thought he could trust her. Growling, he set aside his emotions for her at the moment and picked up his brush and yet another canvas, where he could paint what he felt. "Don't do this, Klaus, please. I love you. Look at me. I love you and I…I hoped that you would look past this, because you love me too. I know you do." Her words chimed inside of his mind, and before he knew it, the brush was dropped to the ground and he had started punching the walls again in anger. Blood was pouring out of his knuckles but he couldn't care less. He wanted to feel this way. He wanted her to see the pain she had inflicted upon him. He had let a woman inside of his heart, only for it to be shattered by lies. Lies. He could not stand them.
Esther pressed her hand over her mouth as she heard the angry noise coming from her son's Art Room. She knew that something awful must have happened. Gently opening the door to Hayley's old room, she saw her there. "My dear, what is going on?" she asked as she watched Hayley taking the things from his room, back to her old room. She wiped away her tears as she said, "I lied to him about me, as I have lied to the rest of you, to protect myself and my parents. I told him the truth now, because I thought that after everything we have been through, he wouldn't care. He loves me. He told me. Why would he care?" She sat on her bed, sobbing, as Esther gently came over to her side and pulled her in for a hug. "You don't have to tell me about this secret of yours but whatever it is…" "No. I want to tell you. The only person I am scared of is your husband because I know how Klaus' temper matches his." "Then if you choose to tell me, I can promise you that Mikael will not hear a word from me. What is it that you confessed to Niklaus that made him so angry at you?" "I am not a Marshall by birth. Annabelle and Jack adopted me when I was just a baby, Esther." She whispered. Esther looked at her in a state of shock, before composing herself and saying, "I am sure that hiding this is not a sin."
"It is to your son. I told him I love him and that is why I chose to tell him the truth even though…I was warned that if Mikael were to find out about this…Esther, I am so sorry. Please don't punish my parents. Please, punish me." Esther saw the tears in the girl's eyes and shook her head, bringing Hayley closer and saying softly, "No one is going to punish you, my dear and my husband does not need to know about this." "Klaus is mad at me. He is going to tell him." Esther shook her head and whispered, "No, he is not. You let me speak to him. Everything will be alright. Blood to me, does not matter. You have been raised since birth by Annabelle and Jack Marshall and that is all that should matter." Hayley nodded with a smile on her face, that Esther was showing her such kindness for the first time since she had moved here with the Mikaelsons. They embraced one another but Hayley couldn't help but shed a few tears once again when she heard the noises coming from the Art Room, next door.
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"I can't concentrate." Camille whispered as she finally put down her violin and Elijah came by her side. "What seems to be the problem now?" "Uncle Kieran is off the Board, just like he told me he would be." Cami responded, feeling herself getting agitated, as she remembered what she had heard him say on the phone. "I wish you had told me sooner about this issue. I wish you had…told me about that phone call the first time I asked you if everything is alright. What have I said to you about keeping secrets from me? You are my wife and you should be able to trust me." "I do trust you, but this was a family issue. It involved my own family." "I can understand that, but…" "Elijah, I understand how you feel. I'm sorry. I should have told you, but right now, I feel as if I am losing everyone I knew in my life. My family means a lot to me, and now we are each on our separate ways." Elijah shook his head and cupped her cheek, "Hey, listen to me. You have your family with me. I am also your family now. We can make this work." Cami shook her head. "If my uncle has left us, then there is a huge possibility that Giuseppe Salvatore now has him under his wing."
"That is his loss. We can fight with what members we still have left on that Board. We can outsmart the Salvatores. That, I am sure of." "Is that what you want us to go through Elijah? You don't think that maybe, just maybe, I might be tired of these feuds between families? I had to learn that the Geralds died because your father didn't trust them." "They were working against us with Giuseppe already, as well as Casper Roland. You must see that we cannot have traitors in this city. I can understand my father's reason. He only wants to protect his family. That is what he is known for, after all." "He used your mother's disease to lie to the Board about why he wanted that money." "Yes, but he confessed afterwards." Cami shook her head and cupped his cheeks gently. "I always thought of you to be the one more level-headed in this family. What happened to that man who saw the reason behind justice." Elijah raised his eyebrow and asked, "You don't believe justice is being made?" She shook her head. "No. Not at all. Your father has made a lot of mistakes and he should be paying for them and you know that." Elijah rubbed his forehead and asked, "When have we started talking about my father?"
"Now. I just wanted to show you…" "I already see enough in this family, Camille." "If you see enough, then why don't you try to do something? Why don't you try to talk to your father? He is sure to listen." Elijah shook his head. "No. He only listens to Niklaus. That is the way it has always been." "You never know unless you talk to him about his actions. Please do that, will you? Since your sister…he has been softer with all of you and maybe you should take advantage of that and speak to him. Promise me that you will try, for me." Elijah nodded and kissed her lips. Pulling away, he asked with a frown, "What is it that you think we should do about your uncle?" "He knows lots of secrets from the Board. If he tells them to Giuseppe…" "Your uncle prefers to fight fair." "I don't think so. He wants to win, whatever it takes, and by aligning himself with Salvatore now, he thinks that they have a better chance of them winning…" "…and regardless, you chose to remain by my side." Elijah ended her sentence with a smile on his face. Camille matched his smile and nodded. "Why would you do that?" "Because you're my husband and a wife stands by her husband. For better and for worse, remember?"
Nodding, Elijah placed a gentle kiss on her lips. There was a knock on their door and Esther stepped inside, looking at them both. She had a worried expression on her face. "Mother, what is it? Has something happened?" Esther just shook her head and whispered, "Niklaus and Hayley have decided to stay in separate rooms once again." Cami groaned and asked, "They had a fight?" "Yes, they have, my dear." "About what?" "Apparently, Hayley had just revealed to him a secret she had been keeping, and it upset him that she hadn't told him sooner." "What secret?" Elijah asked. Esther opened her mouth but decided against saying anything, remembering how Hayley had begged her to keep this hidden. The more people knew, the bigger chances Mikael had of finding out about it. "I don't know. You should ask her yourself." With that, she left the room, leaving Cami and Elijah in deep suspicion.
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Sophie could feel her heart getting lighter when she thought about the phone call from her parents, telling her that the arrangement Jane Anne had tried to make with them failed. She could now live in peace knowing that both she and her family would be siding with the Mikaelsons. Walking down Bourbon Street, her heart stopped when she saw who was standing there in front of her. He looked much older now than he had when he was still living here, and he was still her best friend. "Sophie!" Kaleb called out and came to her side. Sophie placed her hand on her stomach, unsure of what she could do. Should she ignore him and go home? Should she stay? Should she take her sister's word and believe that Kaleb was back for her? He smiled at her when he finally caught up with her and grabbed her hands in his saying, "I am so happy I found you. Jane Anne told me about you…about your pregnancy." His voice sounded nothing but disappointing at the end of the sentence. "Yes, she told me a lot about you too. That you had aligned yourself with her and the Salvatores. I can't consider that person a friend anymore."
His smile disappeared and he shook his head saying, "I did this because I wanted to get you out of a marriage I know you are not happy in." "How do you know if I am happy in my marriage or not? You have been gone for a while, and I didn't miss you one bit, not after learning what you did. I am sorry, Kaleb, but I don't want to have anything to do with you anymore." Sophie tried to move away from him but he grabbed her hand and hissed, "I came back for you! I love you and I want to be with you! Please, leave that asshole and come with me. Your baby will be protected. Why should you suffer at the Mikaelsons' hands? Why should your baby suffer?" Sophie looked into his eyes and she knew that he had reason, but she couldn't leave. She knew that better than anyone. "Now, you are sounding just like my sister. I would gladly suffer because the Mikaelsons are my family. My name is Sophie Mikaelson and the child I am carrying is the child of Finn Mikaelson. Both of us are protected. You don't have to worry about me at all." His mouth parted to say something but at that moment, Sophie's cellphone rang.
With horror, Sophie rushed to the hospital, managing to get away from Kaleb, when she heard the news from Davina, who had called her. Opening the hospital doors, she saw part of the Mikaelson family standing there and waiting for her, meaning Mikael, Esther, Davina and Kol. She cursed under her breath for this family always getting into messes which result in medical care. "What is going on? What happened to Finn?" Sophie asked the minute she arrived in the waiting room. Mikael was on the phone, angry as Esther stepped towards her with the same angry face. She pulled out a box from her bag and showed it to her. Sophie's heart stopped as Esther angrily asked, "How much do you know about this? For how long have you known and not told anyone, Sophie?" Esther demanded. Sophie tried to speak but there was something blocking her voice. Mikael finished his phone call and said to Esther, angrily. "Elijah and Camille are on their way right now, and as for Niklaus, I cannot reach him. I don't know where he is." "What about Hayley?" "She is coming as well." Mikael stared at Sophie, just as angrily as Esther had. "How long have you known that my son had become a drug addict?" "For a few days now." Sophie responded, calmly. "And why wouldn't you say anything?!" Esther asked, outraged. "Because, I…he warned me that he would beat me if I said anything to anyone."
At hearing that, Esther's face was now calmer as Sophie's tears slid down her face and she covered her stomach with her hands. She looked up and saw Mikael and Esther watching her closely. "There is something else too. I am pregnant, with Finn's baby." Esther covered her mouth but there was nothing but happiness on her face as she embraced the girl and said to Mikael, "We are having our first grandchild. Can you believe it, Mikael?" Mikael had no reaction shown on his face at the news. He simply murmured, "You better take care of yourself then, and see how my son is doing." Sophie nodded and immediately headed to the room where Doctor Stevens was standing. She rolled her eyes and whispered, "God, I am so out of here by the end of the week. Canada, here I come. You Mikaelsons should really get yourselves a priest to bless your family. How can there be so many accidents in such a short period of time?" Sophie ignored her statement and asked, "Can I go inside?" "Well, we have pumped up his stomach and purified his blood, taking out the drug from his system. He is asleep, but if you want to go inside, you can. You are his wife, right?" Sophie nodded and went inside.
Finn was sitting there, laying on the bed with his eyes closed. Sophie slowly took a seat next to him and took his hands in hers, whispering, "I am going to regret for the rest of my life that I didn't stop you. It has become an addiction…but if you let me…I can take care of you now, as your wife…because we are having a baby together. This baby is going to need a father, Finn. Get better and open your eyes soon, so we can talk." When he didn't show any signs that he had heard anything she had said, Sophie decided to remain silent for a couple of moments until she could hear a knock on the door and Hayley entered the room slowly. "I'm sorry, am I disturbing you?" she asked and Sophie slowly shook her head, inviting her to take a seat next to her. "I feel bad about what happened. The question is, how did it happen?" Hayley asked and Sophie shook her head. "He thinks he found the perfect way to calm his nerves after Rebekah died. He started taking heroin, he found at the Geralds' home when he killed them. I wanted to tell Mikael and Esther but he threatened me, and I didn't want to make him mad." Hayley shook her head and said softly, "He needs to treat you with more respect."
Sophie nodded, saying, "We are slowly getting to that part. I am pregnant." Hayley's eyes widened as she looked at her and hugged her, saying, "I guess congratulations are in order. You are the first one to have a child waiting for your husband." "Yes, but with everything going on, this hadn't come at a good time. Our family is at war with another family, this child's father is now in this hospital bed, trying to renounce his addiction to drugs…and the baby's mother…she is lost, having to choose between the father of her child, the man she loves, and the man who has just returned from France, proclaiming his love for her, her once best friend." "Kaleb?" Hayley asked, in shock. Sophie nodded. "And what is worse is that Kaleb has aligned himself with my sister and with the Salvatores. The only thing good coming out of this is that my parents continue to be faithful to our alliance, and they won't back away, and now that I am carrying Finn's child, that doesn't really seem to be an option for me either." "Do you want to be with Kaleb?" "I don't know what I want anymore, Hayley."
Doctor Stevens walked inside with a clipboard in her hands. "Hayley, there you are! I have talked to the supervisors of this hospital. Reading your resume and the experience you have achieved here as a nurse, they have agreed to let you take my position here at the end of the week." Hayley nodded and smiled, needing some good news after everything that has happened today. "Thank you. I will take the position proudly, knowing that I am now in charge of all of these patients." Doctor Stevens rolled her eyes with a smile on her face, saying, "This family could use a doctor in their midst. I am not kidding, Hayley. They are lucky you are a Mikaelson." "Thank you, Doctor Stevens." Sophie said with a sarcastic smile, indicating for her to leave. The moment the doctor left, Hayley could hear some disturbing noises coming from outside, and she left Sophie and Finn, in order to see what was happening, hoping deep inside her heart that Klaus had arrived.
The disappointment grew the moment she saw some police officers standing there, in front of Mikael, questioning him. Hayley went to Esther's side and asked her in a whisper, "What is going on here?" Esther simply placed her finger over her lips as the two women watched the scene before them. "In case you haven't noticed, I am here with my family, so make it quick. My son is in bad health." Mikael was telling them with a growl. Officer Dan was taking notes and looking at him from time to time. "Do not worry, Mr. Mikaelson. This will not take long at all." "Yes, I hope not." Mikael put his hands on his hips, waiting impatiently as Officer Dan studied him carefully. "We are investigating the unexpected disappearances of Richard and Adrianna Gerard. From what I understand, their son and your daughter died on the exact same day they disappeared." "What do you mean they disappeared?" Mikael asked, looking shocked. "We still haven't found them, and it is supposed that they have been killed and the bodies have been hidden. We have been investigating this case for a couple of days now and whatever little evidence we have…have brought us to you." "Why me?" "Because you and they were terrible business partners, meaning you never got along."
Mikael chuckled and shook his head. "And you honestly believe that I had something to do with their disappearance? If you don't mind, I was living a tragedy, watching my daughter…dead!" "And how exactly did she die? We were never given a straight response from you." "It was a motorcycle accident. She and her boyfriend, meaning the Geralds' son, were driving it." "Why have we never seen the motorcycle to investigate?" "Because the motorcycle has landed in a river outside the city. It was not found and I was informed by the hospital that they had found my daughter's dead body, as well as the body of the man she was with." "How is it possible that she was seeing the son of the people you hated?" "I did not hate the Geralds. I was simply bothered by the fact that they were interfering in my business." "And what business is that, may I ask?" "I'm afraid that is none of your business. It is top secret." Mikael responded as the officer was taking notes, looking at him suspiciously. "Very well. Have a good day, Mr. Mikaelson." The officers left, but Mikael still seemed unconvinced that he was off the hook that easily.
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Back at the Salvatore residence, Stefan was holding Caroline by her waist as the two were looking at Giuseppe. Stefan was angry by what his father was proposing but dared not to argue with him about it. "Your purpose, Caroline, is to draw him in. I have gotten information from Kieran that Klaus Mikaelson is not himself, and prefers sitting around and drinking at Rousseau's. You go to him, whine about your unhappy marriage, get him under your spell and bring him here. Katherine can take the two other Mikaelson brother, since one, as I hear, is laying on the hospital bed." Stefan cleared his throat and tightened his grip on his wife. "What if he hurts her, Father? If Klaus is drunk as you say he is, he might attack her." "No, no, no. He is suffering loneliness after a fall out with his wife and a beautiful female distraction is exactly what he will be looking for. Klaus Mikaelson is who he always was. People don't change that easily and Caroline will be the bait." "What if he tries to rape her?" Stefan asked and Caroline gave him a look. "Listen, I get that you're worried and all that but you don't have to worry so much about me. I have been under Klaus' influence before but now I know how to play it. Just trust me." Caroline told him and smiled softly as Stefan kissed her hand.
Just as she was asked, Caroline headed over to Rousseau's, where Klaus could be seen, drinking up the alcohol and looking as upset and lonely as he always was. Caroline took a seat next to him and ordered a bottle of scotch from the new bartender. Jane Anne couldn't get out in public anymore, with this new alliance she created. Clearing her throat, Caroline looked over at Klaus, who asked her, "Need time for drinking, love? I thought that your marriage was fine and dandy." "Who said that this was about my marriage?" Klaus chuckled and responded, "Because that is usually the reason people drink." "I think you're being paranoid." "And as drunk as I am, love, I can tell that you're up to something, so spill." "I am not up to something." "Sure, you are! I can see it in your eyes!" Caroline smiled to herself as she realized he had taken the bait and was suddenly interested in her problems. They drank together and laughed about the problems in their own marriages, as Caroline watched him get as drunk as possible. "Alright, let's get you out of here." She whispered, seductively in his ear as his eyes were starting to droop. Picking him up, he had finally passed out.
Klaus woke up to find himself in an unknown place. He was chained up to a wall with blood pouring out of his left leg. Pain immediately shot through him as he gasped for breath. Looking around, he gasped as he saw Elijah in the same state as him, passed out and next to him. "Brother! Elijah!" Klaus called out but Elijah did not budge, having cuts into his neck. Klaus turned to his right side and saw Kol dangling from there, also passed out. "KOL!" Klaus yelled out, louder this time but his brother could not say a word to him. Struggling through his chains to break free, Klaus did not succeed, as he felt the dizziness take over him. Footsteps could be heard and Klaus looked up to see Giuseppe, and his sons, Caroline, Katherine, Kieran, Kaleb and Jane Anne Deveraux enter the room with smug looks on their faces. "Should we cut him loose now that he's awake?" Kieran asked Giuseppe but the Mafia leader just shook his head with a wicked grin on his face, as he approached Klaus. "What the hell am I doing here?" Klaus growled. "You are here, along with your brothers, to play my own personal bait for your father. It is as simple as that. The moment he arrives, he will be heading into a trap, leading to his destruction, which will allow me to take over the Board and this city."
Hearing that, Klaus smirked as well, as he said firmly, "That is the oldest trick in the book. I would have thought that an old Mafia leader such as yourself would know better than to think that my father is going to fall for that. Even if he does come for us, he is going to be prepared." Giuseppe smiled and shook his head. "I can understand the furiousness Mikael is going to feel when he realizes that I have outsmarted him. He has upset me greatly when he refused to give me the money that rightfully belonged to me. I had to find the weakest and most pathetic allies, as the Geralds in order to get the money I won, and as a sore loser, he couldn't accept his fate." "You played dirty tricks and you stole my family's money! You deserve every ounce of danger that is coming for you." "There is no danger coming for me, boy. However, there will be for your father…as well as your pretty little wife." Giuseppe smirked as he saw that he had finally got to him with that statement.
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"What are we going to do, Mikael? You know that these cops are not going to leave you alone until they've got a new trail. Get them something else to focus on. We have our sons to deal with now." Esther whispered as she held her husband in a tight embrace. "I don't know. I just know that Officer Dan has been suspecting me for a while now. I need to think fast. I need to focus on…" "Mikael!" Hayley exclaimed and Mikael growled when he turned around and saw the girls standing there. They never dared call him by his first name in person. "What is it now?" he asked, trying to look past the mistake. "Klaus is not answering his phone. Cami has tried with Elijah and it's the same thing, and Kol has disappeared from the hospital. Davina can't reach him. Where are they?" "How am I supposed to know that?" Mikael snapped at the three girls in front of him, when Mikael's phone started bleeping. Looking at it, Mikael's face dropped as he saw a message from the last man he wanted to hear from.
You should have backed off while you still had a chance, Mikael. Now, you are going to pay the price for what has happened. The 500.000 $ have always belonged to me and not to anyone else. War is what you wanted and war is exactly what you will get. I made the first move…what will be yours, I wonder? With this message, came attached a photo, and as Mikael opened the file, everyone gasped to see Klaus, Elijah and Kol, dangling from the wall, chained up and bloodied. Klaus' eyes were the only ones opened and he looked like he was in terrible pain. Hayley covered her mouth with her hand and felt the tears drip from her eyes as she saw her husband. "We have to do go now." She said, with anger on her face. "Do not be foolish, girl!" Mikael snapped. "Those are your sons, paying for your mistakes! Have some dignity, why don't you?" Hayley spat back at him. Mikael was prepared to hit her when Esther stopped him and whispered, "No, don't. Mikael, please. We must do something. Hayley is right. We can't just leave them there. They are our sons. I have already lost Rebekah! I would rather get cancer again than to watch my other sons meet the same fate." "Don't speak such insolent words!" Mikael told her, as he continued analyzing the photo.
A/N: We will have a couple more chapters until the story will meet its end. Either until chapter 24 or 25. I haven't decided yet. Next chapter is going to have the final battle between the Mikaelsons and the Salvatores, with the ladies finally stepping up and showing they are mobster wives indeed.
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