Chapter 28

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(A/N: Okay, there had been a glitch and it seems like I'm sending multiple emails to you. I sincerely apologize for that)


"Now, slowly chant the spell" Qetsiyah said as she moved her fingers with a particular pattern over a potted plant, uttering a spell. Elena mimicked the senior witch. Even though, the growth was very slow she could still see the change. A rush of power shot through her.

"Relax, young one" The senior witch said. "We don't want another power outburst. Right?" She reminded Elena of a practice two weeks back when in one of practice session, she lost control and tried to blast her teacher and herself. Good thing her mate and his witches were there to save her. Her power was overwhelming and sometimes uncontrollable.

Elena's mate, chief of Rippers, Damon only trusted his best friend with her since almost every one of his clan was against Elena. But ever since Klaus used the sire bond and ordered her to kill Bonnie, Enzo had banned Bonnie from anything related to Elena. Enzo made sure to put a good fifty miles distance between them and Elena. That didn't stop Elena from going after Bonnie. Klaus's order to kill Bonnie was still very much intact.

A few weeks ago, Damon had caught her murmuring in her sleep about killing the witch chief that had been a bane to Klaus's life ever since the start. He tried to wake her up. But she had been in frenzy. All she wanted in that moment was to kill the witch in cold blood. In her frantic state she even tried to fight off her mate. She uttered spells she never heard and attacked him. Alaric and Stefan tried to stop her but she even fought them. Somehow, Damon got through her and brought her to her senses.

When she realized what she had done. She broke into heart wrenching sobs, begging for his forgiveness. For a vampire nothing could be more devastating than hurting their own mate. Damon, however forgave her immediately and took her in his arms, providing comfort to her in anyway, emotional or physical. She was afraid to sleep that night, thinking that her alter self will take over her again and she will hurt her mate again. Damon understood her fears. He stayed awake with her the whole night and promised her that he would be there for her no matter what. He promised to help her. He promised to save her from her own self.

The very next day, he got another witch to train her and help her control her magic. After Rudy and Bonnie, Qetsiyah was one of the most powerful witch in their clan.

"Think about something else… focus on someone that helps you calm down" The witch added, snapping her out of her thoughts.

Elena's eyes immediately darted toward her mate. He was training his vampires at a distance along with Stefan and Enzo.

Lately, the need to be around her mate had multiplied. He was the only who could calm her down in the moments when Klaus's orders brought out her alter self, Klaus's slave. He was her safe place. He was her home. The thought of him kept her sane and calm.

Ever since the night she attacked Damon, not a single Ripper approved of her except for Bonnie, Alaric and surprisingly Stefan. If she can attack her mate, God knows what she is capable of. Elena heard that sentence a lot. She knew she was not welcomed at the Rippers.

"Elena!"

"Yes" Elena answered immediately alert.

"You're not focusing. I can still feel negative energy from you. This is not going to help if you want to control magic."

"I…I'm sorry. I will concentrate" she immediately apologized. After an hour of practice she felt completely drained of energy. But she had to practice. She had to learn to control her magic.

"I think that's enough practice for the day, Qetsiyah . I don't want her to exhaust herself. Lucy said it's not good for her or our baby" Damon said as he flashed by Elena's side in an instant. Elena smiled at him as he curled his arm around her waist with his hand pressed to her opposite hip. It was as if he had read her mind. He was so in sync with her that he could detect slight disturbance in her emotions in a second. He was very over protective of his mate and his child. He dealt with her as if she was made of glass. Always alert. Always there for her. Just like he promised.

"As you say, Chief" Qetsiyah replied, obediently. "We will continue tomorrow, Young one" she added to Elena before she left.

"How are you feeling?" he asked for the umpteenth time today.

"Tired" she replied.

"How about we take off and go home? I will make you lunch and we can watch a movie together." He propositioned. "And I can ruin it for you by quoting the whole movie" he added quickly earning a smile from her.

"We could" she said as she curled her arms around his neck. "but don't you have training to do for another five hours?"

"I have spent enough time teaching those idiots how to properly avoid a stake. Enzo will take it from now. Besides I much rather spend time with my beautiful mate"

"Just beautiful?" she frowned playfully.

"Baby Vamp, I would like nothing more than to shed light on all of your qualities and virtues, but why waste precious time that I could rather use on much pleasurable activities"

"Hmm…What do you have in mind?" she said, smirking, already knowing his answer. He drew close to her ear, his breath hot against her skin. "What would you say if I told you what I want now is to take you to bed and ravish you?" He smiled wickedly as he drew back, proud of making her heart race even after seven months of being together.

"I would say…do it" she whispered, leaning to capture his lips. Just before they could close the small gap between them a loud cough popped their bubble. They found Stefan looking at them with obvious signs of disgust on his face.

"Can you take this to home before you start jumping each other in public?" he said, frowning.

"Sorry" Elena mouthed to him, embarrassed.

"Listen…you little—" Damon was about to tell him off but Elena held his arm gesturing him not to fight.

"What? He is always interrupting us." He whined looking at his mate. Just a day ago, he was kissing his mate against the fridge when Stefan came out of nowhere, interrupting them telling them that he needed a cold drink.

"Please…let's just go home" she pleaded, using her doe eyes on him. She knew he could never say 'No' to that look. He frowned but nodded.

"Fine" he said, holding her hand, leading her to car.

"The meeting is at ten" Stefan called after him.

"I know." Damon replied, opening the door of passenger seat for his mate.

"What meeting?" Elena asked.

"Oh! It's nothing, Baby Vamp. Just going through some new security measures" he said as he helped her put her seat belt. "And a usual meeting with werewolves." He added. Something about his tone seemed off. It was like he was hiding something from her. She sensed that. She didn't point it out. If he wasn't telling her, it was probably something she didn't want to hear.

When he buckled her seat belt, Damon zoomed to his side. From a distance Elena noticed a werewolf, Brady glare at her. She frowned and looked away. She was used to glares and angry whispers from Rippers.

"We will listen to my music this time" Damon immediately said, claiming the rights of car stereo. It had always been a competition between them. But then again, competitions were important part of their relationship.

"You mean music from last century"

"It's better than a trash your generation makes" he shot back. He hated when she took a jab at his age. But apparently, she enjoyed that a lot so he tolerated it.

"My generation…" Elena broke into a fits of laughter. Her smile made him want to smile. Her laugh made him want to laugh along with her. But right now he was pretending that she had hurt his pride—again by mentioning his age. He tried to hide his grin but couldn't help but smile. Lately she had been so depressed and scared of herself that he felt a sense of relief whenever he made her laugh or smile.

"Damon…Damon" she said lowering her head on his shoulder, still giggling. "No matter how sexy twenty seven year you look; you're still a 170 year man deep in there" she poked his chest with her index finger.

He narrowed his eyes playfully glaring at her before turning his eyes back on the road.


"If you vomited this out I will feel insulted" he said as he placed the plate in front of her.

"Oooh…Ribbon pasta, my favorite" Elena said excitedly as held her fork. "You know lately I have been loving Italian food more than ever" she said as she took a bite and moaned in content with the taste.

"That's because our little one inside you is Italian" Damon replied, quite proudly. Something about his tone changed whenever he talked about their baby. His tone always laced with utmost love and tenderness for the little one. His father instincts had kicked in way before Elena's mother instincts did. He was very careful when it came to their child. He would panic at the slightest things. If she said she felt a headache he would immediately jump to the worst result and wouldn't rest until Dr. Lucy approved Elena fine. At times, Elena woke up and found him talking to their baby even though she had told him multiple times it was too early for their "little one" to recognize voices.

All these things, made Elena love her mate even more. With every passing day, she grew more confident in choosing him over her family even though she still missed them—except for Klaus, her eldest brother. No, she wouldn't think about him today. Thinking about Klaus brought out negative vibes. She shooed those thoughts related to her family and concentrated on the thing that kept her sane—her family, her own little family.

"Can you speak Italian?" Elena suddenly asked him out of nowhere.

A small amused smile touched his lips. "No, non posso parlare italiano."(No,I can't speak Italian)

She let out a squeak. "Oh My Gosh! That's so…"

"Sexy"

"I was going to say elegant but yeah that too" she replied taking another bite.

"Don't pretend like my deep sexy voice and my accent doesn't entice your body and soul" he said wiping sauce of her lower lip then pressed his thumb against his lips to suck the it clean.

"So cocky"

"Rightfully" he said, grinning.

"Can you teach me too?" she said, batting her eyelashes. She learned a lot of new moves she knew he could never say 'no' too. Recently, he had told her that her eyes were his weakness and she shamelessly used it against him.

"Have I ever denied you anything?" he said with a sigh, looking at her with utmost love and adoration.

"How do you say flowers?" she asked, taking another bite of the delicious lunch he made.

"fiori"

"How do you say rose?"

"Rosa" he replied with a soft smile.

"How do you say you're pretty?"

"sei carina"

"What?" Elena asked again.

"Sei Carina" The melodious roll of his tongue added to his charisma.

"Sei cagna" she repeated, imitating his thick accent.

He let out an amused chuckle.

"What?"

"You just called me a bitch" he said.

"It's difficult"

"Don't worry. I will teach you but let's get you to bed. I don't have much time and I want to make out with you a lot before I have to leave for work again" he said, getting up from his chair.


"Forget it, Joseph" Tyler said as they settled on chair. The werewolves just had a long extensive meeting with the vampires regarding attack on Originals. They wanted revenge for the death of their chief. True, the vampires had helped them in killing a few originals but they wanted to cause real damage to Originals. A damage that will hurt Klaus just like Mason's death hurt them.

They could get revenge by killing off Klaus's darling little sister but she was their chief's mate and he was very furiously protecting her. A few days ago, they had planned to kill the little leach but she was untouchable. Her mate was almost everywhere she went. And in times he needed to leave her, his brother and Alaric would always be there to protect that little bitch. The witches hated her too but their chief , Bonnie, supported her so the witches kept her safe too.

"Damon said we will attack Kol instead" Tyler added. "From what he knows from his mate, he has great fear of us. We will use that against him. Originals have a hearing on Tuesday at the council which he will have to attend for sure. We will attack him on the highway. One of the witches will be there with us. We will get our revenge"

"And what about the Original bitch?" Brady said.

"She is the chief's mate. We can't do anything about her" Tyler replied uncomfortably. A few weeks ago, in his drunken state he had vowed to his clan that he will kill the Original girl and take revenge of his uncle's death. But as soon as he sobered, he knew it was a bad idea. He couldn't just kill his chief's mate. Killing a vampire's mate was like a death wish. Her mate would not rest until he kills the one who took his mate away from him.

"We can. We will—"

"No, Brady. It will cost our lives and treaty. We can't go against the chief. He promised us Kol as our new chew toy. If he went against his word than we will do something about the girl but not now. Okay? Am I clear?" Tyler said,strictly.

Brady reluctantly nodded. Mason was his best friend. His death had pained Brady the most and Tyler was well aware of that.

"As you say"


When Elena woke up, she found her mate settled between her legs, his head lying on her abdomen. He had been busy with meeting and had arrived at a time when she had fallen asleep. So, he did what he always did. He crawled on top of her, ( making sure he didn't awake her )and would have talked to their 'little one' until he had fallen asleep too. This was their routine. When he wanted to unwind from a tiring day he would come to her. She was the only who could provide him with peace and the same went for Elena. She didn't know what she would do without him.

She pulled the covers on their almost naked bodies. Her fingers ran through his dark hair, caressing his silky strands. She pulled him closer and kissed every inch of skin she could manage to reach. In that moment, everything was simple again. They were just two people crazy in love with each other. There were no clans, no family feuds and no life threats. It was just them.

She let out a giggle as Damon's nose scrunched up when the tendril of her tickled his nose. His tired eyes opened at the sound of her laugh. "It's dangerous to wake someone up so early" he said in a hoarse tone.

"The big bad vampire don't approve of this" he added, settling on her chest.

"Is that so?" she said, playfully. She took a strand of her hair and tickled his nose again, making him sneeze and making her laugh.

"Oh! You've done it" he said as he rolled her on top of him. "You want to play…huh" he said as he put his face in her neck and growled.

Elena giggled, holding his biceps for support.

In mock anger, Damon nipped at her shoulders, then he laid a path of kisses back to her neck, then down to her clothed breasts, nipping, kissing. Elena reacted at his passion, kissing his shoulder. In a couple of minutes he had turned from a calm tired vampire to a wild man with no patience.

There was new urgency when he kissed her mouth. She hummed in content. His kisses always drove her insane. Elena heard herself making noises, chanting his name, letting out vulnerable moans as he trailed down nipping kisses from her collarbone to the deep V of her nightgown. Her breathing became shallow as he moved down to her cleavage, he kissed her cleavage, tongued her nipples through the thin fabric of her night gown. She let out gasp, rubbing herself against him for friction, chanting his name like a prayer. Oh! The things he made her feel.

"Bite me" she whispered in his ear.

"No, Baby Vamp. I don't want to hurt you" he whispered, his mouth not leaving her skin.

"Damon, please" she whispered.

"Lena" he replied kissing her most softly than ever.

She rolled her eyes. He had been treating her like glass doll. It was time she showed him he was underestimating her.

A whine escaped Damon's lips when she pulled back, straddling him. He frowned. "What?"

Elena raised her hand, curling her fingers in dance like movement. Suddenly, the bed sheets scattered on floor hovered in air before tying her mate's hand to either side of the bed post.

"What the—"the words escaped his lips in astonishment.

"I haven't just been learning to grow plants, y'know" she smiled, wickedly as she slowly, very agonizingly slowly removed her nightgown enjoying his hungry gaze.

"What are you doing?" he said, a smirk apparent on his face.

"You have been holding back on me" Elena said leaning toward his face, just inches away from his lips. Her hands traced the his smooth abs. "I don't like that" she said, planting a small kiss on the corner of his lips, drawing back before he could capture her lips.

"I am yours to punish" Damon replied, his eyes bored into hers with pure devotion, glazed with desire. She dropped her gaze so he wouldn't see the naked adoration and undying love she had for him. It was beyond any rational feeling she felt. It was consuming. It was maddening.

Smiling, she captured his lips in a hungry kiss, humming in content when he deepened the kiss. Her hips moved rhythmically with him, grinding to get any sort of friction. She pulled his head up with a gentle tug on his hair and suckled his lower lip. He moaned in content. His shaft throbbing with need. Ignoring his protest, her lips left his and trailed kisses down his jaw to his neck. "Oh baby" he moaned loudly as she suckled on his skin, before her teeth punctured his neck, drawing blood from him. Her fingers worked on his body, touching him everywhere, his chest, his arms, his thighs, everywhere.

Her breaths came in a rush as she ground her hips against him. A mutual groan escaped both their lips. Drawing her teeth back to her gums, she licked the wound clean before planting open mouth kisses down his body. She bent down toward his lower body, kissing and nipping his thighs. He thrashed underneath her. He wanted her. He wanted her now.

"Elena—please" he murmured, the scent of her blood was driving him mad. He didn't know what he wanted more. Her or her blood.

"Now, will you hold back on me?" she said, smiling as she crawled back on top of him.

"You're playing with fire, my love" he replied.

"Is that so? My big bad vampire" she said, leaning toward his lips but pulling back as soon he nipped at her.

"Do you want me?" she said, playfully.

"I need you" he replied, his tone tender and hard with passion at the same time. "I need you now" he said as if he was in torture.

"Tell you what? If you released yourself from them—"she said looking the ties that tied his hands to the bed post. "—I will let you do anything to me" she added.

"Anything?" he said, smirking.

"Anything" she replied, confident of her magic.

"Okay" he said and with slight push, he broke the headboard of the bed into two, wrapping his arms around his mate, rolling her on her back, moving on top of her. Elena let out a surprised squeak, finding herself captive in his strong arms.

"Now, where were we?" he said as he resumed from where they left.


Drying her hair with towel, Elena smiled. After their passionate love making, Damon had been called for a meeting by Rick in the study. He had promised her he will come by quick and then he will make her breakfast.

She smiled as she let her dark brown hair fall on her shoulders and put on some light make on her eyes and a lip gloss. After waiting for another hour, reading magazine, she couldn't stay anymore in her room. She was starving and the her activities in the morning had completely drained her. She needed food. She stood up and went out of room, walking toward kitchen.

"Kol won't be alone that day he will have a bunch of Originals around him too as his guards. He rarely goes out alone" She heard Stefan's voice from the study.

Kol. They were talking about her brother. Why? Elena thought as slowly walked toward Damon's study.

"From what I know from Elena's memories is that he is bat shit scared of werewolves. Kind of like a phobia. He can't even stand the sight of them. He freezes at the sight of them. We will use that fear against him.

We will take Bon with us. She will use her witchy jojo and freeze them or stuff for a minute or half. We will all attack at once. We will take his guards down and Tyler and his group would chew his head off. We will need to do it discreetly. The vampire council must not know that Ripper vampires were involved. We must make it look like it was a young wolf's doing." Damon explained the plan.

"This would be risky of course, we might even all end up dead" Enzo added.

"It's okay" Tyler said. "We have to do this for Mason."

"Indeed! We owe him one fucking Original dead" Stefan added.

"Gentlemen by this time tomorrow we will be celebrating another win against those lowlifes" Damon said. "Slowly, one by one, we will kill each and every one of them and make Mystic Falls Original trash free again- "

"Elena…" Alaric's voice broke his concentration and he turned around and found his mate's eye blazing, filled with tears.

"Baby Vamp" he tried to explain but she left, running back to her room.

"Fuck!"


Elena stood on the balcony. A cold gust of wind touched her body, making her shiver uncontrollably. Her eyes stung and tears soaked her cheeks. How could he do that? She trusted him. She knew her mind was more open to him then his was to her. She kept her barrier down almost all the time. She had nothing to hide from him. But he abused that privilege.

He looked into her memories to find her brother's weakness. He used her against her own family. Wasn't it bad enough that her elder brother was using her that now her mate was using her too. She felt betrayed.

"Elena" she heard him enter the room and moving quickly toward her.

"Let me explain" he added.

"How could you?"

"It was unintentional. You played a memory to me. I didn't snoop around—"

"You're planning an attack against my brother. You're planning to kill him" she stated, her tone laced with pain. Yes, she had left her family. She chose Rippers over Originals but that didn't mean she didn't care about her parents and her siblings anymore. She had a problem with Klaus now but she still didn't want anyone to harm him. An unrealistic part of her always thought Originals and Rippers will sort out their problems.

"They killed my friend. I have to take revenge. Just because I love you, doesn't mean that I will ignore my duties to my clan"

"You can't do that" Elena rushed to him. "He is my brother"

"Elena, they are our enemies. I was turned to finish trash like him." He said slightly harshly.

"I belong to that trash clan too" she reminded him.

"No" he immediately corrected. "You belong with me."

"Did you ever think about me once before you planned this?" she said breaking into sobs. "How'd I live with myself knowing that my brother was killed by mate and his friends?"

"I am indeed thinking about you" he said, holding by her shoulder. "Ever since Mason's death the Rippers had all been conspiring against us, Elena. If I don't take action soon they will kick us out of the clan or they will harm you. I can't risk that."

"So what if they kick us out? Damon, we will go away from this place. We will go to some place where it's only you and me. We don't need these clans or anyone—"

"Yes and then your brother will hunt us down and kill us both. Elena, we are only safe because of my family. Did you forget what your brother made you do? You're under his mind control half the time. He almost killed you. Don't you understand, Elena baby? Originals don't care about anyone except themselves especially Klaus. And I'm not going to stop just because you said so. It's my job to protect you and my family and I will do every bad thing in the book to keep you and my family safe."

"by snooping around my mind to find weaknesses of my siblings and use me against them" she shot back. She wasn't thinking logically she knew but she couldn't bear the thought of her Kol or anyone of her family hurt. She could understand if they go against Klaus, but not the rest of them. "You're no different then Nick"

"Your 'Nick' is doing everything for power. I'm doing this for you and our baby. I'm doing everything for our love, for you, for our child." He replied, pleadingly.

"By keeping secrets from me and going after my family" she shot back. How could he expect her to be okay with that?

"It's not like you were very honest from the start" he hissed back. "and what did you expect Elena? That somehow we will all makeup and forget century long disputes. Sorry to break it to you but that's not going to happen. They caused us real damage. They harassed and abused us all. We can't just forget that.

You knew about your choices. You knew how things were going to be once you chose us." He said as he stepped closer.

"No, I didn't" Elena said pushing his hands away. "They are my family, I—"

"You're a part of Rippers now, Elena. As your chief, your loyalties should be to me and me only. I'm giving you the privilege of not participating in our plans but please don't come in my way next time" he ordered in his most emotionally void and chief tone.

Unaccountably, Elena's eyes filled with tears. Angry tears. She nodded in auto pilot mode. In this moment, he wasn't her mate. He was the Ripper chief. He didn't care about her fragile feelings.

Not sparing him another glance she went out of the room.


"Did you talk to Elena?" Alaric asked once Damon came back downstairs.

"You're not backing off, Right?" Tyler asked a grim look on his face.

"Of course not" Damon answered immediately.

Tyler relaxed immediately, a smirk appearing on his face. He was afraid the Original girl would change their chief's decision. This was what all their clan was afraid of. Everyone thought the girl held great power over him. She ruled him. It was good to know that their chief still supported them even if he was desperately in love with an Original.

"We will discuss the details in the evening. Start preparing for the attack." He said, dismissing them for now.

Once, they were all out of the room, Alaric took a seat next to him. Damon was deep in thought when Alaric's cough brought his attention to him.

"I'm guessing the conversation didn't go well" Alaric said, sympathetically.

"What do we expect? I'm planning to kill brother" he said with humorless chuckle.

"It is not always going to be rainbows and flowers, Damon. I told you that the day we decided to keep Elena here, when you begged me to take her under my protection" Alaric said pouring him a glass of bourbon. "You two belong from clans that despises each other existence. You were turned along with the rest of my vampires to finish them and Michael and Klaus made Elena to kill us—kill you. There is so much history, so much hate. This was bound to happen."

"I don't blame her for hating me after this—but I am doing this for her. Did you notice Tyler when I came back after talking to Elena? I have to take quick action before they start rebelling against me." He said as he frowned while running his fingers through his hair.

"What else can I do? Rick" he added sadly, his tone disturbed. "I know this upsets her but I have my duties too. I love her more than anything but Originals are still my enemies." He stopped. "She always puts me in this position where I just…I just don't know what to anymore"

"Originals only want one thing from her, Damon. Their love for her is fake and agenda based. She is thinking emotionally but you have to think rationally. All our lives depend on you. We need werewolves' alliance. And it's not just that, Mason was our friend. We owe him this revenge.

Kol is Klaus's right hand. We have to cut it off. We have to weaken him before he attacks again. He wants yours and Elena's child, Damon. We can't let him have that. He will abuse her powers to new extent. We can't let that happen." Alaric reminded him.

"You're right" Damon replied, nodding. Alaric was about to continue when Enzo burst through the door. "We tracked Kai near Great smoky mountain, Tennessee."

"That's wonderful news." Alaric replied, a smile appearing on his face. "You should leave immediately before Kai changes location again" he added.

"but the attack?" Damon said.

"Enzo and I will handle that. You and Elena need to leave tomorrow first thing in the morning and reach him before he leaves again. Find as much information as you can about the Sire bond and the hybrid child. He is our last hope."

"Fine" Damon said, standing up. "But are you sure you can handle it?" he said, brows rising.

"Positive" Enzo replied. "Although as chief we will need you to authorize the attack?"

From a distance he saw Elena's shadow, he knew she was listening but Alaric was right. Klaus was coming for them and he had to weaken Klaus as much as he could. He was doing this for her, for their love, for their baby and their family.

"I allow you, the werewolves and the witches to attack Kol Michelson and kill him. Don't come back unless the task is complete"


"Why isn't chief going with us?" Joseph asked Enzo as they prepared for the task their chief had assigned. Today he was the leader. He was supposed to lead his team and kill the Original and his friends who had killed one of their best friends.

"We've explained the situation to Tyler. I don't need to repeat myself all over again" Enzo replied as he picked up the equipment and piled them inside the car. Gathering Tyler's team and his vampires, Enzo and Bonnie left for their mission.

"Looks like his mate was successful in changing his decision. Your chief is sending you all to your death while he stays back and enjoys his picnic trip with his Original mate" Joseph heard Rudy's voice from behind.

"There must be some strong reason or he would—"

"Yes, there is. 'Elena'." He said dramatically. "Believe me, Joseph. This is her doing. She is breaking us all up. She is breaking our unity. She has already turned our chief against us. The day is close when we will all be kneeling before Klaus." He whispered.

Joseph looked at him uncertainly. "Isn't right? Brady" Rudy said as he gestured to another werewolf. Brady looked down, disturbed by the thought. "Tyler is afraid of Damon's power. He won't do anything unless you, my dear gentlemen take action. He is just a kid. He doesn't know clan politics, Joseph. I'm sure if Mason was alive he would agree with me" He added.

"He is right" Brady said looking at Joseph.

"But Tyler-"

"—is a child. He doesn't know this stuff, Joseph. We will have to take matter in our hands. The Original girl even attacked Damon the other day, Joseph, her own mate. She attacked my daughter. She attacked Qetsiyah . She is not safe. She needs to die"

"but how do we do that? She is never alone." Brady said, irritated.

"She is going to Tennessee for a week with her mate for a few days. They will be staying in a rest house. I will track down their location. I will give you a spelled stone. My magic in that stone would prevent her from escaping the room. She is young. She doesn't know how to control her magic. She doesn't have her vampire powers. She will be helpless. All you need to do is stake her" he said.

"We will do it" Brady said after a minute of thinking, offering his hand in a handshake.

"It's a deal then" Rudy replied, smirking.


"Will you meet me tonight?" Caroline heard Klaus talk to someone on phone. Her eyes narrowed, suspiciously. She exhaled in relief when she heard the voice on the other side of the phone. It wasn't a woman like she immediately thought. It was a man's voice.

"Thank you for informing about the attack though" Klaus said, respectfully. "Yes, Kol is safe." He added.

"Ohh…Tennessee huh! Did you do what I told you to do?" Klaus said, amused. "Oh! Yes! Yes! Good, Good." He replied to the man. Caroline couldn't hear what the other man said though.

"Well, I will see you tonight than, Thank you again." Klaus said as he cancelled the call.

"Who was it?" Caroline asked, curling an arm around his neck, dropping her head on his shoulder.

"A new friend" he said with a smirk, kissing her temple.

"Who is in Tennessee?" she asked.

Klaus let out a chuckle. Did she ever miss a single thing? She was so sharp. He loved and hated that about her. "Elena and her mate" he replied, not lying.

"What?" she looked startled.

"Excuse me, love. I have got to go inform father about this" he said as he dropped another kiss on the top of her head before he left.

When he found, his little mistake had almost cost him the hybrid child and Elena he had been furious at himself. Was his agenda so important that he was ready to sacrifice one of his own? No, it wasn't. He had been feeling terribly guilty but then that situation brought out a good too. He got an insider at Rippers. He found a new friend that would help him get Elena and the hybrid child back.

"Kol" he said as he entered his father's house.

"In here" Kol replied, sitting next to Davina, his mate.

Kol was okay and safe. Of course, Klaus would never let any of his siblings get hurt. Ever. Kol was his baby brother and he would never let the Rippers harm him. Thanks to the Ripper traitor his brother was safe.

"Did you bring good news, Nicklaus?" Michael said coming to living room.

"Is Elena coming back?" Isobel asked, her doe eyes wide in anticipation and worry.

"Soon, Isobel. Very soon" Klaus said. "Yes, I did bring a good news. By this tomorrow, Rippers will kick werewolves out of Mystic Falls" he announced. A grim look appeared on Rebekah and Kol's face. They had been distant lately but he ignored them.

"Soon…The witches will leave them too and then we will rip each and every one of them into two" Michael added, smirking.

"He wanted to harm my brother. He wanted to cut my right hand. I will turn everyone against him" Klaus added. "Everyone"


The journey had been silent and very uncomfortable for Stefan, Damon and Elena. Stefan almost missed the time when both of Damon and Elena couldn't get their hands off each other. Almost. The whole journey they didn't even look at each other using Stefan as mode of communication.

"Stefan tell Elena it's time for her medicines" Damon said when they stopped for gas refill.

"Stefan tell your brother that I've already taken my medicines" Elena replied in a tone void of emotion. For the first time in their lives, Damon and Elena had slept facing away from each other. He didn't kiss her in the morning neither did they greet each other. He made her breakfast though that she ate without complaint. And then outside, she held his hand in front of everyone when they were about to leave for Tennessee. To the world, they showed a strong exterior no matter how much they were broken inside.

Stefan groaned at their childish attitude and fell back on the backseat. He tried to make them talk to each other but they even refused to look at each other.

"Can you two please stop this non sense and—"

"Stay out of this, Stefan" Damon warned him, glaring at him. "This is between us." He never liked when anyone came between Elena and him.

"Fine! Do whatever you want" Stefan said as he jumped out of the car. "I will go grab us some snacks. Do you want anything Elena?"

"No, I have packed a healthy lunch for her. Doctor Lucy strictly prohibited junk food" he replied before Elena could refuse. Stefan looked at them, mouth open. They would fight. They would argue. They would ignore each other as if the other didn't exist but in between all that they still cared for each other deeply.

"Whatever" he said as he left.

With Stefan gone, they sat in the car in complete awkward silence. He had tried to talk to her last night but she ignored him. So, he took the queue from her and pretended to ignore her too. He wasn't going to beg her for her attention. He had done that enough. It wasn't like he was doing anything wrong. He justified his reasons. He was doing everything for her. For their love. For their baby's safe future.

Suddenly, she started coughing. He immediately took out the water bottle from the holder and guided the bottle to her lips, holding her, softly. She coughed again, before latching her mouth to the bottle. When he knew she had enough he removed the bottle from her mouth. Silently, he gave her a napkin to wipe her mouth, their eyes locked on each other before she tore her gaze away, looking at anything but him.

He felt a sense of dread from her, a deep pain. Her pain crushed his soul. Light tears brimmed her eyes again as she stared ahead. Any minute now, the news of her brother's demise will come.

For a minute, Damon fell ashamed of what he had done. He didn't want to hurt her but what other choice did he have. Alaric was right. This was going to be a long and painful journey. There was a lot of pain and history, a lot of angst and hatred between their families. They loved each other to the point of madness but both of them didn't want to hurt their loved ones either. Inwardly, Damon prayed that their love would be strong enough to survive all the problems they were yet to face. He couldn't bear the thought of losing Elena.

Elena had been silent. She was disgusted with herself. The man next to her was planning her brother's death and she still loved him irrationally. How did he have so much control over her? How could she still be so hopelessly in love with him. How could still the thought of separating from him killed her? Her mind jumped to Kol. She prayed for his safety. Her mind flashed a lot of moments she shared with her brother.

Kol was her best friend, her protector and her elder brother at the same time. Her relationship with Kol was different then her relationship with Klaus. Klaus had been more like over protective father while Kol had been her brother in real sense. They fought, they made up. At times they had fun and did dangerous things and at times Kol would panic even if she fell. He was the brother who would beat up her boyfriend whenever he hurt her.

She just couldn't bear the thought of him hurt. So what if he was her half-brother? But Damon thought otherwise. Living with Elena didn't change his perspective about Originals. He hated them just like her brothers hated him. He wanted to kill every Original because he thought every Original was a threat to Elena, his child and his family. In a way, he was right. She understood his reasons but that didn't make it right. She just couldn't bear it. No. Not Kol. Not her family.

Damon's phone ring startled them. Elena's heart started to race. "Hello" Damon answered. "Give me the news"

"Shit" he said, hitting the steering wheel.

"How many of ours are injured?" Damon said, worried.

"What happened?" Stefan said as he jumped in the car with some bags of snacks.
"So no deaths…thank God. We will be back by Friday. Meanwhile Bonnie will take charge for me. Yes…Okay, Call me if something comes up" Damon said as he hung up.

"Damon?"

"They knew beforehand about the attack. Someone from our side outted us" Damon hissed.

Stefan's eyes darted to Elena. She was the one who had been most upset about attack. Surely, it was her.

"I…I didn't" Elena immediately whimpered.

"I know" Damon answered before Stefan could say anything.

Damon knew it wasn't Elena. Yes, she had been upset but she haven't contacted anyone of her family even once since she chose him. Her loyalties was to him. Even though she had been upset. He groaned as he thought that now everyone will blame Elena again for their failed attack attempt.

"What happened?"

"Enzo said he and his group were waiting for Kol when suddenly Originals attacked them. Luckily they managed to fight them off and escape. A lot of them got injured but none died. He says they knew about the attack somehow."

"This means we have a black sheep in the clan" Stefan hissed.

Damon nodded, grimly.

"We need to get back soon" Stefan said, his tone laced with worry.

"Yes… As soon as the meeting with Kai is over we will head back" Damon replied. From the corner of his eye, he noticed Elena seemed relaxed now.


The car halted at a deserted place. Apparently they were out of gas and there was no sign of gas station anywhere around. "Stefan tell Elena that I told her to keep track of GPS" Damon hissed at Stefan.

"Stefan tell your brother that I was guiding him just right. He took the wrong road" Elena replied glaring at the empty road.

Stefan rolled his eyes in annoyance. There were hundred of places he could rather be and he ended up in between his brother and his brother's girlfriend argument.

"Now, what are we going to do?" Damon huffed.

"Stefan tell your brother, it's not the end of the world. We can walk" Elena said, as she jumped out of the car.

"Stefan tell Elena—"

"No!" Stefan finally cracked. "I'm not telling anyone anything. Just talk to each other and sort it out. God! You two are so annoying" he said as he flashed a mile away from them, leaving the couple alone.

Without uttering a word, he took out their bag and locked the car, leading the way as she followed.

In about fifteen minutes, Elena was panting. She couldn't walk much but her pride was stopping her from asking help from her mate so she followed him silently. Lost in her thoughts, she stumbled upon the uneven ground and fell on her knees. Her mate was at her side in flash. "Baby Vamp" he said as he held her. "Oh baby! Are you okay?" he said as he helped her up.

"I…It hurts"

He helped her sit on grass and examined her. The palms of her hand and her knees were bruised. "Can you walk?" he said worriedly. She nodded, groaning her as he helped her up. She cried in pain and fell again, this time he held her before she could crash on ground and hurt herself even more.

"Looks like you twisted your ankle" he said, sympathetically. There was a huge wound on her knee too. His poor mate was so hurt.

"It hurts a lot " Elena whined, making a face.

"We will need to show it to a doctor" he said, his eyes examining the wounds.

"We need to get out of here before the sunset" he added, worriedly. "but we should treat it before we move forward" he was talking to himself more than her. He just hated it when she got hurt. He hated how vulnerable her human body was. Slightest wounds could snatch her from him. "Stay put and wait here" he said, kissing the top of her head before flashed leaving her alone.

"Damon? Damon? This is not funny. Where are you?" she said, suddenly scared. She tried to get up but lost her balance. Screaming, she closed her eyes and waited for her body to come into contact with the hard ground. But, it never came. Then she realized that someone was holding her. She opened her eyes to see who saved her and found a pair of most beautiful eyes gazing back at her. "What the hell, Baby Vamp? I told you to stay put. Will you ever listen to me?" he said, rolling his eyes in annoyance as he picked her off her feet and helped her sit on grass.

"Where did you go? I got scared" she replied, her eyes furious.

"Baby vamp, Do you really think I will leave you here? I was just went to find something"

"What?"

"This" he said as he pulled out leaves of a plant mixed with dirt. "What's this?" Elena said with disgust.

He didn't answer as he cupped her feet and spread it on his lap. He then took a couple of leaves and started chewing them. "What? What on earth are you doing?" Elena asked, surprised. He didn't reply and kept chewing, his face void of any type of feeling or emotion.

"Damon?"

After a few moments, he spat out the content of his mouth on his hand. Elena felt bile rise up to her throat at the sight. It looked disgusting. It looked like vomit. "Disgusting" she thought, narrowing her eyes. She turned her eyes away as she couldn't bear the revolting sight. Men could be so disgusting. Then she felt wet substance on her wounds.

Elena felt as if she would vomit right there. "What the hell are you doing?" she screeched as she pulled her foot away.

"It's herb, Baby Vamp. Natural antibiotic. It will help you heal fast" he said gripped her leg firmly and applied the rest of the revolting medicine on her.

"Then why did you chew it first?" she said, her face still full of disgust while he concentrated on her, covering her bruises with more chewed herb.

"It doesn't activate until you chew it"

"I could have chewed it for myself" she said, frowning. "You didn't need to do that"

He rolled his eyes and offered her some leaves, a glint of mischief on his face. She took a bite and started chewing. She immediately gagged at the taste. It was very bitter. So bitter and disgusting that she would have vomited right there if she had eaten anything an hour ago. She spat it out, coughing. He immediately offered her water. She took it and gulped it all down.

"Why didn't you tell me that it tasted so bad?" she said, almost close to crying.

"But it was so much fun watching you experience it" he replied, smugly.

"Did anyone tell you that you're an ass?" she spat.

"No but I have been told I have a great ass"

She gritted her teeth in frustration. Why was he so annoying? Why did he always deliberately pushed her buttons?

"You're very mean" That was all she could manage. He let out a chuckle obviously amused that he had won an argument again. He loved making her angry. He enjoyed getting a rise out of her.

"Come on! We need to get out of here before the sunset. I will give you a ride" he said as he picked her up bridal style, staring straight into her eyes. She turned her gaze away still mad at him for his stunt. He let out a chuckle and continued walking toward their destination.


They haven't properly made up but at least now they were on talking terms. After arriving at their rest house, Damon had immediately called a doctor to take a look at her bruises. The doctor was rather surprised that the wounds were already half healed, deeming Damon's remedy a success and writing a few pain killers for Elena before taking leave.

Stefan was glad that at least they weren't using him to talk to each other. His decision of leaving them both together to solve their issues had been correct. They had already started looking at each other again with love struck eyes again like they used too, to his utmost displeasure.

"Do you need anything else, Baby Vamp?" he asked as he helped her settle on bed.

"Just a little lemon juice" she replied with a soft smile.

He nodded and left for a second, coming back in a flash, giving her a glass of freshly squeezed lemon juice.

"How is your foot now?" he asked, his voice seeping with concern.

"Better" she replied, smiling.

"Good" he said as he leaned in slightly and kissed her forehead. From a distance Stefan looked at them, envious of their relationship. How could they be fighting one minute and crazy in love with each other the next minute. There was so much love and devotion in Elena's eyes for Damon, so much love and protectiveness in Damon's eyes for Elena. How was their relationship even possible? They were supposed to be mortal enemies. They were supposed to hate each other. They were both made in order to destroy the other. Then how could they love each other so much. Jealous. He felt extremely jealous of them sometimes.

"Are you going somewhere?" Elena asked, when instead of jumping into bed with her, her lover wore his jacket.

"I'm going to check where Kai lives. I have to see if it's safe for you to visit" he said, smiling tenderly at her.

"Okay. Come back soon" she said with slight eagerness in her tone making him chuckle.

"As my queen wishes" he replied making her blush. "Stefan, keep Elena safe while I'm gone. I will be back in an hour" he said to his brother before he kissed his mate's cheek.

"Damon…" Elena held his wrist. "I…"

"We will talk when I comeback" he replied already knowing what she wanted to say. He nipped at her lips and captured them in a small kiss. "I love you"

"I love you too" she replied.

"He is not going to war, Elena" Stefan interrupted their moment.

Damon let out a cold sigh before he kissed his mate's forehead again and left.


After Damon left, Stefan and Elena talked. He told her stories about their childhood and she enjoyed each and every one of them. "He was very bossy from the start" Stefan said in an annoyed tone.

"He is bossy with me too" Elena agreed.

"Of course he is. He is the damn chief. Everyone takes his orders so he orders us around too. We should seriously take action against this" Stefan replied and Elena chuckled. Stefan and Elena had bonded over the time. They weren't friends but they were on their way.

It was until thirty minutes later to the time Damon left when Stefan received a call. "Hello, Rudy?" he said, surprised.

"Stefan, we have a little problem with a new vampire" Rudy told him.

"Which one? What happened?"

"They had some sort of-hello?"

"Yes, Rudy. I can hear you"

"Stefan! I can't hear you" Rudy replied.

"Wait…I guess signal problem" he said as he rose up and went outside the room. "Can you hear me now? Rudy? Rudy" Suddenly someone injected something in his arm. He tried to turn around but his senses started to cloud. The doze of vervain was strong. He tried to fight the darkness…but he failed.


Continuous knocks woke Elena from her nap. She didn't realize when she fell asleep in front of the plasma. "Coming" she said in hoarse tone as she rose up and stumbled toward the door on one foot.

She opened the door and was surprised when she found Tyler's clan members standing outside. She recognized them. Joseph and Brady.

"Ohh..Hi! Damon isn't here yet" she said, with a polite smile.

"Oh that's good." Joseph said, smirking.

"Excuse me?" Elena said, puzzled.

"We are not here for Damon, my dear. We are hear for you" Brady replied as he forcefully entered the room.


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"You know what we do Originals…pretty girl. We eat them" he said with a wicked smile.


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