After five years spent as a prisoner, Klaus is rescued & dares to believe that he & Maleny are free to begin the rest of their forever together. But with the Hollow on the rise they're forced to remain in the Quarter to give one more battle. Family above all has been the Mikaelsons' most sacred promise throughout time & yet the very promise that will tear them apart by the Hollow.

Elijah Mikaelson comes up with a plan to ease tensions in the land: marriage. Klaus chooses the human girl Camille O'Connell as his unwilling bride. Cami, taken from her home and thrust into the world of vampires, must fight to survive at court while also fighting her growing feelings for Klaus, a man she was sure she hated (set in medieval times).

Alexandrine Lafitte pursues her PhD in the history of the mysticism, mythology and supernatural of New Orleans. Her travels have taken her all over the world, but now she has returned home and taken a job at Rousseau's in the Quarter. Her studies bring her close to the one family who built New Orleans-the Mikaelsons- and who also may hold answers to the murder of her family.

The girl in the forest Klaus Mikaelson once knew disappeared without leaving a trace, leaving him heartbroken. Now in New Orleans with an unborn child on the way, he meets a woman claiming to be that girl of the forest; the precise one he once loved. Though in a new body, Mal still piques his interest & more. Can the two reunite and solve the curse before she disappears once more?

After a century away, Belle Campbell returns to New Orleans with her brother, Max, who's crushing on everyone's favorite newbie vampire, Josh. For most of her immortal life, she and Klaus have been inseparable friends, but tensions build as trusts are broken, secrets are kept and past indiscretions resurface. Not all sins can be forgiven.