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Another year has passed and here comes a new chapter. I don't know if anybody is reading this any longer but I will still keep on publishing. One chapter a year... just kidding. Lets see where this takes us, one chapter at a time. This may be the last, or it wont!

THANK YOU for reading.

/ Tigerdrottningen

"What are you waiting for? spit it out then." Klaus growled in a low voice clenching his fists so tight that his knuckles turned white.

Elijah changed nervously in his seat with his eyes firmly placed on the glass of wine he had in front of him.

Sigrid had never seen him nervous before and it was an odd thing to witness. Was he really that scared of Klaus? no, it had to be something else. It was a long time ago that she had hung out with Elijah but at some point she knew him quite well and she definitely knew him well enough to know that he wasn't scared of his little brother. He was scared on the behalf of someone else, but who?

Sigrid reached out and put a hand on one of Elijahs, he immediately looked up locking eyes with her.

"Elijah, please tell us." she said in a smooth voice. "I'm sure whatever you are going to tell us we can figure something out" she squeezed his hand.

Elijah nodded slowly before answering. "Well, yes. I suppose we can." he gave her a sincere look. "And to be truthful Sigrid it's not you that I worry about, it's your potential murderer i'm worried about. And her getting into the hands of my little bother".

Sigrid let go of Elijahs hand and turned to Klaus who was still clenching his fists, looking like he would explode at any minute. She put a hand on his thigh under the table. The gesture seemed to calm him, if only just for a little bit.

"Elijah, please" she said. Elijah looked at Klaus and took a deep breath.

"Alright, but Niklaus, you have to promise me to not do anything stupid. Give me your word that we will have a civil conversation about this."

"I can't promise anything when I don't know what kind of situation you are going to put us in, Elijah." he said, teeth clenched.

"I take that as a yes" Elijah said and took a sip of his wine. "Well, I don't know how much Sigrid has told you about how we came to meet, i'm sure she has told you some of it but I will tell you the story from my perspective. I'm sure you will be able to figure the whole thing out as the story unfolds."

Klaus eyes widened but he didn't say anything, simply nodded for him to continue. He mimicked Sigrids gesture and put his hand over her thigh under the table, giving it a light squeeze in reassurance.

Elijah continued "I was visiting the New York fashion week, as I do every year, when I spotted Sigrid at one of the runaway shows. As you may know Niklaus this was right after I had had my fair share of love-drama with a certain brunette." He shot Klaus a look that Sigrid wasn't really sure what it meant before he continued. "I wasn't looking for a new love interest, I was just looking for some peace of mind, but suddenly she was right there in front of me, shining bright like the sun, radiating with warmth and something that I couldn't quite put my finger on. I am sure you know exactly what I am talking about Niklaus."

Klaus nodded slowly and tightened his grip on Sigrids thigh.

"And i just couldn't stop thinking about this angel. My chest no longer felt heavy and my heart..." he trailed off

"What about your heart, Elijah" Klaus said dryly.

"Well…I know its impossible but I was sure that I could feel it for the first time since we were turned."

Both of the brothers fell silent and Sigrid felt uncomfortable hearing Elijah tell his story. She had known that his feelings towards her had been different from the one she had felt for him but she hadn't known that he had felt these intense feelings of love. She had only thought that he had had an interest in her, nothing more. Before she was turned she didn't know Elijah and after the turn she could only describe her feeling towards him as friendly. He was in some sense like a dad for her. He had taught her everything about vampire life, he had turned her. He was her vampire dad.

Sigrid broke the silence "Ok, I think i've heard enough, just tell us who has been threatening me."

Elijah looked at her with a confused face "I shouldn't go on, telling the story?"

At the same time both her and Klaus opened their mouth "No" "Yes" The looked at each other.

"You don't want him telling the story, love?" Klaus looked at her with an intense look. She shook her head. "Now I really want to hear it, continue Elijah".

Elijah cleared his throat. "Well I suppose I don't have to tell everything in detail" he said giving her a look of reassurance. "Where was I? right, my heart. Well to put it bluntly I felt things I hadn't felt for a very long time and I went to see all of the runaway shows where Sigrid was participating in. I just couldn't get enough. And one night, she didn't show up on stage when she was about to so I got worried. In the back of my head I could hear her screaming and I immediately started looking for her and found her in the exact right time. One second later and Sigrid would have been dead." He took a sip of his wine before continuing. "So I turned her and I had this idea in my head that we were going to live happily ever after after that…but the idea that I had in my head of who Sigrid was really didn't match the reality. Don't get me wrong Sigrid, you are gorgeous and beautiful from the inside and out" he smiled at her "But as soon as i realized that the feelings weren't mutual i started feeling as if…hm... I don't know how to say this the right way…but I started feeling as if i was her father. Loving her and worrying about her like a father. And i still feel that way. I do love you Sigrid, but its fatherly love."

Sigrid smiled at his words as did Elijah. The only one that wasn't smiling was Klaus.

"How is this telling us about who has been threatening her, Elijah?" His word were harsh. He was done with Elijah stalling.

"If you just bare with me you will understand, I'm not done telling the story little brother." Elijah said dryly, annoyed that Klaus ruined his and Sigrids father/daughter moment.

"The few weeks that we we're…testing our relationship we ended up on pictures in a few newspapers, you know all about that Niklaus since that was how I found out about you two." He pointed at the both of them. Klaus nodded. "The same way i found out about the two of you in the paper, a certain brunette found out about the two of us." he pointed at Sigrid and himself. Sigrid could feel Klaus grip on her thigh tightening without understanding why.

"Go on" Klaus said thru clenched teeth.

"I'm not proud of this but I may have used the situations to my advantage and told her that I was the one who didn't want a relationship with Sigrid and not the other way around, my poor attempt at trying to make her jealous." He looked down ad the table, truly looking like he was ashamed of his actions. "And I also may have gotten together with the brunette again after that and a few weeks ago we had a fight, and I may have said that I was going to the fashion week coming up and that Sigrid was going to be there and that I"

Klaus put a hand into the air to silence him and it worked. Elijah went silent.

"Don't say another word, big brother." Klaus was breathing heavy and it was clear that he tried to compose himself before speaking. "You are telling me" another silence and deep breath. "that Katherina Petrova has been threatening to stake Sigrid because of YOU?!"

The whole restaurant went silent. Everybody turned to look at their table. Elijah waved his hand trying to cal the s

Sigrid was impressed. He had been able to keep himself calm almost though the whole sentence. It was more than she would have ever thought was possible for the hybrid. His whole body was shaking with anger as he kindly sat in his place. He was doing the best he could, she knew that and calmingly stroke his back as she sat by his side. She also felt a bit sad for the way that Elijah had used her to his own purpose.

Elijah nodded not looking up "I know, its very out of my character. I don't know why I did it and i am truly sorry from the depths of my heart Sigrid. But you don't have to worry, I will deal with Katherina. I promise. Don't be afraid to go to the fashion week. I will take care of it."

"You will do no such thing. I will deal with Katherine. And this time it will be for the very last time." Klaus voice was low and intimidating.

"Thats exactly why I didn't want to tell you, little brother, I knew that you would react this way. I beg you, please do not harm her." The expression on Elijahs face showing his true emotions towards the brunette.

"You did this to her Elijah. Your lies got her into this." Klaus said not budging one little bit.

Sigrid cut into the conversation. "Elijah I am greatly disappointed at the way you used our relationship to your advantage to use as leverage in a fight. I can't believe that you did that." She could feel tears filling her eyes. "BUT I know that you wouldn't ever do anything like this if it wasn't for love. You will tell her the truth Elijah. You will tell her about every single thing that you lied about. You will tell her that i'm not interested in you. I do not want you. After this i'm not even sure that I want you as my dad." She sent Elijah a sharp look. He nodded slowly. She continued "But please Klaus, let Elijah deal with this on his own." she turned her eyes to Klaus. He looked into her eyes intensely trying to figure out what she was thinking. He nodded.

"You get 24h to deal with her, big brother. By this time tomorrow you and Katherine will be gone or I will make sure of it." Klaus threatened. Elijah nodded not looking up.

"And be sure to remember that I am giving you this chance only because Sigrid asked me."

"I am deeply sorry Sigrid. And thank you for this." Elijah said and in a flash he was gone.