He was in the study reading when his brother came in carrying a bottle two glasses. He eyed his brother warily as he poured two glasses. Handing one to him and then placing the bottle on the table between them as he took a seat opposite. He set his book down and watched as his brother reached into his pocket and then placed a small white envelope table top. Elijah looked at the envelope and then back at his younger brother. Scrawled across the front was a very elegant E while the reverse was sealed in wax. Before he could enquire about the envelope Niklaus steadied himself.

"I heard from Caroline this morning." Elijah immediately raised an eyebrow, though he knew Niklaus and the young vampire were patching things up and working on their long-distance relationship. "Oh, and how is Miss Forbes?" Elijah was genuinely curious as he hadn't seen her a few years since he was in France for her last visit and Niklaus preferred to travel up to Mystic falls to visit her when also visiting Hope in school.

"She's good, and just wanted to inform me that I will be attending a wedding with her in four days." Klaus took a sip of his drink and stared at his brother.

Elijah look at his brother with a raised brow before taking a sip of his own drink. "Oh and to who's wedding will you be attending or rather disrupting?"

"It's apparently Elena Gilberts" Klaus took another sip of his drink as he avoided his brothers' eyes. "She plans on marrying Damon Salvatore in four days. This envelope was also dropped off earlier for you." Klaus watched as his brother closed his eyes and took a deep breath before finishing his glass and standing up. "Well I wish her a happy and long marriage then. If you'll excuse me I have somewhere to be." In a flash Elijah had left, leaving the envelope on the table.

Klaus immediately picked up his phone and dialed a familiar number. "I told him. He took it about as well as I expected."

On the other end a certain blonde vampire spoke in hushed whispers so as to not let her best friend. "Do you know if he read the letter?"

"No, he looked at it and then left, it's still sitting here on the table."

"Dam it, well you're still coming up tomorrow right?"

"Yes, Luv I told you I would be there and be on my best behavior. I'm just about to pack a bag and head up." Klaus proceeded to walk to his room and pack a small bag to take with him.

They exchanged goodbyes and hung up as Klaus began to pack for his trip to Mystic Falls. The letter sat on the table unopened next to the bottle of bourbon.

Elijah had spent most of the day out and when he finally came back, he had found Niklaus had already left for Mystic Falls. He knew Rebekah was in New York while Kol and Davina were off galivanting somewhere while Freya and Keelin were most likely in their loft across the street. He walked back into his study and poured himself a glass of bourbon and saw the letter laying there. Taking a sip of his glass he contemplated reading it but he believed he knew exactly what it said and for some strange reason he couldn't bring himself to read it. So he sat in his chair for the evening sipping his bourbon replaying scenes from a relationship he has tried to forget.

Try as hard as he might, images of a smiling brunette danced through his mind and for the briefest moment he swears he could still hear her laugh; her voice calling him to come back to bed in the cabin they shared in the woods or smell her perfume form the night they danced for the first time as a couple. He remembered all those things but what probably drove him the craziest was that he could almost feel her arms wrapped around him the way they did when he held her at night after showing her how much he loved her.

Sadly though with every good memory came a mountain of bad. Such as her almost dying in his arms after one of his wayward sired tried to get revenge on him. Them screaming at each other about what's best for her safety. Lastly, it's the image of her standing there shocked as he tells hers how he doesn't love her anymore and it was nothing but a fleeting fancy to pass the time. He remembers her call bullshit and when he doubles down it broke her as the tears started to show. He remembers how her hands instantly went to her stomach as if she had been punched in the gut while she started to cry. He remembers her taking a deep breath to steady herself before turning around to leave before saying if it was how she felt then she would leave. And so she left, leaving everything she had in the house they shared, it wasn't much longer that he also left vowing to never return to the house he shared with her for those five years.

It would be those memories that emptied the bottle of bourbon followed by another and caused something to click. Something he never thought of and was an explosive catalyst that forced him to Freya's for a chat followed by a call to Kol and Davina to confirm. An event that suddenly lead to him on a plane bound for a place he once called home. All the while the once pristine letter that sat undisturbed on the table was torn open and its contents tucked in his breast pocket.