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A few days after Elijah's home coming, he was sitting in a chair, reading a book while Klaus was sitting opposite him on a couch, also reading. Somehow Elijah knew that his little brother was slowly but surely falling in love with the fierce young woman who was carrying his child, and he didn't know what to do.
Because Elijah knew that he too was falling for Hayley, how could he not? She was fierce, loyal, family oriented and funny. She was the perfect mix of murderous and kind, serious and mischievous.
"So, this is what you do the first time we're back together as a family?" Rebekah asked as she entered the room. "Vampire book club?"
"Reading edifies the mind, sister." Klaus spoke without looking up from his book. "Isn't that right, Elijah?"
"Yes, that's quite right, Niklaus." Elijah didn't look up either.
"And what's this business?" Rebekah gestured to the dead body.
"This is a…" Elijah looked thoughtful as if he was trying to find the right word. "…peace offering."
"I presumed, after so much time desiccating in a coffin, that my big brother might be a bit peckish." Klaus sighed.
"And I explained to my little brother that forgiveness cannot be bought." Elijah said with annoyance but the twinkle in his eyes gave away the mischief he was feeling. "I'd simply prefer to see a change in behavior that indicates contrition and personal growth."
Rebekah looked between her brother and when neither of them said anything else she turned to Elijah and asked. "But you accepted the gift?"
"I did not." Elijah sent a tiny smirk at Klaus.
"Well, I couldn't very well let her go to waste, could I?" Klaus gave a grin.
"Well, I suppose I'll go fetch the rubbish bin, because she's staining a the hundred-year-old carpet." Rebekah sounded annoyed.
"Ah, yes." Elijah looked up from his book to see the dead girl bleeding onto the table, from where the blood dripped onto the floor.
"Ugh!" Rebekah stormed out.
When Rebekah was far enough away from them Elijah and Klaus started to chuckle as they looked at each other. The brothers calmed down after a while and went back to their books until they looked up as Hayley walked through the room towards the kitchen, a hand resting on her baby bump.
Elijah set down the grimoire he had been reading and slowly got up to follow Hayley into the kitchen. He leaned against the doorway and watched as Hayley rooted through the fridge with a smile on his face.
"Good morning." Elijah murmured softly.
"Hi." Hayley looked up at him with a bright smile.
Rebekah walked through the back door, dragging a trashcan behind her.
"Do any of you know if we have milk or did I forget to put it on the grocery list?" Hayley asked with an embarrassed little smile.
"Speaking of grocery lists." Rebekah huffed. "Add bleach."
Rebekah stomped off into the living room to clean up the mess her brothers had left. Elijah smiled and walked over to the cupboard while Hayley pulled out a spoon from a drawer.
"You know, I do hope my siblings were hospitable to you in my absent." Elijah murmured.
"You mean during the time you were kidnapped with a dagger in your heart?" Hayley smirked as she watched Elijah bring a bowl, a spoon and bag of cereal to the counter. "I have been attacked by French Quarter vampires, I've lived in a house with a secret dungeon full off coffins and I was nearly murdered by witches who are convinced my baby is Lucifer."
Elijah smiled sympathetically as he pulled orange juice and milk out of the fridge, poured a bowl of cereal and the filled it with milk before giving it to Hayley.
"Oh, milk." Hayley smiled sheepishly before getting back on topic. "I have had a wonderful time with your siblings actually, they may be weirdly overprotective but I'll like spending time with them. Klaus even let me help bleed one of his new minions off vervain, which was fun."
"I'm just happy to see that you're I one piece." Elijah smiled at her, the he turned serious. "So, back to the murderous witches. I have some concerns."
"The only reason I haven't done anything about them yet is the fact that my life is still magically linked to Sophie Devereaux, which is not comforting." Hayley sounded slightly annoyed.
"Yes, I think it's time we took care of that little problem." Elijah looked thoughtful.
Rebekah suddenly re-entered the kitchen, dragging the corps of the girl Klaus killed across the floor behind her. "I'm all for it. As soon as they're unliked, we get to leave this crap town. Who do we have to kill?"
"Probably no one." Elijah said after considering it for a while, but at the look and the raised eyebrow sent at him by Hayley he sighed, "Alright, potentially everyone."
After Hayley had eaten her bowl of cereal, she walked into the room where Rebekah were scrubbing the carpet to try and clean up the blood while Klaus was sitting on the couch, reading a book.
Hayley was about to ask Rebekah if she wanted ay help when Rebekah looked at Klaus and said, "Poetry about poisoned apples from dead trees. Looks like someone's worried about impeding daddy-hood."
"Nonsense." Klaus shook his head with a smirk. "Elijah's back. In his presence, all problems turn to pixie-dust and float away!"
Hayley burst out into belly shaking laughter as Rebekah side-eyed her brother with a grin and Klaus' smirk turned into a smile as he looked at Hayley. Elijah, having heard them talking about him, walked into the living room to join them.
"Strange, I don't recall any pixie-dust from the darkness of the coffin I was recently forced to endure." Elijah hummed as he opened Esther's grimoire and flipped through it.
"That's because you were the damsel in distress in that story, dear Elijah." Hayley chuckled with a teasing smirk, making Klaus laugh quietly.
"What are you doing with mother's spellbook?" Rebekah asked as she looked at Elijah.
"Well, in exchange for my freedom, I promised the witch Davina that I would share a few pages from mother's grimoire." Elijah explained as he flipped through the book to find the spell he was looking for. "To help her learn to control her magic. I thought we'd begin with a little unlinking spell."
"Oh, that is quite genius." Hayley muttered as Rebekah and Klaus looked at each other in confusion.
"Wait, you want to use her to unlink Hayley from Sophie Devereaux?" Rebekah asked as her and Klaus figured it out.
"Sophie brought us here under false pretenses. She doesn't just want us to take down Marcel and his minions, she wants Davina back." Elijah looked up at them. "So, she 'joined' her cause to ours with magic, threats and half-truths. Well, no more. As of now, our deal with Sophie Devereaux is null and void."
Klaus and Rebekah smiled wryly at each other, if there was one thing Elijah hated it was falsehoods and lying when making a deal. Had Elijah ever put the deal in words that made it sound like everyone was gaining from it while he himself knew that he was the only one profiting? Yes, several times. Had he outright lied or come with falsehoods when making a deal? Never!
"Niklaus, I need you to come with me. I need five minutes alone with Davina. You need to make certain that I am not interrupted." Elijah pointed at Rebekah and looked thoughtful for a few seconds. "You stay here and watch Hayley."
"How did I get elected super-nanny?" Rebekah huffed in annoyance as Elijah left the house.
"More importantly, who put him in charge?" Klaus stood up and walked over to Hayley. "I will see you later, little wolf."
"Be careful." Hayley smiled at him. "Both of you. And watch each other's back."
"We'll be fine, little wolf." Klaus assured her before speeding out of the house to do what Elijah requested of him.
It took Elijah less than five minutes to arrive at Davina's room in the attic of St. Anne's. He leaned against the doorway as he saw her sketching and knocked on the door. Davina smiled at him as he held up several pages of Esther's grimoire wrapped in a cloth.
"I made you a promise." Elijah said with a nod.
"Come in." Davina almost bounced in place form excitement.
Davina spread on of the pages from Esther's grimoire on her table and read it as Elijah held an elaborately woven knot of rope in his hands. Davina frowned. "It's a spell of unknotting?"
"This is a sanguinum knot." Elijah held up the knot in his hands. "The witches use it as representational magic. If you unknot this using that spell, you will have taken a step towards learning control."
Elijah placed the knot on the table in front of Davina and turned to her seriously.
"This is one of my mother's later spells. It requires much more power than you realize. Now, if you can perform this, then I shall return with another page." Elijah walked towards the door, then he stopped and turned back to Davina with a smile. "A spell of your choosing, next time."
OGOGOGO
Hayley had been having a bad feeling ever since Elijah and Klaus left. She felt like something was coming and she just couldn't figure out what. The only positive thing that came from her worrying about Klaus and Elijah was that it made it easier for her to ignore he craving for vanilla ice cream, Nutella and strawberries. Wonder if she could quilt trip either Elijah or Klaus to get her some when they got back? I mean, they had to apologize for worrying her, right?
Then there was something else she was craving but she couldn't put her finger on what. Hayley made her way to the kitchen and started to look through the cupboards to try and find what she was craving.
When the cupboards didn't yield any more answers to her cravings she moved on to the fridge. After rooting around for a while and not finding anything, she closed the fridge with a disappointed sigh and made her way up to her bedroom.
"Ahh!" Hayley suddenly yelped in pain and instinctively grabbed her neck, when she pulled her hand away, she noticed blood on her fingers.
"What the hell was that?" Rebekah asked unnerved as she rushed into the room.
"Hell if I know." Hayley muttered as she looked at her hand. "It felt like I was being stabbed."
Rebekah and Hayley looked at each other with dawning realization that something bad was happening. When nothing else happened for a few minutes, Hayley and Rebekah decided that Rebekah would call her brothers and make them check up on Sophie to make sure nothing was wrong.
Hayley decided to sit in a comfy armchair in her bedroom and read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. As Senya she had read the book several times and she absolutely loved it, and while she also really enjoyed The Lord of the Ring trilogy, The Hobbit would always be her favorite.
She had just come to the part where the company has arrived at Beorn's when Rebekah walked into her room with a basket of apples. "Time for the demon spawn to snack!"
"I really wish you wouldn't call her that." Hayley laughed as she placed a page marker in her book and put it aside.
"Oh, sorry, have you picked another name yet?" Rebekah held out the basket of apples. "Take one, the plantation's lousy with them."
"I have some names that I was thinking about but I need to talk to Klaus before we decide anything." Hayley carefully choose an apple., then she frowned. "I have a feeling that something bad is going to happen… and I'm sure it has something to do with Sophie Devereaux."
"Then, do me a favor and don't die on my watch." Rebekah snarked but Hayley could see the small spark od worry deep in her eyes. "I'll never hear the end of it."
"You know, when I first met you, I thought you were a real bitch." Hayley smiled at Rebekah.
"What changed your mind." Rebekah smiled back.
"The only thing that changed is that now I know you're a bitch and I like that about you." Hayley laughed.
"Aww, well, that's sweet of you to say." Rebekah chuckled before her face turned serious. "Remember it when I'm gone."
"Gone?" Hayley asked confused. "Where are you going?"
"I only came to town to make sure everything was okay with Elijah." Rebekah told her. "He's fine and he hasn't punished Klaus for daggering him, so… as usual, they'll be as thick as thieves and I'll be left to clean up the mess. It's time for me to fly the coop."
"Oh… you'll come back and meet your niece, right?" Hayley asked softly and was about to take a bite out of her apple when she suddenly felt very woozy.
"What's wrong?" Rebekah frowned as she saw Hayley sort of sway where she was sitting.
"I dunno, probably morning sickness…" Hayley murmured as she shook her head.
Rebekah walked forward and placed a hand on Hayley's forehead. "You're burning up, actually."
Two hours later found Hayley lying in bed as Rebekah blots sweat from her forehead and chest with a washcloth. "Stop fussing, will you? Elijah will be here any minute."
"I feel like I have been microwaved." Hayley groaned, feeling like she was boiling.
"Hey! Just because you're carrying a baby doesn't mean you get to act like one!" Rebekah reprimanded to hide her worry. "I'm sure my little niece is healing you up as we speak."
OGOGOGO
After Rebekah had called Elijah and Klaus rushed into the backroom of Rousseau's to find newly wakened Sabine on the floor of the kitchen.
"What happened?" Elijah asked gruffly as he helped her up from the floor, worry for Hayley swirling in his stomach.
"It was Agnes." Sabine rubbed her head with a groan as she looked around. "Her men took Sophie."
"Day one of you in charge, brother and already the witch linked to Hayley has been abducted by zealots." Klaus sighed, knowing that it really wasn't Elijah's fault but the feeling of worry made him lash out slightly.
"Where is she?" Elijah demanded to know as he looked a Sabine.
"If I tell you were Agnes is, you'll just kill her." Sabine said.
"Isn't that obvious?" Klaus glared.
"Look, I know she's a little… coo-coo, but she's our last living Elder." Sabine explained. "That might not mean a lot to you, but it means plenty to us. The Elders are the only ones who can do important spells."
"Like completing the Harvest ritual?" Elijah asked but suspected that was the case.
"You know about that?" Sabine asked in confusion.
"Oh, you'd be astounded by the things I know." Elijah huffed.
"Allow me to entertain you with today's list of priorities." Klaus turned to look darkly at Sabine. "One; unlink your friend Sophie so she no longer controls the fate of the woman carrying my child. Two; convince my brother to accept my heartfelt apologies for some recently dodgy behavior. Three… there is no three."
"I believe what my brother is attempting to communicate here is that neither the life of this Elder nor the Harvest ritual, nor your coven's connection to magic are of any relevance to him whatsoever." Elijah's whole demeanor turned cold. "Now talk."
After finally managing to get the location out of Sabine Klaus and Elijah found Sophie chained up in the mausoleum and they quickly broke the chains holding her.
"What happened?" Elijah almost growled.
"Agnes stuck me with a needle. Cursed objects were created a long time ago. We use them so we don't get busted by Marcel for doing magic." Sophie groaned and rubbed her wrists. "The one Agnes used is called the Needle of Sorrows. It was cursed in 1860 when…"
"Jump ahead a few decades and tell us what it does, love?" Klaus voice was deceptively calm.
"It has only one purpose: to kill a child in utero by raising her blood temperature." Sophie explained.
Klaus started to growl deeply, the wolf prowling so very close to the surface and Elijah had to lock his limps so not to attack the witch.
"It's for miscarriage." Elijah growled and Sophie nodded. "So, how much time do we have to fix this?"
"It will do what it's meant to by tonight's high tide." Sophie informed them. "And believe me, it will work. I saw her using a similar object on a kid who went mad and killed a bunch of priests."
"I'd like to have a chat with this Agnes." Klaus said and you could hear the wolf in his voice. "Where can I find her?"
"You won't." Sophie said. "There are a thousand places she could hole up to wait it out."
"That's precisely why we need to unlink you from Hayley." Elijah asserted strongly. "No more danger towards her or the child."
"No, what?" Sophie shook her head in slight confusion. "If I am not linked to Hayley, I lose my leverage against you. We had a deal!"
"We are not on the same side, Sophie Devereaux." Elijah glared at her. "Our deal no longer stands!"
Sophie scoffed in outrage but before she could say anything Klaus started to smirk very darkly.
"So you don't unlink yourself from Hayley and they baby dies…" Klaus hummed. "Neither me or my brother will have a chance to kill you because Hayley herself will rip you apart."
"Niklaus, you have to find Agnes while I take Sophie here to the mansion to help Hayley as best as she can." Elijah spoke quietly enough so only Klaus would hear him. "People fear you more than me for some reason."
"I'll do it, just…" Klaus spoke equally as quiet. "Make sure Hayley and the baby are safe, please."
"I promise to do everything in my power to make sure Hayley and the child are safe." Elijah promised sincerely.
Klaus nodded at him and vamp-sped away to find Agnes or her cohorts, while Elijah grabbed Sophie and vamp-sped to the mansion.
Elijah sped into Hayley's room to hear the end of Rebekah's sentence, "…healing you up as we speak."
Rebekah stood up to greet him as he sped in but looked appalled when she saw who he brought with him.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Rebekah snarled.
"I'm trying to help." Sophie defended herself with a sigh.
"Help?" Rebekah scoffed. "You're the reason we're in this bloody mess! Why aren't we unlinked with this witch already, Elijah?"
"Rebekah, let her do what she can." Elijah murmured quietly.
Before anyone could say anything else, Hayley had stood up on unsteady legs and walked over to Sophie just to slap her hard across the face, wincing as she felt the pain in her own cheek.
"If my baby dies, I will start by ripping out all your nails on your hands and feet, after that I'll remove your teeth, one by one." Hayley glared darkly at the witch. "And when all your teeth are gone, I will break every single bone in your body with a hammer, starting at your feet and slowly moving up."
Sophie backed away with a shaken look on her face and Hayley gave one last glare before she turned to make her way back to the bed. Unfortunately, she had used up a lot off her energy with her little stand and her legs gave away underneath her.
"Careful." Elijah caught her and carried her over to the bed to place her gently down on it again.
"Elijah…" Hayley said quietly. "If my baby dies, don't let her get away with it."
"She won't, I promise." Elijah murmured softly.
"I may know a way to slow the fever down. But I'm going to need some special herbs." Sophie turned towards Rebekah. "I'll text you a list."
Elijah looked up from where he was stroking Hayley's hair to nod at Rebekah and while Rebekah doesn't look happy about being ordered around by a witch, she smiled coldly at said witch.
"Fine, happy to play the fetch girl." Rebekah sneered and stormed off.
"Am I dying?" Hayley asked after a while.
"I don't know." Sophie answered. "I've never seen this cursed object used before."
"If I die, don't let Klaus self-destruct, okay?" Hayley looked bleary eyed up at Elijah.
"You're not going to die." Elijah protested.
"Hmm." Hayley just hummed. "Read to me?"
"What do you want me to read?" Elijah smiled slightly.
"The Hobbit." Hayley pointed a week finger at her book.
Elijah vamp-sped over and picked it up and was back beside Hayley in a matter of seconds. "Want be to keep reading from where you stopped?"
"Yes, please." Hayley smiled tiredly.
For the next forty-five minutes Elijah did his best to keep Hayley cool and read the book to her as a distraction. When Rebekah finally made it back with the herbs, Elijah carried Hayley down to the pool in the backyard.
Hayley sat by the poolside as Rebekah stood behind her, checking her temperature and Elijah assisted Sophie with the herbs.
"Elijah." Rebekah called with a warning in her voice.
"She's burning up!" Elijah glared at Sophie, understanding what Rebekah's call off his name meant. "We need to do this now."
"Get her in the water!" Sophie ordered.
Elijah shrugged off his jacked and rolled up the sleeves of his shirt before he jumped into the pool to better be able to help Hayley in. Sophie quickly mixed the herbs in a cup and followed them into the water.
"I don't see how a midnight swim is supposed to help." Rebekah said in frustration.
"Her temperature is sky-high. The water, along with the help of the herbs, should cool us down." Sophie handed the Hayley the herbal concoction and ordered her to drink it before she turned to Elijah. "You're going to have to get her heart rate down."
"How do you suggest I do that?" Elijah asked desperately.
"Hold her." Sophie told him. "It's a natural human remedy to slow the heart rate and reduce blood pressure."
"This is never going to work." Rebekah said as she started to pace with worry.
Elijah picked Hayley up and held her close to him bridal-style in the pool, as he whispered softly to her, "Davina will brake the link, we just need time."
Hayley just tried to burrow closer to Elijah's cool skin as she groaned and gasped for breath. She then whispered so quietly that only Elijah could hear her, "I'm scared."
Elijah pulled her closer and started to hum a lullaby that Finn had once sung to him when he was scared as he listened to his mother scream the night Niklaus was born.
Vargen ylar i nattens skog (The wolf is howling in the forest of the night)
Han vill men kan inte sova (He wants to, but cannot sleep)
Hungern river i hans varga buk (The hunger tears his wolven stomach)
Och det är kallt i hans stova (And it's cold in his burrow)
Du varg du varg, kom inte hit (Wolf, wolf, don't you come here)
Ungen min får du aldrig (I will never let you take my child)
Vargen ylar i nattens skog (The wolf is howling in the forest of the night)
Ylar av hunger o klagar (Howling out of hunger and moaning)
Men jag ska ge'n en grisa svans (But I will give him a pig tail)
Sånt passar i varga magar (Which suits a wolven stomach)
Du varg du varg, kom inte hit (Wolf, wolf, don't you come here)
Ungen min får du aldrig (I will never let you take my child)
Hayley tried to smile as she listened to Elijah sing, he had a nice, soothing voice, but it was getting harder and harder to breath, "I can't breathe!"
"Okay, long deep breaths. Hayley!" Elijah raised his voice slightly as Hayley started to hyperventilate. "Look at me. Long deep breaths, just focus on the sound of my voice." He lowered his voice to a whisper, "You'll be okay. You'll be okay."
Hayley tried to focus on Elijah's voice like he said but the pain which hit her made her scream and writhe in Elijah's arms.
"I just felt it lift." Sophie said suddenly, but no one saw her looking almost disappointed, to busy looking at Hayley.
Hayley started to calm down in Elijah's arms and Elijah looked stunned. As she stood up on her own, she leaned against Elijah, still weak from the spell. Off to the side, Sophie removed on of her earrings and pokes her palm with it.
Hayley looked down at her own palm and both she and Elijah looked relived when she's not injured. Elijah grabbed her hand and they stared at each other for a long moment. Elijah hurried to let go of Hayley's hand when he saw the look Rebekah was giving him.
"Come on, let's go." Elijah said gently to Hayley as they made their way slowly to the edge of the pool.
"Elijah… as soon as your brother finds out that the link is broken, he'll kill Agnes." Sophie looked imploringly at Elijah. "I know you don't owe me anything, but please, don't let him kill her."
Elijah spared her a tiny glance as he zoomed out of the pool to the table and pulled his phone out of his jacket.
"Elijah!" Sophie sounded worried. "She's our only access to the power we need to survive. Promise me that you'll stop him!"
Elijah ignored her and dialed a number into his phone before raising it to his ear. "It's me, where are you? Don't hurt her, I'll be there shortly."
He hung up the phone before turning to Sophie with a glare. "I'll make you one last promise; I won't let my brother kill Agnes."
Sophie sighed in relief and nodded at Elijah gratefully as he picked up his jacket and his shoes and walked away.
Sophie and Hayley turned to get out of the pool but Hayley stopped at Sophie, smiled at her and then she bashed her head against the side of the pool, making Sophie get a wound on her head that started to bleed.
"You ever, ever, try and hurt my baby again you will beg Elijah and Klaus to kill you before I'm done with you." Hayley growled with glowing eyes.
Elijah, who had heard everything, smirked and chuckled quietly as he made his way to his bedroom to change into dry clothes. He knew he and Klaus had to have a serious talk and soon, what with both of them falling for the same woman… again.
But this time Elijah refused to let it destroy the bond between him and Klaus and if that meant he had to step back and give up on his own happiness and a relationship with Hayley then so be it.
"The unlinking worked!" Rebekah's voice knocked him out of his thoughts. "Maybe now we can make plans…"
"Not now, Rebekah." Elijah interrupted as he walked towards the doo in a hurry. "Can we discuss this when I return?"
"I won't be here when you return." Rebekah sighed in frustration.
Elijah stopped walking and turned to Rebekah. "That sounds like a goodbye."
"…I guess it is. I only came to New Orleans to make sure you were safe." Rebekah gave a half shrug. "You are. I thought that I might be able to convince you to come with me, but here you are, rushing into whatever Klaus and Marcel and the witches have cooked up. And I finally get it." Rebekah started to tear up. "You'll never leave this city. You'll never leave Klaus. Especially since you are both falling for the same pregnant werewolf."
"Then you should stay." Elijah walked up to her and looked at her sadly, ignoring the poke at his feelings for Hayley.
"This thing that you and Klaus and Marcel have, I want no part of it." Rebekah started to cry. "I just want to be free."
"Well, then, go." Elijah murmured sadly as he kissed her on the cheek. "You are free!"
Elijah swiftly made his way to St. Anne's and got there in time to see Klaus zoom over to Agnes and pull her into a choke-hold.
"Don't. Touch. My. Family." Klaus growled as he glared darkly at Agnes.
"Leave her." Elijah commented as he approached them at the front of the room.
Klaus pulled Agnes into a headlock and stood back as he watched Elijah walk down the aisle towards them.
"I gave my word." Elijah told Klaus as Father Kieran stood up to greet him.
"You tend to give your word at the most inopportune times, brother. We've been doing things your way all day." Klaus almost sounded like he was pouting. "Come on! Just one little snap and it's 'Toodle-doo, Agnes'. She deserves it!"
"Niklaus, don't make another move. You have asked for my forgiveness." Elijah looked over at Klaus. "I will grant you that forgiveness, but do not make me break my word."
Klaus glared at his brother as he considered it and after a moment, he let Agnes go, opening his arms wide. "My noble brother, how was that for personal growth, eh? Still, it is just like you to spoil all of my fun."
Elijah stared into Agnes eyes. "Oh, not necessarily."
Elijah zoomed over to one of the men who helped Agnes and ripped his heart out, throws a second man into the air and does the same to a third as he ripped out the man's heart. He turned to Klaus with a bloody heart in each hand and drops them to the floor. He pulled out his pocket square to wipe his hands as Agnes stared in horror and Klaus grinned proudly behind her.
"Now, I swore you would not die by my brother's hand. I said nothing of my own." Elijah grabbed Agnes in a choke-hold and pushed her backwards. "Nobody hurst my family and lives. No one!"
Elijah quickly snapped her neck and then he looked up at a horrified looking Father Kieran, "She was lucky it was me and not Hayley."
"Wh…" Father Kieran cleared his throat. "Why?"
"At least I made it quick, Hayley would have dragged it out for as long as possible." Elijah hummed and Klaus laughed.
"That she would." Klaus chuckled proudly. "Meet you back home?"
"You're not coming now?" Elijah asked as he looked at his little brother.
"No, I have one last thing I need to do." Klaus told him and sped away to Rousseau's.
"What are you doing here?" Cami asked when Klaus came in.
"Do you remember the promise that I made you?" Klaus asked.
"Promise? No." Cami looked up at Klaus and his compulsion kicked in. "Yes. You promised you'd find out what happened to Sean."
"And I kept my word. Your twin brother's behavior was not born of natural causes." Klaus told her. "A witch hexed him to commit those murders and kill himself."
"I knew it. I knew he wasn't crazy." Cami muttered to herself. "Who is this witch?"
"Well, you needn't trouble yourself over her." Klaus said. "She's already paid for her actions in blood."
"Wait, what?" Cami looked up at him. "You killed somebody?"
"Ah, well, I had a hand in the matter, yeah…" Klaus was interrupted by Cami slapping him across the face.
"Forgive me if I'm a little surprised by your reaction…" Klaus felt anger boil in his stomach.
"How the hell am I supposed to react?" Cami demanded to know. "You just made me culpable in a revenge murder I never asked for!"
"I didn't do it for you!" Klaus snarled darkly. "I may almost see you as a friend, but don't presume I would kill for you."
"Then who did you do it for?" Cami asked, sounding almost like she was jealous.
"The woman that is carrying my child and that I have feelings for." Klaus told her before he zoomed out of the bar.
"Hey, where have you been?" Marcel spoke up from behind him as he walked away from Rousseau's. "Not still mad about our tiff the other night, are you?"
Klaus turned to Marcel with a fake smile, "Water under the bridge."
"Cami's all yours if you're interested. I'm feeling like right now is not the best time to pursue a relationship." Marcel said with a smile.
"I have never been interested in Cami." Klaus told him. "She's become a friend of sorts since all the times I've had to fix your mess."
"Huh, anyway, I swung by your house earlier to commiserate over a drink, but I must have just missed you." Marcel hummed.
"Oh, the Palace Royal didn't suit me." Klaus shrugged. "I moved on weeks ago."
Marcel shook his head with a knowing smile. "Nooo, I mean your other place. Interesting location to put down roots, the same plantation where I was a slave. I guess that's why you never invited me over."
"Well, how rude of me." Klaus smiled falsely. "I'll speak to Elijah, I'm sure he'll be pleased to host you and Davina for the evening! Especially after you were so hospitable to him."
"Good!" Marcel chuckled with a smile. "I look forward to it."
Klaus shook Marcel's hand with a smile but as soon as Marcel left, Klaus' smile disappeared and he began to look worried. He vamp-sped back to the plantation and heard Elijah in Hayley's room tell Rebekah over the phone that Hayley was gone.
"Marcel was here." Klaus told Elijah as soon as he walked into Hayley's room.
Elijah and Klaus shared a look of worry as Elijah absentmindedly dropped the phone from his ear.
A/N: I hope you liked it!
The lullaby that Elijah is singing to Hayley in the pool is this one: watch?v=KTmatjyd4KM
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