~13~

Lilly and I waited in the apartment; I had scribbled down for where Kol to meet us. There was a knock on the door. I jumped. Lilly got to her feet, about to walk over to answer the door. I quickly jumped over the couch and only just landed on my feet. I ran and grabbed her wrist. we looked at each other and she gave a nod, stepping to the side and letting me open the door. My heart felt like it was waiting for this moment. I took a breath and opened when someone pushed past me. Lilly caught me before I fell to the ground, a scowl on her face. I scowled too as Kaleb turned back around to me.

"Where have you been?" he demanded.

"Excuse you?" Lilly answered with.

"Stacey, where have you been?" he ignored Lilly, his blue eye narrowed at me. I straightened my spine and glared.

"Out." I answered with.

"Where?" he gritted out. I just shrugged, I didn't owe him anything, well except my life but I wasn't admitting to that any time soon.

"Out." Lilly answered. Kaleb looked between us, his hand shot out and Lilly cried in pain, falling to her knees.

"You don't think I can sense a werewolf?" he snarled.

For a second I was shocked with how Kaleb was acting, he wasn't like this. Lilly's cry had me walking over to him and gripping his wrist with both hands. I siphoned him, watching as pain morphed onto his face and he fell to his knees. I glanced at Lilly, she was hunched over before she looked up, eyes of gold. She bared her teeth at him. Kaleb made a choking sound, I let go of him and glared.

"You EVER hurt her again. I will kill you."

Kaleb wheezed out before he grinned up at me.

"Your linked to me. I die. You die."

"Your still dead." I snapped back quickly. I was pissed now.

His eyes widened before he gave me a nod. I walked to Lilly, helping her up quickly. Lilly got to her feet, her body moving in front of mine, shielding me from Kaleb. I felt my lips tug up; I was perfectly fine with dealing with Kaleb.

"What do you want?" I folded my arms, eyes narrowed at him. Kaleb got to his feet, brushing off dirt from his jacket.

"You woke Celeste."

I shrugged again, not giving him an answer. He scowled at me.

"Stacey, this is serious." His eyes lit with fury.

"I thought she could help me."

"Help you?" he seemed a little surprised with my words.

"Yes, you see, I'm not really Stacey, am I?"

I watched as his eyes lit with knowing and he sighed.

"How long?"

"How long have I known or how long has the spell been wearing off?" I tilted my head and he rubbed the back of his neck. he let out a frustrated sound.

"I had no choice."

"I know."

"They have my mother."

"I know."

"They will kill…..what do you mean you know?" he finally heard my words.

I gave him a small smile.

"Kaleb, we can help each other." I decided to switch tactics. I didn't have time to go into details right now. I mean I had a lot of questions for him but right now, Kol could rock up at any second. Something in me said that Kaleb and Kol being in the same room would be dangerous.

"You would help me?" he asked after a few silent minuets.

"Yes." I smiled.

Kaleb's head shot to the door, he pointed to the bedroom.

"Get inside." He barked. Lilly grabbed my arm and yanked me into the room.

Kaleb muttered something quickly, the door remained open so we could see. Kaleb gave me a quick smile before the front door blew off the hinged. A hand clamped over my mouth as I screamed. Emily came in and I narrowed my eyes. I knew I should have drained her completely.

"What do we have here?" she mused. Her head looking round, trying to find something, or someone. Her eyes met mine and she didn't see me.

"Emily." Kaleb folded his hands behind his back.

"Where is she?" Emily asked.

"Who?" Kaleb asked, giving a confused look.

"Don't be cute, I never particularly liked you." Emily scowled.

"Just jealous because I never liked you." He shrugged.

Emily flung out her hand, Kaleb went flying, crashing into the couch and it toppled over. I gasped. I went to move to help him, but Lilly held me in her arms.

"Don't. He can handle her."

We watched as Kaleb flung his hand out, Emily flew into the tv, crashing it to the ground along with the Knick knacks around it. I frowned. There goes a month's pay check. Emily flung Kaleb into the table we ate at. He groaned out. Emily just smirked, walking over to him. her foot on his throat.

"You tell Stacey we will be waiting for her. Celeste will be waiting."

She walked out; Kaleb rolled over in pain. We ran over to him, quickly helping him into a sitting position.

"We can take him to Val's" Lilly spoke, hauling him up and taking most of his weight. I nodded, running and grabbing a few things. I glanced around and sighed, this didn't look good. We left before Emily thought to come back and finish Kaleb off, I bit my lip as we snuck out the back and through a few back streets. I kept glancing around. What if Kol was nearby? Kaleb made a small groaning sound. I grabbed his other arm, helping Lilly with walking him. we jumped into a cab, we stuck Kaleb in first and Lilly followed. I looked around before jumping in with them. we directed the cab. Kaleb muttered something under his breath, I turned to him with a raised brow.

"Cloaking." He managed out. I nodded.

We had gotten back to Valerie's place, she waited for us on the porch and frowned when we brought Kaleb.

"You just keeping adding to your pack." She scowled at Lilly. Lilly shrugged and then pointed at me.

"Blame her."

I went to defend myself but realized she was right, so I scowled at her instead. We lied Kaleb down on the bed, leaving him to rest. An hour later, Kaleb woke up, joining us in the small living room. His eyes looked around.

"This is cosy." He smiled at Val.

"It does the job." She shrugged. She offered us all a tea; I took mine with a smile. I sniffed it, a memory coming undone. I had been offered a tea while I sat in someone's bed. the woman was beautiful, and I felt a power come from her. I frowned as the memory faded again. I scowled.

We sat in silence, Lilly got to her feet, stretching, she walked outside, saying she needed the fresh air. Val had left, giving Kaleb and I some privacy. I turned to Kaleb.

"I need my memories."

He sighed and turned to me; his blue eyes unreadable.

"Do you hate me?" he asked.

"Not as much as I thought I would." I answered him honestly. He nodded.

"If I give them back, I won't be strong enough to sustain the link."

"Link?" I asked. I was confused by that. I had been angry before and not really registering what he was saying.

"A link, I created a link in order to bring you back to the living. The spell was to give you a new life…." He trailed off. I thought for a few seconds. A new life, that meant I was meant to leave the old one behind.

"Do I need a link?" I asked.

"Yes. You were, well meant to be, dead."

"So, I am Jordan Gilbert?"

"Yes."

Finally, I felt like a piece of me had been restored. I had my name, my real name and not some random name given to me. I smiled a little, feeling this small weight lift off my chest.

"This link, can Lilly…." Kaleb was shaking his head.

"Lilly isn't strong enough." He answered.

"Oh." I paused for a minuet before a name popped into my head. "Kol."

"What?"

"Kol. Link me to Kol."

"Stacey…" I cut him off.

"Kaleb, please. I feel like Kol would do it."

"What if he doesn't?"

"He will." I answered. Something in me knew Kol would do this. No matter all the stories I had heard about him in recent. None of them were good. In fact, they were how he butchered so many people. Yet I felt like he wasn't the monster everyone made him out to be. He was misunderstood.

"Very well, we are going to need him."

"Ok."