Tyler wanted to join Bonnie for her meeting with the Gemini Coven. However, he couldn't leave Derek and Bobby while they were still trapped in their wolf forms. Lucy, Joanna, and Della were currently working on a solution that would remove the curse the travelers used against his pack members. They had even consulted Julian over the phone. He believed that the traveler that used the curse was young, inexperienced, or both. Julian was familiar with the curse and normally it wore off in a few hours. However, the traveler was probably distressed or panicked at the time. The person's altered state enhanced the curse inadvertently.

He didn't like letting Bonnie out of his sight. Fortunately, Damon and Elodie were accompanying here to the meeting. He trusted them to protect Bonnie if it came to that. Elodie was concerned about cracking open the casket that contained the anchor. She had never met the witch that the Gemini Coven had captured and forced into the role. However, she had warned Bonnie that the witch was dangerous. The woman had lived for centuries by stealing the magic of powerful witches. Joshua Parker issued a similar warning and revealed that several members of his coven had died while subduing the witch.

Tyler also sent Gabe and Jonas to the meeting to protect Bonnie. They would also relay the information his pack had gathered while conducting surveillance on the travelers. Werewolves didn't often concern themselves with witches. They had even less interest in travelers. Therefore, the werewolves understood very little of what they had observed thus far. The Bennett and Gemini witches would have better luck deciphering their actions. Moreover, Julian, Maria, and Yanko were just a phone call away. In the beginning, Tyler had been wary of trusting them. Nevertheless, they had proved to be useful thus far. The hybrid slowly allowed himself to hope that other travelers would also see the benefit of an alliance.

Derek and Bobby's predicament made Tyler more interested in the unification ceremony. If his pack had more hybrid abilities, they could shift at will as he did. He and Bonnie had discussed the idea of conducting the ceremony. They both saw the incredible benefits. However, Bonnie was cautious because she was a witch. She knew from experience that nature did not give such power without extracting some sort of price. The young couple wanted to explore the possible cost before they went any further. Unfortunately, finding concrete information about the unification ceremony was difficult. Gabe could only find an account of such a ceremony from about 120 years ago. It belonged to the alpha of a pack in Toronto. The man agreed to make a copy and send it by a trusted courier. The other alpha refused to trust something so important to digital communication.

He checked his phone for updates from his other pack members. A few of them were still observing the travelers. However, now they were on high alert. He was also waiting to hear from Nadia. In a few hours, she was supposed to join him for a meeting with a group of travelers that expressed a desire to break away from Markos and his plans. Nadia knew a few of the travelers personally. Tyler hoped that she would be able to convince them to break rank and join them.

Tyler's eyes narrowed when he heard a hurried knock upstairs. They weren't expecting anyone until much later. He casted a quick glance at Lucy and said, "I'll go see who that is."

He blurred up the stairs as he heard an infant crying. He opened the door knowing that it was Mari. He took the infant from Elijah without thinking about it. Then he eyed the original and Hayley suspiciously. "Why are you here?"

"Perhaps we could talk about this inside?" Elijah suggested with an edge to his voice. The man looked worried and more rumpled than normal.

Tyler snorted, "You're out of your mind if you think I would invite either of you into Bonnie's house. We can talk like this."

Lucy quickly joined them at the door having heard her daughter's cries from the basement. She frowned not seeing Niklaus with them.

The teen readily handed the child to her mother because his awkward rocking attempt had not soothed her very much.

Lucy pressed a kiss to the top of Mari's head and cuddled her close. She asked, "Where is Nik?"

Joanna joined them at the door with a concerned expression. She had been worried about leaving her granddaughter with the original hybrid. However, Lucy had sworn that the monster was capable of love. Joanna hoped that she was right.

Elijah said, "Something happened at the house. I don't really know how to explain it but we sensed something malevolent but we couldn't see it. Mari and the cat seemed to sense it first. Niklaus told me to get Mari and Hayley to safely. I didn't know where else to go."

Lucy was startled by Elijah's revelation. The only logical answer was that some malevolent spirit had entered the Mikaelson Mansion. There was a slim possibility that it was a run of the mill ghost. Who knew how many innocent humans Klaus and his siblings had killed inside the mansion. However, Lucy knew that they weren't that lucky. Esther and Mikael had been looking for a way to cross into their world for quite some time. Trying to crossover at the mansion would be made easier by the proximity of blood relatives. Esther was a witch and she could call out to her own blood.

Suddenly, she blanched and realized that Esther might have reached out to Mari as well. She said, "This could be your parents next move to crossover. I need to get over there. Now."

Tyler didn't like that idea at all. He said, "I'm coming with you."

Elijah said, "I know that I am not welcome here but Hayley is innocent…"

The younger man scoffed, "Innocent?"

"I regret my actions. But surely we can agree that what you tried to do in New Orleans makes us even," Hayley suggested.

"By all rights you should be as dead as my mother and the rest of the hybrids that were my pack," he growled.

She recoiled at the venom of his words. "You're willing to work with Klaus and he's the one that actually killed them."

Tyler said, "Klaus is a psychopath. You can't really be surprised when he plays to type. You on the other hand, pretended to be my friend and sold me out. A lot of innocent good people suffered because of what you did. I get that you are part of the original family now but that doesn't mean that I will ever let this go. I certainly wouldn't invite you into my mate's home. You've already proven that you can't be trusted."

Lucy didn't have time for this. She said, "Tyler is right. You aren't welcome in the house, Hayley. Elijah, take her to the cemetery. It is being guarded by my family. It is one of the safest places in town. It is the best that I can offer. Explain the situation to them. Hayley means less than nothing to me but she carries Mari's sister. I would not want anything to happen to her."

Elijah frowned but he decided that it was a sensible compromise. He grabbed Hayley and sped away from the Bennett house.

Joanna said, "Give her to me and go, Lucy. Esther coming into our world would be a disaster."

Lucy placed one last kiss on her daughter's head. Then she handed her to Joanna. She looked at Tyler. "Are you coming with me?"

He nodded. "Let's go. Hold on tight. Bonnie will be pissed if I accidentally drop you."

"You are not filling me with confidence, cousin," Lucy replied with a dark look. However, she grabbed onto Tyler before he blurred them to the Mikaelson Mansion.

Tyler came to a stop inside the mansion. The first thing he noticed was how cold the house was. However, it was an unnatural cold that penetrated his skin despite being a hybrid. "What the hell is happening?"

Klaus glared when he saw that Lucy was there. He roared at Tyler, "Why would you bring her here?"

Lucy rolled her eyes and said, "Tyler brought me here to save us all from your crazy parents!"

Klaus still glared at Tyler.

Cary's pack and Rebekah were all in the living room. They were waiting for something to happen. Not that they knew how to engage with a incorporeal spirit.

Lucy walked into the living room. Her dark eyes went to the corner of the living room where the disturbance began. She could see the way the air rippled from Esther's efforts.

Lucy said, "You and Rebekah need to leave the house. Esther is channeling your connection to her."

Rebekah looked torn. "Mother? What are you going to do?"

"There's not much that I can do. The ritual to strengthen the veil requires too many ingredients and witches. We don't have either of those right now. Removing the two of you from the house will break the connection. Then I'll need reach Ayana by seance. The witches on the Other Side will have to stop her."

Klaus didn't like the idea of leaving Lucy in the house but he couldn't risk strengthening Esther more. He scowled and said, "Everything you need for a seance is in my office."

Lucy nodded and said, "Now leave the house. Get at least a hundred feet away from the house, Nik. Please…"

Reluctantly, he nodded and looked at Cary. "Protect her!"

Klaus had come to trust Cary in the time they had known each other. The man was honest and loyal to a fault. Moreover, he trusted Klaus more than was wise. Nevertheless, Klaus appreciated Cary's presence in his life.

Cary said, "We will, Klaus."

The original hybrid grabbed his sister's hand. "Let's go, Rebekah."

She glanced at the corner once more before allowing Klaus to pull her out of the mansion. The siblings walked down the block just to be safe. However, with their enhanced hearing they would know if anything went wrong.

"Maybe we could try talking to her, Nik," she suggested.

He glanced at his sister and asked, "Should we talk to our beloved mother before or after she tries to end our lives again? Better yet perhaps we could convince her not to kill my children...your nieces."

Rebekah deflated at the mention of her nieces. She sighed and murmured, "She used to love us."

The Original Hybrid was in no mood to speak sweet reassuring words to his younger sister. However, the mauldin expression on her face was too much for him to ignore. "Ansel said that death had made Mother bitter and hellbent on righting wrongs-hers and his. As much as she might love us, Mother considers us an affront to nature. Mari is the result of the affair between the love of her life and her best friend. She will not be talked out of her plans with reason and sweet words, sister. She will not suddenly become the woman that told you stories at night and taught you about magic."

She knew that her brother was speaking truthfully. Esther was not the same woman that had been their mother. The wrathful woman she was now posed a danger to them all. Yet there was still some part of Rebekah that longed to see their mother again. She knew better than to say as much to Niklaus in a tense moment like this.

Ayana stood beside two of her children, Drusilla and Christophe, and watched her descendants negotiate with the Gemini Coven. The coven's leader, Joshua Parker, was smart enough to heed the warning from his own ancestors. He knew the future was about to become very uncertain. The only chance for security and survival would be to band together with other supernatural groups. Divided they could be easily picked off, but together they would prove to be a formidable force. Joshua's only demand was a seat on the supernatural council. Ayana's descendants readily conceded to his demand. Having a second ancient magical bloodline on the council was prudent.

She swelled with pride as she watched Bonnie set the tone for the meeting. Ayana was also pleased to see that her other descendants were deferring to her. The girl was young yet but she was the strongest living witch in their bloodline. She had also taken to her werewolf side with ease. She was the right person to lead their family into this new future. Ansel had only come around to the idea after seeing how forcefully everyone had rejected the idea of Niklaus as a leader. Ayana was glad that Niklaus had seen the wisdom in Bonnie leading the supernatural council. Esther and Ansel's son had always been rash, but no one could deny his intelligence. He prove to be a valuable advisor to Bonnie.

Drusilla as if sensing her mother's train of thought murmured, "She will serve our family well, Mother."

Ayanna nodded in agreement. "She will need your brother's help. I just do not know if Bonnie will accept it..."

Drusilla had a soft spot for Klaus long before she knew he was her brother. He was only a few years older than her, but she looked up to him all the same. Her affection for him only grew after learning that he was her half-brother. However, her feelings towards Klaus never affected her judgment. As he grew more blood-thirsty and cruel, Drusilla saw clearly what he was becoming. She loved him still but wisely gave him a wide berth. Drusilla knew how selfish he could be. She had feared that he would turn her even without knowing that they were half-siblings. Drusilla couldn't allow herself to be turned in a creature of the night-not even for her brother.

"I think with time Bonnie's wolf side will allow her to trust him. She has already started to lower her guard around him. He does the same with her."

Ayana opened her mouth to respond then she felt a sharp tug that drew her across town. She blinked in shock and then her eyes narrowed ominously after realizing that Lucy had summoned her. Ayana planned to offer a stern rebuke but stopped when she noticed Finn and Kol standing there.

Lucy could see her ancestor but not the two Mikaelson brothers. said, "Someone is trying to breach the veil. I think it might be Esther."

She explained, "You are right that someone is trying to breach the veil but it is not Esther. Niklaus' brothers are here."

"Say their names, girl. Summon their spirits so that you may see them, too," she ordered.

Lucy added more herbs to the fire roaring in the fireplace. She quietly chanted Finn and Kol's names as the flames grew higher.

Soon the Mikaelson brothers were visible to everyone in Klaus' living room.

Ayana turned her dark gaze onto the two men that she had known once upon a time. "Why are you here? If you mean my descendants harm…"

Kol stepped forward and said, "We were trying to warn our brother. Those witches have brought a grave danger to his doorstep without knowing it. Our nieces are in danger."

Tyler growled when he saw the two brothers but he remained silent.

Ayana frowned because it seemed that Kol was sincere. However, she was well aware that he was no longer the boy she had watched grow from childhood. She asked, "What sort of danger?"

Lucy's magic rippled within her tightly wound body. She had the urge to hold her daughter close. She would have to trust her mother to keep Mari safe from this alleged threat.

"Gemini Coven are using an ancient witch to act as an anchor in place of the Bennett witch. The witch is Mother's sister," Kol explained.

Ayana asked, "Why should this woman pose a danger to Niklaus' children...her own kin?"

Kol gave a pointed look at his older brother. He knew that Finn was still reluctant to betray Esther. He continued to hope their mother would do the right thing. Kol had no such faith in the woman.

He said, "Because our Mother bartered away every firstborn child in our bloodline. Aunt Dahlia claimed our sister Freya. It is the reason that we came to the Americas. Mother hoped that it would prevent Aunt Dahlia from collecting on the debt. And for more than a thousand years it worked because we became immortals that could not bear or sire children. Aunt Dahlia will have her due and will not stop with Mari. As long as she has been denied what is hers, she will take the unborn child as soon as she is born."

Lucy's heart thundered in her chest. She would take this bitch's heart from her chest before she let her lay a hand on Mari.

Kol said, "We helped Mother thinking that she planned to save Nik's children. But Finn overheard her plotting with Father. She plans to kill our siblings, Mari, and Hayley. We do not know which plan is true but we can no longer trust her."

Ayana felt a white hot fury overtake her but she was also fearful. What manner of monster had the Gemini Coven unwittingly brought into the safety of Mystic Falls? Moreover, she doubted that this scenario was pure happenstance. Had Joshua truly tracked and captured a witch so powerful? Or had she allowed herself to be turned into a trojan horse?

Lucy looked horrified she muttered, "It's a trap. We've walked into a trap."

Tyler took out his phone and said, "I'm calling Bonnie now!"

Klaus blurred into the house. He had grown tired of waiting. He was confused at seeing his brothers standing there with Ayana.

Rebekah sped in behind him. "Nik the witch said to…Kol!"

"Hello, Sister," Kol replied with an impish grin.