Klaus was summoned early morning to an unrefined area in the bayou; he followed his smell sense to identify his brother exact location, he approached Elijah with determined caution asking "why am I here at dusk Elijah? I take it to be a matter of importance since you never call for me at this peculiar hour!" Elijah appeared as he was noticing unidentified trail of somehow, as he remained silent for a handful of minutes, he then got up straight and pointed his finger to a strange rose bush, which seemed plucked of its beautiful pink flowers "look Niklaus, from all the roses that seems to bloom in this area, only this one is freshly pulled out…and that's what intrigued me" Klaus laughed at the ramblings of his brother "are you feeling alright brother, or are you joining philosophy school again…believe me brother, it's not a suitable career for a man of your talent" the indirect mockery of Klaus made Elijah roll his eyes in disbelief, but he chose to elaborate for his younger brother "First of all, it was a glorious period in Rome, second of all this flowers you keep belittling are from a poisonous nature, a powerful venom that leads to immediate death" Klaus inched a step closer to the rose bush sniffing its horrendous odor "why is this important, anyone could pluck these flowers unaware of their purpose" Elijah scratched his jaw line calculatedly then answered "because only witches who use them in spells, and the massive quantity that seemed to disappear only indicates a grave danger" .
"A grave danger to whom? I've been ruling this town for three months now, witches know not to cross me" Klaus said with flashes of anger starting to become visible on his face, he began to look for trails Elijah must've missed when Elijah responded with a theory of his own "exactly brother, they are in terror of you, they would do anything to recapture their old control, and I think I know where to start, I even sent Marcel to do some other digging", Klaus seemed half-convinced, half-frightened for some reason, what if they hurt his family, his child.
Meanwhile, at the bar Camille lifted her bag preparing to leave, she let out a few coughs, her nose was red as her eyes, she couldn't focus as her head was screaming with sturdy migraine impulses, she noticed the hot tea that Sabine prepared for her a while ago, she sipped a few drops tasting the bitterness of the herbs, yet she determined to finish it wholly, it wasn't the first time she got a cold as this one, but her body seemed fragile than it used to be, she wondered if vampires ever get cold sores, that idea painted a smile on her face before a cough interrupted her thoughts again, only this time it was a bit mild then last night, at least the tea is working, she thought while smiling goodbye to Sophie who was preparing the mix for her Gumbo.
Sophie was about to reach for the condiments when a strong hand wrapped around her delicate neck, she lost breath as Klaus lifted her in the air, pinning her against the wall, with a threatening glare of his own, Klaus seemed unbothered with how her eyes almost popped out of their icicles, excluding his own eyes who were scanning the room for any eccentric flowers, when finding none he let go of her neck uttering "Sophie Devereaux, tell me do you like to join your deceased relatives, because it appears to me you have a death wish! going after my family", Sophie struggled to catch her breath while trying to understand the nonsense Klaus was accusing her of, she drank few drops of water then she questioned "what death wish? I swear I haven't done anything to hurt you or your family", Elijah took his role of clarifying while opening the jars on the table "what my brother Niklaus means that we found a few poisonous flowers plucked at the bayou, an action of a witch, and since you're the only one trying to revive your relatives, we believed it was your way of punishing us for that failure".
Sophie paused a little trying to remember the type of flower they were talking about, she even forgot to deny their accusation, she reached for the cabinet at the left of her stove, and then pulled a small cloth that wrapped a mysterious object, she opened the cloth hastily to find some dead roses and a vile of a liquid matter, she handed the cloth to Elijah, who apparently she trusts more than Klaus. "is this it?"she asked, a nod from Elijah confirmed her worries, she soon sat on her chair while covering her mouth in shock "Sabine brought it the other day, but she said it was a soothing herb, not a poison" her words initiated a second strangling from Klaus who seemed at the verge of snapping her neck indefinitely "if she happens to hurt one of my family I'll burn you all, I don't care if I'll roam the earth looking for each one of you, but I swear to god, I'll do it" Elijah rushed to Sophie's help, grabbing the hand of Klaus begging him to let go before he killed the woman, Klaus obliged then turned his head to the outside, a cup of tea was sitting on the counter, with the same horrendous scent he smelled before, he sped to the counter, lifting the glass and asking Sophie "who drank this tea…answer me!" he yelled when Sophie's eyes started to water in shock, her tremulous lips managed to utter one faint word "Cami!"
Camille rested her head on the pillow, clutching to the soft blanket that gave her a soothing warmth, she began to drift to sleep when the door of her apartment made a loud noise, she vaguely lifted her head in surprise to find Klaus was standing there with a shaken and stunned expression of his own, his eyes were shining from a far, which made Camille's heart flutter in horror, she rose her body asking "Klaus, what's wrong! is everything ok? Did something happen to Uncle Kieran?" Klaus inched closer to her bed, sitting at the corner and running his fingers on her cheek assuring her "no, love everything is ok, I just have bad habits at knocking the door…" he smiled then continued "I think I owe you another door", Camille laughed faintly then joked "I think you heard I had a cold, and you got scared… how adorable", they remained silent for a few minutes, it seemed as an eternity for Camille, who could see the fearful look of Klaus, she knew that Klaus maybe cold and ruthless as winter, yet his affections when shown are warmer than anything, she grabbed the back of his head, unconcerned with transmitting the illness, she aimed for a kiss which he gladly stepped for, her lips wasn't foreign for him, yet he tasted something he recently had, he pulled away noting her nose bleed, seconds after, she let out a groan touching the blood that now was streaming from her nose, then her eyes suddenly went shot.
"Camille! Wake up! Camille!" Klaus screamed at the top of his lungs, shaking her quickly in attempt of bringing her to consciousness with no avail, he then noticed Elijah standing at the threshold of the door, with sympathizing tearful eyes.
"What's wrong with her, tell me! What did you do to my niece" Father Kieran inquired angrily toward Klaus who was carrying Camille in his arms, Kieran rushed over taking her away from him, and resting her on the alter, he was able to see the tears in Klaus's eyes, which only led him to punch Klaus right in the face "answer me! Why is she so pale, is she dying" Klaus only nodded then rushed over to Camille's frail body, "get away from her, I knew your interest in her will only kill her…move away, I think you've done enough already, who did this to my poor niece?"Kieran demanded an answer shielding Camille's body in a tight grip when noticed her blue lips and blood-stained cheeks, Klaus clarified "a witch who harbors malice against me, tried to kill her with poisoned tea…she's not dying because I gave her some of my blood, but it won't hold forever… we need to find the witch, please use your resources to find her, I've already sent my minions scattering the town for her", Kieran pulled his cell phone and made a call "yes! Her name's Sabine, I need her found now, it's a matter of life and death".
Note: am sorry if my story is taking a bit longer than necessary, but I resolved to make a seven chapter story, I know we still got two chapters left then I'll set you free, you'll notice when reading previous chapters that I tried to give clues here and there…OK I know that the dialogue is bit lacking but I had to sacrifice it for the plot. Review please if you're following the story, tell me what you think, and if I suck at this…peace guys!