"You have to give Felicity back," Selina said to Klaus. "Or at least give her to Alistair."

"No!" Klaus shook his head. "Why?"

"Because you getting her was not a mutual decision between Adrian and Helene," Selina replied. "Helene was frightened out of her mind when she woke up this morning and found Felicity missing. Besides, you don't know anything about raising a kid! I was the one who raised our kids, not you."

"Not Roxie," Klaus said. "She wouldn't let her near you."

"Even so," Selina glared at him. "Roxie was a baby years ago. You can't say you aren't a bit rusty."

"Roxanne has me take care of Addison sometimes," Klaus reminded her. "And you and Elijah let me watch Laura. I have more experience than you think."

Selina sighed. "If you want to raise her by yourself, it would make me feel a whole lot better if you let me give you a refresher course on certain aspects of childcare," she told him. "Just for my own peace of mind. And Helene's."

"You're unbelievable, you know that?" Klaus said to her. "You think that just because you're a woman, you know everything about children and that automatically gives you the right to take over things. Well, it doesn't, all right? I'm going to raise Felicity just like Adrian asked me to, and you won't hijack her like you did with Lucy so that I never see her again. I won't let it happen. Do you understand me?"

"You think I hijacked Lucy?" Selina asked, frowning. "I did not 'hijack' Lucy. I saved her."

"How did you do that, pray tell?" Klaus asked. "Enlighten me, please."

"You made Adrian and Roxie activate their werewolf genes when they were just kids!" Selina said. "That's too young! What were you thinking?"

"I was thinking that I didn't want them to end up in the exact situation that Lucy is in now!" Klaus answered. "For a little over a year, Lucy has come to see me every full moon. She's chained herself up in the basement and waited it out and although she's not the sort to get emotional, I know she's miserable and terrified because she had no idea before she was turned what the process of being a werewolf was all about. Did you even take time to teach her?"

"Well, no," Selina admitted. "But I also thought that since she was with Elijah and me, she'd never get into the type of situation where she would have to kill someone and trigger the gene."

"Yet she did, and now she's lost and terrified," Klaus said. "This is your fault. You caused it. Now how do you plan to fix it?"

Selina thought a moment. "My uncle," she said finally. "I could send her to my uncle. I could send her to see Jake. No one knows more about werewolves than he does, and I'm pretty sure he and Lucy have met before."

"That better work," Klaus told her.

"Don't worry," Selina replied. "It will. And I'm sorry about Lucy. I should have been more considerate of your feelings. But it was a tough situation for everyone."

"Yes," Klaus nodded. "I guess it was."

Lucy stared up at the big house after she got out of Selina's car. "I know this place," she said.

"You do?" Selina asked. "Good. That makes things a lot easier. Now, what I'm about to suggest is not meant to be a punishment for you or anything. It's meant to help you, because your father mentioned that you've been having trouble adapting to being a werewolf and I thought that since it was my fault you weren't around your father and I didn't teach you anything about being a werewolf myself, I should do something to help you out."

"Okay," Lucy nodded. "What did you have in mind?"

"Do you remember who lives here?" Selina asked. "Or do you just remember the house?"

Lucy shrugged. "Just the house. Why?"

"Cause I have an uncle who lives here," Selina told her. "He's my mother's brother, and one of the first people in our family who was openly a werewolf. Of course he wasn't careful and it got him killed, but thanks to some quick thinking on Alistair's part when your father and I first got together, he's alive again."

"He was killed?" Lucy asked, her eyes wide. "Why did that happen? How was he killed?"

"Honestly, I couldn't tell you exact details because my mother was the only one who knew and she didn't like to talk about it much, so I'll just let Jake tell you, okay?" She gestured for Lucy to follow her away from the car and up the steps to the front door of the house, which were actually somewhat steep. When they got to the door, Selina knocked a few times and then she and Lucy stepped back to wait for someone to come answer the door.

A few seconds later, a guy with dark, spiky hair, dark eyes, and tan skin opened the door. When he saw Selina, his jaw creased into a grin, showing perfect white teeth. "Selina!" He said when she ran forward to give him a hug. "Why do you never come and visit me, young lady? I miss you."

She shrugged. "My life is just insane," she said. "I know that's no excuse, and I am definitely not ignoring you because you're related to my mother. I just...I'll try to visit more often, I swear."

"Well, okay," he nodded. "I guess I can accept that." He let her go and saw Lucy. "I know you," he said. "Have we met before?"

Lucy looked at him for a second or two. "Yes!" She nodded. "I think we did! I had this friend awhile back, Jason. He was about to turn for the first time and you helped him through it."

"Yeah!" Jake nodded. "I remember now. Remind me what your name is? I'm sorry I don't remember."

"Lucy," Lucy replied. "And you're my mother's uncle. She told me that before we got here."

They lapsed into silence and stared at each other, then Jake cleared his throat. "I'm sorry," he said. "Where are my manners? You two come in and have a seat in my living room and we can talk about what brings you here."

When they were all sitting on sofas in the living room, Lucy said, "I turned about a year ago. It happened really quickly, you know? Before I was ready for it. And even though I've become a werewolf every month for the last fifteen months, i still don't think it feels natural or comfortable. How can I make it better? Or at least more tolerable? I know it's not possible to make it go away."

"Werewolf problems," Jake nodded knowingly. "I guessed as much." He gave Selina a fake sad look. "People in this family think I'm only good for one thing!"

"Well, I'm sorry," Selina told him. "Next time, I'll try to get help from you about something other than werewolf stuff, but you gotta admit, this is your forte."

"It is, isn't it?" Jake asked with a grin. "Anyway, what were we saying? Oh, yes. What can be done to make your werewolf experience a bit easier for you? Tell me, what is a typical full moon like for you?"

"I go to my dad's, freak out, and then after I turn, I spend the rest of the night chained up in the basement so I don't hurt anyone," Lucy said firmly. "I already had issues with my vampire side making me kill people. I don't want to get in trouble for my werewolf side doing the same thing."

"So, every full moon since you've turned, you've locked yourself up in a basement," Jake said. "You haven't gone outside and let yourself run free at all?" He paused and looked confusedly at Selina. "Didn't her father suggest that first thing once he found out she turned? Or did you?"

"Actually, she didn't grow up with her father," Selina said. "She grew up with her uncle and me and her uncle has no werewolf blood in him, so we just raised her like she didn't either. I never thought she'd get into a situation where her gene would actually be activated."

"Well, the more fool you," Jake scolded. "If you have a werewolf gene, you should never just assume it won't be activated because you think you're being careful. I mean, think about your own life, Selina! How your mother kept you under her eye at all times and despite her best efforts, you still almost activated your gene at the age of five. You didn't mean for it to happen, of course. But it did." He turned to Lucy. "And how was yours activated?"

"I killed a guy who was gonna assault me when I was coming out of a jazz club," Lucy said quietly. "I was just defending myself, not doing anything wrong."

"I know," Jake nodded. "And I'm glad you're all right, but a death is a death. The gene doesn't differentiate between whether you killed just for the fun of it or killed to defend yourself, or whatever. Any death at your hands will activate it."

Lucy nodded. "I understand that, but what do you suggest I do to make it better? It's been a year and I still feel miserable every month when I should have adjusted by now!"

"Where do you live?" Jake asked. "Is it in a house, or an apartment where you have a lease, or...?"

"It's a house," Lucy asked. "Why?"

"You should leave your house and go out into the woods for awhile. You'll be less likely to hurt someone if you're in the woods. Go out into the woods for a month, and when the next full moon hits, don't chain yourself up. Just let yourself turn and then embrace what you are. Run around, smell things, eat things, experience things. And then maybe, once you've truly embraced what you are, it will feel more natural to you after that. Now, I'm not guaranteeing this would work, but it's something to think about. What do you say?"

Lucy sighed. "I suppose I could give it a shot. I've always wanted to try painting in the woods. It would give me a completely new perspective on things."

"Well, good!" Jake nodded. "It should make you feel better about things and if it doesn't, at least you'll have gotten away for awhile."

They chatted a little while longer about non-werewolf things and then as Lucy and Selina were getting up to go, Lucy looked at Jake. "Could I come and see you again some time? I really think you could help me. I actually feel a little better about my situation already."

"Sure," Jake nodded. "I'd love to help. Come by whenever you want."

"So, how are things going here?" Selina asked, peeking in Felicity's room later that day. "Need any help, Nicky?"

"No," Klaus said as he pulled a dress over Felicity's head. Selina looked around. There were dresses stained with spit up all over the bedroom floor. "We're doing fine."

"And even if we weren't," Alistair said, suddenly appearing behind her, "I'm sure one of us would figure out an answer to the problem right away."

Selina shook her head. "Hi, Alistair. What are you doing here?"

"Helping Klaus take care of Felicity, of course," Alistair replied. "At least until I can talk to Helene about what happened. Someone needs to handle the magical side of her. Especially since she's starting to show her powers. That is, if I recall correctly, what inspired Adrian to bring her here in the first place." At that moment Felicity sneezed again, transforming into something Selina didn't recognize and Alistair turned her back without making a production out of it. "There we go," he said with a smile. "Crisis averted."

Selina stood there and watched them for a few minutes before Alistair cleared his throat.

"Selina, do you need something?" He asked.

"No," Selina shook her head. "Is there anything I can do for you?"

Klaus and Alistair looked at each other and then shook their heads. "No," Klaus replied cheerfully. "As we told you, we're doing fine."

"Well, all right then," Selina nodded. "If nobody needs me, I think I'll go check on Colin now." She turned and left the room. Klaus watched her as she went.

"I saw that," Alistair said.

"What?" Klaus asked.

"The way you looked after her!" Alistair replied. "I know that look. You want her. And let me just say right now...I kept quiet about this for years, but I have to say it: What you two have is not healthy! The whole sex thing, I mean. You have to connect with each other, and share your feelings, and-"

"Yes, yes, yes," Klaus nodded. "I get it. I understand. And let me assure you that at this point I have no intention of going after Selina, because I have Felicity to look after and I want to justify Adrian's trust in me." He looked out the door again. "But on the other hand, just because I'm not going into the candy shop doesn't mean I can't look in the window, Alistair. Do you understand me?"

Alistair smirked. "If you got a megaphone and shouted it from the rooftops, you couldn't be more clear."

"Well, you can't blame me," Klaus said. "I mean, she is beautiful. And so...delightful. Every single inch of that pearly skin is-"

"She's your brother's wife," Alistair reminded him bluntly.

"Don't think I've forgotten that," Klaus assured him. "But Elijah's not exactly here, is he? And though she's being the grieving widow now, as she should be, sooner or later, she's gonna get bored. And by then, it will have been long enough that if she asks me to keep her company, I will be able to do so without guilt."

Alistair sighed. "That seems like a sound plan. The question is, can you wait that long? Your werewolf nature, the very thing that draws the two of you together, is not known for its patience. Especially if the two of you are in the same house."

"I can keep myself in check," Klaus said. "Watch me."

"What do you say we make a wager on that?" Alistair asked. "Just for a little extra incentive?"

Klaus' eyebrow went up and he grinned. "What sort of wager did you have in mind?"

Alistair grinned. "Let me think," he said. "When I come up with something, I'll let you know."

"All right," Selina said to Klaus a few days later. "I sent Lucy to Jake's again. I hope it does her some good. Where's Alistair?"

"He went to talk to Adrian and Helene about the whole 'us raising Felicity' issue," Klaus said. "

"I bet he's gonna come here and tell you you have to give her back," Selina said, putting a hand on his arm. "You have to be prepared for that."

Klaus rolled his eyes. "Wonderful. Yet another child being taken away from me by a domineering, know it all woman."

"Hey!" Selina said, taking her hand off his arm and putting both hands on her hips. "I told you I was sorry. What more did you want from me?"

Klaus nodded. "I know, I'm sorry. We said we were letting that go after we addressed it. I just...I really like the idea of having Felicity here."

"Are you using her as a replacement for Lucy?" Selina asked. "Or are you gonna love her for herself?"

"Of course I'm gonna love her for herself!" Klaus said. "Lucy is a completely different situation."

"Well, all right," Selina put her hands up. "I'm sorry."

Just then, Colin toddled into the room, followed by Gregory. Colin held a small cup with a lid on it in his hand. He saw Selina, grinned and held the cup up.

"Colin needs more juice," Gregory said, pointedly ignoring Klaus. "I tried to get some more, but the container was too heavy and I spilled."

Selina sighed and got down on her knees in front of Gregory. "It's all right," she said. "I'm not mad at you. You're being a good brother and doing things for Colin that I should be doing myself. You go into the living room and I'll clean things up in the kitchen." Gregory nodded and gave Klaus a dirty look as he left Felicity's room where Klaus and Selina were picking up all her stained dresses for yet another load of laundry. Selina picked Colin up and then Klaus looked at her. "Gregory really doesn't like me, does he?"

"Don't take it too hard," Selina said, reaching out for his arm again. "Gregory and Elijah were really close and he took Elijah's disappearance pretty hard. Give it time. And remember, you still have Colin and Laura." And eventually you'll have me, she thought to herself.

That night, Selina decided to go to bed early. She went into her room, got in her pajamas, turned off the light and climbed into her bed, pulling the covers over herself.

"So," a voice said. "Did you have a good day?" She froze and turned over, gasping as she saw Elijah in bed next to her, grinning.

"Yeah," she nodded. "I had a good day, but I think I'm hallucinating. How are you here?"

"I don't know," Elijah said. "You tell me. Is everything all right?"

"Well, yeah," Selina nodded. "Why wouldn't they be? Well, except for the fact that you're gone. That's not a good thing."

The image of Elijah grinned. "You're my brave girl. Some day soon, my father will let me come back to you and things will be just as they were before."

She nodded. "Gregory would really enjoy that because he is not adjusting well to having Klaus here."

Elijah's image frowned. "Niklaus? Why is he here? You're not going to let him in our bed, are you?"

"No!" Selina said quickly. "Adrian and Helene are having problems and asked Klaus to watch Felicity, their new daughter, in case you don't remember, for them. So she, Alistair and Klaus are here and they're raising her and I don't get to help."

"But surely our children are keeping you busy enough?" Elijah asked. "And you haven't forgotten the bakery, have you?"

"No," Selina shook her head. "I haven't forgotten the bakery. Or our kids. It's just that, I don't like being left out of stuff. I think it's mean that Klaus and Alistair won't let me help with Felicity even just a little bit because Klaus is still sore about how you and I raised Lucy. I was just doing what I thought was right at the time. I wasn't trying to be nasty."

"I know you weren't," he said. "I know you meant well, and I do believe we did a very good job with Lucy."

"Yeah," Selina nodded. "We did."

"Are you going to be able to sleep tonight?" Image Elijah asked.

"I don't know," Selina said. "But I'll try." Then she closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, he was gone.

The next morning, Alistair came by bright and early. He looked troubled. "Come in," Selina invited him when she opened the door. "What's the matter?"

"Thank you," Alistair came inside. After Selina shut the door, he asked her, "Where's Klaus? There's something I have to tell you and I'd prefer to tell both of you at the same time."

"Is it about Felicity?" Selina asked. "Are you gonna tell Klaus he needs to give her back?"

"I thought that's what I would be doing, but then I actually went to see Helene, to talk to her about what happened, and after that, I'm not so sure sending Felicity back is the best thing for her at this point."

"Why?" Selina asked. "What's happened?"

"Well, when I got to Helene and Adrian's, I found Helene by herself. I asked her where Adrian and Lenora were and she said that they had gone out and she had no idea when they were coming back, but that she was very worried cause she hadn't heard from them in awhile. Naturally, I called Lenora to scold her about making her mother worry, but after I did that, Lenora told me that she'd left because Helene had turned Adrian into a rabbit after a fight they'd had and she refused to turn him back. That the fight between Adrian and Helene had occurred because Adrian finally decided to tell Helene he wanted to teach the girls about their vampire and werewolf natures and that Helene hadn't taken that at all well. And it was after Helene refused to turn Adrian back that Lenora decided to leave and take Adrian the bunny with her."

"Where did she go?" Selina asked. "She's ten. She can't live by herself."

"Apparently, Damon and Lucy offered to take her in," Alistair replied. "And I suggest the three of us hold onto Felicity for dear life."

"Wait," Selina said. "So you're suggesting we raise Felicity together? And I just saw Lucy, but she never said anything about Lenora moving in with them. Who'd have thought?"

"Alistair and I will raise Felicity, remember?" Klaus corrected. "You already have enough kids to raise without adding another one to the list."

Selina looked skeptically at Alistair. "Don't worry," he said. "I'll watch him like a hawk."