Chapter 47: Silent Night

Hayley held Hope in her lap as she reached for another present. Christmas had come to Hope's delight and the compound was decorated heavily. Freya and Violet and spent hours decorating since there has been no trouble whatsoever lately. It was a surprise but maybe Tristan was in the Christmas spirit as much as they were. Violet leaned over and grabbed another gift.

"This is from Freya wherever she went"

"Probably to add more ornaments to the tree" Jackson said as Freya just walked down the stairs.

It almost was picture perfect in the compound but the one thing missing was The Originals. They were hoping they would have been back by now but they had just found Mikael and were taking care of him. The whole place was lit up by gold and white lights, a tall Christmas tree and enough toys to last Hope for a while. Marcel and Violet agreed to invite Hayley and Jackson with Hope knowing that it was her true home. Also there was Freya, Gia, Josh, Caleb, Tiana and Cami.

All the girls had pulled out their best and dressed up which made the boys look plain compared to them. They weren't aware of the prom dress code so they wore simple t-shirts, long sleeved shirts and nice pants. Freya wore a simple black dress; Violet had on a plum colored one which everyone joked about because of her name. Cami opted for a skirt and sweater, Hayley wore a fancy top with black pants. Gia of course head to toe in black and Tiana wore a pale pink dress which showed off her skin tone perfectly.

"You know Violet; I always thought you hated me and look where we are now"

"Why does everyone assume I hate them? And I never said I didn't like you, I'm just not that fond of werewolves"

Marcel looked over at her and perked an eyebrow. "Not according to your favorite wolf in the swamp"

She looked at him and faked a laugh handing Hope another gift. Jackson laughed as well finding the situation interesting. She always had some sort of hatred for wolves yet the hypocrisy would kick in. To make things more interesting, Marcel was the only one who knew about her secret meeting with the other pack.

"Now I'm not exactly sure on what you get a child her age so I kind of got her something for when she gets older"

As Hayley helped Hope open the gift, both she and Jackson looked at it in awe. They tried to give it back to her but she refused to take it back.

"My sisters and I always used to fake a tea party with my Mother's expensive tea set so I thought it was time to pass it on to someone else. I don't need it anymore"

She smiled as Hope was fascinated by how white and shiny the cups, plates and other utensils were. Violet had tons of stuff back in Georgia that she kept for a long time. After Marcel turned her, she ran back home and collected most of her family's things. It was hard for her to let go of most of the things but she knew Hope would love it later in life.

"Well now I think this just knocks out everyone else's gift" Cami joked.

"That makes you more ancient than everyone, scratch that Marcel has a few years on you"

Josh also jumped in with a joke. As the night went on, more gifts her open until there were none left. After that, Gia made drinks in which everyone claimed were very strong. Hope played through her things as the vampires, werewolf and human all spoke in different groups. Violet had snuck upstairs and went to their bedroom to the dresser. Pulling out a box, she turned around and saw Marcel walking in.

"Now you spoiled the surprise…" She smiled closing the drawer. "I know you said not to get each other anything but I couldn't pass this up"

She held the box out as he looked between it and her. The black box sat in her pale hand and he grabbed it slowly. Sliding the top open, he stared at the object inside.

"I've kept them at home for the last seventy some years. If you remember correctly when Thierry said he was missing one, it was because I took it for memory sake just in case something ever happen. I don't know if you have the other one but I know he would want you to have it"

"So you were the thief that we constantly heard about for a month"

Violet laughed then looked out the window. Thierry had kept his World War 2 dog tags at heart so when the one went missing it was the end of the world. But that's how Violet was, she kept everything for memory for the ones who were no longer around.

"I tried to convince him it was Diego because I didn't want him to get mad at me over it"

It was now his turn to laugh as he closed the box. He knew how much she had missed Thierry since they were super close and always kept their secret from Marcel. Giving him the dog tag showed a side of her, it showed that there were pieces of her she needed to let go. That wasn't something she really did.

"Maybe it's the Christmas spirit, I don't know but I should just start giving everyone something of mine from Atlanta, too much stuff in one plantation"

Marcel had placed it on top the dresser then leaned forward to give her a kiss. "Someone is missing a mistletoe, I was going to let you know I'm heading out"

Gia had poked her head in the doorway which caught their attention. Violet blushed a little and turned back to look out the window. She waved Gia goodbye as she disappeared out into the hallway.

"Either I hate romantic movies or this really became cheesy"

"Well I know a way to break out of it only if you trust me on something"

"Yeah, what's that?" A sharp pain ran through Violet's back as she cried out quietly. He reached out to grab her but she sunk to the floor with her eyes shut. Aya was standing right behind her as she held a small syringe in her hand. Marcel had bent down to check on her as she slipped the tool in her jacket pocket.

"Don't worry; it's just a combination of vervain and mandrake which will knock her out a little longer considering she has a slight immune to vervain. Only causes her veins to be on fire, nothing deadly"

He looked up at her and realized that they had left the balcony doors open, that was the only way she could have got in without no one noticing.

"As you already know Tristan wants to speak with Violet and I heard that you wanted him to take care of your little problem"

"I told him I would take care of it" He spoke up.

"Well it looks like Tristan wants to handle the issue himself and I know you gave her up in the deal. As you know we protect our members and she isn't one so we can do whatever we want with her. You never told Rebekah I was coming and you didn't tell Violet that you knew about the wolf. You sold her out Marcel and now she is ours"

He didn't know what to do about the situation. Tristan knew his word on the matter so he didn't understand why he would make his own plans. He knew that going against them would be the end of his vampires and even put her life in jeopardy. Aya bent down to pick her up off the floor and Marcel just watched take her away. Banging his fist on the dresser, he closed the window after she left and walked into the hall shutting the door behind him.

Hayley was the first to ask where Violet was. "She didn't feel good and wanted to lay down for a while"