Ten

James stood in the hallway looking in on Rose who was sat in the living room on her phone. Rose had been able to convince her parents to give Katherine a chance and let the vampire stay with them for protection. Meredith had been hesitant but apparently once Rose got an idea into her head she didn't back down from it. There were many things that he had been afraid of but trying to talk to a daughter he didn't know was actually terrifying for him.

"You can come sit down," she said surprising him.

"I would ask how you knew I was there but I'm sure my nervousness gave it away," James said confidently as he sat down across from her.

"Sure but there was also the breathing which is different than my mother's or Katherine's plus the fact that your footsteps were different as well, heavier," Rose said with a smirk looking up from her phone.

James took a moment to take that in knowing from the look on her face that she was telling the truth. Hearing this gave him hope that his daughter would take to being a Guardian better than he had when he learned the truth though he was still a little suspicious of the hybrid but he knew he didn't have a right to say anything about that.

"Are you going to talk or just sit there looking pretty?" Rose asked surprising him.

"So I'm sorry if the whole Guardian thing was a big shock," James started not knowing what else to say to her and he hated it, hated what Morgana had forced him into.

"In a way it really wasn't but at the same time it was. I mean I felt connected to Klaus so I knew something was up plus I felt this weird feeling that I needed to keep peace or something. Though finding out your father actually wasn't an asshole but left because he was forced to was a little shocking but relieving at the same time. In essence I think it's on the fence right now," Rose said truthfully. She had wanted to hate him but after hearing everything she couldn't because he left to protect the woman he loved.

"You know you should stop blaming yourself," Rose stated standing up, "You left to protect us, well my mom anyway and that is something you should hold onto. Goodnight Dad."

James felt a surge of warmth run through him at those words and he watched as his daughter walked away. Rose was smart that was for sure and the way she looked at every situation from every viewpoint before forming an opinion showed just how capable she was as a Guardian. He knew he would have to train her, harshly, but he felt that maybe she would be able to handle all that life would throw at her. James decided to reserve the judgement of Klaus until later when he met the hybrid. For now he would spend time with the two loves of his life and prepare for what was coming.

~Fell Girl~

Elijah knew that he spoke for each of his siblings when he was shocked at the progress Klaus had made. Their brother had taken his punishment in stride and when he explained his reasoning for daggering them as well as killing mother they forgave him. Elijah knew that he as well as his siblings carried guilt over not helping Klaus sooner from Mikael. Each of them wanted to meet this girl, Rose, how had caused such a dramatic change in the hybrid and each of them knew that she was his mate from the way Rebekah told it. Klaus flounce into the room looking like a pouting child as he beckoned Kol to go out with him and Elijah sighed knowing that he would need to follow or else this would end badly for everybody involved.

"What has you in a mood dear brother?" Kol asked with a smirk wanting to annoying his older brother since he was the one to dagger him.

"Katerina Petrova is what has me in a mood," Klaus growled storming out of the house they had acquired.

"What does the doppelganger vampire whore have to do with this?" Kol said seeming to forget about Elijah's feelings for while said vampire felt himself stiffen at Katherine's name.

"Apparently Rose has asked me to give her freedom though she did say it was my choice. I gave it and right now I really hate the way this bloody connection is making me feel," Klaus growled his eyes flashing as he got into the car, his brothers getting in as well.

"Niklaus it would be wise of you to not do something senseless and ruin everything you have with this girl," Elijah tried to say calmly.

"I am not taking orders from you and I would never hurt her brother," Klaus said annoyed.

Elijah stayed silent as he sat in the back of the car as Klaus drove. His head filled with thoughts of Katerina despite his best efforts to vanquish them. He loved the girl still to this day but he would not let himself become a puppet to her schemes again nor would he be fooled into believing that there was good in her anymore. Though it was curious to know that Rose, Klaus' mate, had vouched for her in a way by pleading for her life. The more he heard about this Rose girl the more he wanted to meet her to see what it was about her that drew his brother in and also to check if she really was worthy though he was not the best judge of character. Elijah had already failed his brother once he wasn't going to fail him again so yes he would be checking to make sure that this Rose was acceptable for him because the siblings would need to be united if they were to take down Mikael once and for all.