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WARNING:
Mentions of abuse both SA and DV. If you're triggered, please do not read.
BPOV
I couldn't believe that Elijah had actually signed the divorce papers. As soon as I walked out the door, after I checked that he had actually signed everything that I needed him to, I walked out to see Kol and Klaus standing there. Kol ran up to me just as my legs gave out, picking me up and soothing me. After a while, they came with me to return to the lawyer's office to file the divorce.
It didn't take long to have my marriage dissolved as everything was very cut and dry, even after all these centuries. I had discovered that Elijah had claimed some of my business ventures as his own that I was still in charge of, so I decided to let my managers know that I was no longer the owner of the company and that they could start the process of letting the business fail and therefore, eventually liquidate. That would be the last time that Elijah took anything from me.
"Do either of you know a witch that could break my mate bond?" I asked my two now ex-brother-in-laws.
"Yes, I do. And look at that: She is currently here in Seattle as well. Such a funny way things have worked out," Klaus said to me. It was almost like he was planning for this to happen, so I asked him if he had planned for it.
"Honestly, yes, I did. I could see that you had not been happy in centuries, and my idiot of a brother couldn't see what was right in front of him," Klaus told me, which started my tears once again. Was it really that obvious to everyone that I was so unhappy with the state of my marriage?
"Don't worry though sister, I have a feeling that you will find your happiness, sooner rather than later," Klaus told me, he had always been so kind to me.
"I'm not your sister any longer, but thank you for helping me with this. I never thought that I would be away from Elijah, I thought that I was going to be stuck with him until the day I died." I said. I wanted in that moment for Elijah to feel the loss of his mate, I wanted him to feel it painfully.
"I want him to feel the real pain of losing me. I want him to hurt like he hurt me all those centuries that I found him sleeping with another, or like the pain I felt when I discovered he had our children killed simply because they came from my womb." I told Klaus.
"He did what?" Kol asked, sounding unbelieving. Klaus just growled.
"He never wanted our children, so he had them killed; the only reason that our second son lived as long as he did was because he had gone away hunting to bring home food for the village," I told the two brothers.
"There was no hunting trip when your second son was born; father sent Elijah away for how he treated you, father wanted Elijah to stop sleeping with Tatia now that he was married to you, Elijah and father fought about it and Elijah left with Tatia for a while, by the time he came back you had given birth, and your son had been alive and seen by enough of the village. We never knew that he was killing your children, I never understood why he was angry over your son being alive, well at least now we know." Kol told me. I felt like such an idiot, I should have known that story was a lie, after all, none of the other men in the village went with him to gather meat for the coming months.
"He lied so much, I knew that he didn't want me before we even wed, my family knew he didn't want me, I was trying to make my family proud," I whispered. Getting up off the sofa that I was sitting on in the lawyer's office, I walked out, I felt too overwhelmed, clearly Elijah had lied to his family, and to me as well. I made my way back to Forks, and to Charlie's messaging Rosalie on the way letting her know that I was thankful for her help and that since Carlisle was upset about something to do with my family, I would be asking them to leave the area, and letting her know that I would be doing the same after I had attended Charlie's funeral. She was sorry to see me leave, but she understood and was thankful that she was able to get to know me, as well as she was also sorry for how she had treated me when she believed me to be human. We talked for a while longer and ended things on a pleasant note, which I was thankful for. I was happy that I did not have to wait long to be able to have the funeral. The Mikaelson's were all in attendance, Elijah even behaved. Until he saw Angela that was. Then he was charming.
"Bella, I'm so sorry about the loss of your dad. How are you feeling?" Jessica asked me, as she came forward to give me a hug, for the first time since I met her, she came across as sincere. She didn't even take notice of Kol standing next to me.
"I'm alright. Thank you for coming today; Charlie would have appreciated it." I said a small smile gracing my features.
"Sorry, but you might want to save your friend over there. The man that she's talking to is a real sleaze," Kol informed Jessica, pointing over to where Angela and Elijah were. As soon as Jess saw them, she went over to drag Angela away. She was spouting some nonsense about school that they had to figure out. Elijah just looked at Kol murderously, coming back over to us, clearly wanting to start something.
"I will not have you starting a fight at Charlie's funeral Elijah, it's bad enough that you disgrace his memory by hitting on a teenage girl at his funeral, you will not start a fight," I said standing in between the two brothers.
"You might want to listen to her mate. You have already done enough damage; don't do anymore," Kol sneered at his brother.
"Oh, look at that, I'm not surprised that you have Kol coming to your defence, everyone knew that you were in love with each other. I will do as I please, choose your side wisely brother, after all, Isabella is no longer family, there is no reason to come to her aide any longer." Elijah told his brother, but not once did he look away from me. He was demanding that his siblings take his side. I knew that this would be one fight I wouldn't win.
Checking my bank app, I went and made sure that I had the money to pay for my grandson's funeral and all his expenses, I paid everything, packed my bags and left. Never would I put someone in the same position that Elijah put me in. I would not tear a family apart.
KPOV
After Isa left Charlie's funeral, Elijah started in his usual way of demanding, that we all cut off all contact with his now ex-wife, when Nik and I told him in no uncertain terms, no, he started going off about loyalty.
"Where was your loyalty to your wife when you were off sleeping the doppelgänger? Where was your loyalty when you slept with your wife's sister on your wedding night? Where was your loyalty any time you slept with anyone that was not your wife? You have no right to demand family loyalty when you cannot offer the same." I shouted at my pathetic brother.
"If you were married to that bland wisp of a girl, you would have done the same; who would want to bed that if there was another option?" Elijah sneered at me.
"No, I would be faithful to my wife. I would not have dismissed her in any way. I would have cared for her, loved her, and made sure that she was my priority in everything. Nothing would be above her. I would never make the same mistakes that you have. I would not be you." I yelled at him. Elijah was nothing but a walking example of what not to do.
Only then did I notice that everyone was looking at our family and silent. The girl Elijah was trying to chat up earlier came over to me, along with the girl who talked to Isa earlier.
"Hi, I'm Jess and this is my friend Angela, are you single by chance?" Jess asked me, while Angela started talking to Nik.
"Sorry, not interested, darling," I told the girl. I left and went in search of Isa. There was no way that I would let her leave due to my brother's idiocy.
Once I got to Charlie's home, I saw her leaving the house, bags in hand. Taking them from her and placing them down, there was no way that I was going to let her leave just yet.
"I'm not letting you go, Isa," I told her.
"Kol, I won't do to you what your brother did to me. I will not come between your family. I have a few places that I would like to go. I want to meet with Klaus' witch so that they can remove this mate bond from me. I'm sorry, but I can't be connected to Elijah anymore. I won't," Isa told me.
"Alright then, let's go meet that witch. If helping you achieve this means I get to spend more time with you then I would do so gladly. You have always been my first priority, my first thought and my last. Please if you allow me, I would like to spend time with you, that is all. Will you gift me this honour?" I asked her. For the first time in a while, I was graced with a genuine smile from Isa; before she gave me this, nodding her acceptance, I picked up her bags and went to place them in the car, both of us getting in the vehicle and leaving, I text Nik and let him know that I had left, Elijah was never going to get my loyalty.
We drove over to Seattle. I asked Nik where his witch was, and he sent me the address. I was thankful that he was being cooperative for a change. But I knew that he had a soft spot for Isa. She always treated him more like family than any of us did. It was why she was one who never felt the sting of the dagger.
"Thank you for helping me Kol, you didn't have to, but thank you," Isa told me.
"It's been my pleasure," I smiled at her.
KPOV
Kol and Isa had been gone for a few months. We all returned to Mystic Falls, as Finn, Rebecca and I all felt that it was home, and after 1000 years we felt it was nice to be able to return home finally. Isa had indeed gotten in touch with my witch and had her remove the mate bond that connected her to Elijah, we all knew when she had completed the removal. We all heard Elijah from the other end of the compound. Elijah tried to call Isa several times, with no success, he believed her dead, but we knew better; Finn just smiled since Sage had turned up a few days ago; the two left, after telling our brother that it was his own fault that Isa chose this path, if he had been a better husband she would not have taken her own life.
None of us believed that she was dead, between Finn, Rebecca, Sage and I. We all knew how Kol felt about Isa, we had known since the first day he saw her in the market when we were human. And considering he was also missing, it was very telling to me. Kol had informed us all as well that he was not about to bend to Elijah's demands for loyalty, when our brother saw Kol's response to his demands, our noble brother, lost his nobility. The small town of Forks became a ghost town overnight.
Elijah, despite our best efforts, drained and killed every man woman and child in the small town. We had all thought that Kol was the worst out of all of us. But that day, Elijah single-handedly proved to us all that he was worse, in every way. The loss of Isa had not done Elijah any favours; I had to end up daggering him and placing him in the coffin I kept for him. There was nothing we could do for the town. Finn, Rebecca and I ended up burning the bodies, and the town to the ground, making sure that there was not a single thing left. We destroyed it all. To cover what happened here, we covered for our brother.
"Do you think Isa and Kol pushed him a little too far is the reason for Elijah going over the edge?" Rebecca asked.
"Are you seriously justifying our brother murdering an entire town because his wife no longer wanted to put up with him cheating and abusing her?" Finn asked our sister.
"Well she never did have a backbone, and never once, asked him to stop doing that to her, I'm all for women standing up for themselves. But she could have done something more to make sure she secured her marriage. Let's face it. Tatia would have been better for Elijah more than Isabella ever would have been." Rebecca said to the both of us.
"Let me get this straight, considering you were just like Isa when human. If you married whilst human and your husband treated you like Elijah treated Isa, you would demand that he stop his ways and be faithful to only you, and you would what? Grow a backbone after centuries with a man who was never faithful, who killed your children just because they were yours and was just abusive in general towards you? Is that what you're telling me, Rebecca?" I asked her. Neither of our siblings knew about what Elijah did to our nieces and nephews.
"Yes, I would… wait, what did you say?" Rebecca asked me once what I said registered with her.
"I asked if you would grow a backbone after putting up with centuries of abuse from your cheating husband" I repeated, well summarized.
"No, after that. What was that about our niece and nephews?" Rebecca asked.
"That Elijah had them all killed. Simply because they were Isa's children," I repeated.
"Our brother would not have done that. He loved his children." Rebecca defended.
"No, he didn't, he despised Isa's children, not even mother liked her children, father loved them, and was just as heartbroken when they died as Isa was. As the rest of us were." Finn said stepping forward from where he was before by the lounge door.
"How could our brother do that?" Rebecca asked quietly.
"Simple, he was forced to marry the sister of the one he loved. He has always despised Isa, and she loved him. Maybe Elijah was not her first love, but she loved him. As she told me all those centuries ago when I asked her, 'I love him as a wife is to love her husband,' but anyone could see that he was not the love of her heart. That has always been Kol." I informed both of them.
"By the time Elijah was allowed to return, their second son was old enough to have married and had a family. When our brother returned, Henrik had just passed, Mother was creating the spell to make us all into vampires, and father insisted that she change Isa with us all. After all, he saw her as another daughter." Finn told us.
"And I have ever since, where are the rest of my children?" We all heard from behind us. Turning, I was shocked to see my father standing there, looking at us all.
"I had to dagger, Elijah. He was becoming unruly. And Isa and Kol have left us," I answered him. Even after all these years, the man still scared me.
"Call them home," Father asked me. Pulling out my phone, I called Kol.
"Hello brother"
"Hello brother, I need you and Isa to come home,"
"Why? We are happily spending time on our own"
"Father asked me to call you and ask you to both come home."
"Father asked you?"
"Yes, so when can we expect your return?"
"I will talk to Isa and let you know."
Kol hung up and I passed on the message to our father.
"Do tell, what that fool of a son had wrought upon his family this time?" Father sat down and asked, looking at each of us.
KPOV
"That was Niklaus. Father has shown up and is asking us to come home," I told Isa from the uncomfortable sofa on which I was lying. I had told her to take the bed.
"So when do you want to leave? Where are they now?" Isa asked me.
"Niklaus texted and said they were in Mystic Falls. We can pack up and leave now if you would like." I said shrugging my shoulders. Isa got up and grabbed some clothes going to get dressed, I stayed where I was and just admired the view that was Isa.
We were not that far from Mystic Falls, so the drive there was not overly long. Once we arrived at Niklaus' house, I looked at Isa and asked if she was ready for this, smiling at me, she nodded and started on ahead of me.
Niklaus had the door open as we came up to the house, welcoming us back. As we walked inside, I watched as Isa's demeanour changed. She was looking around for Elijah, who I could only guess was.
"If you're looking for Elijah, then you need not worry, he is not here at the moment." Niklaus said smiling at her.
"Thank you, but you should not dagger your siblings, Klaus," Isa said, but the smile had gone from her eyes. She was no longer the happy woman I had been with just hours ago. As she walked into the lounge, Isa spotted Father and ran over to him.
"Father, how are you? I did not think that I would see you once again." Isa said smiling at the man we all thought cruel.
"Isabella, my darling daughter, I am so happy to see you again," Father said smiling towards her.
"I'm happy to see you as well. Honestly, I am glad to see all of you." Father said smiling as he looked at us all. This was not something that I expected from him. After all, he had hunted us down for centuries.
"Why the change of heart father? After all, you have hunted us for centuries." I was compelled to ask him. Niklaus just looked at me like I was crazy.
"Ah, yes, well you see once your mother died, and you all ran from me, the spell that your mother had me under, lifted some few months later, so I set out to search for you all. I did get close a few times, but you always caught wind of my arrival and fled once again. All I wanted was to apologize to you all for mistreating you all. Your mother and her sister Daliah had placed a deception spell on me while your mother was pregnant with Elijah, once she and her sister fell out of sorts with each other, the spell stuck and was never lifted. Well until she died that is." Father said to us. I looked around at my siblings and noticed a few things.
One: Rebecca was jealous that Isa was sitting on her father's lap.
Two: Niklaus looked torn about wanting to trust our father.
And three: Finn looked angry, but I was not sure what about.
"So why did you want us home?" I asked.
"I will answer you, Kol, but first, why is Elijah dagger?" Father asked, Isa and I were both confused about this.
"Isa and Elijah divorced a little while ago, and their latest grandson was killed in the line of duty, after the funeral, Elijah went on a little bit of a rampage and ended up killing every person in the small town, we had to take steps to ensure that Elijah was subdued, we ended up having to turn the town to ashes; and Elijah ended up with a dagger in his chest. He completely broke down." Niklaus answered. That was surprising. Normally it is me who goes on a killing spree.
"Un-dagger him, I wish to talk to him," Father said to Niklaus.
"Sorry, I love you and all, but I will leave if Elijah is freed. I have put up with enough from him over the centuries, I am only just starting to get my life back." Isa said to Father.
"What do you mean Isabella?" Father asked.
"Sorry, I can't," Isa said, getting up and leaving. I followed her out of the house, leaving everyone to tell Father what was going on.
I went after her, and when I caught up with Isa, I pulled her to me, trying to comfort her the best I could.
"It's alright, darling; I'm not going to force you to see him," I whispered to her.
"I just got free of him; I can't face him again," Isa told me, nodding in understanding; I knew why she said what she did. I heard someone coming up to us from behind me; taking a breath, I knew that it was my father.
"Kol, Isabella, did you want to tell me what this is all about?" Father asked.
"Isa, I can tell him if you would like, if that is easier for you," I asked her. She nodded. "It is best that we go somewhere we can talk away from the house," I told him; Father nodded, and I led the three of us to The Grill. Once we three were seated, I told Father everything, everything that I had seen with my own eyes and everything that Isa had told me. To say that father was furious was the understatement of my existence.
"Elijah was the one responsible for the death of my grandchildren?" Father asked. Isa shrank away from his anger. Father pulled Isa onto his lap and apologized for all the pain that his son had caused. "I should have allowed the two of you to marry when you asked me to arrange the marriage, Kol. I am sorry. The two of you clearly care deeply for each other. Now, Isa, you are no longer married to Elijah. Is that correct?" Father asked.
"That's correct," Isa answered, sounding very small.
"Well, then it is time I right a wrong against you. You will forever be my daughter, but this time, if you agree, I would like it if you married Kol instead." Father said, shocking both of us. Both Isa and I looked at one another. I would only agree if she was accepting of the idea.
"Would you require me to marry him right away?" Isa asked, she did not sound like she was happy about it.
"Excuse me, please. I'm going to get a drink." I said smiling at Isa and Father.
MPOV
I had to wonder what was going on, first at the mention of Elijah, Isabella left, I told Niklaus to remove the dagger from Elijah, as I would want to speak to him when I returned and told them all not to inform Elijah of my return. Once I discovered what had happened, I could not believe what my son had put Isabella through, I would be dealing with him once we returned. When I suggested that Isa marry Kol, I was surprised when she asked if she would have to marry him right away, from what I was witnessing, they that feeling for each other.
When Kol excused himself to get a drink, I asked Isa what the issue was, asking if she did not want to marry my youngest son.
"I do very much, I have loved Kol since I was human, but I am sorry, Elijah hurt me deeply, every day I wished for Kol to come and save me, it wasn't until recently that I learned that Niklaus had him daggered for a long period over the centuries. I don't know if I am ready to marry another yet, even if it is someone that I have loved for so long. I only just managed to remove the mate bond that attached me to Elijah, and yet I still feel as if it is attached." Isa told me. Well, that explained things.
"Well that explains things a little, you had something removed that was never there, from what you tell me of Elijah's action, he had told you that there was a bond when there was not, just to control you, to make you reliant on him even more. If you allow me, I will fix this for you, so that you will be able to see who your true mate is. I already know who it is, but you will need to see it for yourself for you to be accepting of it." I told my daughter.
I would also have to deal with Rebecca's jealousy as well. It did not escape my notice of how she was looking with hatred towards her sister. After Isabella thought for a moment, she nodded her agreement and looked around for Kol.
"Where has Kol gone off to?" Isabella asked. I received a message then from Niklaus that Kol had turned up at the house and that Elijah was awake.
"Kol is at the house, shall we go? I think Kol was rather hurt when you asked if you could wait. Maybe you should explain your reasoning to him so that he understands more." I asked her as I got up and paid the bill for our drinks.
Once we arrived at the house, I could hear Kol and Elijah fighting. Looking down at Isabella, she was scared, but I wondered if she was scared for herself or for Kol.
Isabella ran toward the two getting in between them just as Elijah lashed out and went to punch Kol, but he instead hit Isabella. We all heard the snap, the punch was strong enough that he snapped her neck.
"Elijah! What have you done?" I yelled at my son. He spun around and looked at me, fear in his eyes. That's good; he should be afraid. I went up to Kol. "Kol, are you alright, son?" I asked. He nodded, so I told him to take Isabella up to his room and stay there until she was with us again.
"Father, what, why are you here?" Elijah asked me. He seemed rather nervous. Good. He should be. For one that was meant to be so noble, he was looking rather unsure of himself.
"I am here to try and make amends to my family, I will need to deal with you all. Go and sit in the family room, all of you." I demanded. Thankful when they all listened. "Now, firstly, I want you to tell me, Elijah, why it is that you feel that hitting your ex-wife is alright, you knew that she was in front of you; I saw you falter before you continued on your path, you knew what you were doing, I have also heard many other disturbing things about your behaviour toward her and your family also, what gives you the right to murder your children simply because you did not like their mother?" I asked my poor excuse of a son.
"Father, you misunderstand; Isa should not have gotten in between Kol and me to start with, she should have known better, and the lies that she has clearly told you about my children are just that, lies," Elijah told me, I had always been able to tell when he was lying to me, this was no different.
"Stop with the lies, boy. I know everything, I know that you had your children killed, even taking my grandson away from his child, and the lie that you told her about being your Mate, is just that. A lie. It was my own mistake for allowing you to marry Isabella, knowing that you have always been volatile, you were never the right choice for her." I told Elijah, getting closer to him, it was time that I corrected a mistake. He should have never been allowed to turn into a vampire, "I should have done this when you first killed that child when we arrived in this land. Before your mother created the potion that turned us all." I said, sorrow filling my heart at what I was about to do. Elijah looked at me with recognition, his visage began to change into that of his vampire. Before he had a chance to attack me I drove the white oak stake through his heart. Ending my son once and for all. Once the shock resided from my other children I spoke once again.
"I had tried to correct Elijah's behaviour, but alas he was always a disturbed child, and becoming a vampire only heightened that for him.
KPOV
Isa and I talked once we got to my bedroom, and she had come back to the land of the undead. I knew that she didn't want to be here, and I knew that given a choice, she would leave now. But both of us stayed. Isa explained to me why she said what she did about wanting to wait to marry me, and I understood now. It would take a while for her to get over what had been done to her. We had been lying there silent for a while when her phone rang. Hearing her sigh, she pulled her phone out of her pocket and answered it.
"Hello," Isa answered.
"Bella, it's Rose, I wanted to call and ask if Emmett, Jasper and I could come and visit you, we have left Carlisle and Esme and have just been wondering."
"Sure, I'm currently in Mystic Falls, Virginia. Let me know when you get into town, and we can organize somewhere to meet up," Isa answered the female.
"Great, we will see you in a few days then."
"That sounds great. See you then." Isa hung up the phone and came back, burrowing into my chest.
By the time she came back to me, I knew what I was going to do. I knew that I needed to tell her how I felt before there were any more interruptions. I got off the bed and stood so that she would not feel cornered by me.
"Isa, I need to tell you something before we get interrupted any more. I have been in love with you since we were human, I hated it when you had to marry my brother, I know that you didn't want to marry him either, and did so out of family obligation. I need to know before I carry on, how you truly feel about me, Isabella." I asked her, I felt like my dead heart was in my throat.
"…" Isa sat up, moving up to the top of the bed. Each time she looked at me, she looked like she would say something to me. I waited for what felt like a lifetime for her to say anything, just waiting. All I wanted was for her to return my feelings. "Kol, I never stopped loving you, I just could never do anything about it, I would never have cheated on Elijah, despite him doing the same to me," Isa told me. I wanted to kiss her, she loved me. I watched as she got up off the bed and came over to me. "I still love you, don't you think that it is a little strange though, I was married to your brother, and if we get into a relationship, it could be seen as me jumping into another with my ex-husband's brother," Isa said to me, the high that I was feeling left me with that one sentence.
"Why should we care what anyone else thinks, the only thing that should matter is what you and I feel about each other," I whispered. I watched as Isa looked at me for the longest time. I could tell that she was thinking, she always had this cute little squint when she was thinking hard about something, it made you think that she was angry at you when in reality she was thinking about something.
"You're right," Isa said before she jumped up wound her legs around my waist and kissed me. I couldn't believe my luck.
"Thank you, Isa," I whispered into her neck, kissing everywhere I could reach. I wanted to rip her clothes off and make love to her, but it would be too soon. So I would take what she gave me. I ended up pinning her against the wall, pulling her as close to me as I possibly could, my hands going through her hair, feeling her attempt to pull me closer to her, I heard her whisper to herself, something that I coolant make out, but before I knew what was going on, she was pulling at my clothes.
Isa ripped my shirt off, and I released her as she unwound herself from me, unbuckling my belt, I couldn't help the smile on my face, but I wanted us to be equal, so I started to undress her as well. Turning us around I walked us toward my bed while I started to undress my beautiful Isa, laying her down on the bed, I listened to her giggle as she moved up while I held onto her jeans. Moving up over her, I kissed her.
Once I had her naked and hovering over her, she placed a hand on my chest stopping me before I even started anything.
"Kol, I just wanted to apologize now for what we are going to be doing. Don't get me, wrong, I want this and I can tell you do too. But I wanted to say sorry." Isa told me.
"Why?" That is all I could ask her.
"Because I'm not any good at this, at sex," Isa said, I could see that she was ashamed of this. I knew where this came from though.
"We will talk about the why later, but for right now, all I want is for the both of us to enjoy ourselves. How about that?" I told her, as I started to kiss her once again. She nodded in agreement, and I waited until she gave me the go-ahead to carry on. I started kissing down her neck before I reached her tantalizing breasts. Making sure that I spent enough time, adoring them.
KPOV
Elijah was dead, killed by our own father, it was shocking, even to me, to learn that he had always been somewhat disturbed, even by my standards. Father, sat us all down, letting us know what exactly was the issue with Elijah. I thought that I had known my elder brother, I had looked up to Elijah for centuries, as one does with their elder sibling.
We all sat there completely unbelieving what we had been told.
"How did we miss this? Klaus you have been around Elijah the most, did you see any of this? Did you see him do any of these things, act this way at all?" Rebecca asked me.
"No, I never did see anything, he was always so noble, and self-righteous," I said to my sister.
"He killed my sister didn't he?" Finn asked.
"Hello, I am standing right here?" Rebecca asked, I had to smile, she was technically dead, but it wasn't Elijah that killed her the first time.
"Yes, he did. That was before we moved to the new world," Father said, answering Finn.
"Elijah was born a twin. Right before we came to the new world, he killed his sister, when we came to the new world, each time one of the couples in the village gave birth to twins, one of them would always turn up dead right before their 6th birthday, your mother and I knew it was Elijah, we had caught him in the act twice, we thought that giving him a good wife would help him, we thought he was doing this out of jealousy, your mother and I were wrong. We did everything that we could to help Elijah, but nothing helped, we chose Isabella, hoping that she could do what we could not, again we were proven wrong. Once we turned you all, he killed Tatia, and their child, whom she was still carrying." Father told us, I could not believe what I was hearing. I watched Rebecca run out of the room only to hear her being sick.
"You told us that was the work of the wolves," I stated.
"We lied to you all. Your mother knew that there was a chance that marrying him to Isabella would be her death, but it was a chance we were willing to take." Father said.
"You were willing to put Isa's life on the line in the hopes she could cure Elijah of some psychotic tendency? I think it is you who has lied to yourself." I told my father, not believing what he was saying.
BPOV
Laying in bed with Kol, was one of the best feelings of my entire existence, he had shown me that sex was not just about my partner's pleasure only, it was a give and take, it was about us both having pleasure and giving it just as equally. I learned that I had never climaxed before, and the feeling was addictive. Kol had me reaching highs that I was not aware existed; the first time he had me coming, I was speechless. Kol smiled down at me and kissed me as I came down from it.
"I'm so sorry, that's never happened before," I told him, embarrassed.
"What has never happened?" Kol asked.
"I never had that reaction to sex before," I whispered.
"Darling, you had an orgasm, I'm sure that you have had one before, at the least with my brother," Kol said moving to lay on his side, looking down at me. I just bit my lip, I couldn't tell him that I never had one before, that Elijah was only ever interested in his own pleasure. "Darling, tell me that you have had an orgasm," Kol asked. I got out of bed, made my way to the bathroom, and turned on the shower. I wasn't in the shower long before Kol joined me, pulling me into him and whispering how sorry he was.
"Is that why you thought you were bad at sex?" Kol asked. I didn't tell him it was because my own husband told me how useless I was. But I wondered if I really should, I wasn't with Elijah anymore, I was starting a relationship with Kol. He had been honest with me, I should at least return it.
"Elijah was the one that told me I was useless at sex, I never experienced what you have just shown me, I never had an orgasm before you. I thought I was broken. I'm sorry for not telling you sooner, but I wanted you to know what you're getting into, if you still want to be with me that is." I told him. I turned around and carried on with my shower. Grabbing the shampoo and washing my hair. I didn't get a chance to finish that task, Kol took the bottle out of my hands and did it for me.
"He was wrong, he was clearly selfish, the best thing in the world for me was being able to watch you as I gave you that orgasm. Never have I seen such beauty in the heat of the moment like I did when I watched you." Kol told me. I had never wanted to cry so much from something so sweet.
I kissed him, trying to show him that I appreciated everything that he said to me. Elijah made me beyond angry. Kol was all I had ever wanted. And proving to be all I would ever need.
"I love you, Isabella," Kol whispered to me.
"I love you, Kol," I said, smiling. For the first time in my very long life, I felt like I was loved. I watched as Kol slowly fell asleep. I knew that the Mikaelson temper was famous in the vampire world, and from what I knew Kol's temper was worse than even Elijah's was. I started to panic. What was I getting into with Kol? Would he be just as bad as Elijah when I made him mad at me? I got out of bed and got dressed. I found some paper in the bedside drawer, writing a note to him, telling him that I loved him but had to leave.
KPOV
We all heard Isa screaming out our brother's name, the only thing better than them finding each other, would have been if Elijah heard his brother bringing his wife pleasure that he denied her.
"Well if only Elijah heard that, maybe he would have been a little more faithful." I laughed.
"I doubt that," Rebecca said. The jealousy sounded in her voice.
"Why are you jealous Rebecca? Do you not wish your sister to be happy?" Father asked.
"She has done nothing to deserve happiness, she has never done anything to help our family in times of need, she never wanted to be a part of our family so why should we grant her wish now?" Rebecca said. Her words rather took me aback.
"She did want to be a part of our family, she did not want to be married to Elijah, but did so to save her family's honour, due to her sister's disgrace. Isabella has always deserved a place in this family, more than Elijah did, she paid for that place with her children's lives, each of which she has felt deeply when each of them had died. If you had been mature enough to marry, I would have allowed you to do so, considering you and Isabella are the same age, I think that speaks volumes do you not? Grow up Rebecca, stop acting so entitled." Father told our sister. Rebecca looked rather incensed. She had always hated being compared to Isa. My sister was rather immature in comparison to our sister-in-law. Rebecca knew this and had always been jealous, of Isa's maturity. It was not long before we all heard Isa screaming out once again. She and Kol were finally getting their happy ever after.
I always thought that he made a better match for Isa than Elijah. Kol understood her, Elijah wanted everyone but her. I found myself wishing that Elijah was still alive so that I could ask him for certain why she was never good enough for him. I watched as Isa doted on Elijah, and ignored everyone else.
"What has you thinking so hard boy?" I heard father ask me, pulling me out of my revere.
"I find myself wondering why Elijah ignored Isa as he did, why she was never enough for him, I remember seeing Isa doting on Elijah and ignoring everyone else to please her husband, he was never faithful to her, Kol always looked at her with reverence, with awe and yet her own husband could not care less. Why did you really agree with her father about the marriage? There was no need to pair them together, everyone knew that Elijah was in love with Tatia, you could have easily paired Isa to Kol and the two would have been happy from the beginning." I asked him. I had to hope that my theory was wrong. I watched as my father sat down across from me. Placing his elbows on his knees and sighed.
"I suggested Tatia to your mother, she was opposed to the idea, vehemently objected to it," Father said, I watched as Isa literally ran out of the house, looking rather afraid.
"Sorry, Father. Isa just ran out looking rather afraid," I told him. He looked rather worried. Both of us stood and made our way after her.
"Isabella!" Father called when we got closer to her. Isa stopped and turned looking at us both.
"Hi, sorry, I agreed to meet a friend I forgot that I was meeting them tonight, I have to go," Isa said, coming up and giving both father and me a kiss on the cheek before running off.
"Something is wrong, I have never known Isa to run from anything," I said I told Father that I would meet him back at home. I wanted to speak to Kol.
KPOV
I woke to the sound of the front door banging closed, and an empty bed, I couldn't hear Isa close by, and my hand brushed what felt like paper. Opening the folded paper, I read what it said.
"Kol,
I love you, so much, I have always loved you, but I find myself unable to be with you,
Thank you for all that you have done for me, I wish that we had gotten together when we were human, but our luck did not work out that way.
Despite how I feel, the Mikaelson temper is famous; I have been on the receiving end of that temper many times.
Don't look for me, I don't want to be found.
I love you Kol.
Goodbye, my love.
Isabella."
I had to wonder what she meant about Mikaelson's temper. We all had tempers; my own was one of the worst of the siblings. But Niklaus's temper was worse than my own.
"Kol, we need to talk," Niklaus said walking into my bedroom.
"Do you know where Isa went?" I asked, getting up and grabbing some clothes. I handed the letter to Niklaus watching as he read it, while I finished getting dressed. She could tell me all she wanted to not go after her, but I was not letting her go without her at least talking to me herself. "What does she mean about the Mikaelson temper, what exactly has Elijah done? Where is he, I want to talk to him, find out what exactly our brother has done to Isa in the past that she would run like this?" I asked him.
"Father killed our brother with a white oak stake. Isa ran from the house looking rather afraid, from the sounds she had been on the receiving end of Elijah's temper, my question is what has our brother done to her in the past that she doesn't want to be on the receiving end of the Mikaelson temper again." Niklaus asked me.
"Wait father killed Elijah? Why?" I asked
"Because our brother was a killer long before Mother turned us all. Apparently, he was a twin and killed his twin, our sister. Before they came to the new world." Niklaus told me. That had me stop. Everything started to line up in my mind.
"Where are his remains Niklaus?" I said through my teeth.
"His charred remains are in the basement, what are you thinking brother?" Niklaus asked me as I ran passed him. I knew that my brother's remains would not be able to give me any answers but I needed to do something to him. I didn't even get close when I was pulled away.
"Kol, stop. There is nothing that you can do now. Go and find Isa and calm down," Finn told me.
"I can't she left, she left because of the 'Mikaelson temper'. That she had already been on the receiving end of. Tell me Finn, what did our brother do to her? What had she ever done to deserve his anger?" I yelled at him. I had waited for her, for a millennia and Elijah took her from me when we were human, and now that I had a chance to be happy with Isa, he has taken our happiness once again.
"What are you talking about Kol?" Finn asked, looking rather confused.
"Isa has left, we had not even started anything and she left. All because of Elijah." I said before I turned around and left. Finn grabbed me pulling me to him.
"Father will bring her back," Finn said to me. I had no idea that Father had even gone after her.
BPOV
I called Rosalie and let her know that I would be away for a while but I would love to be able to catch up with them when I get back, I let her know that I shouldn't be longer than a month at the most. She seemed fine with that as she was catching up with some other friends as well and that time frame would work well for her. I didn't get very far before the memories took over, I knew that he would have heard Kol and me together and it would not be long before he came after me, he would find a way to dagger Kol, and then he would come after me. He always did. Whenever I got close to anyone, Elijah would find out and I would end up paying the price, I never cheated on Elijah, all I wanted was to find some semblance of happiness, even if it was just being with a friend.
The last time he found me happy was one of the worst. Elijah found me in Florida. I was just about to catch up with both Kol and Klaus, and I discovered that he was in Orlando. I walked into my suite in the hotel I was staying in at the time, and there he was, sitting in the sole lounge chair, watching the door.
*Flashback*
"Hello, my love. I am so glad that I have found you," Elijah said to me, smiling at me even if the smile never reached his eyes. His smile was never genuine. Anyone would think that he was happy to see me, but I knew better. I looked around and looked behind me. I thought I was so careful.
"Husband, how are you? I was not expecting to see you," I said to him. I didn't want him to see that I was nervous, but I feared that it was already too late. Elijah stood and walked towards me. It was not a calm walk the way that he usually walked towards his sister or any of his brothers. I knew he was going to hurt me. Elijah had discovered something.
"I heard that you are in town to meet with Kol and Niklaus. Why would you not let me know that you were going to meet up with my brothers?" he asked me.
"I just wanted to catch up with them while I was passing through Florida. I was on my way to see you husband," I said, smiling, trying to convince him, but it was no good. He backed me up against the wall of the hotel room; his hand was around my throat before I got a chance to breathe, cutting off my air supply. "Please. Elijah, husband, I cannot breathe." I stammered. He just smiled.
"I told you, to never go near my family any of them, without my explicit consent. Yet you never asked me to see them, why do you defy me? I have given you a good life, I have allowed you to live, allowed you to keep the Mikaelson name, even though you are not deserving of it." Elijah told me. His grip getting tighter, "If I find out that you are ever in contact with any of my siblings again, I will end your life, do you understand me, Isabella?" I nodded the best I could, and he pulled me away from the wall, dragging me towards the bedroom, I knew what was to come, he wrapped the belt around my throat and pulled it tight while pulling me up onto my knees while he fucked me until I lost consciousness when I came too, I was naked, he had dumped me in a landfill with a handwritten note tied around my neck.
"Never contact my family again. E.M"
I tried to stand, when I felt the excruciating pain, from my lower body, but I got the message loud and clear, I was not a Mikaelson, I would never be treated like one, I was nothing to any of them.
He left me with my purse but took my cell phone. I looked down at myself and I was covered in bruises, they would heal once I was able to get some blood. Forcing myself to get up and get moving, I tried to find some clothing to wear while I went in search of some blood. I had no idea where I was. It hurt so much to take each step, falling several times, before I was able to get my footing. I felt like I was being watched so I moved faster. I didn't want someone to recognize me as someone associated with my husband's family, I didn't want to embarrass them any longer. I couldn't remember a time when he had treated me worse than this, I couldn't remember a time when he did not lay a hand on me out of love and not anger. Never had he shown his love for me unless I was in the presence of his family and he was forced to show affection, but that always came with the threat of permanent death of they ever suspected anything other than his love for me.
I left the new world and went to the old country, I had heard about it from when I would overhear Easter and Mikael talk. I never meant to eavesdrop but, I did, it sounded wonderful.
*End of Flashback*
I knew where I had to go. I had to leave for the old world. I knew that Elijah would not follow me there, it was the one place that he swore he would never return to.
"Isabella, wait, please." I heard Father calling.
"Hello, father," I smiled when I turned around and looked at the only man that I had ever seen as a parent.
"Why are you running, child?" He asked me.
"I told you I was going to meet up with some friends. I agreed to meet them by 10 pm this evening, and I am running late, sorry, but I need to leave." I said once again smiling, trying to get away. I couldn't allow them to feel embarrassed by me, I had shamed them for sleeping with Kol. I knew it, I could see it in my father's eyes. He was already ashamed. I turned and ran as fast as I was able.
MPOV
I did not get a chance to inform Isabella that Elijah was dead, she ran before I could. I knew her secret, just as I knew Elijah's, he beat her with horrendous brutality, told her that she was never a member of our family, and threatened to kill her with the white oak, she was scared of him, I knew that my son had told her that she was an embarrassment to our family and warned her to never contact the family again. When I found that out, I snapped his neck, and when he woke, I warned him to never treat his wife with cruelty again, if I discovered he had I would kill him with the white oak. He was fearful that day. He didn't know that anyone knew about his treatment of Isabella. But I knew.
I knew where she went for solace as well. I knew that she had heard Easter and me once when we talked about the old land. I knew somehow then that she would go there when she felt she needed to. I found her there a few times as well, crying out for Kol to save her. I returned to my son's home to find my children. We needed to rally together and save my daughter from the memories of her past.
"Father, Isa has left, I know that you probably want us all to stay together and get along, but I cannot, I need to go and find Isa," Kol told me, holding a bag in his hand.
"Come with me first, there are things you do not know. That you should." I told my youngest son. He looked at me with confusion. But followed me nonetheless. Sitting him down and telling him everything, after all, he deserved to know what his love had been through at the lands of his brother. I watched as my other children came and sat with Kol, offering support, even Rebecca, once she realized what Elijah had put Isabella through had come and offered her support.
"Did... Did he ever..." Kol asked. I knew that he was not able to say the words, that he was scared of the implication of saying that sentence out loud.
"I do not know, that was the one thing that I was never able to discover," I answered.
"Where is she now? Where would she go?" Rebecca asked.
"Isabella goes to the old world, but Kol, when we arrive, prepare yourself. She has loved you for a long time, and has wanted you to save her from Elijah for longer." I told my youngest. What I told you has unfortunately been going on since the two were human, I am sure that I do not know the worst of it, but what I know I have now told you. Now that Elijah is dead and on the other side, we need to save your sister from herself. Your bother made sure that she had always been alone. Hidden from us all many things, I feel that it is time we right a wrong. Who is with me?" I asked standing in front of my children, hoping they would be with me and help me bring Isabella home once and for all.
They all stood. Rebecca surprised me and asked me when we were leaving. I walked over to her, hugged her, and thanked her for coming to the aid of her sister.
"I never knew that our brother tormented her so much, I thought that she just hated being around us all. She always stayed away from us, even when they were both around us, she kept her distance. If I had known that was the reason why, I would like to say that I would have made more of an effort to help her, even if it was to get away from Elijah, I never knew that he would have been so horrible to her." My daughter said, I was proud of her growth, she had not understood even yesterday. My daughter was not one to show her true feelings very often.
We took four days to get to Isabella's location, I heard her before I saw her. My children were gathering supplies before meeting up with me, I had insisted that they do this task together.
I heard Isabella crying out for Kol again, she missed him, I watched her before I approached the homestead, and just looking at the home, I could tell that this home was something that she had built herself, I walked into the house and made my way to my other daughter and pulled her to me, trying to comfort her. Letting her know that she had someone here for her.
"Elijah will never hurt you again Isabella, Kol will be coming soon for you, can you wait that long my darling daughter?" I asked her quietly. Isabella curled up onto my lap and continued to cry, I was not sure why she was upset, but I was determined to find out the reason. "Tell me what is hurting you, daughter," I asked her.
"I shouldn't have gone near your family. I wasn't meant to be close to your family, I'm not one of them." Isabella cried. That did not make sense.
"Darling, that doesn't make sense, you are part of our family, you have been since we all were human, come on darling, Kol will be here soon can you calm down a little? Tell me what else has you upset." I asked her.
"Why wasn't I good enough? I was a good wife, wasn't I? Why wasn't I good enough for Elijah?" She asked me.
"Oh no, you were too good for him, I had hoped that you would have been able to help him get better, but there was no helping him, Elijah was a troubled child and an even more troubled young man and vampire. There was nothing that you would have been able to do. Unfortunately, this is my fault, I as well as your father, worked together and hoped that you would have been a better choice for him than your sister was." I told Isabella. "We did not think about your happiness and for that I am sorry. Kol had come to me and asked to marry you, and I said no. For that, I need to once again apologize to you. Your father and I put Elijah's needs over your happiness." I told her.
"Why?" Isabella asked me.
"I suggested to Esther that he marry Tatia, but she was against that idea. She suggested you, thinking that you would help him become a better man, but that was not the case, was it, Isabella? He was cruel to you. I know that he had beaten you once. But did he do more than that?" I asked her.
"Every time I tried to see his siblings, he found out and beat me, he ended up killing me a few times," Isabella told me.
"Isabella, did Elijah ever rape you?" I asked her gingerly. Trying to be as delicate as I was able. Something that I was not known for being. She just started to sob. I heard my children had come close enough to hear my question, from the sounds they stayed back to give me time with their sister.
I remember her being such a strong young woman, confident and brave. Being married to my son has truly broken her very spirit. She is but a shell of what she was like as a human.