Whatever It Takes | Klaus Mikaelson (Discontinued)

thirty two

I pushed my hair behind my ear, zipping my jacket up as I walked out of the room. I stopped at the corner, noticing Klaus and Ella sitting at the table.

"Now, you can't call yourself a connoisseur if you have not sampled each and every one of these. Here." He handed her one of the many beignets.

"Mm, it's so good!" She smiled.

"Did I ever tell you the story of my first beignet? No?"

She shook her head.

"Long ago, three French nuns came to New Orleans looking for a fresh start. They came here, marched right into our courtyard, and they presented your Uncle Elijah and me with these rather lumpy-looking, sugar-coated pastries. Well, needless to say, we were entranced. We set them up quite well."

"Why did they come to you?"

"Because there was a time when we were regarded as royalty. You might even go so far as to say I was king, which would make you a princess."

She giggled.

I made myself known, kissing her forehead once I reached her then kissing Klaus.

"Good morning. I guess apple turnover is fruit."

"Well, I saw no harm in indulging our daughter's sweet tooth. All things in moderation, of course."

"Don't eat too many. You'll get a stomachache." I told her.

Hayley came in, giving her attention to Klaus.

"Can we talk?" She glanced at Ella.

"Hey, beautiful. Why don't you go get dressed? I'm gonna take you to Uncle Bash's house."

"Yes!" She giggled, wiping her face then running up the stairs.

"What's the matter?" Klaus asked.

"Elijah's missing. He's gone. He's not even at Marcel's."

"I'll find him." Freya said.

She chanted a spell before lowly gasping.

"He's cloaked by magic. I can feel it."

"That's her. That's the Hollow. She has Elijah, and now she wants that bone." Vincent informed.

"In exchange for Elijah?" Hayley questioned.

"No, you don't understand. There won't be an exchange. She needs Elijah to die in order to channel the energy from his sacrifice. She's already poisoned him with the rose thorns.

"She wants this bone by sundown. If she doesn't get it, then she's gonna come here and she's gonna take it. And when she does, she's gonna burn this entire city to the ground."

"Well, we have to do something." I said.

"You want a plan of attack, it comes down to this. Use the element of surprise. Now, Marcel will hand over the bone, and then stab the Hollow with Hayley's blood, and then I'm gonna cast the spell that buries her."