persephone's orchard : k.m.

the ocean and her secrets - chapter 17 part 2

Lafayette Cemetery.

'You heard her. She admitted it herself. Davina Claire is a murderer.'

Van Nguyen had finally won. Davina had admitted that she was behind the murder of his mother. The young girl was panicked as she tried to defend herself, 'No! I... I was trying to stop a mutiny! I'm sorry for what happened, but it was my responsibility...'

'It's over, Davina.' Vincent spoke. The man felt sick, he couldn't help but think about all the different ways that Astrid Mikaelson could murder him when she finds out but he carried on anyway, 'You kill a witch, you lose your place among the witches. For what you've done, you need to be shunned.'

Mikaelson Compound.

'That's a bold accusation. You're so hellbent on believing he would take out his own blood aren't you, Tristan? Perhaps I should kill you right now? I would love to see how far Aurora spirals.'

Astrid was standing behind Tristan with her hands on either side of his chair and suddenly the man started smiling, 'Well, there is one thing I know which you do not, with regard to your beloved sister... You see, while Aurora did ensure that Rebekah was dropped in the ocean, she doesn't know precisely where. Some old friends done it for her.. then she killed them.'

Klaus's face dropped as Tristan carried on, 'Aurora has procured the exact location of Rebekah's watery grave in two sealed envelopes. Hers contained the latitude and I got the longitude. Thus, each of us has one half of the coordinates you need to find your sister.'

Astrid looked bemused as he finished, 'Assuming, of course, you keep us both alive.'

The Courtyard.

Everyone returned to the table with the Mikaelsons looking stonier then ever. Astrid was awaiting her moment to say something. 'Longitude and latitude. Lovely.' Lucien huffed, clearly aggravated and Tristan thought they'd won, 'Well, despite our differences, I believe great strides were made today.'

'Tristan, I can't murder you at this very moment, but I could just as easily tear those eyeballs from your skull and feed them to your sister.' Elijah said casually and Nik scorned him, 'Elijah! These are our guests.'

'Nik, it's so sweet of you to defend us.' Aurora smiled and Astrid began to laugh. Everyone looked at her confused as she stood at the head of the table next to Klaus.

'I'm sorry, Astrid did I say something funny?' Aurora frowned as worry flooded her body.

The hybrid coughed slightly before taking a sip of wine and putting the glass down on the table cloth, 'You see.. I've kept my mouth shut this entire time right. I've just let you two do your thing.' She pointed between the siblings before pointing at Lucien, 'And I know he won't care about this but anyway..'

She smiled ear to ear as the lost smiles of the Mikaelson brothers began to creep back onto their faces and she carried on, 'You two are so confident in your plans aren't you? But you forgot one tiny little detail.' She pinched her fingers together to mimic the size "their plans" and Tristan fidgeted in his spot, 'And what might that be?'

'She knows where your brother is.'

Nik grinned in victory as he spoke and both of their faces flattened. 'So, Aurora..' she hummed, 'Tristan.' Astrid crossed her arms as she stood proudly next to her Hades.

'Until you give me the location of my darling sister in law.. Sebastian De Martel will be forever lost.' Astrid made a gesture with her hands as if to say "poof" and Elijah chuckled, 'You've done it again, sister in law.'

'Wait wait.. hold on. The deal for my brother was between you and I.' Tristan motioned toward his sister, 'It had nothing to do with Rebekah.'

Astrid shook her head with a grin, 'Well I never did genuinely accept your deal did I Tristan? And often before a deal is accepted, negotiations are to be made.. consider this the negotiation stage.'

'You lying bitch.' Aurora ran at her in fury but the hybrid didn't even flinch, Astrid sent her plummeting into a pillar and it cracked under the original's strength, 'I never lied to you, Aurora.'

Of course.. she did.

'Sister, leave her.' Tristan motioned a hand toward Aurora before turning to Astrid, 'You're a smart girl.'

'I guess a thousand years of existence and dealing with pricks like you help.'

'You know, I doubted my brother's wisdom in bringing us all together today, but he was right.' Klaus relished in the current situation, 'We must confront the harsh realities we all face and make difficult choices to ensure our collective survival.' He glanced at Tristan, 'And I have every confidence that my choice... will be the right one.'

Klaus walked over to him and stood behind him, glancing around at everyone momentarily before snapping his neck and Aurora's jaw dropped, Nik noticed this instantly, 'Were you anyone else, the servants would already be mopping your blood from the floor. If you do not bring my sister home, Tristan will die slowly, and in tremendous pain. Now we've got both of your brothers. A sibling for two siblings and my wife gets revenge too. I want Rebekah back.'

'You will regret this.' Aurora sneered and Astrid pointed toward the gates, 'Get out of my house.' The red head looked genuinely offended before strutting out and pulling the table cloth, sending food flying.

Elijah looked flabbergasted, 'After everything today, you just let her go?'

'Aurora should be easy enough to control. We have Tristan now.' Klaus explained and Astrid smiled, 'And that gives me enough time.' She hinted because Lucien was still on the scene. Klaus turned to the stable boy, 'Lucien, you will take me to Camille, and you will surrender the medallion, or you will meet an end so cruel, the devil will weep.'