The Wolf - Klaroline

06. Fruit of the Poisoned Tree

Season 1 Episode 6

Notes:

I know I promised a quicker update, but I had a lot of trouble editing this chapter. :( I liked the first part a lot, and then the rest of it kind of ruined my life for a few days there. I'm really sorry! There are some important notes at the bottom about stuff. Please, read them once you're done with the story.

As always, I ask that you forgive my many mistakes. Hope you guys can enjoy this chapter

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"I was angry with my friend;
I told my wrath, my wrath did end."

It's quiet in the Mikaelsons' living room.

White noise fills up the empty space: the air conditioner Klaus had installed in Caroline's room, birds chirping outside, Rebekah's heels clicking against the hardwood floor as she saunters about the house.

The sound of Elijah calmly flipping through the rough pages of the old grimoire he's been consulting all morning.

"I was angry with my foe;
I told it not, my wrath did grow."

There's something very anticlimactic about the peacefulness following Elijah's return.

Klaus assumed his brother's lack of retaliation was down to exhaustion and the weight of the revelations he brought with him from his spell in the company of Davina Claire. There was a lot to be considered and mulled over. The story Elijah uncovered changes everything, starting with Klaus' disposition to aid those treasonous witches, which was not great to begin with after their attack on Caroline. Marcel's ban on magic is, for now, working in Sophie Deveraux's favor. It's the only thing keeping Klaus from finding a way to undo the connection between her and Caroline through an incantation that she would likely be able to perform herself. As it is, the risks associated with Marcellus finding out about her still trump the benefits. But not for long.

After his encounter with Davina, followed by the heartfelt conversation she's had with Elijah, Klaus is certain that they can persuade the witch to switch sides.

"And I water'd it in fear
Night and morning with my tears.
And I sunned it with smiles
And it with soft deceitful wiles."

Elijah has not advanced against him, but he has also barely spoken a word to Klaus. His peace offering benefaction has gone completely ignored.

To an outsider, the two of them are perfectly at ease. A more attentive observer, however, could easily sense the air thick with tension. His brother's mask of civility ends in his eyes, at once cold and hostile. He's angry, bitter, but uncharacteristically not acting on it.

If Klaus had to hazard a guess on why, he'd say his brother's reason for holding back answers by the name of Caroline Forbes.

The way Elijah's eyes sparkled when he saw her, how he followed her out of the room almost immediately, made Klaus' hands itch for a silver dagger.

"And it grew both day and night
Till it bore an apple bright;
And my foe behind it shine,
And he knew that it was mine."

Klaus' desire to be forgiven for his misbehavior finds pause in his brother's fast growing fascination with Caroline.