Last Labonair- Book 2

Chapter Twelve: Après Moi, Le Déluge

Elijah is looking at Davinas drawings of Celeste. "The Italians call them strega. The Yoruba of West Africa call them aje, meaning mother. Where my mother was from, they called them hexa, and here we call them witch. Over the centuries, vampires have fought them and fought beside them, bedded them and burned them. Whether adversary or ally, they have been a force to be reckoned with. Their ancestral magic anchors this city. There's never been one all-powerful witch until Davina." Elijah said and Klaus walks in the room. "Who is now tucked in safe and sound down the hall under my protection. Your Celeste was quite beautiful and a portent of evil according to our volatile artist in residence." Klaus said

"Yes. Perhaps Davina's mistaken what she calls evil for power. Celeste was certainly very powerful in her day, but she's been dead for over 200 years. I don't understand. Why all these sketches now?" Elijah asked "Why does any witch do anything?" I hear stuff being thrown upstairs in Davinas room making me look up. "Well, that's going well." Klaus said "If you were trying to win the girl's trust, perhaps poisoning her one true love was not the most splendid idea." Elijah said "Oh. Are there any more inopportune deaths you'd like to wave in my face?" Klaus asked "Give me a month. I'll get you list." Elijah said making me laugh a little. A crash comes from upstairs making me look over at Klaus. "Young, old, dead, or alive, witches are a pain in the ass." Klaus said before he gets up and walks out the room. That's when I decide to tell Elijah about me telling Sophie where Celeste was buried.

"Elijah? There's something you need to know." I say and that's when he looks over at me. The house starts to shake like an earthquake. Books are falling off the shelves. Elijah and I go onto the balcony and I see Klaus and Marcel come out of Davinas room. "What the hell is going on?" Rebekah asked as she was walking up. "Davina." Klaus said making me look at him. "This is madness. How can a 16-year-old girl shake the entire French Quarter?" Klaus asked from inside the room him, Marcel and Elijah are in. I'm standing outside it listening to what they're talking about.  "I've seen her rock the church, but I've never seen anything like this." Marcel said "How did you control her when she was in the attic?" Klaus asked "I didn't have to, but then I never killed her boyfriend." Marcel said "Yes, yes. We've been over this part already. The point is, in her present state she's useless as a tool against the witches." Klaus said "She's not a tool. Somethings wrong with her." Marcel said "She has too much power that she cannot control. That much we already knew, but why is it manifesting itself in such an aggressive manner?" Elijah asked "Where are you going?" Klaus asked "This is witch business. Let's ask a witch." Elijah said and he walks out the room.

I'm standing outside the room when he walks through the door. "You're going to see Sophie." I say "You don't have to eavesdrop. I keep nothing from you." Elijah said "Yeah. Well, I don't want to keep anything from you either, and if you're going out to see Sophie, then there's something that you should know." He stops on the stairs and turns to look at me. I walk in front of him and he follows me. "She called me and asked me for a favor. She promised me that she would help break the curse that Marcel put on my people in exchange for some information, and I didn't think anything of it, but then Davina started doing those pictures of Celeste--" I say rambling nervous to tell him.

"Whatever this is, you have to tell me." Elijah said cutting me off. "Sophie wanted to find Celeste's remains, so I went through your journals, and I found out where you buried her, and then I told her. I know it was stupid and it was snoopy, And I--I should have just asked you. Please say something. Please." I say once he looks at me. "She wanted to be left in peace. When a witch's remains are consecrated, that power fuels the rest of their community. Celeste did not want her remains to be found. She made me promise to bury her where she would not be found. You not only violated my privacy, you have broken my promise to her." Elijah said "I thought they were just bones, Elijah." I say "If you truly believed that, why didn't you ask me where to find her?" Elijah asked before walking away. "Fuck." I say