Tainted || n.mikaelson

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Seraphina and Damon rushed through the crowd of college students, looking for either Elena or Silas.

"Seeing another Stefan might make me have a heart attack," Seraphina mentioned, making Damon raise a brow as he raised, looking through the sea of people. "Will you give me CPR or let me revive myself hours later?" She questioned.

"Leave you, I have Caroline," Damon responded.

"Ouch," Seraphina whispered as two hands slammed on her shoulders, their grip tightening as soon as her shoulders were in their hands.

"Hello, brother and sister." Silas greeted. "But I suppose distant niece and nephew is probably more accurate." He added as Damon reached past Seraphina's head, grabbing Silas by the neck, causing him to grunt and let go of her.

"Where the hell's Elena?" Damon questioned him, an evil smirk on his lips as he looked at Silas.

"Ohh." Silas groaned. "There's no need for violence, Damon," Silas reminded, grabbing Damon's wrist, pulling his hand off of his neck. "You'll find her eventually." He pulled Damon's arm down, pushing it to his side. "There you go."

"Look. I get why you like her," Silas began, making Seraphina snort.

"Please, she's not a prize."

"I have a soft spot for brunettes, too," Silas informed Damon."What I don't get is why she likes you."

"It's because you haven't had sex with me," Damon responded with a smile, making Seraphina make a fake gagging noise.

"You disgust me," Seraphina groaned.

"Cockiness masking fear. How transparent."

"You expect me to believe you came all this way just to talk to her?" Damon asked Silas.

"No. That doesn't really make that much sense, does it?" Silas questioned. "But if I told you exactly what I did, then it would ruin the fun."

"The fun? You're a psycho!" Seraphina growled. Silas simply smiled at Seraphina, patting Damon's shoulder.

"Enjoy the bonfire, Damon, Phina." Silas walked away, leaving the two standing amongst all the students.

"This is ridiculous Damon!" Seraphina shouted.

"I get it Seraphina, I do, so please, shut up." He looked at his sister, making her pretending to zip her lips close. "Thank you, my sweet, sweet, little sister."

--

"Why would Silas want to hurt her?" Caroline questioned as she, Damon, and Seraphina walked through the dancing bodies.

"Because he wants to hurt me," Damon answered.

"You know, if you could've just told the truth all of this could have been avoided," Caroline mentioned.

"I have to agree with the baby vamp, Damon," Seraphina chirped from his side. "I mean, I'm surprised she didn't get it out of you."

"Gee, thank you, guys. Your hindsight is invaluable in this situation," He snapped. A guy bumped into Seraphina, making Damon grab her to steady her.

"Watch where you're going, bitch," The guy said to Seraphina, making her clench her jaw.

"Oh I'm sorry, how about I --"

"Have you seen Elena Gilbert?" Damon yelled over the music, making Seraphina mock him as he did so.

"I have no idea who that is, and if i were her, I'd probably run from you, too," The guy replied.

"Wrong answer." Damon grabbed the man's neck, choking him. Carolie quickly got the man out of Damon's deadly hold.

"Forget all of this and get out of here," Caroline compelled. The man walked off in a daze, making Caroline whirl around. "You have to calm down!" Caroline yelled at Damon.

"He turned the entire town square into a hunting party for Katherine," Damon explained to Caroline. "How am I supposed to calm down when every single person here could be working for Silas?" He questioned her.

--
"Rosalind, I thought New Orleans was crazy, no, it's home," Seraphina ranted into the phone.

"Come home then, much more fun putting your husband through some torture," Rosalind suggested.

"As much as I would love to flaunt my faux singleness, I'm having a doppelganger problem," Seraphina explained as she watched the bonfire party, looking for either Silas or her brother.

"A doppelganger? Tell me more."

"You know the whole Talia story, well Stefan, my brother, is apparently a doppelganger himself," Seraphina sighed. "His name is Silas, and he's a fucking nightmare, he's posing as Stefan while Stefan is continuously drowning in a safe in the quarry," She continued.

"Wait, how did Stefan get into the safe? Do you need Senna? I can send her up there." Rosalind rushed, making Seraphina laugh.

"Stefan was in charge of getting rid of Silas, by trapping him in the safe and throwing it in the quarry."

"Stefan was in charge of getting rid of his own doppelganger? Tell me where that makes sense?"

"Elena and Damon are playing house."

"Beautiful, look, he's in here, let me know if you need her." Seraphina heard the dial tone, making her sigh.

--

"I'll be back roomie, I don't know when, but I will be back," Elena said as Caroline and her finished packing Damon's car.

"Just call me the minute you hear from Bonnie, okay?" Caroline said. "I've left her, like, a hundred messages."

"You should leave her a hundred more," Seraphina said with a smiled as she approached the car.

"I will, I promise." Caroline and Elena shared a hug.

"It was nice seeing you again Caroline, have fun in college," Seraphina told her as she climbed in the back of Damon's car.

--

"We didn't find anything in the quarry, but a deputy found this a few miles away," Liz Forbes explained as Seraphina, Damon, and Elena all looked at the safe that laid on the ground in front of them.  "We didn't open it," She added, spinning the dial on the door of the safe. "Looks like it's been in there for three months." She continued to turn the dial until it clicked, making her back away from the safe. "Chances are he's hungry."

Damon opened the safe, revealing a corpse, the head detached but place above the body. Seraphina smirked, noticing this was Stefan's signature feeding.

"Oh, my god. That's not Stefan," Elena groaned, turning away from the safe. 

"You're right. He was hungry." Damon agreed. "Bet he still is."

Okay but like, why was Stefan in charge of handling Silas when they wanted to get rid of him?? Like where did that make sense??

♡'･ᴗ･'♡ <<< this is how I feel seeing that all of you guys love this book, even though I may respond late to the comments just know I do see them ❤️

November 8, 2021