1 month later.
In typical Astrid fashion, she'd drunk away the last month to the point where the whole thing was simply a catastrophic blur. Klaus had sent her spiralling back down the same hole he sent her down many times before.
The thing is with Astrid, she could call herself a Mikaelson all she wanted yet deep down, she always felt a faint line between her and the siblings. She'd simply married into the family.
And had become their protector ever since.
She still saw the witch and heretic on the regular occasion, although each time would end with Elysium scolding her for her drinking habits and Astrid slurring the words, 'Well it's better then turning my humanity off.'
The hybrid was refusing to succumb to that, she always did. She believed it was a vampires greatest weakness and that those who turned it off were weak for wanting to give up everything they had fought for.
To sacrifice everything.
Flashback.
1 month prior.
Mikaelson Compound.
'If you'd just listen to me.' Klaus paced behind Astrid into their room with audacity.
'You're not making sense. I don't listen to people that don't make sense.' Astrid went to sit on the bed while Klaus began to try and reason, 'I'm not actually going to allow you to be taken!'
'Bullshit!' She stood up again and stormed up to him, 'That's fucking bullshit Nik! And you know it.'
Flashback over.
Present Day.
Elysium's home.
'I don't want the cure if other people need it.'
Elysium was in denial. She was always the type to put others before herself. Astrid had chosen now to bring up the existence of a cure but she was having none of it.
'You hate what you are though.'
Elysium winced, trying to understand the pain Astrid was facing yet still finding her comment insensitive. 'I'm aware of that. It doesn't mean I need to take the cure yet though. Plus the cure means the Salvatores and the Salvatores mean Kai. I'm not involving myself with my brother. Not now not ever.'
'Kai is dead.. I think.' Astrid debated and Elysium rolled her eyes, 'I'm putting you on a strict diet of tea, water and blood. Even if I have to roll the herbs down Dauphine Street myself.'
When Astrid didn't react, the heretic sat down. 'She's still gone no matter how many bars you drink away, Astrid. Nothing is going to change what happened.'
She didn't reply, simply looking down into an empty teacup with narrowed eyes and a tight jaw.
'I can't believe I'm going to say this but maybe talking to Klaus would be a good idea. Or even Elijah.'
'And have them say what? Mhm? They done what they thought was the right thing to do? They'll repeat the same speech they always do.' Astrid didn't look up still, tapping her leg until a limo pulled up on the road next to the park, her vampiric senses helping her sense it's arrival.
The hybrid stood up and Elysium frowned, 'What are you doing now?' Astrid's alertness encouraged her to do the same.
She smelt blood.
'Eli, stay there. Please.'
'I can help.'
'Stay here.' Astrid spoke with a sterner tone, the heretic recognised it instantly.
Leaving the cottage, the smell of blood grew stronger and stronger. Seeing the silhouette in the distance of a car, she put her guard up and snuck towards it.
There was blood on the windows.
She could hear motion on the inside too, like a liquid pouring as she opened the door. The chauffeur was pouring gasoline on himself and multiple bodies in the back, all scantily clad women who had clearly been fed on.
Astrid decided to be violent.
No difference there.
Racing around to the drivers side, she went to grab the can off of him but the human put up a fight when she snatched it, crying about how it's what he must do.
'Who said that?' She yelled over his grunting.
'Mr Cortez told me! I must do this.'
In that moment, Astrid dropped the can, allowing the driver to pick it up and walking away from the car. Elysium disobeyed her orders and ran outside, screaming at the hybrid before Astrid vamped back to the Compound.
Mikaelson Compound.
She could smell Klaus from a mile away, his scent still being strong as ever as she flew through the Compound doors with force, finding him in an instant and slamming him up against the cabinet with a hand around his neck.
'What the hell did you do?'
He looked like he had the oxygen knocked out of him till he realised who it was and smirked, 'Back so soon? Surely Elysium will miss you dearly.'
The venom dripping off his tongue only infuriated her more, slamming his head into the wall next.
'I'm being serious, Nik.'
'Oh I can tell. Your absolute refusal to call me Klaus shows me just how angry you are.' He sniggered, muttering dryly as he leaned closer to her face and she hesitated, looking down at his lips before holding eye contact again.
The animal instinct for her to stay attached to that man was strong, too strong for her own good but she wasn't about to give in. She smelt his breath and sighed, 'You're drunk.'
She went to walk away but he pulled her back, pinning her wrists above her head and just as it looked like she was about to give up the act, she spoke.
'Does Cortez ring a bell?'
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persephone's orchard : k.m.
Fanfictionand i followed him into the fire.. as always. book three of 'Save My Soul.'
