𝔉𝔯𝔬𝔪 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔏𝔦𝔣𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔏𝔦𝔞 𝔏𝔞𝔲𝔤𝔥𝔩𝔦𝔫 ⚜️ ᴛᴠᴅ¹

CHAPTER Ⅳ

Lia was angry. She couldn't believe that Damon made a deal with Silas where he had to snap his brother's neck. Not just once but twice. And now Stefan was M-I-A. He ran away the previous night. He wasn't returning her calls and was nowhere to be found. That's how she ended up at the Boarding House in front of Elena.

"Where's Stefan?" Lia asked.

"What are you doing here Lia?" Elena asked her.

"I'm finding Stefan." She replied.

"And why would you think he would be here?" Elena asked another question.

"Well, for starters, he isn't answering my calls, plus he's also pissed off at Damon for snapping his neck. So, I figured you would know." She replied walking in.

"Fine, he's with Tessa," Elena admitted.

"Tessa? Why does he keep going back to her?" Lia asked.

"Same question here. Anyways, I am gonna go meet him, do you wanna come?" Elena revealed as she walked towards the door, grabbing her keys.

"I'll drive," Lia replied as she snatched the keys from her hand and left the house.

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"Well, if it isn't Stefan's fated love." Lia heard Tessa speak in the distance.

"Where is he?" Elena asked angrily.

"Come on in. Who am I to stand in the way of destiny?"

"Elena, you shouldn't have walked through that door." She heard Stefan's voice which made her start moving towards the cabin.

"I'm really sorry. I wouldn't have let Damon do what he did to you--"

"Sure you would have." Stefan cut Elena off. "You have this annoying tendency to do anything he tells you to do."

"I don't" Lia interjected as she leaned against the cabin's doorframe.

"Lia" Stefan breathed out.

"You seriously did not think that I would leave you alone." She said as she started walking in.

"Look, I get that you're upset with us for pretty much everything--" Elena started.

"Just you all, not Lia." He cut her off.

"Okay. But do you really think that sleeping with Tessa is gonna solve anything?" Elena continued.

"You slept with Tessa?" Lia asked immediately in disbelief.

"Who said I was sleeping with Tessa?" Stefan asked back as all eyes turned to Tessa.

"I am so bad with messages." Tessa started explaining. "Oh, look. Elena called. She's wondering why you're here. I may have embellished for effect."

"Okay." Elena started embarrassed. "I just came by to make sure she hadn't done some Fatal Attraction spell on you."

"There's no such thing as that," Lia interjected.

"But now that I know you're good, I'm gonna go." Elena finished as she started walking towards the door, but was stopped in her way by an invisible barrier. She could not exit the cabin.

"Ok, who taught him the damn spell?" Lia asked instantly realizing that Silas put a spell on the cabin to stop Tessa from leaving the place and preventing him from finding the anchor.

"Me" Tessa pointed at herself.

"Why did I even ask that? Of course, you did."Lia concluded as she walked towards the door. She pressed her hands on the threshold as she closed her eyes focusing on siphoning the spell from the cabin.

"What are you doing?" Stefan asked confused.

"She's siphoning the magic," Tessa realized. Lia could feel the newly siphoned magic running through her body. She smirked at the thought of freeing everyone from the cabin as soon as possible. As she continued to siphon the magic she felt a warm liquid running out of her nose. She removed a hand from the threshold and brought it up to her nose. It was blood, blood was running out of her nose, indicating her to stop, but she didn't. Suddenly she started screaming in agony.

"What's happening?" Stefan asked with furrowed brows.

"The spell's too strong for her to siphon." Tessa concluded.

"What do you mean?" Stefan asked scared and concerned.

"Think about it, Stefan. Silas is a 2000-year-old witch. On to top it with a cherry, he's a powerful one." Tessa answered.

"Yeah, but what does that mean?" He yelled.

"If she'll siphon this spell, she'll die." Elena realized. "Lia, stop!" Elena yelled at the girl. But she did not stop as she continued screaming.

"Stop!" Stefan yelled at the girl as she continued siphoning the magic, ignoring her pain. At last, without seeing another way of stopping her, he snapped her neck.

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A huge gasp echoed the walls of the cabin as Lia woke up taking in her surroundings.

"Lia" She heard Stefan's voice as he rushed towards her and helped her get up.

"Are you okay?" She heard Elena next.

"Yeah, I am okay." She replied looking around. "The spell's still up?"

"You almost died removing it," Stefan replied.

"But I'm fine, Stefan." She assured him.

"Now that you're well and up can we continue?" Tessa asked moving all attention towards herself. "Look, Elena. It's almost sundown." Lia's eyebrows furrowed as she heard that. She noticed Tessa walk towards the corner calling someone.

"Elena. Don't say a word." Stefan started knowing Elena would be hearing him. "I got this. I know you think that I hate you, but I don't. I won't let her hurt you, both of you. I promise." A small smile appeared on both the girls' faces as they heard him.

'Thank you ' Lia mouthed to Stefan who smiled back.

"How are you feeling?" Stefan asked Lia as he removed a strand of her hair behind her face cupping her face in his hand.

"Alive," She breathed out. "Just a tad dead." They both chuckled at her response as he removed his hand from her face. "Kidding."

'Follow me' he mouthed to her as they both got up and walked towards the kitchen. Stefan picked up a knife moving toward Tessa. He stabbed her as soon as she got off the phone. "Run!" He yelled as he threw Tessa at the wall of the cabin. He grabbed Lia's hand as they both vamp sped out of the cabin.

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Hello people!! Sorry for the late update. Exams are about to start, so in between all the studies, it's been difficult to update. Anyways, enjoy this part see you in the next chapter.

~This is fiction-simp signing off!!