[ BOOK ONE ]
Erin Gilbert believed the worst thing that could ever happen to her was the death of her parents. But when the Salvatore brothers waltz into town, she finds herself longing for the sorrow-filled days of the past.
All too soon, Erin's n...
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THE THEORETICAL STATISTICS of Murphy's Law continued to ring true when it came to their lives. With Jeremy's mark completed and Klaus temporarily confined within their home, it was time to proceed with the search for the cure.
And within the first day on a tiny island off the coast of Nova Scotia, everything had gone wrong.
Or so Erin heard. Being a human meant she held no reasonable contribution. She would've been more of a hindrance than help, so she chose to stay behind and look after Klaus. After all, they couldn't very well leave the hybrid unattended.
However, the task took a turn when Tyler Lockwood decided to antagonize Klaus. Retaliation came in the form of the hybrid managing to drag Caroline over the invisible barrier within the living room and bite her on the neck. The next few hours devolved into her suffering from the werewolf venom coursing through her veins. At least, until Klaus caved and healed Caroline with his blood.
Since then, they did their best to ignore Klaus's presence and deal with the matter at hand. The failure that became the cure's search.
Jeremy seemed to have inexplicably gone missing, prompting them to put everything in hold to find him. In the process, Bonnie and Professor Shane vanished, and Damon had seemingly been taken by someone else on the island.
Apparently, they weren't the only ones looking for the cure.
Now, Elena, Stefan, and Rebekah needed help finding the cure's location. They assumed the others would be on their way to find it as well. But for that to happen, Erin, Caroline, and Tyler had to translate the Hunter's Mark.
Erin claimed a place on the couch within the joined living room of her home. A laptop sat before her on the coffee table with Google Translate open and ready. She left the device long enough to get a glass of sweet tea and returned to see Caroline and Tyler stride through the front door. The Brotherhood of the Five's sword was held in the young hybrid's hands.
"Well, if it isn't little orphan Lockwood," Klaus voiced from where he perched on the coffee table in the adjoined room. "Come to show how laughably impotent you are against me?"
Erin rolled her eyes and moved to set her glass down beside her laptop. They were in for a long day.
Tyler stopped just beyond the invisible barrier and replied, "I'm just trying to help my friends find the cure. Found this in your attic." He pulled a thin blanket-like cloth from the sword to show the hybrid across from him.
