The Mikealson Twins

The Axeman's Letter

Klaus and Elijah have just returned to the compound, where they are discussing recent events

So, my first sired wants to kill you. Yours wants to kill me. Makes you regret turning vampires in the first place.

Well, the division of labor seems crystal clear-- two of them, two of--

Both Elijah and Klaus are so shocked by what they see as they enter the courtyard that they stop dead in their tracks, causing Elijah to stop speaking in the middle of his sentence. The cashier from the Jardin Gris shop is laying dead on the floor on a bed made of lavender sprigs. The woman has slashed both of her wrists and has presumably bled out onto the floor due to Aurora's compulsion

[stunned] ...Us.

Klaus, horrified, races toward the girl to examine the body and finds a letter in her hand. He picks it up and skims it quickly, and its obvious by the look on his face that it isn't good. Klaus stands to his feet before silently handing Elijah the letter, not even looking him in the eyes. Elijah curiously reads the letter aloud for the audience's benefit

"Roses are red, lavender is blue. Come find me before I find you."

Klaus, realizing Aurora is back, is so overwhelmed by this newest development that he cannot speak

Klaus and Elijah are still reeling from the body they found in their home. Klaus is rereading the letter while Elijah examines the woman's body to make sure she's really dead

I remember her a better poet.

Oh, I wouldn't say that this is lacking in poetry.

She wants us to find her.

Klaus throws the letter back on the body

So let's.

Klaus claps Elijah on the shoulder and heads for the front door, but Elijah stops him

Are you so eager, Niklaus? Last time you even said her name was a thousand years ago, when you told me to never speak it again in your presence.

[annoyed] So, am I to wait as she leaves her little calling-cards all over my home?

Elijah looks uncomfortable, and at first, he is unable to look Klaus in the eyes

Klaus' eyes widen in horror at the idea that Elijah has kept a secret from him, and Elijah finally looks up to meet his gaze

When Mother seized control of my mind, unleashing those monstrosities that lurk behind the red door...

Elijah is so worried that his voice drops to a whisper

I saw something.

Klaus seems torn between wanting to know the truth and remaining blissfully ignorant as Elijah stands to his feet and walks toward him

Aurora was there.

[annoyed] If you mean to confess a thousand-year-old secret that will divide us after our hard-won reconciliation, then the absolve, brother-- there is nothing you could have done involving her that would be worse than what she did to me

Please do not dismiss this, Niklaus--

[cuts him off] --Whatever it is, it can wait! We have a plate of here-and-now problems, and I mean to clear it.

Klaus claps Elijah on the shoulder affectionately

If it makes you feel any better, we can kill Aurora together! Then neither of us need play her little mind-games ever again, hmm?

Elijah looks as though he still wants to confess, but after a moment, Klaus turns and walks away, leaving a silent Elijah behind with the body Aurora left them