Howlin' For You

Chapter 12 - The Last Day

The next morning Rhiannon woke up to feeling Elijah's lips brush against her forehead.

"I could definitely get used to waking up like this," she mumbled sleepily, stretching out on the bed making Elijah hum contently against her hair. "Good morning," she said and sat up on the bed giving him a quick kiss.

She was about to get up and head to the bathroom when she felt his grip on her arm as he pulled her into his lap and kissed her in a way that had her literally swoon. After a while he broke the kiss and murmured: "Good morning to you too."

            "I should probably get ready," she said trying to pry herself out of his grasp but failing miserably. "C'mon, got a big day ahead of us... you know... evil younger Brother trying to break a freaky curse... does that sound familiar?" she jabbed smothered against his chest.

            "You're ruining the moment," he said jokingly still refusing to let her go.

            "Well, how 'bout we get this over with and then have as many moments as we want," she bargained.

            Elijah just smirked and gave her one last quick peck on her upper lip before mumbling: "Deal."

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            "Tonight is a full moon," Elijah said standing behind and armchair Rhiannon plopped into unceremoniously. "We should assume that Klaus is prepared to break the curse."

            "Elena said that The sun and the moon curse is fake," Stefan chimed in questioningly. "That's actually just a curse placed on Klaus."

            "Klaus is a vampire born of a werewolf bloodline," Elijah elaborated. "The curse has kept his werewolf aspect from manifesting, but if he breaks it, he'll be a true hybrid," he continued looking down at Elena.

            "Then why are we letting him break the curse?" Damon asked walking into the study. "We can kill him today, with Bonnie."

            "Damon," Stefan said pleadingly.

            "No," Elena retorted resolutely. "Bonnie can't use that much power without dying."

            "I'll write her a great eulogy," Damon quipped making Rhiannon's blood boil with rage.

            "It's not an option Damon!" she growled at him. "Bonnie's not dying and neither is Elena! How about you have a little faith in Elijah's plan?!"

            "Alright, how do we break this curse?" Stefan asked trying to get the conversation back on track.

            "Well, the ritual itself is relatively straightforward," Elijah started. "The ingredients, so to speak, you already know."

            "The moonstone," Stefan chimed in.

            "A witch will channel the power of the full moon to release the spell that's bound within the stone. After that Klaus being both werewolf and vampire will sacrifice one of each," he continued.

            "And where do I fit into it?" Elena asked.

            "The final part of the ritual," Elijah said walking behind Rhiannon to retrieve a wooden box. "Klaus must drink the blood of the doppelganger to the point of your death," he said making everybody in the room cringe at that idea.

            "And that's where you come in," Elena retorted brushing off the news about her awaiting demise.

            "This is an elixir I acquired some five hundred years ago for Katerina," Elijah retorted opening the small box and retrieving and ancient-looking bottle. "It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation."