A New Beginning | Emma Petrova (TVD & TO) [BOOK 2]

Hope

Sitting down on the girls' bed, I watch as Hope cuddles her sister and when she notices me, she turns towards me carefully since she doesn't want to wake her sister up.

She sits up from the bed with a deep frown. "The Hollow, she's getting stronger."

"You can sense her?" I question, not having known that she could feel it.

"When we first got here, there was always music outside, people dancing, laughing. But since she came back, it's so quiet. Like she's draining everything out of the city. She already took Uncle Elijah. And soon she will come for the rest of us." Hope explains with a sad expression written all over her face.

"Listen, sweet pea, I know you're scared. But over the years, a lot of bad people have tried to go against our family, and all of them have fallen. The Hollow will be no different." I reassure her, getting closer to her so that I can give her a quick kiss on her forehead.

"No, she is different." Hope mumbles after I peck her forehead.

I sigh deeply, giving her an encouraging smile. "She isn't. You trust me, right? We will fight until the end and we will win. Together. As a family!"

Despite the spell Freya casted yesterday, the pendant is growing unstable to keep Elijah there. This means that it won't be able to hold Elijah's soul for much longer. Right now, while I'm taking care of the girls, they are downstairs trying to get find a solution to save Elijah.

But from what I heard so far they will need a grand sacrifice for Freya to be able to channel enough power to raise Elijah's body and place his soul back in place.

Now, the grand sacrifice they will need is the hollow's death and we all know that it will be hard to kill the hollow, when we don't know what kills it. All we know is that Labonair blood weakens the hollow but stronger blood means a more recent Labonair.

Hope.

I turn my head to the side as Hope runs a hand through her sisters hair, carefully to not wake her up. Mira had a nightmare last time about some spirit taking over someone's body but she couldn't see who because she immediately woke up yelling.

Now since this is one of her gifts, it means that it will happen in real life but the problem is we don't know who to protect. The hollow could literally take possession of anyone's body.

"The best way to do that is for Hayley to wield a weapon forged with Hope's blood. When she stabs her, it's only then the Hollow can be obliterated completely." I hear Freya say from downstairs as Mira starts to slowly open her eyes, rubbing them on the process. "Emma, talk to Hope please!" Freya says clear and loud, knowing damn well that I'm listening to their conversation.

"Hope, darling, we're going to need your blood to be able to handle the hollow. Your blood is very special and can help us get rid of the hollow once and for all. Would be able to give us some of it?" I question her with a smile on my face not expecting her response at all.

"I don't want to." She whispers, fiddling with her fingers on her lap.

"Are you scared it's gonna hurt?" I ask, grabbing her hand and give it a little squeeze as if telling her that I will be there for her so she doesn't need to be scared.

"I'm scared if I do this, you're gonna pick a fight. And the Hollow, she can hurt you."

"I know you're scared. I wish we didn't have to have this conversation." I run a hand through my hair as I try to make her understand that this is very important. "When I was your age, I had to deal with a lot of things that I didn't want to deal with either. I had to deal with stuff I don't understand. I didn't want that for either of you, but here we are. The thing is, sometimes you have to do things that you don't want to do because you're the only one that can do them."