Howlin' For You

Chapter 14 - The Hike

„Uuugh, god just kill me," Rhiannon pleaded when Elena showed up in her room at the Salvatore boarding house way too early for her hangover to subside.

„No can do," Elena chirped handing her the largest cup of steaming hot coffee she managed to find. "I was wondering if you'd like to go on a hike to Smoky Mountains today."

"Honestly that's the last thing I would wanna do right now but I'm sensing this isn't just about the fresh air, am I right?" Rhiannon mumbled sipping on her coffee and praying for a quick death.

"Yea, Stefan called me last night," Elena started making Rhiannon instantly more awake. "Last night after I got home from the party. He didn't say anything but I asked Sheriff Forbes to track the origin of the phone call. It came from Tennessee. So I talked to Alaric and he told me Klaus's been tracking werewolves all summer long and Tyler helped me figure out where in Tennessee they would most likely gather on the full moon so-"

"Wooaah, hold on," Rhiannon cut her off. "So you're thinking about tracking down a pack of werewolves on the full moon? Is that what you're saying?"

"C'mon, we'll be out of there before the moon is full," Elena pleaded making Rhiannon want to shake her back into sensibility.

"Elena, do you hear yourself right now?" she started. "I understand you want to find Stefan, but this is way too dangerous. And I'm not talking about me, I'm talking about you. It almost near to impossible to outrun one werewolf and we're talking about the entire freakin' pack! Not to mention freaky lunatic hybrid and his side kick who went off the rails and murdered Damon's girlfriend last night."

"Fine, you don't wanna go? It'll be just me and Alaric," Elena deadpanned storming out of her room.

"God, why me?!" Rhiannon whined heading for a quick shower. This was going to be one hell of a long day. After she showered, she got dressed in black jean shorts, white wife-beater and black and green flannel shirt. She paired it with her hiking boots and put her hair in a high messy bun, then headed out the door to tell Damon about Elena's latest adventure.

"You gotta be kidding me!" Damon yelled out in frustration and for a moment she thought he was gonna bite her head off.

"Yea, I'm hungover as fuck and all I desire is to trudge through a freakin' forest in this heat," Rhiannon deadpanned.

"Just let's go before Elena gets herself and Rick killed," Damon muttered as his phone rang. It was Rick telling him what was going on.

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"So you really think Stefan's off the rails for good?" Rhiannon asked Damon sipping some more coffee from her travel mug as they drove in an insane speed to catch up with Elena and Alaric.

"Yep," Damon retorted. "Saw it happen before. It took him decades to get back on track and this is way worse than it was in 1920's."

"Oh wow, I mean I get that Elena doesn't want to give up on him, but what she's doing today is just stupid and reckless," she added.

"Yea, you didn't have to come with me though, I could've handle this on my own," Damon said.

"I know you could, but you're going to a mountain range full of werewolves on the full moon. You need all the help you can get," she countered.

"True, but what about you? I mean you're a werewolf too, you'll we wolfing out with the rest of them," Damon said worryingly.

"Not exactly," she retorted making Damon look at her surprised. "This necklace... Elijah gave it to me on my birthday, the night before the sacrifice. It's spelled so I don't have to turn unless I want to. Guess I forgot to tell you before."