𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀 | klaus mikaelson

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 59 'ʙɪʀᴛʜ & ᴅᴇᴄɪsɪᴏɴ'

A few months later...

Thana POV

I knew it. I felt it.

Yet I didn't tell anyone.

I felt my life ending, my existence fading away.

Yet I woke up smiling and kissed Nik on the lips, yet I made breakfast and laughed with family and friends around me, yet I didn't let anyone know that today was the day, the night I would pass on my legacy, yet I succumbed and enjoyed the last moments given by grace...

''Are you alright sweetheart?", I turned to my dad with a smile that had worry written all over his face.

Instead of telling him I was fine, I said something else. ''Don't worry, the baby isn't on the way yet.''

I saw some of the worry fall from his shoulders. ''Have you picked a name yet?''

I nodded with a smile. ''We do.''

''And you want to share?''

I grinned and knew my eyes were shining with joy, my beloved daughter. ''All I can reveal is that I'm keeping our tradition with names with meaning.''

He shook his head with a smile. ''Was there a problem with picking names? Because I know that couples often argue about it... not that it was my case, I trusted your mother and as long as she was happy, I was happy.''

''We didn't argue, he left it up to me,'' I was caught by the memory of similar words Niklaus said to me when I asked him about picking a name. ''Mon amour, it's up to you, I'm going to call her little princess anyway, so as long as you're happy and feel loved, I've done my daily task.'' Even the sparkle in my dad's eyes when he mentioned my mum was similar to what Niklaus has in his eyes whenever he looks at me. It wasn't until the end that I realized how much I was going to lose and I knew that the unshed tears in my eyes must have registered with my dad.

''Oh, my little butterfly...'' no words were needed as he pulled me into his arms.

''It's okay, I just thought of Mom...''

''She loved you so much and always will, you were the most precious thing in her life.''

''You loved her, how can you love me if you lost her because of me?

''Yes, I loved her, and such love does not fade away. And you, yes I admit I was scared when I found out about you, I was barely an adult and my family circumstances were not ideal. Your mother told me I would be all you would have and I had nothing. And you know what I was thinking when she explained everything to me? How to get money to make you financially secure so I could move us somewhere far away from my crazy family... I knew about you for a few hours and I would have done anything for you. I wanted to give you the childhood I never had, I wanted to show you the world and most importantly I wanted to show you the love I have for you from the first moment I knew about you,'' he placed his palm on my cheek and looked at me with teary eyes full of love. ''I could never hate you, so with a heavy heart I will let you go if it makes you happy and I will be there for your daughter and never let her forget how much she is loved by her mother, forever.''

I'm going to lose so much.

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Nobody POV

The engaged couple stood in the middle of the nursery smiling at each other. The man was stroking his unborn daughter with one hand and his future wife with the other, he had the biggest smile on his face. He knew they wouldn't have much time left after the wedding, that he would lose his soulmate, yet he couldn't afford to be sad when the universe had already given him so much, plus he would have to be there for his daughter. He loved her so much...