Hedda Mikaelson

Chapter 69 - One Dead

"You're the reason my family are dead," Stella shrieks at me. "You made me do it myself. I killed my parents and my little baby brother all because of YOU. You are EVIL Hedda Mikaelson, evil."

Everyone is watching now and my eyes burn from holding back tears. This isn't how I wanted our reunion to go, I never thought she would still be this angry. What's worse is I never even knew she had a little brother.

"Stella," I begin to try calming her down but she ignores me.

"Don't Stella me," she says sarcastically. "You took people I love, now I'm going to take yours."

Her eyes agitatedly dart around the room. She sees Daddy, Hugh, my siblings and all my friends.

"Which one shall I kill in front of you first?" Stella doesn't stop, she speedily tries to grab my Koly.

I freeze, my heart almost ready to stop but thankfully Koly is switched on and dodges her grasping hands with ease.

"Stella please don't," my pleas fall on deaf ears as she scans the room again. She has no intention of hearing me out, she's here for one thing and one thing only. Payback.

Edey appears, stepping forwards in shock while watching my attempts to control the situation. I'm not too worried about bystanders now my family knows about the situation. I know they'll protect them.

Stella however, I am worried for. Her anger and need for revenge are destroying her from the inside out. She's struggling so much.

"Stella babe please talk to me," Edey gets her attention but not for long.

"All that matters is making Hedda feel how I do," Stella tosses her girlfriend's help and compassion to the side, intent on hurting me. "Because of her, I lost everything. She doesn't deserve to be happy when I'll never be."

I try not to let her affect me but it's hard. I feel responsible. I'm full of such guilt. I've never forgiven myself and Stella won't anytime soon either.

"We were six," I whisper trying to explain. "How was I supposed to know?"

Stella won't hear it. She's spent over ten years blaming me and that won't stop now. Even with Caroline coming in to help.

"Stella you don't actually want to do this," Caroline approaches and speaks to the young woman she's been raising for over a decade. I let her and Edey do most of the talking, knowing they know her best.

I would do anything to take back what happened. Anything.

Stella's eyes catch on Bianca who has just exited the bathroom and my heart leaps into my throat. No one else has noticed and I'm too far away to call out to warn her. She hasn't got a clue what's going on.

Stella leaps across the floor as swift as a delicate bird and grabs Bianca by her throat. She bites and screams and kicks back, fighting fiercely but Stella is a vampire. She's far stronger.

"She's my replacement isn't she?" Stella scoffs and tuts when I run forwards to try to free Bianca.

"Leave her alone, she's just a human," I beg her but Stella just laughs.

"I was just like you once," she scrapes her fangs over Bianca's neck who tenses up and looks scared stiff. "I was a human too until Hedda came along and ruined my life. Be careful or she'll do the same to you. Maybe I'll put you out of your misery before that can happen."

"Stella NO," both Caroline and Edey shout, almost in disbelief that she would do this. She's threatening Bianca who has done nothing to warrant this.

She turns to them sadly, "I have to."