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84|| Derek 🐺

Derek

We've gotten absolutely nowhere in the last 3 days. Hope and Haidyn have been at the hotel for 2 days now, but we're still floundering for a plan. A plan any of us can't agree on.

That's no surprise. Since Abbie, we've been divided and not in a way that I expected. Klaus and I don't trust Freya. Elijah seems to have all the faith in her and siding with her on everything. He was absolutely livid when he realized Hope and Haidyn were gone.

I honestly don't know how Abbie has lived with them for a thousand years. I don't see how Avery chose to stay for so long. This family is fucking crazy and seem to have never ending problems from a long line of enemies. Don't even get me started on how most, if not all are Klaus' and none of Abbie's.

"You look like you're ready to make a run for it." I look up to see Rebekah frowning at me from the doorway. She finally came home the day the girls left.

That's also another problem we're facing. She's not in her normal body. From what I understand, she was placed in this body by Kol, and now she's stuck in it. Well, she's not really stuck. We have her original body, but she's refusing to go back into it until she can bring back Kol with Davina.

Which is also stressing me out, because Davina is supposed to be looking after the girls, while trying to help break Abbie's curse and bring back Kol. I know she's only trying to help, but I wish she'd focus on the important ones, so I can see my daughter again.

"I'd never leave Abbie and Haidyn." Her lips slowly curve up into a soft smile. "I'm glad my sister has someone like you. She needs someone willing to fight for her. She tends to forget she's worth fighting for while saving all of us."

"So she must be living the dream right now." I offer lamely, feeling like an idiot as soon as I say it. Abbie's been in a coma for nearly two weeks. Joking about it isn't okay.

"Don't beat yourself up. When all of this is said and done, Abbie will make the same joke about having a vacation from the violence." She takes the seat beside me at the table. The one I've been sitting at since breakfast.

I feel so lost and out of place here. I know I'm needed to help get answers and aid in the fight with Dahlia, but this is the first time I've sat down and just thought all this through.

"You know she's tougher than she looks." I look over at Rebekah and sigh. "Yeah. Doesn't mean I like anything that's happening." All I've wanted to do since this has started is take Abbie and Haidyn, getting them as far away as possible. Something told me Abbie wouldn't, so I stayed. I wish I had left.

"Your thoughts are very loud, Derek." She leans in, resting her arm on the table. "Let me let you in on a little secret and maybe it'll give you some peace." I nod, even though I doubt it'll help even in the slightest.

"Abbie has always had good instincts. Even with the threat of Dahlia, Abbie would've ran the second she thought we were in over our heads." I open my mouth but she's quick to cut me off.

"That's not to say we aren't now. Everything Dahlia has done has blindsided us, but it's also shown us how she fights. We're planning to use that against her." I lift my eyebrow, hoping she'll explain. "Dahlia may have taken Abbie out of the fight, but we're going to dive inside her head today, hoping she'll know something we all missed. She always does." She rolls her eyes.

Probably still seeing my hesitation, she huffs. "Abbie would've been our biggest weapon in all of this. If she can even give us any information to give us the upper hand, we need to know it and use it to bring Dahlia down. To do that, we need you to stay with us and trust we won't let her win." I nod, even though I'm not sure who or what I trust anymore.