Neverending

Chapter 23

"So you plan on staying in Mystic Falls, for how long?" Alaric asked, less interested in Damon's dramatics and more the risk to the human population of the town.

Dela had been silently watching as her family and her brothers postured until Ric finally asked a good question. "We don't plan on staying permanently, we never stay in one place too often but it would be nice to have a permanent home to come back to given I have family here and they also have a history with the town."

Caroline, who was the most willing to get alonge and make peace was the first to respond, cutting off whatever Damon was about to say.

"What kind of history do you have here?" Caroline asked Kol curiously, he seemed like the Mikaelson closest to her own age and would be the most willing to entertain her questions.

While Kol began explaining how he and his family were once Vikings who settled in Mystic Falls to Bonnie and Caroline Damon narrowed his eyes at his younger sister.

"So is that it, you're leaving?"

Dela sighed before nodding her head, Elijah sensing her nerves put a hand on her thigh "Yes, I'll be leaving but I plan to come back and visit" She hoped he would drop it but Dela knew better.

"It's almost like you're running" Damon's words could be innocent enough but the look in his eyes said he knew something. If Damon's expression wasn't enough Stefan looked ready to kill him.

"I don't think there's any reason to dampen dinner before an offer has even been made" Stefan said pointedly to Damon who ignored him, he knew he was onto something by the way Genevieve had frozen.

"I quite agree, now that my curse has been broken we have no reason to hate each other. The doppelganger is alive and well and can remain so for all I care. No one has died, why don't we all remain on good terms for our dear Dela's sake" Nik was trying his best to remain civil and polite but Damon Salvatore was setting his teeth on edge already and he had just met him.

Damon picked up his glass of wine and sat back, his demeanor was relaxed but his eyes were sharp.

"See, that would be all well and good except I just got my sister back and now you want to go running off with her. Why not settle down, stay a while. There's plenty of room for all of us?" Damon let his words hang there for a moment before he huffed.

He ignored Stefan's glare that was boring into the side of Damon's head "Unless you can't. Just like Rose and Katherine were running from you, you're running from someone else" his words were too casual, to assured of himself, they set the Mikaelson's on edge.

"That's an interesting theory chap, I recommend you keep it to yourself" Kol said, his demeanor changing from mischievous to murderous in only a moment.

"Or what? Mikael may catch your scent?" Damon asked sarcastically.

None of them were expecting the way the Mikaelsons went from charming and courteous to looks that could kill. Everyone who wasn't Damon or the Mikaelsons was looking between each other with wide eyes and wishing a fiery death upon Damon Salvatore.

"What do you know about Mikael?" Klaus asked, his eyes flashing golden in his anger, reminding the vampire in his sightline that he had a deadly bite and did not need the full moon to use it.

"I really think this has gotten out of hand" Stefan said, trying to defuse the tension but Damon was on a roll.

"I know he's in Charlotte one phone call away from being woken up and pointed right to Mystic Falls" Damon said as he sat back, assured of himself.

Elijah, the most refined but no less deadly sat back "What is it you want Mr.Salvatore? Because from where I sit this seems to be the tantrum of a child who is willing to die and take everyone he knows with him, for nothing" the threat was not subtle but the calmness in which it was leveled made the other attendees of the dinner shift uncomfortable.