You are not alone

Chapter 13

Davina stared at Freya angrily. She knew that the witch was very powerful but now she was the source of all the insecurities she felt. All the problems started with her.

"I know that you find it hard to believe but I had no choice." Freya started carefully.

"I thought you were in a deep slumber." Kol hissed at her.

"I was." She admitted, "You see, when I came to this city I wasn't looking for you. I was looking for a way to break the bond between me and Dahlia. The witches of New Orleans didn't have the answers I was searching for but they had something different. It was not unusual for them to use astral projection. The elders passed the spells as a millennia old legacy. It didn't take me long to learn them. And so, when my year was up, my subconscious was able to move between the planes. I could not be part of this world but I could be part of the other side or even the ancestral plane."

"That's how you did it. It does not explain why." Davina could see that Kol was loosing his temper. In the short time they knew each other, she'd learned that he hated not being in control, not knowing. Something they had in common.

"I heard of Klaus' child as well as I have heard of Esther's plans. I needed to do something. She was the one that encouraged the ancestors' anger at Davina. She was shaping her, she was attempting to make her so scared that she would do whatever Esther wanted. I couldn't leave Davina there. Esther cannot have more power than she already has. And you, Kol. She was planning on offering you a body of a witch. You would get to live and all. Except, she would be able to control your fate. She would be able to use you as she needed."

"So, you bond the two of us together because it was convenient?" Davina asked coldly.

"No, I bound you together for Kol to help you on the other side. I knew that the witch who stole your life-force didn't want to die and would be hard to kill. I thought I was protecting you by bounding you to Kol. That spell only enhanced your need to protect one another, made you care about the other. I though it would take a long time for you to return to the land of the living. I thought I was going to be awake by then and I could have brought Kol back by myself. I was planning on tracking that Celeste witch and killing her. Turns out I overestimated her and underestimated you."

"Or maybe you cast the spell a little too powerful!" Kol snapped.

"I've cast this before. If you reacted too strongly, it's you being too similar."

"What do you know about that spell?" Davina asked, they really needed to know.

"It binds two souls. It creates a link between them. One naturally picks up on anything and everything that he shares with the other. In reality, the only think it does is make you see those connections as stronger then they actually are. But if you are similar enough, your tempers, your experiences, your views of the world, you can feel like the only two people in the world."

"And you didn't even think this could happen?" Kol was getting more angry by the second. Davina didn't blame him. She was quite angry too.

"I was enslaved by my family for centuries. I did not want that fate to be someone else's. So, I chose the lesser evil and took a risk. I would do it again given the choice."

"I could have handled mother. I am not afraid of her."

"Then you are a fool." Freya faced his anger with complete resilience, "Esther is not only powerful, she is also mad. That is a very dangerous combination."

Kol glared at Freya but said nothing.

"So, what's the plan?" Davina asked when neither one of them said anything for a while.