The Remembered ✯ Enzo St. John {2}

10 | Be Thy Love

Chapter Ten

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Three Years From Now:

"Cassidy...wake up." Enzo's voice erupted, as he nudged my arm.

I let out a groan as my eyes weakly fluttered open.

"Come on, love. You can't give up now." he stared down at me with a concerned look.

"I love you, Enzo." I chirped, causing him to shake his head.

"No. You do not get to say goodbye. Not like this." Enzo gripped my hand tighter. "You're tougher than this."

"I love you, Lorenzo St. John." I sadly smiled, as my breathing picked up, and I let out a cough, dried blood still surrounding my mouth.

"Stop it, Cassidy." Enzo's voice grew angry as tears filled his eyes.

"I love you so much.." I whined, my voice growing shaky as a tear slid down my cheek.

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Present Day:

"What's the plan?" Damon spoke up from his place on the couch beside me.

"Julian needs to die today. Everything has to appear to be normal. Julian's not an idiot. If he finds out that Lily turned on him, we're all dead." Stefan explained, standing between the couch and chair that Enzo sat in.

"So you embed her with a psychopath." Enzo piped up. "Sounds logical."

"Hey, don't look at me; I voted to drive a stake through her heart and get rid of this Julian mama drama once and for all. But, hey, complicated plan 'A' sounds like a happy compromise." Damon defended, earning a nod from me.

"It's not complicated." Stefan clarified, "We get Julian's blood, and then, Nora, Beau, or Mary Louise use it to unlink him from Lily, and we kill the bastard."

"Uh, you glossed over the important bit. Do you really think that Beau, Mary Louise, and Nora are going to help?" Enzo pointed out. "Julian treats Lily's heretics like they're his own royal children, and they worship him right back. They'll never turn on him."

"The old stake through the heart's lookin' like a pretty good alternative right now." I chimed in, causing all eyes to fall on me. "Just saying.."

"Well, I guess the only way we're gonna be able to pull this off is to deploy the nuclear option." Stefan proposed, causing my eyebrows to furrow.

"Which is..?" I questioned,

"Me." Valerie strutted in, gaining everyone's attention. "I know how to win them over to our side."

"Uh- great, yeah. Last I checked, she was the black sheep of the family." Enzo rambled,

"Yeah. What are you gonna tell them to make them feel otherwise?" I badgered with narrowed eyes.

"The truth." she admitted.

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"So, why are we heading to the creepy abandoned library of Mystic Falls?" I questioned, as Enzo lead me up the stairs. "I haven't been here since eighth grade."

"Weren't you in need of some research on that dagger?" Enzo held the door open, allowing me to walk ahead of him.

"Well, yeah but-" I started, freezing in my place.

"What are you doing here, Cassidy?" Lily perked.

My mouth opened, but no words came out.

"She's just accompanying me. See, I'm looking for the self-help section." he whispered, causing my eyebrows to furrow. "Seems I've developed, um, feelings for someone with terrible taste, and yet..I can't seem to shake her."