What Lies Beneath

Chapter 22: Reality vs Pretend

Spell to remove a Blood Bond

Blood Bonds should only be used as a last resort for protection and not for frivolous actions such as making someone fall in love with you or making it so they can never leave you. Remember the rule of the universe; whatever you send out comes back to you three fold. If the intent isn't true, love will turn to hate. If you've cast a bond and now wish to remove it, you will need these ingredients.

Cardamon
Dill leaves
Marigold
Patchouli

Ring! Ring! Ring!

Exhaling deeply, Bonnie Bennett glanced away from the worn pages of Emily's grimoire to her cell phone. She checked the caller id and pushed the book aside when her best friend's number lit up the small screen. It was almost midnight so obviously something was either very wrong or extremely right for her to be calling. She knew that her father had to get up early for work most days and on his rare days off he liked to sleep in. She would not want to disturb him.

Reaching for the cute black device, she pressed the talk button. "Hello?"

"Hey…" Elena Gilbert sighed out. "Is this a bad time? I didn't wake you did I?"

"No I was just…doing some studying." It was mostly the truth. "What's wrong?"

The brunette groaned and could be heard flopping back onto her bed. "You won't believe what happened today. Jenna had her family barbeque thing and Jeremy was nowhere to be found—but that's not serious. He probably just wanted to be alone." A pause. "I—I met Katherine."

Bonnie blinked. "Oh my God. Are you okay? Did she say anything or do anything?"

"No. Thankfully." She replied with a grumble. "She just looked at me like I was some kinda animal that escaped from the zoo and said I wasn't asking the right questions when I asked why we looked alike. I thought she was going to rip my heart out or something."

If she'd tried I'd have ripped out hers. "I'm glad you're okay. Does Stefan know about this?"

"Yeah. He said he was trying to get answers from her about why she's back in town, but I don't think she told him anything except how much she wants him back." She explained slowly. "I've got a bad feeling she is planning something though. I—I mean why stick around otherwise?"

Good question. "I figured we hadn't seen the last of her."

Her friend huffed. "She's using Caroline against us. The entire time she was at my house she kept talking about how Stefan and I would never work out, and how hard it was for him to be around me without killing me. She practically tried to get me to break up with him. And then when I wanted to go check on him, she totally spazzed out. At first I thought she was just being Caroline but…"

The witch frowned. Why in the world would Caroline be helping Katherine? It just didn't make sense. "So Caroline is on Team Katherine? Since when? I mean Katherine is the one who killed her in the first place."

"I wish I knew. Maybe—maybe she threatened her or something. Either way, Stefan and I are going to pretend to fight until we can figure something out."

"That actually sounds like a good idea. Throw her off."

"Yeah. It's so hard though. I know it's not real but I hatefighting with him."

"Of course. It's like, what if it turns real by accident or something?"

"Exactly. Damon was there by the way…"

"Heh, did he behave himself?"

"As much as Damon can I suppose. He's obsessed with Mason Lockwood and proving he's a werewolf."