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There was a knock on my hotel door so I put on my shirt and walked over to it. I opened it and saw Zach. I asked, "You need an invitation in, or you good?"

Zach nodded, "An invitation would be lovely."

I opened the door more and moved to the side as I invited, "Then come in."

Zach strolled inside and stated, "Lenore."

I didn't recognize the name so I shook my head, "Who is Lenore?"

Zach looked at me and I shut the door to my room. Zach looked around the room and informed, "You could do so much better."

I shrugged, "I could, but I'd rather save my money."

Zach questioned, "Even though your bank account doesn't get below 10 grand?"

My head snapped towards him and I asked: "How do you know about that?"

Zach assured, "You can relax, I asked Cami about information on you after I heard you two talked at Rousseau's."

I ignored that fact for now and restated my question, "Who is Lenore?"

Zach admitted, "The witch trying to kill you."

I mused, "I don't even know her. Why is she trying to kill me?"

Zach answered, "Well, she is being possessed by Esther Mikaelson." The name sounded familiar and I knew that it had to be due to the fact that she was a Mikaelson and probably related to the Originals. "The Original Witch. That was her symbol that you drew, it was her talisman."

I smiled, "Thank you."

Now that I had a name I could actually do something about the problem. Zach nodded, "I do have a favor to ask though."

I looked at him skeptically and asked, "What favor?"

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I followed Zach into a loft and I could tell there were a lot of vampires in the room. One even from the other night at Rousseau's. Most of them turned to look at me probably due to the fact that I was a witch and that meant I had human blood in my veins. Marcel asked, "Who is this, Zach?"

Zach pointed out, "You said you wanted someone to help train these guys. I brought someone."

A vampire asked, "You brought a wolf?"

I snarked, "What do you bring to the table? Stupidity?"

The vampire snapped their fangs at me and I flicked my wrist causing the vampire to drop dead with a broken neck. I shook my head, "You people need to start learning to respect the witches around you."

The vampire from the other night remembered, "You got into a fight with my father."

I shrugged, "More of a scuffle really. He didn't actually touch me, so you can't consider it a fight."

The vampire held out his hand to me and introduced, "Elijah."

I grabbed his hand and shook it and greeted, "Rosalie."

Marcel asked, "You, a witch, is willing to help us?"

I looked at him and scoffed, "Don't flatter yourself. I need help in return."

Zach walked towards his father and nodded, "One that might be beneficial to us all."

Marcel looked at me and asked, "What kind of help do you need?"

I informed, "To kill a witch."

His eyebrows shot up and I knew they were all surprised by that, but I need Lenore dead before I was dead. Elijah asked, "And what witch do you need help killing?"

I admitted, "Lenore."

Elijah denied, "No, it is off the table."

He had even heard why I wanted her dead and he was already refusing to let her die. I questioned, "And why the bloody hell is that?"

Elijah looked taken back by my accent that kicked in, but he pointed out, "Esther currently resides in her body and I cannot have her jumping bodies."

I assured, "I can trap her in the body she is in now."

Elijah asked, "May I ask why you are interested in killing my mother?"

I countered, "I could ask just about the same thing. Why is your mother interested in killing me?" Elijah looked surprised by my information, obviously, he didn't know that his mother was trying to kill me. "Ever since I got to New Orleans, strange things have been happening. I almost got shot the other day in the Quarter by someone too far away from me. My magic is also a bit protective of me, so when I was almost crushed by a semi my car suddenly stopped thanks to a flare of magic."

Elijah asked, "How do you know a witch is trying to kill you?"

I suggested, "Maybe because I got a vision of a simple and a message that your bitch of a mother is trying to kill me."

Zach tried to ease the sudden tensions between us, "Let's get started on teaching them."

I went outside with Marcel and Zach while Elijah stayed inside with a vampire. It wasn't too long before wolves showed up. Zach asked, "Come, please?"

I denied, "I ain't staying for no wolves. I need to go anyways." I gave him a little wave. "Gotta ask around for a certain somebody."

Zach nodded, "Good luck."

I smiled, "Thank you."

He let me leave and I made my way back to the Quarter.