"We have one week left until the lunar eclipse. I hope to bloody hell that you have something useful to tell me!" Klaus had periodically checked in on Freya over the past two hours and had finally given up remaining silent. She calmly opened her eyes and stopped chanting.
"I understand you're frustration, Niklaus, but these spells take time!"
"I cannot sit around here and do nothing. I will go mad!" He stormed out of the room and went out into the courtyard. Out of desperation, he decided to contact the source and see what he could learn about the heretic. He called Damon Salvatore.
"Klaus? You're the last person I expected to be calling me. What do you want?" Damon's voice was smarmy as ever.
"I'm merely calling to offer my condolences on your sleeping beauty, Elena. What a tragedy."
He was silent for a moment. "Yeah, well we aren't going to discuss me losing the love of my life for several decades, if you don't mind. Now, why are you really calling me?"
"You've been a busy little vampire as of late. I heard you released your dear mother from her prison world recently, along with her little family of heretics."
"So, what's it to you?"
"I have reason to believe that one of those heretics has stolen something precious to me and I want it back, not to mention that he managed to destroy parts of my home in the process."
"Can't help you there. My mother keeps them under tight lock and key." It sounded as if he was crunching on an apple.
"Let me have a chat with her, if you will."
"No can do. She isn't here."
"Well, perhaps you can tell me where she is."
"Sorry. Not her keeper."
"Apparently, you have forgotten that I am a very impatient man. So, if you do not put me in touch with your mother within the hour, I will be forced to send an assassin to murder your beloved as she lay in her coffin. Am I making myself clear?"
The crunching noises stopped. Damon paused before responding, "You're still a dick. I'll call you back."
Satisfied, Klaus hung up just in time to meet Freya in the hallway as he went back inside. "I have something to show you!" She ushered him towards the map where she had been working fervently. "Look here. This line represents Cami's presence. Notice how it is straight and even, not jagged. That means she is being moved in a straight line."
Klaus looked at her. "A vehicle of some sort. So, they are not on foot."
"But look over here. It stops. If this is correct, they aren't that far away – about a hundred miles or so." Klaus began to leave, but she stopped him. "Wait. Take this with you!" She handed him a small pouch filled with special herbs. "It will enhance your ability to detect magic because this heretic may have the ability to hide his presence. Be careful."
Grabbing the pouch from her, he immediately took off towards the spot on the map, using his supernatural speed. About halfway there, his phone rang, so he stopped to answer it.
"Am I speaking to Klaus Mikaelson?"
"Hello, Mrs. Salvatore."
"I prefer Lily."
"Of course, Lily. I am in need of your assistance."
"I know who you are, Mr. Mikaelson. You don't frighten me and I don't appreciate you threatening my son."
"I don't appreciate one of your prison mates stealing what belongs to me. Now, you wouldn't know where he might be, by chance?"
"No. I've been worried about him."
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Through the Darkness
RomanceKlaus thinks he is ready to move forward with Cami, but she thinks she needs to get away from Klaus and move on with her life. Can he convince her otherwise when he makes good on his promise to her, which results in a shocking revelation that leads...
