ren. [tvd spinoff]

13 | let's go

13

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"Remove the compulsion from me right now." Ren said, standing up.

Eliza crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow. "What? Not even a hello from my dear Lawrence? Besides, Rebekah compelled you - not me." she sighed, turning to look at Juliet.

"Hello, I'm El-"
"I know."
Eliza was slightly confused for a few moments but she quickly turned her scowl into a smirk.

"Of course you do. I bet my love talked about me a l-"
"Actually, we met a couple of days ago."
"You remember?"
"Vervain is marvellous, isn't it?"

Charlie finally unfroze and stared at Juliet. "So that's you weren't telling me!" he said, speeding up to the girl.

"You lying little-" he began after he placed his hand on her neck, only to be thrown backwards by Ren.

"What the fuck, Charlie?" he asked, pursing his lips.

Charlie was about to reply when Eliza suddenly started speaking again. "Hello? I made a grand entrance. The attention should still be on me." she smiled, raising her hand in the air.

Ren didn't say anything and surprisingly, neither did Charlie.

"Well? Someone make me some tea. There's a lot i want to talk about."

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Juliet didn't feel like sticking around for a sob story. She made Ren promise her to tell her everything Eliza said and went to work instead.

As soon as she walked into the building, she was met with a crowd of rather panicked people.

"Juliet? Did you have a shift 2 days ago around lunch time?" her boss, Marie, asked as she walked up to her.

Juliet paused for a moment before slowly shaking her head. "No ma'am, i had one from 8 till 12 that day." she explained, still not quite understanding what was happening.

Marie pursed her lips and glanced around the room, "You know that silver dagger artefact? The one rumoured to be the only weapon able to kill an Original?"

Juliet slowly nodded her head.

"It was stolen and the security tapes for that specific time slots have been deleted." Marie sighed, running a hand through her hair.

The girl thought about seeing Rebekah a couple of days before. She was coming right out of the artefact room with Eliza by her side.

Juliet cleared her throat and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. "Do you have any idea as to who could have taken it? An Original, perhaps?" she asked.

Marie stared at her for a few moments before scowling, "An Original? Don't be ridiculous. We've gone through the necessary precautions to make sure something like that never happens."

"What sort of precautions?"
"Vervain, of course."
"Vervain?" Juliet repeated, pretending to sound confused. She wasn't supposed to know about any of this.

"Damn it. Just- forget it. I'm busy, Juliet." said Marie, taking a final glance at her before walking away with her clipboard in hand.

Juliet didn't move for a couple of seconds until she realised that she needed answers.

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"So i tripped and had a rather nasty fall earlier that day which resulted in me breaking my rib. You healed me with your blood and compelled me to forget about it. It's probably not as exciting as you imagined it to be but-"
"What did you do with the dagger?" Juliet questioned as soon as she walked into the house.

Eliza turned around in her seat and placed her teacup back onto the plate, raising an eyebrow, "Pardon?"
"The silver dagger, you know the one. What were you and Rebekah doing with it?"

"What is she talking about, 'Liza?" Charlie asked, placing a hand on her knee.

Eliza jumped slightly at the action but quickly regained herself. "I haven't gotten to that part yet." she muttered, turning back around to face the boys.

"Sit down, would you? I haven't gotten to that part yet." she repeated.

Juliet, feeling a bit stupid, awkwardly sat herself next to Ren who just gave her a stiff smile.

"Anyway, the reason why i haven't gotten in touch with either one of you," she paused, nodding at Charlie and Ren, "isn't really a matter i want to discuss here. I'll talk with Charlie privately later but it isn't crucial to the main storyline-"

"Just say what you were doing with the goddamn dagger and we can all move along with our merry lives." Juliet interrupted which earned a glare from Eliza.

"As Juliet was saying ever so elegantly, Rebekah Mikaelson has one of the daggers suitable to put any Originals in a death-like state. I don't know how many there are all together but judging by how desperately she wanted it, there aren't many just lying around." she said.

Charlie tilted his head to the side and furrowed his eyebrows, "Don't take this the wrong way darling, but why were you so willing to help her out? Surely you were smart enough to ask for a reward?"

"My reward was my freedom." she sneered, glancing down at her cup. She cleared her throat and stood up, quietly excusing herself to make another cup.

"There are 3 vampires in this house and i feel like i'm getting on the nerves of one. I think i should leave before i become dead meat." Juliet said as soon as she was out of the room.

Ren shrugged and leant back into the couch, "None of us can drink from you if you have that vervain in your system."
"We can still snap her neck though."
"Ah, good point. Maybe you should go?"

The girl playfully rolled her eyes, "Great idea, Ren."

She picked up her bag from the floor and was about to say goodbye when Eliza suddenly sped back into the room looking flustered.

"I need to go. Now." she said.
Charlie glanced at Juliet and Ren but it was clear who he cared more about.

He took a few strides forward and grabbed Eliza's hand muttering 'let's go' before speeding off with her.

Silence rang out throughout the house as the front door was left wide open, a sudden gust of wind blowing a couple of leaves inside.

Ren turned around and raised an eyebrow. "How do you feel about being the official undead owner of this house?"
"Good idea." Juliet replied quietly, jumping when the wind blew the door shut.

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a/n no update in 5 days oof i'm sorry

i have a lot of ideas for several parts in the book but there's a lot to cover before they come and it's quite frustrating oops

anyway, i did my final ever cross country thing on friday !! i ! survived !!!! what a shocker

i hope you have/had a great day 💗