"Looks like we're all alone" Kol said as they headed towards his bedroom.
"That it does, and you did promise me a later" she said looking up at him as they neared his room.
"Yes I did" he said right before he bent his head down to kiss her while reaching for the door handle.
Once inside he closed the door and locked it, then turned his attention towards the young woman waiting for him with a flirty smile. Time ceased to exist lost in their own little world and not caring about anything but each other. Afterwards Elena had fallen asleep due to the long trip and then a night out on the town in one day. As he laid there staring up at the ceiling, he was thinking about who had been following them earlier. It seemed neither Elena or himself could get a break, he was starting to think coming to New Orleans was a bad idea. He looked over at his phone when he heard it vibrate from across the room, so he eased out of bed to answer it.
"Did you find anything out?" Kol asked quietly as he picked up his clothes off the floor heading to the bathroom.
"Meet me downstairs" Marcel said.
After he hung up his phone Kol got dressed,checked to make sure she was sleeping soundly and covered her up some in case someone decided to barge into his room like they were prone to do. Then quietly left the bedroom to head downstairs, as he neared the bottom Marcel was talking to someone.
"So what did you find out?" Kol asked as he walked over to Marcel and unidentified person.
"Well according to Josh, the guy isn't from here and when someone had mentioned your brothers name he got up and left. Friend of yours?" Marcel asked.
"Nik has lots of enemies but if I were to take a guess I would say Tyler Lockwood" Kol said.
"Tyler is here in New Orleans?" Elena asked as she was coming down the stairs.
"We don't know for certain if he is here, it was just a guess" Kol said trying to ease her mind.
"Why do you think he's here?" she asked.
"Earlier as we were headed back here someone was following us" he said.
"Don't worry, you're safe here and I have guys keeping an eye out for anyone new that has come into this area that isn't a tourist" Marcel said trying to reassure her she was safe.
"Marcel's right, you are safe here" Josh said.
"Where are my manners. Elena, Kol...this is Josh. Josh...Elena and Kol" Marcel said.
"I remember when Tyler's uncle showed up a few years ago and Tyler mentioning that he had family down here somewhere" Elena said.
"Sounds plausible enough since he is a wolf, and there are wolves on the outskirts of town" Marcel mentioned.
"So is this Tyler dangerous?" Josh asked.
"To anyone who gets in his way, including vampires" Kol said not happy Tyler knew they were here.
"Ok so stay away from his teeth, anything else?" Josh asked.
"He manipulates people, gets you to believe him by throwing the blame on someone else" Elena added.
"Are you speaking from experience?" Josh asked her.
"You could say that" she responded giving him a smile.
"I'm sorry to hear that. Hopefully he is just here looking for family out in the woods somewhere...wherever wolves like to go" Josh said. He could tell Elena was a good person who seemed to have got dealt a crappy hand being a doppelganger surrounded by vampires, wolves and witches...yet here she was dating a vampire. He had been surprised to learn from Marcel that at one time Kol and Elena didn't like each other until they had to depend on each other for survival. Looking at Kol he could tell that the dangerous side was lurking behind his eyes, but kept it under control for her.
"I hope so" she said looking past Josh to see two vampires walk up to them.
"So any news on where the new arrive got off to?" Marcel asked the shorter vampire.
"He headed southeast into the woods where the one wolf clan lives" the short vampire said.
"Well at least that's something, it'll take him a few days to find them. They don't take kindly to outsiders...even from other wolves. Thanks guys" Marcel said.
"No problem, if you need anything else you know where to find us" the taller one said as they left.
"At least now we know why he's down here and nothing to do with us" Elena said relieved.
"He probably just freaked out seeing you two here, see nothing to worry about" Marcel said with a smile.
Mystic Falls
"What happened with you not compelling him?" Elijah asked shortly after Damon left.
"Because I listened to what he had to say and I believed him" Nik said looking at his eldest brother.
"What did he say that made you believe him, as you and I both know you don't trust easily" Elijah said casually.
"He knew compelling Elena was pointless thanks to Freya's spell, in which was something Tyler did not know. He was only to get her alone so he could see for himself where her heart truly belonged...with him or our brother and now he knows" Nik said.
"I hope you are right Niklaus and not some ploy on his part that always seems to hurt Elena in some way" Elijah said seriously.
"If you are not sure then you go talk to him" Nik said with a smile as he poured himself a drink.
"I might just do that" Elijah said with a smile just to irritate his younger brother.
