4. The Dinner Party

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When I woke up the next day I get dressed before heading downstairs to see Elijah sitting on the couch still reading the same book, "So is this going to be an every morning thing?" I ask him as I sit down on the couch next to him.

"Probably, i find this intriguing," he hands me the book and i see that it is one of Esther's grimoires.

"Now how did you find this?" i ask flipping to the page that he was on.

"It was on the bookshelf in the room that I'm staying in."

I nod to this, "And you think you should just be reading it out in the open?" i stand up with it in my hands, "there is a reason that it's locked away in that room, not to mention you had to go searching specifically for it because I know that no one would be able to find it except for a Mikaelson or someone with magic. There is a reason I hid this," i say holding up the book, "it has the spell that can destroy us all. A which that can channel enough energy can kill an original with a spell in this book," i sigh dropping the book, "your which friend, has the only other copy of this spell so if Bonnie wants you dead she can do it if she can find the book."

"She won't," he says standing up, "Jonas has everything under control with the witch."

"Okay," i say speeding up to the room putting the book back before coming back, "what is the game plan for today?"

"We'll Jenna is going to be showing me around the old property lines."

"I thought i was supposed to be showing you around," i say laughing a little bit.

"Well she has all the information and everything, and Mrs. Lockwood has requested her to show me around, i don't see why you couldn't join us though. Jenna did say about meeting us there in an hour."

"Okay," i say nodding, "let's go then," i say grabbing my keys. Once we get there we say hello to Jenna and she starts showing us around and i slightly zone out until Jenna says something.

"Ah the Fells. One of the 'Founding Families'" Elijah responds.

"Why do you say it like that?" Jenna questions.

"My research showed me that this area was actually settled almost two full centuries earlier," i had to hold in a laugh because I was the one that told him that on the way over, "it was a migration of townsfolk from the northeast, salum to be precise."

"Massachusetts? As in the salem witch trials?"

Elijah nods to this, "which means the ever lauded founding families didn't actually found anything."

"Well, i bet it was the men who made a big deal about being founders back in 1860. Men are very territorial," we stop walking when she says this and i notice Alaric walking over to us.

"Yes, they are," I say as Jenna looks over and sees Alaric.

"Elijah, Elisha, this is my friend, Alaric Saltzman."

"Yeah, I got you message about walking Elijah and Elisha here through the old property lines. I figured i would tag along, you know being a history buff and all. Where to next?" Alaric says. I can tell that Elijah is not to pleased by Alaric's intrusion on this tour, but he keeps a level head.

"I'm pretty curious about the freed slave property owners. Some say, you know, the descendants of the slaves are the true keepers of the american history," Elijah says.

"Well i only brought the surveys, i got that list in the car, just give me a sec," with that she walks off to her car.

"Alaric Saltzman. Your one of those people on Elena's list of loved ones to protect."

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