Deadly but Silent

9

I knock on the door, and a lady opens it. "Ms. Salvatore, welcome. Right this way." She says. I roll my eyes, and follow her to the dining room. I see the four boys in there, so I lean against the door way. "'Ms. Salvatore'? Really?" I ask, causing them to all snicker. I then walk over, and sit between Nikie and Damon.

"Glad you could make it." Elijah says. "It gave me a reason to wear my new dress." I say. They laugh and shake there heads, and I smirk.

I take a sip of my wine, and grab the bottle. I then fill my glass up, and the boys look roll there eyes. I smirk, then fill all the boys cups. "Are you trying to get us drunk?" Stefan asks. "I have nothing else to do. You all are to busy talking about your Petrova girlfriends." I say. "Well, Jenny, what would you like for us to talk about?" Elijah asks. "Let's talk about....... I don't know." I say. They laugh, and I take another drink.

We go to leave, but a door opens. A woman walks out, and up to the brothers. She stabs Nicki in the back, and Elijah smiles. "What have you done?!" Nicklaus asks. "No, Nicklaus. What have you done? You see, I have learned not to trust your vulgar promises." Elijah says, pulling out his dagger. "You may go now. This is family business." Elijah says to my brothers and I. Damon grabs mine and Stefan's arm, then vamp speeds us from the house.

We get to the house, and I look around. "Hasn't changed since 1914." I say. "We kept the build the same. Only changed some decor." Damon say. Then I walk over to the spot where I was betrayed by someone other than my brothers. "You changed the rug." I say, then know that Damon's thinking of the same thing as me.

I walk into the house, and my nephew Joseph smiles at me. "Damon and Stefan should be here anytime. I sent them telegrams, they should be arriving soon." He says.

I smile and nod, then walk to the bookshelf. "Beautiful selection." I say, looking through each of them. "Thank you. I like to keep up with the new FADs, but I also like to have some books from the past." He says. I smile then pull one book out of the rest.

"The Scarlet Letter? That's an interesting read." I say. He laughs, then walks over to me. "It was my wife's." He says. "What ever happened to her?" I ask putting the book back on the shelf. "Your brother killed her." He says. "Which one?" I ask. "Damon." He says, causing me to sigh. "I would apologize for his mistake, but that would make things better for him." I say.

I hear silence, so I turn around. "Joseph?" I ask. Then I hear the floor creak, and I turn around in time to watch a syringe fall into my neck. "Why are you doin g this to me?" I ask. "I'm sorry, Gracelyn, but Nathan Whitmore offered me Genisis compensation, if I would give you and your siblings to him." He says. "You are a terrible man." I say. "That May be, but moneys more important then a vampires thoughts on me." He says, then I fall into his arms as the vervain pulls me under.