Holding On To You

Chapter Twenty Four

I'm back with another chapter!

Warning! Also, I am warning you due to some of the things I do with the characters of this story. I apologize as I have changed a few things around so it can fit with the story as many more changes are on the way. This is your chance to back out now!

I want to thank you for all of your support and reads and follows. I will let you know when I end this story that there will be another one called Never Letting Go but that won't be until this is finished and there are many chapters to go before this story meets its end!

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"I'm back," Kol said as he entered the lake house with two sacks of old books carrying them into the dining room where Elijah and Davina sat with their each of their noses in two different old texts.

"Good," Elijah said getting up from his spot. "I was beginning to think that you have gotten lost," He said taking a sack from his brother. "Are you sure this is all?"

"Of what I could find," Kol answered as he went to pour himself a scotch and one for Elijah handing it to him. "Here it sounds like you need one more than I do."

"I am just frustrated," Elijah said opening one of the books. "We have been trying to research this so-called map for weeks trying to decipher what it means and where the cure is, but we just keep coming up empty."

"Maybe we are looking in the right place," Davina spoke up for the first time since Kol entered the house. She sent him a warm look before turning to Elijah. "Maybe we are just overlooking it."

"We could very well be doing so," Elijah said and Kol could hear the frustration in his voice which had been increasing over the last several weeks since the night of the bonfire when Niklaus called demanding answers of this map. "I just hate that we keep getting dead ends."

"There are just so many different legends about this vampire cure and we don't know if it exactly what is true and what is not. We'll hit something somewhere. Nothing this valuable is ever easy to find." Davina said getting out of her seat to go into the kitchen.

Davina was pouring coffee into her smug when she felt a presence behind biting back a smile as two familiar strong arms wrapped themselves around her middle. "Hello to you too," She smiled as she was greeted by a sweet kiss to her forehead as she leaned her chest back into his chest. Davina loved his kisses but she was beginning to favor the ones on her head.

"I missed you," He whispered into her ear and she stopped what she was doing to turn around in his hold on her placing her hands on his arms.

"You were gone for four hours Kol," Davina chuckled shaking her head at him.

"Those fours hours without you were hell Davina Claire," Kol sighed dramatically causing Davina to laughed.

"You made it without me for a thousand years. I think you can manage four hours without me," Davina said.

"Don't remind me," Kol said shaking his head before looking back to the dining room. "I am sorry for dragging you into all this. I know I said we would be gone before now."

"Kol," Davina said as she fumbled with the buttons on his shirt itching to undo them in her fingers. "I told you last night that I don't mind help you out and I can use the distraction."

Kol cupped her cheek as a worried look crossed his face. "You had another nightmare last night," He said as he remembered waking up to her whimpering as she was tossing and turning also how cold she was and he could not get the look of utter fear in her eyes as he pulled her from her sleep.