Fire in the Water (Book 1)

Long hard road

In England, Rebekah was slowly losing her patience and now dialled Liv's number again. 

"Don't tell me you got lost?!"

"I had a glitch with renting the car...I don't have any powers of persuasion of the vampiric kind... my credit card didn't want to go through!" 

"Well...I hope you did some kind of magic, because I can hear that you are in a car after all?!"

"Yes...kind of stole it!" 

"Great...Just get here..."

"You really don't like desolate meadows, do you?!"- Stefan teased her. 

"Seriously...it is so compelling...with an open grave...you so quiet and...you... and...just shut up!" 

-Rebekah wasn't in the good mood at all.

Stefan layed back on the grass. He looked up in the sky that was now showing nothing but grey clouds. "So, what is your favourite place...this one isn't that is clear?!" 

"What... ?... I really don't know... "- Rebekah responded sharply- "Yours?" 

"Mystic Falls..." 

"Please, Stefan, you must be joking..." 

"I am not...that is why I returned... I had a great childhood there...I remember mother..." 

"Yes...you never spoke about her...none of you ever mention your mother..."- Rebekah now got curious. 

"She had beautiful blue eyes...like Damon... she would tell us stories in French... she said she made them up...but sometimes, it felt like she was retelling something she had experienced... about a woman, who had greatness in her,with a kind heart and exquisite beauty..."

 Liv managed to get to the designate place not long afterwards, finding a very chatty Rebekah and Stefan.

 "I have been followed I think"- Liv said, as she put the potion into her bag, and Stefan was finishing with the burial.

"Who exactly?"- Rebekah asked. 

"I think it was a witch, as I felt strange flow of magic..." 

"So... are we ready...I am so sick of this valley...."- Rebekah said.

They had to wait, so Liv could seal the grave, since the remains were disturbed.

"We have to go!"- both Rebekah and stefan said in one breath as they heard stomping feet from the distance.

Stefan grabbed Liv before she knew what was happening. To stay and fight wasn't the smartest thing to do, as the precious cargo had to get to New Orleans intact.

Rebekah drove like mad. Liv kept her eyes closed not wanting to see how fast they were going.

In New Orleans, the house was enveloped with sadness. No matter how long or short they knew Jane-Anne, she became a part of the group and everyone was shell-shocked. Everyone, even Katherine thought of their loved ones who passed away.  

But everyone reacted differently. Sophie went completely numb as Kol brought Jane-Anne's body to the house. 

She examined it and it was clear that it was the shamans who killed her. They left a sign on her body.

"Elena, can you please note these things in this note-book. That are all the shamanic description of how Jane- Anne was killed."- Sophie said.

"Sophie..."- Elena wanted to reach out, but the witch looked at her saying that now wasn't the time to discuss her feelings.