A Prevailing Love (2) // TVD

Chapter Ten of A Prevailing Love

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The current eldest Gilbert paced the small cell as she strained her head to the side allowing her veins to be visible in her neck as she struggled to keep her mind off of Hannabella standing there tormenting her. She brought a hand to her right ear while the left ear was somewhat blocked from being held against her shoulder. If she stood still she wouldn't have a choice but to focus in on her doppelgänger but maybe if she kept walking she could ignore her. She needed to get out of this cell room before she went crazy.

"Is it finally becoming too much for you, Gilbert? You finally snapping in that little head of yours? Finally realizing that if you leave everyone that they'll all just be happy," The youngest Petrova continued to torment the Gilbert/Saltzman child as tears slowly burned in the back of her eyes. They were threatening to fall but Cassidy tried everything in her to keep them from doing so. She didn't want to show weakness but she knew she was already there. She was hungry and she knew if she got any weaker that more things may go wrong. Maybe her head would become more vulnerable in her weak state and that's something she really wasn't interested in finding out right now.

"You're pathetic, Cassidy," her doppelgänger was standing in front of her now suddenly as she had both Cassidy's arms in her hands. The younger looked away from Hanna as she shut her eyes softly in attempt to tune her out. "You're so weak now compared to your human life. I know I keep asking this but geez, what happened? Speaking of having a human life, what happened to the girl that absolutely despised vampires, hm? I remember when you hated Stefan, Damon. You've gone soft, Gilbert. No wonder Ric didn't want to own up to being your father."

The centuries old vampire's last comment grabbed Cassidy attention, and when she snapped her head toward Hanna, she smiled in an accomplished manner as she noticed she had hit a spot in the cursed vampire's head. Alaric was a new found touchy subject for Cassidy because she learned she had more family left after all besides Jeremy, and if she could keep anything from happening to Alaric or trust that he was staying for good she would allow it to happen. Especially after hearing of Jeremy trying to leave town.

Hanna let a smirk linger on her lips.

"Oh yeah, I mean, I wouldn't want you for a daughter either. Always getting into trouble or always causing the trouble. Actually, you just ruin people's lives," she laughed as Cassidy's chest went up and down heavily as she looked to the side to bite down on her trembling lip. She didn't know what to do and she knew not to take in the replica's words simply because she wasn't even here right now. She knew the words weren't true either. At least, that's what she told herself repeatedly but the more this went on the more she couldn't keep herself convinced.

"It would be better if I just eliminated myself from people's lives," her voices creaked as she whispered while she received a nod in return.

"Of course."

"Cassidy, you know that isn't true."

Her head snapped over to the door because she had thought that she heard her brother protest but she didn't see a sign of her brother. All she had seen was the door beginning to creak open and the person to enter was that auburn haired who was the cause of all this. Her eyes widened as she looked between Veronica and Hanna beginning to feel scared and she hated this scared feeling. This feeling that was making her feel helpless. This feeling that she couldn't do anything to protect herself.

She backed away as far as she could from the two as they both smiled.

"I see your guilt feeling just gets worse and worse every time I come to see you."

This was actually Jeremy Gilbert come to try and help his sister because she did in fact hear her brother outside the cell; however, the curse has gotten so strong that that completely slipped her head replacing him with the huntress of the five. Jeremy tilted his head in curiosity as he noticed the tears beginning to slowly stream her face and he went to touch her but she only shouted in protest.