Regret ▻ The Originals [2]

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In the courtyard of the compound, Ophelia was practicing combat skills with a group of wolves. They came at her, but Ophelia was able to dodge their hits.

One came and swung a punch at her, but Ophelia was able to duck and dodge it before she kicked his leg out from under him, causing him to fall onto his back on the ground.

"Ophelia!" Klaus called out, causing Ophelia to look up at him to see the hybrid gesturing for her to come upstairs.

She sighed in defeat, turning to the group of wolves, "Duty calls," She commented, mockingly saluting before heading up the stairs.

Moments later, in the upstairs lounge, Klaus was discussing pack business with Ophelia, Hayley, and Jackson, "It's time to use our werewolf army," Klaus informed the group, "Finn and the woman who calls herself my sister are in this city. The wolves can help us pinpoint their location."

  "No, we need all hands on deck here with Hope," Jackson argued, sharing a glance with Hayley and Ophelia, who seemed to agree with him, causing Klaus' eyes to widen in annoyance, "I think you can compel humans to track your enemies."

"Do my ears deceive me?" Klaus questioned, a semi-amused look on his face, "Or did you just give me an order? In my own home?"

"This ain't about your ego, Klaus!" Jackson argued sternly, "It's about what's best for that little girl."

Klaus gave Jackson a furious look, "How dare you question my intentions for my daughter!" He raised his voice to the male werewolf.

"Jackson, Klaus is right," Hayley spoke up, knowing if she didn't, there would be a chance the scene would get ugly, "Finn's body disappeared from the morgue, which means that he's either powerful enough to heal from that explosion, or Freya's powerful enough to save him."

"I'm with Hayley on this," Ophelia spoke up also, turning to look at Jackson, "Either way, we're not finding Freya and Finn unless we send our best people out there."

After hearing the woman's words, Jackson sighed in frustration, "I'm sure you and all your merry men will find them post haste." Klaus commented patronizingly.

Jackson glanced at Ophelia before standing to his feet to stare Klaus in the eye, "Just to be clear, I'm giving this order because Ophelia is asking." He told the male hybrid, who opened his mouth to speak, but Jackson cut him off before he could even say anything, "Don't think for one second that I take orders from you."

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After looking for Ophelia everywhere in the compound, Jackson finally found her in Hayley's room, where she had just put Hope down to sleep.

He knocked gently on the door, causing Ophelia to turn to him after closing the door to Hope's room. She looked down at Jackson's hands to see him holding a plate of food, "Shh," Ophelia told him in a hushed tone, "I just got her down. Hayley went to fetch some blood. She hasn't had any in days so I told her I would watch Hope while she found some tourist to feed on."

Jackson nodded his head in understanding as he held out a plate to hand it to her, "Thought you might be hungry," he informed her, causing Ophelia to smile as she grabbed the plate from his hands.

"Hmm. Grilled cheese," Ophelia commented with a large smile on her face, "You're one hell of a chef, Jackson!"

Jackson laughed, "Well, I don't like to brag." he replied jokingly.

Ophelia smiled at him as she started to put away Hope's toys and blankets. It was awkwardly silent between them and Jackson smiled slightly, turning to leave.