Elijah's Eternity: New Orleans (Complete)

Chapter 12: We Are Reunited +18

By: eternityunicorn

Elijah escorted Eternity all over the French Quarter, but not just to enjoy the day with her. He found he was deeply concerned about what he had seen earlier. Céleste's face continued to haunt him, chasing after him like an apparition that wouldn't leave him be. He went looking for her in a subtle way, taking his lady all over the place, trying to see if he could find the long dead witch while acting as a tour guide to the immortal queen. Yet, there wasn't any sign of her.

Just what in the hell was going on?

"Elijah, you saw something earlier," Eternity finally said to him, as they reached the docks. "You are troubled, searching for something or someone. A witch? Ah, an old flame that is supposedly long dead."

She was searching his thoughts, yet he didn't care. He wanted to be open to her, always.

"Céleste DuBois, yes," interjected Elijah, as he looked out over the water. He had let go of Eternity's hand and now stood a little ahead of her with his hands shoved into his pants pockets, a sign of his troubled state of mind. "I saw her earlier or something that looked like her anyway."

His lady came closer to him, "I did not sense evil or any sort of power. Though that doesn't mean that something sinister isn't going on, of course."

He turned back to her and saw the concern upon her lovely features. Immediately he went to her, cupping the side of her neck with a soft smile and then pulling her into his embrace. Holding Eternity calmed Elijah's stormy thoughts. The feel of her warmth and the sweet scent that seemed to permeate through every part of her was exactly what he needed at the moment. She gave him clarity - and peace.

Pulling back a little, he kissed Eternity's forehead tenderly. "I apologize for dragging you around," he said quietly. "I should have told you what I saw when it had happened. Instead, not only did I take you all over the place with ulterior motives, but I also forced you to search my thoughts for the reason to my strange behavior."

Eternity smiled at him,"Elijah, it's alright. I'd probably do the same, if an apparition of my former lover showed up out of the blue. Don't worry, we'll find out the truth of this matter. For now, let's go home."

Elijah took her hand in his again and brought it to his lips, kissing the palm gently. Then, still with her hand in his, he lead her away from the docks and headed back to the Mikaelson compound.

For the rest of the day, the two of them spent cooped up in his study. Elijah and Eternity spent that time attempting to figure out what he had seen or rather what it could mean. The immortal queen had tried multiple different spells and powerful tricks, but came back with nothing. Eternity was the most powerful immortal there was, yet even she couldn't find the origin of what it was he had seen. Not the energy of a spirit or of someone pulling the strings.

"I am powerful, not all powerful," she explained to him, when she kept coming back empty handed. "Perhaps, there is someone cloaking their power, keeping me from seeing them. Though it doesn't help that we don't know to what end anyone would want to send visions of your former flame, if they were visions at all. Maybe whomever this is, is Earth-based. An old enemy of yours? You and your kin do have a lot of people you've angered over the years, but if that's the case, then they are definitely partnered with someone from the other side of the divide."

Elijah thought about it. It was possible there was someone out there with a vendetta against him. In fact, it was very plausible. It wouldn't be the first time some former lover or friend came out of the woodwork with some grievance against him personally or one against his family. And if this someone found a partner from the Immortal Universe, much like his own brother had once upon a time, then that made them all the more dangerous.