Insatiable (Satisfy Series, Book Three, The Vampire Diaries)

Ch. 22: The Departed

Jeremy called to tell us Elena had collapsed at the house and he had taken her to the hospital.

"You did what?" Damon demanded.

"I took her to the hospital. When you find your sister unconscious, you call 911."

"Not when you have a parade of vampires at your disposal!" I told him.

"Every remaining Original is gonna want Elena dead to stop Alaric," Stefan told him. "She’s a sitting duck in there."

"Well, Meredith wants to keep her here for observation."

"Jeremy, get Elena home, we’re on our way," Damon told him, hanging up.

I looked from Damon to Stefan. "Have I told you lately how much I appreciate you two not being the dumbest brothers on Earth?"

"You know one of us needs to keep moving, right?" Stefan asked. "If Klaus really is the sire of our bloodline, we need to keep his body hidden before Alaric finds him, kills him, and we all end up dead."

Damon gave him a look, looking over the two of us. "Our life is one, big proverbial coin toss."

"I'm sitting this one out, this one's up to you guys," I told them, looking away.

Stefan and Damon gave me a look.

I gave them a look as if to say, I don't care.

Stefan went back.

*

 Elijah ended up at Elena's house.

We were listening to them now.

"All we need is to take the stake away from him," Elijah told us. "Once it's been disarmed, the weapon's in my possession, my family will scatter to the ends of the Earth, and Alaric will follow us."

"And you'll just run?" Stefan asked.

"We've done it before," Elijah told us. "Klaus and Rebekah spent the better part of a thousand years evading my father. What's another half century while Elena is able to live out the rest of her natural life?"

"We've finally stopped him, Elijah," Elena told him. "After everything that he's done to us, I can't just let you bring him back."

"I give you my word, Elena," Elijah told her. "I will not revive Klaus within yours nor even within your children's lifetimes. Perhaps that will finally teach him some manners."

"Why should she trust you?" Matt asked. "All you've done is screw her over."

"Wow," Damon said quietly. "Never thought I'd see the day where I'd ever agree with Matt Donovan."

I smiled, rolling my eyes.

"And for that, I'm deeply ashamed," Elijah told us. "But know this, she could have been dead the instant I walked through that door tonight, so, Elena, I leave it to you to make the decision whether to trust me or not."

"Not!" Damon told them. "Hello?! Did that concussion give you brain damage?! His lunatic siblings will kill you the first chance they get!"

"Rebekah and Kol will honor the terms," Elijah told us. "If you return Klaus' body to us, Elena will come to no harm. Do we have a deal?"

"No!" I told them. "No, no, no, no! Did I mention no?!"

"Elena, it's up to you," Stefan told her.