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❝a man of my word❞
"FORGIVE THE INTRUSION, I MEAN YOUR FAMILY NO HARM." Elijah takes his seat in the window nook of Elena's room, moving a decorative pillow out of his way.
Elena shuts her door quietly, looking back at the Original anxiously. "Why did you kill those vampires when they tried to take me?"
"Because I didn't want you to be taken." At Elena's confused look, Elijah elaborates with a sigh. "Klaus is the most feared and hated of the Originals, but those that fear him are desperate for his approval. If word gets out that a doppelgänger exists, there'll be a line of vampires eager to take you to him, and I can't have that."
"Isn't that exactly what you're trying to do?" The lack of knowledge she seems to have for her own livelihood is entirely frustrating, an emotion she pushes forward with no hesitation.
Elijah shrugs softly. "Let's just say that my goal is not to break the curse just yet,"
"So what is your goal?"
"Klaus's obsessions have made him paranoid, he's a recluse. He trusts only those in his immediate circle."
Elena furrows her eyebrows. "Like you?"
Elijah shakes his head. "Not anymore, but someone you know."
His cryptic answer makes a hundred questions pop into her head, but she focuses on half of his answer for the time being. "You don't know where he is, do you? So you're trying to use me to draw him out,"
"Well, to do that, I need you to stay put and stop trying to get yourself killed," He smirks at her, but the bitterness in his voice doesn't go unmissed.
"How do I know you're telling the truth?"
Elijah narrows his eyes at the human. None before had had nearly as many questions as she did. "Well, if I wasn't being truthful, your family would be dead and I'd be taking you to Klaus right now. Instead I'm here, and I'm prepared to offer you a deal."
Elena is fearful of his words, at how nonchalant he is about killing her whole family and taking her straight to her own demise at the hands of some Original maniac. She doesn't know what it takes for someone to adapt to that sort of threat with ease, and she isn't sure she wants to find out. Steeling herself, she takes a deep breath and meets his gaze. "What kind of deal?"
Elijah stands, putting a hand in the pocket of his suit pants. "Do nothing. Do nothing, live your life, stop fighting." He walks over to her dresser, looking at all of the deliciously human things on top of it. "And then, when the time is right, you and I shall draw Klaus out together and I shall make certain your friends remain unharmed."
