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Khalia was sitting in the living room with Hayley – Klaus leaving to do God knows what and Elijah somewhere around the Compound – when there was a knock on the front door. It made the Original female frown deeply. For one, they’re the Mikaelson family and rarely get visitors. For two, whenever someone does come to their home, it is usually to pick a fight. She gestured for Hayley to stay in the living room – which her werewolf of course ignored because she has no sense of self-preservation whatsoever – but just sighed resignedly when she ended up following her.

“You stay behind me, or I swear to every living thing out there, Hayley, I will cuff you to a bed and not in the fun and kinky way.” The Mikaelson girl warned sharply. Hayley’s mind went a little of track for a moment at the thoughts of her, Khalia, handcuffs and kinky all in one sentence. Then she saw the vampire’s expectant and very serious expression and she hastily nodded, pushing those inappropriate thoughts away.

Khalia made sure to put on her meanest face as she opened the door, Hayley peering curiously over her shoulder. Both the pregnant girl and the immortal girl was surprised by who stood outside their door. Khalia recognized her immediately.

“Sierra?” Her tone was questioning, the worry and anxiety on the other werewolf’s face was enough to almost alarm Khalia.

Hayley stepped out from behind her, seeing that this person is not a threat, but someone familiar, Khalia let her. The pregnant girl noticed her pack mate’s distress. “What’s wrong?”

“It’s Jackson. He and Oliver went out to get the stones for the moonlight rings and they’re not back yet. They should have been back hours ago.” Sierra explained to them, looking close to a panic attack. Khalia just eyed her awkwardly, she had no idea how to help the werewolf girl.

Hayley, on the other hand, seemed to know just what to do. She ushered the werewolf inside, just as Elijah appeared in front of them. “Don’t worry, we’ll find them.”

Elijah gave the nervous werewolf girl a kind smile. “I heard about your predicament. I’ll make a call to my brother and have him find them.”

“Thank you.” Sierra smiled gratefully at him, some of her nerves settling down.

An impatient Hayley, an indifferent Khalia and a nervous Sierra stood nearby Elijah as he pulled out his phone and dialed Klaus’ number. The Hybrid answered in the third ring, “Yes, brother, what is it?”

“It appears our wolves have gone astray, brother.” Elijah informed the Hybrid.

Hayley cuts in, her impatience crystal clear. “They should have been back hours ago.”

“We need to find them.” Elijah interrupts Hayley, who gives him a dirty look. He gave a blank one in return. Khalia watched the exchange in amusement, while Sierra’s breathing quickened again.

“Well, that might be a bit tricky. You see, we've located their car on a back road in the middle of nowhere. I suspect they've been shanghai'd.” Klaus admitted as he scaled rooftops around New Orleans, looking for a specific vampire boy.

“What?” Sierra’s horrified shriek left them all wincing a little.

“And you didn't feel the need to share this information?” Elijah questioned.

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