Protecting Them (Only His Series: Book 3) *NEW VERSION*

Chapter 19

Klaus's P.O.V

I was walking downstairs while on the phone with Elijah. "What do you mean she's gone?" I asked him in a sharp voice that was just shy of shouting. There were ears all around the compound and I couldn't be sure that no one was listening in.

"I just received a call from Angelica Barker who is still very much herself," Elijah explained. Only two people could have tampered with that spell: Kol and Henrik.

"Stay where you are. I'll handle it," I told him. Henrik came around the corner and stopped when he saw me in the hallway. "Have you found a solution to the little quandary of ours?" I asked him.

"Well, we might have, but I don't think you're going to like it," Henrik replied.

"I don't think we have a choice," I responded.

"Kol says we need certain things from the lycée. Which means we need it clear of Finn in order to get them," Henrik explained. "There's only one thing I can think of that would distract him for long enough."

"And what's that?" I asked.

"If you tell him where to find Mother," He answered.

I thought about it for a while and said, "Ok. I should have known this wasn't going to be easy, but in return, I need you to answer one quick question."

"What's that then?"

"You said you placed Rebekah inside the body of Angelica Barker, right?" I asked.

"Yes, and I did," He replied, with a slightly confused expression.

"Really? I just got a call from Elijah saying that our sister wasn't in the body you claim to put her in," I told him. Henrik seemed surprised but quickly hid it which told me everything I needed to know. This was Kol's doing. He likely lied to Henrik on which body he was actually placing Rebekah in.

"Well, something must have gone wrong." It's cute how he's trying to protect his older brother from my wrath. "I can ask Kol, see if he knows," Henrik suggested.

"No need, I'll do it myself."

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Alex's P.O.V

Klaus sent me a text telling me that Finn had increased the vampire's hunger. He seemed to not want to start a panic and neither did I. I forwarded the text to Victor and he gave me a look before keeping a closer eye on the wolves, while I noticed Gia was keeping an eye on the vamps. It was only a matter of time before the hunger took over or a fight broke out over something small. I stayed closer to Charles and Hayley before I saw Kol walking into the dining room. Victor looked at me and gave me a nod before I followed Kol.

"So do you guys have a plan or what?" I asked them, and Marcel, Klaus, and Kol looked at me. "Because we are mere seconds away from a blood bath."

"Finn's boundary is too strong," Kol told us. "The only thing that could possibly work is if Henrik and Davina cast a disruption spell. It would temporarily neutralize all magical objects in this compound, including the compound itself. If it works." Thank god Victor and I are hybrids then. "Then it will give you guys sixty seconds to escape whilst the boundary is shut down."

"All right, that sounds good to me," Marcel agreed, desperate to get his vamps out of here.

"Marcel, if the spell works it will suppress all magical objects in the vicinity. Which means your rings," I explained.

"If we go out without our rings, we're dead," Marcel said.

"Unless you wait till nightfall," Klaus suggested and Marcel looked back at the vamps outside with a groan.