To Love A Sociopath

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Bonnie and Caroline separated ways, the blonde going to meet up with Elena. Jeremy was helping the two vampires compel half the town to stay quarantined in their homes for the next couple of days. Stefan tried to speak to Alaric about his vampire weapons but the man was mentally gone. He stayed cooped up in his home and Ric said they were moving out of town as soon as this week. Stefan avoided any mention of Kai Parker and 'burrowed' the weapons.

Mary Lou and Nora stuck with Hayley for precautions, while Valerie tried to put a spell around the Mystic Border to keep the hunter from getting in if she wasn't already. If Rayna was indeed in, she wouldn't be able to get out until Valerie died. Kai left as well to find the Phoenix Stone, bringing along most of the artifacts that he brought from the prison world.

Bonnie found the off-chart house the werewolf and witches were staying in, making sure to double-check her surroundings before going in. Mary Lou met her in the hallway, asking, "Has there been any news?"

Bonnie made her way to the living room to find Hayley pacing around. "She hasn't made an appearance yet but Damon knows she's in town. How are you, Hayley?"

"She's still trying to make the choice with the baby," Nora answered for her, holding up a cup. "That'll do the job if she truly wants all the problems to wash away."

"Where's Tyler?" She asked, eyes lingering towards the poisonous remedy for longer than she should have. "I should tell him and then I won't have to make this decision alone."

Mary Lou chuckled. "Tyler? He's infamous for his anger issues, Hayley. If you tell him that you've slept with the man he hates most, he'll kill you and the child."

"Tyler is not like that, he loves Hayley. And hopefully, he'll love the kid and put aside his hatred for Klaus," Bonnie stated, trying to reassure herself. Werewolves had unmatchable anger these days, she wasn't sure if what she spoke was true.

"Klaus ruined his life. He took Caroline, he took his mother, he took his freedom with the sire bond, and now he's somehow taken me and his new family. He might not act so loving towards me." Hayley took a deep, unsteady breath. "So I should do this, kill the kid? Right? Tell me what you guys think."

"Something came up," Bonnie was saying, eyes holding Hayley's. "The Mikaelson's are aware of the child's presence in the world."

"What? How?" Hayley became alert again, face drenched with stress at this point.

"They don't know who the carrier of the baby is and Klaus is nearly convinced it's an error. But knowing Elijah Mikaelson, he'll hold unto that hope. There's a witch in New Orleans who claims that this baby is...some sort of Tribrid," Bonnie tried to explain.

"A Tribrid?" Nora scoffed. "There is no such thing. At best, the child could be a hybrid just like Klaus."

"Klaus's mother is the Original witch, her power will flow to the baby," Bonnie said.

"A child of this unstable capacity could ruin the earth," Mary Lou stated, rubbing her hand on her arm. "If it is born unstabilized--"

"I've made my decision about the child." The room turned to Hayley who was staring down at her belly. "I'm going to tell Tyler...and I'm going to keep the baby. If he truly loves me, he won't care about this mistake that I made a long time ago."

*

Bonnie got another text from Damon and she declared it to the room. "They have eyes on Rayna."

"Which means she's within the borders of the town. If Val did the spell right, she won't be able to leave." Nora was packing things up, candles, papers, needles. She blew out the candles and they all made their way towards the door.