A baby's cry pierces the air as the midwife passes the baby to the awaiting hands of the father. Damon happily takes the baby from her hands holding her close to his chest not worried about the blood most likely staining his clothes. As quickly as the moment began it was lost, Damon was pushed out of the small room the baby still in his hands. "Stop! Wait! What's going on?" Damon yells trying to get back into the room. That's when he gets a look into the room noticing the many midwives rushing around attaching things to his wife lying on the bed, covered in blood and sweat from just giving birth. "Ruby! Ruby!" Damon yells over the loud cries of the baby in his arms. Damon stops yelling the shock to great. He hears the midwife's declare her dead, the blood loss to severe. In that one lonely moment Damon realizes that he will do everything he can to keep the little girl in his arms safe, no matter the cost. --------- Angels Mother died when she was only a few minutes old leaving her in the hands of her father, the great Damon Salvatore. Who knew that that one special little girl would later have three of the most powerful men in the world wrapped around her finger? ------ This is kind of an AU but I will follow the plot the best I can. (Kol Mikaelson X OC X Niklaus Mikaelson X Elijah Mikaelson) (The beautiful covers are by @heartsails)

Lydia Rosette Gilbert. The youngest of the Gilbert siblings. A family known for staying strong and staying together, despite the many tragedies they suffered. That bond never applied to Lydia. She was always second to Elena and Jeremy. Always forgotten by her parents, her friends, and the whole of Mystic Falls. Lydia always knew that something about her was different. She could sense it. But no one ever listened to her when she would voice her concerns. Her siblings have done their best to protect their younger sister after they lost their parents and guardians, but their attempts to shelter her from the cruelties of the world have only isolated her from everyone she loved. They worked hard to keep their lives, filled with vampires and witches, away from her. But all of their work will be undone when she meets Kol Mikaelson and every lie that was told to Lydia is soon uncovered. She just never imagined how deep the lies would go, and how far they would push her into a new family, the Mikaelsons. Republished and edited from my former account.