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Before they were the monsters whispered about in children's fairy tales, they were just children themselves, in the 10th Century in Mystic Falls. Before the bloodlust took everything, nature gave the Mikaelsons one fragile, beautiful piece of balance: a youngest sister who wasn't supposed to exist, who was supposed to die the night she was born.
For a thousand years, Thea has been the collective external heart of her chaotic family. To Niklaus, she is a reminder of the innocence their parents snuffed out. To Elijah, she is a sacred duty to protect at any cost. To Kol, she is the only thing that kept his temper from blowing over every time she was near. But as New Orleans descends into an all-out war and a resurrected Esther unearths the family's darkest secrets, a devastating truth comes to light. The monsters are no longer just whispering outside the gates-they are inside the Compound, and the target on the littlest Mikaelson's back has just doubled in size.