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In the 17th century, Niklaus Mikaelson found the impossible: peace. It came in the form of Ariadne, a gentle aristocrat who looked past the monster to see the man. But on their wedding day, the "stain" on her family's legacy was washed away in blood. Before she could say her vows, Ariadne collapsed, poisoned by her own kin in a cold act of "honor."
For centuries, Klaus carried her final letter like a shard of glass in his heart a confession that she knew of the poison and drank it anyway. To him, her sacrifice was the ultimate betrayal. He transitioned from a grieving widower to a walking corpse, eventually forbidding her name and burying his heart in the shadows of New Orleans.
Until he meets Hayley Marshall.
She has the same face. The same eyes. The same stubborn soul. But this young, fierce werewolf-witch hybrid has no memory of the silk dresses or the poisoned chalice. To Klaus, she is a cruel joke of nature-a doppelgänger sent to mock his misery. To Hayley, he is a paranoid tyrant who looks at her with a terrifying blend of loathing and longing.
But souls don't forget as easily as minds do. In a city built on secrets, the truth of their tether is about to bleed through.
Can Klaus forgive the woman who died to save him, or will he destroy the only soul he was ever meant to love?