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Chapter 14 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was two weeks into her renovation period of D\u00e9bauche, and she hadn\u2019t heard anything from Alaric. But she didn\u2019t have time to think about him as she was simply very proud of her club rising from the ashes. Oh, a lot had to be done, still. She needed new staff, she needed a friendly witch to put security up, she met this great guy who worked in IT and was willing to set up a secure payment system for her and even gave her the number of someone who was a wizard with cameras and security systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus was fuming as he had found the witch Davina and he also found Mikael and Kol. He rendered Mikael immobile by pushing something he\u2019d acquired the year before into Mikael\u2019s chest, and Davina and Kol had run off because Klaus was willing to kill him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For what? Well, for siding with their mother, of course. Myriam wanted to explain that Kol basically didn\u2019t have a choice and that with Klaus being so closed off towards Kol that it didn\u2019t make it easy for him to turn to him for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Myriam had told Klaus that. He promised to do better for Kol, but not for Finn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam was still in bed when Klaus marched back into the bedroom after having it vacated only minutes before. \u201cElijah is gone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis coffin is open, and Elijah is gone,\u201d Klaus repeated as he started to pace the room. \u201cHow is this possible? Our security is fine, and he was protected by magic!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour mother has been able to slip in undetected before,\u201d Myriam reminded him as she sat up. \u201cBut who knows? It might not be your mother this time, who else is after you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho isn\u2019t!\u201d Klaus cried out. \u201cNo, I have a feeling that it\u2019s Mother. She\u2019s up to something. She wants us all in different bodies, and this is what I would do! If only I\u2019d have unboxed Elijah, then he\u2019d — this is all your fault!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy fault?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou daggered him, you said we\u2019d be better off without him and look what happened!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlame the fucking witch who seemingly protected him with her magic, not me!\u201d Myriam countered angrily as she got out of bed and started to get dressed. \u201cIn any case, I\u2019ve been trying to stick by you while you deal with your parents and the return of your siblings, but to blame me for that wench for stealing Elijah? Sorry, Klaus, that\u2019s the last straw,\u201d she said as she pulled her hair back in a ponytail. \u201cUntil this is solved, I\u2019ll be living at the club.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat! You can\u2019t do that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can. And I will,\u201d she shot at him. \u201cUnless you want me to leave New Orleans all together? Because I can do that, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam, I need you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She rolled her eyes at him. \u201cNo, you don\u2019t. You know how I feel about your parents, I\u2019m not going to be in the middle of this. I can\u2019t help you because frankly, while I\u2019m pleased that I\u2019m more indestructible than I have been in the past, I am useless to the point of not being able to help you with my pets. And yes, you hear those stories of your partner having the parents from hell, but yours are that, quite literally! I\u2019m done!\u201d Myriam rambled. \u201cBoth your parents have kidnapped me to get to you. The both of them! We\u2019ve always run from Mikael. I\u2019m not running now, but you\u2019re making it quite difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not going to blame Elijah\u2019s kidnapping on me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not! You\u2019re not even listening!\u201d Myriam then took a deep breath and shook her head. \u201cI\u2019m going to stay at the club until you\u2019ve done something about your parents.\u201d She then used her speed to leave the compound and headed straight for D\u00e9bauche. She arrived just in time for the trucks to arrive with the inner workings of her club, it was time to decorate, or was it? Had the vampires truly worked throughout the night to paint everything? Put in new floors? Had she overestimated the two months she believed it was going to take?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walking inside, her heart swelled with so much joy, the fight with Klaus forgotten momentarily. It was precisely as she had sketched it out. Walking into the entrance, there was a small reception area with room for a member of security to keep an eye on things. The door to the right lead to the bar area and the bar had large windows looking out on the dancers in the next room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the left was an area for security and her own office was behind another secure door or two, and a small utility room was also accounted for. Then there was a lovely little area with more security but also with guest stairs that lead up to the first floor; where she was going to have ladies for just about anyone. Willing ladies. Myriam wasn\u2019t going to push, and she certainly wasn\u2019t going to force anybody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was a kitchen on that floor and a handful separate rooms for the girls to work in. There was even a small dormitory for them to stay and or rest. All rooms were equipped with showers, and she had also ordered a cupboard for them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A staircase hidden behind a security door lead her to the top floor, with once again a dormitory and showers, and a handful of apartments, one of which she was going to claim for her own. Because while she wanted to help humans who were hurt by the supernatural, she also knew that it was also likely that children would be involved. Or anxiety. PTSD. You didn\u2019t want to put those people with others in a room. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And everything looked pristine. It smelled clean, fresh and had the colour scheme she wanted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam had her business back. She was happy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letting out a girly giggle, she went downstairs again and started to direct the movers to where things needed to go. Much to her surprise, more of Klaus\u2019 vampires showed up to help. It was almost as if Klaus wanted to make up for the fact that he was once again blaming her for things she hadn\u2019t had any control over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, not wanting to turn them down as it would mean the trucks would be emptied quicker, she told them where everything needed to be. She arranged her office by herself, the new laptop would arrive later that day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the following day, her business was ready to open for business, but she still needed staff. She needed girls. Test the girls. Interviews. She locked herself into D\u00e9bauche and spent the night on the internet with a bottle of vodka to look for talent. But, while the internet was accessible and useful for a lot of things, she didn\u2019t trust the things she found. She needed someone with more knowledge of the internet, but it was 3 am, and she was drunk and all alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deciding that Kol would probably know, she dialled his number. It took a while for him to answer, but when he did, he sounded different. Strained. \u201cAre you okay?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m a little tied up, darling. We\u2019re having a family reunion. I could really use your help to tell my brother that I\u2019m on your side.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam let out a groan as she heard how the phone was moved away from Kol and back to likely Klaus. \u201cLet him go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe is colluding with my mother!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Kol. Remember I caught him 100 years ago trying to plot against you? It\u2019s what he does! Especially when he\u2019s afraid! What you\u2019re doing right now is making him even more fearful, so you let him go, and you hear him out. He\u2019s truthful,\u201d she said as she downed her bottle. \u201cHe\u2019s on your side, Klaus, he wants to help, but he\u2019s afraid of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd why were you calling him?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s my friend. Let him go. Don\u2019t make me come over and beat your ass,\u201d she got to her feet and swayed a little and bumped into the desk before making her way to the bar to find another bottle of vodka. \u201cBut if he\u2019s busy with you, I\u2019ll call someone else. Bye husband,\u201d she said as she disconnected the call. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Making her way back to her office with an expensive bottle of bourbon, she dialled Alaric\u2019s number. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam, it\u2019s 3.30 am. Why are you calling me?\u201d<\/em> Alaric sounded groggy. Had she woken him up? Ah, she didn\u2019t care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI need your help with the internet. I\u2019m looking for ladies to work for me but all it does is take me to websites I have to pay for and this craigslist\u2026 I don\u2019t trust.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you need my help with that at this time?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter you killed Jeri in my apartment?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI sent a cleanup crew, and I got you a new couch,\u201d she said as she took a swig of her bottle. \u201cAnd I have a job for you if you don\u2019t want to teach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am a teacher, Myriam.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll pay you triple from what you get as a teacher.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She could hear some shuffling on the other end of the line and a deep sigh. \u201cI don\u2019t do it for the money.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m your friend. I need you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t need me, Myriam, at least not on a daily basis. You\u2019re more than capable of—\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was rejecting her, wasn\u2019t he? Well, it was only a matter of time, but it still hurt. \u201cThen why did you move to New Orleans if you\u2019re not my friend? You could have stayed at Whitmore, you seemed to enjoy that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause I have a better opportunity here. There\u2019s a wider community of supernaturals and—\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you hate vampires and the supernatural!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd that you always seem to throw tantrums,\u201d<\/em> Ric sighed. \u201cMyriam, I love you, but I\u2019m not going to work for you. And if you allow me a few more hours of sleep, I\u2019ll be more than happy to come over and help you out with the internet. Go have some sleep yourself, you sound as if you\u2019re on the verge of a mental breakdown.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t talk to anyone about this shit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen write it all down, just like I told you to do when you came to me a couple of months ago. Write it down and sort it out,\u201d <\/em>he said kindly. \u201cRelax, have a good night, Myriam. I\u2019ll bring breakfast in a few hours.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam, you always told everyone that you don\u2019t need anybody. That you\u2019re the bigger monster than Klaus. And I know that you were only looking out for yourself when you killed Jeri, but I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m not going to get out of my apartment to come to you for something as trivial as helping you navigate the internet. You\u2019ve made your bed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAsshole,\u201d she muttered as she disconnected the call and took another swig of her alcohol. Oh, she knew that if she were patient, Klaus and Kol would stop fighting, and Kol would be able to help her out, but she wasn\u2019t patient. She wanted to get her business running as soon as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it was ridiculous that she even needed help. She could send an email just fine and usually google helped her out just fine but how was she supposed to know that the girls she found were real girls? Or that they weren\u2019t being beaten by some pimp?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, she needed to go about this old school. Pushing her laptop to the side, she grabbed a pen and paper and started to draft an advertisement. The newspaper was likely going to print soon, so she had to move fast. And she was going to make copies of it and send it off to other newspapers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screw the internet. Sometimes doing things old school was the best way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A couple of days later, there was a whole line of girls waiting outside the club, ready to be auditioned for dancers, and Myriam couldn\u2019t be happier. It was a joy seeing the girls dance and try to impress Myriam, and while most of them were clearly professionals, she made sure that by the end of the day, she had a well-balanced team of professionals and some that weren\u2019t as good. Yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She compelled them to speak the truth, and she was relieved that they were here on their own volition and gave them all an advance as she expected them to return the following week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She went to Trem\u00e9 and see how popular she was still there. Granted, she hadn\u2019t been in contact with them for over a hundred years, but maybe they\u2019d still accept her. She had taught them more about magic. The best part about the Trem\u00e9 witches was that they practised both Ancestral and Sacrificial magic. And occasionally traditional magic. Trem\u00e9 witches didn\u2019t trust outsiders, and she had done a lot to gain their trust back in the day. She\u2019d never felt alienated by them, although at this point she wasn\u2019t sure about anything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Orleans had changed, thanks to Marcel, and not for the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As expected, it took some time for Myriam to find the Elder of the Trem\u00e9 coven. She tried talking to them at the market but was given headaches every time she came close. She then remembered that she used to be close to the McDaniels, and went to find their kin. Funnily enough, the family still lived at the house that she had often frequented in the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The door opened, and Myriam half expected another headache or to be smacked on her ass, but instead, the resident raised a curious eyebrow. \u201cWe don\u2019t deal with vampires.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know that,\u201d Myriam replied kindly. \u201cAnd you don\u2019t like outsiders either, which I find nothing but admirable. However, I\u2019m not here because I\u2019m a vampire. I\u2019m here because I took back what was mine and I want to turn it into a safe haven for humans who fell victim to the supernatural.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman huffed and motioned for Myriam to come in as she moved away from the door. \u201cYour \u2018friend\u2019 Isabella did a piss poor job in your absence, especially in the last 100 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know, I got rid of her,\u201d Myriam smiled as she followed the woman. \u201cTo be fair, I\u2019m surprised you\u2019re still here, Diane.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNothing that a little bit of magic can\u2019t fix,\u201d Diane sat down in her chair. \u201cYou may have your immortality, I have my spells to make my life last a bit longer, but it\u2019s wearing thin, I can tell you that. I merely wanted to stick around long enough for Marcel Gerard\u2019s regime to come to an end. I believe I have you to thank for that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t quite myself, but I suppose so,\u201d Myriam chuckled slightly as she sat down across from the woman. \u201cAnd Klaus knows better than to try to control the witches, as long as things don\u2019t go too crazy, but that\u2019s just like the werewolves and the vampires.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diane looked at her for a moment as she slowly nodded. \u201cYou look troubled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be a lot better once my club and shelter are up and running. It\u2019ll be the sole thing I\u2019ll be focusing on for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The older woman let out a breath and nodded. \u201cI shall ask my daughter and granddaughter to go to D\u00e9bauche and meet with you, to talk about the security spells you require. And don\u2019t be a stranger, you hear? I plan on hanging on for as long as I can, but eventually, this body will deteriorate, and I won\u2019t be able to keep up rejuvenating myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you,\u201d Myriam smiled at her. \u201cYou know, I could still turn you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, over my dead body,\u201d Diane laughed, shaking her head. \u201cDon\u2019t worry, Myriam. I\u2019ll talk to the Trem\u00e9 witches and tell them that you\u2019re not like any other vampire and that they can trust you. You can have a good bond with us witches again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI owe you, so much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDarlin\u2019, you got rid of Marcel Gerard. We owe you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week later, she opened the doors to D\u00e9bauche officially after the refurbishment and the hiring of new talent. She had a talented bartender and some great staff working underneath him, dancers, and even some girls who were willing, free, and able to entertain men privately. However, tonight was all about the bar and the dance club, and she hoped, that for one day in whatever her husband and her best friend were up to now, that they\u2019d stop and come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, she could understand what they wouldn\u2019t. After all, she had ignored Klaus\u2019 phone calls and text messages, and she wasn\u2019t helping him with his parents. No, she was safe in her club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She loved watching the people entertain themselves, watching the girls on stage. Currently, there were the Bees. They came to Myriam to tell her that there was a hit on her head for quite some money and that they would keep her safe if she\u2019d paid double. Which she did. And offered them an hourly fee if they\u2019d work for her. As it turned out, the Bees were professional dancers apart from their side job as hitwomen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Could Myriam trust them? Sure, after she compelled them! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Bree, Betty and Bianca were amazing. Tall, gorgeous and dangerous. And they had the men eating out of their hands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was near midnight when security alerted her of two witches who wanted entrance into the club. Myriam had a strict no witches, vampires or werewolf policy unless she stated that they were allowed in, and the spells and dark objects that Diane\u2019s family had made for her were the ones who screened every soul that entered the threshold. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She headed over to the detention area and blinked when she saw Kol, accompanied by a very young witch. \u201cKol!\u201d she smiled at him and hugged him tightly. \u201cYou made it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course I did, darling,\u201d he smiled at her. \u201cThis is very important to you. Sorry, we\u2019re late. Very impressive magic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam grinned. \u201cWell you\u2019re welcome to stay, but your little friend doesn\u2019t look legal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s not, but surely you can make an exception for Davina?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam narrowed her eyes on Kol before looking at Davina. She was a Claire alright. \u201cHeard so much about you, Davina, pleasure meeting you. But no. Access denied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh come on, Myr!\u201d Kol whined. \u201cWe want to party, and she\u2019s allowed in Rousseau\u2019s!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t Rousseau\u2019s. If you want to go to Rousseau\u2019s, you go to Rousseau\u2019s. You know very well what kind of place I run!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol huffed. \u201cYou never had an issue with underaged girls before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose were different times. I had to bend over backwards to get the licenses that I have, and I\u2019m not going to ruin it by allowing her inside.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh come on, you\u2019re a vampire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKol. No,\u201d Myriam said sternly. \u201cI\u2019d love to have a chat with you and get to know Davina, but not in the club. I really appreciate you coming, though. It means a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s alright,\u201d Davina eventually spoke up and gently caressed Kol\u2019s arm. \u201cMyriam obviously takes pride in her club and wants to keep everything legal. That includes me not entering the bar and the club. It\u2019s rare these days.\u201d Davina then looked at Myriam. \u201cI can see why Kol likes you so much. How about we have lunch tomorrow at the little eatery on the corner of this street?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat sounds like a plan, thank you for understanding, Davina.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m thankful of you for ridding New Orleans from Isabella. She was really shady. If there\u2019s anything I can do for you, just ask.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam smiled at her. Silly young witch. \u201cYou shouldn\u2019t offer your services like that. Not to anyone,\u201d she said sternly. \u201cBut yes, see you two for lunch, tomorrow. Thanks for coming and Jerry here will see you two out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut Myr\u2026\u201d Kol tried again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, Kol. You should be glad that I even allow you to enter without Davina if you want after you started the fire!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was years ago, you\u2019re still blaming me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes. You\u2019re a fire hazard,\u201d she said as she crossed her arms over her chest. \u201cOut. Now.\u201d After making sure that Kol and Davina had truly left the building, she went back to the party and found Alaric sitting at the bar, nursing a bourbon. \u201cHey, you made it. Thought you wouldn\u2019t want to see me anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t,\u201d Alaric said as he watched her sit down next to him. \u201cIn fact, I think I\u2019m going to move back to Mystic Falls.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat? Why?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause you made me leave?\u201d Alaric shrugged. \u201cBecause I\u2019m in a huge city filled with witches, werewolves and vampires and I simply can\u2019t understand how I can live here. You helped me with whatever Esther did, and I helped you to regain your senses, but I think that\u2019s where things should end for us, Myriam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou killed someone in my flat. Someone I had found for you to help you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd she was going to take my invulnerability,\u201d Myriam hissed as she slapped her flat hand on the surface of the bar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd what if Kol wouldn\u2019t have been there at the right moment?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d rather have died.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, you see, I don\u2019t believe that,\u201d Alaric said as he knocked back his drink. \u201cI do think that this is a great venture for you, Myriam. It\u2019s good that a vampire is looking out for those who can\u2019t. And while you do that here, let me do that in Mystic Falls where the population of vampires, werewolves and witches can be counted on one hand. Maybe two.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought we were friends,\u201d she muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFriends? No. We have a connection, but we\u2019re not friends. I like you, Myriam, but I don\u2019t like what you are. I don\u2019t like it that you\u2019re in bed with the big bad wolf, literally. And he\u2019ll continue to hurt you. Chip away at everything that you are and you will continuously need to fight that because eventually, you\u2019re going to change so much that not even your mother will recognise you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam rolled her eyes. \u201cI\u2019ve got my club back. I\u2019m good, but sure. Leave me. Live your life the way you want to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat? You want me to cause a scene in a full bar during the grand re-opening of everything that I love? You\u2019re not going to get it,\u201d Myriam said as she signalled the bartender for a drink. \u201cSee you later, Ric. Thanks for the help. Don\u2019t let the door hit you on the way out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh come on.\u201d Alaric huffed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re ruining my night. Leave before I decide you\u2019re not going to leave New Orleans alive,\u201d she finished her glass and pushed herself off of the bar and continued to mingle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCan I have this dance?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam smiled when she heard the voice she\u2019d wanted to hear all night and moved against him as she put her arms around him. \u201cYou made it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an important night, I thought I\u2019d arrive fashionably late, in the hope that you\u2019d be alone,\u201d Klaus replied as he put his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. \u201cI\u2019m surprised I wasn\u2019t stopped by your security as Kol was. He wasn\u2019t happy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s only one hybrid. I told my guys to allow you through, always.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou built a fortress, love, it\u2019s even worse than before we left.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah well, your parents are in town, and threats are eviler this time,\u201d Myriam sighed as she looked up at him. \u201cHow are you doing, mon LouLou?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCould have done better, but we\u2019re dealing with mother now,\u201d he said quietly. \u201cThere\u2019s a plan in motion. She wanted to use Camille as a body to jump into, but we\u2019ve put a stop to that. Elijah\u2026\u201d he sighed then. \u201cMother has done a real number on him, and we\u2019re keeping him in the dungeon below. Kol provided the protective spells.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI miss you,\u201d he sighed again as he kissed the top of her head. \u201cCome home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can stay here with me,\u201d she could feel herself melt against him. \u201cThis place is safer than the Compound.\u201d The hell with going home. Not with mommy and daddy dearest on the loose. Not until Klaus would treat her better. \u201cCome on, just for one night. Let us be husband and wife again. Let me show you around. Forget your worries for one night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He let out a breath and nodded. \u201cVery well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs that because you want to or because I asked?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause I need to,\u201d he told her, a smile on his face. \u201cMy wife has rebuilt her business, and it\u2019s more glorious than ever. Why should I go back to our home alone when there\u2019s so much celebrating to be done?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam let out a groan. \u201cYou\u2019re thinking with your dick. I want you to be with me because you want to. Not because you have an itch to scratch or because I asked.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLove, what I need or want is not on the table tonight. It\u2019s what you want, what you need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally? Even if I just want to spew my thoughts?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus nodded. \u201cI am your husband. I can always listen. You know that I don\u2019t do well with change, but I\u2019m willing to try. Again. You\u2019ve given me so many chances, I want to do it right this time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam smiled then, believing the sincerity in his voice. \u201cCome on, then, let\u2019s leave this party early and let me show you around and take you to my room.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seemed as if things got even crazier for the Mikaelsons the following weeks. Klaus had turned his mother into a vampire, Finn went nuts and played with Kol\u2019s life by keeping him locked inside the compound with a bunch of newbie vamps while channelling his parents and Kol forgot to mention that he\u2019d misplaced Rebekah into the Witches\u2019 Asylum who eventually broke out with long-lost sister Freya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam wasn\u2019t keeping score. She liked to be blissfully unaware of things so she could remain happy, centred, focused. She was content in her fortress. Business was going well, and she even hired some new girls who came in to audition. She was in the middle of helping a human victim of the supernatural get settled when Kol just about fell into her establishment and security called for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She found in him in quite the state, anger and pain was written all over his face, and she took him into her office, pushed him on the sofa and handed him a big glass of alcohol before sitting down next to him, waiting for him to calm down. It was likely that he had merely had a fight with Klaus again, but realised he was actually too fragile to do something about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNik doesn\u2019t want to help me, despite Rebekah telling him I spoke the truth,\u201d he said as he clenched his hand around the glass. \u201cHe forced himself into my thoughts, and I had to defend myself and ran.\u201d Kol took a big gulp from his glass. \u201cAlways and Forever, my ass. I\u2019m always not included.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She gently ran her hand through his hair as she looked at him. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on, mon chou?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s Finn,\u201d Kol spat. \u201cI was trying to distract him so that Davina and Aiden could free Josh from Finn\u2019s hold and I was doing fine. Or so I thought, but he was playing me. And then cursed me into this body. No more jumping bodies. No escape from death. Which will come, you know, because he hexed me along with it. I might have days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe did what!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur family has always been at each other’s throats, you know that as well as anyone, but this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam growled. \u201cSo, if I kill Finn, will that stop you from dying?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLikely, but darling, he\u2019s fuelled by my parents. You\u2019d need to sever that connection first before you can approach him and even then, he\u2019s powerful. Mother choose our bodies with care; his with strong magic in his flesh and blood, mine with just enough. He\u2019ll kill you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t care. I need to kill him because I\u2019m not allowing you to die,\u201d she said as she got to her feet and started to pace around to think. \u201cDo you know where his host body came from?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe he\u2019s a Trem\u00e9 witch,\u201d he replied. \u201cI think. Should be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt just feels like it, that\u2019s all. Finn is doing things he shouldn\u2019t be doing, things that weren\u2019t taught to him, which means it comes from the mind of the person he\u2019s inhabiting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam let out a breath and nodded. \u201cIf you have a picture of him, send it to me on my phone. Get some rest, I\u2019m going to do a little bit of hunting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyr, you\u2019re going to get yourself killed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be fine, Mon Chou. Nobody gets to hurt you and get away with it. Not now you\u2019re so breakable,\u201d she waved her phone around before grabbing a blanket for him. \u201cRest. I\u2019ll be back in a bit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On her way over to Diane, Kol sent over a picture of Finn\u2019s host body, and her anger towards him grew even further. Would she still had been in possession of her demons, she would have ripped him apart without even laying a finger on him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam! Twice in such a short amount of time!\u201d Diane greeted her with a smile. \u201cWhat can I do for you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry for bothering you, Diane, but do you know who this man is?\u201d she showed her friend Finn\u2019s image. \u201cI need to find him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Diane paled a little. \u201cOh, he\u2019s\u2026 trouble. He and his ex-wife both are, she\u2019s locked up in the Asylum now but\u2026\u201d she sighed as she motioned for Myriam to come inside and rummaged in a drawer to find a picture. \u201cHis name is Vincent Griffith. He comes from a long line of powerful Trem\u00e9 witches. When he was sixteen, he met Eva Sinclair, and she was a wild one,\u201d Diane laughed a bit when she handed the picture to Myriam. \u201cWhen Eva fell pregnant, Vincent wanted to make New Orleans safer for her and their unborn child and rid the city of Marcel Gerard, because living under his rule was not a walk in the park. Vincent discovered a power even stronger and older than the Ancestors, and they both got so enamoured with it that it tore them apart. A tragedy, really. Vincent tried to back out of it, captured Eva when she kidnapped children from various covens to sacrifice them and threw her in the asylum. He then left the coven to live his own life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam let out a breath and nodded. \u201cThat left him vulnerable, and he fell victim to Esther Mikaelson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d Myriam sighed. \u201cBut don\u2019t worry, now I know that he is Trem\u00e9 at heart, I can take care of him. He\u2019s not Vincent anymore, but Finn Mikaelson was put in his body. And I\u2019m going to clean up that mess.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou mean you\u2019re going to kill him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to kill Finn. Yes, he\u2019s in Vincent\u2019s body, so I suppose that\u2019s killing Vincent too. He fucking cursed my best friend to die, and he doesn\u2019t deserve to die again, so unless you know someone who\u2019s powerful enough to break that curse and hex that was put on my friend while Finn\u2019s channelling two very dark and powerful objects, then I\u2019m willing to give that a shot. If not, I need to take him out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDiane, he\u2019s endangering New Orleans. I can\u2019t allow that to happen to our city,\u201d Myriam said as she rose from her seat. \u201cThanks for the picture, and the information. I owe you one.\u201d She then quickly left the home and headed back to D\u00e9bauche to talk to her witches to do a locator spell while she was going through her dark objects in her room. She still had the Devil\u2019s Star that she had confiscated from Kol after he had killed half the parish of St. Anne\u2019s and Dowager Fauline along with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She wasn\u2019t a fighter. She had always relied on her demons to fight for her. But she had held on to the Devil\u2019s Star for all this time in cases like this. There was no way that she could take on a witch that was channelling two very powerful supernatural beings. Even so, there\u2019d be a risk that Finn would see it coming especially since he knew what she looked like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He hadn\u2019t approved of her in Mystic Falls, and she hadn\u2019t actually mourned his death. He didn\u2019t like her because she actually had made the Mikaelsons into a proper family, and allowed them to be who they were. Even now with Elijah back out of his box and scarred by whatever his mother did to him, Myriam wanted to make sure Elijah wouldn\u2019t go back to meddling with the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her witches gave her a location, and after checking in on Kol, who had passed out on her sofa, Myriam headed to the place given to her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam. What are you doing here?\u201d Finn questioned her as he spotted her in the doorway. \u201cDo you wish to join my parents?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPass,\u201d she retorted. \u201cI came here to talk because I know you\u2019re a dick and hate vampires but to go after your siblings? What drugs are you on?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe truth. Vampires are an abomination. They\u2019re monsters. Mother is trying to fix her mistake.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour mother created a whole new subspecies who have learned to thrive and co-exist with the others. Your siblings are closer than they\u2019ve been in a very long time and you\u2019re fucking shit up, it stops now.\u201d Finn reached out to hurt her, but she was faster and lodged the Devil\u2019s Star in his chest. \u201cHow dare you to curse and hex your own brother? Your baby brother who\u2019s in a weaker body than yours? How dare you, Finn Mikaelson? You\u2019re saying your brothers are monsters, but you\u2019re an even bigger one that Elijah is!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She took out her phone and started to film Finn writhing on the floor, screaming as tiny slices appeared all over his body, blood pouring and squirting out of every slice. It looked glorious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After he breathed out his last breath, Myriam headed to LaFayette Cemetery where she found Esther and Mikael in a circle, out cold. Sighing, Myriam dialled Klaus\u2019 number. \u201cMon LouLou, how much are you going to love me when I say that I\u2019ve found Finn\u2019s lair where he\u2019s channelling your parents?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTell me where and I\u2019ll deal with them, love. I thought you were staying out of this?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am. I just need to stop the power from them so that Kol\u2019s curse and hex will go away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019d need to—\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKill Finn? Yeah, did that. I\u2019m also pretty sure he didn\u2019t jump into another host body, so you\u2019re welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBloody hell, Myriam! Now I have to protect you from our sister Freya who\u2019s a powerful witch of her own accord and hellbent on reuniting our family!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, I suppose she needs a crash course in Mikaelson family politics,\u201d Myriam shrugged. \u201cI\u2019ll text you the location of your parents and where I killed Finn. And then I\u2019m going back to take care of your baby brother. Oh, and you\u2019re welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow could you do this?!\u201d Klaus fumed as he paced the courtyard, pointing at Finn\u2019s dead body on the table for everyone to see. Their dessicated parents were on the rug together. \u201cHe\u2019s my brother, Myriam! He\u2019s a pain in the neck, but I\u2019d never go as far as killing them! That\u2019s what the box is for!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, because that\u2019s what you love to do, isn\u2019t it? Dagger me repeatedly!\u201d Kol was standing behind Myriam, feeling a lot better and healed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI dagger all of you, Kol!\u201d Klaus shot at his brother. \u201cEach and every one of you for your own good! I\u2019d never go as far as killing you, not even Finn! If you don\u2019t agree with my motives, then fine! I never claimed to be the bastion of temperance!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I had to kill Finn for Kol to survive, Klaus,\u201d Myriam snarled. \u201cAnd I\u2019m sorry, but if I had to do it all over again, I would have done the same. Finn was an asshole, and he would be the end of you all. I simply couldn\u2019t allow Kol to die again, this time at the hands of his brother. So yeah, if this makes me the bad guy, so be it. I don\u2019t give a fuck. All I care about is Kol\u2019s survival. And yours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus calmed down somewhat and nodded. \u201cFinn\u2019s been dead to me for a long time. Thank you, love, for making it official,\u201d he then looked over to his brother Kol. \u201cOh, don\u2019t worry, I\u2019d never kill you, as annoying as you may be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam was glad to hear that Klaus still accepted Kol as part of their family, he was a Mikaelson, after all. A girl was sniffing in the corner, and Myriam was annoyed by that. \u201cWho the fuck are you?\u201d She then looked at Klaus. \u201cI swear, if that\u2019s a whore, I\u2019m going to rip off your manhood and—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRelax, love,\u201d Klaus sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. \u201cThat\u2019s Rebekah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Rebekah looked up, Myriam turned around to punch Kol\u2019s shoulder. \u201cYou moron! Of all the people you could have jumped Rebekah into, you had to put her into the body of a serial killer?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2026 what?\u201d Kol blinked at her. \u201cI did no such thing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam took the picture Diane had given her out of her pocket and showed it to him before giving it to Klaus. \u201cThat\u2019s Vincent Griffith and his ex-wife Eva Sinclair, and oh boy, do they have a lovely story.\u201d Myriam sat down in a chair with a glass of bourbon and kept an eye on Kol as she told the story of Vincent and Eva. How Eva ended up in the asylum. By the end of the story, Rebekah was slapping Kol silly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll be coming for me then! For fuck\u2019s sake, Kol!\u201d she screeched. \u201cWhy did you want to pull one over me like this?!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRelax, Bekah,\u201d Kol ducked away from her assault. \u201cI can get you back in your body right now if you want to, and we can put Eva back where she belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, not exactly. Freya broke the spell around the cottage when she busted us out,\u201d Rebekah sighed. \u201cSo what? We hand Eva back to the Trem\u00e9 witches?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam nodded slowly. \u201cThey\u2019ll take care of their own. However, we may have a new problem,\u201d she looked at Kol. \u201cThe witches will come after you for destroying their asylum and—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t! You heard Rebekah, Freya did it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes! To break them out! If you hadn\u2019t put Rebekah in there, Freya would likely have found a different way to get out of there!\u201d Myriam rolled her eyes at him. \u201cThey\u2019ll blame you for Eva\u2019s return to New Orleans. So, is there an easy way to rebuild your vampire body and put you back where you belong?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol was silent for a moment as he paced the length of the compound. \u201cThere might be. If Freya broke the spell on the Asylum, that means she\u2019s a very powerful witch. With her and Davina channelling our dead parents and perhaps even Nik, they might be able to resurrect me. However, I believe our dear long lost sister won\u2019t be so forthcoming when she learns that you killed her brother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGreat!\u201d Myriam said chipper. \u201cThen I want you to grab a bag of clothes and your ashes, and you come with me to D\u00e9bauche. That place is a lot more secure than the Compound is, and I\u2019m going to keep you safe until your sister decides to play ball.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut that means\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat means no more Davina,\u201d Myriam nodded as she got to her feet and ruffled his hair playfully. \u201cSo, I suppose we need to stop by your playhouse, and I think Klaus has your ashes?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHey hold on, what about me?\u201d Rebekah piped up. \u201cCan you at least fix me before you\u2019re being locked up in the ivory tower?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol nodded. \u201cOf course, a promise is a promise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

~o.O.o~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things quieted down for awhile while the siblings tried to reason with Freya, to get to know her better. Myriam still had to meet her again, but Klaus told her that he\u2019d rather wait with the introduction because after all, Myriam killed Finn to save Kol and Finn was the only brother Freya had known before her abduction by Dahlia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol was bored. Myriam had given him one of the apartments on the top floor, and she could have sworn hearing things blowing up when she was trying to get some rest but didn\u2019t tell him to stop. It wasn\u2019t fun to hide, to make yourself scarce and basically disconnect from the rest of the world. She was tempted to invite Davina over, and have her go upstairs while the cameras had a malfunction, but it was yet another Claire Kol was messing with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, she couldn\u2019t meddle with his love life. Davina seemed to genuinely like Kol and Kol seemed to be smitten as well so, in a moment of weakness, she allowed Davina entrance through the back door and told her where to find Kol and whatever she did, not to linger on the second floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Myriam returned to her office, she found a crumpled note on her desk that she knew she hadn\u2019t put there herself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you for keeping my secret all these years. Can we talk? I\u2019m outside. Freya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She sighed and headed outside. Freya was standing right in front of the door. \u201cYou\u2019re scaring away the customers like that,\u201d Myriam said as she motioned for Freya to come inside. \u201cCome, let\u2019s have a seat inside. We serve the best coffee in town.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, thanks,\u201d Freya replied as she didn\u2019t move a muscle. \u201cYou killed my brother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo save one that was more favourable to everyone in the family and the New Orleans witches,\u201d Myriam explained. \u201cYou\u2019ve been hanging around with your siblings for the last few months, what do you think of them?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya wanted to counter with something before having to agree reluctantly with Myriam\u2019s words about Finn. \u201cThey\u2019re arrogant. They think they know everything and they say that family is more important than anything and yet proceed to keep stabbing each other in the back! According to the stories quite literally too! And then there\u2019s the paranoia, the anger. The angst! Both Niklaus and Rebekah told me that their lives became better after you entered their lives but how can one person have so much influence on such powerful beings?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had my demons to play with and to threaten them with, but most of all, I\u2019ve never allowed them to think any less of them than they are or to think of them as monsters because they\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut they are! You are!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I were truly a monster I would have killed you 98 years ago at the Christmas party for spying on your own family, Freya, because my jealousy would have gotten the best of me,\u201d Myriam replied. \u201cBesides, no one, not even humans, takes betrayal lightly. I was still human and a witch when I took revenge on my own family for abandoning my mother after falling pregnant with me. There are more human monsters out there than you may realise. Your family is far from it. They protect their own. Fiercely. As do I. And Klaus and Kol are mine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re in a relationship with both?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, but Klaus is my husband, and Kol is my best friend. Anyone who touches them is mine. Like Finn,\u201d Myriam repeated. \u201cI don\u2019t care how powerful of a witch you are, Freya, but if you hurt my family, I will hurt you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya nodded. \u201cI can appreciate that. Now, I understand that we need to put Kol back in his true body, correct?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe body that turned into ash before Klaus\u2019 eyes, yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo problem. We still have our parents, and I can channel them. Is Kol ready to go back to being a vampire?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam hadn\u2019t thought about that. All she\u2019d been focused on was to keep him safe in his fragile and mortal body, but she knew that he liked being a witch too much. \u201cI\u2019ll have to talk to him about that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd do ask him if he and Davina are expecting a baby, please. It\u2019s of the utmost importance, for the survival of us all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam blinked at that. \u201cWhat\u2019s that supposed to mean?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNiklaus didn\u2019t tell you about Dahlia? Nor about the deal our mother made with our aunt?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She blinked at her as she sought her own memories of her discussions of his family with him. \u201cI don\u2019t think he really knew of her before now and he hasn\u2019t said anything to me recently. Why? What\u2019s happened?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDahlia took me away from our mother when I was 5 years old, it was part of the deal Esther had made to become fertile,\u201d Freya started to explain. \u201cFor as long as Esther\u2019s family would live, every firstborn would go to Dahlia. Dahlia bound me to her, and I\u2019ve been running from her for centuries. But I feel she\u2019s drawing closer, and that could be endangering us all before I get the chance to delink myself from her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKol is in this Kaleb\u2019s body, and it\u2019d be his DNA. A magical loophole to that deal,\u201d Myriam replied. \u201cIt wouldn\u2019t be Kol\u2019s child if she was pregnant. Besides, I would have heard a heartbeat or been able to smell a change in her scent when she came by before. She\u2019s the same as when I met her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy brothers and sister are infertile\u2026 unless\u2026 did Niklaus take a lover next to you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam growled at that question. \u201cHe wouldn\u2019t dare if he wanted to keep his cock attached to his body. He\u2019s sworn to me over the years he\u2019s been faithful. I believe and trust him,\u201d she hissed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya let out a breath and nodded. \u201cThen I suppose she figured that I\u2019d be with my siblings, finally. At least we can all rest easy knowing that not another child shall be taken by her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo you want to rid yourself off of Dahlia?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, of course! And I know what I need to do to be able to do so, but Niklaus told me not to involve you because you\u2019d say \u2018no\u2019 anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s right. Everything involving your parents or now your aunt always ends in misery so I\u2019m staying out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya scoffed at her response. \u201cThat can\u2019t possibly be true!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam rolled her eyes. \u201cYour father took me as a way to get to Klaus when I was a regular vampire, loading me with vervain, and your mother kidnapped me and wanted to turn me into a vampire killer, but my demons managed to filter out the progress, and while I lost them, I am now an original vampire, like your siblings. So no, thanks. I will stay the fuck away from the Compound even with them dessicated. It\u2019s not safe. D\u00e9bauche is a fortress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI understand that Mother is the worst, but Mikael\u2026 Niklaus allowed me to revive him and—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh hell no!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s so nice, kind and warm to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd Klaus is letting him live?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor now,\u201d Freya nodded. \u201cAnd Mikael is with Elijah in the dungeon, willingly. For me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m never going to set foot in the Compound again,\u201d Myriam shook her head. \u201cIn fact, I might never leave D\u00e9bauche ever again!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya smiled kindly. \u201cYou worry for nothing. You\u2019re indestructible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t tell me what I feel,\u201d Myriam shot at her. \u201cUnless Mikael and Esther are both a pile of ash, I\u2019m not coming over for dinner or for a fuck with Klaus. No, you can tell him that if he wants a piece of me, he comes back here,\u201d Myriam said as she walked back to her door. \u201cAnything else you wanted to talk about, Freya?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou really don\u2019t have to be afraid, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAgain, don\u2019t tell me how I feel,\u201d Myriam opened the door with a sigh. \u201cThanks for stopping by and not killing me, Freya.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs you said, you\u2019re indestructible, and I seem to be the only one who liked him. Thank you for answering some questions and hearing me out, Myriam. I appreciate it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah yeah,\u201d Myriam closed the door after getting inside and went to her office to see what she could order from the various takeaway shops in New Orleans. Surely one was open at this time? She didn\u2019t want to bother the cook who had a day off today, but she was hungry. Not for blood, but for Gumbo. The greasier, the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam checked the security feed and saw that Kol and Davina were in the shared kitchen on the top level together, cooking and having fun. She was tempted to turn on the audio surveillance, but they deserved their privacy. It\u2019s likely that Kol took Davina to the common area just so Myriam could see that they were up to nothing but talk and perhaps a bit of magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letting out a groan, she placed her order online and headed upstairs. She needed to talk to Kol about putting him back in his body. \u201cHi guys,\u201d Myriam smiled. \u201cSorry to disturb your conversation but can we actually have a chat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course,\u201d Davina smiled. \u201cI\u2019ll just go to his room and—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNah, you can stay,\u201d Myriam smiled at her as she sat down at the countertop. \u201cSo, I just spoke to Freya and the good news is is that she\u2019s willing to help you get back into your own body, Kol. To make you durable again and safe from the witches who might have a beef with you for letting out Eva Sinclair.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t let her out!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour actions did, anyway, I never stopped and wondered to ask you if that\u2019s what you want.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWant what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBe a vampire again. I know you love being a witch, so much, I can imagine you don\u2019t want to sacrifice that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol let out a breath and nodded. \u201cI\u2019ve been thinking about it the last couple of weeks, and it wasn\u2019t easy, but I think it\u2019s time to give Kaleb his body back. I mean, he\u2019s not even that powerful, and I have to use dark objects or even the diamond to boost his power. I\u2019m weak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t say that,\u201d Davina said in barely a whisper. \u201cYou\u2019re a great witch, Kol. You\u2019re smart, and your knowledge is so vast. You\u2019re kind and\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019ll all be still there when he\u2019s back to his usual self,\u201d Myriam smiled at Davina. \u201cNo matter what his siblings might say. Kol\u2019s one of the good guys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith serious impulse control issues, but I\u2019m willing to work on that for you, Davina. I truly am. Nothing will change, other than not doing magic with you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you can\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not your decision to make,\u201d Myriam told her. \u201cIt\u2019s his.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol looked at his girlfriend with an apologetic look on his face. \u201cI\u2019m going to miss being a witch, but my family needs me, and I hate being weak. But nothing will change, Davina, I promise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Davina withdrew her hand from him and backed away. \u201cI can\u2019t be with you when you\u2019re a vampire, Kol. I just\u2026 vampires are monsters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDarling, I told you everything there is about me, and from the time I was a vampire. But I\u2019d still be me!\u201d Kol tried to convince her. \u201cHonest! If you\u2019d just give me a chance!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d she said with tears in her eyes and ran towards the stairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol turned to Myriam and growled. \u201cThis is your fault!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow is this my fault?!\u201d Myriam replied. \u201cI can\u2019t help it that all Claire witches are fickle! In fact, I believed she truly wanted to be with you and perhaps channel you for all of her spells, but I\u2019m surprised that I was wrong about that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He scowled then. \u201cI\u2019m going to Nik\u2019s and get this over with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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