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Chapter 15 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It took about a month of Kol being on his best behaviour before Davina relented and took him back as her boyfriend. A vampire, but still the person he used to be. Myriam thought it was pathetic, really. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaleb had left the city upon coming back to his senses and his own body, and Myriam couldn\u2019t blame him. If it had been up to her, she would have left as well. But she stayed. Because she\u2019d never run from anything again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She hadn\u2019t left D\u00e9bauche in a month, either. Klaus came to her when he had time, but she never went to the Compound where he was still keeping his parents and Mikael pretty much on his two feet. Myriam hated it. She hated everything. And she didn\u2019t want to get out of bed. It was as if the whole world was spinning and making her nauseous which was stupid because she was a vampire and couldn\u2019t get sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She had her witches do some spells on her to see if she was under a spell or poisoned or whatever, but they couldn\u2019t find anything, and that was so frustrating. Myriam actually burst out in tears over that. There was something wrong with her, she could feel it. She sighed when she felt a familiar depression next to her in bed and rolled into him. \u201cI\u2019ve missed you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s this nonsense of not wanting to leave your bed, love?\u201d Klaus asked kindly as he put his arms around her. \u201cYou have a business to run.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know,\u201d Myriam sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave you been feeding lately? You look a little pale around the nose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She nodded. \u201cThe bare minimum though, just enough not to desiccate, but blood tastes disgusting, so something is wrong, but my witches can\u2019t seem to figure out what.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPerhaps Freya can mean something to you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh hell no,\u201d Myriam huffed. \u201cI don\u2019t trust her, Klaus. I believe she\u2019s truthful, but I doubt we can trust her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus sucked in a breath and nodded. His wife had the same suspicions as he did. \u201cAsk Davina. Or some other powerful witch you trust. We\u2019ll turn every stone there is to figure it out. Would you perhaps like to talk to Camille? She has some great insights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou think I\u2019m crazy?\u201d Myriam asked with a small voice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen why suggest talking to Cami?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, perhaps you are struggling with something that makes you this inactive, and you can\u2019t talk to me about it. Cami asks the right questions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to talk to Cami,\u201d Myriam said as she took out her phone and shot Kol a message. He responded immediately that he and Davina were on their way. \u201cHappy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd what if Davina can\u2019t find anything either?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam huffed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLove?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFine. You can call your sister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cOh, I can smell it,\u201d Kol said as he walked into Myriam\u2019s apartment. \u201cI could smell it the moment I walked in here!\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat are you talking about?\u201d Klaus looked at his brother, a confused look on his face. \u201cSmell what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMyriam! Honestly, Nik, you don\u2019t know the scent of your own wife? Or perhaps you\u2019ve forgotten to use your nose around her for the last 300 years?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat in the world are you talking about?\u201d Myriam complained, refusing to lift her head from her pillow. \u201cI\u2019ve been fine – until this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s another layer on top of your scent, darling,\u201d Kol said as he sat down on the bed next to her, wedging her between him and Klaus. \u201cIf my mutt of a brother uses his bloody nose, he\u2019d smell it too. What is strange, however, is that I can\u2019t hear that extra heartbeat that usually comes with this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She turned her head to look at him and narrowed her eyes. \u201cWhat crackhead in which drug den did you drink since you resurrected because what you are implying is impossible. There is absolutely no freaking way that I am pregnant!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus looked at his brother with a confused look on his face before inhaling Myriam\u2019s scent. It was different. It was\u2026 new. Like Kol said, another layer mixed with her own. \u201cImpossible or not, I think he\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlright, let\u2019s not freak the vampire out here,\u201d Davina said as she swatted Kol on the head. \u201cLet me see,\u201d she said as she placed her hands above Myriam\u2019s body and started to chant a little spell before being knocked flat on her ass. \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you okay?\u201d Klaus questioned as he pointed to the young witch but remained at his wife\u2019s side. \u201cMyriam? Love? Do you know what just happened?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow the hell should I know?\u201d Myriam muttered. \u201cI feel worse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow is this possible?\u201d Klaus looked at the witch for answers. \u201cI know that us vampires can have a healthy body if, IF, we ingest enough blood to keep everything in check, but a pregnant vampire? That\u2019s unheard of!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, you\u2019re part wolf,\u201d Kol pointed out. \u201cAnd you likely don\u2019t shoot blanks. As for Myriam\u2026 I have no clue\u2026\u201d he said as he hadn\u2019t moved from the bed either. \u201cWell\u2026 I might. You won\u2019t like what I\u2019m thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKol,\u201d Klaus warned him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTwo recent events have changed Myriam\u2019s course. One; she was an Augustine Vampire. Two; before that, our mother tried to change Myriam into a vampire hunter and changed her entire genetic makeup to make her an Original like us. Mother wanted us dead, yes, but what if she had a failsafe in the spell used on Myriam that would reward her humanity after we\u2019d all die?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut we didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, and Myriam didn\u2019t turn into the vampire hunter mother wanted her to be either, because of her demons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is ridiculous,\u201d Myriam huffed as she pushed Klaus off the bed and got to her feet. After a slight wobble, she made it to her dresser. \u201cI want a second— third opinion,\u201d she looked at Klaus as he got back to his feet. \u201cTime to get your fucking evil mother out of fucking storage. The bitch and I need to have a fucking chat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLove, we could ask Freya—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf Kol\u2019s right and I have a parasite in me, it\u2019s your mother\u2019s fault. So, let\u2019s go straight to the source.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus was taken aback by that. For months she had avoided coming to the compound because he currently housed his parents in various states of desiccation and she hated them with a passion, one that rivalled his own. His wife didn\u2019t look pregnant. But she was right, the only way to be sure that Esther\u2019s spell on Myriam had messed with her body was by asking Esther herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He wasn\u2019t going to allow himself to get excited – yet. A child in their family was something they\u2019d always wanted. Rebekah might get a bit jealous, but she\u2019d be a fantastic aunt. Kol would be the crazy uncle and Klaus the overprotective father. Myriam, the doting mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the last time Klaus brought a child into the fold Myriam bolted, and many years later killed him while she was under the influence. But this would be their own flesh and blood, surely it would be different this time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam seemed to stabilise somewhat after she had two glasses of blood and was well enough to walk back to the Compound with them, albeit grumpy and very pissed off. She sulked when Klaus took her all the way down to the dungeons with a few bags of blood to rouse his mother from her slumber, but he didn\u2019t want to risk his mother running away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once she was on her feet, Klaus compelled her to speak the truth whenever he or Myriam would ask a question, that way, they knew that everything coming out of her mouth was true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHave you come to kill me, again?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, I\u2019d really love to,\u201d Myriam replied as she stood behind Klaus for safety. \u201cAnd depending on how this conversation will go I actually might.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBehave, love,\u201d Klaus told her quietly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI honestly don\u2019t know why you\u2019re keeping her alive, seriously!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor times like these,\u201d he replied before looking at his mother. \u201cWhat exactly did you do to Myriam back in Mystic Falls?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had her in my possession for a few days so I could prepare her for the spell that would turn her into a vampire hunter, like your father. I thought it\u2019d be irony for the one you love so much to be your downfall, Niklaus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cBecause she took Alaric from me after she cleansed him, of course. I couldn\u2019t allow that to happen,\u201d Esther said as she propped herself up against a wall. \u201cI hadn\u2019t known about her demons being so tenacious and fiercely protective of their master. They ripped away every part of the spell that was harmful to her and those she loved and left her being an Original vampire, like yourself. They sacrificed themselves to save their master.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat else did you do with the spell, Mother? Kol suspects you did more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, of course! Should she have completed her task by killing all of you, she\u2019d revert back to being a human to live out the rest of her miserable life alone,\u201d Esther smiled then. \u201cCall it a reward, if you will. But I doubt it stuck like most of my spell didn\u2019t.\u201d Esther then sniffed the air and blinked. \u201cHow is that possible? You smell like a human. Or at least a part of you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoth Kol and I suspect her to be with child, mother. Because of your spell and the interference of Myriam\u2019s demons, is that possible?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith her? Anything is possible, but Niklaus, if she\u2019s truly with child, Dahlia will come for us all! She will take the child and cause eternal suffering for you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s fine, we\u2019re not keeping it anyway if I am. How do we get rid of it?\u201d Myriam said coldly. \u201cDavina couldn\u2019t even find it with her magic without being knocked on her ass. It\u2019s a parasite, it makes me feel weak and lethargic. It needs to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou could try to ask Freya for help. If Myriam\u2019s truly with child, she\u2019d be able to pierce through every defence the child may have at this point as Freya\u2019s kin,\u201d Esther suggested, still not wiping the look of worry off of her face. \u201cNiklaus, Dahlia will come for that child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam growled and snapped Esther\u2019s neck before making her way upstairs to the courtyard to pour herself a big glass of bourbon. There was no way that she was pregnant and if she was, Esther was a terrible witch, one that couldn\u2019t even work around demons with her spells. Why had she ever been so afraid of the woman when all she could do was fail? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even so, magic was fickle and it was entirely possible that Myriam was pregnant; it wasn\u2019t as if she\u2019d been turned into an Original vampire after being a regular vampire for so long, or been the victim of some crazy scientist turning her into a Ripper who liked to munch on vampires instead of humans. The universe had one hell of a sense of humour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, if she had something inside of her, it was likely some magical parasite draining Myriam from all of her energy, no matter how much or how little she ate. Witches were good at shit like this. Yes. She wasn\u2019t pregnant. And Freya was going to fix Klaus or else. What if he\u2019d father a child with another werewolf? Or a human? Myriam would kill them all, and her husband would be so angry because a child was what the family had yearned for for years. Marcel was adopted, but a flesh and blood child\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If she were pregnant, she\u2019d have to fight her family over it because there was no way that Myriam was going to give birth. Nor care for a child. No way in hell was she going to take care of a child. She wasn\u2019t maternal. She liked to help people, but raise a child? Hell no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, hell no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She knocked down her glass of bourbon and poured herself another. She could just run away and forget it all, but she was still feeling so lethargic that running away sounded like a chore. She sat down on one of the sofa\u2019s and sighed deeply. There was no doubt that Klaus had already called Freya and there was no doubt in her mind that Klaus was already thinking that she was with child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, hell no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drowning her glass, she reached for the bottle for a refill and growled when Klaus took it away from her. \u201cGive that back. I\u2019ve earned it after having dealt with your mother and no doubt Freya is on her way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I doubt she\u2019d want you drunk, love,\u201d he said kindly as he sat down next to her, a worried expression on his face. \u201cAnd what if Freya won\u2019t be able to determine that you\u2019re carrying?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen we\u2019re going to carve open my stomach and pull whatever it is out of there and throw it away,\u201d she said as she tried to crawl over him to get to her bottle of alcohol. \u201cWe are not raising a child!\u201d she then paused for a moment as she was sitting on Klaus\u2019 lap with her knees. \u201cOh, I know! We could give it to Dahlia! She loves to be a mother, doesn\u2019t she?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy are you doing this, love?\u201d he sighed as he threw the bottle of alcohol across the courtyard against a pillar, smashing it to pieces. Klaus then sat her back down next to him and looked at her, truly looked at her and what he saw broke his heart. She was scared shitless. \u201cTalk to me, Myriam,\u201d he said kindly. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on in that head of yours?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t understand why you\u2019re not even remotely upset about the fact that it\u2019s possible that I\u2019m a pregnant vampire,\u201d she stated angrily. \u201cHaven\u2019t I been through enough?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou speak of children as if they\u2019re a burden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love children. When they\u2019re not mine,\u201d she crossed her arms over her chest. \u201cThey\u2019re noisy. Loud. Stinky. Demand attention constantly and they\u2019re fucking adorable and fragile. But we\u2019re vampires, Klaus. The child will be born into a family made out of mostly vampires with anger issues and paranoia, and they will inherit our enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf a child should be born into our family, they\u2019ll have some very cool aunts and uncles who would do anything to protect them from our enemies, and they won\u2019t have anything to worry about,\u201d Klaus assured her. \u201cMyriam, when I brought Marcel into our family, we weren\u2019t ready for it, but your influence has changed us all, for the better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am not mother material!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll be an excellent mother, Myriam, I promise you that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She hit him in the chest then and got to her feet to walk to the other table with bottles of alcohol on it. \u201cAnd why the fuck is shit like this always happening to me? Can\u2019t I get like a break? Couldn\u2019t this have happened to Rebekah? I\u2019m sure she\u2019d be a great mother! Hell, even Kol and Davina would be better parents than me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Freya entered the courtyard, Myriam thought she smelled delicious and made an attempt to take a bite out of her out of frustration, but the oldest Mikaelson flung her across the courtyard. \u201cWhat is this? Kol told me about what happened to her a few months ago, did she have a relapse?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s for you to find out, sister,\u201d Klaus sighed as he pulled Myriam to her feet and made sure she was in one piece before making her sit down in a chair again. \u201cMyriam hasn\u2019t been herself lately, and up until today, she hadn\u2019t left her bed for almost a week. We had Davina come in who couldn\u2019t be of any use. Before that, Myriam had her own witches try to figure out what was wrong but they came up empty as well. Now, we have a theory and our mother admitted that it could be a possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou want me to check her over?\u201d Freya blinked at him. \u201cAll those other witches have failed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re not any witch, you\u2019re my sister,\u201d Klaus begged her. \u201cPlease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNiklaus, I don\u2019t have time for this, Dahlia is drawing close, and I still haven\u2019t figured out why or how on Earth she could have found me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf our theory is correct, you might be able to get more than those other witches have gotten previously,\u201d Klaus said carefully. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya\u2019s jaw dropped then. \u201cWhat! How!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll discuss the how later, please, all we need is confirmation.\u201d He looked at Myriam for a moment before looking back at his sister. \u201cI promise, she won\u2019t bite.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya sighed and nodded before sitting down on the table in front of her brother and his wife and took her hands. Closing her eyes, she quietly chanted a spell as feelings and emotions flooded over her. \u201cSomeone\u2019s good at hiding,\u201d Freya smiled as she concentrated. \u201cIt\u2019s already using their magic to remain hidden until it\u2019s time to come out, but that takes a lot of energy which it draws from you, Myriam. It\u2019s no wonder you\u2019ve been feeling ill and out of sorts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a parasite.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnly a parasite of the good kind,\u201d Freya opened her eyes to look at Myriam with tears in her eyes. \u201cYou\u2019re expecting a baby in five months.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe hell I am,\u201d she muttered. \u201cTake it out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya nervously laughed. \u201cI can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen get me a knife and I will!\u201d Myriam growled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou won\u2019t,\u201d Freya said as she put her hand on Myriam\u2019s stomach. \u201cYour child is protecting itself, and therefore, you. You\u2019re even more indestructible as you previously were. It\u2019s why Davina bounced herself off of you when she tried figuring things out and why your witches didn\u2019t come up with anything, either. Whether you like it or not, that child is coming in five months or so.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFuck this shit,\u201d Myriam said as she swatted Freya\u2019s hand away and headed towards the exit. \u201cI\u2019m going to find a way!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not your decision to make!\u201d Klaus snarled as he walked after her. \u201cNot by yourself! You can\u2019t run away from this, Myriam and you can\u2019t make this decision on your own because it\u2019s our child! You heard Freya, there\u2019s nothing you can do about this, and the baby will come. Our baby.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen we\u2019ll give it to Dahlia so she can fuck off again!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat!\u201d Freya blurted. \u201cAre you out of your mind! Do you have any idea what she\u2019ll do to your child? Myriam, that\u2019s the last thing you\u2019d want!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStop telling me what I want!\u201d Myriam yelled before speeding back to D\u00e9bauche and telling her security that none of the Mikaelsons were allowed entrance to the club before going back to her apartment with a bottle of bourbon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

That night, the Mikaelsons had a family meeting about Myriam. Klaus had decided to leave his wife alone, for now, because she was being unreasonable. Rebekah was, as expected, happy to hear that their family was going to get an expansion and Kol was excited to become an uncle. Cami was present as well as Davina because by now they were practically furniture in the Compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo be honest, Nik, I understand where Myriam\u2019s coming from,\u201d Kol sighed as he took a sip of his drink. \u201cWe\u2019ve always promised her to protect her, no matter what and yet, look what she\u2019s endured over the years. Even at our hands. Your hands. Esther. Mikael. The Augustine Society\u2026 the fact that she hasn\u2019t completely lost her mind or the will to live is beyond me. Compared to us, she always was fragile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you insinuating that your best friend is mentally unstable?\u201d Klaus angrily shot at his brother. \u201cDo dare to say that to her face and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou know I\u2019m right!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re wrong,\u201d Klaus shot at him. \u201cShe\u2019s the strongest of all of us. Always fought hard to keep us together, to make sure we all got along. She\u2019s the sole reason why you\u2019re still out of your box.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cami looked between the arguing brothers and raised her hand. \u201cIf I may?\u201d she asked before continuing. \u201cFrom the stories I\u2019ve heard about her from you, I can say that you\u2019re both right. But did she ever get council for everything she\u2019s endured?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell,\u201d Cami smiled kindly at Klaus. \u201cYou yourself told me that talking to me about your issues was the first time you truly spoke to someone outside your family to get insights. Did Myriam have someone like that? To help her navigate through all the troubles that she\u2019s had?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe has me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOther than you, Klaus. You\u2019re too close,\u201d she laughed. \u201cAnd frankly, not really on her emotional level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, she found herself living with a vampire hunter for awhile two years ago after Kol died,\u201d Klaus sighed. \u201cI was back in New Orleans at that time, but she wasn\u2019t ready to come home yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe doesn\u2019t particularly like Alaric anymore,\u201d Kol scowled. \u201cDon\u2019t get me wrong, he had a great influence on her and adopted some good ideas from him on how to deal with her issues, but he hurt her. I should go and rip his heart out for that, but she told me not to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs there anyone else she had a connection to that\u2019s not you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy do you ask, Camille?\u201d Klaus asked as he tiredly pinched the bridge of his nose. \u201cMy wife has lost her mind, obviously.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, she hasn\u2019t. She\u2019s terrified, Klaus. Likely even beyond that, and when people experience that much fear, they tend to be irrational. So, I\u2019ll ask again, is there anyone still living that she had a connection with? Because that child will come, no matter what, and it\u2019d be in both their interests if she\u2019d be okay with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell\u2026 to be fair,\u201d Rebekah piped up. \u201cNik is the prime example of lashing out when he\u2019s terrified if there\u2019s anyone who could get through to her it\u2019d be him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s too close to her, Rebekah. What she needs is someone impartial. Someone who knows her and who she had a bond with to be a mediator of sort between herself and her feelings,\u201d Cami explained. \u201cCome on, there must be someone who still gives a crap about her?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd why are you saying that?\u201d Klaus snapped. \u201cShe\u2019s adored by everyone!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebekah sighed as she twirled her hair around her finger. \u201cNot really. The whole Mystic Falls gang ganged up on her after finding out that she was married to the big bad wolf who was willing to sacrifice everyone to break his curse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol looked at Klaus. \u201cI know someone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo. I don\u2019t want him in my city!\u201d Klaus shot at his brother. \u201cHe will not set one foot in my city, I\u2019ll kill him on sight because he was supposed to be her friend, but in the end, he betrayed her!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut deep down, he still cares for her. I\u2019ve seen that on occasion when she and I tried to stop you lot from raising Silas,\u201d Kol pointed out. \u201cHe hurt her, yes, but he might just be the person we need to help her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhoever it is, I suggest you get him fast,\u201d Cami spoke up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus scowled. \u201cThis is a bad idea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKlaus, do you want to help your wife or not?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFine!\u201d Klaus blurted before looking at his brother. \u201cYou go back to Mystic Falls and fetch me Damon Salvatore, and God help me for not tearing him to shreds when he\u2019s in front of me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Kol hated to be back in Mystic Falls. For some reason, he could still feel the fire that consumed him lingering in his bones after setting foot on the soil. He hated having have to deal with the idiots, but this was for Myriam\u2019s good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He knocked on the door of the Salvatore home and waited patiently for the door to open. He was going to try to be nice about it, be a reasonable person and not to fly in a blind rage, because his brother had been right, Damon Salvatore was one of those who hurt their Myriam, and they shouldn\u2019t be allowed to walk this earth. It was because of Myriam that he was still alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat the hell are you doing here?\u201d Damon\u2019s voice sounded as the door swung open. \u201cAren\u2019t you supposed to be dead?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was. And then I wasn\u2019t,\u201d Kol replied. \u201cGood to see you, Damon, I\u2019m not here to hurt you,\u201d he added before taking one of Elijah\u2019s white handkerchiefs out of his pocket and waved it around. \u201cI\u2019m calling for a truce.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon narrowed his eyes on Kol. \u201cIs Myriam alright? Is that why you\u2019re here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo you know something I don\u2019t?\u201d Kol said surprised. \u201cYou act as if you were expecting something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah,\u201d Damon nodded as he closed the door behind him. \u201cI\u2019ll explain on the way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t dreaming about this,\u201d Myriam muttered as she looked around. She was standing in an empty Mystic Falls square. The tent was there, the Grill, everything like she remembered it to be. But it wasn\u2019t her dream. Her dream had been filled with cabbage fields but the cabbages were baby heads, and it was creepy as they were crying their literal heads off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was then she noticed Damon sitting on one of the benches and waving her over. \u201cHello, gorgeous!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She sighed as she sat down next to him. \u201cWhat the hell are you doing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m doing this with everyone\u2019s permission,\u201d Damon assured her as he gently tapped her on her leg. \u201cI figured we needed to have a chat and this was the only way that I could assure my safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam looked at him, confused for a moment. \u201cYou\u2019re leaving me too?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat!\u201d Damon huffed as he put an arm around her. \u201cNo! But you\u2019re making it kinda hard for me to be your friend still, you know, because of you choose who you\u2019re hanging out with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStill that, huh?\u201d she got up from the bench. \u201cYeah, you know what? I understand you don\u2019t like my husband, but to think that I\u2019m anything like him and that I\u2019ve changed overnight after he came to town still hurts, Damon. But in your mind, I\u2019m associated with Klaus, and that makes me the bad guy too. And I\u2019m not going to fight you on that again. But I\u2019m also not going to talk to you. So, let me go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNah,\u201d Damon didn\u2019t move from his seat. \u201cI brought you in here because this is where we had some of our best talks, even before Klaus made his presence known. You know, when you were Myriam Hawthorne? You warned me about people and disapproved of Katherine because you knew her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t as if you listened,\u201d she sulked as she kicked against a rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI liked that Myriam very much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat Myriam is dead. I have a big scarlet red headstone to prove it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs she, though? Because when we met again, you were doing the same thing. You protected me and in a way, Stefan. You cared. It wasn\u2019t until Klaus came to town that you decided to stop controlling yourself and it lead us to fear you even more than we needed to fear Klaus,\u201d Damon said kindly. \u201cAnd Kol said the same, you know. You\u2019re the only one who fought for him, while he was dead and after he came back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut let me guess, it\u2019s the in-between bits that you hate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He shrugged. \u201cWe all have our moments. I\u2019m not here to judge you on your body count, because I want to bet mine is still higher. But you killed Caroline and mutilated Stefan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEye for an eye.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI happened to care about both.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTough. You\u2019re a vampire, get over it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you are a supernatural mystery,\u201d Damon finally got to his feet and looped his arm through hers as he started to walk around the square with her. \u201cThe witch turned vampire turned Original Vampire turned Vampire ripper and back to your Original self. Not to mention everything you\u2019ve seen and experienced over the years\u2026 I don\u2019t want to be you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGee, thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo I understand that you\u2019re scared about your current status,\u201d Damon replied with a sigh. \u201cAnd it\u2019s a tough cookie to swallow because I know that you were alright with not having children. You accepted the fact that you were barren – I didn\u2019t know back then that you were a vampire, but still.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not having this baby, Damon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not saying you should, it\u2019s your decision, but you do have to realise that the Mikaelsons want this baby. It\u2019s their blood. So either way, you\u2019ll have to deal with it anyway. And you could run, but you love Klaus so much that you\u2019d return eventually,\u201d he said with a shrug. \u201cAnd to be honest, I think you\u2019d be a great mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cNo, seriously,\u201d he laughed. \u201cIt\u2019s why I suggested you allowed my uncle Zak to take care of you. Not because you were older and because I took pity on you, but because you\u2019d make a great mother. Because you are capable of kindness. You take so much care of your life, the people around you. You\u2019re fair, and you\u2019re always willing to help someone out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd look where that got me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah well\u2026 between all the good bits you do stuff we don\u2019t agree on so\u2026\u201d Damon shrugged. \u201cBut Myriam, you don\u2019t have to be so vicious anymore. You\u2019re reunited with your family. Kol is back in the land of the living, and you have so many people who are more than willing to do the dirty work for you. And you have your club back! This place is amazing, Myriam! I\u2019m so proud of you for carving out your own little patch of normal in this crazy world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI set that business up 300 years ago, Damon. It\u2019s always been mine even when I was off doing things for Klaus or fleeing from Mikael.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I know you take great pride in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you\u2019re going to tell me that I\u2019m going to be a proud mother? That\u2019s just ridiculous. Vampires shouldn\u2019t have children!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you were human once. What were your thoughts then?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was a different life. I was poor, homeless and I was constantly raped. It\u2019s a damn near miracle that I never got pregnant then,\u201d she spat as they continued to circle the square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSurely you dreamt about it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDreams are just that. It wasn\u2019t in the cards for me. Nobody wanted me for a wife. The colour of my skin would have made me a servant or a companion like my mother and I would have ended up just like her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut what if?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sighed, knowing that Damon wouldn\u2019t give up. \u201cIt\u2019s not something I wish to discuss.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, I do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She was quiet for a moment as she thought of what she felt back then when she was still human. \u201cI was so in love with Klaus back then, and sure, I even imagined what it\u2019d be like if I\u2019d have his children, but he was a vampire and couldn\u2019t conceive. I never even brought it up in conversations because Rebekah kept talking about wanting to be human, like me, and start a family. When I came to the New World on my own, as a married woman, I saw all those women with their husbands and children, and I knew that that would never be a possibility for me. Klaus would never allow someone else than him to bed me and even Klaus bedding me took nearly 30 years. So again, I gave up, and when I turned, that dream was forever gone. As the years progressed, I learned to accept it. Even if I had been a human still, the constant threat of Klaus\u2019 enemies and his father haunted me. Our child would never have a safe haven. A safe place,\u201d she rubbed her eyes with her free hand to crush the tears that were coming out of them. \u201cInstead, I cared for my demons as if they were my children. By treating them well, they served me well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd then Esther turned you into a different kind of vampire, and you lost them as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah\u2026 now I don\u2019t have anything but the club.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKlaus told me about his mother\u2019s spell. You would have reverted back to being a human after you\u2019d completed the task she sent out for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, well, her spell was meant to do more things, and my demons thankfully stopped all that, I just wished they would have interfered with turning me part human again, too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon nodded as he led her to the coffee place and got them something to drink. \u201cDr Wes Maxfield and the Augustines knew about your condition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She blinked at him then. \u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He let out a breath. \u201cAfter Elena and I were cured, I went back there to see if we could find a cure for you. I found a list of everyone associated with the Augustines and killed them all. Raided their homes for their files. I found my own file. Enzo\u2019s. Elena\u2019s. Back in the day, they liked to open us up and remove vital organs, studying the healing qualities of a vampire in a hope to cure illnesses or grow new limbs. Hurt like a bitch, especially when your eye would be scooped out on a daily basis. Or your pancreas cut out of you\u2026 Enzo and I were the ones providing them with all the scientific data they needed and desired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to go back and kill them,\u201d Myriam muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cElena\u2019s file was pretty straightforward, but yours? Not so much. You kept passing out and coming to and administered the compound several times, but it wouldn\u2019t stick. So, instead, they cut you open and found a fully functional womb with a fetus in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cAnd they cut it out. The fetus died, but they put it in one of those jars with fluid in them and stuff. After that, they could do whatever they wanted with you. That fetus protected you from the ripper compound.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was pregnant before?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon nodded slowly. \u201cThey wanted to keep you around because you were the vampire who could get pregnant but Wes wanted to test the compound instead and alienated most of the board of trustees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was pregnant before, and they killed it?!\u201d she slammed her hand on the table. \u201cWhat the actual fuck!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI found the jar and took it to your headstone in Mystic Falls. Dug a hole and gave it a proper burial for you. I\u2026 I didn\u2019t say anything because you were so out of it and I didn\u2019t trust Klaus with this information.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDid Alaric know?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo. I didn\u2019t tell anyone. Not even Stefan or Elena. But I did compel Alaric to forget that I drained him of his blood to get the vervain out and that he needed to go to New Orleans to keep an eye on you,\u201d Damon admitted, a playful smile on his face. \u201cI must admit, he was home faster than I ever expected, whatever you did, he surely mustn\u2019t have liked that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKilled his witchy friend who wanted to syphon the compound out of me but she\u2019d take my extra strength and durability along with it,\u201d she muttered. \u201cSee? I only kill someone when they deserved it. Stefan is still alive because even though he deserves death, I thought it\u2019d be funny if he didn\u2019t have a leg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe has grown a new leg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFucker. I\u2019ll have to come back then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Damon shook his head laughing. \u201cYou\u2019re going to leave Stefan alone, and you\u2019re going to enjoy being pregnant with an impossible and magical baby that\u2019s yours and your husband\u2019s. You finally got what you wanted all these years ago, and you should embrace this with open arms. After all the crap you\u2019ve endured, you finally have something positive in your life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I\u2019ll be a horrible parent! And what about our enemies? There\u2019s literally an immortal aunt on the loose who had made a deal with their mother that every firstborn Mikaelson will be taken away by her! I can\u2019t keep a child safe!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll be a great mother, Myriam,\u201d Damon took her hand and squeezed it. \u201cAll you need to do is to be more in touch with your emotions because I have the feeling that you have stopped allowing yourself to feel much than just the surface of things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I don\u2019t keep a lid on my feelings then I\u2019d be an emotional wreck. We don\u2019t want to go there, Damon,\u201d she warned him. \u201cThere\u2019s not knowing what I\u2019d do if I felt as deeply as I felt as a human. Likely kill more. Paint New Orleans red. Literally,\u201d Myriam rubbed her eyes again as the tears kept falling. \u201cBecause I fucking lost a child that I didn\u2019t know I was pregnant within the first place and if I allow myself to feel that deeply, I just want to raise the entire Whitmore campus and school to the ground. Set it all on fire, kill everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I did that for you. All the medical information about all the subjects and shit is gone. The fire was amazing. You need to allow yourself to be taken care of, Myriam. That\u2019s why you have a family. A husband. A great best friend. You no longer have to protect them or yourself. Allow them to take care of you so you can be your best self and take care of that miracle baby of yours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou deserve it. You\u2019re a Queen, Myriam. Klaus literally worships the ground you walk on even though he has a shitty way of showing it. He may not win the award for husband of the year, but he did tell Kol to come and get me so we could have a talk about what\u2019s going on. Because you know I\u2019m right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m afraid, Damon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd you should!\u201d Damon laughed. \u201cThat\u2019s the joy of being a parent, live in fear all the damn time because your child could stub their toe or cut themselves open! And when they\u2019re a teenager, who knows what they\u2019ll bring home? Every new mom is afraid, and you can\u2019t ever be ready to become a mother, but you adjust and adapt. Your child will be safe. In fact, I bet it\u2019ll be safer in your family than a normal child is with human parents.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI tell you what,\u201d Damon smiled at her. \u201cI\u2019m currently sharing your bed with you. Good thing you told your security guys that no Mikaelson was allowed to enter the building because your husband doesn\u2019t like me much, but\u2026 I want to take you somewhere after you wake up and continue this conversation, what do you think? Think you can do that without ripping my heart out?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam let out a chuckle. \u201cSure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood, now wake up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Damon told her to take a shower and freshen herself up and feed appropriately before they headed out. Myriam was feeling lighter for some reason and thanked Damon for that. \u201cDon\u2019t thank me yet,\u201d he had said as they went to the first hospital they could find and headed straight to the maternity ward where, as it happened, a bunch of mothers were walking around with their big bellies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExcuse me,\u201d Damon asked one of them. \u201cHi,\u201d he smiled. \u201cMy name is Damon, and this is my girlfriend Hope, and I was wondering if you could tell her how you were feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cExcuse me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHope\u2019s pregnant and scared shitless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman barked out a laugh. \u201cOh! Who here isn\u2019t? Is it your first, sweetheart?\u201d the woman said as she took her hand and led her to sit down somewhere. \u201cEveryone\u2019s afraid with their first. Or their second. Or third\u2026 because we as mothers don\u2019t know if we can handle it. Or we think the world is a scary place. Or we have money woes. When I had my first, I freaked out. My husband couldn\u2019t calm me down, and I was paranoid about just about everything. The baby had to get everything new, cleaned. Everything was, and when people wanted to touch my baby I had them clean their hands with antibacterial soap first!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a bit overboard\u2026\u201d Myriam muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is,\u201d the woman nodded. \u201cMy best friend was pregnant around the same time as I was, the wife of a cop. She begged her husband to stay home all the time because she didn\u2019t want to risk raising the baby by herself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can imagine\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut it gets better. Once you have your bundle of joy in your arms, you feel as if you can take on the world! You\u2019ll realize that sanitizing everything for your child does more harm than good or that your husband needs his job so he can keep a roof over your head. The fear never goes away, but if you surround yourself with the right people, it\u2019ll be just fine. I promise,\u201d she squeezed Myriam\u2019s hand. \u201cThis is my fourth child, and it might be my last, but who knows? Children are such a blessing and so worth the fear and anxiety. Just roll with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s easier said than done\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman shrugged then. \u201cThat\u2019s the best way, really. Women have been giving birth for millennia, and every single one at some point has been scared out of her wits. But everything will be fine. I promise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you,\u201d Myriam smiled at her. \u201cI feel a lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood, because a stressed out mom is bad for the baby,\u201d the woman smiled. \u201cNow, if you\u2019d excuse me, I have to go back to the ward, I think that baby number four is about to be born.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood luck,\u201d Myriam watched as the woman waddled away from them before pointing at her. \u201cWhy don\u2019t I look like that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re a vampire. Of course, you\u2019re not showing,\u201d Damon huffed. \u201cOr it could be your baby\u2019s magic. Klaus said that his sister said it was hiding?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYeah, okay, makes sense,\u201d Myriam sighed as she got to her feet. \u201cAlright, let\u2019s go and meet with my husband\u2026 after I make a short stop at a pharmacy to get him something.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

She had taken Damon\u2019s hand as she walked into the courtyard where the entire family was sitting as she had requested, enjoying a drink. \u201cThank you,\u201d Myriam said as she came to a halt before them. \u201cFor\u2026 bringing Damon to me. He was a big help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou look a lot better, love,\u201d Klaus smiled at her as he got to his feet to greet her properly. \u201cAre you feeling better?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI still feel that this whole thing is being forced upon me but yeah, sure, let\u2019s roll with it,\u201d she shrugged before handing Klaus a gift bag. \u201cThat\u2019s for our future adventures together. Should we be able to get another, at least I want to have some say in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus looked in the gift bag and then looked at her, shocked. \u201cWhat!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHey, I\u2019m a vampire, modern medicine doesn\u2019t work on me. You\u2019re so going to suit up after this kid is born!\u201d Myriam smiled at him before sitting down next to Kol and grabbed his glass of alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo, no, darling,\u201d he said as he took it from her hands. \u201cNo more alcohol for you. If it\u2019s true what Damon says about you, your insides work differently than ours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe technical term they used for Myriam was hybrid,\u201d Damon said, not daring to move an inch in an area filled with Original vampires, even though he was confident he was going to be left alone. \u201cA human with regenerative abilities. Something between a human and a vampire. It\u2019s likely you won\u2019t even need blood anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut you told me that—\u201d She could feel the anger rise inside of her but tried to keep her cool. She\u2019d promised Damon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to upset you, I know how much you like to be an Original vampire, indestructible. You still are, just\u2026 more human. With fangs and impenetrable skin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo my insides are human, but the rest of me is supernatural,\u201d she quipped as she got to her feet. \u201cGreat! Now if you\u2019d excuse me, I have a former witch to kill!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kol stopped her with a smirk on his face. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cIt\u2019s not Mother\u2019s fault. Her spell would have worked perfectly if your pesky pets hadn\u2019t interfered.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy pets saved me from killing you! If your mother hadn\u2019t taken me for some sense of irony, then I would still have been a fucking vampire. Fragile, sure, but just imagine, it\u2019s so easy to incapacitate me now! Just slip me some poison, and I\u2019d be down until my body would heal itself! I only had to worry about vervain and wolf bites before!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m all for killing Mother,\u201d Freya nodded. \u201cBecause of her, I grew up with Dahlia, who, by the way, is still coming.\u201d Freya took Myriam\u2019s hand and took her down to the dungeons with her. \u201cLet\u2019s do some bonding, shall we?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNice and slow?\u201d Myriam smiled widely. \u201cI did that with another vampire, I sent her parts as a present to Damon and Stefan. Even Klaus, because he had shown an interest in her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, hell yes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think not,\u201d Klaus was unamused. \u201cI find her rotting away a much better option,\u201d he took the hands of his sister and his wife and took them back upstairs. \u201cIf you truly want to do something, I suggest you go back to D\u00e9bauche and get your belongings. You\u2019re coming home, Myriam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe hell I am,\u201d she stood next to Damon who hadn\u2019t moved at all, which was so unlike him. \u201cThey won\u2019t kill you, you know,\u201d Myriam playfully elbowed him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just want to get out of here, unless you need me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019d like it if you\u2019d stick around but I understand that you don\u2019t want to.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNah, we\u2019re dealing with some idiot right now in Mystic Falls, and Stefan and Elena will likely fuck shit up, so I\u2019d better go,\u201d he placed a kiss on her cheek. \u201cCall me when you want a talk or to vent, okay?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll try.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damon smiled then and left immediately. It was then when Rebekah almost jumped up and hugged Myriam tightly. \u201cI\u2019m going to be an aunt! Myriam, you have to move back in here so we can protect you and the baby.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have to do anything,\u201d Myriam said as she gently pushed Rebekah away from her and sat down in Klaus\u2019 lap. \u201cD\u00e9bauche is safer than the compound.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNonsense!\u201d Rebekah huffed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDo I need to remind you that your mother snuck in and gave us breakfast? That won\u2019t happen in D\u00e9bauche,\u201d she then looked at Klaus and smiled. \u201cUnless you can close all exits and allow me to turn this place into a fortress as well?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He gently took her hand and kissed it. \u201cLove, you are safe here, even without your reinforcements. Rebekah is right, you should move back in and if you feel safer by having our rooms protected by the same magic you have over at your club, then so be it. But not the entire building.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re really willing to do that for me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAll you need to do is ask, love. It\u2019s all you\u2019ve ever needed to do, but you never do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause I don\u2019t want to be a bother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re my wife, you\u2019re never a bother unless you run away and hide. Because you\u2019re making me feel worried when I\u2019m not near you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam sighed as she put her head on Klaus\u2019 shoulders and noticed that everyone had given them some privacy. \u201cI\u2019m sorry I reacted the way that I did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s alright, love, I\u2019m afraid as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam bit her lip as she looked up at him as she remembered her conversation with Damon. \u201cI need to tell you something\u2026 well\u2026 a lot. But I don\u2019t want anyone to overhear us, because it needs to be between you and me. Can we go to D\u00e9bauche for the night?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course,\u201d he softly kissed her. \u201cBut tomorrow we\u2019re going to make our rooms to your liking because I do wish for you to move back in with us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

\u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam nodded. \u201cYes. It\u2019s time that we find a middle ground, you and I, and I\u2019m willing to give up my residence in D\u00e9bauche for that. But I won\u2019t stop running it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not asking you to,\u201d he smiled at her and helped her to her feet. \u201cVery well, let\u2019s have a quiet evening without eavesdroppers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They picked up some food along the way, and Myriam lifted the Mikaelson ban with her security before taking Klaus upstairs with her. Spreading their food – which was some Chinese and local cuisine – on the table, she sighed. \u201cWhat did Damon tell you exactly?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMerely about his experiences with the Augustines himself and how they knew that you were a special kind of vampire. One that they preferred to keep due to your insides,\u201d he replied as he took a bite off his food. \u201cHe kept it a secret from everyone including us to keep you safe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam nodded as she toyed with her food, suddenly not that hungry anymore. \u201cI want to tell you a few things, and I want you to promise to let me finish before saying anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can tell me anything, Myriam, you know this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know, but some things were better kept a secret because whatever you\u2019d try, it wouldn\u2019t be able to happen, frivolous things that don\u2019t really matter,\u201d she got up and sat down in his lap. Her chairs at the table were comfortable, and she had chosen them for this reason specifically so she could just be lazy and feel like a cat. \u201cYou know how little girls usually dream of having children, right? Become a mother?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course. Rebekah drove us mad by wanting to play her version of house when we were growing up. She\u2019s always wanted to be a mother, and I\u2019m sure she\u2019ll be a great aunt to our child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor a while, I had those dreams too. I played house with my friends. I wanted to be just like my mother until I found out what she\u2019d really been prior to falling pregnant with me and then I knew that her fate was going to be mine. We were too poor to go up in life. The colour of our skin, while accepted, still worked against us. I was resigned to be a servant or become like my mother, and that was going to be the only way I was ever going to get children of my own. And that sucked. My mother struggled raising me on her own. So I pushed that thought aside. When she died, and I went to look for better opportunities, I was at risk of falling pregnant all the time, I\u2019m surprised that didn\u2019t happen then.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus nuzzled her ear. \u201cI\u2019m sure you would have found a lovely gentleman eventually, Myriam.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She barked out a laugh then. \u201cIn that time? No. And then I kidnapped Kol, and he kidnapped me right back. I didn\u2019t have to worry with him because with him being a vampire, it meant that he couldn\u2019t get me pregnant. And then with you\u2026 I never felt the things for Kol as I feel for you, Klaus. He\u2019ll always be my best friend, I never saw him as anything else but you\u2026 even now you only have to look at me, and I melt into a puddle of drool. I feel you in every fibre of my being. You\u2019re a part of me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel the same, love,\u201d he whispered as he continued to nuzzle her earlobe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut especially then, you were not open to any romantic feelings, and that was alright, I\u2019m a patient woman, and I waited for you,\u201d she smiled as she leaned into him to stop him from doing what he was doing. \u201cI always believed you\u2019d be a great father and it was a shame that you were a vampire. I even had my demons look for ways to make you fertile again or even if there was anything magical I could do but we came up empty. So I forgot about having children, again. Resigned to the fact that I wanted to spend my life with you and that meant without any offspring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy apologies love, I wasn\u2019t aware that—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s alright,\u201d she smiled at him. \u201cIt\u2019s something a woman tends to keep to herself. Usually, the thought of having children would scare men away. When we married, and you sent me off to the New World, it wasn\u2019t easy. All these women with their husbands, falling pregnant, having babies, doing their duty for the colony and there I was. Alone. For a long while, I wished I\u2019d be raped and be pregnant so that we could have a child of our own. Because I knew that while the child wouldn\u2019t be yours, you were going to love it nonetheless.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She let out a long sigh and shook her head. \u201cAnd then I died. Turned. And I had to give up on the idea completely, and I was fine with it. I got what I wanted; I could spend my days with you for eternity, and that\u2019s what I liked above everything else. When you brought Marcel into the mix, I hadn\u2019t thought about becoming a mother for so long and couldn\u2019t even remember what my own mother was like so I left you for you to take care of him on your own. You didn\u2019t give me a choice at that point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you say anything about this before?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause it wasn\u2019t important, and later, impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut Rebekah talks about it all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe\u2019s still a teenager at heart, Klaus. She may be over a thousand years old, but emotionally she\u2019s not older than maybe 20. It\u2019s the age where you still want things, no matter how impossible. I was realistic and kept my dreams to myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd yet, here we are,\u201d he smiled as he placed his hand on her stomach. \u201cYou are carrying my child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it weren\u2019t for your mother and my demons, this wouldn\u2019t have been possible. And I was freaking out because this is impossible and I am impossible. I mean\u2026\u201d she let out a breath. \u201cThis is going to be hard to hear, and it made me so very angry, and it still does but\u2026 Damon told me what Dr Wes did to me and what the Augustines did to him in the past. Wes found out that I was a special kind of vampire because when he took me, he opened me up to see why the serum he developed wasn\u2019t working. And found that I had a uterus and a fetus in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat! You were pregnant then?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She looked at him with tears in her eyes. \u201cHe cut everything out of me and put it in a jar with preservation fluids and then the serum took. I was likely crazy with hormones still but\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to kill him!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDamon went back after he was cured,\u201d she said as she put a hand on his mouth. \u201cFound everyone involved with the society and killed them all. Took their research and burned it all. He found his file and Enzo\u2019s, and mine. He read mine and burnt it. He took the jar with our baby in it and gave it a proper burial in the plot that I\u2019d reserved for myself for the person who I was in 1864 in Mystic Falls.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEverything\u2019s gone?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam nodded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, at least he\u2019s not completely useless then\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd he kept my secret, even from me, to keep me safe. Because while you\u2019re a vampire-werewolf hybrid, I\u2019m a vampire, but on the inside, I\u2019m still human. I don\u2019t know how that works, exactly, but I\u2019m a vampire that can get pregnant. Just imagine if the word got out\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t worry, love,\u201d he brushed her lips with hers. \u201cNobody outside our family will know about this, and you\u2019re right in being worried about security at the compound. So our rooms, including the one we decide to become the nursery, will be secure to your standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can bring in the people I used for D\u00e9bauche?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He nodded. \u201cAs long as the rooms will be accessible to our family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThank you,\u201d she smiled at him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Myriam was happy. Not only had Klaus allowed her to secure their rooms as she saw fit, but he also allowed her to work from home. In fact, he insisted when she brought it up. She still wanted to go back to D\u00e9bauche at least once a week, but Klaus had promised he\u2019d come with her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya was getting on Myriam\u2019s nerves though, but she could understand why. Dahlia was worse than Esther and Freya had been dealing with her aunt for a very long time. And Myriam was worried too. Now that she had accepted that she was going to be a mother, her unborn baby was in danger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, for her own sanity, she was going to let Klaus handle this, and stay out of it. She didn\u2019t have to fix everything, just keep her head down. However, knowing her luck, trouble would find her or she\u2019d find it. So, she didn\u2019t leave the rooms that she had protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rebekah came home with a big haul on books about pregnancy and babies and even had bought the first item of clothing for the baby which made Myriam want to go shopping for baby clothes herself. Which was strange because she\u2019d never had that urge before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Kol and Rebekah were more than happy to accompany her and, feeling safe, she went out with them, and the three of them had so much fun, it was a lot like old times like they used to get into trouble. For the first time in a long time, family felt like family and Myriam knew that their baby was going to be alright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, when it was clear that Dahlia had made it to New Orleans, Myriam stayed inside. She knew that she\u2019d likely still be a sitting duck because of Dahlia\u2019s powers, but she was safer. Perhaps the surprise that Freya had nothing to do with all the magic around their rooms was going to be a blessing, seeing as Dahlia taught Freya. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam knew that both Klaus and Freya already had their run-ins with Dahlia and survived, but one night, Klaus told Myriam to leave town for a couple of days, with Kol and Davina. He and Freya were going to take on Dahlia, and he wanted her out of New Orleans until it was safe to come back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She refused at first, but Klaus managed to convince her to leave anyway for her own and their unborn child\u2019s safety. And Myriam accepted it because she was allowing Klaus to protect her instead of her protecting him. But, she didn\u2019t want to go to Mystic Falls, either. Taking her far away from New Orleans, Kol and Davina decided to take her to Disneyland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She couldn\u2019t help but worry for the three days that they were there, but also loved it because Davina was so excited about Disney that it was infectious and Myriam ended up buying a lot of cute things for the baby. Klaus was going to kill her for taking this mother thing a tad too far, wasn\u2019t he? Ah, who cared? She merely hoped that she had a Klaus to come back to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When they returned, Klaus, Rebekah and, unfortunately, Elijah, were in rough shape but Freya was tending to them. \u201cWelcome home,\u201d Freya smiled at them. \u201cWe won. Your child is safe from Dahlia, and I am free.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGood,\u201d Myriam replied as she sat down next to Klaus and ruffled his hair. \u201cWhat happened?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, she turned the White Oak Stake into ash and made us breathe it in, but we\u2019re alright love,\u201d Klaus kissed her gently. \u201cFreya\u2019s overreacting and wanting to play the big sister.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m not playing! I am!\u201d Freya laughed, shaking her head. \u201cBut yes, they\u2019re fine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat happened?\u201d Kol asked as he sat down with Davina on his lap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve all become orphans,\u201d Klaus replied. \u201cAnd we won. Granted, nobody really stays dead in this family, but I\u2019m sure that we\u2019re through with them for once and for all,\u201d he put his arm around Myriam and smiled. She smelled like cotton candy and sunshine. \u201cHow was Disney?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know that we discussed no decorated nursery but\u2026\u201d Myriam bit her lips as she looked at Klaus. \u201cI went a little overboard. It was simply too cute to pass up on and—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLove, if you want to have a fully decorated nursery, we shall have one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course, whatever you want for our child.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She smiled then as she ran her fingers through his hair. \u201cWill you dagger Elijah for us?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat!\u201d Elijah said confused. \u201cWhy? Haven\u2019t I suffered enough?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo,\u201d Myriam said simply, not taking her eyes off of her husband. \u201cIt was so peaceful without your brother around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut we\u2019re a family,\u201d Freya said confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBelieve me, you\u2019ll want his ass daggered within the year,\u201d Myriam replied. \u201cHe\u2019s not all that great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Myriam was so proud of Klaus, hosting an art show at St. James\u2019 Infirmary. She loved his paintings, and there were actual people who weren\u2019t compelled to be there to admire his work. She kept her distance and sat at the bar nursing a soda, but tonight, Klaus was basking in the light that he deserved to be in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The critic, however, Myriam wanted as a snack. As her pregnancy progressed, she was getting hungrier and not for just blood, no for the weirdest human food ever. Bananas with mustard or pickles with chocolate. Fried Oreos. Jambalaya with waffles. It disgusted her, but it was all so good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t expect you to host an art show without compelling the critic to speak your praise,\u201d a male voice sounded which made Myriam look at her husband\u2019s back and the man\u2019s back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd I wouldn\u2019t expect an uncultured savage to crash such a formal affair.\u201d Klaus sounded as if he knew the man. But if he did, how come she didn\u2019t?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh well, not my usual scene,\u201d the man replied. \u201cAlthough that annoying blood bag does have a point, your work is derivative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHuh.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf Degas, I\u2019d say. Of course, I happen to know that you compelled Degas to mentor you. I always thought his work improved after your influence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFinally!\u201d Klaus smiled. \u201cSomeone with an eye for art!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh, well, if you live long enough, you do acquire a taste for it. Amongst other things. Speaking of which, can we please have a drink? I am quite parched.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus chuckled as he slapped his friend\u2019s shoulder and walked with him to the bar. Myriam tried not to snarl when this man started to bad mouth Kol, although she agreed with how he described Finn. \u201cWhat are you doing in New Orleans, Lucien?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOh, various reasons,\u201d Lucien replied, and Myriam had to dig deep to connect the name to the stories Klaus told her about his life before her. \u201cOne, business. Two, there are rumors that there\u2019s a vampire in New Orleans that can get pregnant and three, your life might be in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy life is always being threatened, so I\u2019m not concerned about that,\u201d Klaus replied as he tried to remain his cool and Myriam tried not to show anything either. As far as this Lucien was concerned, she didn\u2019t exist. \u201cBut a vampire who can get pregnant? Where did you hear that, my old friend?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAh, well, you see\u2026\u201d Lucien said proudly. \u201cI\u2019ve perhaps pulled the greatest con ever. Mortals are so fascinated by the idea of living eternally, right? They hate growing old, there\u2019s a shortage of donor organs and such\u2026 so, in the 1940s I went to a college not far from here and suggested to a few people that there was a way. With vampires but that no one had actually managed to catch one yet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam wasn\u2019t liking where this was going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the beginning of the 50s, they had acquired a vampire and yet another through one of its members, and they began experimenting on them,\u201d Lucien laughed. \u201cIt was glorious. Anyway, I\u2019ve pretended to be a descendant of myself over the years, and they still allowed me to see the data they collected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat was this group called, if I may ask, dear Lucien?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAugustine. They\u2019re smarter than they look, honestly. They developed a cure against werewolf bites for vampires and for humans, they have a serum that can turn vampires into vampire eaters\u2026 Oh, Niklaus, it\u2019s amazing. And through their research, they discovered a vampire who was carrying a fetus. A live fetus! And she\u2019s in New Orleans now!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, that\u2019s truly fascinating, Lucien,\u201d Klaus said enthusiastically. \u201cI happen to know that vampire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReally? You want to introduce us, maybe? Wouldn\u2019t it be grand to continue those experiments together?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus let out a breath, trying to stay calm. \u201cI\u2019ll text her a message, come, let\u2019s go out back and wait for her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, she didn\u2019t want to wait until they got outside, but for the sake of all the humans inside St. James\u2019 Infirmary and Klaus\u2019 beautiful paintings, it was better if they\u2019d do this outside. How old was this Lucien anyway? Oh, that\u2019s right, he was only a hundred years younger than Klaus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucien was a dick, and Myriam hoped that Klaus would allow her to get a few punches in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou rang?\u201d Myriam said as she walked around the corner of the building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWait, that\u2019s the woman from inside,\u201d Lucien was confused. Good. \u201cWhat games are you playing, Niklaus?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMe? I\u2019m not playing any game,\u201d Klaus said as he made sure Lucien was between himself and his wife. \u201cLucien, please meet Myriam Mikaelson. My wife.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYour— what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWife,\u201d Myriam replied as she looked around for anything she could hit Lucien with. \u201cAnd you\u2019re the fucker who created the Frankenstein society and fucked with my friend and me,\u201d she said as she found a wrench and picked it up. \u201cDo you have any idea what they put me through? What it felt like?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus threw Lucien against the wall and Myriam pounced. She started hitting him everywhere, blood spilling out and Lucien struggled when she kept him down with one hand and continued to bludgeon him. \u201cDo you have any idea what they did to my friend? They opened him up, removed his organs and did it all over again the next day. While he was fully conscious!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She threw away the wrench and popped out Lucien\u2019s eye. \u201cLike this!\u201d Lucien cried out in pain as he put his hand in front of his empty socket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou bitch!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s Queen Bitch!\u201d she growled as she looked at Klaus, feeling strong and powerful and capable of killing Lucien. But she wanted his permission first, knowing how much he wanted to rip apart Wes Maxfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGo ahead, love,\u201d he encouraged her. \u201cI\u2019ll take pleasure in watching you rip him to shreds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam broke Lucien\u2019s legs first and then ripped off his arms as he lay on the ground. She then picked the wrench after opening his torso with her bare hands and started to hurt Lucien so bad that Klaus had to muffle his screams. Myriam was soaked in Lucien\u2019s blood, but she was feeling so powerful. Here she was, taking apart a vampire that had 800 years on her and it felt great. She put her hand around his heart and squeezed it before ripping it from his chest. \u201cOh, that felt good,\u201d she let out a breath as she allowed herself to be pulled to her feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus pulled her closer against him. \u201cYou look ravishing, my love,\u201d he muttered in his ear. \u201cAnd I\u2019m sorry that Lucien set things in motion for you to get hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s alright,\u201d Myriam smiled at him before looking down at Lucien\u2019s dessicated corpse. \u201cCan we kill some more?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He chuckled and kissed the top of her head. \u201cHow about I take you home instead where I can peel the clothes off of you and ravish you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam let out a giggle as she jumped into his arms. \u201cYes please.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Myriam knew that eventually, likely someday soon, she had to start giving birth, but as a vampire, wouldn\u2019t that be impossible? Of all the books she read about childbirth, merely pushing one out of her lady parts would only cause the baby to go back in seeing as her body had healing abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was likely that the baby was going to have to be cut out of her and she didn\u2019t like that idea at all, seeing as she wasn\u2019t showing, the baby was hiding and chances were that they could stab the baby. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s on your mind?\u201d Freya asked after getting tired of the vampire wearing a hole in the rug. \u201cAnything I can help you with?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam let out a breath. \u201cHow on Earth are we going to get this baby out? I mean, my body will heal itself, and it could keep the baby inside, and thus it\u2019ll die. Can\u2019t exactly cut into me either because you don\u2019t know where the baby\u2019s hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell,\u201d Freya said calmly as she stopped Myriam from pacing by grabbing her by her arms and made her face her. \u201cI could make an elixir that could temporarily bind your child\u2019s powers so that we can see where it\u2019s at. You likely won\u2019t like it because the magic will go and you\u2019ll balloon like any other pregnant woman. That might hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut that would work?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt should,\u201d Freya nodded. \u201cI could have Kol check things over for you, and when he agrees that it\u2019s safe for you, you drink it. You expand, we know where to safely slice you open and get your child out of there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou make it sound so simple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause it is,\u201d she smiled encouragingly. \u201cNow, are you feeling any different from yesterday?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cApart from the anxiety? No,\u201d she sighed, shaking her head. \u201cBut it would give me some peace of mind knowing how long I still have to go.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLikely another week or so,\u201d Freya smiled. \u201cHave you and Klaus thought about of a name yet?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot really, no. But he said he\u2019d leave that responsibility to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOf course he did,\u201d Freya handed Myriam a book of names that she had picked up from the bookstore. \u201cThis might help you,\u201d she said before leading her to the sofa and set her down. \u201cRelax. Everything\u2019s going to be alright, I promise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam huffed. \u201cWhere is Klaus, anyway?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDealing with Tristan and Aurora. They\u2019re not too pleased that Lucien\u2019s dead. Niklaus figured he should kill Tristan and Aurora before they have the chance to mess things up,\u201d Freya replied, a smile on her lips. \u201cYou were right about my family. They may be violent and volatile, but they do everything for each other. And I believed them to be scattered, but you made them whole again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m still not allowing Klaus to undagger Elijah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya smiled then. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t have to. It\u2019s terrible of me to admit this, but I went inside Elijah\u2019s mind. I saw what kind of monster he truly is. You\u2019re having a baby, and you don\u2019t want someone like that around it while it grows up. The baby is going to have all the family it\u2019s ever going to need with you and Klaus as its parents, and myself, Rebekah and Kol as its uncle and aunties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not terrible what you did,\u201d Myriam smiled at her. \u201cI would have done the same if I\u2019d be reunited with the family I lost long ago. Granted, mine were selfish pigs and didn\u2019t even know that my mother had been pregnant, and I didn\u2019t accept them but killed them all, but that\u2019s different. You knew you had a family and that must have hurt. So I don\u2019t blame you for being curious to Elijah and visiting him in his mind,\u201d she added. \u201cThat being said, we\u2019re all still a bunch of vampires with emotions usually running high.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know,\u201d Freya replied. \u201cBut I wouldn\u2019t change this for the world. I have wonderful siblings and who in a million years would have thought that Niklaus Mikaelson would have a great wife who\u2019s not only beautiful, smart and resilient but also very strong?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She let out a snort. \u201cThat\u2019s debatable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya shrugged. \u201cWould you like me to see if I can tell if your child has done cooking?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

It took another month for Freya to be comfortable with delivering the baby. She and Kol had gone over the recipe of the elixir that Myriam needed to drink and were sure that it\u2019d work. \u201cYou do realize that it\u2019s gonna hurt like a bitch, right?\u201d Kol asked Myriam. \u201cFirst drinking the elixir, temporarily binding the baby\u2019s powers, will make you balloon and look like a pregnant lady for real. But that\u2019ll hurt. And then\u2026 we have to cut you open and get the baby out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShe knows the gory details, Kol,\u201d Freya said with an amused smile on her lips as she mixed the elixir with some blood and handed the cup to Myriam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll be fine,\u201d Myriam replied, slightly nervous but tried to hide it because she had an anxious hybrid pacing the room as it was. \u201cSeriously, you all need to relax because you\u2019re not making things any better for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus stopped his pacing for a record of 1.3 seconds. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Sweetheart, but I just can\u2019t stand to see you in any sort of pain or suffering. I\u2019ve watched you through enough and this – the idea is almost unbearable because it\u2019s not only you but our child as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, we know it\u2019s going to be a bloodbath, but the baby will be fine, and I\u2019ll heal. Even if they\u2019d accidentally remove the womb as well, it\u2019ll grow back, it\u2019ll be fine,\u201d she smiled at him. \u201cYou could leave the room if you wish, but I think that three pairs of hands are needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo. I\u2019m not leaving your side. Where is Rebekah?\u201d he pressed, coming over to take her hand even though his own were subtly shaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am here,\u201d Rebekah said as she walked in with a bowl of water and some towels underneath her arm. The sharp knife she was going to use was already on the table. \u201cWell, go on then, show us your pregnant belly,\u201d she said encouragingly. \u201cKol, make sure you take a picture or two for memory sake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam groaned at the sentiment during the stressful moments. \u201cI fucking hate you all right now,\u201d she muttered as she downed the blood and the elixir. Not soon after, she could feel her stomach expand and that hurt. Trying not to show her family how much, she decided to walk around to ease the pain somewhat. Her top was getting too tight. Her boobs were expanding as well, and she couldn\u2019t help but be in awe of her child\u2019s magic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking over at Klaus, she found him staring at her. The expression on his face was one she didn\u2019t quite recall seeing over the years, so she wasn\u2019t sure how to perceive it. \u201cKlaus?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLook at you,\u201d he said with a hoarse voice. \u201cYou look—\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m pregnant, and fat,\u201d she pouted as she looked down at herself. \u201cI don\u2019t think I like this feeling. Why do humans enjoy this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou look absolutely ravishing, love,\u201d he said as he walked to her and gently placed a hand on her expanded stomach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe enjoy it so much because we feel our child grow inside of us,\u201d Freya explained after she had swallowed hard and had tried finding the right words. \u201cIn a way, your child is a miracle and powerful, but on the other hand, it robbed you of the pleasures of being pregnant. However, I am certain that your next pregnancy will be different. If you so choose to become pregnant again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just stick with this one for a while,\u201d Myriam said quickly as she looked up to Klaus, he was standing really close to her with a look of admiration on his face. \u201cYou really like seeing me like this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt makes it more real, I guess,\u201d he muttered as he felt a kick against his hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI felt that,\u201d Myriam said as her eyes grew wide. \u201cOh wow, that\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freya smiled then. \u201cI hate to ruin this moment, but we have to hurry. Kol and I didn\u2019t make the elixir that potent as we were afraid to bind your child\u2019s powers completely or we weren\u2019t sure about whether or not it would have permanent side effects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not safe?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s magic and a child, of course, there\u2019s a risk that it\u2019s not safe,\u201d she said as she nodded at Rebekah to get ready. \u201cJust be ready to feed her your blood, brother, everything will be alright.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam could feel that Klaus was tensing up again and she made him look at her. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be alright, I trust them, and I will heal. What\u2019s important is that our child gets to meet all of us and live a beautiful life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus let out a breath and scooped her up only to place her on the bed. \u201cReady?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReady.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

While it was entirely unnecessary for her to rest in bed as her wounds were healed, she did have to admit that holding her and Klaus\u2019 child in her arms as they were on the bed with the three of them was an out of this world experience and Myriam loved it. They were alone in their bedroom, and there was this pink fluffy cloud that they were on. \u201cHe\u2019s perfect,\u201d she sighed happily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA miracle,\u201d Klaus smiled at her as their son had wrapped his tiny hand around his finger and was sleeping in his wife\u2019s arms. \u201cDid you think of any names for him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI still think it\u2019s ridiculous that you\u2019re putting me in charge of that. We should be in this together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Klaus shrugged. \u201cI think it\u2019s the woman\u2019s duty to pick a name.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re being severely old fashioned, Klaus,\u201d Myriam rolled her eyes at him. \u201cBut so am I, and yes, I\u2019ve thought of a name for our son.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my time in France, it was custom to name the first born son after their father. So, I was thinking we could name him Nicholas. Nicky for short.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cW-what?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myriam chuckled softly upon seeing the stunned look on Klaus\u2019 face. \u201cNicky Mikaelson.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLove, I don\u2019t think the world is ready for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you don\u2019t like it\u2026 or don\u2019t appreciate the sentiment\u2026 that\u2019s fine\u2026\u201d she said slightly disappointed. \u201cI shall have to come up with something else. I could name him after his jerk of a grandfather, but I don\u2019t want that\u2026 and the other one isn\u2019t much better. Everyone knows the Mikaelson name. Everyone knows not to mess with Niklaus Mikaelson. I thought it\u2019d be good to honor you and give our boy a name that would immediately tell people not to mess with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He brushed her lips with his own. \u201cI think it\u2019s a wise decision and thank you, love\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She smiled then as she gently caressed their son\u2019s cheek with her index finger. \u201cWelcome to the world, Nicholas Mikaelson. We are your parents and while we may be a bit silly at times, know that you are welcome and loved. You will be protected by your family. Always and Forever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n