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fOLLOWING ELIJAH AND KLAUS INTO THE COMPOUND, Grace just listens to them talking about the multiple vampires who had come into town for the prophecy. "So, my first sire wants to kill you. Yours wants to kill me. Makes you regret turning any vampires in the first place." Klaus states with a scoff as he looks toward his brother. It was clear that they had to be wary of them all, especially since they've done something to all of them in the past. 

"It makes things crystal clear. Two of them, two of us--" Elijah stops himself as they see a dead woman laid out on some lavender and leaves with a note in her hand. Klaus glances toward Grace, holding his hand out in front of her in order to stop her from going closer. He walks closer, picking up the note, an immediate glare setting in his eyes. He passes it to Elijah who reads it as well. "Roses are red, lavenders are blue... come find me before I find you."  He says, a sigh leaving his lips.

"Let me guess. Aurora?" Grace asks, raising an eyebrow at them. It wasn't a big stretch since she was the only one who would need to announce her arrival. But Klaus could hear the slight pep in her tone, making him glance toward her.

"Don't sound so enthusiastic about it, love. She'll probably want to kill you once she finds out about our engagement." Klaus tells her, shaking his head.  Grace just tilted her head, crossing her arms as she knew he was overprotective of her but sometimes it was too much.

"Stop worrying about me, Nik." She pleads as she gazes up at the man. "If anything, I'd be more scared of Lucien than your ex-girlfriend." Grace points out, scowling as she says Lucien's name. Klaus also got a hint of anger in his eyes. It was clear that he wasn't really much of his friend anymore, especially with him laying his hands on Grace.

"I remember her a better poet," Klaus admits as he looks at the letter again before simply placing it back on the table.

"I wouldn't say that this is lacking in poetry." Elijah denies as he looks at the body before glancing toward his brother.

"She wants us to find her, so let's," Klaus says as he goes to turn and head out of the compound but Elijah stops him, clearly wanting him to think it through a little bit.

"You're so eager, Niklaus." Elijah points out which only makes Klaus clench his jaw, looking toward Grace for a second. "The last time you even said her name was a thousand years ago when you told me never to speak it again in your presence." He states, raising his eyebrows.

"So, I am to wait until she leaves her little calling cards all over my home?" Klaus asks as he gestures around the courtyard of the compound. Elijah looks down at the ground for a moment, contemplating in his mind.

"There's something you should know." He admits, making Klaus look at him curiously. "When Mother seized control of my mind, unleashing those monstrosities that lurk behind the red door. I saw something. Aurora was there." Elijah tells him which just makes them silent for a second. Grace glanced at Klaus who clearly didn't know where this was leading to.

"If you mean to confess a thousand-year-old secret that will divide us after our hard-won reconciliation, then te absolvo, brother. There is nothing you could have done involving her that could be worse  than what she did to me." Klaus explains to him as he shakes his head. Grace could only rub her face as she listened to them. She was honestly glad that Klaus was being so forgiving over whatever Elijah may have done in the past.

"Please do not dismiss this, Niklaus--"

"Whatever it is, it can wait," Klaus states, not really needing to know what it was at this very second. "We have a plate of here and now problems, and I mean to clear it. If it makes you feel any better, we can kill Aurora together. Then neither of us need to play her little mind games ever again, hmm?" He tells his brother, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Can I meet her?" Grace asks, piping into the conversation. Both Elijah and Klaus looked wary of her question, sharing a glance with each other.

"It's best you stay here, love," Klaus states, not wanting to put her in harm's way and if she was in the vicinity of Aurora, that's what would happen. But Grace just groans, rolling her eyes.

"Seriously?" She responds, crossing her arms against her chest, clearly not happy with his answer.

"She could act erratic and harm you-"

"Nik, I don't want to just sit on the sidelines." Grace denies, clenching her jaw. She knew what Aurora was capable of but surely the woman wasn't so stupid as to attack her. Especially in front of Klaus.

"Just let me speak to her first, see where her heads at,"  Klaus states, at least wanting to see Aurora in order to assess how dangerous she really is.

"And what do you suggest I do?" Grace asks, tilting her head as she lets a sigh leave her lips.

"I'm sure Hanna would love to start to plan our wedding with you," Klaus suggests with a smile on his face but she knew he was actually terrified to suggest it. Mainly because it was the last thing she wanted to be doing. "I love you." He says as he presses a kiss to her cheek and Grace just allows him to.

"Mhm." She hums, rolling her eyes playfully. He just smiles at her before heading out of the compound. Grace awkwardly stands with Elijah for a second, neither of them saying anything. She could only clear her throat, glancing away from him as she started to head toward the stairs.

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KLAUS STOOD IN A SHOP AS HE LAID HIS EYES ON AURORA WHO WAS IN FRONT OF HIM. She had a smile on her lips as their gazes met. "I knew you would find me." She admits, tilting her head as she was glad that he had gotten her message. "Hello, my love," Aurora says with her smile growing, moving over to the man who was simply staring back at her. "A thousand years. Can it really have been so long? Looking at you now, it feels like yesterday." She states, stopping next to Klaus who only narrows his eyes.

"If yesterday were the apocalypse." Klaus retorts, already fed up with her mind games and the way she just wanted to pop back into his life.

"Are you saying that leaving me felt like the end of the world?" Aurora asks with a beam in her eyes. Klaus just clenches his jaw, she surely did have an imagination.

"Leaving you alive." He corrects her as he honestly should've just gotten rid of her. It would've saved him heartbreak and the fact that she had come all the way to New Orleans, most likely to mess up his life.

"I noticed Elijah's not with you. Was he reluctant to tag along?" She questions, glancing behind the man as if waiting for Elijah to walk through the door.

"On the contrary. He's been calling me incessantly since I ditched him to find you raving about some ancient secret and the possibility of using your head as a footstool." Klaus explains to her with a smirk lingering on his lips.

"Well, I think he'd rather have his footstool than have me share that little secret." Aurora agrees as she raises an eyebrow at Klaus who just scoffs, moving past the woman.

"Let me guess, in the time of being with me and seeking refuge in the arms of your brother, you slept with mine." He accuses as he looks back at Aurora, his jaw clenched. 

"Oh, your accusations are so banal," Aurora responds as she shakes her head. "The truth is, I've never been with your brother, at least not in the way that you think." She tells him and he can only sigh.

"Why are you here, Aurora?"

"Maybe I want to meet that fiance of yours," Aurora states with a shrug of her shoulders. She saw the way he immediately became defensive, his expression turning dark as he took a threatening step toward her.

"You touch her, you hurt her, and I swear to you, I will make your death very painful." He sneers at her with a harsh glare set on his face. Aurora just laughs, tilting her head with a smirk on her lips.

"Calm down, Nik. I just want to have a chat." She tells him as she just takes another step toward him.'"I want to see what it was about her that got you to fall in love." Aurora admits, her eyes running over Klaus for a moment.

"So, you see I have moved on and you've come to ruin that." Klaus states as he crosses his arms against his chest.

"I merely come to remind you that I was the love of your life once too." Aurora retorts as she tilts her head only for Klaus to roll his eyes.

"A long time ago."

"You really believe she will ever be as great to you as I was?" She asks with a scoff leaving her lips. There as a slight glare in her eyes as she hated how he was defending the woman he was with.

"She already is," Klaus states with a smirk on his lips. Aurora merely narrows her eyes.

"She's human." Aurora points out, crossing her arms against her chest. Klaus just sighs, tired of the conversation already.

"Oh, right. So, I need to go back to you because you're a vampire and our love would last an eternity." Klaus sarcastically says as he shakes his head. He didn't care if he didn't have eternity with Grace, he would carry their love for the many years after she was gone.

"It has lasted, Nik. for the past thousand years, are you really going to give that up?" Aurora questions, her jaw clenching. Klaus just takes a step closer to her, an angered expression on his face.

"I gave that up a long time ago," Klaus admits as he glares down at her, having enough of her games and riddles. "Now, why are you here?" He asks, although he knows it was because of Lucien and Tristan. They were all planning something, they just had to figure out what.

"The witches here, they celebrate fet de kado. feast of gifts. It made me remember that very intimate gift we gave each other so long ago." Aurora says with a smirk on her lips.

"You've had a thousand birthdays since. If I forgot to send a card, it's because I forgot about you." Klaus retorts making it fall from her lips. "Is that why you're here? To remind me?" He asks, tilting his head.

"I'm here for the same reason Lucien and Tristan are, to protect my sire," Aurora states, moving around the room before looking back at Klaus. "Now, if you had turned me that night like I'd asked, I would be here to protect you, but since you didn't, I need to know where in the hell is Rebekah?" She asks, a demanding tone in her voice as she narrows her eyes before her smirk returns. "Unless you want me to go visit... Grace? Instead." She tells him and she could see the worry in his eyes as he heard Grace's name.

Klaus could simply not read Aurora, he was trying to figure out whether or not she'd attack but he couldn't. He knew it would be better to be safe than sorry but it was impossible to always be there to protect her. He just hoped that Aurora had the slightest bit of common sense and her mere threats were nothing more than just words.

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JENNA WAS SEARCHING THROUGH THE MAGAZINES AS THEY TRIED TO AT LEAST MAKE A fEW CHOICES FOR THE WEDDING. But every time they showed something to Grace, she didn't exactly give an enthusiastic response. "You aren't even looking at anything we're showing you." She points out with a groan, staring at Grace as she narrows her eyes. Grace lets out a sigh as she meets Jenna's gaze.

"I'm sorry, I just am not in the mood." She admits with a sigh, rubbing her face. Grace didn't know why, she just wasn't up for planning this big spectacular wedding when she knew that she wouldn't be able to enjoy it. Something would happen to ruin it all.

"You invited us here,"  Hanna tells her as she shrugs her shoulders. "Look, I know you don't want to have a wedding given everything going on. But knowing Klaus, there will probably be a new problem as soon as Lucien is gone." She explains, not wanting Grace to just keep putting off her happiness because of it.

"She isn't wrong," Jenna added and she could see Grace drift her eyes toward the ground. "Grace, you have to at least try and be happy." She says with a sigh, hating how she just kept coming up with excuses.

"I am happy," Grace admits, she truly was happy with Klaus. Sure, there were a few things that were bringing her mood down like her mother and Hayley, but she wasn't sad. "I just don't see the point of having a big wedding." She states as she leans back against the couch. She had never wanted a big wedding, she didn't see the point of it.

"Well, that's good that you told us," Hanna replies, now knowing that they had to make choices for a smaller venue. "It doesn't have to be big, Grace. We can keep it small and simple." She states and Grace smiles gently, nodding her head.

"Okay."

"At least you have your dress, that's the most important part." Jenna points out, nudging the woman. Grace looked a bit sad as she glanced over at Jenna.

"I'm sorry that you weren't there." Grace apologized as she knew Jenna would have wanted to go. The woman just smiles though, shaking her head as she places her hand on her belly.

"Girl, I am as pregnant as one can be right now. I'll help with everything else." Jenna states with a laugh, shaking her head and making the other two laugh as well. As they do, Mark enters the room with a bag in his hand.

"Here we are." Mark says as he places the bag of takeout next to them before planting a kiss on the side of Jenna's head.

"Thanks, babe."

"How's it coming along?" He asks curiously as he gestures to the magazines sprawled all over the floor.

"Well, we're only just getting started," Hanna tells him which just makes Mark look at them with a confused expression on his face.

"I was gone for close to an hour?" He points out, wondering what they had been doing the whole time if not planning the wedding.

"Mhm and little miss anxiety over there is finally starting to contribute," Jenna states as she points over to Grace who just rolls her eyes playfully.

"I would offer my help but Jenna hated all my suggestions for our wedding, so." Mark points out making Jenna just raise an eyebrow at him.

"Because you picked the worst things." She retorts and he just tilts his head, chuckling lightly.

"Mhm." He hums as he leans down, pressing a kiss to her lips which she happily returns. Grace smiles at them, fiddling with her fingers."

"Can't we just elope?" Grace asks with a groan, it would save a lot of time just going to the city hall or something. Both Hanna and Jenna snap their heads in her direction.

"No." Hanna denies, shaking her head.

"No way in hell," Jenna adds with a scoff and Grace just narrows her eyes at both of them.

"Glad to know this wedding is for me." She teases as she crosses her arms against her chest. The two girls just shrug their shoulders as they go back to looking at the countless magazines.

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GRACE SIGHS AS SHE RUNS HER HANDS THROUGH HER HAIR. She hated how she was always left out of the plans. She knew she was human but it still hurt. Grace understood that everyone was trying to protect her but eventually, it just got annoying. "You really are beautiful." She hears from behind her. Grace turns, only to see a woman with red hair standing in front of her. She was a bit confused for a moment, her eyebrows furrowing as she glanced around the empty compound.

"Uh, thank you?" She responds, not really understanding who she was and why she was suddenly talking to her.

"I really hoped I could say something horrible." The woman states with a slightly disappointed look on her face. Just by that, Grace could piece together who she was. Especially by how she was looking at the painting of Klaus on the wall.

"Aurora, I presume?" Grace asks, raising an eyebrow at her. She could see Aurora's eyes brighten, as if proud that Grace had already known who she was.

"He told you about me?" Aurora questions, probably thinking that it had meant that Klaus still thought about her.

"Well, your brother is in town so it was safe to say that you would come as well," Grace responds with a shrug of her shoulders. Aurora circles the woman for a moment, her eyes narrowing.

"Nik falling for a mortal, never thought I would see that." She admits with a tilt of her head, stopping in front of Grace.

"Weren't you human as well?" She asks, she didn't know much about their past, but she knew they were the first people that they turned.

"Yes, but it has been a long time and he's not particularly taken to humans now." Aurora denies, clearly trying to make it seem like they won't last very long.

"I guess I got lucky."

"I doubt that was the reason." Aurora denies, a bit bitter in her tone. "Our love has been existing for a thousand years, yet you got the ring." She says, her eyes dropping to Grace's hand. Grace only smiles, tilting her head.

"Funny how this little thing called breakups work, huh?"Grace retorts making Aurora scoff as she glares at the blonde.

"I did not break his heart." She states, crossing her arms against her chest. Grace rolls her eyes, shaking her head, clearly not believing a word she said.

"Mhm."

"Elijah compelled me to." Aurora states which instantly makes Grace freeze, staring at the woman. Her eyebrows furrow as she just tries to think of why Elijah would do such a thing. But then again, he's done some questionable stuff.

"What?"

"That's right. I would have stayed with Klaus forever if he hadn't intervened." She admits and Grace couldn't help but frown. Not at what she said but at the fact that Elijah had taken both of their happiness away.

"That's horrible." Grace states, feeling sorry for the woman. Sure, it doesn't really account for the thousand years she's spent wanting him. But it made sense why she had come with a clear agenda to get him back.

"You.... sound genuine," Aurora says, shock in her tone as she was a bit confused about why Grace was sympathizing with her.

"You sound shocked."

"I just thought that--"

"I would be a raging jealous bitch?" Grace asks her with a slight laugh, raising an eyebrow at the redhead who just frowns.

"Well, yes." She responds with a nod of her head. It wasn't exactly the reaction that she had been hoping for.

"I trust, Nik. I mean, if he wants to throw our whole relationship away, I won't stop him. But I don't believe he will." Grace explains to her as she shrugs her shoulders. She could see a slight smirk form on Aurora's lips.

"I kissed him." She admits, clearly proud of herself. Grace knew she said that to just get a rise out of her. She wasn't shocked that Aurora would do that, but she would be if Klaus had kissed her back.

"And did he kiss you back?" Grace asks, raising an eyebrow at the woman. She could tell that Aurora was trying to make it out to seem like he had, but she saw the look in her eyes. "Aurora, you won't be able to just push your way back into his life." She denies with a sigh, shaking her head. If she thought that this was the best strategy, then she was clearly mistaken.

"I can if you're not in the picture." Aurora points out, taking a step toward Grace who didn't seem the slightest bit scared of her. "I'm a thousand years old, I can kill you in a second." She states but she falters slightly when she sees the smirk grow on Grace's face.

"And I don't care how old you are because you won't touch me," Grace tells her, tilting her head. "Because you know Klaus would never forgive you." She states, just staring at the woman. It would be a dumb move on Aurora's part to even touch a hair on her head.

"I thought this conversation would go a lot differently," Aurora admits, a frown forming on her face as she was disappointed that the woman wasn't affected by anything she had said.

"You can't make someone fall back in love with you. I'm sorry but that's not how it works." Grace says, shaking her head. She knew why Aurora was doing it, but unfortunately, life had moved on from when Klaus and her were together.

"Why isn't it?" She asked and Grace could hear the pain in her voice as she stared at her. "I've waited so long and now... now he's in love with you," Aurora states, her eyes dropping to the ground. Grace sighs as she steps toward the woman, placing her hand on her arm.

"Aurora, if you're here to hurt him, just please think about what you're doing. Because if you still love him, you won't want to see him in pain." She tells the girl, she didn't want Aurora to just get caught up in the middle of Lucien and her brothers' plans.

"Do you love him, truly?" Aurora asks after a moment of silence, her eyes moving back to Grace's. Grace smiles, nodding her head.

"With all my heart."

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GRACE WAS SITTING READING A BOOK ON HER BED WHEN KLAUS CAME IN. He seemed to be looking for something, or someone as he checked the room. Grace just looked up from her book, knowing exactly who he was looking for. "She's not here." She tells him, making him glance over at her. "She already left," Grace informs him as she just looks back at her book. Klaus heads over to her, instantly checking her for wounds.

"I swear if she--"

"She didn't touch me."  Grace denies, grabbing his hand. Klaus lets a sigh of relief leave his lips as he sits on the edge of the bed.

"What did she want?" He asks curiously, wondering what Aurora might have tried to say or do. He knew she was angry after she left him in the shop.

"We just talked." She tells him as she closes her book, placing it on the bedside table. Klaus seemed confused, glancing around. Nothing has seemed out of place in the compound.

"That's it?" Klaus questions, wondering if there was just something she wasn't telling him but she just nods her head.

"Mhm."

"About what?" He just wanted to know exactly what Aurora had talked to her about. If there were any threats. He wouldn't put it past the woman who seemed to have gone crazy.

"You, what Elijah did..." Grace says, shrugging her shoulders. It wasn't even much to discuss, not that Klaus would care, he would still want to know every single little thing that Aurora had said.

"But she didn't hurt you?" Klaus asks her, he still wanted to be on the lookout for Aurora, just in case she comes back.

"I think she realized that she would truly lose you if she did." She states as she gazes at the man. Grace knew Aurora wasn't stupid, she knew that if she even hurt her, Klaus would come for her. She saw how Klaus's gaze shifted for a second.

"Love, I must tell you something." He admits and she could hear the pain in his voice. Grace knew what he was going to say, it was obvious. If Aurora hadn't told her, it would've been a bit different.

"Aurora kissed you," Grace says making his eyes widen slightly. But he should have guessed that Aurora would tell her. "I guess she thought she could make me angry by telling me?" She suggests, shrugging her shoulders.

"But you're not?" Klaus asks, a bit wary since she was kind of just sitting with a neutral expression. Grace just tilts her head a little bit.

"Did you kiss her?" She asks him, even though she already knows the answer.

"Of course not, I pushed her away." Klaus denies almost instantly, a frown on his face. When Aurora had kissed him, he had been shocked but never did the thought of kissing her back ever cross his mind.

"Then it means nothing," Grace assures him as she grabs his hand, giving it a squeeze. If he had kissed her back, this would be a whole other conversation. "I honestly feel kind of bad for her." She admits seeing the bewildered expression that instantly fills Klaus's face.

"Love, you're joking right?" Klaus asks her, wondering what could have made her ever feel bad for Aurora. He did admit he was angry at Elijah for what he did, but that didn't mean he would just go running back to Aurora.

"She lost the love of her life and it wasn't even her fault. And then she came here, only to see that you're happy with someone else." She explains to the man who slowly nods his head but he still isn't quite understanding.

"It was a thousand years ago, she can move on." Klaus points out, scoffing a little bit. Aurora could have easily found love if she had let herself.

"Nik, it is never that easy. Especially when it was Elijah who caused the heartbreak." Grace states, it wasn't like he had just left her or she really was a bitch to him who broke his heart. It was Elijah who actually made it all happen.

"Why are you defending her?" Klaus asks her, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Because I have sympathy for her."

"We will get rid of her, Tristan, all of them." He assures her and she nods her head, although she knows that isn't happening anytime soon. 

"Mhm." She hums as she stares down at her hands. Klaus decides to change the subject, wondering how her day went instead.

"How did wedding planning go?" Klaus asks her curiously, tilting his head. He knew she wasn't fully up for the wedding yet and he would wait until she set a date to really mention it.

"I want an intimate wedding, nothing big." Grace admits as she just fiddles with her fingers, not even glancing up at him.

"Okay, love," Klaus responds, nodding his head as he rests his hand on her thigh. But he noticed the distant expression on her face. "You don't seem all that happy about it." He points out, furrowing his eyebrows. He was terrified that maybe she just didn't want to marry him. But luckily that wasn't the case.

"Hayley and I used to talk about our weddings all the time when we were younger. I planned every single little detail out so that it was perfect. It always ended up changing but what never changed, is that we were always there together." She explains to him, a sigh leaving her lips. Klaus did feel horrible for her, especially since most of their fight had revolved around him. But Hayley dug her own grave, that wasn't his fault. "She was gonna walk me down the aisle, me with her because you know, none of our parents were ever gonna take that role." She states, finally meeting his eyes and he could see that she was hurting,

"We could always elope? I don't mind what we do, as long as we're together." Klaus suggests, wanting to just help her heal her pain. And with eloping, there really wouldn't be an aisle to have to walk down.

"Yeah, not an option." Grace denies as she shakes her head, causing Klaus to be confused. "Jenna and Hanna will never let that happen." She admits which just makes him roll his eyes a bit.

"When did it become their decision?" Klaus asks, last he checked, they weren't the ones actually getting married.

"Don't even try to fight it." She denies with a laugh as she rests against him, her eyes closing momentarily. Klaus sighs as he kisses the top of her head, holding her close as they lay together in silence. He hated how Aurora came to speak with her but he was glad that she hadn't tried to hurt Grace. He was a bit confused on why Grace seemed to be sticking up for the redhead but if that stopped Aurora from attacking her, so be it.

He had all he needed right her and nothing Aurora did or said would ever change that.

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AS SHE WALKED DOWN THE STREET WITH DAVINA AND CAMILLE, Grace was just watching their reactions to Aurora showing up out of the blue. Well, they knew she was coming but they didn't think she would arrive so quickly. "So, wait. Klaus's ex admitted to kissing him and yet you feel bad for her?" Camille asks her with furrowed eyebrows, confused about why Grace didn't punch the woman in the face. Grace sighs as she just shrugs her shoulders.

"She's desperate." Grace replies, she knew Aurora wanted Klaus back but she also knew that it wasn't going to happen. So, she would just let Aurora dream.

"I'd say," Davina mumbles as she shakes her head. Grace could tell that both of them didn't really understand why she didn't do something.

"I know it doesn't seem logical-"

"Not at all." Camille denies as she raises an eyebrow at Grace. Grace looks down toward the ground. It wasn't like she wanted Aurora to kiss her fiance, but the way she was talking and the way her eyes looked at Grace, she couldn't help but feel bad.

"I don't know, the way her eyes filled with pain when she heard how much Klaus loved me..." Grace trails off, biting the inside of her cheek. Davina narrows her eyes, tilting her head a bit.

"If she touches him again, I can hurt her for you." She suggests and Grace couldn't help but laugh as she looks at the woman.

"Don't worry, Nik is ready to snap her neck if that happens." Grace admits as she clasps her hands together. He apparently had all but thrown her across the room when she had kissed him.

"You really aren't scared of him going off with her?" Camille asks curiously, wondering how there wasn't even an inkling of jealousy. Grace could only shrug her shoulders.

"He loves me and I believe that." She states, she wouldn't worry unless there was something to actually worry about. Grace knew Klaus wasn't stupid enough to lose her, and she knew she loved her enough to not even think of Aurora.

"You two are so cute and it hurts me to say that." Davina admits with a slight groan, looking at Grace who smiles gently.

"I know you're not his biggest fan, Davina. But I am grateful that you're still here for me." Grace admits as she looks at the woman. Everyone knew Davina wasn't a fan of most of the originals, Klaus being the worst, but she had stuck by Grace no matter what.

"Of course I am. You're my friend. Klaus is just the unfortunate side effect." Davina points out with a slight scowl, but she links their arms together. Grace rolls her eyes playfully, laughing a little bit.

"So, uh, when's the wedding?" Camille asks with a clear of her throat, rubbing her hands together. Grace shrugged her shoulder as she wasn't too sure yet.

"We haven't set a date but soon."

"You're gonna look so beautiful," Davina tells her with a big smile on her face. Hanna had already sent a picture of the dress and Davina just knew it would look amazing on Grace.

"Let's hope," Grace says as she lets a sigh leave her lips. She felt like she was going to think the wedding would go perfectly, only for it all to come crashing down.

"She always looks beautiful." Camille points out with a soft smile on her face making Davina nod her head in agreement.

"That is very true."

"Would you two stop?" Grace asks with a groan as she tilts her head back a little bit. She sometimes hated them, solely because of the fact that they loved to tease her so often.

"Ooh, where are you going to honeymoon?" Davina asks with a gasp, an excited expression forming on her face. Grace just raises an eyebrow at her.

"There's a prophecy that threatens to wipe out the whole family and you think we'll get a honeymoon?" She retorts, not really seeing that happening. At least not close to the wedding. Davina presses her lips together tightly.

"Well.... yeah?" Davina replies with a shrug of her shoulders causing Grace to just shake her head.

"Just pick a place," Camille tells her as she looks toward the blonde. Grace truthfully hadn't thought of a place. She hadn't really traveled much and just thought that Klaus would take care of that part.

"I don't know, okay?" She responds to them with a soft sigh. Camille just shares a glance with Davina, both of them shaking their heads.

"She's hopeless," Davina says and Camille nods her head.

"Mhm."

"Whatever." Grace decided to not push the subject, allowing the girls to laugh as they walked in front of her. Grace smiled, as she knew she couldn't control what they said, but she was glad that they were so on board with the wedding. 

As she followed after them, she could see someone walking on the other side of the street. Out of the corner of her eye, she could've sworn they looked familiar. She thought that it might've been her mother finally showing her face to her. But instead, it was someone who she never thought she would see again. Mainly because it was impossible. And as she blinked, they were gone.

"Dylan?"

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