꧁𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞꧂

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GRACE WALKS BESIDE ELIJAH AS THEY HEAD DOWN THE STREET. They had just seen a man about one of the witches who were on elijahs arm. Apparently the woman had killed herself a few months ago, which led them to believe that maybe everyone of the witches were dead aswell. She sighs as she nudges his arm, seeing the man keep his eyes in front of him. Grace only nudges him again, this time harder. "Elijah." She says and Elijah only sighs as he rubs the back of his neck.

"When I told you, you could come with us, I didn't mean for you to nag me the entire way." Elijah tells her and she only smirks up at him, laughing lightly.

"I'm an excellent conversationalist, actually." Grace retorts and Elijah only glances down at her for a moment.

"Hm." He hums before looking back in front of him. Grace bites her bottom lip, clasping her hands together as she looks around the street.

"You know, your little girlfriend basically threatened me." She points out as she raises an eyebrow at Elijah. The original rolls his eyes as he lets out a sigh.

"She's not my girlfriend and Celeste wouldn't dare lay a finger on you." Elijah states as he knew Celeste was not dumb enough to hurt the girl. Especially with every original protecting her.

"Right and she took Klaus and Rebekah on a trip to Disneyland." Grace says sarcastically as she rolls her eyes. She fiddles with her fingers as she glanced up at Elijah. "Do you still love her?" She asks, it wasn't exactly meant to be harmful. It's just, when you love someone, even after it's over, even after it's been years, that love could be inside of you forever.

"I've only ever loved two people in my lifetime so of course there's still the remnants of it." Elijah explains to her as he nods his head. He didn't love often but when he did, he did it with his whole heart.

"Wow. Only two?" Grace asks as she was certainly surprised since the man had been around for a thousand years.

"Have you ever loved anyone?" Elijah asks curiously as he hadn't heard the girl mention anyone in her life.

"Once. A long time ago." Grace admits as she glanced down at her feet. She truly did love Dylan, even after the way it ended. Grace still had a piece of her heart that cared for him, despite not wanting to. "I wouldnt make the same mistake twice." She says as she knew it would be hard to ever fall in love again.

Grace didn't think it was impossible, and it's not like she didn't want to feel love again in her life. She just didn't want to have her heart broken again. Grace knew that if she let someone in, there was always going to be the possibility. And that fear killed her inside, it ate her up and she didn't need that. Because in order to make it through this life, she needed to be on her two feet. And much more cracks in her heart... In her soul. And there would be no mending it.

"Do you believe you'll love someone again?" Elijah asks as he glanced down at her, seeing the girls distant expression. Grace lets out a sigh, only shrugging her shoulders.

"I don't know." She admits as she kicks at the ground beneath her feet. "Part of me wants that happily ever after bullshit but.. I know that it's probably not in the cards for me." Grace states as she meets his eyes and Elijah nods his head, understanding what she was saying.

"Perhaps love isn't all that's it's cracked up to be." Elijah says as most people would tell you that falling in love and being with someone for the rest of your life was what living was all about. But maybe it wasn't.

"Yeah." She mutters as she runs a hand through her hair. Elijah continues to look at her, his hands moving into his pockets as he clears his throat.

"Do not mention what happened earlier to anyone." Elijah tells her making her furrow her eyebrows. She glanced at him, a little bit confused. But she figured it was what had happened in the living room.

"Us having sex?" Grace questions causing his nod to head. Elijah knew if it got out and Klaus heard about it, there would most likely be a dagger almost in his chest.

"Precisely." He replies and she only shrugs her shoulders, she didn't care about people knowing of her sex life. It wasn't like it was some big secret.

"Why? No one would care." Grace points out as most people just minded their own business anyways. Elijah just gives her a tight smile.

"I just like to keep my private life, private." He explains to her and she squints her eyes for a moment. Grace understood that but it wasn't like it was a secret relationship. They had sex one time, who did he not want to find out about it?

"You got it, sexy suit man." Grace says, deciding that he must have a reason. Elijah only groans, rolling his eyes playfully at her.

"Are you going to call me that forever?" Elijah asks as that was probably the fourth time she's called him that. It seemed to be a pattern and he could tell that she was having fun with it as he could see the amusement in her eyes.

"Yup, you're stuck with it." She tells him as she nudges his arm. Elijah just smiles, shaking his head before the two head to catch up with Marcel.

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ELIJAH, MARCEL AND GRACE WERE READING THE FILES THAT THEY GOT CONTAINING THE WITCHES OF NEW ORLEANS NAMES. It also listed their causes of deaths so that they could try and find a connection with the ones on Elijah's body. Grace was reading her file, squinting her eyes as she bites her bottom lip. Suddenly a hand was gripping the file making her glance up to see Elijah in front of her.

Grace just slaps his hand harshly making him pull it back. "You know, I read files for a living. So get your grubby paws off." Grace scolds as she glares playfully at him. Elijah only chuckles, shaking his head before returning to the one that he was reading.

"Marcel, here's another name from our list, Brynne Deveraux." He says, looking over at Marcel who furrows his eyebrows.  "It says she drowned herself around twenty years ago. Do you recognize the name?" Elijah asks and Marcel smirks, nodding his head.

"Brynne? Yeah, yeah. We used to hang out. Knock around a bit." Marcel states with a chuckle but Elijah only rolls his eyes.

"You can spare me the details, please." He states as he clenches his jaw. Grace only glanced at the man, smirking as she swings her legs back and forth.

"Like you don't do a bit of knocking yourself, Elijah." Grace teases him and he only gives her a stern expression. Marcel flickers his eyes between them, squinting his eyes as he saw the wink Grace had sent to the original.

"She used to do some spells for me now and then. Girl had power. Cursed a whole pack of werewolves just because they were pissing me off." Marcel explains to them as he walks closer. "Speaking of, what do you think Klaus is going to do when he finds out that you left him to suffer, while you saved Hayley and her wolf friends." He asks as he tilts his head and Grace only looks towards Elijah. It wasn't a mystery that he had most likely saved Hayley because of the baby.

"Let's avoid discussing matters that are not your concern, shall we, Marcelus."  Elijah retorts as he keeps his eyes down. Grace flickers her eyes between them, feeling the tension rising.

"Oh, come on, Elijah. I got guys all over the city. You really don't think I know that the crescent wolves had a little family reunion out at the old plantation last night?" Marcel says with a smirk playing on his lips.  "Thanks for letting the house burn, by the way. Good riddance. By my question is, what's Hayley doing with that bunch?" He asks and Elijah sighs, meeting his eyes. Grace knew the answer, she knew Hayley wanted to find her family and help the pack that was cursed.

"Marcel, I'm aware of your history with this city's wolves and I assume you understand that if you lay a finger upon Hayley, it will be the last thing you do on this earth." Elijah threatens him but it only makes Marcel laugh at him.

"Okay. I see I hit a nerve. And just when we were getting along." Marcel replies and elijah only continues to read the page, not glancing up again.

"We were right." Elijah says as he looks down at the book in his hands. "Every name upon my flesh signifies a witch who died by her own hand. All but one." He states as he turns the book to the vampire who reads it.

"Clara Summerlin. Ring any bells?" Marcel asks him and Elijah just shakes his head.

"None." He admits.

"Well, if she didn't off herself, then how'd she die?" Marcel questions as he furrows his eyebrows.

"Influenza. Epidemic of 1919." Elijah states as he raises an eyebrow. Grace could see Marcel tense lightly making her slightly confused.

The names start to disappear along elijahs forearms making him smirk as he looks at the pair. "I suppose we have our answer. Only I have no idea what it means." He admits as his arms were now free of the names that were written. Grace sighs as she tilts her head back.

"Well, isn't that just dandy?" Grace asks rhetorically as she rolls her eyes. She jumps off of the desk, pushing the file into elijahs hands before heading out of the room.

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ELIJAH AND GRACE WALK INTO THE OFFICE WHERE HAYLEY WAS SITTING AT THE DESK. The brunette looks at Grace, her eyes soft, a small frown on her face. Grace only ignores her, biting the inside of her cheek. Hayley sighs as she looks towards the original. "Hey, look I found-" She starts to say but Elijah only puts his finger to his lips. Hayley stares at him confused, looking up at him as he stops in front of her.

"You were right about the Deveraux witch." Elijah tells her quietly making the girls eyes widen for a moment before they hear footsteps coming towards the room.

"Find anything about Clara, the mystery witch?" Marcel asks as he walks into the room making Elijah stand up straight. Hayley shakes her head, looking back at the computer in front of her.

"Not much." She admits as she leans back with a sigh. "She was a nurse at the Fleur de lis sanatorium." Hayley states and Marcel tenses, his eyes moving away from the screen. "Recognize her? Top row, second from the right." She says as she points at the woman and Elijah moves closer to the screen to take a better look.

"No, I don't." Elijah answers as he shakes his head, clenching his jaw. "Marcel-" He starts to say, looking up but noticing that the man had turned away from them. "Marcel?" Elijah asks more firmly as he squints his eyes. "Do I need to remind you that Niklaus and Rebekah are somewhere suffering horrible, if you know something... Talk." He says as he walks towards the vampire. Marcel rubs the back of his neck, shaking his head.

"The sanatorium. That's where you'll find them." Marcel says as he walks past Elijah who only grabs his arm, turning him back.

"You sure? How do you know?" Hayley asks as it was a little weird how he knew exactly where the siblings would be.

"I just know." He replies but that wasn't good enough for Elijah.

"How do you know?" Elijah asks, his voice sharp as he steps closer to Marcel. He looks around the group, taking a deep breath.

"If I'm right.." Marcel trails off for a moment, trying to find the right words. "You need to know exactly what we're walking into." He says and Elijah nods his head, gesturing for the man to keep talking. "We did something, Rebekah and I. I think the witches are trying to use it against her." He admits and Grace furrows her eyebrows, crossing her arms. "It's something that you're not gonna like." Marcel says as he looks directly at Elijah.

"What is it?" Elijah asks as he squints his eyes, taking a wary step towards Marcel. The man takes a deep breath, looking away from Elijah for a moment.

"Rebekah and I were the ones to bring Mikael to New Orleans in 1919." Marcel states and Grace only glanced at elijah, confused because she was not good with names. It was very ironic since she was a lawyer and had to know a lot of names.

"Who?" She asks and she could see the anger build in Elijah's eyes as he glares at Marcel. It seemed like he wanted to murder the vampire.

"Our father." He tells her and Grace remembers that Klaus had told her a little bit about him. "For the better half of a century, I have wondered how father found us. What foolish mistake that we had made, to destroy our time in the one place that we could finally call home. Do you know, I even blamed myself for a time, Marcellus?" Elijah walks towards Marcel, his voice sharp before he grabs the man's neck and speeds him to the wall, holding him up against it.

"Elijah!" Hayley shouts but Elijah just tightens his grip on Marcel's neck. He glares at the man, clenching his jaw.

"Niklaus treated you like a son, and rebekah-" Elijah starts but Marcel only cuts him off.

"I loved her! I still love her, all we ever wanted was to be together but as long as Klaus was around, that was never gonna happen." Marcel explains to him and Grace thought it was kind of sweet, but there were other ways than literally getting rid of him. "But hey, I guess you wouldn't know anything about that, huh?" He asks rhetorically as he stares at the man. Elijah just lets him go, shaking his head.

"When Niklaus learns the truth, there will be no end to his rage. I will not let my sister suffer that wrath." Elijah states as he knew Klaus would go to great lengths to get revenge on Rebekah.

"Then we need to get to them before he learns the truth." Marcel states as he stares at Elijah. Grace honestly didn't feel like they should stop Klaus from knowing the truth.

Part of her hoped that he already found out because he should know that two people close to him, betrayed him like that. She didn't know much about Klaus' past, but she knew how much his father had done and that he had chased them for a long time. Grace had just learned how it felt for someone to betray your trust by bringing someone you never want to see again, to you. But with Klaus, his father literally wanted to kill him.

So, if he wanted revenge, he should be able to get it.

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STANDING OUTSIDE TBE SANITARIUM, Grace had her hands in her jacket pocket as she looked around the area. "We should divide the building. Me at one end, you at the other." Elijah tells Marcel as he gestures for the man to go right. Marcel nods as he glanced around warily. "Grace, you're with me." He says as he starts to head inside of the building. Grace groans as she jogs to catch up with the original.

"Why do I always have to go with you?" Grace asks as she sighs, walking alongside Elijah. The original only glances at her, raising an eyebrow.

"You insisted on coming." Elijah points out as he wasn't about to let her go with Marcel, especially if Klaus was angry enough to kill the vampire. Grace could be unintentionally caught in the crossfire.

"What will you do when you find Klaus?"  Grace asks as she knew they wanted to stop Klaus from finding out the truth, but if he knew, what was Elijah's plan to stop him.

"Well, if he knows about what happened, I will make sure he cannot harm Rebekah." He replies as he keeps his eyes forward, looking around for any sign of his siblings.

"Why are you not angry?" Grace questions as she knew Elijah had pushed Marcel against the wall but it didn't take long for him to be on the man's side. "Don't you want some type of revenge too?" Elijah only sighs, clenching his jaw as he moves his eyes to ground.

"Revenge is not the answer." Elijah says as he knew his brother could take him vengeance far, which he did not need. Especially with Celeste still out there.

"So, what? Klaus isn't allowed to be mad?"  She asks as she places her hand on her hip. Elijah rubs his face, not needing to be asked a million questions right now.

"He is, but his rage will drive him to make mistakes he cannot come back from." Elijah tells her and Grace knew Klaus could go too far but that didn't mean that Rebekah didn't deserve just a little discomfort.

"Why do you always protect Rebekah instead of being on his side?" Grace asks as what she's seen so far, elijah seemed to always try and protect Rebekah. Elijah sighs as he shakes his head.

"I'm not on any side." He responds but Grace knew that was a lie. If he truly wasn't, he wouldn't be in a rush to find Klaus.

"That's bullshit. No wonder Klaus thinks he's all alone." She mutters as she walks a little bit in front of him. They hear a crash below them making them look at each other. Grace was a little bit slower getting down stairs since Elijah had used his vampire speed.

But when she reached the floor, she saw elijah with the blade in klaus's chest. Her eyes widen as she hears Klaus scream out in pain. "Run!" Elijah shouts at Rebekah who was helping Marcel up off of the floor. "Both of you run as fast and as far as you can. Go!" They both speed out as Grace rushed over to Elijah, seeing the blade go into Klaus.

"Elijah!" She screams but he only looks at her, holding onto his brother as Klaus became unconscious. Grace only looks at Klaus, her heart beating out of her chest. She didn't understand why Elijah did this, Klaus trusted him even after Elijah and him had a falling out. And now, Klaus was going to come after both of them.

Elijah had gotten Klaus back to the compound, getting the man on his bed in his bedroom. Grace had rushed in after him but Elijah only held out his hand. "You might want to take a step back." He tells her and she only glares at him, her jaw clenching as she glanced at Klaus who was slightly moving his head.

"Why did you even stab him, Elijah?" Grace questions as she crosses her arms against her chest.

"To protect Rebekah-" Elijah says but Grace only scoffs, shaking her head. He always acted like the logical one in the family and yet he was defending what Rebekah did. Acting like Klaus didn't have a right to be angry.

"Maybe Rebekah deserves it." She replies and Elijah just turns to her, a frustrated expression on his face.

"The only reason you are here is because you're the only one he wouldn't immediately slaughter." He states before taking the knife and cutting into Klaus' chest. Grace closes her eyes, glancing down as Elijah digs his hand inside.

"Also, he speaks of you with what a rare degree of somewhat respect. And you challenge him to see others and himself in a new light." Elijah tells her as he takes the blade out making Klaus groan. "A wonderful skill I will be counting on very shortly." Elijah says as he holds the blade up, the blood dripping down, making the girl glance away. "You see, Niklaus will be weak as he recovers." Elijah says as he turns to her, wiping the blood off of his hands. "So watch over him, and feed him if you would. But slowly, please, and from your wrist." He tells her and Grace just lets out a scoff. First he puts the blade in Klaus and now he expects that she would keep him weak for a little longer.

"You don't tell me what to do, Elijah." She snaps at him, glaring at the man. Elijah just sighs as he glanced at the woman.

"Do you want to help him, or not?" Elijah asks and she just stayed silent, wanting to punch him. "Perhaps you could use the time wisely to convince him not to murder his baby sister." He says before making his way to Klaus and bending down. "Niklaus, it was not my desire to bring you pain, but I will not see you hurt rebekah I fear that Sabine will try and make a final move against us, I intend to stop it." He explains before standing back up, when he goes to turn away, Klaus speaks up.

"Elijah.." His voice was faint but Elijah had heard him. "You will pay for this." Klaus threatens, glaring at the man and Elijah only clenches his jaw. He makes his way out of the room, Grace watching him. Her eyes move to the wooden pole against the wall. She flickers her eyes towards it before looking at Klaus for a moment. Grace takes a deep breath, walking over and grabbing it before following where Elijah went.

"Elijah." She says making him turn around just in time for the girl to shove the pole into his chest. Elijah grips her hand, his jaw clenching as he stared at her, his skin slowly dessicating.  He falls to the floor, losing his grip on the girl. Grace just watched as he turns completely grey before making her way back into the bedroom.

Grace didn't feel once ounce of guilt for killing Elijah. She knew he would come back anyways and he did deserve it. Klaus couldn't do anything in that precise moment so she did it for him. She makes her way over to the bed, stopping next to it as she stares at Klaus. "I'm sorry." She admits as she bites the inside of her cheek. Grace knew she could have done something at the hospital, but it wasn't exactly the best plan. "It all happened so fast." Grace says and Klaus just stared back at her, too weak to actually speak back. "Plus, if I stabbed Elijah at the hospital, I would have had to drag you here myself and take out the blade and I really didn't want to." She says, grimacing lightly. It was a joke that she had made to lighten the mood but honestly, Grace could not stick her hand inside of his body. It was disgusting even just watching. She could see Klaus smile lightly and she just sighs, lifting her wrist to his lips.

"I know what Rebekah did.." Grace states, allowing Klaus to bite into her arm.  "And I think you deserve to get revenge. I like Rebekah and she's been nice to me but, I wouldn't try to stop you from feeling this pain like Elijah's doing." She explains to him as the man drinks her blood, his eyes not leaving hers. "Trust me, I know how it feels." She mumbles as she glanced down at the bed sheets. Klaus pulls away from her, resting his head back again. Grace covers her wrist, feeling her hands shake lightly. "Apparently my mom left my dad the same year I ran away." She tells him and Klaus furrows his eyebrows, listening intently. "And now she has this new family." Grace states with hurt laced in her voice.

She couldn't believe that her mother had just moved on. Grace had spent so long, hoping her mother would take a brave step and get her out of that house. But of course, she only does it for herself. Ann never cared about her. Grace knew that for sure now. "A new daughter who she actually treats right. I guess I was just not worthy of her love." She closes her eyes for a moment as she felt a tear escape. Klaus looks down at his hand, slowly moving it the best he could until it was placed on top of hers. Grace lifts her eyes back to his, seeing the look of remorse.

"You deserve all the love in the world." Klaus says weakly, taking a few shaky breathes in between worlds. Grace sighs as she knew he was just trying to make her feel better but right now, that was hard to do.

"Do you think we'll ever find people that will never betray us?" Grace asks him as she was genuinely curious as to if there was someone out her that would love her and never break her heart. But she knew that was probably just something from a fairytale. "I thought Hayley wouldn't but... It seems everyone that I love will eventually break my trust." She says as she knew Klaus could relate to it, his sister did just reveal that she brought his father to New Orleans to kill him.

"I hope so." Klaus truly never thought that he would ever feel pure trust again. Everyone in his life had left him or betrayed him at some point or another. Maybe one day it will be different. Grace nods as she frowns before she takes a deep breath.

"Well, I don't know how long Elijah will be dead and hunting for Rebekah is put on hold until you're all better." She admits as she glanced around the room before grabbing his arms and pulling him up. Klaus groans, scrunching his face up as his stomach was only slowly healing. "So, we will go get frozen yogurt." Grace tells him as she moves his legs so he was sat at the edge of the bed. Klaus just furrows his eyebrows, giving her a confused expression.

"Frozen yogurt?" He asks, not understanding what that would do for him. Grace only places her hands on her hips as she looks down at him.

"Yes." She says firmly as she moves her mouth to the side, rocking back and forth on her heels. "I found a place one of my first days here. Frozen yogurt always makes me feel better." Grace states and Klaus could feel a small smile make its way onto his lips. He looks down at his lap for a moment before nodding his head.

"Okay." He responds and he watches Grace walk over to his closet, grabbing something, before returning to him with a shirt in her hand.

"Here." Grace hands it to him and the man grabs it, sitting up straighter. He lifts it over his head, groaning as he tries to do it quickly so that the pain wouldn't last long. Grace grimaces as she knew he was struggling. She grabs the bottom of his shirt, pulling it down. She just stared at him, biting her bottom lip before her eyes move to her wrist. "You can have some more." She tells him as she holds it out to him but klaus just pushes it away. He shakes his head but she only rolls her eyes. "Klaus, drink." Grace says, firmly as she lifts her wrist to his lips.

Klaus glanced up at her, clenching his jaw before letting out a sigh. He opens his mouth, his fangs extending as he bites into her wrist. Grace winces, leaning against the bed as he drinks from her. His hand grips her arm, his eyes closing for a moment as the blood runs down his throat. After a minute, he pulls away from her, wiping the blood from his lips.

Grace wraps up her wrist again before putting his arm around her and helping him stand up. He stumbled likely but luckily she had some leverage to keep him up. Klaus grips her waist to keep himself steady making Grace glance down at his hand.

"Thank you." Klaus says softly as he looks down at her and she only meets his eyes, an amused glint in hers.

"Klaus mikaelson says thank you? Oh, my god, I am definitely dreaming." She teases him and she can see him roll his eyes playfully as he pinched her side. Grace giggles as she glanced at him and he met her eyes. She offers him a soft smile which he returns.

Elijah was right. He did care about him more than he'd admit.

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