CHAPTER EIGHT

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IT WAS THE NEXT MORNING, both vampires exhausted after their countless sexual activities together. Damon was laying on his back, his abs on full display as soft breaths left his lips. At one point in the night, Cassandra had ended up laying in his arms, both unaware at the time but immediately pulled away from each other to sleep at opposite ends of the bed. It was too touchy feely for them, cuddling when they felt nothing for the other.

Cassandra had her head buried in the pillow beneath her, practically hugging it as she sprawled in a position that left nothing to the imagination. For once, they were both peaceful, no sassy comments, no anger building in her, no backstabbing, they were simply sleeping next to each other.

That was until Damon's phone started to ring. Cassandra let's out a loud groan, being woken from her slumber. Not feeling any movement happening on the other side of the bed, Cassandra blindly searches for the man's phone. Her vision still trying to adjust to the light. Feeling it in her hand, she rolls over to wave it in Damon's face only to have him whack her hand away. Damon lets out a disgruntled noise as he wraps his arms around the girls body, seemingly still in a sleeping state. Cassandra only huffs as he rests his head in the crook of her neck, his breath hitting her skin as soft snores fill her ears. His hands were gripping her skin as he had a tight hold around her.

Cassandra let him be as she pressed answer on his phone, knowing whoever was calling wasn't going to give up. "Damon's phone." Cassandra says in a tired voice, trying to stop the yawn that she could feel coming on. It was silent on the other end of the phone for a minute and she was almost certain that someone had gotten the wrong number.

"Cassandra? Where's Damon?" Stefan asks in a confused tone as he was surprised to hear someone else's voice instead of his brothers. Damon had disappeared to take care of Katherine but never returned home afterwards. Stefan just assumed he was taking pride in finally defeating Katherine.

Truthfully he was spending his night wrapped up in the sheets with Cassandra. Both ignoring the phone calls they each got as they were too busy pleasuring each other to notice they were needed elsewhere.

"Right next to me." She replies with a giggle as she glances down at the man who had fallen back asleep. Damon wanted a couple more minutes of peace before his brother ruined it. Cassandra sighs, slightly smiling at the boys innocent expression. He seemed so relaxed and cute when he was asleep. Like all of his wrong doings and problems went away. Damons mouth was parted slightly as he snuggles up to her body even closer. Cassandra could feel his morning wood poking at her but let him move closer anyways, she had a feeling he was just looking for comfort. I mean, the love of his life did turn out to be a bitch who didn't love him and was alive for the whole century that he had waited for her. She allows her fingers to brush through his hair, a small smile still featured on her face.

"Why is he with you?" Stefan asks as his eyebrows furrow again, confused on why his brother would be with the older vampire since he made it abundantly clear that they should not trust her. But yet he was spending time with the girl? Cassandra couldn't help but take the opportunity that Stefan provided to make him uncomfortable.

"Well, he slept over after our night of hot, steamy vampire sex." Cassandra says in a sultry voice, a smirk playing on her lips as she could practically see the boy shiver. Which only makes her work done as she leans back against her pillows.

"I need to talk to him, it's regarding Elena." He replies, trying to forget what she had previously said. Stefan did not near to hear about his brothers idiotic decisions to sleep with Cassandra. Cassandra rolls her eyes at him but starts to try and shake Damon awake. At first, Damon only groans trying to hold her body still so she didn't bother him. He had wanted a couple minutes of peace, that is all he asked. Damon didn't know why he felt safe in the girls arms but he didn't want to move one bit.

Cassandra giggles as she continues to shake him, trying to get him to wake up. After a couple minutes, he finally opens his eyes an annoyed expression clear on his face. He glances up at the girl who only raises her eyebrows at him. "Stefan wants to talk about Elena." She tells him with a smile only for Damon to groan, shaking his head. He presses a couple kisses to the girls shoulder, still not moving from his position in which their legs had became intertwined.

"I do not care about your relationship drama, Stefan. I'm preoccupied." Damon answers in a deep voice, still waking up from the night before. He rolls on top of Cassandra, his mind still groggy as he kisses her, their bodies pressing together although it was mainly because Damon didn't even try to keep himself up. If Cassandra wasn't a vampire, she surely would've been crushed by the man's weight.

"Yeah, apparently." Stefan scoffs although the only answer he got was a breathy moan from both vampires. He grimaces, realizing they were trying to continue where they left off. Stefan did not want to hear them have sex, that was for sure. "Look, Elena's been taken. Jeremy said she never came home last night." He explains trying anything to make the pair stop what they were doing. It seemed to do the trick as they had both paused to glance over at the phone. Damon's feelings for Elena immediately took over, feeling worried for the girl. Cassandra only took this news as a bad sign. Someone had figured out the existence of the doppleganger.

"Taken? By who?" Damon asks curiously as he looks at Cassandra who was wearing the same confused expression as him. He had taken this time to get off of the girl who was thankful because even with her strength, she could barely breathe.

"We don't know. Just meet me outside the school." Stefan states with a sigh, practically pulling his hair out stressing over the safety of his girlfriend, or ex girlfriend right now.

"Cassandra and I will be there." Damon says before hanging up the phone. Cassandra only raises an eyebrow at the boys words, sitting up from the bed. He only glances at her, not seeing the problem.

"Why do I have to come?" She asks while crossing her arms. Damon stares at her, his eyes trying to stay glued to her eyes.

"Thought you said you'd protect Elena?" Damon reminds the girl who rolls her eyes. She had said that and now she was regretting it because whoever kidnapped Elena was most likely working for Klaus or Elijah and she was not thrilled to be face to face with either of them.

"Fine. I'll go." Cassandra groans for a moment before she clasps her bra, standing up from the sheets. Damons eyes are glued to the woman's body as she only stands in front of him in her undergarments. "Soak up this picture while you still can. You're never seeing it again." She tells him as she stretches her body, giving him a better angle. Damon only licks his lips as he tries to reach for the girl but she narrowly misses his prying hands.

"I doubt that." He says cockily as he stands up, all his glory in full view. Cassandra only playfully glares at him as she continues to get dressed. Her moans and Damon's grunts are what catches her attention though. Cassandras eyes widen as she snaps her head towards Damon's phone. There was a full video of them having sex and it wasn't exactly pg. She hardly remembers giving him permission but Cassandra knew she did.

But she also had threatened that if he ever showed that to anyone, she would literally kill him. The sound of skin clapping and loud profanities filled their ears before Damon paused the video, a wide smirk on his face knowing the girl would easily come back to him.

"Put on some pants." Cassandra states, not helping the situation as she glances down at his manhood. Damon chuckles at her but reaches for his clothes nonetheless. They had to go back to their lives, it felt good to forget for even a little while though.

Now they had to go save Elena Gilbert, like always.

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CASSANDRA WAS STANDING OUTSIDE THE HIGHSCHOOL, the two Salvatore's not too far away from her. Stefan was explaining what Jeremy had told him about the previous night, not that it was too hard to piece together. He was worried about Elena, knowing she was scared wherever she was. Cassandra was half annoyed, that Elena once again had to be saved and of course Damon and Stefan would drag her into it, but half scared that the reason Elena was taken was because of Klaus. Who she knew she couldn't take on.

"This has Katherine all over it." Stefan snaps as he shakes his head, his arms crossed as he thought about the brunette. She always had to have the last word but this was going too far. Damon debunked his brothers theory though as he shakes his head.

"No, Katherine's in the tomb. Trust me, I'm the one that shut her in." Damon states as Cassandra raises an eyebrow at the raven haired vampire. She didn't know what he had been doing after she left the dance, Cassandra knew of the suggestion to put her in the tomb but didn't know which of the brothers actually did it.

"Poetic." She says in a low voice as she leans against one of the trees behind her. Stefan only presses his lips together as he steps closer to his brother.

"Did you?" He questions with a scoff evident in his voice. Damon only lets out a hum as he turns his head to stare at Stefan.

"Did I what, Stefan?" Damon says acting clueless as he gave a tight smile. Cassandra only tries to hold in her laughter, loving their little arguments. It gave her entertainment.

"Well, I know the hold that Katherine has on you--" Stefan begins to say but Damon only rolls his eyes at his brother. Cassandra makes and o shape with her mouth as she hears the accusation.

"She's in the tomb. Period. End of story." He hisses with a look of hurt that his brother would even suggest such a thing. Stefan was the one who almost backed out of the plan yesterday just because Katherine killed Aimee Bradley. "I would question sexy psycho over here but she had an alibi all night." Damon points out with a chuckle, remembering their previous encounter. Cassandra smirks at him as Stefan only glares at the two of them.

"So, you make a point on how we are stupid to trust her and then you sleep with her?" Stefan utters with a roll of his eyes, feeling like Damon was a bit of a hypocrite. Cassandra only pouts a little but she didn't let Stefan's words get to her, she knew very well how little they trusted her.

"Why so shocked, Stefan? You know how excellent I am in bed." She apprises with a knowing look, a smirk forming on her lips. Stefan only gives her a tiny glare as he shakes his head at the girls tactics.

"Not the point." Stefan responds with a sigh as he turns his attention back to his brother, avoiding the intense gaze that Cassandra was giving him. He didn't exactly deny her statement which only gave her ego more boost since he obviously enjoyed her company.

"So, you admit it." Cassandra points as she gives the Salvatore a quick wink. Stefan ignores her as he only looks at his brother, although he could see the amused expression on Damon's face.

"We got Katherine. I was just celebrating." He states with a smirk playing on her lips, eyeing Cassandra who only giggles at him. It was one hell of celebration, she'll give him that.

"It was a one time thing that happened last night." Cassandra admits as she glances at Stefan who was rolling his eyes at the two. Just because he wasn't getting any doesn't mean he had to be so judgy.

"Oh, please. You'll be begging me for more." Damon teases as he leans his hand against the tree that Cassandra was standing next to. She raises an eyebrow at him as she turns her body to him.

"I'll be the one begging you?" She asks with a sound of astonishment. Damon only shrugs his shoulders, the smirk still playing on his lips as they lean closer to one another. Stefan only clears his throat earning an eyeroll from the two. Wow, he couldn't wait one second, everything always had to be about Elena.

"She did say something to me right before I shut her in." Damon admits making Stefan snap his head towards his brother. Cassandra waits for him to tell them more, if Katherine knew something then it was true, especially if it would get her out of the tomb. "I just thought that she was lying." He mutters to himself as he shakes his head, staring down at the ground. Stefan holds his hands out, not a mind reader so Damon actually had to tell them.

"What did she say?" He asks with risen eyebrows, giving him an annoyed stare. Damon is quiet for a moment before he lifts his head to look at the two vampires.

"Elena's in danger." Damon states with fear laced in his tone. Cassandra hits her face, wanting to physically punching him for not taking Katherine's words more seriously. She did lie a lot but Cassandra would've thought anything concerning Elena would interest either of the Salvatore's.

"What, and you didn't care to ask her to elaborate?" Stefan asks, annoyance and anger clear in his tone. He was mad that Damon didn't even consider the fact that Elena could be in danger just because it was Katherine who told him.

"Everything she says is a lie, how was I supposed to know she would go spouting out the truth?" Damon asks with a glare, not liking how his brother was accusing him. It wasn't his fault that Katherine decided to finally say something meaningful in her life.

"We have to go talk to her." Stefan admits as he goes to turn around but Damon only stops him with a scoff, hitting the boys arm.

"No, no, no. Let me tell you how that's going to go, we will go ask her for help, she will negotiate a release that we will be dumb enough to give her and then she will get out and kill us. This is exactly what she wants." Damon explains in an angry tone, not understanding why Stefan wanted to talk to Katherine so bad. Do a locator spell and boom, they were bringing Elena safely home.

"I don't really care." Stefan states with a shrug of his shoulders, going to turn around again when Cassandra moved in front of him so he couldn't leave.

"You don't need Katherine. I'm not sure who took her but I can tell you why." Cassandra assures him as she stands in front of him, pulling at her fingers. Both Salvatores stare at the older vampire who just continued to stand silently, not saying another word.

"Well, go on." Damon pressures as he makes moving motion with his hand. Cassandra only rolls her eyes at the mans urgency, Elena can wait a couple more hours.

"They're either giving her to Elijah or Klaus." She answers with a sigh as she kicks at the dirt beneath her feet. Neither brother had ever heard of either of them before so they didn't even know if she was telling them the truth.

"Who?" Damon asks with an eye roll, not seeing the big deal about two guys. Cassandra let's out a sigh as she crosses her arms.

"Remember how I told you I saved Katherine's life from her certain death? It was from Klaus. He was gonna use her in the sacrifice." She explains to them, pointing out the word sacrifice so they know how much Elena needed their help. Not that the doppleganger couldn't easily run away if the people who took her didn't have daylight rings.

"Use her?" Stefan questions needing Cassandra to elaborate a little more. She only raises her eyebrows at the two boys, not understanding how they had no idea what the curse really required. The doppleganger, the moonstone, a werewolf, a vampire and a witch.

"Do you really not know?" Cassandra asks with bewilderment apparent in her eyes. She squints at them a little trying to see if the boys were just playing her but they only continue to stare at her, waiting for her to continue. "To break the curse Elena has to die." She tells them with an appalled expression, how did they not know anything about it? Figures, they were just wanting to get the moonstone because Katherine and Cassandra wanted it so badly.

"You're lying. It's the moonstone that breaks the curse." Stefan says with a scoff, not believing a word that came out of her mouth. If Elena was to die they would have known. It was the moonstone that was the key to breaking the curse.

"No. The moonstone binds it. The sacrifice is what breaks it. The blood of the doppleganger." Cassandra corrects with her eyebrows raised, she looked at them expectantly but they both just wore a facial expression of full shock. Oh well, at least now they knew the real danger that Elena was in. "I saved Katherine and I have been running from Klaus ever since." She tells them with a stern expression on her face. Did they not do any research whatsoever? Not that the curse that they we're thinking of was real, which it wasn't. The real curse was placed on Klaus alone.

"So you two were running from someone." Stefan states, pointing out the obvious. It didn't take a genius to put two and two together, they knew the two girls were running for someone, this was just an answer to their question.

"If they are offering her to Klaus, you can kiss rescuing her goodbye. Elijah is different, he will not harm Elena. If you attack him though, he will retaliate." Cassandra explains to them with a sigh, knowing it wouldn't change anything for them. They would still kill whoever they had to to rescue their poor helpless Elena. Couldn't she at least try to fight her own battles?

"If he has Elena we will drive a stake through his heart, easy peasy." Damon scoffs as he shrugs his shoulders. Cassandra only rolls her eyes at the man's behaviour, shaking her head. She knew a regular stake did nothing to an original, only a dagger with white oak ash which none of them had.

"They are old, Damon. Older than me." Cassandra tells them fearfully causing the Salvatore's to share a glance before staring at the girl. They hadn't realized how old the vampires were, and if Cassandra could easily take them then this Elijah person could too.

"How do you know them?" Damon asks curiously with a raise of an eyebrow. Cassandra didn't feel like explaining her whole past at the current moment.

"That doesn't matter right now, what matters is saving Elena." She states with a shake of her head, not wanting to think of Klaus right now. Especially since he was still trying to get inside of her head.

"But do you trust this Elijah?" Stefan asks as he crosses his arms, watching Cassandra's face turn to anger for a split second. Truthfully, she did trust the man she was just angry at him at the moment.

"Yes. He is the sole reason I have been able to avoid Klaus for the past five centuries." Cassandra tells them with a frown on her face. Stefan and Damon stared at the woman in shock for a moment.

"All for saving Katherine?" Damon asks with a groan, not seeing why it was so important in their eyes to catch the poor girl. Cassandra knew Klaus's urge for vengeance which is what caused him to slaughter Katherine's whole village.

"Why practically end your life for her?" Stefan adds onto Damon's question as he watches Cassandra rub her face. She was seriously done with all of the stress and fear that Klaus had projected onto her. Cassandra had even thought of handing herself over a few times during her life.

"I had my reasons." She says with a sigh as she runs a hand through her hair. "I don't want Klaus to find her just as much as you do because if he finds her, he finds me." Cassandra admits as she puts her hands on her lips. Damon only furrows his eyebrows, not seeing the big problem to the situation.

"What happens if he catches you?" Damon asks as he glances around to see if anyone was listening in on their conversation. Stefan noticed the girls body tense at the question, almost like she could picture what Klaus had in mind for her.

"Ripping my heart out would be a courtesy if I ever get caught." Cassandra says with fear evident in her eyes. She did not want to ever be in the same room as Klaus, ever again. Feeling his hand wrapped around her heart tightly, ready to rip it out after the centuries of torture she will endure. "I have ran for over five hundred years. He will torture me for at least half of that." She adds as she stares blankly into the air before snapping out of it. Cassandra gives them a tight smile before moving past, leaving the two Salvatore's to watch her with frowns on their faces. They had never seen her scared of anything and now they were informed that Cassandra had been running from a monster for the past five centuries. One who now wanted Elena. This was going to be a fun rescue mission, not.

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THE DRIVE TO THE LOCATION BONNIE HAD PROVIDED WAS LONG, Cassandra was sitting in the back wanting desperately to listen to the music the whole way but knowing the Salvatores they would have an awkward conversation. And boy was she right. Damon had asked her to come along to save Elena and she had agreed although she was getting sick and tired of it.

She looks out the window, watching the passing trees as the tried to keep her mind clear. One thing that she couldn't have now is Klaus trying to enter her mind. Cassandra had thought about contacting him, seeing if he truly wanted her dead but she was too afraid to ask Elijah to get her in touch with him. Not because of Elijah's reaction, it was because she was scared that Klaus would say yes. Yes to wanting to kill her.

Cassandra had always kept the positive mindset that maybe when Klaus found her that he would just want to fix them. He would never hurt her because he was still in love with her. She knew it was a long shot given the man's history with people betraying him but it didn't remove the hope from her heart. Cassandra didn't know if she would forgive him but him apologizing for what he had said would be a start.

"Alaric sure likes his weapons." Damons voice jumps Cassandra out of her thoughts, as she turns her head to look straight ahead. They had lasted so long with no talking, she was just hoping they could've lasted the whole way instead. "What the hell is that?" He asks Stefan who was holding some type of weapon from Alaric's bag that he had given them. Incase they had to fight some vampires since it was pretty transparent that a vampire was the one that took Elena.

"It's a vervain bomb or grenade launcher or something like that." Stefan tries explaining but he genuinely didn't know what it was either.  Damon clicks his tongue, tilting his head a little.

"Weird." He responds bluntly as he moves his eyes back to the road. Stefan nods his head, putting the weapon back before letting his head roll to the side, his eyes landing on his brother.

"Hey, how much further is it?" Stefan asks as he hits Damon's shoulder lightly. Cassandra sighs as she closes her eyes, trying to bury out the talking so she could relax again.

"About eighty miles." He responds as he continues to stare at the road, barely seeing any cars pass by them.

"Who do you think took her for Elijah?" Stefan asks, trying to make conversation since he was tired of all the silence.

"Someone from psycho's past along with Katherine's. Maybe they just got the wrong girl." Damon suggests with a shrug of his shoulders although he didn't believe what he had said one bit.

"Trust me, they didn't." She mutters as she stares down at her nails. The Salvatore's both glance back at him with a sigh, both equally knowing that she was no longer lying to them.

"Thank you. For helping me. Both of you." Stefan says with a nod of his head as he acknowledges the two vampires with a tight smile on his face. He would've done it alone but he was glad he had backup for saving Elena.

"Can we not do the whole road trip bonding thing?" Damon asks with a groan as he bangs his head on the head seat. Cassandra was silently hoping the same thing just so she didn't have to listen to their voices. "The cliche of it all makes me itch." He states with a sigh as he taps his fingers on the steering wheel. Stefan let's out a breathy laugh, humorless as he purses his lips.

"Oh, come on Damon. We both know that you being in this car has nothing to do with me anyway." He points out truthfully, both realizing the real reason that the eldest Salvatore even wanted to come along. To protect his brother's girl in which he secretly wished was his girl.

"The elephant in the room let's out a mighty roar." Damon jokes in a rough tone as he rolls his eyes, not bothering to look at his brother's menacing stare.

"Well, it doesn't have to be an elephant, you know. Let's talk about it." Stefan suggests as he raises his eyebrows but it only causes Cassandra to kick his seat. She did not want to spend the rest of the ride, talking about a girl who was clearly leading on two brothers for her own gain. She was just like Katherine although the Petrova actually admitted it. Elena just pretends she doesn't know that she is tearing the brother's apart.

"Ugh, we get it! You both love the same girl. How cute." Cassandra mocks with a groan as she gives an annoyed expression to the two boys. Stefan tenses at her statement as Damon only glances back at the woman.

"No one's talking to you." He tells her with a tight smile. Cassandra only stares back at him, her jaw clenching slightly. She was right and they knew it, they just didn't want to admit it.

"Rude." Cassandra says as she squints her eyes at the older Salvatore who only smirks at her offended expression. She clicks her tongue as she crosses her arms, looking back out the window since she evidently wasn't welcomed in the conversation.

"There's nothing to talk about." Damon denies as he glances at Stefan before focusing on the road in front of him. Stefan only sits up straighter in his seat, raising his eyebrows.

"That's not true, sure there is. Just get it out I mean are you in this car because you want to help your little brother save the girl that he loves or is it because you love her too? I mean come on, express yourself. I happen to like roadtrip bonding." Stefan says with a fake smile on his face, he didn't like the fact that Damon was in love with his ex girlfriend but he needed Damon to admit it to himself.

"Keep it up, Stefan. I can step out of helping as easily as I stepped in." Damon threatens in a sing song voice but Stefan wasn't buying it, shaking his head at the raven haired man.

"Nope, that's the beauty of it. You can't." Stefan pushes with a knowing expression on his face. Cassandra rolls her eyes as she leans forward, her hand just about to reach the volume nozzle when Damon hits her hand away, giving her a small glare.

"Well, will you two shut up about your stupid love triangle drama?" Cassandra snaps at the two as she leans back against her seat letting her arms cross against her chest. Damon rolls his eyes at the girls behaviour, his eyes meeting hers in the mirror.

"Oh, come on sweet cheeks. You've never been in love?" Damon questions, putting an emphasis on the word love. He chuckles as a smirk forms on his lips.

"Once. Never again." Cassandra answers honestly as she leans her head back. Stefan frowns slightly, remembering back to the conversation with Caroline when Cassandra had told them she had her heart ripped out by someone she cared about.

"Aww, did someone get their little heart broken?" Damon says in a baby voice as she gives the girl a pout. Cassandra only gives him a tight smile before avoiding both of their gazes.

Cassandra giggles as she rushes down the hallways of the house she and Klaus had bought together. They had been together for almost a century now and they were still going strong. Their love was unbreakable and if Klaus was being truthful, he had been planning on proposing to the girl for a while now. He knew from the second he met her, his heart belonged to her and only her.

Cassandra knew he was in his study so she made her way over to it. She was full of joy because she had found a beautiful magnolia flower that he could paint. Cassandra loved to admire him whilst he painted, seeing the joy in his eyes as he did. She freezes in her step as she hears the voice of her lover talking to someone in the room she was about to enter.

"Oh please, she means nothing to me." Klaus's voice was clear as day making her heart stop. Cassandra couldn't believe what her ears were hearing right now. Did he really mean that or was he just joking around with Elijah like he normally did? "I've just been stringing her along so she can find me what I need. And she did. She brought me Katerina and figured out the location of the moonstone." He explains with a smirk on his face. Cassandra gasps at the revelation. He had never loved her. It had all been a ploy. Did he know who she was before they met? Was she plucked out from the crowd to carry out his scheme for him?

"Tell me where she is, now." An unfamiliar voice says as heavy footsteps make their way through the room.

"With pleasure, take care of her for me. She is such a pain to carry around and I would much rather be with anyone else." Klaus says with a groan, tears filling Cassandra's eyes as she listened intently into every word he said. He said it with so much meaning too. She couldn't believe it.

"Her location." The man responds, wanting to find the girl eagerly. He was working for her father. Her drunk of a father who had given him a mission on his death bed to find his daughter and kill her for abandoning him. Klaus had figured this out and was not about to let him touch one hair on Cassandra's head.

"She is in the library. She loves to read, a boring girl she is." Klaus states with a scoff as he crosses his arms although his eyes said a different story. He didn't allow the man in front of him to see the love and pain in his eyes for saying all of this dreadful stuff though. "Guarantee to make her suffer because of all the annoyance and sickly love she has brought upon me over the past century." His irritation was clear in his tone with the way he talked to the man who was standing in the room with him. Cassandra didn't know why he gave the location of the library, maybe since she spent a lot of time in there. But she couldn't make excuses for him, he lied to her for years on years. She quickly hides away from the view of the door as she heard the nearing footsteps. Her eyes watched the man leave the room as her mind was spiraling trying to figure out how she would do the same thing he did to her, betray him.

"Do you really mean all of that, brother?" She could hear Elijah's voice in the background but she didn't let it stop her. Her heart was pounding in her ears, unable to process what she had just heard. He hated her, didn't want anything to do with her. Cassandra felt used. Broken. He broke her. She trusted him, loved him with all of her heart and what did he do?

He took it and literally ripped it out of her chest.

"Cassie?" Damons voice rings out making her snap out of her daze as she meets his eyes. His eyebrows were furrowed as he wore a worried expression on his face. She didn't realize she had zoned out until she met the looks they had on their face.

"You okay?" Stefan asks genuinely concerned for the girl who had tears evident in her eyes. A frown forms on her face as she pulls at her fingers, avoiding both of their gazes.

"Love will only end in betrayal and suffering. I learned that the hard way by loving a man for over a century, only for him to shatter my heart into pieces." Cassandra explains earning frowns from both boys. Stefan glances at his brother who wore the same surprised expression on his face as they listened to her talk. "I was once innocent. I felt remorse for killing humans, hating even feeding on them. I never got angry and I never manipulated people into doing my dirty work." She tells them as she remembered how innocent she once was. Cassandra missed that part of her but she could never go back to it because if she let herself feel remorse, she would end up slipping up and getting caught.

"That changed, all because of some guy?" Damon asks with risen eyebrows, shock clear on his face once again as he didn't think she would let all of that innocence be changed because of a guy. Not that he could really say anything although it was mostly Stefan who changed him.

"I did what I had to do to survive." Cassandra tells them truthfully as she wipes the tear that had fallen, not wanting to look weak in front of them because of Klaus. He had caused her enough pain as it was.

"Klaus? You loved Klaus?" Stefan figures it out, his eyes widening at what he had just discovered. Damon tenses at the news but ultimately felt bad for the girl, she fell for a monster.

"It was the biggest mistake I have ever made. Trusting and giving my heart to that monster." She says with venom in her tone, a glare in her eyes as they were set on the floor of the car. "He used me to get what he wanted, a pawn in his stupid little game. So when he broke my heart, I did the only thing I could to make him suffer for centuries to come." Cassandra explains as she stares at the seat in front of her, not noticing the grimaces of sadness that the boys were giving her. They truly felt bad for what she had to go through, all this time she thought she was a heartless bitch but really it was just because someone took her heart and tore it to pieces.

"You rescued Katherine." Damon states, now realizing the reason why she had decided to let Katherine go. It was to get back at Klaus for hurting her to the point of her almost breaking down.

"He wanted to break the curse so badly, he killed for it. So, I took his upcoming victory and ripped it away from him, just like he did my heart." She states with a small smirk on her lips, relishing in the anger that Klaus had been in when he realized they both had fled. Stefan didn't want the girl to dive too deep into her past, especially since she didn't seem stable enough to handle it.

"We're getting close, Jeremy said there's an access road just past mile marker six." Stefan says deciding to change the subject as Damon reaches behind his seat to grab a blood bag that he had decided to take. He sips the blood out of the bag, noticing Stefan's lingering stare.

"If you want some just ask." Damon teases his brother who only gives him a blank look. Cassandra stares at the blood bag, wanting to grab it since she hadn't eaten yet today.

"I want some." Stefan says with his eyebrows raised making Damon glance at him, half shocked that his brother was drinking human blood since it didn't go over that well recently.

"Me first since I spilled my darkest secret with you." Cassandra scoffs as she snatches the blood out of Damon's hands, instantly drinking out of it.

"Aww, it's so sweet. You want to be all big and strong to save your girl. Don't worry we've got your back, you'll be fine." Damon jokes with a smirk as he tries to steal the blood bag back from Cassandra who only glares at him. She drinks a little more before practically throwing it back at him.

"I'm not joking. I've been drinking a little every day. I'm slowly increasing my intake and building up my strength." Stefan answers with a sigh as he grabs the blood bag from his brother, drinking a little bit of it as Damon watches curiously.

"Elena know you're drinking blood?" He asks with a raised eyebrow since it didn't hit well with her last time since he went off the rails and almost killed a girl.

"I've been drinking hers." Stefan admits with a small smile making Damon's face fall at the revelation. Cassie presses her lips together to contain the giggle that was about to leave her lips.

"Ooh, plot twist." She says under her breath but both of them catch it, Damon not amused by the girls input. Cassandra only gives him a false smile with a glimmer of humour in her eyes.

"Hmm, how romantic." Damon mutters as he presses his tongue to the inside of his cheek. He glances over at Stefan who was playing with his ring. "Since we're road trip bonding." He brings up, noticing how restless the girl who was sitting in the back was getting because of the constant chit chat.

"No, shut up." Cassandra groans loudly as she punches Damon's shoulder but it doesn't seem to get him to shut up.

"Remember the days when all you lived for was blood? You were the guy that would rip someone apart for the fun of it." Damon states causing Stefan to nod his head, knowing he was referring to his ripper days. He internally rolls his eyes at Damon's attempts to make him realize how bad his past encounters with human blood was like.

"You mean, when I was more like you." He points out with a smirk on his lips, Damon nodding his head as he wiggles his finger in his brothers direction.

"Yes, Stefan. Exactly. Back when you put blood into me so I could be a big bad vampire. I wonder if Elena would be so quick to put blood into that guy." Damon says in a teasing voice trying to get a reaction out of his brother who only glances down at his hands, not giving any sort of answer. "What happened to that guy? He was a hoot." He adds with a smirk playing on his face but Stefan only gives him a fake smile, not wanting to think back on his past days, killing innocent people.

"I never got to experience ripper Stefan. Probably more fun." Cassandra admits with a pout on her lips, although there was a ghost of a smile on her face. Stefan chuckles a little before shaking his head, turning his head to face Damon.

"I guess he found something else to live for." Stefan says with a tight smile before glancing out the window leaving the car to go back into a silence although it wasn't exactly comfortable. Cassandra let's out a loud sigh as she rests her head against the seat, this was going to be a long car ride.

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THEY ALL GET OUT OF DAMON'S CAR, looking at the trees in the far distance. Cassandra huffs, hating the fact that they have to walk to get there. Part of her wished she had just said no to Damon. She wants to protect Elena, sure, but it's going to hit her limit. And everytime she is asked it pushes her ever so closer to it.

Stefan had the duffle bag of weapons over his shoulder as he turns to face the two vampires. He noticed the hesitant expression on Cassandra's face but he couldn't care less if she came or not. "House should be just beyond those trees." Damon says as he gestures to the trees in the distance. Stefan goes to walk but Damon stops him, holding up his hand. "Wait, no I've got a little more experience with this sort of thing." He points out but Stefan only shrugs his shoulders, not getting why he bothered mentioning that.

"So, what's your point?" Stefan asks as he turns to face Damon who only rolls his eyes at the boy. Cassandra internally groans not wanting to hear one of their disagreements.

"My point is, whoever has Elena is probably, like Cassie said, whoever was after them for the past five centuries." He explains as he crosses his arms but it still didn't seem to register in Stefan's mind as he just slightly glares at the two raven haired vampires.

"And?" Stefan asks with no care in the world other than wanting to save Elena. Cassandra found it slightly dumb how the boy would not care about getting himself killed to save some girl. At least when Klaus or Elijah saved her she knew they couldnt die.

"And, did you not hear her tell us they are older than her putting them at over seven hundreds years and strong. Are you certain you want to do this?" Damon questions with a sigh, he knew he was getting nowhere with Stefan but he had to try.

"Yeah, I'm certain I wanna do it." He replies with a stern nod, he wasn't going to let Damon change his mind or save Elena on his own.

"Cause we go into that house we may not come out." Damon states in an obvious tone but Stefan still just stares at him with a blank expression. He didn't care if he came out or not.

"Well, you might not." Cassandra mutters with a scoff, she was coming out either way because if it was Elijah, he wouldn't harm her and if it was Klaus, she would be gone in a heartbeat. She doesn't care for Elena if Klaus already has her.

"Alright, then I won't come out." Stefan says nonchalantly causing Cassandra to raise her eyebrows at the man. Is he seriously going to give his life to save a girl who's just going to choose his brother in the end?

"So noble, Stefan." He responds with a scoff, not liking how his brother would just give his life for Elena. Damon loved her too but that was going too far.

"I can't think of better reason to die. But if you want to stay here, that's fine." Stefan says with a tight smile before beginning to walk towards the trees. Damon only rolls his eyes as he follows after his brother, Cassandra walking silently next to him.

"You good?" Damon asks, genuinely concerned for the girls safety. Sure, the trust wasn't there that much but he still cared what happened to her. Damon knew that if Cassandra had learned of his turning before she came to Mystic Falls, they would've had a great friendship like their little one back in 1864.

"I'm fine, Damon." She replies with a sigh as she jogged a little ahead of them so she wasn't asked anymore stupid questions. Cassandra was honestly terrified. She was internally praying for it to be Elijah because he would never hurt her. Klaus, he never hurt her when they were together but now she wasn't so sure.

She wanted to just get in and get out with Elena. Not having a petty fight with whatever dumbass vampires decided to steal the doppleganger. But another thing that made Cassandra scared about was, if it was Elijah he would figure out that she had been lying to him this entire time. Telling him there was nothing in Mystic Falls and that she hadn't discovered any doppleganger. Not that he thought there was one because not many people knew Katherine had a child before she was turned. She just hoped Elijah understood her reasoning for lying to him. If he didn't, maybe their friendship was over after all.

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She finally opened up a bit to the Salvatore's. which will be elaborated on soon.

elenas constant need to be saved and have both Salvatore's attention at all times has always annoyed me so much. shes such an annoying, selfish, controlling, whiny little bitch who makes every single little thing about herself ... I hate her if u cant tell.

but damons little cuddle with Cassandra was so cute, I just feel like he needed to feel safe in someone's arms. they do have some history so Cassandra being that person made sense. damon is just misunderstood. he was the same as Cassandra, innocent and caring once but someone had changed that about him, aka Stefan and Katherine.

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