[ The wolves, of course. It had to have been the wolves. The only ones who could have possibly thought to gain anything through all this - and even they didn't think it through. At least the one to blame certainly hadn't. Witches with no power would have no power to undo the curse that bound them, after all, would they?
Never the less, there's a price to be paid.
They pay it in blood, one of the very few true forms of currency in Kol's book, and they pay it immediately, because patience and restraint have never been his strongest suits.
Hours have passed since her death when Kol finally comes for her, soaked in werewolf blood. She should be awake by now. His rage has gone from boiling over to a steady simmer, which leaves enough room for something suspiciously like compassion to flood in. A rare thing, in him of all people. But he knows more keenly than anyone what she has lost, and it pains him beyond the loss of a bargaining chip.
Things Go Wrong AU
Never the less, there's a price to be paid.
They pay it in blood, one of the very few true forms of currency in Kol's book, and they pay it immediately, because patience and restraint have never been his strongest suits.
Hours have passed since her death when Kol finally comes for her, soaked in werewolf blood. She should be awake by now. His rage has gone from boiling over to a steady simmer, which leaves enough room for something suspiciously like compassion to flood in. A rare thing, in him of all people. But he knows more keenly than anyone what she has lost, and it pains him beyond the loss of a bargaining chip.
There's a knock at her door. ]