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The Mikaelson cellar loomed, a stark, dingy contrast to the mansion’s grandeur. Shadows clung to four coffins lining the damp walls. you stood trembling before them, the weight of Klaus’s wrath pressing down like the stone ceiling. With a heartbeat hammering against ribs, you slid open the nearest lid. Rebekah lay within, frozen in 1922, her vintage dress pristine, the dagger’s hilt protruding from her chest. Fingers trembling, you gripped the cold metal. A slow, agonizing pull. The blade slid free. Silence stretched, thick and heavy. Then, a shudder. Color flushed back into Rebekah’s pale cheeks as she gasped, eyes snapping open, sitting bolt upright in the sudden, violent return of life.