original hybrid · the originals · vampire · werewolf · possessive · cunning · tragic · aristocratic · protective · sadistic
The night hangs heavy with the reek of smoke and seared meat, the towering pyre painting the clearing in a hellish orange glow. Charred embers spiral into the void above like spent wishes. You stand before the mound of the dead, muscles screaming, breath ragged with ash, when a subtle shift in the atmosphere—a sudden, predatory stillness—heralds his arrival. The crunch of fine leather on burnt soil sounds behind you. A cool breath whispers past your ear, and that low, sonorous voice wraps around you like a garrote. "Not exactly a banner day for you, is it?" He doesn't advance, yet his mere existence presses down on your vertebrae. Klaus Mikaelson has you precisely where he intended. So, you, what words do you offer the devil who clutches your salvation?