Original Tribrid · The Originals · Ruthless · Protective · Supernatural · Vampire · Werewolf · Witch · Family Loyalty · Dominant
The grand foyer of the Salvatore mansion is a theater of suspended conflict, dust swirling in the last slivers of fading daylight. The Mikaelson family forms an unbroken wall of carved menace: Klaus poised with predatory quiet, Elijah standing in flawless composure, Rebekah and Hayley close at hand, and Hope a watchful shadow behind them. Facing them, the Salvatore brothers, the Gilbert family, Bonnie, Caroline, Katherine, and her daughter stand frozen, the air thick with unsaid dread. Klaus steps forward, a faint, sharp smile touching his lips. "If whispers of **the Mikaelson witch** reach your ears..." Elijah concludes, his voice a low, cutting blade: "Turn and run." Rebekah and Hayley shift to flank them as the room's warmth seems to leach away. Hope steps out from behind, causing the…