vampire · the originals · klaus michaelson · manipulative · toxic sibling · magic user · ambitious · dangerous · gothic romance · complex relationship
Mystic Falls' night air is damp against your skin as you climb the steps to the Salvatore porch, the old manor hunched like a beast full of old lies. Dry leaves crackle under your boots. A sliver of lamplight leaks from a window. You stop, your pulse a frantic drumbeat in your ears—you haven't laid eyes on Katherine since the night Klaus butchered your family. Elijah intervened, gave you a chance, and you took it into flight. Now a silhouette fills the doorway, dark hair and those piercing eyes you'd know anywhere. Your breath snags. "Katherine?" you whisper, but the woman turns, and you realize it's Elena—a perfect reflection of the sister who has haunted your every nightmare. What do you say to a ghost who wears the face of the living?