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“I know.” Stefan’s voice was calm but certain. If he couldn’t get into the right head space to help Elena and only gave in to his desires and what he felt for her, then he really wasn’t helping her, was he? Not only had things been confusing between them since she’d kissed his brother, but now Stefan had gone and kissed Elena, unprompted no matter how much yearning the vampire still held for the doppelganger. “I know Caroline’s a newer vampire, she doesn’t have the same experience that I have. She may not have as much control over her feelings or her blood lust but I know she can help you with this.” Stefan saw something in Caroline that perhaps nobody else had. He was willing to give her the benefit of the doubt and so far, Caroline had taken the reigns in her life and built upon the foundation of vampire 101 that Stefan had taught her. The blonde was pretty good at it, too. “I think.. as much as I’d like to help you right now, Elena, I think I need to sort out my priorities and– and my feelings.” It was far too tempting to be around the brunette, to feel such a pull towards her.

STEFAN.

”Okay.” Elena took some time before she finally uttered a response, clearly disappointed in how things had gone today. She really wanted Stefan to be the one to guide her through this new life as a vampire, the way that he’d successfully done with Caroline. But since the two of them had a different dynamic than him and her best friend did, it wouldn’t work for him and Elena. The thought of that saddened her, but the doppelganger wouldn’t force him to do something that he didn’t want to do, something that was too difficult to get done. “Maybe some space’ll be good for us.” the brunette mumbled quietly, though she didn’t really want said space - they’d had three months of it when Stefan had left with Klaus and even more of that wasn’t on her wishlist or anything. At this point, it was hard for her to look at Stefan and pretend that nothing had happened between them, like things were still the same - the way that they were before everything with Klaus and Damon had happened. “I’ll go call Caroline.”

           The hybrid’s smile finally started to wane. The amused twinkle in his blue eyes turned to something more sinister as he set her with a predatory gaze.  ❝ You’re clever. Such defiance is obviously born from the fact that we both know I can’t kill you. What you fail to ascertain, love, is that death is far from the only way to punish someone. ❞  Leaning forward, Klaus rested his elbows on his knees and his chin against his steepled fingers.  ❝ You’re coming with me. There’s no other option. But if you work with me, then I’ll allow you to pack a bag. Otherwise, Rebekah will be forced to come back to pack one and I’m sure that won’t be pleasant for either of you. ❞  He paused, giving the brunette a moment to let the full weight of everything sink in.  ❝ So what’s it going to be, love ? ❞

KLAUS.